THE fight is far from over but the team at Wild Wings are flying high after their luck finally started to change. The rescue and rehabilitation centre has managed to hunt down a new base after a judge ruled that Wild Wings needed to vacate their
More than 7,000 residents have signed up for Halton Council’s garden waste collection since charges were introduced. Householders must now pay an annual fee of £30 or £25 if paid online. Many people complained and pledged to abandon their bins
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from a burning car in Runcorn. They found him trapped in a vehicle on the Central Expressway. A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Firefighters gave the casualty first aid until the ambulance arrived
DEVELOPERS are hoping to build houses on Runcorn’s parkland. Keepmoat is seeking planning permission to construct 79 two and three bedroom semi-detached and mews homes on an area of Town Park in Castlefields. The lakeside develpment is beside
POLICE are urging any residents experiencing intimidation in Halton to contact them, following a shooting incident in Ditton. Teenage gun fanatic Ryan Duggan, aged 19, of Wavell Avenue, Widnes, was convicted at Chester Crown Court last week of
A DAD-OF-TWO who cheated death after being blasted with a sawn-off double barrelled shotgun said his life has been turned upside down. Miraculously, Daniel Kennedy, aged 25, only escaped fatal injury when the pellets smashed his mobile phone in
A MAJOR road in Runcorn has re-opened after a collision. An incident involving a taxi at around 7.50am this morning causes the exit slip road to Boston Avenue on the central expressway of the A533 was shut for around an hour. A spokesman for
A WRITER who started riding motorbikes when he was 10 has captured his lifelong passion in a new book.Frank Melling, who worked in Runcorn, says he has recorded social history from the 1960s and 1970s as well as motorcycling.A Penguin in a Sparrow’s nest
YOUNG footballers have won a prestigious accolade. Runcorn Linnets JFC are among grassroots volunteers and clubs named as this year’s winners of The Cheshire FA Community Awards, presented by McDonald’s. The club has won the FA charter standard
