A WOMAN who smuggled drugs into HMP Risley has been handed a four-month suspended sentence.
Helen Ovenden, of Maple Grove, Northwich, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after 47-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence.
Two-car crash causes closures on M6
By A CRASH involving two cars has caused closures on the M6 this morning. The motorway was fully closed southbound shortly after 9.30am this morning following the incident between junction 21a at Croft and junction 21 at Woolston. While the M6 has since partially reopened, three lanes remain shut. Cheshire and Fire Rescue Service are on the scene. Delays are reported back to junction 23 at Haydock, with travel times of around 50 minutes expected. March 21, 2018 at 10:09AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16101755.Two_car_crash_causes_closures_on_M6/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
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3/21/2018 Fraudsters jailed for 10 years after conning tradesmen out of hundreds of thousands of poundsRead Now
Fraudsters jailed for 10 years after conning tradesmen out of hundreds of thousands of pounds
By THREE fraudsters have been jailed for nearly 10 years after conning tradesmen out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Beverley Smith, Alan Holloway and Thomas Major operated alleged not-for-profit businesses claiming to offer home improvements funded by energy saving grants. But these grants never existed, and the trio’s swindle left one trader £150,000 out of pocket while a gas fitter was made bankrupt as a result. On Friday, March 16, they were jailed for almost 10 years by his honour judge Nicholas Woodward at Chester Crown Court following a four-week trial. Smith, of Alexandra Street in Padgate, was jailed for 21 months after the 52-year-old was found guilty of fraudulent trading. Sixty-year-old Alan Holloway, from Winsford, and 58-year-old Thomas Major, from Liverpool, were also found guilty of fraudulent trading and given five and three years behind bars respectively. An investigation by National Trading Standards found that they had operated businesses under several different names – including the Energy Saving Fund, Homestead, Prostall, Procell and Alliance UK – offered home improvements funded by grants that never existed. Major himself also had several pseudonyms – including Thomas Adams, Thomas Peterson, John Major and Joseph Major. Advertisements in newspapers and leaflets distributed to homes across the north west stating that all homes were eligible for limited availability private sector-funded grants generated ‘huge’ interest, with more than 50,000 enquiries received in the space of 20 months. Around 2,500 contracts for home improvements were secured, with homeowners told they were eligible for grants of a third of work. The defendants falsely claimed that national companies including Pilkington, Marley, Worcester Bosch and VEKA were making the contributions. One homeowners had decided to go ahead with improvements, the fraudsters commissioned work to take place at a lower price than quoted to the customer. Workmen were told that they would be reimbursed with the non-existent grants once work was completed, and left out of pocket. John Pierce from National Trading Standards’ north west regional investigations team said: “The defendants created the illusion that the Energy Saving Fund and its grants existed. “However, they knew this was all a complete fabrication designed to allow them to mislead consumers and defraud contractors. “The financial impact on the traders they defrauded was in several cases very significant, with one case seeing a contractor left £150,000 out of pocket. “This case also highlights the need for consumers to be vigilant when responding to adverts online, in newspapers or flyers that come through their doors.” Sentencing, judge Woodward described Major as a ‘conman’ and said that Smith and Holloway had allowed themselves to become ‘trapped by the lure of money’. He added that such schemes have ‘real victims, damage public confidence and undermine commercial life’. National Trading Standards chairman Lord Toby Harris said: “These individuals misled consumers and defrauded legitimate traders purely for their own financial benefit. “It am pleased that the work of National Trading Standards means that they are now receiving the justice they deserve.” March 21, 2018 at 10:04AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16101649.Fraudsters_jailed_for_10_years_after_conning_tradesmen_out_of_hundreds_of_thousands_of_pounds/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
Firefighters extinguish open fire in Birchwood
By FIREFIGHTERS extinguished an open fire in Birchwood last night, Tuesday. Crews were called to Silver Lane, near the Birchwood Techonology Park, at around 9.35pm, where they used a hose reel jet to put the fire out. One fire engine attended from Birchwood. March 21, 2018 at 08:53AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16101496.Firefighters_extinguish_open_fire_in_Birchwood/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
80-year-old man attacked at Tesco petrol station
By AN elderly man was taken to hospital after being assaulted at a petrol station on Monday afternoon. Officers were called to the Tesco petrol station, on Winwick Road, at 2.15pm, where an 80-year-old man had been assaulted following an altercation with another man. The victim received injuries to his face which required hospital treatment. Detective Constable Carl Davis, of Warrington CID, said: "This was an horrendous assault on an elderly man and we're urging anyone who may have been in the area at the time and seen the incident take place to contact us on 101." A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and has been released under investigation. Anyone who may have seen the assault take place or has any information is asked to contact Cheshire Police on 101 quoting IML 14084. Information can be passed on anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. March 21, 2018 at 08:34AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16101473.80_year_old_man_attacked_at_Tesco_petrol_station/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
Doctor receives MBE from Prince Charles during ceremony at Buckingham Palace
By A WARRINGTON Hospital doctor has received an MBE from Prince Charles. Dr Tracey Cooper was named on the New Year’s Honours list for services to midwifery, having worked in the field for 25 years. And Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s head of midwifery received her MBE from the Prince of Wales during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, March 15. The 53-year-old was joined by her husband and three daughters. Dr Cooper said: “It was a lovely day. “We didn’t know who would be giving out the honours until the day itself. “I’ve had so many letters from people congratulating me. “It probably never will really sink in that I’ve been given an MBE.” March 21, 2018 at 08:00AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16096706.Doctor_receives_MBE_from_Prince_Charles_during_ceremony_at_Buckingham_Palace/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
Major 24-hour distribution hub could form part of town’s ‘garden city suburb’
By A MAJOR 24-hour distribution hub could form part of a 'garden city suburb' identified in Warrington's local plan proposals. A request for an environmental impact assessment scoping opinion in relation to the proposed development has been lodged to the council. Spawforths, on behalf of Langtree Property Partners and First Panattoni, will be submitting an outline planning application for the development of the site, which will be accompanied by an environmental statement. It will propose the construction of up to 325,150m2 of employment floorspace on the land – adjacent to junction 20 of the M6 and junction 9 of the M56 at Lymm – following demolition work. The land is bounded by Grappenhall Lane and Cliff Lane to the north, with the motorway slip road to the east. The local plan preferred development option (PDO) has identified the area for future employment land as an extension of the Barleycastle Trading Estate. But it would see a huge chunk of the borough’s green belt land released. The authority put forward two main employment locations in its PDO. This site subject to the scoping opinion request falls within one of the two main sites, with the other being Port Warrington. It is planned to form part of a 'garden city suburb' – a proposal which has angered residents across south Warrington. If built, the centre will primarily be used for storage, distribution and office space, with operations likely to be going for 24 hours. But demolition work will also need to be carried out. Bradley Hall Farm consists of farm house and a series of farm buildings, as well as a number of neighbouring residential properties that are all within the application site. The farm buildings will be demolished as part of the proposals. However, two options will be considered for the residential houses located to the north of Bradley Hall Farm – they could either remain in place, or be demolished. A statement in the environmental impact scoping report said: "The proposed development will be designed to limit impacts on the historic environment including the Bradley Hall moated site and those listed buildings that lie to the south of the proposed development. "Design, style, materials, layout and positioning will be carefully considered where feasible to limit any adverse impact and to enhance any receptors that will be affected. "Landscape mitigation will also be incorporated to soften adverse impacts, where appropriate. "In addition to this, consideration of the demolition of buildings within the Bradley Hall Farm complex will also be undertaken to determine if the designated assets would benefit from such proposals." The council confirmed that, following the receipt of a request, it has a statutory requirement to provide a scoping opinion. March 21, 2018 at 07:00AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16100362.Major_24_hour_distribution_hub_could_form_part_of_town___s____garden_city_suburb___/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
How the Peace Centre is now helping victims of the Manchester bombing
By A THREE-YEAR-OLD toddler excitedly buying a Mother's Day card, a 12-year-old schoolboy treating himself to a pair of Everton football shorts and a mum-of-two shopping with her family in tow. This was the scene in the heart of Warrington town centre moments before two bombs exploded on March 20, 1993. It was a typical day. Ordinary people going about their ordinary lives unaware of an act of terrorism that was already in motion. More than two decades later, thousands of people gathered at the Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017, to watch popstar Ariana Grande perform her latest string of hits. As revellers left the concert – many young children – a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in the foyer killing 22 people and injuring many more. "He was just inside the doors to the foyer when he detonated the explosive but he ended up in the concourse where I was," said Victoria Sharpe, from Leeds. "He landed in front of me – I saw everything." The 33-year-old has bravely opened up about the psychological effect of witnessing the atrocity unravel in front of her eyes and how with the help of the Foundation for Peace's Survivors Assistance Network (SAN) she has been able to gradually come to terms with what happened. SAN is a free service available to British residents who have been affected by a terror attack, regardless of whether they have been affected as a result of what they have witnessed, the injuries they have sustained or having lost a loved one. The team is currently supporting people who have been affected by the IRA attacks in the 1980s and 1990s as well as people from London 7/7 and more recent attacks in Tunisia, Paris, Nice, Berlin and Manchester. Music lover Victoria first encountered the work of SAN after joining an app to support victims and their families. "You can talk to people if you are having a bad day," said the 33-year-old buyer. "I went to the concert by myself so I didn't know anyone else who was going through what I was going through. "I put a couple of posts on the app and it caused Donna and Will from SAN to give me a call. "They were incredible. They wrote letters to my GP and to my employer to make sure they were fully aware of what was going on. "They were able to make sure I was seen on a psychological side and to make sure I was getting the medication I needed. "They were brilliant – if I hadn't had that support I don't know what would have happened to me." While Victoria still struggles with good and bad days she is now hopeful for the future. "My friends were trying to figure out how to deal with me as I was going through all these things – I was scared of the dark, I didn't like hearing bangs, I didn't want to go outside," she said. "You have got your GP telling you it's normal but you question whether it is. "You have all these constant questions. When I joined the app I was reading about how other people are going through exactly the same thing that I was. "They helped me to feel that I was normal but in a bad situation." To show her support for SAN, Victoria held a charity ball last year where she raised just under £6,000. Planning is already under way for this year's event. She is also preparing to take on Mount Everest in November to raise further funds for the foundation. "Everybody keeps saying getting over mental health and trauma is like climbing a mountain," she said. "I have heard it 100 times over so I'm going to climb a mountain and tell you which one is harder." To donate visit foundation4peace.everydayhero.com/uk/victoria-s-everest-trek. For more detail about SAN email [email protected], call 581240 or tweet @survivors4p. March 21, 2018 at 06:30AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16100294.How_the_Peace_Centre_is_now_helping_victims_of_the_Manchester_bombing/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
One in five care homes in Warrington not up to standard, says charity
By MORE than one in five care homes in Warrington are substandard according to an older people’s charity. Analysis by Independent Age found that, of the 46 care homes in the town inspected by the Care Quality Commission, 21.7 per cent were ordered to improve or found to be inadequate. While seven care homes in Warrington were ordered to improve, a further three – 6.5 per cent – were placed in special measures after being rated inadequate by the CQC. Independent Age found that the north west was the UK’s worst performing region for the proportion of satisfactory care homes. And only six of 22 other local authority areas in the north west – Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Manchester, Salford, Tameside and Rochdale – had a higher percentage of care homes in special measures. Margaret Maclin, Warrington Borough Council’s head of safeguarding and quality assurance division, said: “Whilst care quality in Warrington is better than most places in the north west, we are concerned that one in five care homes locally have not achieved a good CQC rating in the last 12 months and that a small number have been rated inadequate. “We commission care from a range of local providers and work closely with Warrington NHS Clinical Commissioning Group and the CQC to monitor and improve the quality of care received. “The council helps to promote good practice, and delivers a range of training as well as support a local forum to promote and share good practice and support Dignity in Care champions within homes. “We also undertake regular inspections of our own, and any home which requires improvement is placed on an improvement plan which is monitored closely until the required actions are implemented. “Where improvements are not made, we can and will take contractual action.” Only one care home in the town – Padgate House – is owned by Warrington Borough Council and is rated as good by the CQC. Others are privately owned or managed by third sector organisations. Cllr Pat Wright, Warrington Borough Council’s executive board member for adult social care, pointed to issues in care homes being able to recruit and retain staff and called for the government to take action. She said: “Most of Warrington’s care homes are rated good and the staff working in them are committed to delivering an excellent level of care. “Adult social care now accounts for 40 per cent of the council budget, and we are doing all we can to protect the most vulnerable. “We work on an ongoing basis with both the people who use services and their families to identity and concerns about the quality of care and support improvements. “But the local care market is experiencing many of the issues that have been identified nationally, including the recruitment and retention of staff in the care sector. “The crisis in social care is no secret – three independent health think thanks have all estimated a funding gap of £2.6bn by 2020. “We need to see urgent government action.” March 21, 2018 at 06:00AM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16097095.One_in_five_care_homes_in_Warrington_not_up_to_standard__says_charity/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
Woman given suspended sentence for smuggling drugs into Risley prison
By Woman given suspended sentence for smuggling drugs into Risley prison | Warrington Guardian We use cookies to give you the best experience on our website and bring you more relevant advertising. Learn more about cookiesMarch 20, 2018 at 07:00PM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16097641.Woman_given_suspended_sentence_for_smuggling_drugs_into_Risley_prison/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington
Campaigners fighting Peel Hall housing proposals prepare for pre-appeal rally
By CAMPAIGNERS fighting to protect Peel Hall from the development of 1,200 homes are preparing for a pre-appeal rally as their planning battle enters 'Fergie time'. Save Peel Hall campaigners will hold their 'It Will Be Too Late When It Has Gone' rally at Cinnamon Brow Farm Club at 2pm on Sunday. The development management committee unanimously rejected Satnam's masterplan for the site in February last year. However, following the decision, the company lodged an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. The appeal, listed for 14 days, will begin at Orford Jubilee Neighbourhood Hub at 1pm on April 23 Wendy Johnson-Taylor said Sunday's event is the biggest campaign event the group has organised. She added: "We have a list of guest speakers lined up. "We will be setting up an exhibition which will feature extensive drone footage, some of which showing Satnam actively destroying this unique and peaceful place. "Our main message on the day will be that this fight is definitely not over. "Over the years we have fought Satnam and achieved a 100 per cent success rate. "We have managed to thwart every attempt to destroy this greenfield site. "We will also be making a firm stand at the rally against the Planning Inspectorate's decision to allow Satnam to submit numerous amendments to its original application which was, incidentally, unanimously refused by our council last year. "We believe these tweaks and changes are tantamount to a new planning application. "This information should be excluded from the appeal hearing." Former borough councillor Geoff Settle has likened the planning battle to a football match and highlighted a term synonymous with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. He said: "This is going to be a hard match to win, the planning goalposts have been moved and we are now in 'Fergie time'. "We, as supporters, must provide the referee, planning inspector, with indisputable evidence and once more undermine the Satnam defence with our arguments. "The WBC officers' team, led by their QC, must be tactically aware of how this game is being played. "They must have a strong defensive plan and agile attackers, who can score decisive goals during this period of extra time." Satnam has been asked for a comment. March 20, 2018 at 06:54PM via Warrington Guardian | News http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16100311.Campaigners_fighting_Peel_Hall_housing_proposals_prepare_for_pre_appeal_rally/?ref=rss Lymm Aerial Installers of Warrington |
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