Articles...
Oct 22 2008
CHINESE investment cash is being sought to back the £431m Mersey Gateway project – the second crossing between Runcorn and Widnes – which will be majority funded by the private sector....
Oct 4 2008
RESIDENTS battling to stop a massive incinerator being built near their homes have said the campaign will continue, despite Government approval for the scheme....
Oct 1 2008
A PUBLIC inquiry will take place into plans to build a second bridge across the River Mersey....
Sep 18 2008
A SAMURAI sword was used to threaten a shop worker in a robbery in Runcorn....
Sep 16 2008
A NEW power plant has been approved in Cheshire, the Government announced today....
Jun 18 2008
A SKILLS shortage in the process industries is being addressed by the setting-up of a regional centre of the National Skills Academy Process Industries, in Runcorn....
Jun 4 2008
A HOUSING development in Runcorn has received two awards at the Local Authority Building Control Built in Quality Awards 2008....
Jun 2 2008
INEOS Chlor’s proposed sale of its chlorine packaging and distribution business to BOC has been referred to the Competition Commission....
Apr 29 2008
A MOTORIST from Runcorn has had his drink-driving conviction overturned at the High Court yesterday – after top judges decided police were wrong to assume a burp made his breathalyser reading unreliable....
Mar 31 2008
THE first planning applications for the new £390m toll bridge over the Mersey have been submitted today....