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Clock ticking on providing £150 rebate details in Halton
Anyone who doesn't provide their bank details will have £150 cut from their council tax bill instead.
Oliver Clay
Reporter for Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News, and also occasionally published by the Liverpool Echo and slightly less often the Chester Chron.
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'Fly by night' care home firms slated by Halton council chief
The comment came as councillors backed a £4.2m funding package to revamp the borough's local authority-owned care homes.
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Detached houses proposed for Moore farmland
A developer wants to build nine four-bed houses and eight three-bed on farmland in Moore on Runcorn's eastern outskirts.
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Reader letters - 'Halton council should feel ashamed over Widnes canal'
Larry Neild has penned his thoughts on the 'alarming' situation in the Sankey Canal in Widnes.
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Runcorn baths shut amid 'staff retention and recruitment' issues
The closure is expected to save Halton council £120,000 a year.
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Man charged with possessing cannabis after Runcorn raid
Police took to social media to share the news a warrant had resulted in a 'positive outcome'.
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Social workers paid less in Halton as borough leans on agency staff for children's services
Councillors have received an update on Halton's struggling children's services department following a Government improvement notice and damning Ofsted report.
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Falklands anniversary marked by Halton MP
Derek Twigg, who also chairs a Falklands group in parliament, took part in a ceremony marking the end of the conflict on Sunday.
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Vandals trash former Runcorn magistrates' court
Previously a court, the building has more recently been used as a cannabis farm, an arson target, and a magnet for graffiti and vandalism.
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Arson attack at Runcorn dry ski slope
Witnesses are urged to call the police on 101.
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Solar farm with enough power for 1,100 homes planned in Widnes
The entire topsoil and subsoil have been replaced as part of contaminated land remediation works.
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'Cold and impersonal' care homes earmarked for £4.2m makeover in Halton
Halton Borough Council has intervened to buy several care homes in recent years as private owners fell into difficulty.