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Afghanistan crisis 'unforgivable' and 'bleak' says Runcorn MP
Mike Amesbury has expressed fears over the country's future and progress in improving women's rights to be reversed.
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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Climate protest this weekend in Runcorn following summer of global fire and floods
Members of Runcorn's WI will be dressing up as canaries for the crafting "stitch-in" with crafted items to be sent to the borough's MPs to urge them to take action on climate.
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Halton hit by spate of arson incidents
Anyone with any information about the incidents has been urged to call the police.
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Fusion supercomputing centre to launch at Daresbury lab in bid for clean energy breakthrough
A collaboration between Daresbury's Hartree Centre and the UK Atomic Energy Authority is to develop sophisticated simulations to create virtual reactors.
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Venues across Halton to host gigs as part of live music festival
Multiple indoor and outdoor venues across the borough will be laying on live music for a weekend of melody.
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Olympic duo to open swimming and gymnastics centre in Widnes
The centre will be giving children the chance to try swimming and gymnastics when it opens at the end of the month.
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'Amazing' and 'remarkable' GCSE students congratulated across Widnes and Runcorn
Schools across Halton have been congratulating their students on their hard work and resilience during the last 18 months.
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Parents 'devastated' by prom cancellation organise hotel bash for school send-off in Widnes
Donna Pybus said mums and dads wanted to give their sons and daughters a special way to celebrate the end of school after the challenges of the pandemic.
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Updated housing plans submitted for '£50m' Widnes regeneration site
Updated designs have been submitted to Halton Borough Council for the Foundry Lane site.
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Daresbury supercomputer centre plans filed
The single-storey centre would be built near the Bridgewater Canal and is intended to support the UK "into the middle of the century".
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Wheelie bin blaze scorches trees in Widnes
Firefighters said arson can have "serious consequences" after the incident in Upton Rocks.
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Arson blamed for motorbike fire in Widnes
The fire is believed to have been "deliberate".