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ACTION has been promised to tackle issues of drug drops and abscondments from a prison in Appleton Thorn. HMP Thorn Cross has seen five prisoners abscond over recent weeks, while politicians in the town have highlighted how attempts to smuggle drugs are making life for residents a misery. Local councillors and the area’s MP say they have held meetings with prison governors to address the concerns of residents and see what can be done. In response, they have been told that security has been stepped up and that action is being taken to bring those responsible to justice. Addressing ...

A post-Brexit inland border facility for lorries opened in south Warrington at the start of the year. The Government has been using the former Shearings interchange site in Appleton Thorn as a 24/7 inland border control point for heavy goods vehicles since January 1 after the Brexit transition period ended. Conservative council candidate for Grappenhall Simon Brookes is leading calls for green projects to benefit residents near the inland border facility. He wrote to Labour-run Warrington Borough Council asking for information about how £800,000 of Government funding had been spent. ...

A MAN currently on the run after absconding from a Warrington prison was in jail for conspiring to smuggle guns into the country from America. The 25-year-old was last seen at the Appleton Thorn prison at 4.30am on Monday morning. It is believed that he could be trying to make his way back to the Liverpool area, where he is originally from, and he may try to get a lift. Halsall was jailed back in 2018 after he and two accomplices arranged the importation of guns, attachments and ammunition from the USA. On their arrival into Liverpool, he and co-conspirators Daniel Humphreys and Jos...

POLICE are appealing for information after a man absconded from a prison in Warrington.

It might not be the Easter bank holiday that we’re used to but with restrictions easing and two families now allowed to meet up outdoors, there are plenty of places to visit in Warrington. National lockdown restrictions were relaxed at the beginning of the week with six people from different households now able to get together outside or two families of any size permitted to meet up. We have rounded up eight great places in Warrington where you can arrange a long-awaited catch up this weekend. WALTON HALL > Ever popular, Walton Hall and Gardens has plenty to do for young and old.