
Closure Of The Footpath - Howell's Way At The Village Hall Site
Care Of Hale Parish Council
Closure of the footpath at the Village Hall Site Howell's Way It is with great regret that the Parish Council has to temporarily close this footpath.
It will be closed from July 1st for the duration of the demolition and construction works in connection with the provision of a new Village Hall.
This action is necessary in the interests of your health and safety, as your protection is of paramount importance.
We deeply regret the inconvenience

Hale Village's - Merseywave's Kathryn Wins In Merseysides Women Of The Year 2016
Kathryn Rudge Winner of The David M Robinson Arts & Culture Award Liverpool born Kathryn is one of the UK’s leading young opera singers and in 2012 she founded Mersey Wave Music a community based group in South Liverpool which initially formed a mixed adult choir/young singers group. She believes that music should be accessible to everyone and is passionate about bringing music making opportunities into the heart of Merseyside communities. Mersey Wave Concert initiative comme

Halton Trials Food Waste Recycling Scheme
L-R: Trudi Derbyshire, regional sales manager, ReFood UK, Cllr Stef Nelson, Cllr Mike Wharton, and Stephen Old, sales and logistics executive, ReFood UK. Halton Borough Council has launched a food waste recycling pilot scheme in partnership with food waste recycler, ReFood.
Taking place across 1,200 homes in Hale in Widnes and Heath in Runcorn, the new service will be operating for the next six months. The Council currently spends more than £3m per year dealing with genera

Cheshire Police Operation Scrambler Update
Care of PCSO 9489 Stephen Marnick Hale Village News Update The Operational Order – Operation Scrambler which has and is being carried out by officers, with PC Vicki Abraham taking the lead, is showing even better results with lower numbers of reports being called in about off road motorbikes. We did have a few reports of off road bikes this reporting period. If you have any information that could identify the riders or their addresses please do make contact with us. This is

Latest June Building Planning Applications
Case No: 16/00238/FUL Officer name: Mr Adam Brennan Applicants name: Mr Keith Winstanley Applicants Address: 13 Baileys Lane Hale Heath Cheshire L24 5RG Agents name: Mr Richard Smith Agents Address: RJS 23 Ellerslie Avenue Rainhill Liverpool L35 4QD Details of proposal: Proposed first floor side extension, conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and single storey rear extension at 13 Baileys Lane Hale Heath Cheshire L24 5RG Ward: Hale Status: Pending Consideration Dat

More Cash Cuts - Mean Less Grass Cut
Halton Council is having to cut the grass in the borough less often than before due to the continuing effect of budget cuts. Over the last few months you may have noticed there has been less grass cutting taking place on areas of land such as grass verges. The Council had to find savings of £16 million for 2016-17 due to reductions in funding from the Government. This means the Council is forced to make tough decisions in order to make savings while also trying to protect ser

Passenger Numbers Take Off At LJLA
Passenger growth has continued at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) throughout 2016 after a series of extra flights chartered to take football fans to the Europa League final last month helped boost numbers. According to new figures, in excess of 40,000 more passengers used the airport last month helping to boost total passenger numbers for the year to date to almost 1.9 million, which is also 250,000 more than during the first five months of 2015. As well as the impact of

PCSO Stephen Marnick Monthly Hale Crime Report (June 2016)
From pm 16th May 2016 to midday 13th June 2016 the following 27 entries are recorded on our systems for Hale Village. I have summarised the entries to make it easier to get an overview. They are not in date order and details are omitted as needed. 1 Intelligence Reports 1 Alarms 28/5/16- Hale Rd all ok, 5 Violence/Harassment Baileys Lane 29/05/16 male on motorbike – caller photographing male who returned with threats. (Photos obtained). 05/06/16 family related male arrested

Rio Themed Hale Carnival Shines Despite Heavy Rain
Despite two heavy down pours during the day - Hale Village Carnival took place on Saturday 11th June, in the village park. This years carnival theme was the 2016 Rio Olympics. The week before the carnival, the annual scarecrow competition could be seen springing into life, as Rio themed scarecrows and displays appeared around the village - in peoples gardens. Around 40 displays where in every corner of the village, the many themes on display included Swimming, Fencing, Horse

The Show Must Go On - Carnival Volunteers Defy Heavy Rain
Volunteers preparing for Hale Carnival on Friday afternoon - 10th June in Hale Park, defied the heavy rain to continue building and constructing marquees in preparation for Saturdays Hale Village Carnival. With the main arena constructed - and laid out, several marquees where in the process of being built when a torrential downpour halted work for several minutes. But after a brief rest-bite and sheltering under a nearby tree, volunteers carried on, with the construction... T