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Mark Smith

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
75
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mark Smith

    Runcorn voters set to return to polls after councillor’s death (opens the original)

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    Voters in part of Runcorn are set to return to the polls following the death of a local councillor. Margaret Ratcliffe passed away in August and had served as Liberal Democrat representative for Beechwood & Heath Ward in Runcorn, as well as being leader of the group on Halton Council. She had been a councillor for well over two decades and also served as mayor of the borough in 2013/2014. Her death left one of the three seats in the ward vacant, with prospective candidates having until tomorro

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mark Smith

    Plans approved to demolish Widnes nursery for four homes (opens the original)

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    Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area. The Public Notice Portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood. Plans to flatten an old nursery building to make way for a housing development have been rubber-stamped. Halton Council planners have backed an outline application to demolish the dilapidated nursery on Hough Green Road and construct four new homes.

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Mark Smith

    Halton childhood vaccine rates below herd immunity level amid disinformation fears (opens the original)

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    Potentially life-saving herd immunity does not exist for some childhood diseases in Halton, partly due to online ‘disinformation’ around vaccines, councillors will be told. A report to Halton Council has revealed uptake for vaccines like the measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine (MMRV), and certain other pre-school vaccinations has declined. It said vaccination rates were now below 95 per cent – which is the figure needed to achieve herd immunity. Herd immunity is a public health term fo

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Mark Smith

    Figures lift lid on 14-year mortality gap across Halton (opens the original)

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    Men living in the most affluent part of Halton can expect to live more than 14 years longer than those living in the most deprived. The Halton Joint Strategic Needs Assessment – which pulls together a wide range of data about the current and future health and wellbeing needs of the local population – lifted the lid on a mixed bag of health and poverty issues being encountered by those living the borough. It found that life expectancy was highest in Daresbury, Moore and Sandymoor ward and lowest

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Mark Smith

    Widnes church extension approved despite heritage concerns (opens the original)

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    Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area. The Public Notice Portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood. Plans to extend an historic church in Widnes have been rubber-stamped despite concerns from heritage experts. Halton Borough Council has rubber-stamped an application for an extension at St Bede’s in Appleton Village. Due to the age of the church an

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