Fly Tipping in Withins Way

Fly Tipping has returned to Withins Way once more.

This pile of rubbish was found today tipped in the area of the “S” bend at the far end of the lane.

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May be contacting the supplier of the “bottled water” could reveal the culprit!?

To report flytipping contact the Neighbourhood Services Help Desk on 0151 471 7595.  It will help if you can give the following details:

• the date, time and place where the tipping took place.
• a description of the waste – type, quantity.
• details of any vehicles involved – type of vehicle, registration number, make, model, colour.
• Or see the Halton Borough Coucil website

Hale Shore Clean up on the 26th of November 2006

A clean up of Hale Shore took place Sunday the 26th of November. Volunteers from Hale Village worked hard from 10.00am removing all sorts of rubbish from the shore.
Members from the Rangers Service, Bill Webb and Halton Borough Councilor for the Hale Ward Mike Wharton where also helping with the clean up.

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The clean up was necessary because of the amount of rubbish which builds up over time after each tide. The tides can wash items onto the shoreline around Hale, items noted during the clean up where, gas bottles, car wheels, tyres and plenty of drift wood.

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During the clean up, the new owners of Hale Lighthouse very kindly allowed a number of volunteers to visit the Lighthouse. One of the above photographs shows Local Councilor Mike Wharton climbing to the top of the Lighthouse into the area where the large light fitting was once housed!

A special thanks goes to David and Pat Jones of Church Road who did a fantastic job with food and drink for the volunteers!!

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These excellent photographs of the Hale Shore Clean up were taken by Mr V.G Philips of Hale Village. More photographs of the clean up along Hale Shore can be viewed in the Public Events section of the Hale Village Online Photo Gallery!

Emergency exercise at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

An emergency exercise is being staged at Liverpool John Lennon Airport
on Sunday 19th November from 10.00hrs until 14.00hrs.

The exercise has been planned as a means of testing and exercising
Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s emergency plan along with those of other
agencies following a full scale emergency incident at the Airport.

Around 100 volunteers will be taking part and a significant number of
emergency services personnel will also be participating in this
exercise. However the Airport will operate ‘business as usual’ on Sunday
and no passengers or airlines will be affected by the training taking
place.

It is not unusual for the Airport to carry out such an exercise as it is
a requirement by the Civil Aviation Authority for Airport’s such as
Liverpool to hold a full emergency exercise every two years.

Remembrance Sunday in Hale Village

The Remembrance Sunday commemorations were well attended in Hale Village this weekend. The proceedings were organised by the Hale British Legion, it was conducted by the vicar the Reverend Janice Collier, and Father Ed Cain.
Villagers gathered at Hale War Memorial at 10.40am which was proceeded at 10.30am by a short parade along Hale High Street from Aran Close to the War Memorial. The procession included local Freemen, the Lord Mayor Of Hale Mr Mal Sutton plus members of the Local Parish Council and Halton Councilor for the Hale Ward Mr Mike Wharton, the parade was lead by the Scots Band.

The service at the War Memorial included hymns, prayers, blessings and the two minutes silence at 11.00am, later followed by the laying of wreaths at the base of the memorial by Councilors, local community groups and those villagers who had brought their own to lay.

After the service at the memorial,, the procession marched to St Marys Church for a short service conducted by the Rev Janice Collier. Once the service in the Church had taken place the procession then marched to Hale Village Hall where a buffet/refreshments were laid on for those that had taken part in the mornings remembrance events.

The above photographs have been taken by Mr V.G Philips of Hale Village.

More photographs of remembrance day in Hale can be viewed on the Photo Gallery page of the main Hale Village Online Website.

Small Jack-Up Rig in the Mersey

For the last ten days there has been a small jack-up rig in the Rivery Mersey. It`s now clear that the reason the marine drilling rig is out there, is because it is investigating how the upper channels of the river Mersey move. Also it has been drilling in various locations taking samples of the rock and soil samples below the river.

Halton Council hopes that this measure of investigations on the river will help prevent or minimise the impact towards wildelife and the river, once building work starts for the new bridge!

The above photographs have been taken by Mr V.G Philips of Hale Village and Mrs Louise O`Leary of Hale Lighthouse.