Elio Pace and his band were joined on stage by Rhys Clark and Don Evans - Billy Joel's original band members It must be rare for an artist to perform two albums live - back to back - in their entirety and in sequence order. Most album releases contain a "filler" track or two - a track that isn't particularly noteworthy. And some tracks are so over-produced, it's near impossible […]
Thursday 12th October: More bin misery on the way but great news for Warrington as the Arts Council secures grant funding of £850K Warrington bin collections resume between Tuesday 17th October and Friday 20th October (Only BLACK bins will be collected in this period). However, further strike action will take place between Tuesday 24th October and Monday 6th November, causing more misery for Warrington residents. In the meantime Warrington Borough […]
Bin men on strike but good news for Warrington's Own Buses Header image courtesy of Warrington Guardian It's a Thursday so the new Knutsford and Warrington Guardian Newspapers are out. Ian caught up with Deputy Editor, Gareth Dunning to find out what's in this weeks paper. No bin collections for Warrington Due to strike action by UNITE members as part of a national pay dispute, there will be no bin […]
Sunday 24th September is World River DayA day where millions of people in more than 100 countries 🥳 the world's waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world.Smithy caught up with Adele Dismore, a River Ranger from United Utilities to find out more about the day and the work that the rangers do to […]
Manor Road Tennis Club Launches New Home Manor Road Tennis Club (MRTC) launched its new home in Lymm Rugby Club’s Walled Garden, with a celebratory opening ceremony on Sunday 10th September. Dignitaries, VIPs, club members, guests, sponsors and the media from south Cheshire enjoyed an open day of celebration as the new facilities were showcased. Four new, floodlit, all-weather courts, created using state-of-the-art ‘Tiger Turf’, are now available and a […]
Thursday 7th September and the new Knutsford and Warrington Guardian Newspapers are out. Harvey caught up with Tom Bedworth, Community Reporter to find out what's in this week's edition. Two main stroies for you. Peace of Mind - the Brianna Ghey Fundraiser Known as 'Peace in Mind,' the campaign will see Brianna's mum, Esther, work with the Warrington Guardian to push for better support for children in our town. The fundraiser […]
Warrington Town players, management and supporters all got together for the pre-season launch at the Village Hotel. The club begin their National League North campaign on August 5th and hopes are high for another successful season. We spoke to manager Mark Beesley, owner/chairman Toby Macormac and players Josh Amis and Tony Thompson. Keep tuned to MIX 56 as we'll be keeping you up to date on all your local sport throughout […]
Ahead of the much-anticipated DAB+ switch-on in the Warrington area, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer - along with Warrington South MP, Andy Carter paid us a visitFor over an hour, our special guests were given a tour of the MIX 56 studios and a short presentation by members of our Kids Live @5 team, highlighting the work we do for […]
Lymm Transport Day 2023 was a roaring success - with record numbers attending and over £8000 raised for local causes Following on from our previous post about the success of Lymm Historic Transport Day 2023, Jack Levy and Lee Kendal, from the organising team called into the studio to give us an update this morning. You can listen again right here! This year's event was bigger and better than ever, […]
