During the recent council by-election in Fairfield and Howley we talked to hundreds of people on the doorstep and found almost universal distaste at these increases. In fact, this is one reason why Labour came so close to losing this previously safe seat
BEING a mother and a grandmother, the death of sweet baby Callum has really upset me. It's heart-breaking to think that little baby boy never had a chance to live in this world. I can't find it in my heart to forgive his cruel, heartless mother who gave
Grappenhall v Upton Grappenhall A. McCoy ct Jones b Motschall 12 I. Jackson ct Jones b Byron 10 W. Sharp ct Motschall b Jones 29 R. Holden ct Burnes b Brooks 9 N. Sharp not out 52 N. Titchard ct Burnes b Brooks 6 G. Emmett not out 44 Extras 11 Total 173
WOOLSTON Rovers scrum half Neil Kelly has been given the job of coordinating the development of Rugby League in the town. The 25-year-old jetted back from last month's unbeaten BARLA tour of Australia to take up his new post as Warrington Borough Council's
WARRINGTON'S continuing problem of 'dropsy' deprived them of a first victory at home for two months. The Wolves had plenty of possession as they tried to claw back from their 20-12 half-time deficit but failed to find the clinical pass needed to put the
WHEN Warrington's SOS call went out to Mike Pechey the Australian had no hesitation in joining the squad at Wilderspool. With a growing injury list, particularly in the backs, coach Darryl Van de Velde needed an extra body for Sunday's game against London
RECORD-breaking duo Joyce Rumney and Noel Alms showed that age is no barrier when you're cruising the wide blue yonder. Joyce and Noel were determined to regain the record they had held for five years for the oldest combined age of two people in a microlight
MARK FRASER'S emphatic victory in the Club Championship saw the big-hitting youngster break through the demanding four-handicap barrier. Fraser, who took control of the 36-hole gross competition by going round the par-69 Highfield Road course in a superb
Widnes Recreation CC - Lords Northwest Counties Cricket League Knock-Out Cup Final HAVING won the toss, Euxton's captain, Craig Millward, elected to bat, a decision he was later to regret. He thought because the Rec's are in the Second Division it would
SUNDAY'S narrow defeat at Featherstone after an improved performance was a disappointment to coach Graeme West. "We really worked hard after half time to get back into it. In the first half we made a few mistakes and didn't really take it by the scruff
Featherstone Rovers 28 Widnes Vikings 26 A DRAMATIC second-half comeback almost secured victory for the Vikings but a late Shaun Irwin try ended their hopes. Some of Widnes' attacking play was out of the top drawer in the second period but they will probably
IN Section One the WRLFC are still showing the way with two games remaining but the Eight Towers and Holy Family, with lots of class, won't be giving up the chance to overtake. In Section Two, Moorfield look to have booked a semi-final place playing very
JOHN Dayus and his wife Margaret, a member at Poulton Park, won the mixed Open at Widnes Golf Club on Sunday with a stableford score of 42 points. This gave them the narrowest of victories in a competition which attracted 82 pairs. Huyton and Prescot
IN the Lt Commander T Wilkinson VC Cup final the teams' supporters witnessed a fascinating dual at the Widnes Cricket Club. Halton Corporation Rec Club won the toss and asked Widnes Albion to take first knock. Skipper, Paul Davies, who opened the innings
A MAN was held at knifepoint in a terrifying ordeal in Widnes town centre on Sunday afternoon. He was returning to his car after withdrawing money from the cash machine at the Natwest Bank at Simms Cross when two men suddenly confronted him. Wielding
HAS your family been devastated by the discovery that your son, daughter, husband or wife is using drugs? You no longer have to worry on your own - help is at hand. A new course starts next week, offering information, advice, counselling and support.
POLICE had to use CS gas to overpower a man threatening to slash his own throat with a breadknife, a court heard on Monday. Alan Day, 39, had barricaded himself in his home after a furious row with his partner, Warrington Crown Court was told. Day, of
RUNCORN kicked off their first pre-season friendly at Canal Street against First Division side Tranmere Rovers Reserves. The result proved rather insignificant in the end as the game had to be stopped for around 15 minutes, as Tranmere's keeper, Gareth
OLD TRANSPORTER were the undisputed winners of the Pavilions Cup thrashing Pavilions B 7-2. They also received a cheque for £250 from sponsors Bass Brewing Ltd. The competition was held at the Sandy Lane-based ground and open to all teams who were based
AFTER the second week of the Pavilions Cup there are no certain finalists. Both groups remain open with five teams contesting the final places. On Tuesday Mond A beat Burma Star 5-2. The game produced some tremendous football from both sides and - the
YOUNG junior players are proving themselves good enough to be selected to play in the senior teams when holidays and work commitments prevent some of the regular players from being available. Two junior members played in the Mixed Fourth Team on Tuesday
Fiddlers III pulled off a shock victory last Thursday night in Runcorn Greenall Darts League when the team who stood at the foot of Section Three inflicted the first defeat of the season on leaders RNA. The winners victory included a 15 dart game from
BIG-HEARTED World readers have rallied round to help repair the damage caused by vandals at Halton Haven. Hooligans rampaged through a remembrance garden at the cancer care centre, destroying an ornamental pond, smashing a statue and fountain and ripping
RUNCORN bridge had to be closed yet again in the early hours of Friday after a man scaled it and threatened to jump. The bridge was sealed off for four hours from 2am when police were called to talk the man down. He had reached his position by use of
SCORES of bus travellers had their journeys delayed on Saturday after an accident on Runcorn busway saw a teenager escape with minor injuries. Buses were backed up as police closed the busway while an ambulance crew treated the injured person. The accident
POLICE are asking for witnesses to a cycle accident in Runcorn which left a teenage girl with head injuries. Heather Gallie, 19, was cycling along Keckwick Lane, just past the junction with the Chester Road at 3.10pm on Monday, July 27 when she catapulted
ANYTHING that encourages more participation in local democracy is to be welcomed. However, there is no room for complacency over the polling station in the supermarket in the recent Fairfield and Howley by-election, reported in theGUARDIAN Midweek on
LIKE many readers, I have used the town centre pubs in Warrington for some years. However, I have noticed them change for the worse over time. A railwayman once advised myself and a friend not to go into the centre of Warrington on a Friday or Saturday
ANGLING Warrington Anglers' Association results: Juniors Police Series: 1, Alan Green, 4lbs 6ozs 4drms; 2, Mike Savage, 4-5-12; 3, Jonathan Proudman, 4-0-4; 4, Andrew Lewis, 3-2-6; 5, Craig Lowndes, 2-15-6. Junior Match (London Bridge): Minnows:1, Richard
WARRINGTON shot putter John Nicholls has achieved a tremendous grand slam on the northern athletics scene. Nicholls, of Stockton Heath, has added the Northern Inter-Counties Championships to his list of honours this year. The 32-year-old Sale Harriers
A GUTSY Warrington teenager has won a British junior Thai boxing title in only his sixth official fight. David Buckley, aged 14, beat the highly experienced Birmingham fighter James Sutton - a veteran of 83 fights at 14-years-old - to win the 34 kilo
WARRINGTON Anglers' Association members are finding sport steadily improving on both still waters and river venues. The Severn at Bidon is producing good barbel and chub on the maggot feeder and stick float down the edges on the deeper swims. At Sandiway
CARP to 16lbs are featuring strongly in Sandy and Sandybank Pools, with the best fish falling to Lymm Angling Club member G. Dumphy. Tench to 2.5lbs and bream to 4lbs have featured among the non-stop action supplied by the ubiquitous rudd and roach. Lymmvale
MARK Kinch's World Cup dream is over. The athlete has been felled by a mystery virus and will not be able to compete in this weekend's qualifier. He says: "It is a blow and I am disappointed." Warrington's fell running king was 'knocked down' by the bug
WARRINGTON'S Transplant Games duo are celebrating an impressive medal haul after flying back from Belfast. Stephen Deakin and Jan McKeen, who have both had kidney transplants, spent four days in the Northern Ireland capital competing with hundreds of
Warrington Wolves 14 London Broncos 23 WARRINGTON'S walking wounded were left gasping Air on Sunday despite a wonderful opening 11 minutes. You would never have guessed that six of Warrington's starting line-up had been rated doubtful to play in midweek
I BET Jason Roach had mixed feelings at the weekend. The Wolves winger would have been disappointed to have been on the losing side, specially as his knock on over the line prevented a try that could have put Warrington back into contention against the
SWITCHING codes between Rugby League and Union has become more common with the move to summer rugby. To my mind, it's to the advantage of Union because players coming over from League bring a more professional approach with them. Our preparation before
WARRINGTON'S injury worries continue with uncertainty hanging over who will fill the full back slot against St. Helens on Sunday. The back line was so badly decimated on Wednesday that coach Darryl Van de Velde cancelled training in the hope that a day
WASTE disposal sites in Warrington will be sold off to the highest bidder when council chiefs cash in on the town's stake in the landfill company 3C Waste. The council is expected to make more than £20 million from the sale when Warrington disposes of
THE battle lines are drawn and retailers in Warrington are getting ready fro the biggest challenge of their careers. In just over five weeks time, the new Trafford Centre shopping complex opens on the outskirts of Manchester. The mall is expected to dent
WHEN it comes to escaping by a whisker, they don't come much luckier 'van' Fifi the cat! And if cats do have nine lives, she must have used at least two up in one journey at the weekend. The miraculous moggie managed to survive a trip of nearly 10 miles
IT'S tremendous that Sir Paul McCartney's home is going to be a new national landmark to underpin the fame he has brought to Liverpool. I'm looking forward to having a trip around the house myself. But I must say my heart goes out to everyone else living
JUST what is councillor Frank Doran, the distinguished chairman of Liverpool's Leisure and Tourism Committee, playing at? This Thursday, Julie Goodyear, formerly Bet Lynch of Coronation Street, will be appointed the city's third Cultural Ambassador. Can
WIDNES lost the toss and were put into bat on a very slow, damp wicket and started off badly, losing opener Ashall. Paul Beddingfield then entered the fray and consolidated well with Ste McNicholas to put on a stand of 50. Beddingfield was run-out for
Widnes Vikings 4 Hull Kingston Rovers 63 WIDNES suffered a humiliating record home defeat at the hands of a Rovers side who were probably surprised at just how easily they brushed the Vikings aside. Papua New Guinea star, Stanley Gene, helped himself
Understandably in recent times, Widnes Vikings have taken considerable "flak" over their poor performances. But may I, through your columns, on behalf of Halton Hornets U14s, thank Graeme West and Bernard Long for a new initiative they have set up for
JUDGMENT day is fast approaching at the Auto Quest Stadium following Sunday's shattering home defeat against Hull KR, says Viking coach Graeme West. "We have really got to take stock of our squad now," said Graeme. "I'm not happy with one or two players
ROBBERS brandishing a crowbar snatched pub takings from a security guard - but were forced to abandon their loot when a secret device sprang into action. When they tried to open the cash box, the two raiders and the money were sprayed with red dye. The
GENERAL CHEMICALS Football Club is eager to start their new campaign in Division One of the West Cheshire League. Last season saw them finish top of Division Two with a run of over 24 games without dropping a point. In addition to that outstanding achievement
ALVANLEY travelled to Cheadle on Saturday on the back of a string of good performances to face the team closest to them in the battle for second place. Cheadle began the day seven points adrift on third place. They won the toss and asked Alvanley to bat
AN ANGRY parent has condemned a school transport plan which means finding hundreds of pounds to send his son to school outside Halton, claiming its real aim is to fill surplus places in Runcorn. But Halton's education chief has denied this, saying the
A VIAL containing a potentially deadly bacteria is at large in Runcorn following a burglary at the weekend. Employees returning to work at their factory on the Astmoor industrial estate on Monday morning discovered that computer equipment had been stolen
FLOWERS, smiles and cheers - and the sun - greeted the Queen as she met crowds on her royal visit to Runcorn on Friday. Crowds were delighted as she carried out an informal walkabout in Bridge Street. They had patiently waited hours to catch a glimpse
THE Queen shared a laugh and a joke with the mayor of Halton as she sat beside him for lunch during the monarch's visit to the borough on Friday. Cllr Tony McDermott said he felt "honoured and privileged" to spend almost three hours in her company. He
THE world's most efficient power station has been opened in Runcorn by the Queen. The 770MW gas-fired Rocksavage power station cost £375 million and took two years to build. It created 800 jobs during construction but now employs just 40 people. Built
CHESHIRE Police Authority has invited members of the public to apply to become independent members of the Authority. Five appointments will be made over the next nine months - two in December 1998 and three in April 1999;. The new members will serve four-year
SPECULATION is intensifying that ICI's Runcorn site is about to go under the hammer in a £250 million auction. Unconfirmed reports have claimed that the race to buy the chlorine manufacturing business is set to be fought between two venture capital companies
POLICE inquiries into the death of a man whose father is in jail for drug-smuggling are continuing as detectives await news from Jamaica. Runcorn CID are investigating the death of Aaron Vernett-Showers, 22, who collapsed in Runcorn on July 18 after drinking
A PAIR of Runcorn men have appeared in court this week on charges relating to the possession and supply of cocaine and heroin. Darren Skiffington and Lee Stoba, both unemployed, came before magistrates on Monday. They will reappear in court on Monday,
EX-RUNCORN police officer Tony Bukhari has appeared in court in Bermuda charged with the manslaughter of his former girlfriend. Bukhari, who used to live in Beechwood and was stationed in Runcorn, was arrested following an inquest into the death of his
RUNCORN police are appealing for help as they try to catch the people involved in two separate assaults in Runcorn in July. The first assault occurred on Tuesday, July 14, at approximately 10.30pm. A man was attacked by three youths on the grass area
A MAN is fighting for his life in intensive care following an attack in Runcorn Old Town on Friday night. The victim, a Runcorn man in his 30s, was rushed to hospital with a serious head injury as a result of the assault on High Street, at 11.45pm. He
AN appeal was made by detectives this week to anyone who may have seen a man being attacked by three youths. The assault happened on a grassed area in Mersey Road, near the River Mersey on Tuesday, July 14 at 10.30pm. One of the youths had a shaved head
