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We're too generous to immigrants

REGARDING Mr Calhoun's letter "I was disgusted at Mr Gannon's letter concerning his views on the never ending arrival of 'free loading' refugees to this country." I, for one and indeed most people I speak to when this subject is broached, agree with him

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Accident black spots are being built across town

FURTHER to Councillor Black's reply to my previous letter to the GUARDIAN, I would like to make the following points. 1. Access to the Trafford Centre, without car can be made by two bus services at approximately 30 minute intervals from Warrington Bus

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AROUND LYMM ANGLING CLUB'S WATERS

ORRELL'S Abbey Lake continues to fish well for members of Lymm Angling Club. Roach is the reliable species on this water. The size of the roach is a bonus with fish averaging 8ozs, with specimens of 2lbs not unusual. Pike are also a feature in this water

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WARRINGTON ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION SCENE

IT looks as though Warrington Anglers' Association river fisheries will not be fishable this weekend. But last weekend some quality grayling to 1lb 8ozs 0drms came off the Dee at Worthenbury. A salmon of 5lbs plus was also landed. All fell to legered

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JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE REPORTS

Portico u7 24 Rylands Sharks u7 40 RYLANDS were always in control thanks to superb defending. The try scorers were Daniel Phillips, four, Joe Clarke, three, Jonathan Digby, two and Jamie Howard. The special award went to Jason Brookes, top tackler was

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BRAVE SOAP RESHAPE

Normanton 26 Crosfields 18 DESPITE four regular pack men missing, Crosfields Rugby League team put up a brave fight at Normanton in BARLA's National Conference League Division Two. Soap started well and a bulldozing run from Mark Nestor was rewarded with

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WARRINGTON SUNDAY SOCCER LEAGUE REVIEW

THE Warrington Sunday Soccer League entered the new year in the way that it left the old with fixtures decimated and only nine matches played. Rylands powered into the next round of the Denis Scholes Challenge Trophy by overwhelming Hounds and Hare 6-

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WARRINGTON SOCCER LEAGUE REVIEW

LAST season's GUARDIAN Cup finalists both progressed to the next round in this week's Warrington Soccer League action. Holders Crosfields won 5-1 at Riverplate. Mark Caven, two, Ian Pickett, Steve Saunders and a 25 yard lob from substitute Craig Canning

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ROPER SETBACK

WARRINGTON Wolves star Jonathan Roper has had a setback on his comeback trail. The centre or stand off has not trained for three weeks due to a severe chest infection that he has not been able to shake off. Coach Darryl Van de Velde said this week: "Jon

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WOLVES' WORLD CUP WONDERS?

WARRINGTON Wolves fans have had their interest in the Rugby League World Cup 2000 heightened by the prospect of a number of their Wilderspool favourites being involved. The decision to split Great Britain into four separate teams of England, Scotland,

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BUSBY'S FRESH START

DEAN Busby is hoping to put three disappointing seasons behind him as he looks to relaunch his career with the Wolves. Busby was the boy wonder from the Boulevard when he joined Saints from Hull for £80,000 in 1995. He broke into the first team straight

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RUGBY LEAGUE'S NEW RULES GOING INTO SUPER LEAGUE IV

WARRINGTON Wolves fans should prepare themselves for some technical law changes being played in Super League next season. Sections of the game affected are tactical kicking, drop goals, restarts, scrums, play-the-balls and misconduct. A Red Hall spokesperson

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Recycling message

START 1999 by recycling your rubbish. The organisation Going for Green has set out guidelines to help everyone make a difference to the environment. These include: Take bottles, cans etc. to a recycling point. Keep Christmas cards to turn into gift tags

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£1m cash boost for town's hospital

WARRINGTON Hospital's X-Ray Department is celebrating a £1 million cash injection. The money, released by the NHS North West Regional Office, will be used to replace vital equipment, cut waiting lists and offer patients one of the best diagnostic services

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Two policemen injured in crash

TWO police officers were taken to hospital after their car crashed as they answered a 999 call. Police constables Graham Wareing and John Speakman were seriously injured when their vehicle was in collision with an advertising hoarding at a petrol station

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Go-ahead for overhaul

A SCHEME to regenerate the Wargrave Estate - in which up to 200 houses could leave council control - has been given the green light by housing chiefs. The initiative follows a secret ballot in October when 61 per cent of tenants voted against a £17m proposal

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Operation 'Winter's Tale' snares criminals

A CRACKDOWN on Christmas crime in the town centre has been a major success, say police chiefs. Operation 'Winter's Tale' netted more than 51 criminals targeting seasonal shoppers and stores. The majority of those arrested were charged with shoplifting

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Haven for birds

A VILLAGE woodland could soon become home to dozens of different birds. The Mersey Valley Partnership and the North Cheshire RSPB group have constructed 40 nesting boxes at Daresbury Firs with the backing of Halton Environment Fund. It is hoped everything

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Display wins award

GARDEN centre staff in Glazebury are celebrating after achieving a top regional award. Bents Garden Centre has won the best Christmas display in the northern region from the Garden Centre Association and is now a finalist for the national award, which

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Playing until the cows come home at farmers' charity night

A RADIO One star intends to play until the cows come home at a charity gig to help farmers. DJ Mark Radcliffe and his band The Family Mahone Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion

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Middle-aged men still not getting the 'don't drink and drive' message

HARD-HITTING campaigns aimed at shocking the public are not enough to deter hardened drink drivers, say police in Warrington. Despite millions spent on this year's 'Don't drink and die' initiative targeting younger drivers, traffic officers in the town

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Hospital workers praised

A PARAMEDIC has praised staff at Warrington Hospital for coping with the strain of Christmas and New Year. Martin Engles, of Mersey Regional Ambulance Service, said everyone from the cleaners to the doctors deserved congratulating. He said: "I've been

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Exciting arts programme

WARRINGTON'S reputation as a centre of arts excellence and innovation has received another boost with the announcement of events for spring. Highlights include Irish teenage singing sensation Michael English who will be performing at this year's Fleadh

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Wizard answer to starling riddle

MERLINS have proved just the trick in persuading pesky starlings to perch elsewhere. Nestling on pylons and power lines, starlings were causing a menace to people living near Gainsborough Road and Berkshire Drive, Woolston - nobody's washing line or car

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Mother's campaign to raise awareness of rare disorder

A WOMAN is campaigning for greater awareness of a rare genetic disorder which has impacted on her family. Kathleen Gellvear, of Fir Grove, Paddington, found out that her husband and daughter were sufferers of Marfan Syndrome two years ago. "My husband

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Vows hold true for Joan and Tom

VOWS taken in sickness and in health have certainly worked well for Orford's Joan and Tom Roberts. Because the couple, both aged 75, are celebrating 50 years of wedlock with family and friends after falling in love at the former Latchford Labour Club

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Yobs threw missile at truck on M-way

A TRUCK driver has blasted teenagers who hurled a brick at his windscreen from a motorway bridge. Haulier Tony Jones was travelling along the busy M62, near to junction 11 towards Liverpool, when the missile ricocheted off the front of his vehicle. Only

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Rhyming fun

SINGING, dancing and lots of fun are guaranteed at the new "Fun with Rhyme" club for under 5's starting January 8. Favourite nursery rhymes and songs are to be acted out as parents and toddlers raise the roof at Newton Community Centre. The action starts

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Worst pressures for 26 years

PRESSURES at Warrington Hospital are the worst for 26 years according to one consultant. At a meeting of the Trust board, Dr Don Pearson told directors that he couldn't remember a year as bad as this one. And Gillian Heaton, director of nursing and operations

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Call for volunteer nurses to come forward

WARRINGTON Hospital is appealing for volunteer nurses in a bid to ease a staffing crisis caused by the Christmas flu epidemic. Health chiefs say the hospital's accident and emergency department treated more patients during Christmas than it did in the

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News comes as owners ICI assure future of town site

WORKERS at chemical company Crosfield's face a New Year of worry and speculation after it was announced that 120 jobs are to be shed from the Warrington site. Bosses at the Liverpool Road company are confident that the losses can be achieved mainly through

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Teenager fights killer bug

AN avid Warrington Wolves fan is recovering in hospital after contracting the killer bug meningitis. Karen Caley, aged 19, of Wellfield Street, Sankey Bridges, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, December 27. Her family was stunned when doctors confirmed

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Some comfort

RE your letter "Silk Flowers Taken From Memorial" from a widow and a Grandma in the GUARDIAN on December 11. Although we read and see on television that this dispicable practice does happen, I must write to say that on a recent visit to Walton Lea on

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Orford Park - the town's neglected war memorial

THE GUARDIAN's correspondence columns have shown readers' concerns about the neglect of war memorials. Few understand that Orford Park is perhaps the most important. In 1916, due to the efforts of Alderman Bennett, the mansion and 18 acre park were gifted

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Shoot the 65s

I AM currently in receipt of an Incapacity Benefit, however on December 23 1998, I reached the age of 65 and then obviously I became eligible for Old Age Pension. However this pension is only payable from the first Monday after the 65th birthday and according

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Welcome bowl

MEMBERS recently passed to me a copy of an article from the GUARDIAN concerning the possibility of an indoor Bowling Centre being built in Warrington. I am the treasurer of two Bowling Clubs in Croft. We have in total some 300 members. You can be assured

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GLANCE GUIDE TO RESULTS AND FIXTURES IN WARRINGTON

Angling Lymm Angling Club results: Thursday's Sankey Canal match, Tip Road: 1, Tony Jackson, 16-2-0; 2, Harry Billing, 4-4-0; 3, John Jowett, 3-13-8. The Angling Club Winter League: 1, Tony Dagnall, 7-1-0, 2, Neil Buist, 6-1-8, 3, Paul Brocklehurst, 5

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NEWBOLD OFF THE MARK

Tetley Walker 3 Ashton Town 1 TETLEY Walker kicked off the new year with a 3-1 home win against Ashton Town on Saturday. The game sprang into life in the second half after an uneventful first 45 minutes during which both sides found the heavy pitch difficult

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PACE TO TAME THAME

WARRINGTON Town are racing to get their Cantilever Park pitch into shape in time for their FA Vase showdown with Thame United. Victory tomorrow, Saturday, in the fourth round tie would put Town in the last 16 of the competition and within sight of a trip

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WOLVES' GALLANT MOVE

AFTER a week of transfer speculation Warrington Wolves made a signing - their long awaited new marketing manager! And that appointment was revealed on the same day the Wolves announced they would be closing their theme shop in the Cockhedge Centre - with

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RSPCA gets its message across

WARRINGTON people appear to be getting the message about not giving pets as Christmas presents. The RSPCA office on Slutchers Lane reported no new arrivals over the festive season. Manager Chris Walkden said: "We have had absolutely nothing in at all.

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Pioneering new supplies contract will save thousands

PATIENTS are to benefit from savings totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds after Warrington Hospital signed a pioneering new contract for the provision of its supplies. The Trust has signed a five year contract with Surestock Health Services, of Oxford

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Gift of TVs thanks to mystery donation

THE WORLD of television and video has arrived at the new hospice thanks to the generosity of an anonymous benefactor. The money was given to Rixton Friends of St Rocco's with the condition that it was used for the benefit of patients. The group chose

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Deadline for school places

PARENTS are reminded that arrangements for school places need to be made if their child's fifth birthday falls between September 1 1999 and August 31 2000. Schools have compiled their details in an Admissions Booklet which, along with preference forms

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National recognition for centre

THE WORK of an ultra-modern 'one stop health shop' for people with mental health problems is to be highlighted in a national magazine. Newton's Vista Road Centre, which was singled out for praise in a government report last month, will feature in the

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Fortnight wait to bury flu victims

BEREAVED familes are having to wait up to a fortnight to bury their relatives as Newton's funeral directors struggle to cope with an unprecedented demand. The winter months and the flu epidemic are resulting in the highest winter death rates in years.

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Flu causes strain on health services

HEALTH services in Newton are being stretched to the limit as the flu outbreak continues. GPs are facing up to three times the average number of flu cases for this time of year, and deputy GPs have been put on Red Alert to provide round-the-clock cover

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Villagers urged to show support

CAMPAIGNERS for a Millennium Green in Appleton are warning villagers not to be complacent following news that the first hurdle has been jumped. Residents of the Cobbs Estate are holding a public meeting tomorrow, Wednesday. They want as many people as

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Man's body discovered in Granny's Brook

A RETIRED coach builder found dead in a culvert near to his home on New Year's Day has been named by police. Detectives sealed off part of Woodvale Close, Padgate, while officers recovered the body of 53-year-old Stanley Betley from Granny's Brook. Post

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A prickly problemHelp hedgehogs to survive the winter months

HEDGEHOG lovers are asking people to keep a lookout for the prickly creatures this winter to prevent them from starving. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has issued a plea to homeowners to leave out food and drink to help hedgehogs through the

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Drug dealers forced to hand over assets

POLICE are warning drugs barons they face losing more than their liberty after two men had assets of more than £ million seized. Drug dealers Alan Johnson, from Grappenhall, and Bewsey's Mark Peers have been ordered to hand over £262,000 between them

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Well-wishers tribute to baby Callum

BABY Callum - the tragic tot who captured the town's hearts - has been given a fitting memorial by well-wishers. Warrington has not forgotten the youngster and now a headstone - adorned by a tiny shepherd - pays silent tribute at the town's Manchester

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PETE M

Samaritans call for more volunteers A NEW year does not necessarily mean a new start for people who feel bereft of hope and ambition at the onset of 1999. Vital listening ears have been provided by the town's Samaritans throughout the festive season -

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Young mum killed by convicted drink driver

THE family of a young mother killed by a Warrington drink driver have spoken of their relief that the man responsible for the death of their daughter and her unborn child has been jailed. Michael Timson, aged 26, of Padgate Lane, Warrington, was jailed

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3 weeks to bury the dead

GRIEVING families are having to wait up to three weeks to bury their relatives because the town's funeral directors have been overwhelmed by demand. The winter months and the flu virus have taken their toll on the town's vulnerable and the increased death

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Learn to be handy

DIY for beginners is the latest accredited course taking place at Newton Community Centre. Starting on January 14 at 7pm, the free course invites males and females to tackle those tools and learn basic DIY skills at the same time. It is the result of