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DANNY'S WORLD BID

WARRINGTON Wolves' Danny Patrick Nutley could become a surprise addition to the Ireland squad for the 2000 World Cup here in Britain. The hard working prop forward has descendants from both Ireland and England and has said he will be delighted to play

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DEMOLITION DERBY

GRAPPENHALL firsts thrashed Warrington by seven wickets in their Cheshire County League First Division derby at Broad Lane. Warrington went in to bat first and got off to a slow start against some disciplined Grappenhall bowling. M. Agar and J. Hughes

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HAWTHORNE TO REBUILD TEAM

HAWTHORNE have set about rebuilding their Inn Partnership Summer Darts League Monday night side. Several 'star players' chose to play bowls or take 'sabbaticals' this week and Hawthorne were beaten at Tetley. The best performance came from George MacCormick

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WORK PARTIES

MEMBERS of Lymm Angling Club, either fishing, or just visiting club waters will see evidence of a lot of hard work already done under the supervision of head water keeper Derek Ormrod. This year, more so than in previous years, has emphasised the need

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GREY MIST MANIA

WARRINGTON Anglers' Association's Ackers Pit is producing plenty of small roach to maggot or pinkie with better fish to caster. Small carp on floatfished corn, meat or pellets. At Sandiway Lakes the larger fishery is looking promising with bream being

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ACADEMY SHOW THE WAY

St. Helens u19 20 Warrington Wolves u19 38 IN form Warrington Wolves Academy team recorded a fifth successive win - against a side led by the former Warrington coach John Myler. Tries from Ben Simpson and Graeme Howard plus a Steve Kirkbride conversion

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SAINTS GRAVEYARD

KNOWSLEY Road has now become Warrington Wolves' bogy ground after almost a decade of terrible results at the venue. The Wolves' coach summed it up after the latest horror show at the home of St. Helens. Straight after the game Darryl Van de Velde said

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FINALS FINALE

THE Warrington Junior Solvay Interox Soccer League has drawn to a close with the last round of league cup finals. In the Under 13 Cup, Beechfield went 1-0 up against Cadishead in a tight first half with a goal from J. Boardman. Cadishead made it 1-1 just

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MARATHON MAN POUNDING TOWARDS MILAN

ROAD runner Nick Jones has hot-footed into the national squad for a half marathon in Holland next month. Nick will run in the Enseade International event on June 6, looking to cement his place in the Great Britain team for the World Championships in Milan

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HEAD KICK SENT CHAMPION FLYING OUT OF THE RING

WARREN Brown was booed into the Milan ring but left the arena mobbed by ecstatic Italian fight fans on Friday. The Warrington 21-year-old, a no-hoper as far as the Italians were concerned, marched into enemy territory and completed mission impossible

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Reservoir warning

WATER watchdogs are warning about the dangers of cooling off in reservoirs. People may be tempted to take a swim if the sun decides to shine, but they could be putting their lives at risk, warn managers at North West Water. Spokesman John Barnes said:

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Minister gives her backing to peace walkers

KEEPING up the pace for peace is the ultimate aim of trekkers backed by Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam. The popular MP has given a Westminster rubber-stamp to the efforts of four wonder walkers as they attempt to overcome a near 200-mile challenge

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Viaduct ... no more improvements

A CAMPAIGN by village residents to reduce traffic noise from the Thelwall Viaduct has been stopped in its tracks. Lymm residents wanted the viaduct to be insulated to reduce traffic noise caused by the widening of the road in 1996. But the Department

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Youngsters in tune for musical success

JUNIOR school pupils from all over Warrington gathered at the Parr Hall last week to take part in a musical extravaganza. More than 700 children from 27 schools formed a choir, an orchestra and recorder group to perform a variety of popular compositions

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Trading places at work

COUNCIL bosses tried the hands-on approach as part of the national Learning at Work Day. One director met the public face-to-face as he posed as receptionist at New Town House, an assistant director from the Direct Services department swept Bridge Street

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Making a tidy job of cleaning up!

CAMPAIGNERS in Lymm are appealing for help in their on going effort to keep the village tidy. Members of the 'Keep Lymm Tidy' group are constantly seeking new, fellow-residents to join up and become active participants in their clean-up campaign. Senior

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Mum's support appeal

A PENKETH mum who helped her son battle the after-effects of a head injury is appealing to parents to help set up a support group in Warrington. Paul Owen, of Shoreham Drive, Penketh, suffered horrific head injuries when he was left for dead in a road

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Spy camera bid to beat centre yobs

VANDALS and yobs who congregate around Appleton Parish Hall on Dudlows Green Road could soon find themselves on camera. Parish councillors fed up with complaints from users of the hall have been testing closed circuit television cameras which they plan

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£5 coke smuggler jailed for 25 years

A CHAMPAGNE lifestyle has gone flat for a Warrington man convicted of cocaine smuggling. Company director Gene Gibson, of Cartier Close, Old Hall, spent £700,000 in just over a year on a host of expensive "toys", including sports cars, a yacht and a motor

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Coaches pass on the Man U skills

SECRETS behind the ball skills which helped to win Manchester United an unprecedented third league and cup double have been revealed to Padgate High youngsters. Top coaches from the Old Trafford side have been passing on their considerable expertise to

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Search for colleagues

A GRAPPENHALL woman is searching for former colleagues to take part in a reunion party. Wendy Lilley is looking for people who worked at Herbert Cutanit, now Plansee Tizit, on Cliff Lane, Grappenhall, in 1955. Mrs Lilley can be contacted on 01925 483736

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Peace breaks out in car row

A PLANNING saga came to an end after town hall bosses approved a scheme to sell cars from a Lingley Road garage. Lingley Autos had applied for permission to sell Jaguar cars from four spaces at its existing vehicle repair garage on Lingley Road. In 1994

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Top rap wins girls chat with top people

A TALENTED duo from Burtonwood experienced life in the corridors of power after winning a national competition singing the praises of their after school club. Sam Heaps, aged 10 and Danielle Trigg, aged nine, scooped the top prize in a competition to

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Cross-border car raiders caught out

UNDERCOVER work by south Warrington police has helped to put the skids under car criminals in Lymm. Driving home the message that vehicle crime in the village will not be tolerated Operation Watermill led to 10 arrests for the Stockton Heath squad. Cross

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Local Plan shock

DRAFT planning guidelines which caused a storm of protest and got 11,000 Warrington residents hot under the collar will have to be dropped because of a legal blunder. Now planning bosses fear that the floodgates will be open for developers who have had

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Project works on to build bridges and peace

DIGNITARIES from both sides of the Irish Sea came together in Warrington in a bid to promote peace through education. The Warrington Project, a group formed in the wake of 1993's Bridge Street bombing, held a lecture at a Warrington hotel which was attended

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Homes to open despite protests

WARRINGTON'S first specialist homes for autistic adults are to open next week despite a long-running campaign by residents. The purpose-built semi-detached houses at the end of Havisham Close, Locking Stumps will house eight adults suffering from autism

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MPs back means tests for disabled benefits

DISABILITY campaigners have hit out at Warrington's MPs for failing to take a stand against a government bill which they claim will strike at the town's most vulnerable people. Last week, Parliament voted in favour of the Welfare Reform & Pensions

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Judith builds community life

BRINGING the community in Appleton together is the theme for this year's parish council chairman, Judith Walker. Clr Walker took up her chain of office at last week's meeting from outgoing chairman Sandy Watts. She said: "Now that development in the area

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Man died day after release from hospital

A MAN man died only a day after being sent home from Warrington Hospital. An inquest into the death of Derek David Lawrenson, aged 60, of Silverdale Road, heard how the former grinder died from a bleeding gastric ulcer at the hospital last year. A consultant

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Charlotte is now 'happy and confident'

BABE-in-the-wood Charlotte Jones has been putting her November nightmare behind her with the help of expert counsellors and some tender loving care. It is six months since the tot, now aged four, was left at Gypsy Wood, Collins Green, by her own mother

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Handcuff rescue

A PRANK went wrong for one Birchwood youngster when the fire brigade had to cut him free from a set of handcuffs. The boy's friend clipped the cuffs onto his wrist as a joke, but then discovered they could not be undone. After a trip to Birchwood Fire

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Lucky escape

A VAN driver had a lucky escape on Monday morning after his car radiator exploded. The driver's view was blocked by steam as he drove along the M6 at Woolston. He lost control and came to a stop on top of one of the roadside barriers. He was not injured

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Green dream is a step nearer

CAMPAIGNERS for Appleton's own Millennium Green have passed another milestone in their fight. The 13-acre site off Dale Lane has been named by the Countryside Agency on a new list published last week. Although it is the only site in Cheshire not to be

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Scheme to stop dodgy motor traders

ARTHUR Daleys in Warrington had better watch out - a new scheme was launched this week designed to stop dodgy dealings in the town's motor trade. Trading Standards' latest weapon in the war against shoddy workmanship and suspect salesmen is their own

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Council has to close for Millennium

FEARS over an insurance wrangle mean that Warrington's new Millennium could start not with a bang, but a whimper, it was revealed this week. Council chiefs have pulled the plug on all public Millennium celebrations after insurers refused to cover possible

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Fish and chips are lusted after across the world

WEB-surfing ex-Warringtonians all over the world have been paying tribute to one of the town's best-loved institutions - Harry's Fish Bar! Emigrants as far flung as California and Australia have been sending e-mail odes to the Penketh chippy via a new

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Bus scheme bids to help the blind

A NATIONAL campaign highlighting the problems faced by the blind and partially sighted was launched in Warrington on Monday. The Right of Way campaign has been spearheaded by the Royal National Institute for the Blind which is calling for improvements

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Blackcap service

STAFF who were stationed at HMS Blackcap, the Royal Naval Air Station, Stretton, between 1942 and 1958 are invited to meet up with former friends and colleagues at the annual service of remembrance this Sunday. The service, conducted by Rev Dr Alan Shaw

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Even supporters won't deliver

IT seems to be assumed, if one reads the letters by Patricia A. Elvin and Dr. Anand Dalal (Warrington GUARDIAN, May 14) that the various political parties have a great many workers and helpers. The various political parties wish that such were true. The

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Yet another eating place for Lymm

THE Government advocates freedom of speech and information, so the residents of Lymm are surely entitled to know the name of the civil servant who is responsible for giving the go-ahead for yet another eating place in village. It is difficult to believe

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Frustrated with traffic congestion

THE letter regarding the siting of additional traffic lights near Morrisons in Stockton Heath made me laugh. The writer blamed a moron in the Council for making the traffic even more snarled than it is now, but like the motorist who complains about there

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Cottage homers known as numbers

ONCE again you have printed a story from "Happy Cottage Homes" extolling the virtues of Padgate Cottage Homes. I can't believe that my sister and I are the only ex-cottage homers who didn't enjoy being there. We hated it. I was there from the age of five

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Hope it rains on their patch of earth

RESIDENTS of Orford, have any of your neighbours suddenly acquired a rather nice rustic bird table and some green plastic patio furniture over the last few days? If so, can you tell them that when they stole them from our garden they forgot to take the

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Hugh's a Pretty boy then?

Notting Hill (Cert: 12) By Nicola Priest WHEN William Thacker's wife left him for a Harrison Ford lookalike, he was forced to share his des res Notting Hill home with a weird Welsh hippy (Rhys Ifano.) But Notting Hill is William's (Hugh Grant) favourite

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CLOSE CALL FOR SECONDS

WARRINGTON seconds nearly blew an away win as they rested on their laurels after a solid batting display. Playing for the first time ever at the delightfully situated ground at Tattenhall, Warrington batted first and accumulated what appeared a respectable

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TABLES

Greenalls Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League Section A P Pt Grange A 4 45 Rylands A... 3 37 King & Queen A... 3 35 Tetleys A... 4 30 Touchers A... 3 27 St. Oswalds A... 4 18 Alford Hall A... 3 14 Pierpoints A... 4 13 Farmers

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GLANCE GUIDE

Lymm Angling Club match results: Tuesday's Sankey Canal Match, Carterhouse: 1, Steve Boyd, 14lbs 5ozs 8drms; 2, Jason Leonard, 11-6-15; 3, Tony Marsden, 11-3-0; 4, Steve Conroy, 10-6-0. Thursday's Sankey Canal match, Bewsey: 1, Dave Rowe, 9-7-0; 2, Ray

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DEAKIN DIRECT

I THINK most of you will be feeling, like me, disappointed over the result at St. Helens. Emotionally, I can feel the pain like everyone else, but I like to think that, from an organisational standpoint and in terms of going forward, hopefully in a few

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WOLVES FALL APART

WARRINGTON failed to make the tackles count and Saints' potent attacking machine ran riot. The Super League's leaders and top scorers crossed the Wolves' line with alarming ease as they ran up their 11th win from 12 outings. It was Warrington's second

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DAMIEN'S DOUBLE HEADER

WARRINGTON Town's Damien Whitehead was the darling of the terraces at Cantilever Park during the 1998/99 season. And it was no surprise on Friday when he walked away from the club's presentation night with the supporters' player of the year award. Whitehead

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BEST IN WORLD

ALL the dirty tricks in the book could not stop Warren Brown from becoming Warrington's first world Thai Boxing champion this week. Brown showed he had no respect for reputations when he destroyed Carlo Barbutto on his own patch in Italy and left his

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NUTLEY'S SIGNED UP AND FIT

OUTSTANDING prop forward Danny Nutley has joined the growing convoy of players who have committed their next few years of rugby to Warrington Wolves. Darryl Van de Velde watched his inspired signing put pen to paper this week for a further two years at

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James unearths Roman treasure

ARCHAEOLOGISTS could be on the verge of unearthing one of the most significant Roman sites in the north west, thanks to a man from Hollins Green, near Lymm. James Balme, of Glen Close, discovered bronze coins, brooches and axe heads dating back almost

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MP joins station battle

A WARRINGTON MP and the town's MEP have joined the battle to improve access at Birchwood Station. Helen Jones, MP for Warrington North and MEP Brian Simpson met with residents who have been fighting to make the district's station more accessible to people

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How to be a very 'Special' person

NEW recruits wanting to put something back into their communities could be the perfect boost for Warrington's volunteer police force. Currently, 60 dedicated officers form the town's Special Constabulary - now a determined drive has begun to swell the

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Head's royal date at Highgrove

A HEAD teacher from Old Hall kept a Royal engagement this week after his school was honoured as one of the best 100 schools in the country. John Thomson, of Old Hall Primary School, took tea with Prince Charles at his Gloucestershire home along with head

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Mark says: Don't be too quick off the mark

RUGBY ace Mark Forster - one of the fastest men on two legs for Warrington Wolves - is stressing the importance of killing your speed to motorists. The nimble-footed winger's pace has helped the team on countless occasions down the years - but he was

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Health services praises as 'Beacons'

TWO of Warrington's health care services have been recognised by the Government as shining examples for others to follow. The Gatehouse Assessment Centre, Guardian Street and a group of central Warrington surgeries have received Beacon Awards for their

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Pipe band's tribute to official mascot Paul

MEMBERS of Warrington Juvenile Pipe Band have bid a tearful farewell to their greatest fan and most dedicated colleague. Paul Newton of Pocklington Court, Padgate, had hardly missed a single appearance by the band since it started in 1978 - despite not

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Mum dies from mystery liver illness

A FAMILY is united in its grief for a mother-of-three who died suddenly from a mystery liver condition. Julie Donaldson, of Barbondale Close, Whittle Hall, was airlifted to St James's Hospital in Leeds for a transplant, but died four days later. The 34

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Homes inquiry

A PUBLIC inquiry was launched on Tuesday over plans to build a housing estate on Cherry Lane, in Lymm. Allen Homes want to build 73 detached homes on land north of Cherry Lane Farm, a plan bitterly opposed by residents of the village who want the land

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Train fault brings post delays

INVESTIGATIONS are under way into a rail holdup which caused major delays to both passenger and postal trains on Monday morning. Nearly 24 hours passed before services running through Dallam were restored to normal, leading to the cancellation of 14 services

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Cooking up star meals for top shows

STAR caterer Sylvia McNamee knows a thing or two about TV dinners - she's spent the last 20 years fixing soap stars meals that are right up their street! TV and film caterer Sylvia, of Newlands Drive, Lowton, has been feeding the cast of Coronation Street

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Worker died when his clothes caught fire

HUNDREDS of people have paid tribute to a popular Culcheth man who died in a tragic accident. John O'Hara, of Heswall Avenue, Culcheth, was at work at Peter Miles Engineering Ltd in Leigh when his clothes mysteriously caught fire. He was rushed to hospital

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Chatterbox birthday

A SPECIAL support group for people who have lost their speech has celebrated its first birthday. Cheshire Chatterboxes was launched to help patients who have undergone operations that result in loss of speech. The group was founded by staff nurse Chris

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Boteler date

FORMER pupils of Sir Thomas Boteler High School are invited to a reunion. The party aims to bring together students from the school's first mixed year who attended from 1979 to 1984, as well as the last boys who were pupils from 1978 to 1983. The event

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Children's centre awarded £10,000

A CHILDREN'S activities centre in Millington, near Lymm, has received a major financial boost from DIY giants B&Q. The Children's Adventure Farm Trust, on Reddy Lane, has received £10,000 from B&Q's community grant scheme, the You Can Do It Awards

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Watch father and sons' daredevil antics

DEATH-defying leaps and a travelling back through time are just two prospects being lined up for Orford's big day out, on Sunday. Months of planning is set to fall into place when the 15th annual Orford Park Community Festival springs to life - featuring

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Dean goes into Africa

A DELIVERY driver is about to embark on the drive of his life in a bid to help the street children of Africa. Dean Lynch, of Fairclough Street, Burtonwood, will travel through Africa with a team of One World Volunteers, helping to set up schools for the

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Traffic congestion - the way forward

WE are writing to update all members of the public regarding our efforts to alleviate traffic concerns in Whittle Hall and Great Sankey. There is to be a meeting on June 4 between ourselves, Helen Southworth MP and the Director of Environmental Services

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Call this justice?

A YOUNG mum with a major chronic Mental Disorder, who sadly abandoned her young tot got five years. A paedophile (lower than sewerage) who used his filth on the internet got four months. Don't look to Warrington courts for justice - they've never heard

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I will not vote for a stranger

I FELT compelled to write after reading the article headed 'Voters go for more of the same' in the GUARDIAN Midweek. Clr John Gartside is quoted as having said that he thinks the result shows people have accepted the unitary aspect of the town and are