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  • NEVER MIND THE PRICE

    I HAVE waited for ages to see the Lion King. It was on the Royal Command Performance this week but the magic was obscured by arty-farty TV directors! I'm sick to death of cameramen doing trick shots. I wanted to see how these spectacular animals moved

  • LIGHT UP A LIFE

    LITTLE two-year-old Francesca Valdez pressed a button - and lit up Halton in memory of her grandad, Dom.She switched on thousands of twinkling lights on two giant Christmas trees in the garden of Halton Haven. The hospice's Light Up A Life appeal raised

  • LIONS TAMED

    GB and Ireland Young Lions 4 Aus Secondary Schools 24 REFEREE'S controller Greg McCallum is in for a busy week after this Lincoln Financial Group First Test ended with an appaling free-for-all. The Aussies were leading 24-4 when Jamie Jones-Buchanan and

  • VIKINGS TRIUMPHANT

    Keighley Cougars 28 Widnes Vikings 34 COUGARS coach Karl Harrision hailed Vikings star Paul Mansson as "the difference between the two sides" as his team were beaten in an entertaining six try freindly. Simon Verbickas gave the Vikings an early lead when

  • HALE PARENTS SCHOOL BATTLE

    HALE parents are preparing for a legal battle to change admissions agreements to guarantee places at Wade Deacon. Over a month ago it was revealed that a special clause in the admissions policy which guaranteed places for Hale children at the school of

  • DAMP COURSE ALERT

    AN ELDERLY couple almost lost £5,000 this week in an elaborate house improvement scam. And police are now warning residents not to sign any agreements with strangers who knock on your door. A company from outside the area, rang the couple up, offering

  • MOND DUO SIGN UP

    TWO bright young footballers from Mond Juniors have teamed up with First Division clubs. Goalkeeper Matthew Wilkinson, 14, was snapped up by Dario Gradi's Crewe while midfielder Wayne Linnett, also 14, has put pen-to-paper at John Aldridge's Tranmere

  • CARGILL BLASTS COP CUTS

    VICE CHAIR of Cheshire police authority, Halton councillor Dave Cargill said this week he was "very disappointed" to discover that 14 police officers in Widnes and Runcorn were to be axed. He only found out about the cuts after reassuring residents in

  • 14 POLICE JOBS AXED

    HALTON willlose 14 police officers by April 2000, Cheshire Constabulary admitted this week. As revealed exclusively in last week's World, fears were mounting that jobs could be axed following a major review of the force. Police chiefs say improving crime

  • UNDERCOVER detectives are on the streets of Knutsford.

    Plain-clothes officers began patrolling the town after 11 elderly women were mugged. And it could have done the trick. This week, since last Monday, there have been no more attacks. "We are taking this very seriously and have specially trained officers

  • NEW VISITOR CENTRE

    ROCKSAVAGE power station is hoping to open a new visitor centre. The building will look like a traditional log cabin and open from 9am to 5pm, seven days a week. Schoolchildren will be able to see how a power station works at the proposed visitor centre

  • HOLLY'S XMAS GIFT

    LITTLE Holly Rogers won a competition this week after designing her school Christmas card. Four-year-old Holly is unable to draw as she has cerebral palsy. She used a computer to create three colourful parcels, each one wrapped up with a bow. "We're dead

  • NEW VIKINGS

    WIDNES Vikings have added two new names to their squad. Jason Donahue, a 27-year-old scrum half, has previously played for Bradford, Leeds and Hull in the Super League while 23-year-old winger Andy Cheetam arrives from Huddersfield where he scored 10

  • FORMER COLLEGE BOARD BLASTED

    FORMER governors and managers at scandal-hit Halton College were slammed by government inspectors this week for failing to do their job properly. They were reprimanded with a score of five, the lowest mark possible in an FEFC inspection report, published

  • CARGILL BLASTS POLICE

    VICE CHAIR of Cheshire police authority, Halton councillor Dave Cargill said this week he was "very disappointed" to discover that 14 police officers in Widnes and Runcorn were to be axed. He only found out about the cuts after reassuring residents in

  • 14 COP JOBS AXED

    HALTON will lose 14 police officers by April 2000, Cheshire Constabulary admitted this week. As revealed exclusively in last week's World, fears were mounting that jobs could be axed following a major review of the force. Police chiefs say improving crime

  • MOORE THE MERRIER

    Congleton 2nds 3 Moore 2nds 12 WITH the Moss Lane pitches waterlogged, Moore's only game last week was the second team encounter at Congleton. Despite playing on a heavy pitch, in poor weather conditions and falling behind to an early penalty Moore were

  • A DAY TO FORGET

    Whitby Town 4 Runcorn 0 RUNCORN'S formidable 10 match unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt at Whitby who hit four goals in an impressive second-half showing. It was a day when little went right for Mark Carter's side. Dave Nolan was badly injured just

  • TEENAGE LINNETS

    RUNCORN Football Club has scored another goal for their future, by securing the signatures of two promising youngsters from Halton College. David Ness, 19, and Alan Cowley, 18, both began studying towards a National Diploma in Sports Science at Halton

  • MUGGING WARNING

    POLICE are warning pensioners to be on their guard after five muggings in a month. Sixty-three-year-old Dorothy Lawson is the latest to fall victim to a cowardly thug. And officers say that although crimes of this nature are relatively rare, pensioners

  • WITNESS DEATH APPEAL

    DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to come forward to help them piece together the sequence of events leading up to the death of Eunice Watts. Mrs Watts, 54, was found stabbed to death at her home at 144 The Glen, Palacefields on Saturday December

  • FORMER COLLEGE BOARD SLAMMED

    FORMER governors and managers at scandal-hit Halton College were slammed by government inspectors this week for failing to do their job properly. They were reprimanded with a score of five, the lowest mark possible in an FEFC inspection report, published

  • WOODBINE Cottage was by all accounts a real family home.

    Home, that is, to the Wildings of Mobberley. And although it was bulldozed to make way for a garage years ago, the last occupants still live within walking distance. "We are all still in Mobberley and are quite close together," said Dorothy Butler, who