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• We share the agony of the Kosovon refugees

  MEP Brian Simpson tells the story of the dreadful situation in Kosovo. We in Britain share the agony of the people there. read more

• PETER DEAKIN COLUMN

  WE have been working on our ground capacity at Wilderspool for the past two months. read more

• WHITEHEAD WOWS MACC

  WARRINGTON Town's strike star Damien Whitehead has been revelling in his one week trial with Nationwide Second Division outfit Macclesfield. read more

• CRICKET SEASON OPENS

  THE 1999 cricket season opens this weekend with Grappenhall and Warrington setting their sights on a place in the Cheshire County Cricket League's Premier Division they so narrowly missed out on last year. read more

• WILDERSPOOL CAPACITY INCREASED

  WILDERSPOOL Stadium's capacity has been boosted to 9,000 this week - just in time for the arrival of the Bulls army and to meet the demands of a special children's promotion. read more

• NO SATISFACTION OUT OF NOT BEING DISGRACED FOR WOLVES

  IT may have been Warrington Wolves's best result at Wigan for seven seasons but the players took little or no compensation from that. read more

• WOLVES LEFT THEMSELVES TOO MUCH TO DO

  Wigan Warriors 24 read more

• FANS' ABUSE RUIN TOWN'S CUP FINAL

  Fleetwood Freeport 2 read more

• THE SNATCH WAS ON FOR WOLVES!

  THERE was a sense of relief from the Wigan Warriors camp when the final hooter sounded to their Super League game with Warrington Wolves. read more

• HANDY ANDY FOR WOLVES!

  GARY Chambers is hoping to start his first game of 1999 to boost Warrington's hopes of a revenge victory over full strength Bradford Bulls at Wilderspool on Sunday. read more

• Convoy Protest Halts Traffic

  TRAFFIC around Warrington ground to a halt on Monday morning as truckers staged a massive protest against the rise in diesel tax. read more

• 'We'll do it again', say protest truckers

  TRUCK drivers in Warrington say they will repeat the chaos they brought to the area's roads this week in their bid to get the tax on diesel reduced. read more

• Mum's demands action after child finds syringe

  A MOTHER is calling for an end to the scourge of dirty needles in council estates after her six-year-old son pricked his finger on a discarded syringe. read more

• Town taking positive action to take care of the homeless

  WARRINGTON'S homeless are being well looked after by the borough council according to performance tables published by the Government this week. read more

• Children's heartache as their rabbit is slaughtered

  HEARTLESS thugs decapitated a family pet as it roamed the garden of a house in Thelwall. read more

• Gordon's well-versed in the art of entertaining

  ENTERTAINER Gordon Cooper, Warrington's own performing poet and storyteller, is still pulling in the audiences after almost 10 years in the business. read more

• Phil's search into the past

  PHIL Jones stepped back in time when he had a nosy in his grandad's loft. read more

• GLANCE GUIDE TO RESULTS AND FIXTURES:

  ANGLING: read more

• KINCH'S ENGLAND CLINCH

  MARK Kinch has booked himself a 20th England vest. read more

• Canadian family search

  WOULD anyone knowing of or related to the family of Cresswell Atherton, who married Annie Bennett in 1890 at St. Paul's Church, or their daughters Evelyn Atherton, born June 11, 1891 and Amy Atherton, born April 3, 1898, please contact me. Shirley Conlon, 5570 Carson Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5J2Z2. read more

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