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  • DANCING QUEENS TO JOIN SUPER LEAGUE

    DANCING queens in Warrington can get a taste of Super League success when the Warrington Wolves Starlites host a workshop later this month. Girls aged between five and 17 can take part in the event, which is being held at William Beamont High School on

  • SIGN UP FOR A CYCLE CHALLENGE

    THE Royal National Lifeboat Institution wants adventurous mountain bikers from the Warrington area to join its team for the Sierra Nevada Cycle Challenge in Spain in September. Starting from Granada, the 125km off-road trail will offer plenty of thrills

  • CAN YOU BRING BANJO IN FROM THE COLD

    LITTLE Banjo loves being part of a family, and having a fuss made of him by children, but his last owners kept him out in the cold. The five-year-old cross-breed was brought into the RSPCA centre on Slutchers Lane by an RSPCA inspector because his family

  • ANGLERS TO NET CASH FOR ST ROCCO'S

    AVID anglers in Warrington are being urged to cast their nets and raise cash for St Rocco's Hospice. Penketh and Old Hall Angling Society - POHAS - which is arranging the day is hoping to also raise cash for the British Heart Foundation. The idea behind

  • CARNIVAL'S A SUCCESS, DESPITE THE RAIN!

    EVEN though it rained on their parade, the Scott Street Carnival went ahead and the crowds braved the elements to indulge in the summer fun and support a worthy cause. Despite the torrential downpour, hundreds turned up to join in the fun with line dancing

  • SIR JOHN DEANE'S COLLEGE

    A-levels: Laura Bate: BH, EG; Asher Beresford: B, ET, M, GS; Phillip Berry: BH, PA, P, GS; Sarah Birchall: ET, MS, GS; Sarah Carlin: BS, MU, GS; James Clarke: B, C, G, GS; Samuel Cooper: C, M, P, FM; Helen Dagger: B, C, EG, GS; Clare James: EG, MS, SO

  • PRIESTLEY COLLEGE

    Akhtar, Qaiser: BS; Akhtar, Usman: BS, GS; Andrew, Kerrie: IT, GG, B, GS; Anthistle, Mark: M, P, GS, IT*; Ashton, David: M, PSY, PE, GS; Ashurst, Peter: MS, LW, DM, GS; Babington, Michael: M, HI, P*; Bahn, Angela: PSY, DM, LW; Baird, Phillip: HI, PSY,

  • WARRINGTON COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

    A-levels: Adams, Dawn: ET, PSY; Addison, Daniel: SPS; Baguley, Alexis: A; Barrett, Helen: BH, GG, PSY; Bate, Michelle: EG, MS; Bedworth, Christopher: IT; Birkett, David: PSY; Boswell, Sean: BS, EL, GS; IT; Britch, Joanne: PSY; Brown, Kevin: MS; Brown,

  • WOOLSTON HIGH SCHOOL

    A-levels: Acklam, Lindsay: ET, GS, PSY, SO; Akhtar, Sonia: BS, GS, PSY; Appleton, Neil: B, FR, GS, SP; Bailey, Kate: ET, GS, HI, SO; Birchall, Phillip: BS, GG, GS, IT; Blackburn, Laura: BS, G, GS, HI; Brown, Andrew: BS, DM; Buckley-Mellor, Jessica: G,

  • KEY TO SUBJECTS

    A - art; AC - arts and crafts; A2 - arts (drawing and painting); ACC - accounting; AD - art and design; AG - art graphics; ARC - archaeology; B - biology; BH - human biology; BI - British industrial society; BS - business and information studies; BTC

  • BETTY TO PUT HER FEET UP

    BUBBLY Betty had great bash to celebrate her retirement after 14 years helping older people. Betty O'Gara, 60, worked as scheme manager at retirement village Lyon Court in Latchford. Responsible for the day-to-day running of the court, Betty, who made

  • HORSE RESCUED BY FIREFIGHTERS

    FIREFIGHTERS battled for two hours to drag a frightened one-year-old horse from a ditch after it fell in and became trapped. Birchwood firefighters were called to Church Farm, Glazebrook, at around 4.30pm on Saturday, when they found Sam the colt in the

  • BUDDING WRITERS GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE GUARDIAN

    TWO talented young writers visited the Guardian offices on Thursday to see how their favourite newspaper was put together. Emily Whittle, aged eight, of Colorado Close, Great Sankey, and Katie Sherlock, aged nine, of Hughes Street, Latchford, were both

  • TEEN GANG IN BRUTAL STREET ROBBERY

    FOUR teenagers were arrested and questioned by police on Friday morning in connection with a mugging and a burglary at St Mary's Catholic Club on Dial Street. A gang approached a 17-year-old man near to Carpet World on Church Street at around 6.30am.

  • LYMM HIGH SCHOOL

    A-levels: Allen, Rosemary Victoria: G, GV, GS, GG; Armour, Elizabeth Marie: DT, A, HI, GS; Astill, Christopher Edward: CG, BS, MM; Athey, Christopher Thomas: B, P, MM, GS; Atkinson, Ceri Charlotte: C, P, MM; Barley, Jennifer, SO, ET, FR, GS; Barnfield

  • CULCHETH HIGH SCHOOL

    A-levels: Akinyemi, Dawn: EG, GS, PSY, RE; Alberry, Dawn: B, ET, GS, HI; Appleton Amy: EG; Arnold, Lindsay: BI, GG, GS, M; Bate, Gregory: BI, GS, SPS; Bate, Roger: AD, GS, M, P; Bent, Diane: B, C, GS; Beswick, Donna-Marie: EG, ET; Bourke, Antonia: AD,

  • PENKETH HIGH SCHOOL

    A-levels: Albiston, Kate: EG, HI; Alden, Natalie: B; Alibhai, Lubaina: B; Austin, Jennifer: A, FR, GG, GS; Baker, Leanne: EG, HI, RE; Beardon, Andrew: GS; Cann, Lisa: ET, GS; Cartledge, Laura: ET, GS; Chapman, Helen: B, BS, GS; Chapman, Rachel: ET, HI

  • PADGATE HIGH SCHOOL

    A-levels: Addison, Daniel: EC; Aghanian, Joshua: ET, EC, GS, HI; Bartlett, Stephen: C, ES, M, P; Carr, Nicola: DM, ET, HI; Carter, Andrew: EC, GS, M, P; Connolly, Kerry: EG; Dobson, Benjeman: DM, EG, ET*, GS; Ellison, Claire: ET, GG; Gallagher, Kelly-Jane

  • GREAT SANKEY HIGH SCHOOL

    Allport, David: B, C, GG; Anthony, Helen: ET, MS, PSY; Armstrong, Neil: C; Aucott, Helen: B; Atherton, Helen: BS, GS, M, SO; Ayres, Natalie: ET, MS, PSY; Baines, Laura: PSY, TS; Bargus, Jonathan: A, DT, IT; Bate, Alison: PSY; Bedford, Paul: BS, GS, IT