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  • Wolves' woe continues

    WARRINGTON Wolves have made two of their players available for transfer following Friday's disaster showing at Wigan. Centres Dale Cardoza and Kevin Crouthers have been released from first team duties and new clubs are being sought for them. They were

  • Scoopy's Reporters' Club

    IF you would like the chance of getting your hands on one of Scoopy's exclusive reporter packs which include a NOTEPAD, PENCIL, PRESS CARD, SCOOPY STICKERS AND A DELICIOUS SCOOPY LOLLIPOP all have to do is collect three of the tokens which are printed

  • Transport rally at Crewe Hall

    CREWE Hall is revving up to host a mega transport rally. The Potteries Ommibus Preservation Society will be in town, together with displays of all shapes and sizes of buses and cars and rides available on vintage vehicles. It all takes place on Sunday

  • New era for care home

    IT'S the dawning of a new era for Crewe's Emmie Dixon Home. The home, which provides residential care for adults with Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities has previously been operated by registered charity, Crewe and District Spastics Society. But because

  • Family and friends wish Marcelle a bon anniversaire

    THE Golden Jubilee will arguably be the most memorable event this year - but Marcelle Rigby has her own special occasion to remember. Marcelle lives in Daneside Court, Northwich, and has just celebrated her 100th birthday. She marked the occasion with

  • Let me tell you a story

    BOOKWORMS at Latchford CE Primary School are feeling the benefit of a bumper cheque to help towards reading materials at the school. McDonalds on Bridge Street has donated £200 to buy new books and has sent a team of volunteers into the school to help

  • Scouts on parade

    Final preparations were being made this week for Knutsford's annual St George's Day parade. More than 200 Scouts and Guides will march through town on Sunday. This year's celebrations will also mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. "They have been rehearsing

  • Owzat for tribute to cricketing legend?

    A LASTING tribute to Warrington and England cricketing legend George Duckworth has been established in Birchwood - to mark the centenary of his birthday. Warrington Sports Club and Warrington Borough Council have teamed up to rename a traffic island on

  • Sisters united in a good cause

    TWO Appleton sisters have teamed up with top sporting stars this week to raise funds for Cancer Research - in memory of their mother, who last year died from the illness. Hetty Roach, aged five, who attends Cobbs Infant School, raffled a Manchester United

  • BOY GUILTY OF RAPE ATTEMPT

    A 15-YEAR-OLD boy accused of attempting to rape a sleeping seven-year-old during a summer sleepover at a friend's home was found guilty by a jury at Warrington Crown Court on Friday. The boy, from Warrington, was staying with a friend in July last year

  • GET MAD DASH RACING!

    MAD Dash Racing is a high speed combat racing game with a crazy group of characters. An original title designed exclusively for the Xbox video game system, Mad Dash Racing features a soundtrack that includes Moby, Fatboy Slim and Propellerheads. Developed

  • African choir hopes to raise awareness with concert

    A CHOIR of African children will arrive to perform in Middlewich next month. Many youngsters in the African Children's Choir are either abandoned or orphaned and the charity concert at Middlewich Civic Hall on May 5 aims to raise awareness of the plight

  • Winsford's wonderful... and that's official!

    WINSFORD has been hailed as a wonderful town in which to live and work and is somewhere to be proud of. Vale Royal Borough Council has defended Winsford after the Guardian revealed heavy criticism of the town on the knowhere.com website. The council insists

  • Hospital fights violence

    LEIGHTON Hospital is taking a stand against physical violence and attacks on staff by introducing a larger police presence in the grounds of the building. Today, Wednesday, health minister Lord Philip Hunt is to officially open the hospital's own dedicated

  • Anything goes...as long as it's yellow

    PEOPLE are being urged to go bananas as part of a colourful fundraising event in aid of St Luke's Hospice. An appeal has gone out to businesses, individuals and organisations to Go Yellow on June 21, in a bid to raise desperately needed funds for the

  • Join Scoopy's Club - Free

    YOU can join Scoopy's club for FREE and have your name appear on this page when it's your birthday simply by sending in your name, address, date of birth and telephone number. What's more every Scoopy club member receives a special badge which can save

  • Scoopy's Birthday Club

    Scoopy Club members celebrating their birthday this week... APRIL 18 - Ainsley Renwick, Matthew Crawford, Heather Roberts, Ben David, Louise Colligan, Amy Shenkster, Emily Hall APRIL 19 - Sam Syers, Jordan Leah, Briony-Laine Rees APRIL 20 - Kirsty Fellows

  • Head start for Matt and Becky

    CREWE'S King's Grove School have found their new Head Boy and Girl. Over 60 pupils applied for the 40 prefect positions, of which 10 were appointed as senior prefects. Following two further interviews with governors, staff and fellow pupils, Matthew Randell

  • Pupils support their marathon hero

    THEY'VE followed her career every step of the way - and Paula Radcliffe is a hero in the eyes of her former school in Kingsley. The 28-year-old runner recorded the second fastest time in women's history on her debut in the 26.2-mile race. And nowhere

  • Hospital fights violence

    LEIGHTON Hospital is taking a stand against physical violence and attacks on staff by introducing a larger police presence in the grounds of the building. Today, Wednesday, health minister Lord Philip Hunt is to officially open the hospital's own dedicated

  • 'More tax, no change' claim on Budget

    CONSERVATIVE MPs in Cheshire warned this week that tax increases in Labour's Budget would not deliver practical improvements to public services in the county. Ann Winterton, Stephen O'Brien and George Osborne unsurprisingly slammed Chancellor Gordon Brown's

  • Silence over jailed dad's battle

    THE Criminal Cases Review Commission was staying tight-lipped about a convicted rapist's fight for freedom today (Tuesday). Last week nurses took a new saliva swab from Jimmy Wright in his cell at Frankland Prison in Durham. But yesterday a spokesman

  • Search is on for shop idols

    DO you have time on your hands? Even if it's just a couple of hours, then St Rocco's needs you to join the hundreds of unsung heroes that help the hospice raise vital funds. As part of a huge volunteer recruitment drive taking place over the next few

  • Good friends need never be divided

    A SUPPORT group has been saved from fading away thanks to a cash boost. Friends in Community Health (FINCH) provides invaluable support to patients and staff at Hollins Park Hospital thanks to its volunteers, who carry out shopping and befriending services

  • Man guilty of sex offence

    A 51-YEAR-OLD man who attempted to lure a schoolgirl into his car has been sentenced to a three-year community rehabilitation order with treatment and five years on the sex offenders' register. George Cripps, formerly of Wilkinson Avenue, Bruche, admitted

  • FILMS FOR KIDS AT UCI CINEMA, WESTBROOK

    THIS week's film review brought to you by the UCI Cinema, Westbrook, Warrington is The Count of Monte Cristo PG Based on Alexandra Dumas' classic novel, the story tells of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy

  • MONSTER SIZE FUN WITH DIGIMON!

    DIGIMON are back - with the Official Digimon 02 Sticker Collection from Magic Box. Catch up with T.K. and Kari, as they lead three new DigiDestined on a quest to conquer a dark force that puts both the DigiWorld and the real world in great danger. The