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Walk in burglaries

POLICE report that a number of walk-in burglaries took place in the Cronton Lane, Upton Lane area last weekend after home-owners left front and back doors unlocked while at home.

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Walk your way to health

WALK your way to health is the message from Halton Borough Council's sports development team. Willing walkers can ease into the new scheme with a short walk around Victoria Park on Saturday, January 31. People who do a little bit of exercise everyday

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Panto is a hit on town stage

THERE was an air of excitement at Knutsford Little Theatre last week as the audience waited for curtain up. The cast of the pantomime Six a Song of Sixpence had rehearsed for months to make the show a success. And within minutes of the first song starting

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Powerful drama on the big screen

KNUTSFORD Studio Cinema continues it contemporary film season on Monday with Whale Rider (PG) at 8pm. In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. When twins are born and the boy twin dies, the chief Koro is

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Pub to be replaced with housing

THE Bridge Inn, in Frodsham, is to be torn down and replaced by a housing development. The planning committee at Vale Royal Borough Council approved an application by Caron Homes last Tuesday for the demolition of the pub, on Bridge Lane and the building

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'We have won the battle, but not yet the war'

CONFUSION continues to reign over the future of Lymm Hotel as rumours persist that the potential developers of the site could fight their planning defeat. Plans to build five four-storey apartment blocks on the site of the hotel were unanimously blocked

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Sign of the times as bus stops go digital

FINAL checks are being carried out on Warrington's new digital bus stop signs. And if all goes well, passengers could see the 'itravel' scheme going live in the next few weeks. The boards will inform people exactly how long they have to wait for their

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Victim pushed to the ground

A WOMAN in her 50s had her handbag snatched by a youth who pushed her to the ground. The victim was walking along Leyland Road in Rainford, at about 5.15pm, on Thursday, January 15, when the teenager pushed her from behind. He ran off down Church Road

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Reds show true style

KNUTSFORD FC extended their good start to the New Year with a win over Styal. Manager Stewart Dow was happy with seven points out of a possible nine in 2004. The result keeps the Manchester Road side ahead of Styal and was deserved considering the chances

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Halton set for new health centre

A £10m health centre carrying out 5,000 orthopaedic operations a year is set to be built in Halton Hospital. The government announced the preferred bidder before final negotiations begin, with work set to start in summer 2005. Orthopaedic surgery is surgery

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Museum could make and sell Cheshire salt

BLOCKS of Cheshire salt will be made and sold in Marston if a lottery grant to establish a working museum is successful. But mindless vandals are regularly damaging the Lion Salt Works, in Marston, which is the only surviving example of open pan salt

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Residents call for improvement to police service

POLICE are welcome to another large rise in their portion of the Council Tax precept, as long as residents see an improvement on the ground. That was the verdict of the people attending last week's Vale Royal Police Forum. Cheshire Police Authority is

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Meals service dishes out top award to schools

CHILDREN in Warrington are eating some of the best tasting food in Europe after the school dinner service scooped a top award. Warrington's school meals service has won the Hospitality Assured Quality Accreditation - the highest award of its type in Europe

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Sign of the times as bus stops go digital

FINAL checks are being carried out on Warrington's new digital bus stop signs. And if all goes well, passengers could see the 'itravel' scheme going live in the next few weeks. The boards will inform people exactly how long they have to wait for their

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Meals service dishes out top award to schools

CHILDREN in Warrington are eating some of the best tasting food in Europe after the school dinner service scooped a top award. Warrington's school meals service has won the Hospitality Assured Quality Accreditation - the highest award of its type in Europe

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'We have won the battle, but not yet the war'

CONFUSION continues to reign over the future of Lymm Hotel as rumours persist that the potential developers of the site could fight their planning defeat. Plans to build five four-storey apartment blocks on the site of the hotel were unanimously blocked

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Teenage trio on burglary charges

THREE Liverpool youths, including one as young as 13, have been charged with a series of offences that relate to a burglary and theft of a car in Sutton. The 13-year-old boy, from Kensington, Liverpool, has been charged with two counts of burglary, one

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Crowbar thugs threaten women in club raid

THREE women were left terrified by two armed robbers at Haydock Conservative Club. The raid at the club on Church Road, happened at about 8.10am on Monday morning, and comes just ten days after a 65-year-old Haydock man was tied up and robbed in his own

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Death in the Moor Pool

SEWAGE that leaked into the Moor Pool has also infected Tatton Mere and killed hundreds of fish. Yesterday (Tuesday) as the Guardian went to press Environment Agency bosses said the waste had seeped into the water and caused more than 350 deaths. "We