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• Raffle raises funds

  A RAFFLE at Birchwood High in the run-up to Christmas raised nearly £1,700. The funds will be put towards an appeal for a new school minibus. read more

• Take a country trek

  RANGERS have put a call out to walkers who want to join them on a 10-mile trek across the winter countryside. read more

• Net a new waistline and have a ball

  A POPULAR social group for netball enthusiasts in Culcheth is set to restart after the Christmas and New Year break. read more

• Pete beats retreat

  BIRCHWOOD and Culcheth reporter Peter Magill is leaving the Warrington Guardian, tomorrow, Friday. read more

• Girls shot

  CULCHETH Athletic Junior Football Club are expanding on the girls scene. read more

• Peace Centre boost

  KINDHEARTED customers at Birchwood Mall brightened up Christmas for disadvantaged youngsters - and provided a huge cash boost for Warrington's Peace Centre. read more

• Church service

  AN all-age service takes place at Penketh Methodist Church on Sunday, January 25 at 10.30am. read more

• Lead slips

  RYLANDS extended their unbeaten run in Mid-Cheshire Soccer League Division One to 14 games on Saturday. read more

• Youngsters give MP a tough question time

  PERHAPS the last thing MP Helen Jones expected when she popped in to meet the members of a new school council was a searching question about tuition fees! read more

• Line dancing

  LINE dancing takes place at Penketh and Sankey Sports and Social Club every Thursday from 7.30pm to 11pm. read more

• 'We just need cash!'

  SUPPORTERS of a charity-run community HQ on the outskirts of Culcheth certainly have the will - but they need generous backers to keep it going in 2004. read more

• Kelly eyes share of the market

  EMPTY for nearly two years, the town's former job centre is set to become the focus of an ambitious new venture promising plenty of employment opportunities. read more

• Charity lends helping hand

  AGE Concern in Warrington has begun working with a Latchford pensioner after her life was being made hell by teenage thugs. read more

• It could happen to you:

  l Since being set up in 1986, each year the Reach for Health exercise referral scheme has helped around 500 people in Warrington with health problems become more active. read more

• Forging ahead with charges

  SHOPPERS coming into Stockton Heath will now be charged to park on the Forge as new pay and display charges came into force last week. read more

• Anxious wait for parishioners

  PARISHIONERS at St Cross Parish Church in Appleton Thorn will have to wait a further three weeks to find out whether plans for an extension, including much-needed toilet facilities, will get the go-ahead. read more

• Appeal for help to track down vandals

  VANDALS have struck at the heart of the bowling community in Stockton Heath by damaging the greens in Alexandra Park. read more

• Building work at Widnes library

  THE reference section of Widnes library has been moved into the gallery while building work goes on. read more

• CHURCH ON NIGHT WATCH

  PARISHIONERS have been standing on guard at a Newton church to stop gangs of teenagers desecrating a memorial garden by holding drunken parties. read more

• Total ban on fireworks is needed

  I TOTALLY agree with John Miller's letter (Guardian January 8) about the New Year fireworks. The only way to stop it, is ban the sale of fireworks, altogether. read more

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