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Driver airlifted to hospital after bridge smash
AN ELDERLY man had to be airlifted to hospital after he lost control of his car and collided with a bridge at Peel Lane, Astbury last Tuesday. Congleton firefighters were first on the scene to provide emergency oxygen to the man before an air ambulance
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Help the Aged helps out with lower insurance
HELP the Aged is offering household appliance insurance, a lower cost and more flexible alternative cover that enables customers to protect their household appliances. Consumers can register three products for £9.99 a month and the list of items covered
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Congestion set to rise
CONGESTION will grow, fuelled by the town's economic growth, if nothing is done ease the problem, says a major borough council plan. The draft transport plan for 2006 to 2011 says the planned retail parks, housing estates and business parks will add to
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Women enjoy the appliance of science
FROM cloning to contaminants, academics from the University of Chester are working with Warrington's WI to spread the work about science projects. Although the women's institute (WI) may seem an unlikely choice to learn about the appliance of science,
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Hotel bid for the former Lockers site
PLANS to build a hotel, apartments and shops in a well-known town centre location have been submitted to Warrington Borough Council. Briden Construction has been working on the proposals for 18 months. The company wants to build the new development on
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Hospital to bring in smoking ban
CREWE'S Leighton Hospital will ban smoking from November to improve the health of patients and staff. The hospital and every other Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust building will be smoke free from November 1 after the trust drew up a new policy to improve
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Fiddler's Ferry goes green for future
FIDDLER'S Ferry power station is trying to clean up its emissions in time for new green regulations. It needs to cut acid rain-causing sulphur dioxide emissions by New Year's Day 2008. If it does not, the station, which employs 200 staff and 100 contractors
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More financial help for cancer sufferers ... MP backs calls to Government
HELEN Jones, MP for Warrington North is calling on the Government to help people in financial distress who have been diagnosed with cancer. Mrs Jones is also backing a new website promoting men's health and lifestyle issues which is specifically targeting
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Park and ride bus plans
BUS services linking Warrington to Chester and Manchester have been proposed. If the plans go ahead, people would be able to leave their cars in park and ride services at motorway junctions in Warrington before getting buses up the M56 hard shoulder to
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Railway exhibition is on the right track
AN EXCITING model railway exhibition is coming to Warrington. It will feature a range of track layouts, from circuits especially designed for children, to ones inspired by the Far East. The exhibition is being put on by Warrington Model Railway Club and
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Daring duo hot foot it down to charity firewalk
FUNDRAISERS at St Rocco's Hospice are urging the public to take the ultimate challenge and complete a mind over matter firewalk task. And hospice staff are even braving the hot coals themselves in a bid to encourage others to do the same. Personal assistant
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DEATH CRASH
A 43-YEAR-OLD woman died in the wreckage of her car after a crash at a notorious blackspot. The woman had been travelling in a blue Mercedes Compressor on Sunday evening when she lost control in High Legh and collided with a garden wall. Her car then
