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• POLICE JOBS CUT TO FILL BUDGET SHORTFALL

  JOBS will be cut at Cheshire Police to fill a £2.5million budget hole - but officer positions will be protected. read more

• RECORD CROWD

  THE NORTHERN RAIL CUP had a competition record crowd for the second successive week with 6,353 attending the Featherstone Rovers v Castleford Tigers match. read more

• WAKEFIELD RECORD WINNING RUN CONTINUES

  WAKEFIELD TRINITY WILDCATS are on a club record Super League run of seven successive victories (not including play-offs). read more

• POINT SCORING SEQUENCE

  BARRY EATON of Batley Bulldogs has scored in every match for the club since joining them from Widnes Vikings for the start of the 2003 season. read more

• LOSING RUN

  KEIGHLEY COUGARS have the current longest losing run of 16 matches. read more

• MILESTONES

  FRANCIS MALONEY of Dewsbury Rams reached a career century of tries with his first for his new club in the 32-22 Northern Rail Cup home defeat of Batley Bulldogs. read more

• FRIDAY SKY TV: WIGAN WARRIORS v BRADFORD BULLS

  BRADFORD BULLS are seeking to avoid equalling their worst Super League run of three successive defeats. read more

• Low tax rise agreed

  CHESHIRE County Council's Tory administration has voted to increase the area's Council Tax by 2.7 per cent - one of England's lowest rises. read more

• Firefighters warning over wheelie bins

  FIRE crews are warning residents in the Wellfield Street area to only leave their bins out when they need collection following a spate of arsons. read more

• Cyclist dies

  after collision read more

• Service resumed

  at hospital read more

• Tsunami rescue bid

  A TEAM of medics from Warrington Hospital have returned from an emergency rescue mission to Indonesia having witnessed first hand the devastation caused by the Boxing Day tsunami disaster. read more

• Low tax rise agreed

  CHESHIRE County Council's Tory administration has voted to increase the area's Council Tax by 2.7 per cent - one of England's lowest rises. read more

• LEEDS RECORD RUN CONTINUES

  LEEDS RHINOS extended their club record run of unbeaten Super League matches to 15 rounds with their 30-18 home defeat of St. Helens. (Not including play-offs). read more

• SCULTHORPE SEEKS 1,000 SAINTS POINTS

  PAUL SCULTHORPE of St. Helens needs four points for a career total 1,000 for the Saints. read more

• Low tax rise agreed

  CHESHIRE County Council's Tory administration has voted to increase the area's Council Tax by 2.7 per cent - one of England's lowest rises. read more

• Driver, 65, may have collapsed at wheel

  A 65-YEAR-OLD Culcheth man died in Warrington Hospital after the car he was driving was in a collided with a 10-year-old girl. read more

• Bay Horse flattened but who gave the go-ahead?

  DEVELOPERS have demolished a listed Warrington landmark to make way for a development that has not yet been given the go-ahead. read more

• Council tax kept 'artificially low' by £1billion election bribe claims Lib Dem leader

  COUNCIL tax in Warrington is being kept artificially low by a Government bribe according to Liberal Democrat leader Clr Ian Marks. read more

• Family of five escape house fire

  FIREFIGHTERS urged people to fit smoke alarms after a family of five was rescued from a house fire. read more

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