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  • ATHLETICS: Timmins setting the pace

    WARRINGTON Athletics Club's Heather Timmins is in a great position to win the under 17s UK Cross Challenge. The 16-year-old from Appleton is the overall leader going into the final round after the weekend's stunning win in the Belfast International cross

  • Yellows call on Wolves fans

    WARRINGTON Town are calling on Warrington Wolves' 'Barmy Army' for support when Liverpool visit Cantilever Park on Tuesday night. Town are expecting their biggest attendance of the season for their Liverpool Senior Cup quarter-final clash with the Premiership

  • Warrington Town call on Wolves fans for Liverpool clash

    WARRINGTON Town are calling on Warrington Wolves' Barmy Army' for support when Liverpool visit Cantilever Park on Tuesday night. Town are expecting their biggest attendance of the season for their Liverpool Senior Cup quarter-final clash with the Premiership

  • Full meeting of council

    THE next full meeting of Warrington Borough Council takes place next Monday in the Town Hall. It starts at 6.30pm and members of the public are welcome.

  • Two arrests after blaze at Orford flat

    POLICE made two arrests following a fire at a flat on Orford Lane on Saturday night. A crew from Warrington Fire Station arrived at the scene at 8.45pm and worked until nearly 1.30am to safeguard the site. A man was rescued from the blaze as firefighters

  • Scope gets £15,201

    FUNDRAISERS in Warrington raised more than £15,000 for mental health charity Scope. The charity has announced that £15,201 was raised in 2006 in the town.

  • Attack on teenager

    PARAMEDICS were called to Gainsborough Road in Wilderspool at 10.37pm on Monday after a report that a 17-year-old girl had been assaulted. She was taken to Warrington Hospital.

  • Building bridges for business

    STUDENTS at Warrington's University of Chester campus have been boosted by a new business partnership. Business Bridge will allow businesses in the town to select and recruit staff from the university and allow students to enjoy greater work experience

  • No buyer for beleaguered SH Foster

    COLLAPSED Woolsron-based company SH Foster Ltd could not be sold off and agents have been employed to sell off its assets, the Warrington Guardian has learned. The company went bust in the summer with the loss of 25 jobs - leaving workers angry, because

  • Mum Linda does it for son's memory

    A MOTHER helped to raise more than £1,000 in memory of her son. Linda Tarburton, from Orange Grove in Padgate, helped to organise a charity night to raise funds for the Warrington Deaf Club. The evening was held in memory of her son, John, who died

  • Still no plans for ancient hall

    PROBLEMS still appear to be delaying work on one of Warrington's most ancient buildings. Developer Urban Splash has still not submitted plans for Bewsey Old Hall. The existing building dates back to at least the early 17th century and a hunting lodge

  • Care charges rise by 300 per cent

    A 79-YEAR-old widow has seen her care charges rise by 300 per cent after a council price hike to save money. The decision to charge more for non-residential care was taken in August and has left Joan Gowland with a bill of more than £143 per month for

  • School is set to extend

    PLANS have been submitted for work at St Joseph's RC Primary School in Penketh. The Walton Avenue school is looking to extend the front entrance and office. The blueprints will be considered by council officers in the new year.

  • Warehouse development

    COUNCILLORS were deciding on a new development at Lingley Mere as the Warrington Guardian went to press. Members of the development control committee were ruling on a blueprints for a new warehouse development.

  • Legion holds its annual meeting

    THE annual Cheshire meeting of the Royal British Legion takes place in Warrington this weekend. The meeting will be held at the Penketh legion at noon.

  • More historic buildings to be protected

    A CONSERVATION area created to preserve some of Warrington's finest buildings and streets is to be changed for the better. Council chiefs voted in favour of amendments to the boundaries of Bridge Street conservation area at a meeting on Monday night.

  • Public can attend meeting

    THE next meeting of the borough council's resource and customer scrutiny committee takes place on Tuesday at 6.30pm. The meeting is open to members of the public at the Town Hall.

  • Volunteer for youth club activities

    ARE you thinking of doing something different for the new year? Warrington Youth Club, based at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre, is offering volunteering opportunities to people with a passion for art, drama, dance or sport or working

  • SNOOKER: Gap closed

    RICHMONDS have moved to within five points of Newton Social at the top of Warrington Snooker League Division One. Richmonds defeated Roosters C 5-2, while leaders Newton Social lost 5-2 at third-placed Alford A, for whom Matt Morley made a break of 38