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I'm no bad boy, says Morley

ADRIAN Morley wants to shake off his bad boy image - but he has assured Wolves that does not mean he will be changing his style of play. Wolves' star signing is renowned as one of the best forwards in the world and is an imposing character on the field

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Boss and two key players depart ahead of Liverpool clash

WARRINGTON Town will bid to overcome the loss of their manager and two key players when they host a full Liverpool reserve team on Tuesday. Assistant manager Ian Street has taken the helm at Cantilever Park after boss Glenn Walker left the club at the

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England union star may train with Wolves

WOLVES have confirmed that England rugby union international Charlie Hodgson could train with the club at some point during 2007. The fly half, who plays for Sale Sharks, has approached Wolves about the possibility because he is returning from a serious

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Wolves to announce 2008 signing

WOLVES will announce their first signing for 2008 in the next few days, according to Simon Moran. The club's majority shareholder, who is usually heavily involved in transfer dealings, has been quoted as saying that the new player is 'young and world

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Bowls results, fixtures and tables

Warrington Afternoon Short Mat Bowls results: Cinnamon Brow D 6 Grange 6, Croft B 3 Croft A 9, Cinnamon Brow A 5 Padgate A 7, St Davids B 10 Derbyshire Hill 2, Golborne 12 Cinnamon Brow B 0, Grange 11 Padgate B 1, St Davids A 10 Croft B 2, Croft A 12

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The week's football results

Warrington Soccer League youth section results: Under 17s: Green 8 Crosfields 4, Winster 2 Ecclesfield Rovers 1. Under 16s North: Vulcan Jnrs 4 Warrington Town 1. Under 16s South: Blackbrook 6 Widnes Bayer 2, Irlam Vale 2 Culcheth Athletic 5, Warrington

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The week's rugby union results

Powergen Northern Division results: North Two West: Aspatria 34 Tyldesley 12, Bowdon 23 Stoke 5, Broughton Park 10 Lymm 17, Carlisle 17 Liverpool-St Helens 21, Wilmslow 19 Vale of Lune 20. South Lancashire/Cheshire Two: Ashton-on-Mersey 13 Sefton 12

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The week's rugby league results

Mark Norris Building Services North West Counties Amateur Rugby League results: Premier Division: Orrell St James 9 Pilkington Recs 10, Bold Miners 26 Barrow Island 14. Division One: Ashton Bears 16 Walney Central 2, Wigan St Cuthberts 25 Widnes Moorfield

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Glance guide to sport

Athletics. Warrington Athletics Club's results from the Cheshire Cross Country Championships: Senior men: 22, Neil Ashcroft 47mins 58secs; 24, Steve Burthem 48mins 44secs; 41, Paul Dodsworth 51mins 53secs; 46, Tony McCarthy 52mins 4secs; 53, Neale Stephens

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CHESS: Whitecross to host championships

WHITECROSS Community Centre will host the 13th annual Warrington Primary and Secondary Schools Individual Chess Championships on Saturday. The event, which starts at 9.30am in Lexden Street, is open to school age children who live in or attend schools

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GOLF: Archer's South African return

EUROPEAN Tour golfer Phil Archer returns to action after the Christmas break in Johannesburg today, Thursday. The Birchwood Golf Club professional made a good start to the 2007 tour before Christmas and will compete in the Joburg Open in South Africa

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Eagles soaring

Culcheth Eagles u17 20 Latchford u17 10. CULCHETH started 2007 in positive mood, taking the scalp of derby' rivals Latchford. Culcheth's forwards dominated early play, giving front rowers Haskayne and Pleavin tries converted by Mussie Bourama. Latchford

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Bridge buoyant

Burtonwood Bridge 16 Haresfinch 0. BURTONWOOD Bridge are top of Mark Norris Building Services North West Counties Division Two after a comfortable win against rivals Haresfinch. David Archer crossed to put Bridge ahead before converting his own long-range

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Latchford set up Millom match after Yorkshire victory

Clayton 18 Latchford 22. LATCHFORD will entertain Cumbrians Millom in the second round of the GMB National Cup on January 20 after winning at Clayton. Albion dug deep to defeat the Pennine League Premier Division side. Flying winger Andy Rawlinson

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Unicorns triumphant in physical match against Orrell

Latchford Unicorns u16 12 Orrell St James u16 6. LATCHFORD Albion's top of the table Premier Division clash with Orrell St James was uncompromising and physical with superb match-winning touchdowns scored by half backs Joe Mellor and Ashley Cornelia

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Grange hit five

GRANGE Sports Club started their defence of Warrington Soccer League's Depot Cup in style. They secured a 5-0 home victory against Culcheth with Paul Barnett, two, Jason Hayes, Michael Hayes and Phil Wilson giving them a safe passage to the quarter finals

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What's the big problem with Chelsea?

I JUST couldn't let the comments made last week by my colleague, Mike Parsons, regarding Manchester United and Chelsea go without a reply. In this column seven days ago, Mike said that the turnaround in public opinion is now such that neutrals would

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Don helped everyone

I HAVE the sad task of reporting the death of Lymm Angling Club life member Don Mottershead. Don was one of the few who would assist the club in many ways, with practical ideas and his willingness to assist wherever he could. He must have spent hundreds

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More netting planned

THERE are even more Warrington Anglers' Association netting operations planned for the rest of January and February. If you want to catch more fish than usual and be a part of the regular team, give me a call. Our stocking of the Bridgewater over Christmas

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Bowls annual meetings

WARRINGTON bowls leagues and clubs are preparing for their annual meetings this month with new members welcome to attend. Bulls Head Bowls Club's event will take place at the Church Street pub tomorrow, Friday, at 7.30pm, followed by the annual meeting

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Warrington youngsters considered to be potential 2012 Olympians

WARRINGTON sports stars Jade Llewellyn and Chris Johnstone have been identified as potential 2012 Olympians after taking part in a national camp at Loughborough University this week. Jade, aged 15, is a former Warrington under 16s Sports Personality

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Warrington record highest win of season

Warrington 35 St Edwards 10. WARRINGTON strode confidently into 2007 with their biggest league victory of the season so far. The Walton Lea Road men, who are away to Sefton on Saturday in rugby union's North Two West, produced a five-try bonanza against

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Soap’s promotion chances suffer a blow

Crosfields 12 Millom 22. CROSFIELDS are preparing to entertain National Conference Division Two leaders Waterhead on Saturday at 2pm after falling six points adrift of the promotion pace. Eddie Harris' home debut as head coach ended with defeat against

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Win Tickets to see Coppelia or Swan Lake at the Manchester Opera House!

Ellen Kent & Ballet International are touring their new performance, Coppelia, throughout the UK along with their ever-popular production of Swan Lake. The tour is coming to the Manchester Opera House from February 12-17 with both productions and this

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Win Tickets to see Coppelia or Swan Lake at the Manchester Opera House!

Ellen Kent & Ballet International are touring their new performance, Coppelia, throughout the UK along with their ever-popular production of Swan Lake. The tour is coming to the Manchester Opera House from February 12-17 with both productions and this

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Greenalls salvage Poynton points

Greenalls 3 Poynton 2. GREENALLS Padgate St Oswalds played some great football to come back from 2-0 down against Poynton in the Mid-Cheshire Soccer League First Division. Poynton struck twice in the first half and the GPSO fight back came in first-half

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Town clinch point thanks to strike of Bluck

Woodley Sports 1 Warrington Town 1. TOWN ended a run of five successive away defeats with a creditable draw in Ian Street's first match in charge on Tuesday. Town had crashed 4-2 at home to the same oppponents on December 30 but were able to hand a

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Official announcement

LEADING referees Richard Silverwood, Ben Thaler, Ashley Klein, Ian Smith, Phil Bentham and Steve Ganson have been appointed to the RFL's newly-created full time match official posts. The RFL's full time match officials, including Warrington-based Bentham

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Boss and two key players depart ahead of Liverpool clash

WARRINGTON Town will bid to overcome the loss of their manager and two key players when they host a full Liverpool reserve team on Tuesday. Assistant manager Ian Street has taken the helm at Cantilever Park after boss Glenn Walker left the club at the

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Oldham friendly confirmed

WOLVES have confirmed that they will face Oldham in a friendly at Boundary Park on January 31 at 7.45pm. An under 21s side is expected to be sent for that game and the friendly at Rochdale on January 21, with the entire first-team squad heading to Lanzarote

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Police raid suspect gang's home

POLICE officers staged dawn raids to bust the homes of three suspected thieves after an elderly couple had their life savings snatched. A 33-year-old woman was arrested at a flat off Orford Lane, while police are still hunting for others thought to be

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Drug-crazed gunman blasted safe

TERRIFIED staff at a Warrington fast food restaurant watched in horror as a desperate armed robber blasted a safe with a handgun, a court heard on Tuesday. Drug-fuelled Robert Machin struck at the Burger King, at Winwick, just as staff were closing for

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GREEN Day came close… but no cigar.

Neil Young's last album was themed to attack the Bush administration although it proved ineffective. People laughed at Peaches, as people do. Her anti-war sentiments trivialised by her own prevailing superficiality. Ironically, the only effective American

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New year, new albums!

A NEW year is upon us and several juggernauts of the music world are set to release albums in 2007. Radiohead's seventh studio album is to be confirmed but a new record from the Arctic Monkeys is expected by late spring. New Oasis material will be aired

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It's resolution street!

AS THE new year really kicks in, it must be time for this column to suggest resolutions for some of those who enter our living rooms through the miracle that is television. So let's take an imaginary stroll around those famous TV locations and see

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Prydz, Eric vs Floyd - Proper Education (Single)

THE man behind that Call On Me video returns with a cut that uses the first Pink Floyd sample to ever officially be cleared. Prydz takes the classic chorus and puts a big bass line under it to give it a modern skin. Whether or not its relatively

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Evanescence - Lithium (Single)

STANDARD Evanescence fare, this one - brooding, haunting piano intro, then drums and distorted guitars, all with big vocals. Taken from their second album, The Open Door, the pace is much slower that lead single Call Me When You're Sober and is more

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Apocalypto (Cert 18) Cinema Review

THIS could well be make or break time for Mel Gibson. His career may be on a severe dip following his recent, much-publicised outbursts - but if Apocalypto is anything to go on, his movies could well be missed. Shot in the Yucatec language, with a cast

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Crank (Cert 18) DVD Review

IF you don't like gratuitous violence, gratuitous nudity and ridiculous action then look somewhere other than Crank for your Saturday night entertainment. I decided to take one for the team and get rather drunk before watching Crank and have come to

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Nintendo Wii

EVEN for a company that has based its whole career on innovation, Nintendo has really outdone itself with the Wii. As the latest, and arguably greatest, console in the gaming giant's long and successful history, Nintendo Wii burst on to the scene in

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Legend of Zelda, The : Twilight Princess - Nintendo Wii

THE premise of adventuring and tackling dungeons with the overriding aim to rescue a princess is no longer a novel theme. Nevertheless, it is one that seems to be universally popular in games and when you're tackling a franchise as innovative and instantly

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Fewer burglaries

POLICE in Newton have vowed to continue the fight against burglary. New figures show that there was 20 per cent fewer burglaries in the town in 2006 compared to the previous year. Detective Chief Inspector Dave Brunskill said: "The numbers of domestic

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Baby talk

BABY signing classes have been launched at Newton Community Centre. The classes run by TinyTalk take place on Wednesdays between 10.15am and 11.45am. Contact the centre for more details.

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Firm hopes for royal appointment

A NEWTON High Street company is hoping for a royal command performance in a national contest. The Royalist has made it to the shortlist of the Yahoo! People's Choice Award. The site is a blog relating to all things royal in the British Royal Family.

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Contribute to ward forums for your area

HAVE your say on what should happen in Newton and Earlestown at ward forums. St Helens Council has earmarked £500,000 for environmental projects and wants to know how it should be spent. The Earlestown meeting takes place at the Town Hall on Market

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Dance to your own tune

HAVE you got the Strictly Come Dancing fever? Adult dance classes run on Tuesdays at Newton Community Centre where you can learn jive, cha cha or salsa among other dances. Call the centre to book on 224731.

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Fire crews tackle cooker blaze in home

FIREFIGHTERS were called to an electric cooker fire in Stephenson Road in Newton. The man who lived in the flat smelt smoke coming under the door from the kitchen and called crews round 8pm on Wednesday, December 27. The blaze was quickly quelled, leaving

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Parlez Francais in 2007

SAY bonjour to the new year with French lessons at Newton Community Centre. The beginners course starts next Monday, January 15 between 7pm and 9pm which is designed for people with little or no knowledge of the language.

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Man fined for breaking window

A 21-YEAR-OLD has been fined £80 after he broke the window of a High Street business in Newton. The man was caught by officers out on patrol on Friday night and he was handed a fixed penalty notice.

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Pupils learn a lesson in keeping fit

PUPILS at Lyme Primary School are enjoying a healthier lifestyle. The youngsters and staff at the Newton school are celebrating after achieving healthy schools status. This recognises schools promoting a healthy lifestyle. Headteacher Chris Winstanley

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Sue is Gardener of the Year!

GREEN fingered Sue Beesley has been crowned BBC Gardener of the Year. As reported last month, the High Street resident was fighting it out in the finals and in the BBC2 contest, she beat off the competition thanks to her design and landscaping skills

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Man, 30, charged with nurses murder

A LIVERPOOL man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a Newton nurse. Brian Crosby, aged 30, from Wavertree, in Liverpool, appeared at St Helens Magistrates' Court on Tuesday morning to be formally charged with killing Sandra Wilson. The

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Legion branch says thanks for support

THE Culcheth branch of the Royal British Legion wants to thank everyone who helped its members to reach a fundraising total of £18,700 last year. Collections were made in Culcheth, Birchwood, Lowton, Golbourne, Earlestown and Leigh throughout 2006.

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Statistically, these pupils are the best!

BRIGHT sparks at Twiss Green Primary School have come top of the table in statistics. Results for key stage two pupils at the school in Culcheth have seen them come first out of schools in Warrington and 14th in the whole country. "They always do well

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Join the trek across the mosslands

FANCY some fresh air and a leisurely walk to work off your festive excesses? Then why not go down to Risley Moss Local Nature Reserve this Sunday, January 14, for the Mossland Trek? Rangers will begin the free, leisurely two-hour walk at 11am and finish

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Go and chat to your local police team

NEIGHBOURHOOD police are holding their regular community action meeting for Culcheth and Glazebury on January 17. Residents are invited along to New Church Parish Hall in Common Lane at 7.30pm to have their say on what issues they think officers should

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Fundraiser is a great success story

BOOKWORMS at a Birchwood school have raised more than £500 to help children with serious illnesses. Pupils at Gorse Covert Primary School took part in a national read-athon for charities CLIC Sargent and The Roald Dahl Foundation, who care for children

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Friendships grow thanks to project

A NURSERY garden in Birchwood Forest Park has been transformed by a group of green-fingered friends. And, thanks to the mild weather, the gardeners are already seeing the fruits of their labour after a new flowerbed started to bloom early. "They started

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Meet Nick, your new reporter

BIRCHWOOD, Culcheth and Croft have got a new reporter at the Warrington Guardian. Nick Lakeman will be covering the district's news and issues and is keen to hear from you. Call him on 434110 or e-mail nick.lakeman@ guardiangrp.co.uk

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Home extension

A PLANNING application has been submitted for a two-storey side extension at 67 Wroxham Road, Great Sankey.

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Christmas tree lights up people’s lives in Oakwood

A TOWERING Christmas tree erected in Oakwood for the first time has been hailed a massive success. The 25-footer brought some seasonal sparkle to the neighbourhood and residents hope the same will happen this December. "The tree seemed to go down very

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Plans put forward for extension

A PLANNING application has been submitted for a single- storey front and rear-extension, part single-storey, part two-storey, at 9 Cherry Tree Avenue in Penketh.

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New CCTV camera

A MOBILE police CCTV camera is to be fitted at Wroxham Road park, a public meeting heard. Police told the last Sankey North Community Action Meeting that site surveys would be carried out to find the best location.

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Next CAM meeting

WHITTLE Hall hosts its next Community Action Meeting (CAM) on Tuesday, January 23, at 8.30pm, in the community centre in Lonsdale Road. CAMs are public meetings where you can meet your local police officers and vote on what their priority should be for

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Book your stall now for Mother's Day

THE Friends of St Vincent's School in Penketh are holding a Mother's Day Craft and Gift Market at the Finlay Avenue School, on Sunday, March 4. Stalls are £15 each. For more information call 07836 627909 or e-mail info@spoilsomeone.net.

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Police dish out warnings to residents

POLICE sent out warning letters to Park Road residents in Great Sankey after complaints people were blocking the premises. CSO Colin Cheshire told the last Sankey North Community Action Meeting: "If they carry on they are given warning notices, then

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Time to get fit in New Year

FITNESS classes are being held at Penketh Pool and Community Centre. Bums and Tums is on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6.15pm to 7pm, and Aqua Aerobics is one Tuesdays from 7.05pm to 7.55pm. Classes are £3.

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Primary school gets new classroom

PENKETH South Community Primary School has a new nursery classroom. The builders handed it over to excited staff at the Finlay Avenue school over the Christmas break. Geoff Ashton, the head teacher, said: "We are delighted that Penketh South now has

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‘Motorists are engaging in road racing in Great Sankey’

DRIVERS are having road races in Great Sankey, a public meeting has heard. People spoke out at the last Sankey North Community Action Meeting with police at Tim Parry Community Centre. Residents described several cars they had seen on the roads driving

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Resurfacing restrictions

WARRINGTON Borough Council has proposed a traffic order to temporarily prevent driving on Alder Lane and Alder Root Lane in Burtonwood. The restrictions will be put in place to allow for resurfacing work on the roads. They will be effective from Monday

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'We must pin down culprits'

YOBS throwing stones at windows will be one topic on the agenda at the Winwick Homewatch meeting next Thursday. The group will meet at Winwick Leisure Centre at 7pm. Lynne Lees, Warrington Police crime protection advisor, and PC Lee Broadstock, officer

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Date for parish council

BURTONWOOD and Westbrook Parish Council will meet next Wednesday at Kingswood Community Centre, off Butts Green, at 7.30pm.

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St Michael's meeting

ST MICHAEL'S Parish Church in Burtonwood is holding its church council meeting in the parish hall next Tuesday at 7.30pm.

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Councillors hold surgery

WESTBROOK councillors David Earl and Bernard Long will be holding a surgery for residents this Saturday between 11am and noon at Westbrook Library. All are welcome to attend.

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Put a spring in your step

WITH a spring in your step' is the name of the demonstration to be held by Winwick Flower Club next Thursday at Winwick Leisure Centre. The presentation, given by David Robertson, will begin at 7.30pm, with guests asked to arrive at 7pm. The flower

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Calling all high flyers

BIRDS of a feather will be flocking to Sankey Valley Park on Sunday, January 28, to join the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch. Rangers will be helping our feathered friends by making bird feeders that you can take home and seeing how many different species

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Contractor for business park

A CONTRACTOR has been appointed to start developing the new industrial business park off Cromwell Avenue. Woodford Environmental has been appointed as the main contractor for David McLean Developments and Barlows plc's Calver Park scheme. Located within

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Next parish council date

THE next meeting of Poulton with Fearnhead Parish Council will take place on Monday, January 15, at 7.30pm in Fearnhead Cross Community Centre.

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Turn your New Year resolutions into reality

A WINWICK author is hoping his first book is going to help people looking to turn their New Year resolutions into reality. Stuart Browne, from Alcott Place, at Winwick Park, has written a self-help guide called How to be exceptional. The book is a collection

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Chat to John Kerr Brown

BOROUGH and ward councillor John Kerr Brown holds surgeries every Tuesday from 10.30am to 11.30am at the Cotswold Community Centre, formerly the rent office.

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Going round in circles

EXPERIENCE dance from other cultures with a Circle Dance organised by Faith Doing Justice at St Benedict's RC Social Club, on Rhodes Street, Orford, at 7.30pm next Wednesday, January 17.

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Police CSO on the way

POULTON with Fearnhead Parish Coucil has agreed to contribute to the funding of a Police Community Support Officer in the area at a cost of £11,000 per year for the first three years. The money will be a contribution towards the salary of the CSO and

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New member of committee

POULTON with Fearnhead parish councillor Roy Underwood has been appointed a member of the Fearnhead Cross Community and Youth Centre Management Committee following the resignation of parish councillor Mick Curran. The committee meets once a month to

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Councillors to meet at library

LIBERAL Democrat councillors Scott and Sharon Wilson will hold a surgery next Saturday, January 20, from 10am until 12noon at Padgate Library.

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Surgeries for residents

COUNCILLOR Brian Maher holds surgeries every Tuesday and Friday from 10.30am until 11.30am at the rent office on Grasmere Avenue.

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Bruce passes first phase of training

ORFORD lad Bruce McKinnon has successfully completed his basic training at Pirbright Army Training Regiment. Bruce, aged 18, a former Sir Thomas Boteler CE School pupil, is set to continue with second phase training in 2007. He joined the Royal Electrical

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Alison's on key for music success

A WARRINGTON student is hitting the right note after she scooped a top music award. Alison O'Toole, aged 35, from Anderson Close, in Padgate, won the best vocal artist 2005-2006 award at the Access to Music Awards ceremony at BAFTA, in Leicester Square

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What Katy did next

THE trip of a lifetime is beckoning for a Warrington student and your help is needed to help make her dream come true. Katy Quinn, from Isherwood Close, Cinnamon Brow, is in her second year of an early childhood studies course at Chester University's

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Councillors oppose Fir Grove plans

PARISH councillors have objected to a planning application to extend the Fir Grove Hotel. Stockton Heath Parish Council have opposed the proposal to build a conservatory which will reduce the car park capacity. Councillors and residents have expressed

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Three-mile stroll from Walton Hall

GET on the move with an afternoon stroll on February 8. The three-mile walk will take place from 1.30pm-3.30pm. Meet in the car park of Walton Hall Gardens.

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New trees planted in village

NEW trees have been planted on Mill Lane Field, Stockton Heath. Three heavy trees - two alder and one turkey hazel - have been planted in the place of the well known poplar tree that was diseased. Stockton Heath Parish Council paid £180 for the new

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Council helps to fund gun

STOCKTON Heath Parish Council has agreed to pay just more than £100 to finance a speed radar gun. The councillors decided to pay £107 of the £723 needed.

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Wildfowl walk offers insight into birds

LEARN about birds during a wildfowl walk on February 24 at 10am at Moore Nature Reserve, Lapwing Lane, Moore. See the variety of birds on the lakes. Take a pair of binoculars if possible, although some will be available to borrow on the day. Wear suitable

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Food at the fire station?

STOCKTON Heath is set for a new restaurant, with Nando's planning to open its doors. The nationwide chicken restaurant is expected to open its doors at the old fire station on London Road. The venue has applied for a licence to serve food from 11am

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Date set for decision on school

THE controversial decision to bulldoze or retain 90-year-old Stockton Heath Primary School will be made at a meeting on February 1. The planning application, which proposes to knock down the original building and put a modern school in its place, will

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Move for meetings of RSPB

FROM January North Cheshire Royal Society for the Protection of Birds will be moving its meetings to Appleton. The next meeting on January 19 will be held at Appleton Parish Hall, on Dudlows Green Road instead of at Stretton Parish Hall. The time will

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Could you serve on parish council?

WOULD you like to take an important role in Walton? Walton Parish Council is looking for a suitable candidate following the resignation of Carolyn Brocklehurst. There will be no election and the chosen candidate will be co-opted in by other councillors

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Walking and cycling network

FANCY blowing off the cobwebs after an excess of mince pies over Christmas? Women's Walking and Cycling Network could be the answer. The group is for women who do not like to go out walking alone and provides the perfect opportunity to meet new people

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Happy safe New Year from police

CRIME is down in Stockton Heath because the boys in blue are hitting the streets. Characteristically crime rockets in December, but not in this village as officers in high visibility uniforms were never far away. And their work has continued into the

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Get ready for eight mile ramble

ENJOY a walk through Thelwall and Grappenhall later this month. On Sunday, January 21, there will be a ramble that will also take on Appleton Dingle and Ford's Rough in Appleton. The eight-mile walk leaves at 11am and don't forget appropriate footwear

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Plans to grow at school

COUNCIL officers have backed plans to extend Grappenhall Heys Primary School. The work will include a single-storey extension for the school.

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Blood donor sessions

A BLOOD donor session will be held in Statham Lodge Hotel in Lymm on Monday, January 29. The sessions run between 2pm and 4pm and 5.30pm and 7.30pm.

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Collections for annual jumble sale

THE annual Thelwall Parish Hall jumble sale takes place next weekend. There will be plenty going on and bargains to be had at the sale on Saturday, January 20, from 1pm. Collectors will be out and about from 6pm on Friday, January 19, to pick up any

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Mummers make £500 for charities

THELWALL Mummers have raised almost £500 after performing a traditional play across the area. The group entertained pubgoers by performing the Carrington Moss Mumming Play before Christmas. The proceeds will be split between the Warrington Society for

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Slimming pair meet comic

LYMM slimmers Moira Tyldseley and Helen Whittaker rubbed shoulders with Lenny Henry at a national ceremony. The pair, who run the class at Lymm Village Hall, met the comedian at the Slimming World awards ceremony.

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Charity concert at Cotebrook

A CONCERT is to be held in Cotebrook House tomorrow, Friday. Guitar and violin entertainers Duo 4 by 6 will perform their own music at the event organised by charity Music in Hospitals. The charity organises 4,000 concerts throughout the country each

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Shepshed ruin Walker's final game

Shepshed Dynamo 3 Warrington Town 2. TOWN fell 2-0 behind inside 10 minutes of Glenn Walker's last game in charge on Saturday. Warrington were indebted to since departed Steve Akrigg, whose goal-line clearance denied the home side what could have been

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Safety first for pupils

IT is safety first at Ravenbank Primary School in Lymm. The youngsters had a talk and course in building site safety from constriction company Connaught. And they then had a competition to design the best building site safety poster to make sure everyone

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Well on the road to recovery at Ridgway

THE first bulbs have been planted in the regeneration of a Lymm park. Volunteers are helping to recreate the Ridgway Grundy Park in the village and have been hard at work planting the first shoots of recovery. During the Christmas break, more than 500

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Awards

STAFF and students at Preistley College will celebrate another successful 12 months today, Thursday, at its annual award ceremony at the Loushers Lane venue.

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Road closures

BUILDING work in Howley will result in temporary road closures on Robson Street and Glazebrook Street for the next year. Highways officers say the work will force temporary closures of the streets and surrounding footpaths. Diversions will be in place

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Road closures

BUILDING work in Howley will result in temporary road closures on Robson Street and Glazebrook Street for the next year. Highways officers say the work will force temporary closures of the streets and surrounding footpaths. Diversions will be in place

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A walk in the park

A JANUARY walk leaves Victoria Park car park next Sunday, January 14. The seven-mile walk will visit the popular Moore Nature Reserve where there will be an hour to explore! Footpaths may be uneven in places and will cross two stiles. The walk starts

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Come and meditate

START the new year with meditation classes at the Dallam Centre. A new class has been launched and will run on Wednesday nights for the next seven weeks. Starting at 7.30pm, each class includes two meditations as well as a talk and chat over tea and

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Readers, have we got news for you!

STUDENTS at a Latchford primary school got some tips before creating their very own newspaper. The youngsters from years four and five at Our Lady's Primary School were looking at newspapers and how they are written. So they asked Warrington Guardian

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A day at the museum

IT is lucky for visitors that Warrington Museum, which is celebrating its 150th year, does not have too much in common with the one in the recently released film A Night At The Museum. Because if some of the quirky and macabre exhibits came to life,

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FAIRLY early on Christmas Day, I paid the price for my inability to relax, chill, unwind and enjoy the yuletide jollities.

Convinced that something might be passing me by, even on Jesus's birthday, I fired up the PC and was stopped dead in my tracks. James Brown - the Godfather of Soul - was dead at 73. Leaving aside the fact that it's a minor miracle that ole JB ever reached

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Thank you!

LION President Syd Walker and fellow Lions members would like to thank the people of Warrington, along with the volunteer collectors, for the support they received for their reindeer sleigh appeal. We would like to wish everybody a happy new year and

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Appeal rears 'ugly head'

ONCE again, in the new year the appeal for the siting of a proposed waste treatment and re-cycling plant rears it's ugly head. What bunch of idiots thinks that this is a good idea in a heavily populated area? No matter what promises are made about traffic

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Ashamed to live here

I HAVE been a resident of Burtonwood for 40 years and I can say I am ashamed to live in the village. When I walked to our local shop (the only one in the village), I was shocked to see the amount of rubbish in the hedgerows and gardens along Clay Lane

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I've had car damaged too

I sympathize with the lady whose car was damaged in a supermarket car park, for I too in the past have had my car damaged in the same manner, namely by trolleys left by bone idle people who are simply to lazy to walk 20 yards and put their trolley into

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Closing Stockton Lane has safety implications for residents

WITH reference to the correspondence regarding Stockton Lane closure and your article A bridge too far?' Councillor Biggin was instrumental in having Stockton Lane closed having tragically lost a daughter in an accident. The recent Liberal Party newssheet

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Would Mr Laycock like to explain chairman's role?

SO, according to the Warrington Guardian of December 21, Peter Laycock, the chairman of the Warrington Bench does not want to get involved' in discussing the sentence (or lack of) passed by Warrington magistrates on Billy Jones. Would Mr Laycock please

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New Year fireworks go on too long

I WONDER how many other people are fed up with the noise pollution we have to endure in the last hour of the old year trailing over into the next two hours of the New Year. For the third year running, I have been unable to hear the church bells of St

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Did Laurel and Hardy take a trip to our town?

I HAVE recently been sent a photograph of Laurel and Hardy making a personal appearance at the Ritz Cinema, Bridge Foot. They did make several visits to South West Lancashire between 1947 and 1955, but I have no information, as a Laurel and Hardy fan

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What data protection issues?

ON Sunday, I phoned Cheshire Police to say that a car had been left for more than a day in an unusual place by the Lower Dam in Lymm. I thought it might have been stolen and dumped. They took the details, along with my name, phone number and address

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Don't let NHS dentist leave Lymm

I READ with interest the article by Gareth Dunning in this week's Warrington Guardian re the possibility of the end of NHS dentistry in Lymm. Dentist Jill Cooper has done a fantastic job in bringing the NHS dental surgery to Eagle Brow Clinic, in Lymm

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What would be real cost of work?

REGARDING your article on the railway bridge at Latchford, I am one of the people who live in the shadow of this rusting hulk and would be only too pleased to see something done with it. To be honest, I would prefer that it was dismantled, but the other

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‘We followed advice from officers'

FURTHER to the publication of the article entitled Car Park Built without Consent'. You quote Cllr Bob Barr as saying that the club is a serial offender regarding enforcement notices'. In fact this is the only notice that has ever been served upon Grappenhall

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Do something - take a look at the past

THE museum celebrates its 150th anniversary this year so what more of an excuse did we need to take a look inside? And our visit showed that here in Warrington we have a gem of a museum that we can all be proud of - one of the first of its kind in the

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Time to get behind traffic wardens

ONE month and counting until Warrington sees an invasion of traffic wardens. For the first time in years, illegal parkers will be targeted. Parking on double yellow lines does have a massive impact on congestion and in some of Warrington's villages,

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Licensing committee

THE next meeting of the council's licensing committee takes place on Wednesday. The meeting starts at 6.30pm in the Town Hall and members of the public are welcome.

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Man attacked in bar's toilets

A REVELLER suffered a fractured skull and cheek after he was attacked in the toilets of Panama Jacks. The 29-year-old was beaten in an unprovoked attack at the bar located on the junction of Bridge Street and Academy Way. The incident happened around

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Owner in panic over danger dogs

SCARED dog owners are rushing to get rid of their pets after little Ellie Lawrenson was mauled to death. The five-year-old of Fleetwood Close, Great Sankey, was killed on New Year's Day by a pitbull type dog owned by her uncle. Since then, animal sanctuaries

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Trio attacked man near Central Station

A MAN was left with serious chest injuries after he was set upon by three attackers. The 18-year-old was assaulted on Winwick Street, near to Central Station. The man remained in hospital for two days for treatment. The incident happened at 4.10am

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Funding for bus services could be cut

BUS services appear to be threatened with a funding cut. Borough council documents apparently indicate a £241,000 cut in money for Warrington Borough Transport. The council had previously told the bus company the budget is under pressure and maybe cut

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Woman stole from charity

THE treasurer of a charity for sick children, she stole around £6,900 from the coffers. Yvonne Lowe, aged 42, of Padgate took the money from The Friends of the Child Development Centre. The Child Development Centre is a children's physiotherapy centre

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Pickersgill banned

STEVE Pickersgill has been banned for one game and fined £300 for an off-the-ball incident during the Boxing Day friendly against Widnes. The prop is likely to have to sit out one pre-season friendly and should be available for the start of the Super

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People smuggling suspect

AN alleged people smuggler appeared at Warrington Crown Court on Friday. Remus Kvec is charged with trying to bring people into the UK in 2005. The offence is supposed to have been committed in Warrington. The court heard telephone and fingerprint evidence

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Do you know who these fine XI cricketers are?

UNLIKE the current England Ashes squad, this cricket team enjoyed success during the 1930s. Warrington Guardian reader Arthur Brown has submitted this picture of his grammar school cricket team from 1937. He wants to know if any of his former team mates

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Farewell to Ellie

THE funeral of schoolgirl Ellie Lawrenson will take place today, Thursday. The five-year-old was mauled by her uncle's pit bull terrier on New Year's Eve. She had died by the time emergency services arrived. Tributes have been flooding in to the Warrington

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... and another Lloyd banks on H

DANIELLE Lloyd might be hoping for the majority of the town's votes in this year's Celebrity Big Brother competition. But one Warrington Guardian reader is backing Ian Watkins, better known as H from Steps, all the way. Jo Lloyd has just completed a

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Danielle’s Big Brother exploits

DANIELLE Lloyd is no stranger to controversy. The 23-year-old beauty won the Miss Warrington title two years ago and went on to become Miss Great Britain 2006. But she was stripped of her title after she let it slip that she had been dating West Ham

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Bench marks in history

IT is a piece of Warrington's criminal and legal history. And certain people have literally carved their names into it. The old court bench hanging in the office of Warrington Guardian editor Nicola Priest has graffiti from policemen, council officers

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Sore loser takes his revenge ... with plank of wood

A THUG fractured a man's skull with a plank of wood after losing a fistfight in a shocking attack caught on CCTV. Plumber Mark Dawson suddenly assaulted his victim outside Chicago Rock bar in the town centre in October last year. The 20-year-old had

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Pupils continue to make the grade

PUPILS in Warrington continue to outshine those across the country. Figures released this week show that the average percentage of pupils in Warrington achieving five or more GCSEs at the top grades A*-C, including English and maths in Warrington is

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Return of the thin yellow line

TRAFFIC wardens will be on the streets from Monday, February 5, the borough council has announced. Around eight to 12 wardens will start issuing £60 fines across the town on certain beats. They will initially concentrate on congested villages such as

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Top cop's bullying shame

THE life of a former top police officer is in tatters after he admitted harassing neighbours during a six-month campaign. The tables turned on disgraced Kevin Hamilton, of Richmond Avenue, Grappenhall, who, until last year, served as detective chief

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Motorist killed in Lymm

A MOTORIST has been killed after his car collided with a tree in Lymm. The incident happened at 10.20pm last night, Wednesday, on the slip road from the M56 at junction nine. There are no details yet about the motorist.

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High spirits at Walton Hall ghost hunt vigils

PARANORMAL investigators spent a spooky night at reputedly haunted Walton Hall on Friday night. The team from Most Haunted Ghost Tours took paying customers around the stately home until the early hours. People arrived under a moonlit sky to the hoots

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Morley hoping to shake off bad boy image

ADRIAN Morley wants to shake off his bad boy image - but he has assured Wolves that does not mean he will be changing his style of play. Read the exclusive interview in this week's Warrington Guardian.

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Departing Town manager's letter to fans

To the supporters of Warrington Town AFC, Firstly I would like to thank each and every one of you for the fantastic support you have given the team and myself over the last four seasons. It has been a rollercoaster of a ride, yet never once have I heard