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2006newspics

• DEADLY

  Det Sgt Ian Murray pictured with a knife used in a stabbing that was caught on camera in Orford - the victim's cheek was pierced by the blade. read more

• LUXURY

  Sunbed firm Tan Kwik, which was based in Europa Boulevard, was wound up by the Government in the public interest after complaints from franchisees that they had lost tens of thousands of pound. read more

• TOGETHER

  Michael Theaker and his partner Shelley Ross-Whittaker. read more

• PROTEST

  Lymm resident Matthew Corbett was the ringleader of a blockade of the Bridgewater Canal in his village in November in a protest against increased mooring fees. read more

• OLD & NEW

  A Lib Dem/Tory alliance took control of Warrington Borough Council for the first time ever. read more

• BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

  The Legh Street car park demolition began in April to make way for the expansion of Golden Square shopping centre read more

• CROOK

  Notorious conwoman Janice Griffiths, who had an estate agents in London Road, Stockton Heath, was jailed for two and a half years in March. read more

• DEMOLISHED

  This was the scene after a BMW collided with a lamppost near The Rope and Anchor pub in Manchester Road, Woolston, in June read more

• TOO HOT

  The flaming July heat proved too much for Warrington market traders who threatened to withhold their rent unless the borough council improved the air conditioning. read more

• FUNERAL

  Nicola Sutton's family asked for her funeral to be a celebration of her life. Nicola had asked for a Pink' funeral if she ever died - it was her favourite colour. read more

• DEATH

  This was the horrific scene in Gorse Covert after the murder of 22-year-old Nicola Sutton in September. read more

• FLOOD

  High tides and a storm surge out at sea flooded several parts of town in March, including Chester Road allotments read more

• UNEXPECTED VISITOR

  This car ended up sticking out of a house in Fairfield Road, Stockton Heath, in July read more

• NEW DAWN

  Clr Fiona Bruce, (Con), for Penketh, talking politics in the Parr Hall on election night in May as the new Liberal Democrat and Tory alliance took control of the borough council for the first time read more

• PENSIVE

  Det Chf Supt Judi Heaton, head of crime in Warrington, looking thoughtful during drugs raids at several locations in July including Hamnet Court in Oakwood read more

• DEATH

  Around 8,000 fish were killed in Sankey Canal in September after weeds became too overgrown and starved the water of oxygen when they died read more

• MESS

  This was the bizarre scene in September after vandals ran riot in Davies Way car park in Lymm read more

• DANCE

  Daresbury hosted the Creamfields dance music festival in August. read more

• FILTH

  The recycling bins at Sainsburys supermarket were overflowing in July when the councils new closed lid' policy came into force - leaving some people fuming read more

• FATAL

  A car is recovered from the Manchester Ship Canal after a man died in October when his car plunged into the water read more

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