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  • HALF TIME: Warrington Wolves 28 Castleford Tigers 0

    WARRINGTON Wolves have picked up where they left off last week, as they go into the break 28-points to the good against Castleford Tigers at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. A dominating first half performance from Tony Smith’s men led to Lee Briers

  • TEAM NEWS: O'Brien earns Super League debut

    Wolves boss Tony Smith has handed 19-year-old Gareth O'Brien his Super League debut against Castleford Tigers at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, kick off 8pm. The young playmaker obviously impressed Smith with his performance against the Championship

  • Police warning over fake abduction text

    POLICE say a text claiming a child had been abducted from the Cockhedge Shopping Centre in Warrington is an 'urban myth'. They say they have not had any reports and that the message is a myth. The text has been sent round people in the

  • Dave’s route to glory in aid of heroes

    A POLICE officer is set to return to his roots this month ahead of an inspiring charity journey. PC Dave Flanagan, based at Warrington Police Station on Arpley Street, starts a run from Newcastle Upon Tyne to Widnes on May 27. The 180

  • Dover to Calais in Birchwood

    A TEAM of rowers will be travelling from Dover to Calais without ever leaving Warrington this weekend. Warrington Round Table has organised the charity event on Sunday at the Alive and Well Gym in Birchwood. A small team of novice rowers will row the

  • BARCLAYS COMPETITION!

    CALLING ALL SCHOOLS – YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A SHARE OF £33,000! We’ve teamed up with Barclays Money Skills to bring you Cash for Schools 2011. A fantastic opportunity for schools to obtain some extra cash and also help pupils become more financially

  • ‘A tsunami of ill feeling swept us away’

    SIX Liberal Democrat seats were ‘swept away in the national tsunami’ of ill feeling against the party. Clr Ian Marks said the national tide of feeling in the country was the main factor which saw the Lib Dems slump to its worst electoral performance

  • Parties clash over election material

    LIBERAL Democrat leader Ian Marks has branded some of the election material published during the campaign as ‘disgraceful’. He cited the campaign in Poulton North and Culcheth as particularly bad examples. He added: “Some of the stuff put out contained

  • Silent protest over plans to axe medical secretaries

    STAFF at Warrington and Halton hospitals held a silent protest at a governors meeting today against plans to axe up to 50 per cent of medical secretaries. Consultants and secretaries have warned the trust that this could be extremely dangerous

  • What a difference a year makes ...

    The Guardian says ... A LABOUR administration was always likely to be the outcome of Thursday’s local election. The party only needed to win one more seat to have a majority and even before the Lib Dems national meltdown, that was likely. What was

  • ‘I understand why people voted this way’

    CONSERVATIVE council leader Keith Bland says he did not expect Thursday’s result to be as bad as it was. While the Conservatives held one seat in Culcheth, they failed to take target wards of Appleton, Stockton Heath and Penketh – although they came

  • After storming to victory, Labour look to future of youth

    TRIUMPHANT Labour leader Terry O’Neill says his party will look to fund new schemes – despite the pressures on the council budget. Labour seized power at Warrington Town Hall after taking six seats from the Liberal Democrats in Thursday’s local elections

  • Hospital broke the rules over same sex wards

    MEN and women patients slept in wards together after Warrington and Halton hospitals breached mixed sex accommodation guidance. Government rules strive for single sex sleeping arrangements except when it is ‘in the best interest’ of the patient to mix

  • UPDATED: Armed robbers storm store

    TWO men stormed a shop in Grappenhall armed with baseball bats during a robbery last night, Thursday. Just after 9.35pm they entered the Spar store on Thelwall Road, dressed in dark clothing and balaclavas. They made threats towards

  • Collect Barclays vouchers and win schools cash

    COLLECT vouchers and win cash for your schools in a new Barclays and Warrington Guardian competition. Launching this week and running until the middle of June, we will print vouchers in the Warrington Guardian every week. All you have to do is keep

  • Union anger at digital replacement

    JOB cuts and risks to patient safety are feared as hospital chiefs consider new technology to ‘boost secretarial efficiency and save money’. Public services union Unison has blasted Warrington and Halton hospitals, saying tools such as digital dictation