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  • Smith wants his men to buy into Australian sporting culture

    TONY Smith has talked more about the experiences his players will be taking in while in Australia. He wants his men, who are staying in the eastern suburbs area of Coogee Beach, to buy into the winning Australian sporting culture. “There

  • Man admits role in post office attack

    A 21-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to robbery with others and carrying an offensive weapon after an attack on a Glazebrook post office. Postmaster Peter Dodd lost part of a finger when he fought off the raiders in October last year and was hailed

  • WIN £100 OF SHOPPING VOUCHERS WITH CHURCHILL

    A leak in the roof, a fridge-freezer packing up when you’ve just done a big shop, or a prang to your car... things in life don’t always go to plan, and its times like these when you could really do with a friend. Celebrate friendship and enter

  • £10 a day on patients food and water

    WARRINGTON Hospital spends almost £10 a day on food and drink for patients – new figures have revealed. The statistics, compiled by the NHS Information Centre, show the bosses at Warrington are spending £10.31 a day on meals. Among those

  • Two year programme culminates at Peace Centre

    A ‘NONFERENCE’ marked the completion of a two year £400,000 Big Lottery funded project supported by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace and the Warrington Wolves Foundation. The charities teamed up for the Reach project designed

  • Plasterer in compensation fight

    A PLASTERER whose life was made a ‘misery’ when his flat was repossessed is fighting to get compensation. Jason Kinlin is still waiting to receive £2,240.48 from his former mortgage provider db mortgages admitted not treated his situation

  • Get crime advice in town centre

    SHOPPERS are being invited to a special crime reduction event this weekend. Members of the public are invited to the ‘community police post’, the shop at Market Gate close to the skittles, in Warrington town centre on Saturday between 1pm and

  • Win a family ticket to see George’s Marvellous Medicine!

    Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine is playing at the Opera House, Manchester on 20th to 22nd February and we have teamed up with the Opera House to promote their competition to give two lucky readers the chance to win a family ticket to the 7.00

  • Council considers buildings sale

    SITES including council offices, fields and fishing plots could be up for sale to help Warrington Borough Council raise in excess of £2.5million. A list of plots which are open to a public consultation on them being sold off for community, commercial

  • Polling station changes

    A NUMBER of polling stations will change location following feedback from the 2011 polling review. The changes include a new polling station being created in Chapelford as well as a number of other stations moving. Westbrook has now

  • YOUR PICS: Bus crash in Grappenhall

    YOU have been sending in your pictures of the aftermath of yesterday's school bus crash in Grappenhall. The top of the double decker bus was ripped off after it hit a low level bridge at the junction of Cliff Lane and Weaste Lane. Eleven pupils from

  • Controversial shop plan agreed

    PLANS for three shops on a controversial patch of land at the junction of Stocks Lane has been described as ‘just about acceptable’ by a Penketh parish councillor. Residents reacted angrily last year to a proposal for a car wash on the busy