SHOPPERS and businesses in Warrington were given a visit from the Secret Santa Squad on Thursday. The squad visited Golden Square, distributing packs which included scratch cards to be used as presents, after a National Lottery Scratchcards survey
IT was Wolves’ second season at their new den that brought home the significance of The Halliwell Jones Stadium in turning the club’s fortunes around. Attendances shot to a 50-year peak, averaging at 11,003, as Paul Cullen’s team delivered Warrington
MORE than 1,000 people in Warrington have been claiming unemployment benefit for the past year according to latest figures. The Office of National Statistics (OSN) has revealed unemployment has fallen by 29,000 in the past month in the north west
AN Appleton pre-school transported youngsters to a far away world when it recreated the Polar Express. St Monica’s Catholic Primary School’s pre-school invited children to come along in their pyjamas ready to board the Polar Express. The pre-school
CHESHIRE Chord Company wants to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony...or at least Warrington. The multi award-winning women’s barbershop singers are to run a free four-week evening course at Beamont Collegiate Academy in Long Lane from January
WARRINGTON Borough Council has announced when phone lines and drop-in centres will close over Christmas. The contact centre on Time Square will close at 5pm on Friday, December 20 and remains closed until 09am on Monday, January 6. The contact
Warrington 3rd 59 Heaton Moor 3rd 10 WARRINGTON’S third team dispatched a handy Heaton Moor outfit with a second-half blitz of 31 points without reply. The foundations of a win that keeps them in contention for promotion were laid in a hard-fought
STUDENTS at Priestley College got to see Father Christmas use a different type of aircraft on Monday. He was joined by mambers of the Royal Air Force on a helicopter before visiting Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool and The Royal Manchester
Grange FC u12 1 Irlam Rangers u12 5 THE Warrington Guardian-sponsored ended their 2013 campaign with a heavy defeat to top-of-the-league opponents Irlam Rangers. A bright start meant the game was evenly balanced, with Grange making more of
SMAUG is perhaps the perfect movie villain. The dragon’s fiery presence is felt throughout the first part of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. But you only see glimpses of the fearsome beast as he nestles beneath the Dwarves’ vast treasure
CRANKY Woody Grant thinks he has won $1million and nothing is going to change his mind. The old man has in fact been duped by a sweepstakes marketing scheme but he is going to collect his prize in Nebraska if it kills him. Booze-addled and
THE number 12 will always have an important meaning for two friends in Woolston. Out of seven babies born on December 12 last year, two of them lived on the same street and were just a few doors away. Having youngsters with the special birthday
A POOR second-half performance left boss Shaun Reid frustrated as his Warrington Town side gave up a one-goal lead to lose at Lancaster City on Saturday. Ciaran Kilheeney opened the scoring but Sam Wills, Jordan Connerton and Mark Jackson strikes
SCOUTS struggling in the aftermath of an arson attack on their home have been given a helping hand by a storage company. Big Storage, on Manchester Road, has offered free space for 1st/14th Warrington West Scout Group at its base on Manchester
THELWALL Beavers helped out children who are less fortunate by taking part in Operation Christmas Child at All Saints Church in Thelwall.
Warrington 25 Carlisle 14 WARRINGTON stretched their impressive home record to 25 consecutive wins at their stoutly defended fortress Walton Lea Road, this time with a scrappy victory over Carlisle. Unlike the previous week, where two good
LYMM: BUDDING bards at a Lymm care home have produced their first poetry book in time for Christmas. The residents at Keate House Care Home in Lymm set up a poetry group 12 months ago and have been working on a range of prose since. Meeting
YOUNGSTERS at St Thomas’ CE Primary School’s after school club got in to the Christmas spirit with the help of the Friends of Alexandra Park. They had been fundraising for the park group and to say thank you were offered the chance to decorate
FOOTPATH and cycleway improvements will take place in Birchwood early in the new year. Warrington Borough Council has received a £4.65 million grant from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund and part of the funds will be spent in Birchwood
IT was a record breaking year for St Elphin’s Church autumn fair. he event raised £6,522 which was more than £700 more than last year’s event.
FORMER European Champion Hannah Marsden is hoping to help youngsters get into shape when her karate workshops kick off at Gulliver’s World. Hannah, who was awarded her first black belt at 13, will be hosting two regular martial arts classes on
A NEW shop selling everything from hot dogs to candy floss has opened in Birchwood. Sweet Pig recently had a launch day at the shopping centre when its pig mascot entertained youngsters.
A NEW concept pharmacy has opened in Lymm. LloydsPharmacy, on The Cross, was opened earlier this month and boasts of being one of the first in the UK to offer LloydsPharmacy’s new approach to community health which has been developed to improve
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD came up trumps after completing her performing arts exam. Tilly Bradley, who attends Little Stars Stage School in Appleton, passed her grade one performing arts exam with Trinity Guildhall. Lauren Kelly, principal at the school
POLICE gave crime prevention advice to around 600 people during three surgeries in December. CSOs Steve Dodd, Wendy Stanley and Maurizio Lucchesi spoke to Culcheth, Glazebury and Birchwood residents. They demonstrated how to use personal attack
LYMM: A LYMM fitness coach is helping people get in shape for Christmas with 30-minute workouts that burn 800 calories in a day. Metafit is the latest new workout trend and Rachel Gravell, who runs Energised Fitness, is putting on two classes a
Orford: STUDENTS of a dance academy in Orford are looking forward to their debut performance at the Parr Hall after receiving outstanding results from a recent examination. Carrie Leather, aged 36, quit her job as a professional dancer 16 months
STOCKTON Heath Primary School pupils packed up their school bags and headed off to lend a hand for a charity fundraiser. They helped to pack shoppers own bags at Morrisons supermarket, on Wilderspool Causeway, on Thursday as part of the ITV charity
A GROUP of 200 bikers spread a little bit of Christmas joy on Saturday when they dished out hundreds of presents to newborns at the Special Care Baby Unit at Warrington Hospital. Members of the Taliesin Brotherhood bike club, who organised the
THE Warrington Guardian-sponsored dance couple Annabell Harman and Michael Manning endured a difficult weekend at their latest competition in Cresswell. Annabell caught a heel on her dress during the couple’s Tango routine, sending the pair and
A FATHER-OF-ONE has admitted to headbutting a stranger in a town centre bar, a court heard. Mark John Bibby, aged 31, of Kentucky Close, Chapelford, left his victim with bruises to his face after smashing his head into the bridge of his nose.
A HOWLEY dog owner was handed a £50 fine after being caught letting his dog foul the footpath only yards away from his home. With a canine population estimated at 8 million, it costs the UK £22m a year to clean up to dog mess. The council’s
A WHISTLING pervert has admitted to lewdly flashing a 16-year-old female as she walked down the street in Longford, a court heard. Halton Magistrates Court heard on Thursday how Carl Robert Spero, aged 20, of Densham Avenue, Longford, whistled
