OUR road system is a complete shambles said Great Sankey reader George McKie on last week’s letters page. And certainly anyone who was stuck in the horrendous traffic on Friday, December 5, due to a burst water pipe, would have to agree with George
ARE you cooking for a vegetarian this Christmas or do you need a survival guide to help navigate around the festive season’s meat feasts? Well fear not because the Vegetarian Society (VS) has teamed up withWeekend for all those who would rather
I LOVE this time of year in both my personal and work life – it’s a time for families and friends to get together and have a great time, usually over a culinary feast. And for me, that’s the starting point of achieving the perfect Christmas dinner
WEST Side Story arrived on stage in 1957 and marked a significant departure from the classical formula of musicals, setting a new precedent for theatre. But despite the refreshing take to the production, this West Side Story failed to ignite any
PETER Kay has had his garlic bread moment and in That Day We Sang, Victoria Wood taps into our love of all things nostalgic with prawn cocktails, steak and Black Forest gateau– her Berni Inn moment! Both comedians, hailing from just a few miles
I CAN’T believe this is my last column and all the fun festive in Warrington is nearly over. What a great few weeks it’s been. It all started with the Christmas lights switch on at Golden Square, and then we had the magnificent lantern parade
KNUTSFORD’S Traveller's Tales studios has been building on the plastic brick foundations of its Lego games for almost 10 years. The first game in the series, Lego Star Wars, was released in 2005 and by combining iconic film scenes with the innocent
“EVERYONE, stop what you are doing, I have a very important news flash to bring to you...” The news has gone global and so has Ron Burgundy. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has been one of the most hotly anticipated comedy sequels in a long
SHAUN Gunner was spellbound when he read The Hobbit in his bedroom aged eight. It was his first experience of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy world and it spirited him away to Middle Earth. So he told Weekend that it feels ‘incredibly special’ to
FAMILY Toy Story 3 (U) Christmas Day, 3.20pm, BBC1 BBC1’s premiere of Toy Story 3 is not to be missed. Pixar’s animated sequel reunited Woody and Buzz Lightyear after more than a decade but the time away only made our hearts grow fonder
POLICE rammed the door of a Grappenhall house to intervene in a domestic dispute, a court heard. Lee Brookhouse, aged 33, screamed and shouted at officers when they arrived at his Knutsford Road home on November 15. They had been called by
MUSIC has the power to unite. But one of the oldest choirs in the country has proved that singing together can do much more than that. It has been two decades since Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball were killed and 56 were injured by an IRA bomb
PARTY-goers in Warrington are being warned to drink responsibly on 'Mad Friday'. Today, the Friday before Christmas, is known as Mad Friday by emergency services due to the increase in calls they receive as people get into the festive spirit and
MANY of us will be spending Christmas Day in the traditional way - surrounded by family, opening presents, stuffing faces with Turkey, watching festive specials on TV, and, probably, falling asleep on the couch. For officers at Cheshire Police,
CHILDREN across the borough will be waiting up on Tuesday night to see the arrival of Father Christmas. But youngsters from the Polish community in town have already welcomed St Nicholas as part of their traditions. And Polish shop Krakow invited
WHEN you are ripping open presents and tucking into your turkey this Christmas, spare a thought for the many Warrington Hospital employees who will be dealing with the town’s emergencies. Staff working on the A&E department say they tend to
DIANE Brookhouse has been found guilty of helping run her husband’s £12m cocaine ring. Mrs Brookhouse, aged 42, of Coronation Avenue, Grappenhall, was found guilty by a majority verdict at Warrington Crown Court today, Friday. She showed no
A MAN has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving in connection to a fatal collision on Lovely Lane outside of Warrington Hospital. Balbinder Dhillon, aged 39, of Montana Close, Great Sankey, is due to appear at Halton Magistrates
STOCKTON Heath Medical Centre is adopting a new appointment system which will see patients quizzed by their GP before they are given a time to see their doctor. Surgeries across the country are opting to go with the ‘Doctor first’ scheme after
WARRINGTON Wolves star Richie Myler is set to tie the knot with former Blue Peter daredevil Helen Skelton this weekend. The pair are getting married near Helen's home town in Cumbria and have been tweeting about their excitement ahead of the big
ONLY one of the town's senior rugby union sides will be in action this Saturday. Lymm host Syston in a bottom-of-the-table battle at Beechwood, Crouchley Lane, kick off 1.45pm. The Leicester side are currently second from bottom, one place
AN 11-year-old girl has been taken to hospital with a shoulder injury following a collision on Poplars Avenue today, Friday. Police were called to the incident at 7.13am. The girl, a pedestrian, was involved in a collision with a Peugeot 106
THIS morning safety crews have removed a car from the smashed wall of a Chapelford show home following a crash on Thursday. The red Peugeot 307 coupe has now been extracted from the shattered exterior of the house on Moran Drive. A crane was
EVER wonder how Warrington was shaped? When did Sankey Street become pedestrianised? Where did people buy food before Tesco and Asda? What happened when Warrington Wolves won trophies when they were still known as the Wire? All these questions
I’ve woke today with the biggest spring in my step and I feel ready to tell you all why. Where do I start? About two weeks ago I wrote a blog from a very dark, desperate place. It told of my trip to America and how I had to succumb to Chemotherapy
ONE season ticket holder at Warrington Wolves can have their picture taken along with the entire first team in January. The club is offering the winner and their family (of up to three people) the chance to be in the 2014 squad picture when it
WARRINGTON teams in the Cheshire Football League will be in action this Saturday, including a 'derby' duel in Division Two. Grappenhall Sports and Warrington Town Reserves will square up, with all games kicking off at 2pm. Fixtures: Division
FESTIVE fitness training must rank high on the list of rugby players’ least favourite things, but Wolves boss Tony Smith has offered a hefty reward to a select number of Warrington’s younger talents who impress him in the next few weeks. Smith
HEALTH chiefs in the town have welcomed changes to the funding formula used to allocate cash to CCGs. The Warrington Guardian reported in March the town had got £32m less to spend on health in the town compared on average to the rest of the north
