LIFETIME plans to celebrate the hard work and dedication of its kind-hearted volunteers as part of national volunteer’s week today, Thursday. The volunteers, who give up their free time to help older people cope with any problems they have and
TWO fans received their new heritage shirts almost as quickly as the players despite living on the other side of the world. Warrington Wolves fans Eddie Carey and Ainsley White proudly posed in the new top celebrating the history of the club after
THE Alzheimer’s Society is calling on residents to ‘open up about dementia’ and stop bottling up concerns this Dementia Awareness Week. Various events are taking place throughout the town including the dementia community roadshow at Birchwood Shopping
POLICE have issued the picture of a man they are looking for after leaving prison. Steven Anderson, aged 31, breached the terms of his licence, according to officers. He had been jailed for a street robbery. He has friends and family in
Redundancy spurred dad-of-two to seek new career as film and television extra... now he’s in Maleficent WRESTLING with a CGI pixie and being described as ‘hot’ by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is all in a day’s work for one Penketh man. Dad
After almost 35 years in showbiz, comic — half of Hale & Pace – is going solo in Annie Get Your Gun AFTER enjoying a career spanning 34 years in the entertainment industry, Norman Pace counts himself as incredibly lucky to still be doing the
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WINNERS for the draw held May 9: Major prizes: 052118, 004514, 032016, 062915, 004563. £5 winners: 001368, 001459, 001504, 002310, 002448, 002621, 003570, 003586, 004638, 004860, 005732, 006582, 006797, 007379, 008119, 008494, 009684, 009710,
CROWDS of girls queued outside the Pyramid centre for most of the day in hope of catching a glimpse of Luke Friend arriving at the venue for his sell-out gig. Luke, originally from Leeds but now living in Devon, was a finalist in The X Factor 2013
DID you know that pigs fly down gas pipes? Flying pigs, or pipeline Intelligence gauges, are one of tools used by Nikki Barker, the speaker at our May meeting. Nikki is an engineer and in Britain only 7% of this profession are women. So what
Stephen Hough proves he’s never forgotten his roots... and offers to play church recital at last minute WORLD renowned pianist swooped in to save the day after a milestone concert was almost called off in the 11th hour. Lunchtime recitals have
GILL FUILLER, president, welcomed members and announced that our membership had reached 100. The resolution for ‘Increasing Organ Donation’ which will be presented at the AGM in Leeds next month was supported. NFWI raffle tickets were on sale.
OUR field trip to Cilcain was the first mid-week trip of the year. Upon arrival a party of newly arrived swallows flew overhead to be followed by nine swifts. As we made our way along the track we heard chiff chaffs calling along with blackcaps
NINETEEN members enjoyed a dry and occasionally sunny day in the Lakes over the Bank Holiday Saturday May 3. Setting out from the lovely village of Elterwater they followed the delightful Cumbria Way alongside Elterwater, taking in Skelwith Force waterfall
PRESIDENT Doug Pass welcomed members and three guests to our meeting on Thursday May 8 at Village Hotel. Following the hot buffet the president handed the chair to Frank Riley to conduct the evening’s programme. The first part was a true or false
MOST children who need foster carers are in care because of absue or neglect according to the head of fostering in the town. Christine Howley spoke of the importance of finding more people to offer a home to children in need as Foster Care Fortnight
A COMPANY is on the hunt for one talented young person in Warrington who is looking to get their first step on to the career ladder. Wolseley UK, which provides construction products and materials, has one apprenticeship vacancy at its Plumb and
UNION bosses have condemned the decision to outsource jobs from Warrington Borough Council calling the decision far from transparent. Unison has spoken out against the decision to transfer roles in Active Warrington to LiveWire in a meeting
A FATHER and son had a lucky escape after smoke alarms previously fitted by Cheshire Fire alerted them to a chip pan blaze in the kitchen. Flames broke out at 1.10pm on Monday on Silverdale Road in Lower Walton after the pan had been left on the
Start: Alderley Edge National Trust Car Park (free for members). Parking: At the National Trust Car Park. Distance: 2 miles. Ordnance Survey Maps: Explorer 268, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Congleton.(GR SJ859772). Dog Factors: Road walking
GRAPPENHALL were beaten by seven wickets at 2013 Cheshire County Premier League champions Chester Boughton Hall. Struggling to settle on a damp wicket and against the accurate pace bowling of Lancashire's Jordan Clarke, Grappers were dismissed
FOLLOWING the exploits of younger athletes at Trafford, Warrington Athletics Club's older competitors shone at Leigh Sports Village on Sunday. Competing in the Northern Veterans Championships were three athletes from Warrington, bringing home five
STAFF have continued to hand customers their prescriptions in Culcheth despite one man attempting to turn the Co-op pharmacy into a drive-through. Two men have been arrested and charged after a car smashed into the building on Lodge Drive on Friday
WARRINGTON Athletics Club featured prominently in the Trafford Grand Prix, including British Milers Club events, at Longford Stadium last Tuesday. In the feature events, Daniel Evans and Cameron Field competed in the 1500m. Evans finished seventh
THE future for a pioneering project run by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace will be secure says George Osborne. The Chancellor of the Exchequer paid a visit to the Peace Centre on Thursday along with Euro MP Sajjad Karim to
EIGHT Warrington Athletics Club runners took part in the ParkRun at Victoria Park on Saturday, May 10. Under 20s Cameron Field won in 16mins 32secs, followed by under 17s Owen Lee in 17mins 49secs. In seventh place was under 15s Luke Gamble
HIGH-flying Stretton first team were frustrated by the weather. Having won the toss and put Wistaston into bat, tight bowling restricted the home team to 25 for 2 off the first 25 overs. Four dropped catches allowed Wistaston to limp up to
GREENALLS Padgate St Oswalds finished their Cheshire Football League Reserve season in fine form as they stormed to a 7-3 win away at Denton Town. Ben McWilliams took his season total to 40 goals as he bagged four on the team's last outing.
LYMM Hockey juniors shone for the club as 'the Cook Islands' in a Commonwealth Games-themed tournament on Sunday. In separate competitions, an under 10s mixed side and an all-girls under 12s played seven-a-side games against teams from Bowdon,
FRIENDS Andrew Bentley and Martin Richardson raced at Oulton Park at the weekend in the Allstars motor race for pre-1966 sports, GT and touring cars, both driving MGB roadsters. With friendly rivalry, Bentley, from Lymm, put his marker down by
WARRINGTON Rowing Club's ladies and junior squads tasted success when they entered the last distance head race of the season at Northwich Spring Head, before the summer regatta season commences. The ladies quadruple scull coached by Ken Bateson
THE RSPCA say they are treating the disappearance of a male swan and seven eggs as suspicious. The swan and its seven eggs disappeared overnight on Saturday at Ackers Pit in Stockton Heath. Keen ornithologists raised the alarm on Sunday when
CHESHIRE Trampoline Club creator Dawn Chadwick has teamed up with long-time friend Ann Bishop-Rowe (former head coach at Padgate Trampolining Club), Shonagh Strachan and Hannah Thomson to offer sessions to the young and old. The club first started
Lymm u16 31 Bowdon u16 12 LYMM won the Cheshire Cup in a repeat of last year’s final. Silverware was secured with tries from Ciaran Finn, two, Dan Maznyk, two, and Alex McMahon.
Warrington u19 26 Old Brodleians u19 13 WARRINGTON’S senior colts stormed past Old Brodleians in the Raging Bull Cock of the North Challenge Cup final to claim a record-breaking fourth trophy of the season. The under 19s side had already won
Accrington Panthers 18 Woolston Rovers A 14 WOOLSTON Rovers A suffered a narrow defeat at Accrington Panthers in North West Men’s League Division Two on Saturday despite a sterling performance. The home side went 6-0 up after 10 minutes before
CLINTONS card shop will reopen on Saturday with a new look. The Golden Square shopping centre branch closed its doors at the beginning of the week and will open with a new red logo under the company’s new livery.
WOOLSTON Rovers Golds will meet Woolston Rovers Greens in the Under 12s North West Counties Development Plate semi finals. The two teams were formed following a split at the end of last season and have both progressed well this season. The
LYMM Rugby Club’s junior colts half backs Mark Dixon and Alex Mitchell helped England Under 17s to end France’s five-match unbeaten run. It is the first time in the club’s history that two Lymm players have appeared in an international fixture.
BANK Quay Bulls under sevens rugby league are currently recruiting players. Training is every Thursday at Dallam Recreational Ground, Longshaw Street, at 6pm.
WATCH the tries as Warrington Wolves defeat Catalan Dragons 42-10 in round 12 of Super League.
MICHAEL Monaghan hailed not only his brother’s impressive strike rate but his impact on the younger players at Warrington Wolves. Joel Monaghan made it 101 tries in 100 games for Wolves with two scores in the win over Catalan Dragons last Friday
DAVID Mowat MP has welcomed the move to restrict legal aid available to foreign citizens bring action against armed forces personnel. The announcement follows the recent partial collapse of the Al-Sweady Inquiry into allegations of torture and
A CRASH involving four cars has caused large queues on the M56 this morning. The accident happened between junction nine at Lymm and junction seven at Bowden. Police and ambulance were called at 7.25am to the incident. A North West Ambulance
ITALY is the next stop for a group of talented dancers from StagePro Academy, who have secured a place in the England Team in the next competition in July. The hard work of Heartbeat Dance Team and duo partners Emily Edwards, aged 14, and Tumelo
EIGHT things we learned during Ed Miliband’s visit to Warrington. The Labour leader headed to Whittle Hall Community Centre on Monday with access to GP surgeries and the Sankey Medical Centre debacle high on residents’ agenda. Here are some
