BRILLIANT games unfolded during the Warrington Borough Junior Bowls Club finals day. Louis Allen, Maro Gibson, Daniel Bennett, Mike Roberts, Joe Yule, Ben Ashurst, Jayden Carroll, Amy Mackintosh, Dylan Wright and Mat Gatley won singles events.
ALFORD Hall A overcame the challenge of Tetleys B to win the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Silcock Cup at the weekend. Each team had five winners in a contest split by four chalks on the green, with the -10 handicap carried by
TETLEYS B did the business again. They won 11-4 at St Oswalds B to remain top of Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association’s Knox and Son Friday League Section B. Bill Williams, 21-6, and M Bramhall, 21-8, were shining lights, as was
MOTORISTS survived major injury despite a massive crash which shut the M62 at rush hour on Tuesday. The road was closed in both directions near Birchwood following the smash around 6pm to allow an air ambulance to land. Commuters left their
THE clock has struck six which can only mean one thing...time for another round-up of Warrington headlines. The day began with the news there have been no arrests as yet following a fatal road accident that saw an Orford father-to-be killed 12
SALFORD Red Devils player Tommy Lee has been fined £300 by an independent disciplinary tribunal after pleading guilty to Grade A punching in the 59th minute of a First Utility Super League fixture against Hull Kingston Rovers. Lee was also suspended
WARRINGTON North MP has decided to step down from her role on the shadow front bench. She told leader Ed Miliband earlier this month, but the decision was announced today, Tuesday. The 59-year-old had been a shadow home office minister since
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ST OSWALDS B are looking down on the rest again. They are back at the summit of Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association’s Redline Recruitment Monday League Section A, courtesy of a 266-229 victory over St Oswalds A. Their stand-out
A MAN accused of stealing goods from TK Maxx in the Golden Square has been grabbed following a foot chase by police through Warrington town centre. The hot pursuit ended minutes ago after the suspect ran into the multi-storey car park at the Old
COUNCILLORS will be watching the appeal process ‘like hawks’ after it was announced tip bosses FCC have appealed against the council’s refusal of a five-year extension at Arpley. The application for the company to continue dumping rubbish at the
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A GARDEN inspired by the properties of Golden Gates Housing and created by LiveWire is among the Warrington displays at this week’s RHS Tatton Flower Show. The show takes place at Tatton Park near Knutsford until Sunday with displays from across
MEMBERS and visitors enjoyed a summer celebration at July's club night. We had much to celebrate with members taking part in many floral festivals, including Cheshire Show, Lymm Festival's 'Art in the Garden' and helping celebrate the 50th
Sheffield's Nick Matthew will lead Team England into the Commonwealth Games after being named as the squad's flag bearer. The 33-year-old multiple squash world champion will walk out first at Wednesday's opening ceremony at Celtic Park after being
Jordan’s, one of the region’s only residential letting and management specialists, has taken over Hot Property WA Limited in Warrington. This follows a previous acquisition by Jordan’s at the end of 2013 of Key Properties in Manchester and Liverpool
POLICE have charged a suspected thief who had to be rescued with an inflatable raft after getting stuck in Dallam Brook. Kamil Barberowski, from Anfield, is due to appear at Halton Magistrates Court today, Tuesday, charged with conspiracy to steal
ALL sitting Labour councillors have been chosen to stand again at the local elections next year. Party members met at the USDAW offices in Warrington on Saturday to choose the 19 people who will stand in the elections in May. It will run alongside
A MOTORIST has told a court how he thought a van had come to the aid of a broken down lorry before he saw the driver being run over and killed. Three motorists have been giving evidence of what they saw happen on the morning of February 15 when
THE life of a 94-year-old Second World War veteran, who was hailed as an unsung hero, was celebrated on Thursday. The funeral of Samuel James was attended by family, friends and complete strangers who had travelled to St Oswald’s Church in Winwick
Triple Olympic champion Jason Kenny admits he has had to bulk up to keep pace with the changing dynamics of the men's sprint. Kenny won gold in both the team and individual sprint at London 2012, having been selected ahead of Sir Chris Hoy for
BUDGET cuts at Cheshire Polkice will result in the loss of 255 police officers by March next year, according to a plice watchdog. In a report into efficiency savings at Cheshire Police, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary revealed the extent of job
Katarina Johnson-Thompson has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to a foot injury, Team England have announced. The 21-year-old said she was "absolutely devastated" to miss the Games, in which she was hot favourite to win gold
WARRINGTON South MP David Mowat has welcomed the news that Warrington schools are set to receive an additional £400,000 for the 2015 to 2016 school year to tackle the funding deficit in the town. Last month, Mr Mowat blasted schools minister David
WOOLSTON Rovers return to action in the Kingstone Press National Conference League Division Three on Thursday, when they travel to St Helens to face Blackbrook. Rovers will be attempting to put a run of four successive defeats behind them but Blackbrook
Woolston Rovers A 18 Rylands Sharks 19 RYLANDS snatched a last gasp drop-goal victory in a derby win over Woolston Rovers in the North West Men’s League Division Two on Saturday. Rovers were 12-6 ahead at the break with their tries coming from
Crosfields u13 10 Blackbrook u13 16 A FANTASTIC team performance was not enough to secure a place in the next round of the Lancashire Cup despite tries from Amir Hajri and Ryan Orr. Rylands Tiger Sharks u9 20 Leyland Warriors u9 4 SHARKS
Wigan St Pats 30 Culcheth Eagles 10 CULCHETH Eagles dropped down the North West Men’s League Division Two after defeat at Wigan St Pats sent the hosts above them into second. Eagles took an early after a chip from James Wilde bounced away from
Stockport Sports 2 Eagle Sports 1 EAGLE fell to a late defeat against North West Counties Premier Division side Stockport Sports in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. Eagle started the game strongly and showed they were a match for the side
A QUIZ night to raise money for Warrington Disability Partnership takes place on Friday. Held at St Oswald’s Social Club, Padgate, from 7.30pm until late, teams are between two and six and there will be prize raffle and stand-up bingo. Admission
CROSFIELDS JFC Chargers under 11s football team are welcoming new players for the forthcoming season. The team play in Division Five on Saturdays and would suit any boy or girl looking to play football for the first time. Training is on Mondays
RETIRED Cheshire firefighter David Gill, from Stockton Heath, returned from the European Police and Fire Games Championships in Belgium with a glut of medals. The European Police and Fire Games is an Olympic-type multi-sport programme for full-time
WARRINGTON fifths beat Alvaney thirds by 24 runs on Saturday with Rishav Manta claiming six wickets. Fifteen-year-old Tom Higham, 69, excelled with a top score as Warrington closed on 121 for 7. Alvaney were making good headway towards the
WARRINGTON crashed out of the Cheshire Shield in the semi-final tie against Ashton on Mersey on Saturday with Ashton winning by five wickets. Warrington found themselves 41 for 4 after 15 overs with Chris Kirby, 45, being the only top order batsman
GRAPPENHALL thirds ended table-topping Hyde’s unbeaten run in Cheshire County Third XI Premier Division as Iain Wright reached a century to make light work of the chase. Grappenhall’s bowling attack were on form with Josh Hayes, 4 for 22, leading
GRAPPENHALL failed to take their chance of moving into top spot when they were beaten at Neston in Cheshire County Premier League on Saturday due to a poor performance from the batting order. Neston opted to bat first in a game reduced to 37 overs
GLAZEBURY have reached the Cheshire Cricket Alliance Cup final with victory at Stalybridge in the last four on Sunday. Glazebury posted 170 for 8 in their 40 overs with openers Dean Lord, 60, and Wayne Hargreaves, 40, putting on 104 for the first
APPLETON Tigers recorded one of their biggest league wins of the season on Saturday as they beat Didsbury by eight wickets in Cheshire Women’s League Division One. County under 15s Kathryn Jackson and Charlotte Cross took two wickets each to help
WARRINGTON Athletics Club’s Sam Evans made the long journey to Watford to run in the under 13s 800m at the open-graded meeting on Wednesday, July 16. Evans finished in 12th place in 2mins 17.02secs beating his personal best time by around three
WARRINGTON Athletics Club’s Julie Hicken claimed two medals representing the north of England in an inter-regional veterans match at Solihull on Sunday. Hicken ran in the 400m and finished in bronze position in 71.26secs, smashing her previous
THOUSANDS of festival goers and music fans descended on the town over the weekend to enjoy three days of live music. Talented musicians and aspiring singers took to the stage when Warrington Music Festival took over the town centre. Bands including
THERE have yet to be any arrests made in the police investigation into a fatal road accident that saw an Orford father-to-be killed 12 hours before his baby was born. Orford man Michael Coray, aged 25, died after suffering major head injuries when
A CONTRATOR has been appointed to start building Warrington’s new £8.5 million business incubator. ISG is set to start construction next month with the new building on Dallam Lane set to open next summer. The new 50,000sq ft building is part
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A FORMER Warrington head teacher will no longer face bullying allegations after the investigation into her conduct was dropped. Lynne Mullen, who was previously in charge of Bruche Primary School, was suspended from Greenacres Primary School in
