EVENING wrap fans, keep scrolling for your weekday daily dose of moreish media morsels as we round-up the day's top headlines. Mr Smith's fans woke to the bad news listing the doomed building would not save it from demolition with many having their
A SUMMER club will be held at St Michael’s Church Hall in Burtonwood for children aged five to seven. From dance to drama, the one week summer camp will run from Monday, July 28, to Friday, August 1. Teacher Anne-Marie Brzezicki said: “I hope
TWO schools in Burtonwood will be taken over by a holiday club during the summer break. The first summer camp will run from August 4 for five days at Burtonwood Primary School with the second running from August 26 for four days at St Paul of the
COME and learn about life on the Burtonwood Airbase during its Stars and Stripes weekend. From September 13 to 14, guests are invited to commemorate the personnel who were stationed at Burtonwood from 1940 to 1993. E-mail burtonwood@gulliversfun.co.uk
TWENTY IKEA Warrington workers joined forces to take part in the Race for Life at Haydock Park earlier this month. The group, aged from 20 to 50, raised more than £1,000 for cancer research, running the five kilometres in 40 minutes.
YEAR six pupils took to the stage to mark the end of their time at St Paul of the Cross Primary School. The youngsters performed The Next Big Step in front of friends and family on Tuesday, July 15. Head teacher Dominic Vernon said: “It was a
IT was one of the toughest challenges she has faced but Jessica Mather hopes her drive and determination to climb Mount Kilimanjaro will inspire others. Sports and leisure technical instructor Jessica, who works at Arbury Court in Winwick, completed
TWELVE youngsters have settled into their homes for the next four weeks after travelling from Belarus to Warrington. The children are visiting the town as part of a project set up by the Burtonwood Link of the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline.
COMPLAINTS have been made over petrol fumes and dust clouds at the former police training camp in Bruche. The site is currently being developed into houses. Neighbours have complained about problems, including vehicles accessing the site, to
CHILDREN were on song at Beamont Collegiate Academy in Orford this week. Youngsters from nearby primary schools performed a summer concert on Tuesday in front of an audience including parents.
A FACEBOOK group has been created to gather support for a popular Orford pub landlord facing eviction. Father-of-three Mark Moran, aged 40, says he has been giving eviction orders to leave the Blackburne Arms, Orford Green. Enterprise Inns,
A MAN has been killed in a serious crash on the M62 between Burtonwood and Winwick. Cheshire Police and emergency crews closed the road eastbound following the collision between two vehicles at 3.30pm. They now say a 58-year-old driver taken
Jodie Stimpson described missing out on the London Olympics as "the kick up the backside I needed" after winning the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In a dream start to Team England's campaign, 25-year-old Stimpson sprinted
A MAN accused of the murder of Trevor Allen vowed to never drive a HGV vehicle again after knocking down and killing the 56-year-old granddad, Chester Crown Court heard today, Thursday. During a police interview on February 16, Mark Slater, aged
THE corridors of Penketh High School were alive with the sound of music as pupils prepared for their final concert of the academic year. The Summer Soiree saw more than 120 pupils involved in the evening including a gospel choir, string group,
A GREAT Sankey man won the once in a lifetime chance to experience what life is like as a Liverpool footballer. David Clarke, of Fairmont Drive, was awarded the opportunity to run out at Anfield as part of a competition organised by car company
WORK to start demolishing Wilderspool Stadium could start next week - although it is unlikely to be completed until the autumn. The final game at the famous former home of Warrington Wolves took place in May - a decade after the Super League club
WHITTLE Hall councillors have joined residents’ call for bins around Our Wood in Chapelford. Homeowners living nearby complained of a growing litter problem in the area which was expected to increase once adult fitness equipment in the park was
A PENKETH man has returned home after conquering the highest marathon on earth and raising more than £2,000 for a charity close to his heart in the process. Andy Hitchin marked his 50th birthday by taking on the annual Tensing-Hillary Everest marathon
WOULD you like to make your roads safer? Volunteers are being sought for a speedwatch group in Glazebury. Leave a message for CSO Maurizio Lucchesi on 101.
GET August 30 in your diary as the Crown and Cushion pub in Penketh host their annual family fun day. Organised by Barry Roberts to raise cash for Great Sankey children’s charity the Shannon Bradshaw Trust, the day includes a tombola, bouncy castles
TREAT yourself to a cake or pick up a bargain at Holcroft Grange’s summer fair in Culcheth. There will also be traditional games, raffles and tombolas at the Jackson Avenue care home on Saturday, August 2, from 2pm to 4pm.
HAS your child ever wondered what Rainbows and Brownies get up to? Culcheth’s Girlguiding leaders will be at Forget-Me-Not’s cafe in Common Lane from 2pm to 3pm on August 5, 19 and 20 t0 help you find out more. They will be on hand to talk
CULCHETH and Croft police say they are cracking down on youths riding mini motos around the Mee Brow and Newchurch estates. Officers have stepped up patrols following complaints from residents. It follows a bike being seized after being ridden
ATC cadets came out in force to help Asda Birchwood with a Help for Heroes fundraising campaign. Twenty cadets from the 1330 Squadron helped pack bags for customers raising £707. Hazel Findlay, community spokesman for Asda Birchwood, said:
YOUNGSTERS tried their hand at being nuclear workers as part of Sellafield’s exhibition at the Big Bang North West Fair. The Birchwood Park Avenue company showed families how devices like the glovebox and remote handling machine are used. Sellafield
BIRCHWOOD Shopping Centre teamed up with Locking Stumps Primary School to do its own version of Junior Apprentice. Youngsters set up their own business stalls as part of an enterprise topic after being given some customer service tips from Birchwood
CULCHETH Scouts are celebrating their 65th birthday next month. From camping to kayaking, 3rd Warrington East 1st Culcheth Scouts have been offering fun and life skills for youngsters since August 30, 1949. Christine Housby, group Scout leader
LAWRENCE Bellamy, associate dean at the University of Chester's Padgate campus, talks Commonwealth Games in his latest column. IT’S good to see sportspeople from Warrington competing in the Commonwealth Games. Sophie Edwards (wrestling), Kathleen
LATCHFORD author Gill Hoffs is appealing for descendants of those who lost their lives on the sinking of the RMS Tayleur to come forward. The 35-year-old is currently working with producers on BBC show Coast on a programme about the ship which
BEN Harrison is confident a tough conclusion to the Super League season will benefit Warrington Wolves come the play-offs. Wolves with trips to St Helens and Wigan Warriors in a run that sees them face the rest of the top seven in their final six
PETER Smith, of Lynton Close, Penketh, took this picture of a butterfly in his garden
I WOULD like to make Guardian readers aware of the pressure group Halton Against Tolls. We have pages on social media sites along with an online petition that has reached more than 10,000 signatures. Our purpose is to oppose the agreed Mersey
I BELIEVE that Network Warrington has not considered the risks associated with obstructing emergency exits on their buses, and that this creates a health and safety issue for its passengers. On May 23 I travelled from Westbrook to the bus station
I TREATED my mum and stepdaughter to Proms in the Park and what a great night we had. The Engineers Regiment laid on an amazing show. We were so proud to wave our flags, and proud of our regiment too. The atmosphere was fantastic with food being
I FIND it extraordinary that the Government’s response to strike action on July 10 by the NUT and five other public sector unions has been to completely ignore the issues and instead seek to reduce people’s right to strike. Suggesting a three month
ONCE again Woolston Park is blighted by a gipsy encampment. The bushes surrounding the area are full of rubbish and human excrement. What do people have to do to stop these unwanted ‘guests’ from driving around the parkland in cars? They are
THE company filming in Lymm has set up unofficial temporary traffic lights in the village (I have been on to the council and they know nothing about it). How can a company think just because it is making a TV programme it can illegally disrupt
I WONDER if any of your readers had a similarly-disappointing Walking Day experience last Saturday evening when Silcock’s abruptly abandoned its Stockton Heath Fair so early. Having grown-up locally, I have fond memories of Stockton Heath Fair,
I HAVE just spent four hours trying to rid my black bin of maggots. We always put our rubbish in bin liners before we put them in the outside bin and yet we are infested! We have house flies and blue bottles! These were a thing of the past. I wonder
I WISH to complain about the neglected state of Peel Hall Park. It has gone from nicely mown fields, regularly emptied bins and cleaned paths, to waist level and higher grass where people let their dogs defecate. Bins are overflowing with poo
THERE are many fine buildings in Warrington but, in my opinion, Mr Smith’s is not one of them. Apart from the little round tower it looks like a monster shed hulking over a part of the town that needs improvement. Like many post-war Warringtonians
WARRINGTON Borough Council in its wisdom has decided to close the recycling centre in Stockton Heath as of August 1. If you close a tip down you are encouraging fly tipping in the area and the additional cost of clearing up the mess afterwards.
HAYLEY says hello. Darren Moston, from Latchford, took this picture of his pet hamster Hayley. Want to give your pet their moment in the spotlight? Send their picture and some details about them to vicki.stockman@guardian grp.co.uk or by
Hannah Miley put on a royal performance on day one of the Commonwealth Games swimming this morning. The defending 400 metres individual medley champion set a Games record in her qualifying heat - the first of race of the tournament - on a morning
Sir Bradley Wiggins will race for gold on his track cycling return this evening, with England facing off against favourites Australia in the team pursuit final at the Commonwealth Games. Wiggins joined Ed Clancy, Andy Tennant and Steven Burke to
GET set for a fun day at Walton Lea walled garden on Sunday. There will be retail stores open and stallholders selling goods as well as a pop up tea room with activities for all the family. The fun day is in place of the normal Walton Lea farmers
English triathlete Jodie Stimpson won the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games to banish the pain of missing out on the London Olympics. Canada's Kirsten Sweetland took silver with England's Vicky Holland making it a dream start for the team
LIBERAL Democrat Clr Brian Axcell has accused the Labour administration of turning Lymm and Stockton Heath car parks into ‘cash cows.’ Off street car parks turned in a profit for the council of more than four times the figure from the previous
PRIME Minister David Cameron has praised a Warrington for its success in securing export deals. He announced deals of more than £200million to business leaders at a conference in Glasgow on Wednesday. Warrington-based software company ICC Solutions
A PETITION calling on water giant United Utilities to never kill Canada geese at their headquarters in Great Sankey again has now reached more than 52,000 signatures. Animal lovers expressed their outrage online after the Warrington Guardian revealed
SOMETHING wasn’t right at Widnes. Within the opening five minutes of play in Friday’s Super League Round 21 encounter, the usual fizz and verve seemed to be lacking from Warrington. Not so with Vikings, and to see them establish a winning lead
Glasgow gave the world a warm, Scottish welcome at a Commonwealth Games ceremony full of humour, music and featuring a major fundraising appeal. The spectacle at Celtic Park marked the official start of the 20th Games as Commonwealth head the Queen
Mo Farah has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games. Team England announced the 31-year-old double Olympic and world champion, who was due to go for gold over 5,000 and 10,000 metres in Glasgow, had made good progress on his recovery from a recent
A NEW initiative developed by the RFL and aimed at attracting players to the sport is being showcased in Warrington. The University of Chester Warrington campus is hosting a Play Touch Rugby League event on Wednesday, July 30 at 6.30pm. The
PUPILS at Lymm High School enjoyed an inspiring visit from a European gold medallist as part of Sky Sports Living for Sport project. Judoka Sophie Cox, a Youth Sport Trust mentor, shared her experiences and helped pupils plan activities including
A SUCCESSFUL outing at the first session of the Cheshire County Relay Championships saw Warrington Athletics Club return with four titles. In the under 17s girls’ 4x100m and medley events with a squad of Alice Clare, Carys McAulay, Lizzie Smith
ALYSHA Goddard was in action at the Stockport Summer Open Meeting lon Wednesday. The Warrington Athletics Club under 20s runner bagged second place in the women’s 1500m in a time of 5mins 21secs at Woodbank Park.
A WOMAN caught using the train without paying for the fare has been fined £400. Elizabeth Copping, aged 53, was found guilty in her absence of travelling on a train at Bolton Railway Station without paying £4 for her ticket. Copping, of Pigot
A SPECTACULAR music festival marked the end of term for sixth formers at Lymm High School. BBC Voice star Joe Keegan headlined the day with past and present students and members of the local community but also visitors from the South African link
Sir Bradley Wiggins makes his eagerly awaited return to track cycling this morning in what he expects to be a three-way battle for team pursuit gold at the Commonwealth Games. Wiggins, having been controversially denied the chance to battle for
A BOOKLET on the history of Thelwall Rose Queen has been launched. This year marked the 50th anniversary of the popular event which takes place each June. And to celebrate the occasion, the new commemorative booklet has been published.
KIND hearted Grappenhall children have raised more than £1,500 for charity. Youngsters at Bradshaw Primary School raised £1675.15 for the NSPCC/Childline this school year. The money will be used by the NSPCC to continue funding essential children
WILLIE Poching insists Warrington Wolves must show they have learned from the mistakes that cost them against rivals Widnes Vikings. Wolves host Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in Super League Round 22 after a loss at Vikings ended their 10-match winning
AN open garden event in Lymm has raised more than £8,500 for St Rocco’s and other charities. More than 700 tickets were sold with Lymm Open Gardens, making it one of the largest private open gardens event in the country. Commented organiser
FIND out more about the creatures living in the waters of Lymm Dam later next week. Between 1.30pm and 3pm on Wednesday, join rangers to see what can be found in the water. Bring wellies and old clothes. Places are limited so book in advance
PARISH councillors in Grappenhall and Thelwalll have agreed to buy poppy seeds to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The seeds will be given out to residents.
THREE site managers working on David Wilson Homes schemes have picked up awards. Glyn Fazackerley at Montgomery Green, Chapelford, Stuart Kirby at Riversdale, Woolston, and Stuart Lee at the Walton Locks development in Walton all gained a Pride
GLOBAL Freight Solutions (GFS), the UK’s leading parcel and carrier Management Company, will be expanding their business by setting up a new northern centre in the borough. GFS will open its own depot at Taurus Park, in Westbrook, to expand its
FORM goes out of the window, says the cliché of the derby fixture. So it proved on Friday, when Wolves visited neighbours Widnes on a 10-game winning streak and on the back of their biggest victory of the season against a relegated London Broncos
WARRINGTON Wolves have helped set up a fundraising page for fans who want to help towards the treatment of former player Greg Mackey as he battles with bowel cancer. The Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation are assisting in the collection of
MOTORISTS are facing hour long traffic queues heading out of Warrington following a smash on the M56 this morning, Thursday. Traffic is backing up to Lymm following the crash involving three cars between junctions seven and six. Two of the
IRRITATED beyond measure. Maybe it’s the heat, certainly it’s something to do with the Wire’s winning streak coming to an end (at Widnes of all places). Another shocker from homegrown referee Phil Bentham (basketball anyone?) might have many praying
A DRUG den in Padgate described as the ‘archetype crack house’ has been shut down by police amid claims it was also being used as a makeshift brothel. The property on Unsworth Court is due to be boarded up by officers for three months after a closure
TIME is running out for Mr Smith's, after it was confirmed listing the doomed building would not save it from demolition. A Save Mr Smith's Facebook group has been started, with more than 1000 ‘likes’ so far, calling for demolition to be stopped
It seems to me that there is a real sense of optimism around Warrington at the moment. Maybe it’s because the sun has been putting in a number of appearances recently or perhaps it’s because Wolves have returned to winning ways. But I think
A CRITICAL investigation into Lymm High School was carried out ‘against a backdrop of concerns about the trust’s performance and leadership’, a recent report has revealed. But the two leaders, who were at the helm of the school during this time
