IT'S the end of another working week but before we give it a good send-off catch up with the headlines you may have missed today. Tony Smith's announcement he expects any further additions to the first-team squad for next season to come from within
ARLEY Hall is playing host to the Cheshire Food Festival this weekend. The recipe for the mouth-watering event is 100 top producers, a big serving of hot food and an array of real ale and bars. Add a dash of craft and gift stalls, lots of activities
HE kept his Warrington half marathon title for 21 years but now the town's final half marathon winner in the 80s will be cheering on future running stars from the lead car. Derek Vernon, who won the town's last half marathon in 1988 before a lengthy
HAVE a cuppa and raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support at two coffee mornings next week. The first takes place on Tuesday, at Radley Common Community Centre, Grasmere Avenue, Orford. All are welcome from 10am - 1pm. The second takes
PARENTS were left in a panic on Thursday after Dallam Primary issued a warning message that a man had been detained and a weapon seized near to the school. Police were called to reports of a man seen walking up Chiltern Road at 2.30pm carrying
A RESTED Widnes Vikings side will head to The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday, kick-off 2.45pm. While Warrington Wolves faced a bruising encounter at Wigan in the final regular round of the Super League season, Denis Betts took the chance to
FEELING in the need to get fit but want to try a gym before joining? PureGym in Warrington town centre is offering free passes to visit on the facility on Friday. To get your pass, go to puregym.com, click on 'day passes' and enter promotion
POLICE numbers will be significantly increased at Saturday's play-off derby clash between Warrington Wolves and Widnes at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. The derby is normally policed, but an additional 50 officers have been drafted in for the game
COMMUNITY groups with a good way to battle hate crime have been invited to bid for funding. John Dwyer, Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, has a pot of £60,000 available to award to an innovative project that supports victims of hate crime
STANDARDS in teaching have 'greatly' improved since St Gregory's High School was placed in special measures, a recent report has revealed.The school on Cromwell Avenue has been making 'reasonable progress' to ensure that the school
TWO junior members of Warrington Warjukwai Judo Club officiated at this year's Sainsbury’s UK School Games, a multi-sport event designed to give youngsters a taste of what life is like at an Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games. Louis Norton and
MOTORISTS in Latchford will face disruptions as work on gas mains is carried out from Monday.The National Grid will be trialling new technology which it says will minimise the need to dig up long distances of roads and footpaths.But it is still warning
DISCOVER the culture behind the Maasai Warriors when they come to a Howley church next month.The Osiligi Troupe will be performing at St Elphin's Church, on Church Street, next month.The group will be bringing their mesmerising music to the town and
SHOULD Warrington Wolves knock Widnes Vikings out of the play-offs tomorrow, Saturday, they are already a little clearer on who their next opponents would be. As a consequence of Wigan Warriors' 57-4 hammering of Huddersfield Giants last night,
WARRINGTON Town have accepted the decisions of a Northern Premier League Disciplinary Panel hearing that has resulted in a fine and awarding of an abandoned match in the favour of Darlington 1883. At yesterday's hearing, Town were found guilty
I WOULD like to thank the walkers who came to my aid when I was taken ill in Appleton on Friday, August 15. Your help in phoning the emergency services was greatly appreciated. I eventually ended up in Broadgreen Hospital, where I had an ICD
WARRINGTON Town have been fined after the opening day fixture at Darlington 1883 was abandoned following an injury to the referee. At a Northern Premier League Disciplinary Panel hearing yesterday, Thursday, Warrington were found guilty of two
I AM really shocked by the road works currently near David Lloyd and at the main roundabout at the ‘pink eye’. My point is that, after six weeks, there was not as much traffic in the morning and during the school run. Why were they not out in force
WENT to Cheshire Dogs Home on Saturday morning to drop off some food and toys and ended up handballing pallets of dog food for storage as the reception office was filled with donated food. During the couple of hours I was there I was completely overwhelmed
IT'S all about popular. And unless you have been living in Munchkin Land you could not have failed to hear about the musical juggernaut that is Wicked. The UK tour blew into the Liverpool Empire like the dimension busting twister which swept
IT is good that the old Police Training Centre is being developed with nice houses and Bruche Avenue is finally resurfaced. But why on earth should motorists be penalised with the speed bumps at the new mini roundabout? I have no argument with
THROUGH the pages of the Guardian we would like to give a great big thank you to the CODYS production team for a superb presentation of Les Miserables at the Brindley Theatre last Thursday. The leading actors were excellent, backed up by an equally-excellent
AS changes are announced to Super League for 2015, we asked Warrington Wolves fans to send in their questions ahead of the new season.And we weren't disappointed. Check out your questions and the answers from the rugby league bosses below.Will Thursday
MR KING again makes assertions with little in the way of statistical backup. Where is the evidence that merely putting up 20 mph signs has any measurable effect on the incidence of casualties? To determine whether ‘20s plenty’ has positive
MAY I, through your pages, thank all those concerned in helping my husband who was taken ill while on holiday in Warrington. Following a very panicky phone call, the paramedic arrived extremely quickly followed by the ambulance. These young
RESPONDING further to Ann Raymond’s (Warrington Lib Dems Party chairman) Opinion, Guardian , May 29, ‘Assure voters we work hard’, she says: “We shall be going into those communities over the coming year to explain what Liberal Democrats can do and
WHEN the coalition Government came into office in 2010, they made much of their economic competence; one of its promises was to eliminate the UK’s national debt by the end of this Parliament. They have failed to do so. In ushering in an era
TABLE topping Warrington Wolves under 19s face St Helens in the Academy competition qualification semi final in a curtain-raiser to the senior team's play-offs clash with Widnes Vikings at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday. Wolves, coached
WARRINGTON Dominoes League Charity Cup fixtures for Thursday, September 25. Preliminary round: Tetley C v Pierpoints, St Oswalds A v Irish Club, Rylands C v Kings Club A, Alford Hall v Tavern, Woolston A v Alliance, Bank Quay v Tetley B, Chapel
YOU may think you know Manchester city centre – shops, cinemas and a couple of football grounds. What if one of the latter was surrounded by a leg-sapping quagmire of hay bale walls, a military obstacle course, and treacherous water hazards?
SET in and below post nuclear apocalyptic Moscow, Metro combines the acclaimed Metro 2033 (2010) and Metro Last Light (2013). While both are highly exploratory story telling affairs, the two original games gave two fairly different experiences.
MEET the woman who has come on leaps and bounds after spinal surgery and is now preparing for an even bigger leap from the top of the Trafford Centre. Nicola Stewart, from Padgate, appeared in the paper in 2006 aged 12 following 10-hour surgery
WOLVES should not, and will not, fear any team in the play-offs. Wigan may have completed a Super League double over Warrington this year, but only after Thursday’s second meeting was finally settled when the last play of the game narrowly went
TV cameras rolled into Sandy Lane Children's Centre - to show off the importance of reading. ITV's Good Morning Britain filmed from the centre in Orford last week, as part of the Just Read campaign. Actress and mum Lucy-Jo Hudson, who plays Katie
THE Warrington boss of a hairdressing chain is growing the business by opening his latest salon in a Hyde shopping centre and creating six new jobs.Michael Rowland, who lives in Croft, already has a crop of 19 Top Cut salons across the north west and
AN accountancy firm which opened in Warrington 12 months ago has moved into new premises.TaxAssist Accountants, run by Phil Royles, is moving into a new shop-front office on Orford Lane. The company provides tax and accountancy advice and services to
BIRCHWOOD-based Claremont Group Interiors has helped an endurance runner fulfil his life-long ambition – to compete in the 104 mile Ultra Tour du Mont Blanc (UTMB). The company's joint managing director, Tim Frankland, decided to sponsor Michael
AN open evening for prospective volunteers to learn more about adult volunteering takes place in Culcheth on Wednesday.Held at the Scout Centre on Jackson Avenue from 7.30pm, it will explain more about positions available at 1st Culcheth Scouts.The group
IN the past ten years, Yvonne Dooley has flown over an active volcano in New Zealand, climbed over the top of the O2 Arena in London and braved great heights in a hot-air balloon over Cheshire. But last weekend the 62-year-old from Great Sankey
STOCKTON Heath Recycling Centre has been saved from closure following huge public outcry at plans to close its doors for good.The council's executive board had approved plans for a new waste recycling contract in June which would have seen the Sandy
THOUSANDS of pupils in Warrington can now tuck into a free school meal as part of a new drive to save families in the town a total of £2.6m while improving academic achievement.Since the start of the school term, every child in reception, year one
WOLVES boss Tony Smith expects any further additions to the first-team squad for next season to come from within. Ashton Sims and Daryl Clark are coming in, while the likes of Michael Monaghan, Trent Waterhouse, Chris Riley, Glenn Riley, Brad Dwyer
