Its been 3 months since I last wrote because to be honest I couldn't bring myself to do so. As I slipped into a depressive state, with only moments of joy being in my grasp, I found myself not caring about anything. And that's what depression is,
UNION officials have called off a 24 hour strike on Thursday as they consult with members over a 'new offer'. NHS staff including midwives, nurses and ambulance staff had planned to walk out from midnight on Thursday as a dispute over pay rumbles
RESIDENTS and businesses are being encouraged to get behind a new campaign promoting Warrington as a visitor destination by using the hashtag #LoveWarrington between now and Valentine’s Day.Marketing Cheshire, the official tourist board for Cheshire and
WEST London indie rockers The Vaccines have completed the headline bill for Liverpool's Sound City.The band will top the line-up at the festival on May 22, with The Flaming Lips headlining on May 23 and Belle & Sebastian closing the festival on May 24
FOUR Warrington amateur rugby league players will join the North West Men’s League squad for the tour of Serbia this spring. Matthew Taylor and Luke Walker from Rylands Sharks and Danny Brown and Ryan Hickman from Latchford Albion will play in
UNLUCKY-IN-LOVE hopefuls can try and find their perfect partner at a speed dating night ahead of Valentine’s Day. Knock Out Events is hosting a match-making evening on Saturday, February 7, at the Saracens Head, Wilderspool Causeway. Kristin
RELIVE the glory days of big hair and synth pop with the return of the 80s festival, Rewind North.The two day event is returning to Capesthorne Hall for the second year after being well received by music fans last summer.Rewind North will be held on Saturday
GET your place for the English Half Marathon Festival of Run (EHM) before the prices rise next month. More than 700 people have already signed up for the EHM, the 10k or the LiveWire Mile, which is set to take place on Sunday, September 20.
SHAUN Reid knows Warrington Town’s strength-in-depth will be key to maintaining their unbeaten start to 2015. The Yellows visit play-off contenders Spennymoor Town on Saturday, before hosting New Mills on Tuesday. It marks the start of a busy
REVEREND and the Makers are to headline a evening of entertainment on Sunday as part of the launch of Rugby League Rocks.Hosted by former European and Commonwealth champion Iwan Thomas, BBC presenter Mark Chapman and sports broadcaster Natalie Quirk,
POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary at a farm in Culcheth. Officers say the incident is believed to have taken place between 12pm on Friday, January 23, and 1pm on Sunday, January 25, at a farm on Holcroft Lane.The offenders forced
LIMBER up and dust off your dancing shoes because £1,000 is up for grabs at a competition in Warrington.In It To Win is coming to the Parr Hall on February 22 and organiser Sheila Brady is urging school dance groups to get involved.From urban dance to
LYMM resident and Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has told the jury TV weatherman Fred Talbot gave 'masturbation practice' as homework during the 65-year-old's indecent assault trial. The former pupil and Stone Roses singer was taught biology by
YOUNG photographer Morgan Ambler, aged 12, told us this is his favourite picture. And we would have to agree this Stockton Heath shot is a beauty. * If you have a picture that you wish to be considered for publication on the letters page, e-mail
OUR investigation into the plans for Mr Smith’s throws up an interesting debate this week. How much is too much? In the age of austerity, we were always told the cuts would bite eventually. And as Cllr Russ Bowden explained in his interview
Oldershaw 13 Eagle 16 A MATCH-WINNING penalty sent Eagle through to the quarter final of the RFU Junior Vase on Saturday. Eagle converted with 10 minutes to hold on against Oldershaw and move one step closer to a final at Twickenham. Oldershaw
Warrington 2nd 35 Blackburn 2nd 22 WARRINGTON recovered from a heavy defeat at Lymm to beat Blackburn in Standish Media Services Division One on Saturday. It began at a furious pace with three tries in five minutes. Warrington opened the
BRIDGEWATER High pupil Ben Watson has been selected to play for the north of England under 16s. Watson, a product of Warrington Rugby Club’s junior section who plays for Sale Sharks Academy, will be part of the side facing the south west, the midlands
SPECTRUM Striders Ladies’ team head into the final North West Cross Country League meeting of the season holding a four-point lead. The final round at Beacon Country Park, Skelmersdale on Sunday sees the Striders hoping to hold off nearest rivals
WARRINGTON'S first team served up a 6-3 win over Bolton in North West Men’s League Division Four North. Mike Jones, Rob Powell and Steve Worrall, two, scored in quick succession to give Warrington a 4-0 lead at half time. Bolton came back strongly
AN early goal set Lymm on course for a 3-0 win against a tough Prescot side on Saturday. Helen Weston put the North West Women’s League Division Two South West leaders into the lead after the Lymm forwards had peppered the Prescot goalkeeper with
Resident Evil HD remakeDownloadable game for PS4,PS3 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC IT is remarkable to think that zombies have been lurking in Resident Evil's darkened corridors for almost 20 years.Resident Evil was released on the PlayStation in 1996
HOW often do you think? I’m not being facetious. I mean, how often do you truly contemplate a subject, inspect it from a different, unfamiliar perspective? How often do you change your opinion after giving a subject consideration? Be honest
THREE in four trainee and newly-qualified teachers have already considered leaving the profession, according to a poll. More than half suggested that they do not think they will still be in teaching in 10 years time, while one in four think they
A PHOTOGRAPHER has caused a Facebook stir after claiming to have been duped by a woman on the Tesco Warrington car park into adopting a three-legged goat. Andy Lyon posted on the Buy and Sell Warrington page he thought it was an elderly Jack Russell
TRAINING is under way by members of the Woolston Riders, who have set themselves the gruelling challenge of riding 100 miles for six days straight.Friends Terry Reid, aged 48, Wayne Buckles, aged 49, Mick Skerrett, aged 52, and Martin Finnegan, aged 47
WARRINGTON Athletics Club runner Harriet Knowles-Jones retained her North of England Cross Country Championship title in style on Saturday with the biggest winning margin of the day. The under 17s runner won by 45 seconds in 16mins 27secs.
COUNCIL chiefs are urging people to look out for vulnerable residents as the Met Office issues a 'Level 2' cold weather alert across the region. The alert means there is at least a 60 per cent chance of severe weather, with average temperatures
A CAMPAIGN started in memory of Padgate biker Jack Bellis is set to see a road safety initiative launched worldwide. Small stickers for the side mirrors of a vehicle to remind drivers to do a ‘double-take’ for those on two wheels will be rolled
WARRINGTON Wolves star Chris Bridge will be officially opening a family-run ice cream parlour on London Road in Stockton Heath this Saturday. The testimonial hero will be on hand for autographs and selfies at 2.30pm, not 2pm as previously advertised
THIS could be a difficult obstacle to manoeuvre if you are using a wheelchair or pram. A reader has sent in this photographer of a road sign blocking the footpath alongside the A574 on the east bound carriageway of the Birchwood way. Dr Paul
Ex Machina (15) Director: Alex Garland Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander COULD you relate to or empathise with a robot that has the same traits as a human being? Do you think you could trust a machine that matches
CHRIS Bridge has thanked supporters following the start of a Testimonial campaign marking his 10 years with Warrington Wolves. The centre or half back reported no ill effects on his own return to first-team action in his Testimonial game against
COME rain or shine the head teacher of Christ Church C of E Primary will stand in the playground greeting pupils as they hurry into school each morning. He does this because he cares about all those who walk through its school doors. It is
A WOMAN who illegally kept a fighting dog at her home has been given a 12 month conditional discharge. Judith Ogden, of Wilderspool Causeway, was finally sentenced for the offence today, Tuesday, at Halton Magistrates Court after failing to turn
A REBEL Labour councillor has resigned from the party and will be standing as a Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) councillor to continue his battle against public spending cuts. Cllr Kevin Bennett, who represented Fairfield and Howley
JAMES (Jim) Spiers, husband of Mrs Chris Spiers, died on November 23 aged 65. Mr Spiers lived in the Warrington area all his life. He was first employed at Radiation Creda, Rylands Rubery Owen and several other companies before studying photography
THE daughter of a decorated veteran has paid tribute to her brave father who died of a broken heart. David Francis, of Chester Road, Lower Walton, had been happily married to his teenage sweetheart, Dorothy, for 58 years. But 17 months ago,
TERESA Armitage, wife of the late Mr John Stanley Armitage, died on November 22 aged 86. Mrs Armitage, of Ryfields Retirement Village, lived most of her life in Warrington apart from several retirement years in Llansanfried, North Wales. She
THE changes to the Super League structure for 2015 will be vital for the game, according to new director Mike Lomax. He believes the split in the summer - where the top eight will then compete in a new league to see who will compete in the Grand
JOHN Frank Le Page, husband of the late Mrs Mary Le Page, died on December 14 aged 88. Mr Le Page, from Lymm,was born in Guernsey. He was employed at Wilkinsons Tools as a hand tool maker, and later worked at Lymm Golf Club as a handyman until
KAY Maureen Addison (known as Maureen), partner of Alan P Dakin died of MS, pneumonia and COPD on December 20 aged 69. Mrs Addison, from Grappenhall, was born in Southampton, and worked in the neurological department as a secretary until 23 when
CREWS were called to tackle a car blaze in Lymm on Monday afternoon. Firefighters doused the flames in the engine compartment of the car at 2.25pm on Warrington Lane. It is not thought anyone was injured.
Enter Shikari - The Last GarrisonENTER Shikari are one of those bands that amount to more than the sum of their parts.The St Albans four-piece's influences could not be clearer. There is a bit of The Streets' urban poetry in there, a smattering of Bring
Funeral For A Friend - Chapter and VerseWHENEVER there is a conversation about Funeral For A Friend, a certain song inevitably gets mentioned.Escape Artists Never Die is not only the Welsh rock band's signature tune but it also captured the imagination
THE secretary of state for culture, media and sport admitted the controversial issue of e-cigarette smoking must be 'monitored' during a visit to the Halliwell Jones Stadium. On Friday, the day Warrington Wolves reversed their decision to allow
A MUM has said she feels let down by health services in the town after being told she will have to travel to Liverpool for her spinal surgery. Beverley Rourke said she cannot understand why the 'exceptional surgeons' at Warrington Hospital are
THE next generation of business brains, IT experts, engineers and scientists have moved into the town’s first Future Tech Studio School.Building working on the state-of-the-art building, which can be located on the Warrington Collegiate campus, has been
