HAVE your say and help shape the strategy of certain services in the town.The Health and Wellbeing Board and Warrington Partnership are currently producing a revised version on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and want people to give their views.The
A PADGATE man was caught with more than 800 indecent images and videos of children by an online force that hunts for paedophiles on the internet. The computer of Brendan Bennett, of Duxford Court, Padgate, was targeted by the online children protection
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after Hope Hall Church in Bewsey was raided by callous thieves. A laptop and projector, along with ceremonial silver plates and goblets, were stolen during a burglary that happened at some point between Wednesday
WARRINGTON Borough Council’s public health team is warning residents to be be careful following weather warnings for the Met Office. A level three cold weather alert is currently in place across the region. This is triggered when severe weather
A NEW Marks and Spencer Simply Food store is set to open in Lymm this spring. A spokesman for the Moto Lymm motorway services confirmed work had started ahead of a planned March 19 opening date.
STAFF at a Penketh hairdressers are feeling a cut above the rest after winning a national hairdressing photography competition with images taken at Sankey Station. O'Neill's hair team set about creating their winning shoot after finding a number of suppliers
IF you want to get more involved with issues in your community, a number of meetings are coming up in the next fortnight.Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council's next meeting is on Tuesday at 7.30pm at Glazebury Methodist Church.Croft Parish Council meets
TAXPAYERS in Birchwood will not see an increase in the amount they pay for town council services this year.Residents living in band D homes will pay £94.30 towards Birchwood Town Council's portion of their council tax, the same figure as last year.Altogether
CHESHIRE Police is investigating after opportunist thieves stole two bags of cigarettes from a van making a delivery to the Co-op store on Lovely Lane. The incident happened at around 11.30am on Tuesday. Police say two men took the cigarettes
ARE you jetting off on holiday between now and May? If so, a new TV series wants to hear from you. Bristol-based TV production company Plimsoll are currently looking for holidaymakers from the town for a new prime time documentary series on
Warrington Wolves 40 Hull Kingston Rovers 0 THE big fat zero next to opposition names in the first-team’s two pre-season friendlies tells us a lot. Just like against Widnes earlier this month, the nilling of Rovers in Chris Bridge’s Testimonial
MOTORWAY police are warning of long delays on the M6 near Warrington after a lorry crashed down an embankment and shed its load of energy drinks on the carriageway. Lane one is expected to be closed for around four hours on the M6 southbound between
Warrington Wolves 6 Toulouse 26 A YOUNG Warrington Wolves side would have been expecting a tough hit-out at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Sunday, and that is exactly what they got from the French Champions. Toulouse’s band of travelling supporters
EXERCISE wheels are normally reserved for guinea pigs or hamsters. But a company has come to the rescue of a much bigger animal in need of stretching their legs. Bengals Denver and Spike are both house cats but needed to exercise after the
NON-URGENT appointments are currently being rescheduled by hospital chiefs after tomorrow, Thursday's, planned 24 hour strike was called off. Urgent surgical cases, cancer procedures, maternity and emergency work would have carried on as planned
KIND-HEARTED volunteers put a smile on the faces of more than 100 families by organising a toy appeal last month. The Central Neighbourhood team along with partners from the police, the Older Peoples’ Forum and Asda donated toys, gifts and money
A major apprenticeship event held in Warrington attracted around 900 people from across the north west to find out more about job opportunities with some of the region’s biggest employers.The Warrington apprenticeship job and careers fair was held on
RICHIE Myler is pleased to be feeling good as the start of the new Super League season approaches. Ankle surgery after the 2013 Grand Final meant he did not have the opportunity to undergo a full pre-season last time round. But he looked sharp
REGULAR readers of the Warrington Guardian’s business pages will have enjoyed Professor Lawrence Bellamy’s regular contributions over the past two years. The associate dean at the University of Chester’s Padgate campus joined the university’s business
FILMMAKER Tim Burton and choreographer Matthew Bourne are both pioneers in their own right.Burton reinvented the fairytale with his gothic movies while Bourne's daringly different takes on the likes of Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty have helped change
A MEMORIAL service is set to take place for Walton Hall Children’s Zoo's oldest resident. Staff were waiting for the headstone for Bobo the donkey before organising the service after being 'overwhelmed' by the response from well-wishers after the
OUR Disabled and Over 60s match was moved to Tuesday because all the regulars wanted to attend and pay their respects to WAA member Billy Pickles. His funeral was on Monday. I went along myself and Walton Crematorium was packed to the rafters.
This new year is predicted to herald the start of a prosperous period for the property market in Warrington, with both the sales and lettings sectors expected to reach new highs in 2015. Property specialists Jordan’s believes that many of the positive
AN abusive boyfriend with a history of violence has been jailed after subjecting his girlfriend to 'degrading' domestic abuse. 'Possessive and jealous' Stephen Clive Rimmer, aged 31, of Crossway, Widnes, would accuse his partner of 12 months of
MOTORISTS have been hit with long delays this morning after the Stockton Heath swing bridge opened during rush hour traffic. According to the Traffic Warrington Twitter feed, the A5060 Chester Road swing bridge closed to traffic at 8.35am, then
WOODEN spoons were at the ready when two school chefs from Warrington were stationed in the kitchen during a heated battle for a top cooking title.Sue Appleton from Culcheth High School and Jenny Roberts from Bridgewater High School both cooked up in
A REVIEW of security measures was ordered by education bosses at Glazebury Primary School after a child escaped from the grounds on Friday. The pupil, whose parents have been informed, was able to break out of the school through an unlocked gate
THEY are gearing up for an international challenge, and at Sacred Heart Primary School, Warrington Wolves were reminded their home town is right behind them. Half-back Gareth O'Brien, who will be hoping to orchestrate proceedings in the World Club Series
WHEN Mike Lomax was taken to his first Warrington game by his dad, little did he know that more than 40 years later his name would be on the shirts. Well sort of. Because as the boss of Total Steel Fabrications, based just a stones throw from
A DEVASTATED granddaughter is refusing to back down after heartless vandals uprooted a memorial bench for her granddad twice in a week at Ackers Pit.Nicola Faizy, from Latchford, paid £450 for the bench in memory of Frederick Tyreman, who died aged 88
