A HIGH-SCORING win has taken unbeaten Warrington to the summit of Cheshire Cricket League Division Two. They leapfrogged Bollington, who suffered their first loss of the season, courtesy of a two-wicket win with seven balls to spare at Northwich
GLAZEBURY are within two points of the promotion places as they start the second half of the Cheshire Cricket Alliance Division One season against Westminster Park on Saturday. That is courtesy of another maximum-point haul against Tranmere Victoria
MARTIN Cooper was unbeaten on 64 as Appleton defeated lowly Trafford MV in Cheshire Cricket Alliance Division One. Appleton’s 196 for 8 declared was too much for Trafford, who were skittled out for 80. Captain Tom Lomas picked up four wickets
TABLE toppers Stretton won by 68 runs at Pott Shrigley in Cheshire Cricket Alliance Division One. Stretton, with H Raza 39, were bowled out for 159 before A Zubairi took took 3 for 14 to help dismiss Pott Shrigley for 91. The seconds destroyed
APPLETON Tigers completed A league double over Oakmere for the first time in their history with a thrilling final-over victory. The win keeps Appleton top of Division One with five games to go. Sami Fowler conceded only 11 runs from eight overs
WARRINGTON Wolves' Challenge Cup semi-final venue and date is now confirmed. Warrington Wolves v Hull Kingston Rovers will be played at Headingley Carnegie Stadium in Leeds on Saturday, August 1 and will be televised live on BBC One with a 12.45pm
ONE school is hoping to stand out this Walking Day to mark 100 years since the parade was cancelled for the first time.Pupils and staff from St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School will be heading out in clothes typically worn in 1915 Britain to mark the
THE head of PE at Penketh High School has described former pupil Charlotte Sant as 'the golden girl' and a natural teacher. National reports have suggested the 24-year-old died alongside her boyfriend Eamonn Morgan after an accident on a dune buggy
LYMM turned back the clock as more than 400 classic cars arrived in the village for Historic Transport Day. Crowds of around 8,000 flocked to the village for the third annual event which closed Lymm Festival on Sunday. The day started with
THE Hillsborough inquest has heard a police officer was 'shocked' when he was told Colin Ashcroft was dead. The Birchwood teenager was 19 when he was killed during the football ground tragedy in 1989. Speaking at the start of the inquest, his
Valdobbiadene Prosecco, £7.49, Aldi Here is the first of two summer sizzlers you can enjoy come rain or shine. Prosecco is Italy’s very own champagne-style fizz and this award-winning extra dry example is full of light summer fruits. What
IDENTITY fraud has risen by 27 per cent in the first three months of 2015 in the UK, recent figures have revealed. These finding have been released as Cheshire Police Economic Crime Unit gears up to launch its awareness campaign encouraging people
STAFF from McDonald's will be carrying out a litter pick at Birchwood Forest Park on Thursday. Members of the team from the Birchwood restaurant, on Benson Road, are conducting the event as part of Keep Britain Tidy's 'Love Where You Live' campaign
WHILE Warrington Wolves are severely depleted for Thursday's 'derby', Wigan Warriors are able to welcome back one of their internationals. Anthony Gelling looks set to end his spell on the sidelines after being named in the 19-man Wigan squad for
SUPER League debuts could be on the cards on Thursday night after Tony Smith named two under 19s Academy players in his 19-man squad to tackle Wigan at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. Centre Harvey Livett, aged 18, and back rower Sam Wilde, aged 19
BEN Currie is out of contention for the Wigan game on Thursday. Wolves' leading try scorer has been issued with a two-match ban. He submitted an Early Guilty Plea to the charge of Grade C deliberate contact with a referee in the cup game against
ONE of the main themes in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed Batman film trilogy is escalation.It is the idea that having a masked vigilante stalking the streets does not actually help battle crime but makes it worse with violent gangs raising their game to
TWO Warrington athletes are among the 27 named to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali Colombia, from July 15-19. Warrington Athletics Club's Harriet Knowles-Jones, coached by Paul Roden, and
HUNDREDS of people lined the streets to watch this year's Padgate and Woolston Walking Day. Pupils and teachers from schools were joined by representatives from churches and brass bands for the annual walk down Padgate Lane and back again in the
TEMPERATURES may be hotter than Barbados tomorrow, but the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms in the region. A Met Office spokesman said: "Isolated heavy, and possibly severe thunderstorms are expected to develop
GENERATIONS of children have tumbled down the rabbit hole with Alice.Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland has left readers, young and old, spellbound for 150 years.And to celebrate the milestone anniversary, the original publisher who worked with the Daresbury
A DOOR-TO-DOOR salesman, who has been targeting unsuspecting residents in an attempt to buy gold from them, has been masquerading as an employee of Cheshire Gold Exchange in Stockton Heath. The owner of the company on London Road, John Gregson,
Latchford u12 20 Golborne u12 4 LATCHFORD lifted the North West Counties Development Plate with success over Golborne in Preston at the weekend. Tries were scored by Joe Craven, Billy Cannon, Luke Thomas and Josh Beddall. Player of the match Sam
AN Orford couple have spoken out over the moment their first holiday together turned into a terrifying nightmare. Jac Randell and girlfriend Hollie Nicklin had got up early to watch the sun rise in Sousse, Tunisia hours before bullets flew the
A MUM has issued a warning to parents on Facebook after a 'strange man' approached her son in Lymm. In the post, which has been published on the social media site, the woman writes: "Parents in Lymm. Please be aware. A strange man approached our
A WOMAN in her 70s has been taken to Warrington Hospital after a road accident this morning. A North West Ambulance spokesman confirmed the pedestrian was initially found with her legs trapped underneath a car at 8.10am on Old Hall Road. He
A CHRIS Bridge Testimonial Family Fun Day at Monks Sports Club on Saturday will feature match action. Woolston Rovers' North West Men's League side will entertain Accrington Panthers, kick off 3pm, after junior matches that start at 1pm. The
WARRINGTON Schoolboys rugby league team went to Wembley to act as ballboys at the Challenge Cup Final between Leeds and St Helens 37 years ago. Before they left they had their picture taken and it appeared on page one of the Warrington Guardian
Rylands Sharks A 20 Chester Gladiators 26 RYLANDS’ second string put in one of their best performances of the season to push North West Men’s League Division Four table toppers Chester all the way in a feisty encounter. In a tight first half
ORBIT developments has bought two office buildings in the town for an undisclosed sum. The deal, from Praxis Asset Management, included Progress House, which is a 10,923sq ft office building recently let by BE Group in its entirety to Eriks Industrial
Woolston Rovers 32 Crosfields 4 PROUD head coach John Fieldhouse said his players deserved their success in the National Conference League ‘derby’ against Crosfields. “I was absolutely delighted with every player,” he said after a vintage Rovers
Latchford Albion 28 Chorley 20 LATCHFORD moved into the top four of North West Men’s League Division One with a tough victory over Chorley Panthers at Victoria Park Arena on Saturday. Albion were slow out of the blocks and the visitors raced
Global time will stand still today, delaying midnight by a second. An extra sliver of time - a "leap-second" - is being added to the world's clocks to adjust for the inaccuracy of the spinning Earth. Before the invention of super-accurate atomic
IT is rumoured to have been one of the toughest places to serve during the Second World War. Many perished on the Arctic Convoys as British ships battled icy waters and came under fire from German U-boats as they tried and help get supplies and
CHESHIRE Dogs Home is looking for new owners for a pet who is lucky to be alive. Azora, a female cross-breed, was found as a stray in the town and taken to the centre in Grappenhall. On close inspection, the charity's veterinary surgeon found a serious
POLICE searching for missing Warrington woman Nicola Vine have found a body. They were called to Antrobus in Northwich at 5.35pm yesterday, Monday, following reports of a sudden death. The body has not yet been formally identified but is thought
WARRINGTON South MP David Mowat has been elected on to a House of Commons committee, which can probe into all aspects of Government spending, for the current parliamentary session. The public accounts committee (PAC) oversees the work of the National
