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UPDATED: Lanes reopen following motorway smash

4:35pm Friday 4th July 2008

THE M6 is reopen southbound between Lymm and Knutsford following a serious accident.

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Fashion show this weekend

5:14pm Friday 4th July 2008

STUDENTS from Warrington Collegiate will be showing off their hair and make-up skills as part of a charity fashion show this weekend.

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Officers seize fake boots

1:45pm Friday 4th July 2008

OFFICERS have seized fake designer boots with a street value of £32,000 during a raid in Lymm.

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Police hunt burglary man

11:34am Friday 4th July 2008

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man robbed from a woman at a home in Whitecross.

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Workers set for two-day strike

3:03pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

SCHOOL cooks, bin men and social workers could bring the town to a halt as they walk out on a two-day strike over pay.

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NHS 60: Tales from the isolation ward

9:20am Friday 4th July 2008

Cathrine Boydell was a nine-year-old scarlet fever patient when the NHS dawned – here she tells reporter Joanna Lean about her hospital experience

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‘James Bond' fantasist is jailed

9:40am Thursday 3rd July 2008

A CONMAN who duped a businesswoman and a police officer out of thousands of pounds in a plot as extravagant as a Hollywood blockbuster has been jailed.

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Bewsey Old Hall won't be redeveloped

9:06am Thursday 3rd July 2008

HISTORIC Bewsey Old Hall will not be redeveloped after councillors voted to reject a planning application.

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Renaming of square

8:40am Friday 4th July 2008

THE 40th anniversary of Warrington’s twinning with Hilden in Germany was marked by a special event on Saturday.

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Melanie nails top award for beauty skills

5:40pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

A TALENTED beauty student has wowed judges with her skills to receive an award at a national ceremony.

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Man grew £338,000 of cannabis plants

6:50pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

AN illegal immigrant who admitted growing cannabis plants with a street value of £338,000 in a Bridge Street restaurant will be deported after serving a 12-month sentence.

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