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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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Cap on police cash scrapped

5:40pm Friday 4th July 2008

PLANS that would have seen a cap on increasing funding for Warrington’s police have been scrapped by the Government.

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Shop’s booze ban

11:50am Friday 4th July 2008

A SHOP in Padgate has been banned from selling alcohol for three months after flouting licensing laws.

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75 cannabis plants seized

8:40pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

A CANNABIS farm has been discovered by police in Woolston.

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Nominate an NHS hero

9:00am Friday 4th July 2008

DO you know a hero of the NHS?

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National News

Children's exam results delayed

Updated 9:28pm Friday 4th July 2008

Around 1.2 million children across England will be kept waiting for results to key school tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers, it was announced.

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