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  • LAST OVER AGONY

    KNYPERSLEY fell agonisingly short of victory on Saturday after producing a superb batting display. Visitors Longton opened with 154 for nine declared in their rain-affected innings, leaving Knypersley 23 overs to reach their target. They performed brilliantly

  • DUTTON HITS WINNER

    ANDY Dutton hit the only goal of the game on Saturday to earn a winning start to the season for Alsager Town. Dutton gave the Holker Old Boys keeper no chance on 61 minutes with a tremendous shot from 20 yards, which flew high into the net. Dutton and

  • RON'S THE NEW MD

    RON Buzzacott has been appointed as managing director of JDM Midlands, a maintenance, building and construction service company based in Shrewsbury. It is the first public/private contractor for Warrington BoroughCouncil.

  • TRADE PARTNERS' BID TO BOOST EXPORTS

    A STRATEGY aimed at boosting the export scene in the north west has been sent out to 2,000 companies and business agencies by Warrington-based Trade Partners UK It sets out Trade Partners' aims for the region through to 2005. These include increasing

  • NOONE-SHINE ADDS GLOSS TO WIGAN SHOW

    PAUL Noone grabbed his opportunity to impress Wolves' new coaching chief Steve Anderson with both hands by putting on an awesome display of inventive running and tough tackling against Wigan. The 20-year-old loose forward was given a rare start in Wolves

  • SNIPER ATTACK

    PENSIONER Monica Wiszniewska told this week how her bus trip to a world-famous place of pilgrimage almost ended in tragedy. Mrs Wiszniewska was returning home with fellow pilgrims after a memorable eight-day visit to Lourdes in the South of France. She

  • PUTTING THE TOWN ON THE MUSIC MAP

    A MOVEMENT aimed at making Warrington the place to be heard on the north west music scene will be making its debut next month. Warrington Music Collective (WMC) is spreading its wings and performing outside its "spiritual home" - the Barley Mow - for

  • LET OTHER TOWNS TAKE THE WASTE!

    PLANNING chiefs at Warrington have put their foot down against the town being the dumping ground for the north west. A controversial application to extend Risley Landfill was dumped after empassioned pleas from those affected by fumes and noise from the

  • POWER OVER THE POLLUTERS

    COUNCIL chiefs could be given the chance to improve Warrington's air quality by clamping down against polluting vehicles. The Government has given local authorities new powers which allow them to enforce the current vehicle emissions standards. Those

  • OH WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE!

    SHOPPERS who dropped into town this week could be forgiven for thinking they'd stepped into a sunny coastal resort as Warrington once again donned its seaside disguise and set out its deckchairs for some summer fun in the sunshine. Families didn't have

  • SWANN LOOKING TO MAKE AN IMPACT

    Warrington Wolves...20 Huddersfield Giants...16 ANTHONY Swann completed his first Wolves match and said: "I want to win a first team start for the rest of the season." The Western Samoan international showed glimpses of his powerful talent when he lined

  • WIGAN MUST HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED

    WARRINGTON Wolves' skipper Tawera Nikau hit back at claims by Wigan coach Stuart Raper that Friday's match showed the primrose and blue to be using strongarm tactics. Raper had also been critical of the Wolves' style of play saying it was predictable

  • ANDERSON'S VIEWS ON TRIALISTS

    WOLVES' performance director Steve Anderson has offered his views on the performances of trialists and young players against Wigan on Friday. Winger Steve Thomas, on loan from Leeds, and prop Dave Whittle, drafted in from Leigh, started the game. Anderson

  • DOMIC REUNITES WITH WOLVES CHIEF

    STEVE Anderson has pulled off a massive coup with his first signing for Warrington Wolves. Penrith Panthers' workaholic 25-year-old loose forward or centre Sid Domic has put pen to paper on a two-year contract and will be jetting over from Australia in

  • SIR THOMAS BOTELER HIGH SCHOOL

    These are the GCSE results for pupils at Sir Thomas Boteler High School. Allen, James: EG, FR, M, MU, SCD; Avery, William: A, BS, EG, ET, FR, M, SCD, TRM; Banks, Nicola: EG, ET, FR, M, PE, RE, SCD, FT; Basford, Victoria: EG, ET, FR, G, IT, M, MU, RE,

  • LYMM HIGH SCHOOL

    These are the GCSE results for pupils at Lymm High School. Antrobus, Richard: M, ET, TRM, SCD, FR; Ashley, Jessica: M, EG, ET, TX, SCD, G, A, DM; Ashraf, Shabana: M, EG, ET, TRM, SCD, FR, IT, HI; Ashurst, Helen: M, EG, ET, TX, SCD, FR, A, HI, BS; Aston

  • SIGNS ARE THAT GRANDDAD WILL KEEP FIGHTING

    A FIGHT to slow down drivers in Thelwall is set to continue after one worried granddad from the village highlighted the problem in the Guardian last week. John Worrall is calling for Warrington Borough Council to update the present signs on the road and

  • COUPLE HIT OUT AT PLANNING DECISION

    A COUPLE who lost a planning appeal to use their farmland to store caravans have hit out at the decision. Mr and Mrs Addison, who live at Ivy Cottage Farm, Joy Lane, Burtonwood, have been told by a Government inspector that they must return a plot of

  • PEDESTRIAN'S SAFETY FURY

    QUESTIONS are being asked as to why street lights and a pedestrian crossing are not working at the new roundabout on Birchwood Way - the scene of a fatal road traffic accident last week. As reported in the Guardian, 36-year-old Andy Carter, of Cockshot

  • FOOTPATH DANGER WARNING

    RESIDENTS in Orford are calling for immediate action from the council to resurface footpaths which have become hazardous after years of neglect. Tenants claim that footpaths around Grasmere Avenue, have been left to deteriorate to such an extent that

  • LITTLE JORDAN'S A LOCAL HERO

    A YOUNG lad who saved a little girl from drowning while on holiday in Cyprus has been crowned Asda Birchwood's Local Hero'. The Guardian carried a front-page story in October last year about how Jordan Brown, of Trefoil Close, Locking Stumps, who was

  • GUISSET AND BUSBY OFFERED NEW CONTRACTS

    STEVE Anderson wants Dean Busby and Jerome Guisset to stay with Warrington Wolves for next season. The two forwards are out of contract at the end of this campaign but they have been made offers by Anderson and are now considering the deals put to them

  • DAM GOOD FUN AT TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC

    YOUNGSTERS who called in at Lymm Dam last Wednesday were in for a big surprise. Face painting, children's entertainers, a bouncy castle, candy floss and hordes of teddies greeted visitors at the teddy bears' picnic event. Crowds of children from the village

  • VANDALS 'PUTTING FARMERS AT RISK'

    VANDALS could be aiding the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Warrington by tearing down footpath closure signs in Culcheth. Despite repeated efforts by Warrington Borough Council to warn members of the public of footpath closures in a bid to contain

  • POLICE RENEW APPEAL FOR HELP IN VERA MURDER CASE

    NEW DNA technology could help to catch the brutal killer of Vera Anderson, whose bloodstained body was found slumped over the wheel of her Ford Cortina at the Old Tannery Complex in Penketh 10 years ago. Vera, a 42-year-old mother of two, had been strangled

  • KNIFE USED IN RAID AT NEWSAGENT'S SHOP

    A NEWSAGENT was attacked when he tried to fight off a robber who stole cash from his shop on Froghall Lane on Friday afternoon. The robber went into the shop at 4.50pm while the owner was on his own and had a brief chat with him. He then pulled out a

  • RESULTS SET TO IMPROVE ONCE AGAIN

    GCSE results for Warrington's 16-year-olds have improved again this year, with more than 52 per cent of pupils thought to have gained five or more higher-grade passes as the Guardian went to press. Results have been rising each year since the borough

  • MENACE OF YOUNG FIRESTARTERS

    DRUNKEN youths as young as nine have been setting fire to grass and other items, tying up the fire brigade's time. A group of youngsters were seen lighting grass last Wednesday at 3.15pm near Birchwood Boulevard, a blaze which took firefighters an hour

  • STATION OPEN DAY IS HOT STUFF

    DUNK the firefighter, dramatic demonstrations and face-painting were just some of the attractions on offer at Birchwood Fire Station on Saturday for its annual open day. Crowds gathered from 11am until 4pm to go through the smoke tent, see how to extinguish

  • X-RAY PICTURE MYSTERY

    THE owner of a set of x-ray pictures which were found blowing along Manchester Road, at the entrance to St Elphin's Park, is urged to contact Warrington Hospital. The photographs carry the name of Cheryl Buckley and it is believed that several people

  • NO ESCAPE FOR TV LICENCE DODGERS

    PEOPLE who dodge paying their TV licence in Warrington have got more chance of being caught than ever before. Convictions for TV licence evasion went up by 75 per cent last year due to advances in the technology used to track down dodgers. Anyone caught

  • LAID-BACK APPROACH HELPS SUPERWOMAN TO COPE

    LIKE most working women, Warrington's new mayoress, Mrs Julie Richards, juggles a career with home and family. Unlike most working women, Julie adds a list of extras that most people would consider practically impossible. She does voluntary work, she's

  • ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA

    I AM visiting Warrington from Australia and while here following up my family connections with your town. I am a descendant of the Bolton family who lived in Bolton's Yard and Rose & Crown Yard, off Mersey Street. The family lived there from the early

  • THANKS FOR A WELL-RUN EVENT

    CONGRATULATIONS must go to the Greenalls Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association committee for its organisation of the Finlayson and Stann Bann Cup Finals held at Rylands Recreation Grounds. All players were easily identified in coloured shirts

  • PRIDE AND JOY STOLEN BY MINDLESS THIEVES

    MY wife spent many happy hours, plus a lot of our pension money, making up hanging baskets to brighten up our terraced house. I hope that the person who stole her pride and joy enjoys the lovely job she made of it. As far as I am concerned, you are the

  • PROTECT OUR HERITAGE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

    WE saw a small advertisement in the Guardian, for a tour of Bewsey Old Hall' last Sunday, so along we went. The tour was fantastic, the players' enactment of 15th century life at the Hall was most realistic. With characters wearing costumes of the time

  • STAND UP AND BE COUNTED

    I WOULD like Warrington police to explain why the hell one of their officers was stood outside the Jobcentre on Bridgefoot making stop checks on drivers in rush hour traffic on Wednesday. This to me is outrageous. Are they not supposed to be making the

  • ANDERSON WILL NOT PAY ABOVE MARKET VALUE

    WARRINGTON Wolves will not be breaking the bank to bring 'top-line' players to Wilderspool. Performance director Steve Anderson said he knows the market value of players and will not budge beyond that. He said: "I have first, second and third tier level

  • MORE SCIENCE JOBS ON OFFER

    TWENTY new jobs over the next two years will be created by Tessella Support Services, scientific software specialists, who have moved on to the Birchwood Park Estate, Warrington. The company's head office is in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

  • CONTRACT WORTH £60M GOES TO UNITED UTILITIES

    WARRINGTON based United Utilities has been awarded a £60m contract, as part of a consortium providing a public sewerage scheme in Scotland. The contract is for the largest scheme of its type to be undertaken on the Moray Coast for more than 100 years

  • WEMBLEY AWAITS STACEY

    AN Appleton schoolgirl produced the performance of her life at the Ponies UK Championship in Peterborough to qualify for a prestigious equestrian show in Wembley. Competing against 27 of the best pony riders in the country, Stacey Massey, aged 16, gave

  • GILES PEDALS UP MORE WINS

    WARRINGTON Road Club got back to winning ways over the weekend with Nick Giles taking his 14th victory of the season in the West Cheshire and Liverpool 12-hour event. In the allocated time Nick managed to cover a distance of 265.9 miles, five miles more

  • SCHOOLBOYS MAKE BIG IMPRESSION ON TOUR

    TWO boys from Warrington made a huge contribution to the success of the third North West Counties Rugby League tour down under. Crosfields' Ryan Jarvis picked up two man of the match awards. He was voted top boy in the under 16s' 32-4 win in a monsoon

  • NICK HOPES TO BE THIRD TIME LUCKY

    A GRAPPENHALL postman looks to have qualified for his third consecutive world championship challenge after running like the wind in Glasgow on Sunday. Competing against top class athletes from all over the world, fit as a fiddle Nick Jones, aged 26, finished

  • WHITLEY POOL DEFIES ALL LOGIC

    QUALITY roach and cruciens are running rife at Lymm Angling Club's Whitley Pool. The water is somewhat of a mystery as the experts tell us that it cannot sustain fish life at all, due to its high ammonia content. Somehow the water not only sustains fish

  • DARTS TITLE RACE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE

    WARRINGTON Summer Darts League will not be decided until the last game of the season as Dog and Partridge suffered a shock defeat to Hawthorne on Monday night. Simon Cunningham hit a 14-darter as Hawthorne reigned supreme on the night. New Alliance beat

  • DAVIES HITS THE WINNER ON DEBUT

    Abbey Hey....1 Warrington Town....2 WARRINGTON made a winning start on their return to the first division of the North West Counties League on Saturday. But the Division Two champions of last season made life difficult for themselves at Abbey Hey in extending

  • MOORES KNOCKING ON HEVERIN'S DOOR

    Warrington Town....2 Winsford United....1 NEWLY promoted Warrington Town withstood a second half onslaught on Tuesday night to make it two wins out of two in the North West Counties Division One. The victory over promotion favourites Winsford United capped

  • THE DAVID ALSTEAD COLUMN

    EVERY young Rugby League player is crying out to be given a chance to show what they can do in the game. My chance has come and will hopefully continue to do so. Every time I play I am going to put every effort into it. After some starts on the wing earlier

  • SWANN ON THE BENCH AND KNOTT WILL START

    A FIFTH trialist has joined Warrington Wolves' books and could figure in team plans for Sunday's clash with Super League champions St. Helens at Wilderspool, kick-off 3pm. Centre Kevin Crouthers has trained at Wilderspool this week, following Anthony

  • NOONE SHINES UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

    PAUL Noone grabbed his opportunity to impress Wolves' new coaching chief Steve Anderson with both hands by putting on an awesome display of inventive running and tough tackling against Wigan. The 20-year-old loose forward was given a rare start in Wolves

  • IT'S NODDY

    NODDY and his pal Big Ears are coming to Hanley's Regent Theatre from Thursday August 30 to Saturday, September 1. They will be opening their Treasure Chest to provide some great holiday entertainment for kids of all ages.

  • DIARY DATES

    Saturday August 25 Congleton Library - St John Ambulance coffee morning. Mow Cop Methodist Church - Secondhand book sale. Also Monday. 10.30am to 5pm. Admission charged. Further details 01782 810109. Wesley Place Methodist Church, Alsager - Secondhand

  • PLAYER POINT

    This week DAVID ALSTEAD writes exclusively for us. EVERY young Rugby League player is crying out to be given a chance to show what they can do in the game. My chance has come and will hopefully continue to do so. Every time I play I am going to put every

  • FINAL PAIR DENY 2NDS

    CONGLETON 2nd X1 were denied victory on Saturday by stubborn defence by Oulton Park. Congleton opened with 174 all out, and had their opponents in trouble at 115 for eight in the 41st over. The ninth wicket fell in the 49th, and Oulton were left to hang

  • WALLEY TOP SCORES

    KNYPERSLEY 2nd X1 hit 196 at Longton on Saturday in a match cut short by the rain. They opened with 196 for nine declared, Craig Walley top scoring with 57, supported by 37 not out from Ian Landon and 32 by Nathan Burnham. Longton had put on 97 without

  • RAIN ENDS HUNT FOR WICKETS

    PROMOTION chasers Alsager saw Saturday's league match rained off as their opponents began their reply. Third-placed Alsager opened at Urmston with 159 for nine off 50 overs, Shane Wills top scoring with 35. Ken South hit 34, and Gary Pickford made 29.

  • DUNN NEW VICS BOSS AS STANWAY RESIGNS

    FORMER Congleton Town player Adrian Dunn is the new manager of Knypersley Vics. Adrian took over after Tuesday night's match following the resignation last week of Terry Stanway and his assistant Mick Biddle. Stanway's reign ended with a 4-2 victory on

  • BEARS GO DOWN IN OPENER

    CONGLETON Town were stunned by two early goals on Saturday as they started life in a new league with a defeat. The Bears made their debut in Division One of the North West Counties League at home to Curzon Ashton, who came away with a 3-1 win. Congleton

  • MERGER PLAN

    ST Helens based Grosvenor Housing Association, which covers many properties in the Warrington area, is to merge with the Liver Housing Association, Liverpool.

  • SCHOOLS LINK UP

    WARRINGTON is among 13 local authorities in the north west which will link up on a grid aimed at giving teachers and pupils access to internet-based educational provisions.The North West Learning Grid is being provided by business communications company

  • NNC BUYS CZECH REPUBLIC COMPANY

    NNC, which has a technology centre at Risley, Warrington, has purchased an environmental consultancy company in the Czech Republic. The company is INVEST Protect SRO and NNC has been working in partnership with it for two years doing studies associated

  • ORANGE CREATES 50 NEW JOBS

    THE Orange Group, which has moved into Birchwood Park, Warrington, expects to create 50 new jobs over the next three years, according to regional account manager John Kay. The jobs will be in engineering, maintenance, and a range of support services including

  • LUCY AND CAROLINE IN TOP FIVE

    TOP PE students Lucy Davies and Caroline Robinson earned two of the top five A level exam results in the country. The youngsters are pupils at Congleton High School, and were among a group of students who scored outstanding results in their summer exams

  • OAPS GET GARDEN OF TRANQUILITY

    GUESTS flocked to the official opening of a new landscaped garden created for Congleton pensioners. The garden features a patio, raised flower beds, paved walkways, gravel beds and a pergola which will be covered in creeping vines. It has been created

  • NEW ESTATE PLANNED

    HOUSE builders David Wilson Homes North West are to build a new estate in Scholar Green. The developers plan 23 detached houses and 10 two mews properties on a haulage depot site off Church Lane. Outline planning permission was granted 10 years ago for

  • SWAN AID

    PUB manager Sharon Cockett is staging a week of events to raise money for a swan sanctuary. Sharon runs The Poacher's Pocket in Crewe Road, Alsager, which boasts a pond which is home to two black swans. Jet and Black were rescued by the Swan Sanctuary

  • SUMMER EXAM SUCCESS FOR KATE

    A LEVEL star Kate Baker is off to study biology at university this autumn after stunning success in her summer exams. Kate, aged 18, from Lawton Heath End, gained four A grades and a B with a special paper pass. She is a pupil at King's School, Macclesfield

  • DUO'S HISTOTIC ACHIEVEMENT

    TALENTED teenagers Michael Hallsworth and Julia Snowden have entered the history books at their top-performing school. The youngsters achieved stunning results in their A level exams this summer, each earning four A grades. However their history results

  • MUSEUM GETS GRANT BOOST

    TRUST leaders are poised to start work on a museum in Congleton after winning major grant aid for the project. The £269,000 scheme is the brainchild of Congleton Museum Trust, which hopes to start work on the building this autumn. The trust won a £201,000

  • TRADERS PLEA TO STOP TAKEAWAY

    SHOPKEEPERS claim the opening of another takeaway in Congleton will put some of them out of business. The concern was sparked by the proposed opening by Anisur Rahman of a takeaway in the High Street. Mr Rahman plans to open up in the former Chloe clothes

  • TRADER CALLS FOR FLOOD AID

    FRUSTRATED shop owner Billy Hill is calling for action from his landlords to enable his flood-damaged business to reopen. Floodwater poured into Mr Hill's shop in Congleton two weeks ago as the town was hit by the worst storm in living memory. Mr Hill

  • POLITE RACEHORSE SAM IS A WINNER AT LAST

    RACEHORSE owners John and Brenda Meacham were baffled as to why their steed wasn't trouncing the competition and winning races. They knew four-year-old chestnut Sam had it in him to go like a Grand National winner, but every time he was in the lead, polite

  • OLD POST OFFICE'S HEALTHY FUTURE

    THE old post office in Palmyra Square is to re-open in October as an exclusive health club. Energie Health Club aims to provide its members with a health and fitness facility in keeping with the building's traditional Victorian character and architecture

  • LIVING NEAR LANDFILL SITES IS BAD FOR YOU

    A STUDY has concluded that living next to landfill sites could have a significant effect on health. The investigation by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit was commissioned by the Department of Health in 1998, but it says that more research is still

  • WOLVES LACKED THE FLAIR TO TROUBLE WIGAN

    Wigan Warriors...28 Warrington Wolves...12 WOLVES lacked creativity and guile on Friday as they crashed to a comprehensive defeat to their arch-rivals Wigan. The Wilderspool side have not beaten Wigan on their own turf since 1993 and they never looked

  • WOOLSTON HIGH SCHOOL

    These are the GCSE results for pupils at Woolston High School. Acklam, Hollie: A, EG, ET, FR, FT, HI, M, SCD, SPS; Almgren, Rachel: A, G, EG, ET, GG, M, MU, SCD, TT; Anders, Louise: G, EG, ET, FT, M, RS, SCD; Andrews, John: A, EG, ET, FR, GG, M, RS, SCD

  • GREAT SANKEY HIGH SCHOOL

    These are the GCSE results for pupils at Great Sankey High School. Ambler, Kevin: SCD, DM, EG, ET, FR, FT, GG, IT, M; Armitage, Simon: A, BS, SCD, T(RM), EG, ET, G, HI, M; Ashcroft, Rebecca: BS, SCD, DM, EG, ET, FR, FT, M, RS; Ashcroft, Jennifer: A, SCD

  • ST GREGORY'S RC HIGH SCHOOL

    These are the GCSE results for pupils from St Gregory's RC High School. Adams, Gareth: EG, M, RS, B, PE, TB; Appleton, Laura: EG, ET, F, M, RS, TB, P, B, GG; Bailey, Christopher: EG, ET, F, M, RS, D, P, C, A; Banks, Stephen: EG, ET, F, M, RS, TB, DM,

  • PENKETH HIGH SCHOOL

    These are the GCSE results for pupils from Penketh High School. Adams, Kerry: ET, EG, M, SCD, FR, G, TX, AD, HI; Adams, Leanne: ET, M, SCD, SP, TX, AD, BS; Adderley, Louise: ET, EG, M, SCD, FR, T(RM), MU, GG; Ahmed, Ala: ET, EG, M, B, C, P, G, TG, PE,

  • SCRUM ON DOWN AND JOIN THE CLUB

    ASPIRING Alan Huntes and Steve McCurries are being urged to scrum on down to Grappenhall Sports Club, where stars from the Wolves are trying to convert them to rugby league. The Wolves and coaches from Grappenhall Sports Club have been running a series

  • RESIDENTS TO FIGHT MAST PLAN

    GREAT Sankey residents have vowed to fight proposals to allow BT Cellnet to erect a mobile communications tower on Laburnum Lane - and use the new Human Rights Act if they have to. The communications giants want to replace a 15 metre tower with one 22

  • IT'S A BLOOMING SHAME TO SEE GARDENING GROUP WILTING

    THE Stockton Heath Garden Society, which was founded 100 years ago, is set to fold due to dwindling membership and a shortage of people attending its regular meetings. Betty Mann, the society's secretary, who joined the group in 1974, spoke of her sadness

  • CITY BOSS KEEGAN HOPS ALONG TO HELP

    TWO entrepreneurs from Lymm have teamed up with Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan and England's 1966 World Cup hero Roger Hunt to launch one-stop Internet shop Froghopper. Peter Huchinson, chairman of Froghopper Ltd, and commercial director James Cubbon

  • POND DRAINED

    WORK has begun at Gemini to fill in a pond to make way for a new development. The pond, at one end of Europa Boulevard, is having its water drained away and will be filled in, and, as reported in last week's Guardian, a new angling lake will be created

  • COULD YOU OFFER A ROOM TO A YOUNG PERSON?

    WARRINGTON residents are being urged to open their homes to help vulnerable young people. The town's Accommodation Development Project is looking for people to provide supported lodgings' for people aged between 16 and 25. The aim is to help them gain

  • FIRM LEADS FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS IN THE WORKPLACE

    A CONSTRUCTION firm from Lymm is leading the way in the fight against drugs in the workplace. Miller Civil Engineering Services, which is based in the village, is tackling concerns about drug use on building sites by introducing random tests across its

  • THUMBS-UP FROM NIKAU

    WARRINGTON'S trialist recruit Anthony Swann has been given the thumbs-up by a former international teammate. Centre Anthony Swann flew into Britain from down under on Monday and went straight into preparations for Sunday's home game against St. Helens

  • INJURED WOMAN WAITED FIVE DAYS FOR PROPER HOSPITAL TREATMENT

    A WOMAN who was injured in a car accident claims that she waited five days before she received proper treatment in casualty at Warrington Hospital. Jana Thompson, from Alder Lane, Orford, was involved in a car crash in Manchester on Saturday. When she

  • CARNIVAL'S A HIT DESPITE THE WEATHER

    DESPITE a torrential downpour and fierce thunderstorms, the Scott Street Carnival went ahead as usual, with crowds piling together, braving the elements and indulging in some summer fun under the cover of their umbrellas. Hundreds turned out to help support

  • CAREERS ADVICE ON OFFER AT PROSPECTS EXHIBITION

    CAREERS advice and top tips on higher education are on offer at the first ever Prospects Exhibition launched by the Warrington Guardian. The event takes place on Wednesday, September 5, from 10.30am to 7pm, and is held in association with two of the town's

  • SOAP STAR TO OPEN FUN DAY AT DOGS' HOME

    CORONATION Street's favourite ex-barman Alec Gilroy will top the bill at a special fun day for all the family at Cheshire Dogs' Home on Sunday. Roy Barraclough, who is patron of Cheshire Dogs' Home, will open the festivities, which begin at 11am. Dogs

  • POOR LITTLE CHLOE NEEDS A LOVING NEW HOME

    POOR Chloe was in a bad way when she was dumped on the counter at Manchester Dogs' Home. She had a broken leg and no-one wanted to look after her. But now, after being moved to Warrington, she is on the mend and looking for love, thanks to staff at Cheshire

  • YOUTH FIRE SCHEME COULD GO NATIONAL

    A UNIQUE project aimed at increasing social inclusion for young people could become a national scheme after a government officer came to see its progress. Fergal McDonald, head of a home office think tank, visited Warrington Fire Station last week. Firefighters

  • HUNT FOR RACIST THUG

    A MAN was left with a broken cheekbone and serious facial injuries after an unprovoked racial attack in Orford. Police want any witnesses or anyone who recognises the attacker from this e-fit to contact them. His victim, who is Asian and 29 years-old,

  • FREE HAIR AND SKIN PRODUCTS FOR READERS

    ON holiday, sun, sand, sand and chlorine in swimming pools play havoc with hair and skin. Today, we have more than £200 worth of super products to give away to keep your hair and skin looking good while on holiday. UltraSwim Protective Shampoo contains

  • DO YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT POLICE SURVEY?

    LAST year Merseyside Police conducted three major telephone surveys with people who had been victims of burglary, violence or car crime. I would like to take this opportunity to use this letter page to personally thank all those people who helped us by

  • PROUD TO SUPPORT THE PRIMROSE AND BLUE

    I'M 70 years of age, can I say how proud I was to be at Wigan on Friday night with the Barmy Army chanting and singing, it was wonderful. To say Wigan had won, their supporters was pathetic. Special thanks to the lads on the drums. Primrose and blue forever

  • RUINING IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE

    IT MUST have cost Warrington Borough Council or whoever, such a lot to give us the nice and much better bus shelters. Yet, once again, the yobs and the thugs with sick minds have been on the rampage and smashed them up. Don't they want to be proud of

  • CAN ANDERSON COME UP WITH THE GOODS?

    I REALLY feel sorry for Steve Anderson in taking the job on to turn Warrington Wolves around. With Nikau and Love deciding to play elsewhere, Langer saying in a Sydney newspaper that he left the club because of non-payment of wages, the sacking of Van

  • BOYDIE BACK AT WILDERSPOOL

    LES Boyd will be making an appearance when Warrington Wolves entertain St. Helens at Wilderspool on Sunday, kick-off 3pm. The former Australian Test prop - a huge hit as a Warrington player in the 1980s - will be making a half-time presentation to the

  • ACADEMY CRASH TO LEAGUE LEADERS

    Wigan Warriors....34 Warrington Wolves....8 LEAGUE leaders Wigan turned in a powerful second half performance to deny Wolves' Academy side the possibility of pulling off a shock win. The game was evenly matched in the first half and it took until the

  • GYMNASTS' DANISH DELIGHT

    TUMBLING teenagers from Warrington Centre for Gymnastics are on seventh heaven after exceeding all expectations at the World Championships in Denmark. Competing against the world's elite for the first time, all seven gymnasts from the Warrington Sports

  • STRETTON A CLASS ABOVE

    STRETTON opened up a 40-point lead at the top of the Shammah Nicholls West Division after a top class performance against West Cheshire on Saturday. Bowling first, Stretton raced through the opposition with Mark Critchley, 5-24 and Dave Cotton, 3-30,

  • GRANGE HOLD ON TO TOP SPOT

    GRANGE A stayed top of Section A in the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Monday League after their 10-4 success over St Oswalds A. Brian Lindley, 21-3, was Grange's best. Second-placed King and Queen A defeated Brooklands A 9-5. John Taylor

  • KING KEEP AT ARM'S LENGTH

    KING and Queen A stayed clear at the top of Section A of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League following their 13-1 win over GESM A. Top winners were Charlie Bebbington and L. Wells, both 21-4. Grange A are third. Their 13-

  • EXPERIENCE BEATS YOUTH

    CAPTAIN Brian Lewis inspired Lovely Lane to Guardian Challenge Cup glory and in doing so dampened Reflecta Youth's double ambitions. Lewis' 21-8 man of the match performance against R. Wightman set Lane on their way to a 223-201 success over the Warrington

  • PLATFORM TO BUILD ON

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  • NIKAU DEFENDS WOLVES' TACTICS

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  • FLAIR-LESS WOLVES FALL TO CLASS

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  • DOMIC SIGNS

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  • MILLENNIUM MEMORIES

    SCHOOLCHILDREN recount their experiences during a typical day in Congleton in a new book on the town. Congleton In The Year 2000 is a snapshot of local life in the first year of the new millennium. The 200-page paperback features numerous photographs