MINDLESS vandals have gone on a rampage of destruction in St Lukes graveyard. The thugs have desecrated loved ones graves over a number of days causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. The graveyard, on Farnworth Street, is one of the oldest burial
A FARMERS market selling all sorts of fresh goods from preserves to ostrich meat will be held for the first time in Widnes on Thursday, June 14. Based at the open market site in the town, the new Farmers Market will run once a month to begin with and
A TEENAGER is lucky to be alive according to firefighters after his Vauxhall Corsa ploughed into a concrete bridge support in Halton Lea and burst into flames. The 18-year-old Runcorn man, who managed to pull himself free of the wreckage, was taken to
A VICTORIOUS Mike Hall has thanked constituents for re-electing him as Labour MP for Weaver Vale. I have always worked hard for many constituents and I will continue to do so, he said I just want to say a big thank you to everyone. Im delighted to have
THE concerned owner of a gun shop in Widnes has spoken out about the dangers of allowing children to use air rifles unsupervised after a nine-year-old boy was left fighting for his life. Nine-year-old Ben Ellams is in a critical but stable condition in
THE WANDERERS finally started to show some form in Section One of the Runcorn RJM Darts League when they beat the Tanners 5-4. Paul Illidge had a 14-dart game for the winners and Fran Reilly and Colin Rigby both hit 180s for the losers. Halfway A came
RUNCORN seized the initiative in the annual Triangular Golf Competition against Helsby and Widnes by turning in another solid performance on foreign soil on Sunday. Going into the second leg of the popular tournament level at 8-8 with Widnes, the Runcorn
WIDNES returned to winning ways with two emphatic victories at the weekend. They defeated Cholmondeley by 138 runs at home on Saturday and stay top of the Cheshire County Cricket League Division 2, eleven points ahead of Winnington Park. On Sunday they
FANTASTIC Phil Cantillon established a new world record as the Vikings cruised to their 10th successive victory with a 14-try romp against the lowly Lynx, writes Mark Farmer. There is no great secret to Cantillons success - he has great pace off the mark
Runcorn Football Club bolstered their squad this week in preparation for the coming season by signing two new players, writes Debbie Quaile. Veteran left sided mid-fielder David Gamble was snapped up last week on the Bosman ruling after being released
Widnes' hooker Phil Cantillon smashed Ellery Hanley's world record for the most tries scored in a season by a forward on Sunday when he grabbed a superb first-half hat trick, writes Jim Richardson. Rugby League legend Hanley became a world-beater when
MANY of us would find it hard, if not impossible, to understand how a young woman, repeatedly beaten and kicked to within an inch of her life, can say she stayed with her violent husband for a decade because she idolised and love him. But for over 2,000
HALTONS local elections threw up few surprises last Thursday. The percentage of voters countrywide was low and people in Halton kept up with the national average with 56 per cent of constituents using their vote. There are now six wards in the borough
A FORMER car spares shop reopens as a pub on Wednesday - following a £1.1 million building project. Pub operator Wetherspoons has spent the last five months converting the building, which was originally a cinema in Albert Road. Wetherspoons has managed
Cricket Neston 3rd v Warrington 3rd Warrington M. Naseem ct Joblin b Hughes...1 P. Davies b Hughes...5 F. Morris b Hurst...35 B. Boys ct Joblin b Brown...24 M. Johnson b Joblin...30 A. Johnson ct Murphy b Hurst...3 S. Caven run out...18 J. Edwards not
Golf Birchwood Golf Club results from May: May Medal: Div One: 1st, I. Warburton, Net 67; 2nd, B. Kingswood, Net 68; 3rd, D. Barlow, Net 69; Div Two: 1st, G. Yates, Net 70; 2nd, C. Dyer, Net 71 (cpo); 3rd, K. Twiss, Net 71. Greenwood Shield: 1st, John
THE next rounds of the Warrington Women's Evening Bowls League Parks' Merit takes place on Wednesday for the A and B sections at St Elphins Park, 6pm practice for 6.30pm start. There will be a 6.45pm scratch time. The semi-finals and finals will be held
AFTER week six of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Monday League Grange A still lead Section A. Their 13-1 victory over Brooklands A included 21-7 wins for Arnie Bishop and Alf Clemo. King and Queen A are in second following a 10-4
CARL Armitage's 21-1 blitz helped Rylands to maintain second spot in Section A of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League. His success, supported by Stuart Goodwin, 21-6, steered Rylands to an 11-3 win over Brooklands A. Leaders
TALENTED youngsters from the Great Sankey Leisure Centre achieved an impressive medal haul in a gymnastics competition at Ellesmere Port. Competing against seven other north west clubs, the Warrington gymnasts, some as young as four, won three gold medals
City Reds...24 Wolves...16 WARRINGTON Wolves Academy Rugby League team went down to their eighth successive defeat at Salford City Reds which was due entirely to a disastrous start. Within the opening 15 minutes they went 18 points behind, thanks mainly
CHILDREN in Halton have been better informed about voting and elections thanks to a new project Take Your Parent To Vote! was used in all the boroughs primary schools during the run up to the general election. The scheme was developed by the Institute
WIDNES Rotary Club held its AGM recently at the Hillcrest Hotel, Widnes, to celebrate another successful year. Club president Ted Barber stated that members had enjoyed a very full calendar of social, service and vocational events. In addition to the
DISAPPOINTMENT turned to optimism as Weaver Vales Mike Cooksley vowed to stand as an independent in the next General Election. Although he only polled 1, 484 votes, Mr Cooksley met many of the electorate and gained a great deal of positive feedback. He
DEREK Twigg has spoken of his delight at being re-elected as MP for Halton. On a night when the percentage of voters countrywide was down the constituents of Halton came out in force to support him. He said: Although the percentages of voters was lower
MEMBERS of Frodsham Golf Club gathered together for their annual Captains Day recently, where Tom Graves stole the ,show in the over all stableford competition. The event took place over the weekend of June 2 and 3 and Graves scores of 73 (41 on the Saturday
WIDNES RUFCs annual Junior Schools Festival, timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the clubs junior section, was a keenly contested event. Pewitt Hall, making their debut at the Wids, put in some fine performances but it was Cronton and Malvern
The Vikings U21s slumped to a shock 20 -34 defeat at the Auto Quest on Thursday evening against Oldham. As league leaders they were comfortably beaten by their Oldham counterparts in front of a crowd of 300. The U 21s went into the game five points ahead
RESIDENTS from Halton Village are converting a disused sports field into their very own Millennium Green - thanks to a little bit of help from rubbish! A grant of almost £18, 500 from the Landfill Tax credits of Waste Recycling Group (WRG) is helping
Bowls Grange Sports Club Singles competition for women runs today, Thursday, 6.30pm practice, 7.30pm start: Players: J Bibby, J. Eaton, M. Litherland, M. J. Reardon, L. Maher, A. Hall, J. Roylance, A. Carty, A. Kinney, B. Bryers, N. Birchall, W. Eyres
CHRIS Ashton is enjoying a fantastic start to the 2001 bowls season. Success is blessing him as part of the King and Queen team which is flying high in both the Monday and Friday leagues of Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association. Cup runs are
DARESBURY Lab caused an upset by beating Stockton Heath 218-212 in Warrington Public Parks' Bowls League's Guardian Challenge Cup. They did it with eight winning cards, including B. Sheriden, 21-12, D. Abray, 21-13. B. Dawbarn was Stockton Heath's sweep
Sheffield...6 Woolston...28 WOOLSTON Wildcats secured the Women's Amateur Rugby League second division championship with a superb win against Sheffield. The Sheffield side threw everything at Wildcats but Woolston's defence was superb. Try scorers for
A GRAPPENHALL postman has won his first two races since a knee injury stopped him running for five months. It has set him up nicely for a shot at a major race in America later this year. Nick Jones continued his remarkable form with a course record of
WARRINGTON Town soccer club have set up some challenging pre-season friendlies which they hope will prepare them for the demands of the North West Counties elite division. They will first play Alsager away on July 21, kick-off 3pm. Other scheduled games
BUDDING Warrington Wolves stars got the chance to train with their idols during a 'tag in the park' coaching session during school half-term. Super League players Jamie Stenhouse and Dave Alstead orchestrated the day's activities which incorporated bouncy
