PROUD to have served as an old fashioned GP for nearly 20 years, Widnes Dr Lakshni Narayana has retired. He said: "It's been brilliant, I've really had a wonderful time being an old fashioned doctor, I've had wonderful relationships with my patients over
A CRASH left a man trapped in a car with serious injuries in Fairfield Road on Thursday night at 10pm. He was the driver of a Ford Orion that was in a head on collision with a Volvo 240. Firefighters were the first on the scene but they had to contend
JOBS galore will be on offer by Asda at their new recruitment centre. The company is refurbishing a building in Violet Street, Widnes, to train 150 staff for their new £21m store in the town centre. John Tobin, general store manager, said: "Our first
A NEW Co-op Late shop and two other stores are being built in Halebank, the World can exclusively reveal. The shopping parade will open early in September, as Asda closes to relocate to Widnes town centre. Plans to build 104 houses on the supermarket
LOCAL timber company Finnforest are for the second year the sponsors of the Widnes amateur rugby league's annual competitions. Finnforest are also the main sponsors of Widnes Vikings. This year's open-age games are now underway. The competition sees the
A RAILWAY bridge in Frodsham is getting a facelift thanks to community organisations working together. Members of Frodsham Forward held a meeting in March to bring together key partners interested in improving the town's railway station. The meeting was
I WRITE in reply to T Higginson, Liberal Democrat. I can't believe a councillor is objecting to the only sports stadium in the borough being completed for the community. Past generations paid for the ground with a variety of fundraising activities in
THIS week in the Leisure Leagues 6-a-side football at Widnes on a Sunday evening, Special Guests only need one point from their final two games of the season to secure the league title. Second placed Barchester Utd are five points adrift, but with a much
READING Mr Higginson's letter last week I was reminded what fools some amateur politicians can be. He criticises a stadium that has helped put our area on the map in the media and elsewhere. He thinks the main measure of success should be a financial
RESIDENTS are hoping that a refurbished play area unveiled in Middlewich this week will not turn into a waste dump once again. Congleton Borough Council has ploughed £20,000 into Newton Bank and transformed it into a community garden. After more than
AN AMBITIOUS multi-million-pound blueprint mapping out the future of Northwich as a top cultural and retail centre has been unveiled. At the heart of the 10-year Northwich Vision strategy is a scheme to bring together key cultural features in one vibrant
A GOVERNOR at Tarporley High School says a decision he made to cut a school bus for Winsford pupils was not an easy one to make. Youngsters from the town who travelled on subsidised transport to Tarporley High found themselves stranded earlier this year
DOG handlers and unmarked police cars will patrol Winsford Industrial Estate as Cheshire Police try to tackle a rising tide of crime on the estate. As exclusively reported by the Guardian last week, thieves have stolen £500,000 worth of goods from companies
PEOPLE in Winsford with a passion for fashion have the chance to indulge their love of great clothes and modelling at an event at de.bees Music Bar in May. The Market Place-based venue is holding a charity fashion and design show - called Fusion - and
l David Hill, 35, Siddorn Street, Winsford, three-and-a-half years for supplying Class A drugs l Dorothy Flood, 27, Saxon Crossway, Winsford, one year for being concerned in Class A drugs l Kelly Harrison, 27, Woodford Lane, Winsford, one year for being
CIVIL servants have gone on strike again in benefits offices and job centres throughout Halton. Only skeleton staff were available to give a limited service on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, said Halton PCS branch secretary Dave Brown. Union members
THE derelict Northwich Railway Station building could be transformed into a community learning centre at a cost of £530,000. A proposal on the project was due to be discussed by county councillors yesterday, Tuesday. Equipped with a cyber caf, training
COMPLAINTS about youths causing annoyance more than doubled across Cheshire last year. The latest figures show the number of telephone complaints rose from 10,775 in 2002 to 21,85. Speaking at a Young People and Safer Communities conference at Tatton
A LISTED 18th century building could soon be turned into private accommodation, surrounded by 121 apartments. Manchester Ship Canal Company plans to convert Bridgewater House in Percival Lane, Runcorn into five apartments and erect blocks of flats in
BROOKVALE junior school playing field is to be transformed as residents join forces for a mass community clean up. Brookvale councillor Irene Ashley said: "We were getting complaints about kids playing football in the street and people were getting a
protest FARMERS have escalated their action against supermarkets, which they say have started a price war, leading to lower farm prices. There has been a strong police presence at the Morrisons distribution centre in Rudheath for the past week. Around
AN EXTRAORDINARY woman from Northwich is getting ready to fire up a locomotive on the Llangollen Railway to raise money for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Tomorrow, Thursday, Blodwyn Phillips from Solvay Road, Winnington, will stand proudly
A CRASH at a Northwich car showroom has left a man with a broken arm and leg caused more than £100,000 of damage to five vehicles parked on the forecourt. The 21-year-old Northwich man was taken to the high dependency unit at Leighton Hospital following
A total of 17 drug menaces, fourteen adults and three youths, were punished at Chester Crown Court on April 5 and 6 after being arrested in dawn raids in Northwich, Winsford, Merseyside and Crewe in October last year. A further two offenders are awaiting
A RUDHEATH man intends to walk 82 miles in less than 40 hours to raise money for The Samaritans. Dan Barratt will set out on May 15 from just outside Newcastle to Hadrian's Wall in Scotland with his brother Andy and five others. Dan, 27, of Melchett Crescent
WITH reference to the on going saga of not having a main Post Office in Widnes. My sister and I wish to know why the Post Office has not sought to use the additional vacant space which has recently become available adjacent to the old main Post Office
I NOTICE in the police budget leaflet that reached me recently the police tax had gone up by 10 per cent on last year. Last year it went up by 19.8 per cent. That means the police tax has gone up by more than 30 per cent in two years! I notice also that
THE fact that I have just received my council tax bill for £831.79 means that I will certainly be voting against this profligate council that has been in power since time immemorial. Isn't it strange that after a 17 per cent hike last year it has come
I AGREE with a recent letter 'Stop Moaning'. Too many people like nothing better than to moan about improvements made in the town, instead of recognising it has changed vastly from only 10 years ago. Whether some like it or not, it has been the council
STAND-OFF Ryan Millington was in outstanding form as Widnes Junior Academy got their first win of the season against Keighley. Millington raced in for a hat-trick as the Vikings racked up 66 points with just 12 in reply. They were 48-0 up at the break
BUDDING songwriters could scoop £1,000 worth of Yamaha music gear for themselves and their school or college. The search is on to find Britain's top young talent. You could perform at the 2004 Make It Break It awards in front of a celebrity panel of top
A GRIEVING grandmother is desperately appealing for the return of treasured family possessions that were in the back of her car which was stolen last Monday. A little more than a year ago Brenda Astley's family faced unimaginable grief after three family
IT was an Easter treat for Vikings fans as Widnes resurrected their season in spectacular fashion with two wins on the bounce, writes Nick Lakeman. Neil Kelly's battling side, led by mercurial stand-off Jules O'Neill, surprised critics and supporters
ELECTRIFYING, exciting and enthralling! You can share the passion and power of one of the most hotly anticipated events in the motor sport calendar - the British Superbike Championship. We've teamed up with Oulton Park to give away 10 pairs of tickets
A FARCE is being staged by Frodsham Players. California Suite by Neil Simon will be performed at Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, from April 21-24 at 7.45pm Tickets priced £4/£3 concessions (Wednesday) £5/£4 concessions (Thursday-Saturday) are available
Parklands 3 Beechwood 0 THE home side got off to a perfect start scoring early on with after neat approach play. Both sides fought the elements in a tight first half with Parklands maintaining their one goal advantage at the break. The second half saw
I T was said in Victorian times that the women of that era had no rights, only wrongs, but without the influence of women, the salt workers of industrial Winsford would have been lost. Not only did they have to laboriously do the washing in a time when
T HIS week Market Place is remembering the life of one of Northwich's well known writers, Robert Westall. The Northwich and District Heritage Society has proudly published a book entitled The Extraordinary Life of Robert Westall. Written by his partner
THE Liberal Democrat who wrote in challenging the completion of the stadium appears to have missed the point of what is meant by providing good quality public services and facilities. Halton Stadium is a valued and well used community facility. It has
A HAVE-A-GO-HERO came to the aid of a car mechanic whose van was stolen from under his nose as he worked on a customer's car. The mystery man saw what happened and gave chase but the thief got away, leaving mobile mechanic John Bulmer's livelihood in
TEARS of joy flowed down her cheek as a fanfare heralded the arrival of the Queen at Liverpool Cathedral. Great-great gran Alice Fagan, 98, was overwhelmed with emotion as she received Maundy money from her majesty. "When everyone sang, her tears flowed
THE first court hearing has been held into the deaths of a couple found asphyxiated in a Spanish basement. Widnes man Anthony O'Malley and his wife, Linda, were house hunting when they disappeared. Their bodies were found at a villa near Benidorm. Two
His side were beaten 1-0 by Leigh RMI, the only side Vics could have caught, and with the defeat went Vics' hopes of not taking the wooden spoon this season. And it has been a season littered with missed chances, bad luck and poor football. Facts that
RESIDENTS of Delamere Park, Cuddington, have been brought together following the devastating effects of a fire at their community centre last month. The building, which housed extensive leisure facilities including a swimming pool, squash courts and bar
AN incinerator will "almost certainly" not be built in Lostock, according to Vale Royal Borough Council's lead councillor for waste management. Clr Malcolm Gaskill said some sort of waste centre could be set up in Lostock but an incinerator was the least
A RUNCORN athlete was recognised for her outstanding achievement when she was given a tour of the Town Hall by Halton's mayor, Cllr Ron Hignett. Karrie Howitt, 18, met Cllr Hignett after she beat thousands of other competitors to win the gold medal at
ISN'T it typical that even good news like the stadium being finished is bad news to some? The letter from Mr Higginson last week is typical of the small minds that inhabit parts of this borough. If he thinks drivel about a sports stadium having to make
AN amphitheatre is coming to Middlewich to add more sparkle to the town's Roman heritage. Middlewich Town Council, through its clerk Jonathan Williams, has secured a £59,000 grant from the Rural Recovery Fund to have an amphitheatre built at the Bull
VOLUNTEERS are asking for Middlewich residents' help in making life for sick children in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia a little brighter. A group of caring friends in Middlewich who raise money for the Chernobyl Children's Lifeline have organised a visit
TRAFFIC problems in Middlewich are to be tackled by the latest police weapon launched to put a stop to anti-social behaviour. And it is thanks to help from residents that problems and issues have been identified. The newly formed Anti-Social Behaviour
THE Mid Cheshire First Division title is now within Middlewich Town's grasp. The side's consistency in the closing stages of the season has seen them cut Barnton's massive lead at the top of the table to just one point. And crucially Town have three games
WINSFORD Town Council is celebrating after it earned a prestigious award that recognises just how good a service staff and councillors provide. Winsford Mayor Clr Nick Harris and deputy mayor Clr Don Beckett announced at a press conference last week that
LAUGHTER and fun filled the park as families celebrated the 25th birthday of Halton Miniature Railway. Steam enthusiasts joined volunteers to mark the historic occasion with a two day festival in Runcorn's Town Park. Face painters and a unicyclist kept
A SUMMER running event in Winsford has been organised to raise money for the battle against prostate cancer. The Round Winsford Run was launched last year and proved such a success that Gary Steele and his Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group
BREAKING down the stigma surrounding mental health is a key aim of social services as it embarks on an exciting period of change. New managers for Runcorn, Graham Nolan and in Widnes, Terry Corry, want to educate young people about the reality of mental
POST office chiefs have agreed to replace a post box on the Grange Estate that was decimated when vandals stuffed powerful fireworks inside it. Nixon Drive residents were shocked last October when a deafening explosion saw bricks and iron thrown nearly
SUNBATHING on the beach and enjoying a picnic on the prom filled bygone days in West Bank with fun and laughter. Enthusiasts now plan to recapture the past in the community's first ever Heritage Festival, thanks to a £37,700 heritage lottery fund grant
THERE has been a sharp decline in the number of abandoned vehicles on the streets since the introduction of a new initiative by Vale Royal Borough Council, according to a new report. The scheme, which was launched last spring in conjunction with Cheshire
THE next stage in the development of a play area in Leftwich should be completed in the next three weeks, with the final plans available for public viewing soon after that. The proposals had to be revised after consultation with parents and children at
GIVING blood is not everyone's cup of tea but two Cheshire men have been commended after making 150 donations between them. Ron Wilkinson, of Middlewich Road, Middlewich, and Graham Roughsedge, of Abbey Way, Hartford, were presented with engraved crystal
A TURKISH driver is in prison awaiting trial after a fatal crash that killed a devoted Runcorn couple, an inquest has heard. Gail Litherland, 48, and her husband, Steven, 50, of Hitchens Close, Murdishaw, died on October 7, 2003, just minutes after arriving
A RUNNER from Northwich has thought up a unique way of supporting the National Blood Service when she takes part in the London marathon this weekend. Carol Green, 35, from Victoria Street, will join thousands of other people to run the 26.2-mile stretch
A WINSFORD man walking along the A533 bypass died from his injuries after he was in collision with a car travelling along the road in the early hours of Sunday morning. The accident happened at 1.05am, when the 30-year-old pedestrian was walking towards
COCAINE, vodka, whisky and hammers were seized by police after drunken teenagers went on a string of binges. Pictured is only half of the booze, weapons and drug wraps confiscated over three weekends from 'hot spots' in Runcorn Old Town, Murdishaw and
A WOMAN from Hartford wants to thank her 'knights in shining armour' after a routine trip to the bank almost ended in tragedy. Sixty-year-old Jackie Acklam was left unable to move next to the River Weaver after falling and hitting her head on a concrete
Matthiola 3 Beechwood 5 BEECHWOOD got back to winning ways but had to dig deep to do so after conceding two early goals against a lacklustre Matthiola. The shock of going behind early on stirred Beechwood who responded through Mike Haslin finishing neatly
Runcorn Sunday League THE Major Cup competition the Bob Orme Challenge Cup was played at Pavilions Rec on Easter Monday between the two leading clubs in the premier division, Weston FC and Bridge Timber. The match was closely fought with Bridge Timber
Widnes Cricket Club SEVEN months hard work has finally paid dividends for Widnes CC. Members of the Murray Smith ECB Cheshire County League and Pacific Brands Merseyside Youth League this week learned they have been awarded a community club development
RUNCORN FC Halton kept up the pressure on the top 13 with a well-earned point against highflying Alfreton thanks to an equaliser three minutes from time from player/manager Chris Lightfoot, writes Debbie Quaile. Lightfoot had ringed the changes following
Runcorn Apec Taxis Darts League LAST Thursday night the second round of the Individual competition took place at four venues with the remaining 32 players competing for the last four places. Albion's John Kilkenny ran out the winner at the RNA Club when
Widnes Mini League KESTRELS maintain top spot in group one with a 4-0 win against second place Crows. Tom Edge (2), Tom and Sam Freeman the scorers and a 2-2 draw with Vultures. The only team to win both their matches was Falcons, 4-1 against Robins and
CONDOMS are being handed out free to town-centre clubbers as part of a campaign warning about the perilous cocktail of alcohol, drugs and unprotected sex. The month long scheme is especially targeting young people aged between 18-25 and urges them not
CELEBRITIES are already lined up for this year's Southport Flower Show. Comic writer and performer Barry Cryer will head the bill for the event which runs from August 19-22. He wrote for the Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise and Tommy Cooper. Barry will
