GRAB your trainers and sign up for 'Team Rocco' at this year's Great Manchester Run. Staff at St. Rocco’s Hospice are looking for 25 people to lace up their trainers for the cause and take part in the annual 10k event.The Warrington Guardian charity of
CHESHIRE and Merseyside Suicide Reduction Network held their fifth regional summit at the Halliwell Jones Stadium with this year the focus turning to suicide prevention in primary care. Professionals in primary care and activists from across the region
A DETERMINED teenager has vowed to raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation after her little brother needed open heart surgery at just five months old.Warrington Collegiate student Jess Thomas has backed the charity's Wear It Beat It campaign
WARRINGTON Winter Dominoes League results. Rosedale Construction Division One: Cons D 6 Bank Quay 4, Padgate Village 2 Rylands B 8, Kings Head 2 Woolston A 8, Woolston B 4 Chapel House 6, Saracens Head 4 Rodney 6. Grange Valley Amusements Division
GTBL A have moved to within three points of second spot, with a game in hand, in Warrington Snooker League Division One. They did so thanks to a 4-3 success over Monks A that included breaks of 40 from Gary Tatlock and 37 from Phil Tsang. Roosters
WARRINGTON Catholic Bowls League will hold a registration meeting on Tuesday at St Benedicts Social Club, 7.45pm start. All delegates to attend. The league’s St Augustines team have their annual meeting at Grappenhall Ex-Servicemens Club on Saturday
WOOLSTON Rovers continue their season’s preparations with a friendly at Leigh East on Saturday. There will be two games, one between the National Conference League sides and the other between the North West Men’s League sides. Rovers are holding
WARRINGTON Collegiate hosted a pan-disability football festival in a bid to increase inclusion in sport. The hosts ran out winners, with sides from Salford, Stockport and Riverside colleges participating in the five-a-side tournament. Pan-Disability
CHESHIRE Martial Arts karate students won medals in the ITKA Open Karate Tournament at the Greenbank Academy Sports Centre in Liverpool. Third dan Jessica Bate, aged 18, achieved silver in the mixed senior individual kata (patterned moves).
A TRIO of Warrington Kickboxing Studio fighters returned from Birmingham with wins. Successes came in the first AKA event of 2015 for Steve Wheetman, Phil Fitzpatrick and Pawel Markowski. As per K1 rules, an extra round was needed to separate
THE chief instructor of Warrington’s Cheshire Academy Taekwondo has added to his impressive list of black belt student passes, writes Josh Pennington. Paul O’Brien, aged 65, has taught the Korean martial art for 36 years and has now seen 39 of
Eagle Sports 2 BRNESC 1 EAGLE Sports progressed through to their first Liverpool CFA Challenge Cup semi final after a 2-1 victory over BRNESC at Thornton Road. Eagle had the best of the opportunities in the first half, however, the visitors
MOORE United fell to a 4-2 defeat against West Didsbury and Chorlton reserves in League Two. West Didsbury took the lead in the 17th minute, but moments later Moore levelled when Joe Holt curled into the top corner from outside the box. John
WARRINGTON AC’s Harriet Knowles-Jones eased to the senior girls’ title at Stockport’s Greater Manchester Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Knowles-Jones clocked 14mins 31secs to claim first place. In the junior girls’ race, India
WARRINGTON Athletics Club’s Nick Jones had an excellent run in the Nick Beer 10k road race at Llandudno on Sunday. Recording 33mins 4secs, Jones finished in second place and also came first in the over 40s age group. That followed up the success
ROB Clarke earned Greenalls PSO a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Gamesley in the Premier Division. It moves Greenalls away from the bottom three, while Gamesley moved to within a point of ninth. In the only league game in Division One, Grappenhall
CROFT came out with a 3-1 win after going behind against Halton Borough in the Premier Division. Borough took the lead from the penalty spot, but shortly after Sam Kirby equalised for Croft nipping in front of the goalkeeper to head in. Croft
I’VE written elsewhere about change. As I said then, it can be overwhelming and sometimes our instinct is to shut our eyes, swathe ourselves in a protective shell and ignore it. But mankind moves forward only through change. It can be scary
FIFTY Shades of Grey hits cinemas this Friday - just in time for Valentine's Day and already looks set to be a box office hit. With 500,000 advance tickets sold in the UK, Sam Taylor-Wood's eagerly anticipated screen version of E.L. James' novel
WILLIAM (Bill) Monaghan, husband of the late Mrs Hilda Monaghan, died on December 3, aged 81. Mr Monaghan, of Holcroft Grange Nursing Home, formerly from Culcheth, lived in the Warrington area most of his life. He worked for British Rail and
ALAN Hindley Turner, wife of Mrs Beryl Turner, died on December 16 aged 81. A service and cremation was held on December 29.
THELMA Williamson Riddle, wife of Mr Wallace Riddle, died on October 21 aged 80. Mrs Riddle, from Charleston, South Carolina, was born in Latchford. She worked as an usherette at the Odeon, Warrington, and then became an air stewardess.
ELSIE Farrell, wife of the late Mr Bryn Farrell, died on November 29, aged 84. Mrs Farrell lived in Warrington all her life and worked as a finance clerk at Rylands Wire Works, Lloyds Bank, and Lockers. Mrs Farrell enjoyed gardening, flower arranging
VERA Williams, nee Wootton, wife of the late Mr Harry Williams, died on December 26, aged 96. Mrs Williams, from Woolston, formerly of Latchford, lived in the Warrington area all her life. She enjoyed reading, listening to the radio, television
EILEEN Blinston, wife of the late Mr Jack Blinston, died on November 30. Mrs Blinston, from Lymm, formerly of Cheadle Hulme Manchester, was born in North Wales. She had also lived at Statham where she and her husband had a farm. During
JAMES Derek Crawford, husband of Mrs Brenda Crawford, died on December 23, aged 80. Mr Crawford, from Stockton Heath, was born in the Bewsey area. He was first employed as a mechanic, spent two years in REME and then became a publican, where
ROBERT Smith, husband of Mrs Kirsten Smith, died on December 25, aged 78. Mr Smith, from Thelwall, formerly of Lymm, Leeds and Leigh, was born in Stoke-on-Trent. He was last employed at Shell Stanlow and Shell Carrington and saw National Service
JOAN Mullaney, wife of the late Mr Lawrence Patrick Mullaney, died on November 5, aged 86. Mrs Mullaney, from Orford, was born in Wakefield and moved to Warrington in 1962. She was first employed at Caldwells then did various domestic jobs.
MOTORISTS should brace themselves for a traffic headache as roadworks are scheduled in Great Sankey for the next six weeks. Resurfacing work will take place on Liverpool Road/Old Liverpool Road and Sankey Bridges from A562 Penketh Road (Penketh
THIS week has been fairly momentous for two massive proposals that have the potential to change the town significantly. Firstly, the Government announced on Thursday that funding is in place for a new bridge across the Manchester Ship Canal.
FROM Wimbledon to Warrington. If today's announcement of the former head of tennis in this country as the new man at the helm of The Halliwell Jones proves anything, it is that the Wolves ambition to be at the very top of the game shows no sign
FIRE chiefs are urging residents to 'Think safety first' during 'Foodie February' after figures found Warrington was a hotspot location for cooking fires in Cheshire. Crews have been called to 174 incidents in the last five years compared to 83 in Chester
A KIND-HEARTED couple, who have fostered 96 babies over 43 years, enjoyed a taste of royalty after travelling to Buckingham Palace to collect their MBE. Ros and Warren Whalley, of Copeland Road, were finally able to collect their award after they
THIS glorious sunrise is picture perfect. Reader Sean Kelly, of Gorsey Lane, captured the stunning sunrise over Warrington Cemetery on a Monday morning.
IN reply to your letter in the January 29 issue regarding parking issues. I shop at Asda, Westbrook, and I am a blue badge holder where I find limited parking spaces unlike mother and baby spaces where there are about four times as many. Considering
YOUR leader page, January 29, outlines Warrington’s growth and its hopes for the future. Item 14 on #Love Warrington talks of the long-awaited town centre development including a multi-plex cinema. This is badly needed and will be very popular
I MUST take issue with Peter Phillips (Warrington Guardian January 29 about his dig at Golden Gates Housing Trust (GGHT). The trust does not have a monopoly in Warrington, managing only about 60 per cent of the social housing, nor does it have
THE former head of tennis in Britain, Roger Draper, has been confirmed as the new chief executive at Warrington Wolves. The former chief executive of both Sport England and The Lawn Tennis Association. Draper has been involved in the business of
DETAILED plans to open a food shop on the former site of Rushgreen Services in Lymm have been submitted. Developers Brookhouse have sent Warrington Borough Council a planning application to clear the former petrol station site on Rushgreen Road
TWENTY businesses from the town have joined forces to pledge their support for St Rocco's Hospice through the annual Corporate Challenge.The organisations involved were given a cheque, which they will turn into as much money as possible over the next
BRAINWAVE'S community fundraising manager rubbed shoulders with the wife of the Prime Minster earlier this month when she was invited to attend a charity champion event at 10 Downing Street.Joanne Freeman, who lives in Grappenhall said it was an honour
THE police and crime commissioner for Cheshire has vowed to make policing 'a truly victim centred service' while making £8m worth of savings. But this will mean residents will see a rise of 1.97 per cent in council tax for policing which will equate
IT is every mother's worst nightmare and is a day no parent should be forced to ensure.But the heartbroken mum of Molly Beechall from Appleton said the outpouring of love and support she has received has been 'overwhelming'.Life will never be easy for
