MICHAEL Monaghan can consider his name written into Wire folkore as he heads home to Australia. The former Warrington Wolves hooker or half-back has left his role as Wakefield Trinity assistant coach, bringing his 10-year stay in Europe to a close
BOMBAY 8's owner has described it as a great honour after winning one of the top prizes at the national Curry Life Awards. The Gemini Retail Park curry house – widely regarded as one of Warrington's favourites – scooped best Indian restaurant in
TOM Lineham has expressed his delight at being one of six Warrington Wolves players on tour to Australia and Papua New Guinea with England Knights. The flying winger, whose two semi-final tries against St Helens contributed hugely to The Wire reaching
VISITORS found out more about the history of Thelwall during a heritage weekend. Volunteers held the event, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund at Thelwall Parish Hall on Bell Lane, and All Saints Church Thelwall on Saturday and Sunday. It
THE judges from the Voice have been filming in Warrington town centre today, Thursday. Olly Murs, will.i.am, Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson are recording a promo video for the upcoming series of the hit ITV talent show at the Parr Hall. Murs
THE first signs of autumn may have arrived a little bit later than usual this year but experts say that doesn't mean you won't see the season in its full glory this month in Warrington. The first ripening of conkers was around six weeks later than
I HAD my bicycle stolen from the car park at the back of Aldi, Stockton Heath at 3pm on Wednesday, October 10. The bike is an Arrowhead and is blue and white. To the person who stole it, I would like it returned, and I am willing to offer a
I HAVE worked at the hospital for many years and know the pressure we are under. At the weekend I saw it from the patients’ side and I’m horrified. I was seen in A&E quickly because of breathing problems but then was stuck there for 12
I HAVE been a Warrington Wolves supporter for more than 60 years and would like to congratulate the team on achieving all they have done in Steve Price’s first season. Who would have thought after the first four weeks of the season we would have
PAUL Nuttall’s feeble attempt to rewrite history by claiming ‘no-one said Brexit would be easy’ is truly laughable (Warrington Guardian, October 11). Nuttall seems to have forgotten that on January 17 last year he said: “It will be easy to negotiate
I WAS very interested to read the comprehensive ‘Brexit – Implications and Risks Update 1’ just issued by Professor Steven Broomhead, chief executive of Warrington Borough Council. This document attempts to quantify the actual impact on Warrington
HAVE I imagined it? Warrington Borough Council has bought two solar farms for £59 million. Do they magic this sort of money out of thin air? If so, could they magic even more money to be spent on the roads. Where are their priorities?
IT has been announced that Warrington Borough Council has borrowed £59 million to invest the money on two solar farms in Hull and York in a bid to save £1 million off its annual electricity bill (Warrington Guardian, October 11). This beggars belief
WHY do drivers who are driving their vehicles along Wilderspool Causeway towards Stockton Heath and are stuck in slow moving traffic, have to put up with other belligerent drivers who think they do not have to wait with the rest of us? They just
KNOWSLEY Safari is offering ten schools in the area the chance to give their pupils a walk on the wild side with a free after school safari session. The lucky winning schools will have Knowsley Safari’s Learning & Discovery team come along to
IT'S been another beautiful autumn morning and plenty of you have not been able to resist taking your phone or camera out to get a good snap. Here are some of our favourites on Instagram from over the past month highlighting Warrington's beauty
ADAM Rowe tries not to let the finer details phase him. The 26-year-old is quickly making a name for himself on the comedy circuit, particularly since his Jobcentre joke was crowned the funniest of Edinburgh Fringe 2018. But the Liverpool comic
POP superstars Little Mix will be in Manchester for two nights as part of next year's tour. The arena shows on November 15 and 16 will see the quartet, formed during the eighth series of The X Factor, performing songs from their forthcoming record
WESTLIFE will be touring the UK and Ireland for the first time in seven years in 2019. The Flying Without Wings singers, who are the UK’s top selling album group of the 21st century, will be performing in arenas between May and July. Celebrating
TEENAGER Colin Hankin was just 18 when he died suddenly in his sleep two days after his birthday. Tomorrow, Friday, marks 18 years since his death which left his loved ones in shock about how this could happen to a healthy young man with his entire
A CRASH on the M6 has caused delays this morning. The accident on the northbound carriageway near to junction 21a at Croft involved a lorry and a van. One lane of the main carriageway was closed, but a lorry in the first lane of the motorway
A PROPERTY boss believes residents in the town could snap up buy-to-let bargains amid people 'panic selling' during Brexit uncertainty. Manoj Patel, director of Hamlet Homes, which is based at Warrington Business Park, admits he has been 'holding
FANCY a Christmas time trip to Gulliver's World? We have teamed up with the Warrington theme park to give two lucky winners the chance to win a Christmas Smasher package for a family of four. The park will be transformed into a 'feast of festive
MOTORISTS were hit by delays on the M62 this morning due to a broken down car. The vehicle broke down in the first lane of the westbound carriageway between junction 12 at Eccles and junction 11 at Birchwood, where roadworks are currently in progress
WHEN a newly-pregnant Laura Atkinson attended a routine eye checkup at a supermarket opticians four years ago, she could never have predicted what lay ahead. Only a day after the appointment at Tesco on Winwick Road in November 2014, she was diagnosed
THE hunt to find the killer of a 31-year-old woman whose body was dumped near Winwick continues 30 years on from the chilling discovery. The mutilated body of 31-year-old Linda Suzanne Donaldson was found with multiple injuries lying in a ditch
THE lasting legacy of baby who died minutes after being born lives on after a crochetathon was held in her memory. Many gathered at Hobbycraft at the Junction Nine Retail Park on Saturday to create clothes to be donated to hospitals for premature
Guardian sports reporter Matt Turner on a rollercoaster year for Warrington Wolves... I REMEMBER the day very well. It was last November and I had just stepped off a plane having spent the previous two weeks on a long-saved-for holiday in Mexico
FIVE takeaways in Warrington were ordered to improve their food hygiene last year, while two premises were closed down and foodstuffs were seized from another. Warrington Borough Council handed out food hygiene notices to Lucky House in Penketh
