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WARRINGTON foodbank thanked Priestley College students, parents and staff last week for supporting them over Christmas and new year. Collections in college gathered 275.15kgs of food, which will be used to feed those people in Warrington who, through

RESIDENTS in Appleton, Stockton Heath and Stretton have been reassured they will not be left out in getting the chance to press the council leader on key issues. Cllr Russ Bowden (LAB – Birchwood) is hitting the road to give residents the opportunity

A BIRCHWOOD-based business has bagged a new global partner. MDS Global, which provides business support systems as a service, announced that a Mexican based business, VASDA, has chosen its services to facilitate the launch of a mobile virtual network

RESIDENTS in Penketh were left to tidy up Wythenshaw park today, Thursday after vandals targeted the children's play area. The bin in the play area had been broken open, the inner rubbish can had been removed,flattened, stamped on and broken, and

GIVE our Halliwell Jones Stadium themed quiz a try, marking the ground's 15th birthday. We reckon this is pretty tough and would rate any score over 15 as excellent. The answers are provided at the end to put you out of your misery for any

A CHARITY has put together a list of film suggestions for families with a relative with dementia. Dementia UK, which provides specialist dementia support, says their selected films have music, interactivity and simple plotlines at their heart.

I AM fed up with the traffic on Sankey Way, Whittle Avenue every morning. I wait hours. Please sort it. JOHN JONES Great Sankey

DUE to the new station being built at Chapelford a section of Sycamore Lane was blocked which caused vehicles to be diverted through Dorchester Road estate. Dorchester Road has many parked vehicles and many bends. In the morning when people are

I REFER to your article regarding the concerns of WBC Cllr Stefan Krizanac over the status of EU nationals living in Warrington after the UK exit from the EU if they fail to record their applications for UK residency by March 29 (Warrington Guardian

I FEEL it only proper to answer Mr Ralston’s letter in (Warrington Guardian, February 14). I do reflect on the peace and stability since the formation of the EU but that only evolved because of Britain and America stopping a maniac, I dread to

AFTER many months of speculation, we see that a number of Labour MPs have now finally resigned from the party, forming a new group of Independents. While we should welcome their decision to leave a party that is now considered to be institutionally

I WENT on the Warrington Housing Association list in July 2016 for a one-bedroom flat and now, almost three years later, I am still waiting for one. I was told I would be waiting between 18 months to two years. I changed my form to have my

I TOOK a member of my family to A&E on Sunday, February 10 at 11.30pm. She was seen immediately as she was displaying a life-threatening problem and admitted. My friend and I had to walk to the main entrance of the hospital at 2am on Monday

I WAS interested to read June Smith’s letter (Warrington Guardian, February 14) and her worries of a lack of ‘truly affordable’ housing costing less than £100,000 in Warrington. With a quick search on Rightmove I found more than 1,300 one and two-bed

I WAS shocked to hear that Padgate Library now has to close early because of anti-social behaviour. How can a small minority of unruly yobs make a whole community suffer? Once again it shows how our authorities have neither the means or adequate

WHAT is happening at Padgate Library (Warrington Guardian, February 7)? Last week’s schedule was changed to an early finish at 2.30pm each day. Normally the library is closed on a Friday but because of the revised schedule it was open in the

On the 15th birthday of Warrington Wolves' home ground, sports editor Mike Parsons picks out his 13 favourite matches staged at The Halliwell Jones Stadium since 2004 13. Scandinavian invasion: Solveig Gulbrandsen netted a 3-2 winner in extra

PAUL Carden says Warrington Town must continue to think only of themselves as the Evo-Stik Premier Division title race hots up. Yellows welcome Cheshire rivals Nantwich Town to Cantilever Park on Saturday hoping to continue their push for promotion

I was in work on Monday minding my own business, getting on with what I had to do when my mobile phone rang. I checked the caller ID and it was an 01925 number so it was patently someone calling me from Warrington. I'm quite careful about who

DELAYS are reported on the M6 northbound after a swan was spotted in the road. At about 10.50am, traffic was held between junction 20 for the Lymm Interchange and junction 21 for Woolston. READ > Heartbreak as popular Knowsley lion dies

A MAN has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a collision between a car and a motorbike. At 7.17am today, Thursday, police were called to a collision at the junction Heath Road and Warrington Road in Penketh. Penketh Carnival

WARRINGTON Wolves legends Paul Cullen and Ben Westwood have shared their memories from the club’s final game at Wilderspool Stadium. The old Wilderspool scoreboard has been put back on public display in Victoria Park after a lengthy restoration

A MAN is believed to have stolen a handbag from a porch in Penketh and then used the debit card in shops around Widnes and Warrington. Between 6pm and 7pm on Tuesday, February 12 a man is believed to have entered an enclosed porch at an address

CALVIN Harris will be playing an exclusive set at Creamfields this summer. Fresh off the back of his Brit Awards win, the Scottish dance music producer will be headlining the Arc Stage at the Daresbury four-day spectacular on August 24. It

A CHEMICAL leak at Lymm Services closed the motorway station for more than seven hours last night, Wednesday. At around 10.30pm, six fire engines were called to the BP service station to a report of a tanker that was leaking sulphuric acid.

FOR many Warrington Wolves fans, their visit to Wembley for the 2018 Challenge Cup final was a day to forget- but for Stephen Prescott, it is a day he struggles to remember. In fact, he is lucky to be alive - having fallen 30ft over a bannister

A LANE closure is causing slow traffic on the M62 this morning, Thursday. A lorry is having its tyre changed on the westbound carriagway between junction eight at Burtonwood and junction seven at Rainhill. Congestion is back to junction nine

GREY Mist Mere is producing more tench for members that enjoy catching these olive-green beauties. I chatted on Thursday afternoon to Steve Roffey, who had already caught five, and after a dropped run he was into another one - this time a male

A FORMER Warrington Wolves player has shared his unique engagement story after losing the ring at the bottom of a lake. Jason Roach, 47, planned to propose to his girlfriend Francesca Frodsham, 27, while on a romantic getaway near the Forest of

FOR many, it is hard to believe how life would be without Warrington Wolves. That was on the horizon at the latter stages of the last century had it not been for the vision, commitment and dedication of the people and organisations who brought

VOLUNTEERS have rescued three puppies who were thrown from a car in Burtonwood. The pups and a male dog were found abandoned by the side of Gorsey Lane at around 4pm on Sunday, February 17. While the 16-week-old lurcher puppies have since been