THE South Stand at The Halliwell Jones Stadium will be sold out for The Wire's clash with Wigan Warriors, the club have confirmed. The Guardian learned yesterday that ticket sales were approaching the 12,000 mark and now the club have announced
STEFAN Ratchford moved up to second place in the Steve Prescott Man of Steel rankings following his performance against Castleford Tigers. The Wire full-back was awarded three points by the attending voting panel member having assisted one try and
THERE was plenty of sadness at the news Dawsons is closing after more than 100 years. The music store first opened in Warrington in 1898 but has announced it is to shut its Sankey Street shop. So we have gone back in the archives, thanks to
THE Village Hotel’s Pub and Grill has revealed its completely new look after a £650,000 transformation. Seven weeks was spent on a back-to-the-plaster refit at the Centre Park venue and an upgrade of the kitchen with an updated menu. It is
WARRINGTON South MP Faisal Rashid is calling on the Chancellor to increase funding for schools after expressing fears over sites being ‘held back’ by insufficient budgets. The Labour politician has criticised the Government’s schools funding policy
SPOTTED a matrix sign during your commute along the M62 and now can't remember which night to avoid the motorway? Overnight closures have become a regular occurrence while smart motorway work takes place between Croft Interchange and Eccles (junctions
HAVE you got the best mum in Warrington? Ahead of Mother's Day at the end of this month, we're looking to celebrate the mums who always put their family first. Whether they have been your own personal taxi service for years, helping towards
ALL things Ireland will be celebrated in Warrington on Saturday. A special St Patrick’s Day celebration takes place at Golden Square Shopping Centre all day. There will be live music, dance performances, a Guinness bar and Irish stew until 6pm
WARRINGTON runners were crowned British champions at the weekend, while at another event a father and daughter broke club records. Steve Watmough, Colin Bishop and Dave Norman pounded to a team gold medal in the British Masters Cross Country Championships
WE had more than 500 World Book Day pictures sent into us ahead of this week's paper. But our photographer Dave Gillespie has also been out and about finding some of the town's best costumes marking the day celebrating books and reading. Here's
THREE Wigan Warriors players have been handed penalty notices by the RFL, but only one of them will miss Friday's clash with The Wire. Taulima Tautai will be sidelined having been hit with a three-match penalty notice and a charge of Grade C Other
IF there was a formula for beating the Brexit blues then CODYS have found it. Warrington’s youth musical theatre group’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was pure feelgood joy. I wish I’d bottled the positive energy emanating
TWO international companies are ‘prepared’ to invest in Warrington and begin manufacturing trams – if the council commits to developing a tram network. The draft local transport plan 4 (LTP4) will come before the executive board this evening, Monday
Askam 34 Crosfields 16 BEING reduced to 11 men at one point proved fatal for Crosfields as they were beaten in Cumbria. They were already 24-6 down when they lost Jack Lewis and Jordan Williams to the sin bin within two minutes of each other.
Heworth 16 Woolston Rovers 20 A LATE Heworth fightback could not prevent Woolston Rovers extending their perfect start to the National Conference League Division Three season. After Christian Taylor’s early try was cancelled out, Rovers took
Latchford Albion 34 Ulverston 28 SATURDAY’s pulsating game at Victoria Park may well provide a glimpse into the future for Latchford Albion. Jake Foulkes and Matty Nash – two of the club’s under 18s players – shone, with the former setting up
A PENSIONER has been found dead in the Mersey in Howley. The body of an 80-year-old man was found in the river in the early hours of this morning, Monday. Officers made the discovery near to Howley Lane at around 5.45am, with the deceased believed
Crosfields A 12 Burtonwood Bridge 28 FOR the second week running, Burtonwood Bridge were able to enjoy victory at the expense of a cross-town rival. They had to come from behind at Hood Lane against Crosfields A, who stormed into a 12-0 lead
THE road into Walton Lea Crematorium was blocked by a fallen tree as severe weather conditions battered the town over the weekend. A tree lining the route into the crematorium was felled on Sunday morning amid high wind speeds, blocking access
A GROUP of youths stole an axe and a hammer from a building site in Great Sankey in order to build a den. The theft was reported yesterday, Sunday, on the Miller Homes development off Sophia Drive. Approximately seven youths took building materials
A CHANGE in the seasons can provide the perfect push to get back in the garden and Bents Garden & Home has got all the inspiration needed this spring. On Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24, Bents will be joined by TV’s gardening experts Adam
IF you thought it was bad at the weekend, the wet and windy weather is expected to continue this week. Forecasters have issued a warning for gusts of wind up to 55mph across the north west. The Met Office issued the severe 'yellow' warning
POLICE will take no further action over a reported sexual assault on a teenager in the town centre. Parts of Bank Park were cordoned off on Sunday morning following reports of an 18-year-old woman being the victim of a serious sexual assault in
WORK to widen Burtonwood Road will mean full closures during the day this week. Work is ongoing to widen the road southbound between Charon Way and the roundabout junction of Westbrook Way. Council bosses hope this will reduce the traffic chaos
YOUNG Wire will go into their clash with Wigan Warriors on Saturday in confident mood. Paul Anderson's side made it two wins from two when they smashed Castleford Tigers 48-6 at Victoria Park Stadium at the weekend. > Look back over the
WARRINGTON Wolves and Wigan Warriors are taking a different approach to this week's fixture and the fans can get involved tomorrow. Marketing bosses are promoting a game of 'Bad Blood' when the two sides meet at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Friday
Spirit of 55, aka Wire fan Rob Watson, gives his take on the fourth win in five outings achieved by Warrington Wolves THE Wire's squad is looking formidable. Whoever comes off the bench isn’t weakening the team. > Why Super League 2019
A MATHEMATICIAN from Stockton Heath is attending Parliament to present his mathematics research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of STEM for Britain. Dr Tom Crawford, 29, a mathematician at Oxford University, created
THERE is very slow traffic on the M62 in Warrington this morning, Monday. Drivers are being warned of delays eastbound after a car broke down close to junction 11 at Birchwood. Delays are back to junction eight at Burtonwood. All lanes
THE VIDEO ABOVE CONTAINS FOOTAGE IN THE OPERATING THEATRE OF A CAESAREAN WHEN expecting parents Jessica Watts and Will Avery were told there were three heartbeats on the ultrasound, they were shocked to say the least. Jessica said: "We found
THREE players bagged a brace of tries as Warrington Wolves opened their home campaign with a thrashing of Castleford Tigers. Nathan Roebuck, Tayler Brown and Joe Barnes each crossed twice, while Ellis Longstaff, Daniel Harper and Josh Thewlis also
ONE of the most famous footballers in the world donned a pair of custom-made Latchford shoes at Manchester United's Champions League match against PSG. Paul Pogba has been wearing his Starline Customs Adidas trainers out and about, created by talented
WITH five rounds of Super League played, it is time for an update on who leads the way in our Warrington Guardian readers’ player of the season standings. Having won the past two polls, Daryl Clark has stormed into the lead having amassed 25 points
