A CHARITY appeal by the Mayor of Warrington has raised more than £10,000. Cllr Karen Mundry (LAB – Latchford East), the borough's 135th mayor, hosted a Town Hall reception to honour the organisations supported by the fundraising efforts. The
A CHAPELFORD mum-of-three has launched a new business to deliver freshly prepared meals to the community. Let’s Eat delivers home-cooked food directly to people's home, in ovenproof dishes, ready to be heated up, helping the planet by negating the
WHEN a family friend was diagnosed with cancer, one woman was determined to make her feel less alone. Kim Banks, from Culcheth, has shaved her head, raising almost £3,000 for The Teenage Cancer Trust while helping her friend's daughter. She
A BEWSEY mosque is opening its doors to allow residents across the town to 'taste Ramadan'. Warrington Islamic Centre, on Lockton Lane, will host the Iftar dinner – which is a celebratory meal to break the fast for Muslims –at 8pm on Saturday.
CANDIDATES battling to secure a seat in European Parliament will face off in a hustings on Sunday. The Warrington Guardian will be chairing the debate at Lymm Village Hall, on Pepper Street, at 3.30pm. Confirmed candidates so far comprise Change
PAPER rounds are now available to deliver copies of the Warrington Guardian. We are looking for people of all ages, above the age of 13, to help distribute copies of our newspaper direct to homes every Thursday. We currently have permanent
THE Lancashire squad for its first Women’s Rugby League Origin fixture of the season against Yorkshire in Blackpool this weekend has a strong Warrington influence. Wolves captain Roxy Murdoch, the wife of The Wire’s Ben Murdoch-Masila, along with
RESIDENTS have been told that more travellers are coming to Warrington because it has not got a transit site. Almost £2 million has been set aside in the Labour-run authority’s capital budget for the facility, which Town Hall bosses believe will
LABOUR’S proposal of £10 per hour minimum wage for under 18s is hardly going to tackle poverty in a big way, considering we are talking about workers largely supported by parents. In my mind, it is also an example of the policy lurches you can
IN 1940, King George VI, at a time of great crisis, called the nation to prayer. The nation responded and churches were packed. Against impossible odds our troops were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk. The nation is once again in crisis
I HAVE just come back from one of my regular runs around Appleton. It is a beautiful Sunday spring morning. There are lots of people, of all ages, walking and cycling, many with dogs, many not. All are enjoying the remaining beautiful countryside
THE idea of a pop up restaurant facility at Time Square, or indeed elsewhere in the centre of Warrington as suggested by your columnist Jen Perry last week would be a unique and fantastic asset to the town centre offer. To my knowledge no other
WHILE history is made between Catalans Dragons at the Nou Camp on Saturday, Warrington Wolves fans will recall the first time Barcelona played host to Super League 10 years ago. The Wire faced the French side in the Catalonian capital city 10 years
DETECTIVES have released CCTV images of three men they want to speak to in connection with an armed robbery in Lymm. At around 9.45pm on Sunday, three men entered a The Co-op in Chaise Meadow and threatened staff with a machete and hammer while
WARRINGTON Wolves head coach Steve Price has recalled two players to his 19-man squad to face Hull FC at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday, kick-off 3pm. And Hull FC are set to make a number of changes for this Betfred Super League encounter
A NEW exhibition, partly inspired by Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, has opened at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery. Now/Fear of the Unknown, created by students at Warrington and Vale Royal College, explores the pressures they face at an important
MOTORWAY police officers proved they weren't napping on the job after spotting this car struggling with their load on the M56. Officers said they had to 'spring' into action on Wednesday morning after this mattress nearly slipped from the roof
A FUND specially created to support projects benefitting the over 50s in Warrington is appealing for new applications. The Warrington Older People’s Fund was created through the transfer of two dormant Warrington trust funds. Grants of up to
TRAVELLERS have set up camp at Junction Nine Retail Park on Winwick Road. They arrived yesterday, Wednesday having moved from B&Q with 15 caravans and associated vehicles. The caravans are currently situated on the carpark outside Iceland
WARRINGTON Wolves legends Kevin Ellis and Allan Bateman will pull on the primrose and blue jersey once more when they feature for the Wire’s disability side at Magic Weekend. The pair, who starred for Warrington in the early 1990s, will be the
HEADLINERS George Ezra and Richard Ashcroft will be heading to Victoria Park in just over a week for the second Neighbourhood Weekender festival. They will be joined by the likes of Primal Scream, Vaccines, You Me At Six and Nothing But Thieves
DOZENS of cows took a leisurely stroll through a housing estate last night. A total of 28 cattle were seen walking the streets of Appleton on Wednesday evening. The herd walked from fields onto Cann Lane South before taking a detour onto Rosemoor
THE new look Iceland store has opened in the town centre. The supermarket on Crosfield Street had already scheduled the refurbishment before an electrical fire broke out last month. But the store now looks better than ever ahead of its opening
AN entrepreneur is set to turn over her first million after overcoming anxiety to become a successful online business coach. Grappenhall resident Helen Pritchard was admitted to The Priory at the age of 16 after her panic attacks turned into agoraphobia
THE number of fatal car crashes in Warrington has equalled the total from the whole of 2018 after only four months. Emergency services bosses are pleading with drivers to take care on the roads in order to stop the death toll spiralling even further
A HEARTBROKEN mum has described her daughter as a 'beautiful, caring and clever' young woman at her inquest. Kerry Garside, who lived in the town centre, was found dead in her flat on October 25 last year. The mum-of-one was a patient at Manchester
JOSH Charnley can usually be found tearing down The Wire’s right wing, acrobatically diving over the try line and lapping up the adulation of supporters. Of late, however, he has been showing that a winger’s job is much more than being on the end
