CHESHIRE in the 19th century is being put into a modern day context thanks to new interactive maps. Historic land use maps held by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies – dating back to the 1830s – have been uploaded alongside modern day aerial images
TOM Greaves smashed his personal best 5km time while in action for Warrington Athletics Club on Friday. Running in Race E of the Podium 5km road race, Greaves’ time of 15mins 48secs bettered his previous leading time by 36 seconds and was good enough
IT is one of the highlights of the year in Lymm. And the 11-day Lymm Festival launches today, Thursday, with a free food festival as the village is closed to traffic between 6pm and 9pm. Ann Johnstone, one of the organisers, said: "Lymm Foodfest
DREAMS are about to come true for a group of schoolboy rugby players from Great Sankey High School. The year seven team have become the first Warrington team to reach the prestigious Champion Schools final, to be played on Challenge Cup Final day
YOU know us. We’re the kick and clap guys, the Yawnion guys, the big pile-on, what are you playing that for, there’s hardly any tries guys. If you play rugby union in Warrington you’re an outcast, even the footballers don’t like you. Warrington
THIS letter is to protest against Warrington Borough Council’s plans for south Warrington. The plan is unsound for the following reasons. To predict 20 years ahead is unrealistic as brownfield sites will become available. I appreciate new
I AM not surprised but sadly disappointed that the newly appointed cabinet of Warrington Borough Council has decided to downgrade, yet again, the possibility of raising the cultural offer in Warrington. The decision to delete an executive role,
AS a resident of East View I am still shaking my head in astonishment at the careless, crazy driving now that the one-way system has been reversed. We’re now just over a month into traffic entering from Chester Road but still drivers are negotiating
I WISH to add my voice to the growing protest at Warrington Borough Council’s plans to build new homes and commercial sites on green belt land and encroach on Sankey Valley Park by creating a Western Link road. When I moved to Warrington to live
A TOWN centre Italian restaurant has featured in this week's Okay magazine after hosting the birthday celebrations of a Coronation Street star. Kym Marsh marked her 43rd birthday at San Lorenzo with 35 friends and family members. In her latest
BOSSES at Warrington Hospital have announced they are pausing the availability of an NHS 'price list' service after a backlash. The hospital had been accused of increasing privatisation of hospital treatments but said today, Thursday, it would
FORMER professional boxer Tony Bellew is planning a knockout event at Parr Hall this autumn. An Evening with Tony ‘The Bomber’ Bellew, on November 14, is the ultimate event for fans of the boxing great. Becki Mundy, from Parr Hall, said: “From
SCOTTISH pop duo Hue and Cry are turning back the clock to celebrate 30 years since their album Bitter Suite. Brothers Patrick and Gregory Kane, who have consistently written and performed together since 1983, are marking three decades since the
A SINGLE bead of sweat snakes over my furrowed brow as I hack an antenna array on the outskirts of Black Spire Outpost. In my fog of intense concentration, carefully aligning audio signals and decrypting secret communications between members of
ADDICTION is a disease that does not discriminate. That is what we are reminded of in director Felix van Groeningen’s quietly moving and at times heartbreaking, Beautiful Boy. The true story, from the producers of Moonlight and 12 Years A Slave
HOW do you improve on the perfection of Toy Story 3, which bade a moving farewell to Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and the other denizens of Andy’s childhood? Oscar-winning computer animation studio Disney Pixar comes tantalisingly close with
THE MET Office has issued a 33-hour weather warning for thunderstorms which could bring flooding and travel disruption. The forecaster says the yellow warning, which will be in place between 3pm on Sunday and midnight on Monday, will affect most
DAVID Walliams' Gangsta Granny is coming to Walton Hall and Gardens as part of a season of open air theatre. The treasured children's story will come to the park on August 28 and 29 and is the fifth adaptation of the author and celebrity's work
FOUR siblings are helping to change the world by tackling the litter problem in Warrington. Proud mum Chantelle Whitmore, who calls her children her 'flumps', is supervising her youngsters as they log their litter picking journey on their new Facebook
IT’S a roll call that stretches back 40 years and now a new exhibition at Arley is celebrating the Hall’s many moments in the limelight. Everything from Peaky Blinders and Coronation Street to 1980s classic Cluedo have filmed at the stately home
JOOLS Holland is performing an open air concert with his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at Walton Hall and Gardens on July 20. To celebrate we have teamed up with the organisers to offer one reader a ‘season ticket’-style bumper prize. The summer
THE weather is finally starting to heat up so of course horsefly season is here. Some people can have bad reactions to horsefly bites so it’s best to stay vigilant as the temperature rises. For everyone else it's a painful, annoying bite so
FOR Jools Holland, music is a form of time travel. With his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, the renowned pianist and presenter evokes memories of the days of the great bandleaders like Count Basie and Duke Ellington. And the 61-year-old is always
IT is one of the biggest days in the Lymm calendar and its reputation has spread much further among enthusiasts. Historic Transport Day will fly, sail, drive and steam into the village on Sunday The event started just six years ago but it has
PLANS to extend a Burtonwood care home could create 25 new jobs if they are approved. The development would also see 32 new en-suite bedrooms added to Rosevilla Residential Home on Penkford Lane. Included in the designs are a number of new
A NEW project to tackle anti-social behaviour on Orford Park has received funding from Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner. David Keane has awarded £3,820 from his Safer Communities Fund to LiveWire to support their Parklives project which
TWO talks will take place tomorrow, Friday, to celebrate two of England’s most historically significant and unique transporter bridges. Margaret Ingham, Chairman of Friends of Warrington Transporter Bridge, and Manchester Metropolitan University
WITH many of our rivers on the Severn catchment flooded and unfishable for the June 16 opening of the coarse fish river close season, at least locally the Dane at Holmes Chapel produced some sport for Martin James with three chub on legered crust.
THE Mersey was found to be more polluted by microplastics than any other river in the UK in a new survey. Greenpeace carried out surveys on 13 rivers in the country in spring and took samples in Warrington, where the Mersey passes through Howley
WARRINGTON Town have pulled off a massive coup by convincing highly-rated youngster Ben Garrity to stay with the club. Despite offers from clubs as high up as the Football League, the sought-after 21-year-old has penned a two-year deal to remain
BEN Garrity says committing his future to Warrington Town feels “like a weight off his shoulders.” Yellows have pulled off a sizeable coup in tying the central midfielder to a two-year contract despite interest in him from full-time clubs. >
AN accident is causing queueing traffic southbound on Winwick Road this morning, Thursday. The incident was reported at 7.40am at the roundabout for the A574 Cromwell Avenue. Congestion is stretching beyond the M62 roundabout to Winwick Link
IT has been 30 years since Gulliver's World first opened its gates in Warrington and the magic of make-believe is still very much a part of the experience. The theme park aims to bring families together with rides, attractions and, most recently
STAFF and students at UTC Warrington are celebrating after receiving a ‘good’ rating by Ofsted inspectors. The university technical college, which opened in September 2016, specialises in engineering, science and technology for students aged 14
A 52-YEAR-OLD man was jailed after stating he was ‘up for’ paying to have sex with a girl aged just 11. David Heesom, of Sankey Street in the town centre, believed he had been chatting online to her father, but this was actually an undercover police
Guardian sports reporter Matt Turner once again asks the questions of Wire head coach Steve Price... MT: Starting with Harvey Livett and Luis Johnson going out on loan – it seems to make sense as they are both in need of minutes in Super League
