STAFF from a Daresbury-based business tackled new heights as they raised more than £7,000 for the British Heart Foundation. Imagile Professionals Services Ltd (IPSL) completed the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge which saw a team of 36
IN just 38 days, a sense of normality will return to the lives of Warrington Town’s loyal band of followers. Now the fixtures have been released, the countdown to the 2019/20 season can officially begin as Paul Carden’s side aim to avoid a hangover
FOR the fourth season in a row, Warrington Town will kick off their league campaign with a home fixture. Paul Carden's side will welcome newly-promoted Morpeth Town to Cantilever Park on the opening weekend of the 2019/20 season on Saturday, August
ANGELA Powers will be working her last game of rugby league for Sky Sports tomorrow. The Warrington Wolves fan, who hails from the town, has been at the forefront of the company's Super League coverage for 21 years but it will all end at Headingley
CHESHIRE has been selected as one of two sites in the country to take part in ‘groundbreaking research into unlocking greener energy’ as part of a £6 billion Government initiative. The county will lead the way in green technology as ministers ramp
VISITORS to Penketh Carnival will be transported around the world this weekend. The popular free celebration takes place on Saturday with groups from across the area joining forces. It will start with a parade from Penketh High School from
A MAN has been charged after an attempted robbery at a KFC store in Latchford. The victim was attacked and ‘repeatedly punched in the face’ during the incident outside the Kingsway South branch at around 11.45pm Saturday, December 8. He suffered
POLICE raided a house in Hood Manor this morning. Officers executed a search warrant at a property on Sheffield Close at around 10am today, Thursday. Cash, a small amount of cannabis and drug paraphernalia was recovered by Cheshire Police after
I HAD some laser surgery done last week on my eyes which was very successful. I cannot thank the staff at Warrington Hospital enough. Why do people moan about the car park charges? It is a very small price to pray for the treatment you
ON numerous occasions our son has booked a taxi through Abba cars in Warrington. If they cannot provide a service when you have booked more than six hours in advance, why do they take the booking? It’s about time these companies are named and
I WAS interested to read your article concerning the VJ Day petition to parliament (Warrington Guardian, July 4). It is designed to give greater emphasis to VJ Day by establishing a national day on August 15. I have every sympathy with those
A STAGGERING 80 gold medals were picked up by Warriors of Warrington swimmers at their latest outing in Sheffield. More than 50 club members took part in Rotherham Metro’s summer meet and perhaps unsurprisingly, their exploits secured the award
AS I am not on Facebook or the internet etc, I can only find what is going on in my weekly Warrington Guardian. Apart from all the crime in Warrington sometimes the letters page is very annoying, especially your Fly in the Ointment columnist on
IT is Wimbledon finals weekend and the British Grand Prix. But there is plenty going on in Warrington this weekend to keep you entertained. Plus the weather is set fair for a beautiful summer weekend. Here is our pick of the best events
A NEW name will appear on the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Challenge Cup. Burtonwood A have reached the final of the town’s premier team knockout competition for the first time. And in the final at St Oswalds on Saturday, August
A RESTAURANT bar in the council’s flagship town centre regeneration scheme will have permission to stay open until 2am – despite claims it is a step ‘backwards’. Proposals from Warrington Borough Council (WBC) and Muse Developments to permit use
HARVEY’S is a steakhouse and seafood restaurant in Stockton Heath with both a pan-Asian and Italian influence. The restaurant – formerly Tom at 101 – has been launched by the team behind Mr Lau’s in London Road. In the kitchen is head chef
A POLICE officer might not have shot dead an unarmed man in Culcheth if senior commanders had competently organised a firearms deployment, a public inquiry has found. Dad-of-two Anthony Grainger was gunned down and killed by police as he sat behind
WOLFIE has visited Coronation Street ahead of Warrington Wolves’ clash with Salford Red Devils. The Wire mascot was pictured on the cobbles of Weatherfield in order to ‘get up and close’ with the opposition’s fans. Everyone’s favourite wolf
RYLANDS Sharks under 14s rugby league team will play in the age group’s inaugural national cup final this weekend. They will face Castleford Lock Lane in a bid to lift the Nick Smith Foundation BARLA National Cup on Saturday. The contest will
A LYMM summer garden party has raised nearly £1,800 for popular children’s charity NSPCC. The event was hosted by Howard and Wendy Platt at Laskey Farm, a scenic, one and half acre site which is part of the prestigious National Open Garden Scheme
PLANNING chiefs have approved plans for a new purpose-built bus depot in Warrington. The scheme by Wire Regeneration’s – which is a partnership between Langtree and the council – will see Warrington’s Own Buses relocate its headquarters to land
WHILE England face Australia in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals at Edgbaston today, Thursday, Warrington cricketers have had their own taste of facing players from Down Under. Since last Tuesday five games have taken place against four different
POLICE have appealed for help from members of the public in tracing a wanted man. Adam Hodgson, who has links to Warrington and Runcorn, is wanted by Cheshire Police in connection with an assault. The 24-year-old, from Runcorn, is described
EIGHT people have been charged with drug dealing offences after a series of police raids across Warrington. Officers executed search warrants at a total of nine homes yesterday morning, Wednesday, following a year-long undercover investigation
UNITED Utilities has been told to clean up its act by the Environment Agency. The agency described as ‘simply unacceptable’ the efforts of water companies to protect the environment after the report, published today, revealed only one of England
ONE of the north west’s largest steam and vintage events returns to Daresbury at the weekend. The owners of more than 60 historic traction engines – 40 full-sized and 24 miniature – are travelling from all over the UK for Outdoor Shows’ annual Cheshire
Little touches are what make this excellent collection of new glamping pods on the UK’s south coast, says Jemma Crew. STAGGERED along the top of a grassy verge, a new experience near Brighton has everything a traveller could need for a mini-break
COULD Netflix be poised to reinvent and rejuvenate the music video? It certainly seems so with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke teaming up with There Will Be Blood’s Paul Thomas Anderson for Anima. Anima is Yorke’s new solo album and this accompanying
A BEGINNING, a middle and an end – great storytelling demands mastery of all three elements. Writer-director Ari Aster came close with his debut feature, Hereditary, a silent scream of sustained tension starring Toni Collette, which only faltered
Columnist Lee Harman champions the town’s music scene through his platform Warrington Music [WAM]. This month he talks about joining the RivFest team in memory of Viola Beach’s River Reeves AS you may have read in last week’s edition of Weekend
WARRINGTON Town have taken a big step towards a future in full-time football by securing a permanent training base within the town. The Guardian can reveal that, after months of negotiations, a deal has been struck between Town and Warrington Sports
PLANS for a new theatre in Warrington to boost the borough’s arts scene have been taken off the table, it can be revealed. An ambitious proposal to explore possibility of converting the former drill hall into a performance venue with around 400
THERE are delays of more than half an hour after a lane was shut on the M62 this morning, Thursday. It happened eastbound near junction 11 for Birchwood in the roadworks area. Delays of 35 minutes are being reported with congestion back to
STEVE Price has challenged himself and his fellow coaches to bring out the best in Josh Charnley after he committed his future to Warrington Wolves. Winger Charnley penned a new two-year contract with The Wire on Tuesday to keep him at The Halliwell
AN 19-year-old who asked to meet and see naked photographs of a 14-year-old girl has been jailed. William Briers, of Capesthorne Road, Orford, was 18 when he started messaging the girl, calling her 'fit', despite being fully aware of her age.
A TALENTED teenager with a bright future who died suddenly last year did not intend to end his life, a coroner has concluded. Ryan Diamond was 18 when he died on January 14, 2018 in his grandmother's house in Mercer Street, Burtonwood. At an
