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Skater Lynsey aims to take on the world
STUDENT Lynsey Lightowler is hoping Warrington businesses will get their skates on to help her take on the world. The three times British roller skating champion, currently studying Sports and Business Management at University College, Warrington, is
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Pensioner upset as Shopmobility rethink
A PENSIONER whose hands are crippled with arthritis has accused the organisers of Warrington's ground-breaking Shopmobility scheme of making life difficult for its members by changing the rules at a town centre car park. Nora Lingley of Great Sankey said
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Weightlifter pines for his long lost love
A CHAMPION weightlifter who moved away from Warrington 12 years ago still pines every day for the love he left behind. Michael O'Connor, who now runs his own gym in County Kerry, Southern Ireland, used to drive buses around Warrington when he wasn't taking
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Campaign to retain war memorials in town
GUARDIAN readers have joined the campaign to keep four war memorials in Warrington. The plaques which commemorate those who died in both World Wars could leave the town forever unless a new home can be found for them. They are currently in a store room
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Vandals smash family gravestone
A PENSIONER has criticised council policy after a family gravestone was vandalised at Warrington Cemetery. Dorothy Foster, of Stringer Crescent, was shocked to discover that only weeks after the council had taken down the memorial, which it said was unsafe
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Police hunt flasher
POLICE are appealing for help to catch a man who indecently exposed himself to two schoolgirls. The girls, aged 11 and 12, came across the man on Station Road, Fearnhead, at 2pm on Sunday. He was standing on the pavement with his trousers on the ground
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Amanda's wheel of misfortune
A CHILD was cut free by firefighters after trapping her leg in the wheel of a bicycle. Lynsey Ryan, aged 11, of Partridge Close, Oakwood, was playing with friends when the accident happened. "I was riding on the back of my friend's bike," she said, "and
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Schoolboy heroes rescue pensioner from canal
A SCHOOLBOY trio who helped save the life of an elderly woman after she fell into a canal have been praised by police officers. Stewart Evans, Keith Power and Scott McNorton reacted quickly when they heard cries for help coming from the canal at Hall
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Brookside's secret tryst at Lymm church
THE steamy world of soap opera returned to the village of Lymm this week Security was tight as the cast and crew of Scouse soap Brookside filmed scenes for a Christmas video special at St Mary's Church on Higher Lane. Cast and crew were in Lymm in August
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Liam's acting career takes off in a big way
LITTLE Liam Henry is flying high in his chosen career - and he's only eight years old! Liam, of Wensleydale Close, Whittle Hall, is the star of the new British Airways adverts, currently being shown on television. The young actor plays 'The Critic' in
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Lottery luck comes in threes
THREE Warrington groups are celebrating a National Lottery windfall of almost £407,000. Birchwood Youth Association has received a massive £246,398, Warrington Volunteer Bureau has received a three-year grant of £159,349 and Old Hall Pre School was given
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Wolves sell Wilderspool
A TRAUMATIC week has seen Warrington's Rugby League club pulled back from the brink of extinction. The Wolves were left staring into the abyss last Friday when the consortium set to take over the club suddenly collapsed as the Emerson Group and Martin
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Essential work causes disruption for rail travellers
DISRUPTIONS to train services between Warrington and Manchester last weekend were due to essential work on a bridge and embankment, say Railtrack. Passengers travelling between Warrington Central and Manchester had to catch special buses to and from Newton
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A day to remember fallen comrades
SOLDIERS who lost their lives in the two World Wars were remembered at the annual Regimental Sunday Service last weekend. And the day was made extra special for one old soldier. Ron Hollingsworth is standard bearer for the Warrington Branch of the Queen's
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Taking opera to Risley's inmates
INMATES at Risley Prison are to be treated to an afternoon of culture by a renowned opera company. An audience of 200 prisoners will be given a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti by the Opera North company today, Friday. The concert
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Local plan 'not as bad as it could have been'
COUNCILLORS have been told not to argue among themselves over the results on an inquiry into Warrington's Local Plan. Members of the council's policy committee were told that bickering because the Government inspector's findings were not to everyone's
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Homebuyers snap up a piece of Five history
HOUSEBUYERS are moving into a new home unaware that they have snapped up a piece of pop history. The former family home of pop heartthrob Jay Brown, of boyband FIVE, has changed hands in double-quick time - but the new owners are oblivious about their
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Survey will have impact on crime
VICTIMS of crime can have their say in a huge law and order survey - just as new Whitehall powers to crack down on unruly youths are felt in Orford. Gangs of youths who terrorised residents in Darwen Gardens have been given their marching orders by police
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Wayne braved fire to rescue disabled pensioner
A HEROIC car salesman dragged a disabled pensioner from his blazing home in a dramatic rescue in Bewsey. Wayne Stockton, aged 24, of Braemar Close, Cinnamon Brow, works as a sales executive at Hall Motors in Folly Lane. He was crossing the road to the
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Police clampdown on dodgy motors
DRIVERS with dodgy motors could be hauled off the highways in a road safety crackdown by Warrington traffic police. People with balding tyres, failing brakes and faulty headlights are being put on notice - clean up your act of face fines and penalty points
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Jobs wing their way
SIX hundred new jobs have been created in the past two months at the new Air Miles Centre which opened at Birchwood Point this week, and a further 200 will be in place by Christmas. The centre specialises in sales and customer services. The £25m state
