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Win a year's supply of household goods
THE man behind Northwich's first home shopping service has launched a wedding gift scheme. And to mark the occasion, we've got great prizes to give away to over 80 lucky readers. John Sillett launched the home shopping service last year. It's proved such
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Holiday experts are really going places
TRAVEL agent Going Places is living up to its name. The branch on Northwich High Street has been named the best in the company's north west region, beating 11 other stores - including the Going Places store directly opposite. "It's a friendly competition
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Face of the future
BEVERLEY Davies could be the face that launches a thousand chips - computer chips. The mum of one has just been appointed IT Technician for Flexi Web, Vale Royal's own pioneering distance learning system. "I'm really looking forward to helping businesses
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Eco award
A PIONEERING county council project has won national recognition. The Eco 21 Audit scheme has been highly commended in the National Grid Community 21 Awards. The project gives businesses advice on saving money on heating and lighting bills as well as
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Club charts course for a successful future
HOLLYWOOD stars have them, ordinary people have them and even pets have them. But Annabel Burton has become the first astrologer in the world to create a star chart for a golf course. The Hartford-based star-gazer compiled Vale Royal Abbey Golf Club's
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Petition calls for rat action
A PETITION has been presented to environmental health officers at Vale Royal Borough Council urging them to safeguard against a rat problem ever escalating in the town again. The document, signed by more than 222 people including traders in the town centre
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On the lookout for good neighbours
EVERYBODY needs good neighbours, according to Age Concern, which is looking for volunteers to help older people in Middlewich. The pensioners' charity is keen to find people in the town who can spare an hour or two each week to help somebody in a neighbourly
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Red Lion is set to roar
THE businessman behind the successful transformation of Winsford's Chasers to DBs - now one of Winsford's most popular nightspots - is taking over the Red Lion in Middlewich. Damon Horrill is hoping to re-vamp the run-down pub in Wheelock Street to make
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Have a say on election proposals
A 12-MONTH review that will change the electoral shape of Cheshire was launched yesterday, Tuesday. The Local Government Commission for England is to examine the current composition of the county's electoral divisions. This is because some divisions boast
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Euro beef goes on the menu
WINSFORD's homeless people and families receiving welfare benefits will have the chance to claim a share of Europe's beef mountain - free of charge. Vale Royal Borough Council is to distribute almost 18,000 cans of stewed steak through the area as part
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The tragic secret of Ulrika's stalker
THE bizarre double life of a Middlewich businessman who stalked Gladiators' presenter Ulrika Jonsson and TV star Terry Wogan for months before killing himself has been uncovered. Nicholas Rathbone's campaign of harassment included bombarding them with
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MANHUNT FOR WELSH LANE RAPIST
A TEENAGE girl was dragged down a dirt track and raped by a vicious attacker. The 18-year-old from Winsford was walking home alone from DBs Nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning along Swanlow Lane when the man struck. As she passed Swanlow Lane
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More thought needed over security fence
GREAT SANKEY Parish Council has recently discussed putting a security fence around the Bewsey Barns Community Centre to deter acts of vandalism that have occurred there. Following these discussions the Parish Council applied for the necessary planning
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Filling real job vacancies
MAY I, through the courtesy of your columns, refute the suggestion that the 'Campaign to Support British Nurses' is in any way xenophobic. Quite the reverse; we are working to achieve a situation where any foreign nurse entering this country will be a
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Smoking should be banned at Market
I READ with interest the reader's comments on Warrington Market. I would like to see a 'no smoking' policy, which seems to apply to everywhere but the Market. It sickens me to see people picking fruit and vegetables with cigarettes dangling from their
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Light up the bridge
I CROSS over Kingsway Bridge several times a week and always think how wonderful it must have looked years ago when the lights were lit up. Wouldn't it be nice if we could fix them up for the millennium. A PROUD WARRINGTONIAN Sankey Converted for the
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Celebrate but not yet
I APPLAUD you for publishing the letter from "2001, Orford" containing his rightful claim that the next Millennium will start with year 2001. We are celebrating the year 2000 because it is the final year of this century and this Millennium in the same
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WARRINGTON ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION REVIEW
THE Bridgewater Canal showed it can produce the goods during the Saturday Open match when winner Jonathan Jowett put 29lbs 4ozs 0drms on the scales. His net consisted of four carp but the second spot was made up of 15-15-0 of skimmers and roach with similar
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DANNY BOY EXCELS
A WARRINGTON boxer stunned an audience in Jersey with a devastating power show and has earned an invite to a prestigious tournament in Denmark as a result. Phoenix Amateur Boxing Club's top heavyweight prospect Danny Alcock brought an unexpected end to
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DATE IN POLAND FOR CHESS WHIZZ
WARRINGTON's junior chess whizz kid is off to Poland next week to test his talents against their international players. Eleven-year-old Jody Stanger is one of 20 on the British Chess Federation tour looking to widen their experience at international level
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ALL WISED UP
TWENTY five years ago Warrington Wolves went into their Challenge Cup campaign full of optimism. They are in 1999 too! Warrington went on to reach the final at Wembley and brought the Challenge Cup back to Warrington after a crushing defeat of Featherstone
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SCOTT'S SCRIPT
BOOKWORM Scott Wilson begins a new chapter in his Rugby League career with Warrington Wolves this weekend. Reading novels, biographies and courtroom dramas helps him to relax away from Wilderspool but if he could write his own script then he would be
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Help for warring neighbours
WARRING neighbours across the town could soon have a service designed to step in and sort out the problem. A mediation service for council tenants has been shut down after a lack of interest from householders - but the council is thinking of re-launching
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TV licence dodgers shame the town
WARRINGTON TV licence evaders are still bringing shame and embarrassment on the town, despite general improvement in the League of Shame say TV Licensing officials. When the league was started last July, Warrington was a severe offender, initially placed
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Tasty treats
YOUNGSTERS are invited to become professional food testers for the day. Greenalls is searching for children aged four to 12 to use their picky palettes to devise a new menu at their kitchens on Wilderspool Causeway. If your child is free for an hour from
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Anita sets up home in a tent
A HOMELESS woman is living in a tent on Culcheth's playing fields. Anita Lawton left her home after splitting up with her former partner several weeks ago. She slept in doorways around the town but settled in Culcheth four weeks ago after meeting her
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Shops unite to help cancer sufferers
VILLAGE shops will be working together in March to raise money for cancer research. Businesses from all over Stockton Heath have pledged support to a charity fashion show to be held at the Park Royal Hotel. And it isn't just the village's clothes shops
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Health workers marathon challenge to raise £4,000
THREE health workers will be practising what they preach when they take on the ultimate fitness test - running the London Marathon. Clinic supervisor Barbara Ralph, nurse Alison Ward and health visitor Diane Burns, from Westbrook Medical Centre, will
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Thug assaults woman, 93, and ransacks home
A 93-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after a man assaulted her and forced his way into her home. The robber pushed the elderly victim and gained entry to the house in Hale Street, Orford, at 4.40pm last Friday. He ransacked the property, but
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St Mary's singled out for national recognition
A NEWTON superschool has been named as one of the top 100 in the country by government inspectors. St Mary's RC Junior School, at Barn Way, is one of just 94 primary, middle and nursery schools to be singled out for national recognition by HM Chief Inspector
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Peaceful solution to neighbour troubles - for free
SQUABBLING neighbours now have the chance to talk about their disputes with a voluntary mediation group. St Helens Mediation and Dispute Service (MEND) is offering neighbours the chance to resolve their disputes at an early stage and is an alternative
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Charity quiz
TAX your brains with a charity quiz in aid of Newton Community Hospital on Friday, February 19. The fun begins at Simon Vickers Social Club at 7.30pm. The entry fee of £2 per person includes refreshments. For more details call 222731. Converted for the
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Bogus callers warning to elderly
POLICE are warning Newton householders to be on their guard after bogus officials gained access to the home of a 73-year-old lady. On Tuesday, February 9, three men posing as officers from the water authority conned their way into the woman's home at
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Train passenger set to sue Man fell between train and platform
A MAN who fell between the train and the platform at Earlestown station plans to sue the operators he claims were negligent. Anthony Hand, aged 21, of Crow Lane West, slipped on black ice at the station while disembarking from a return trip to Manchester
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Sahara trek
CALLING all adventurers. If trekking across the Sahara desert excites you, a hiking trip is being organised later this year to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. Berber guides will lead you across 100 kilometres of the world's most famous desert
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Mayor at bus launch
MAYOR of St Helens, councillor David Craig, is to help launch the new Merseytravel bus facility in Lord Street, Earlestown, on February 25. The ceremony starts at 12 noon and a plaque will be unveiled to mark the occasion. After this guests will travel
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Store backs peace centre with £5,000 donation
A WARRINGTON superstore is backing a peace initiative which sends students to Northern Ireland to gain a greater understanding of the province's troubles. Marks and Spencer at the Gemini Retail Park handed over a cheque for £5,000 to help fund the Tim
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I love you
LOVING couples who want to do something different this Valentine's Day are reaffirming their marriage vows in a special ceremony. Taking place at Newchurch Parish Church, the service will give those who are still very much in love the opportunity to re-live
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Honour for Louise
YEARS of hard work have paid off for Howley graduate Louise Williams. The former Woolston High School head girl, of St Elphin's Close, is in the know after gaining a BA Combined Studies honours degree from Sheffield Hallam University. Converted for the
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Libraries pilot opinion survey
WARRINGTON libraries are using the latest technology to carry out a survey among users. Westbrook and Birchwood libraries piloted the scheme which uses hand-held electronic equipment to register people's opinions about library services. Librarian Jo Unsworth
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Carers break from a labour of love
FORWARD thinking Warrington is forging ahead with plans to offer a sympathetic ear to the town's army of carers. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has announced a multi-million pound package to aid people who look after the elderly and handicapped.
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Vicar blessed home after Kathryn's murder
THE new owners of the house where Kathryn Linaker was murdered called in a vicar to bless the property, they have revealed. But the couple, who do not want to be named, had no qualms about moving into the luxury detached home in Tannery Lane, Penketh,
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Mandy will go to any lengths for daughter Keeley
THE MUM of a young handicapped girl has found that fund-raising can be a hair-raising experience. Mandy Palmer, of Livingstone Close, Old Hall, decided she would go to any length to send her daughter, Keeley, back to a dolphin therapy centre in Florida
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Top of the tots!
A TRAILBLAZING nursery has been singled out for high praise by Chief Inspector of Schools Chris Woodhead. Outstanding work by all associated with Padgate Nursery has earned the pre-school an honourable mention from Mr Woodhead in a report to the House
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Caring brewery tracks down
A LITTLE girl's love affair with a teddy bear changed from tears to laughter when a surprise gift was delivered to her door. Emma Hill, of Livingstone Close, Callands, fell in love with the cuddly bear when her family went for a meal at the Memphis Belle
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Lib Dems hit out at above inflation rent increase
LIBERAL democrats have hit out at plans to increase council house rents at above the rate of inflation. Borough leaders voted to increase rent by 7.8 per cent, as opposed to an average inflation-based rise of 5.5 per cent, at a housing committee meeting
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PENSIONER, 88, FIGHTS BACK
A BRAVE pensioner held at knifepoint by a serial robber told him: "I'm not afraid of you." The battling 88-year-old refused to back down despite being face-to-face with a sneering thug linked to a string of increasingly violent attacks on elderly people
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Town is UK's top 25 for economic development
WARRINGTON'S booming economy has earned it a place in the top 25 of Britain's most prosperous places. A study by the General Municipal and Boilermakers' trade union placed the town 21st, together with Halton, on a list of regions achieving above average
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Fire damages house pantry
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in Moss Side Lane, Rixton, on Friday after a gas-fired boiler caught fire. The blaze, which caused damage to the pantry of the house, was started by an electrical fault. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001
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Milking life to the full
LIVING life to the max has a new meaning for farmer's wife Susan Rowland who was given a new heart in a lifesaving transplant a year ago this week. The active 60-year-old is looking forward to celebrating Valentine's Day by going about her normal duties
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Delighted not to be in polluters top 100
WARRINGTON'S industry is cleaning up its act, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth. The environmental group has launched 'Factory Watch,' a campaign to reduce the public's exposure to health-threatening pollution. This includes a league table
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New hospital directors appointed
CLASSMATES have voted pupils into top jobs at Birchwood CE Primary School. Year 6 pupils at the Admirals Road school voted for Paul Walker to be this term's head boy and for his deputy to be Michael Heardman, aged 10. Head girl Laura Smith and her deputy
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Football fanatic dies playing game he loved
THE family of a football mad dad of two has spoken of the shock at his death playing the game he loved. Terry Williams suffered a heart attack as he took part in a five-a-side competition in Manchester last week. He was just 39 years old. Terry, who was
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It's a responsible budget say Labour
WARRINGTON'S proposed budget for this year is so good that the opposition parties are having a hard time opposing it, according to the ruling Labour group. The proposed budget for 1999-2000 was unveiled at the council's Policy Meeting on Monday night.
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Town could test drive road charging plans
WARRINGTON'S motorists could be the first to test new technology which may be used in a scheme to charge road users. The moves are part of a Government scheme called 'Breaking the Logjam.' This document highlights the need for new traffic management measures
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Terry follows his dream all the way!
A FORMER Winsford man who has achieved his life-long ambition says that dreams are there to be followed. Terry Finnegan had always been passionate about the theatre and recently decided to set up his own production company in London. And the opening night
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From drill hall to bingo hall
THIS week's article concludes the history of the Dingle Lane Drill Hall. It is a sign of the times when someone won, in just one game of bingo, more than 10 times what the original building cost to build and furnish. I described the Drill Hall last week
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Deadly Dale keeps Barnton on course
Barnton 4 Middlewich 0 DAVID Dale blasted a half hour hat-trick as Barnton trounced Middlewich to stay 11 points clear at the top of the table. He scored twice before the break and added a third in the second period as the hosts moved closer to another
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Revenge is sweet for classy Blues
Winsford Utd 2 Gainsborough Trinity 0 Unibond Premier Division By Nick Smith THE lowest league crowd of the season at Barton Stadium witnessed one of the most convincing victories as the Blues swept aside their FA Trophy conquerors with ease. Gainsborough's
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End to council red tape
BUSINESSES could have less red tape to cut through if a new initiative proves successful. Council chiefs wants to work more closely with firms they have to check on, to make the process easier. The council is responsible for making sure a wide variety
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Jump to it
HELP is at hand for Winsford and Middlewich residents who want to take several steps closer to getting fit. Jackie Carlin runs aerobic classes which cater for beginner and intermediate level fitness enthusiasts and there are still places available. Jackie
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You are doing fine
CONGLETON Borough Council's performance is up to scratch, according to a recently published report. The Citizen's Charter Performance Indicator for 1998 was published on December 31, and the contents of it were discussed at a meeting of the council's
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Top award for drink-drive video
A VIDEO illustrating the dangers of drinking and driving to Winsford and Middlewich youngsters has become an award-winning production. It has been highly commended by the Prince Michael Road Safety Awards Scheme. Three separate versions of Taking the
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Desert island adventure
A WINSFORD-based drama club is inviting local residents to join up for an evening on a desert island. The Over Players company is staging a pantomime production of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe which opens tonight, Wednesday. The pantomime tells the
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Asda cafe has to close down
PLANS to close a popular supermarket cafe have caused concern among Winsford shoppers who say it is a meeting place for hundreds each day, particularly the disabled and elderly. The Coffee Bar, situated in Winsford's Asda store, will shut down at the
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Victory as Wharton wins estate battle
BATTLING Wharton residents could have at last won their fight with Vale Royal Borough Council for money to be pumped into the crumbling estate. The authority has proposed to spend £250,000 on renovation work over a three-year period. Although Crook Lane
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Arson probe
TEENAGE arsonists have been blamed for a blaze which gutted the first floor of a terraced property in Stephenson Walk, Winsford. The fire was reported just before 7pm on Saturday night and three fire crews attended using breathing apparatus and hose reels
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We don't want to be a dump
I WRITE in response to a letter published in the Winsford & Middlewich Guardian regarding Minosus Limited who are seeking planning permission to dump waste in the Jack Lane mine shaft. I do not believe a mine could ever be a safe place to store chemicals
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Black ice? What's that?
AS a motorist I, too, was absolutley horrified at the driving conditions on the Warrington and district roads. But what happened to the council gritters? Nowhere to be seen. In fact, on making inquiries, I found they were not out gritting the roads. After
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Save these trees
WITH regards to the trees Mrs Clarke is concerned over, and rightly so, about 70 sycamores, young and old, have been bulldozed down on Lovely Lane near Bewsey Old School. If anyone is interested there are about 20 - 30 left. I am too old to save them.
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JUNIOR AND YOUTH RUGBY LEAGUE
Rylands Sharks u7 36 Blackbrook u7 12 AN excellent performance from Rylands. Try tat-tricks came from James Mendeika and Daniel Phillips with others from Lee Beswick, Jordon Burke and Jason Brookes. Special award winner was Chris Meacock, top tackler
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LYMM ANGLING CLUB NEWS
LYMM Angling Club's Senior Match Group have again done the club proud by winning the Mid-Cheshire Winter League. This competition has nationally accredited teams taking part. The competition in this event is fierce, making victory that little bit sweeter
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GLANCE GUIDE TO WARRINGTON SPORT
ANGLING Lymm Angling Club results: The Angling Club Insurance Winter League: 1, Dave Woodworth, 4lbs-2ozs-0drms; 2, Dave Farrimond, 2-14-10; 3, Mark Thomas, Sam Newell, 2-11-12. Club Championship Winter League, Old Quay Canal: 1, Terry Middleton, 5-14
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SOAP DISAPPOINT
Hull Dockers 32 Crosfields 6 CROSFIELDS' performance lacked the consistency and commitment to win this game, or indeed any game within National Conference Division Two. Soap looked to be a man or two down for much of the game and if it had not been for
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MUNTON'S DOUBLE HIT
Woolston Rovers 22 Askam 18 ROVERS got back to winning ways in the National Conference Premier Division. And in their morale-boosting win they welcomed back second row Stewart Cash who had been sidelined for almost two years with a bad knee injury. Rovers
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DAWSON RINGS ALARMS' BELLS
Review of Warrington Sunday Soccer League NEIL Barker bagged all the goals in Cheshire Hawthorne's 4-0 resounding victory against Kembledean in Warrington Sunday Soccer League's Premier Division. Greenwood Star Alarms stormed to the top of Division One
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BIRCH'S SILVER LINING
All the latest news from the Warrington soccer scene DATEN have found their form again in the Warrington Soccer League Premier Division. They outwitted Greenalls 5-1 with Chris Ward leading the way with two goals and there was one apiece from Neil Matthews
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BEN'S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
IN their first major meet this year the swimmers from Warriors of Warrington dominated the Holywell Open Meet in north Wales. The swimmers recorded several personal best times and for some there was the added bonus of achieving national qualifying times
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GARRATT NEW PRESIDENT OF RUGBY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
WARRINGTON Wolves' former vice-chairman is the new Rugby Football League president. Bill Garratt's chain of office will bring him maximum entries in his social diary as he will be representing the RFL at various functions around the country over the next
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WOLVES IN CONFIDENT MOOD
IT is not surprising there is confidence and optimism in abundance around Wilderspool at the start of Warrington Wolves' 1999 campaign. The quality players on Warrington Wolves' substitute's bench for their opening Challenge Cup tie with Featherstone
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SCOTT'S SCRIPT FOR WOLVES
BOOKWORM Scott Wilson begins a new chapter in his Rugby League career with Warrington Wolves this weekend. Reading novels, biographies and courtroom dramas helps him to relax away from Wilderspool but if he could write his own script then he would be
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THE DARRYL VAN DE VELDE COLUMN
WILDERSPOOL is a good place to be at present. Everyone's optimistic about the season ahead and I am certainly looking forward to it. The team now has to build on the good, positive start we had against St. Helens in the trial game two weeks ago. We've
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Bishop meets women clergy
WOMEN clergy from all over Warrington met with the Bishop of Liverpool at a specially organised meeting. The Right Reverend James Jones was invited to meet female clergy from all over the Diocese of Liverpool by the Rev Lesley Bentley, Dean of the women's
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Viaduct drama as lorry crashes through barriers
TRAFFIC ground to a halt on the town's roads on Friday after a refrigeration lorry jack-knifed on Thelwall Viaduct. Just after 6am, emergency services were called to the southbound carriageway of the M6 to rescue the articulated wagon. It had smashed
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Market's prize give-away to bring back shoppers
A MASSIVE prize give-away is planned for next week in a bid to bring shoppers back to Warrington's troubled market. Top prize for one lucky customer will be a new car. Last October, traders spoke out about their fears for the future of the council-run
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Band makes sweet music thanks to Round Table
YOUNGSTERS from Padgate's Freshman Drum and Bugle Corps are blowing their own trumpets thanks to a cash injection from Warrington Round Table. After a winning year in national band competitions, the Corps is on a fundraising drive to help them start 1999
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Showtime with Punch and Judy
PUNCH and Judy showed Croft youngsters the way to do it at a theatre workshop at their school. The Mustard Lane primary school echoed to cries of 'sausages' as the infants and juniors watched special tailor-made performances. The entertainment was staged
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Family theme to panto
THERE'S a family theme to this year's pantomime by the Daresbury Panto Group, which takes place tonight, Friday, at the Milner Institute in Moore. Villagers aged from four to 40 have got involved with all parts of their production of "Robin Hood", including
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Business as usual at Help Aged shops
HELP The Aged has denied reports that shops are to close because of a slump in high street sales. The charity, with shops in Warrington and Stockton Heath, has seen a £1 million drop in profits over the past year. But a spokesman insisted it would not
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Waste view
RESIDENTS across Newton are being offered the chance to help shape waste disposal strategies for the next millennium. Every year the people of Merseyside throw away 670,000 tonnes of waste - enough to fill three football stadiums to the brim twice a year
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Ring bells to mark ban
EURO MP Terry Wynn is ap-pealing to Newton's churches to ring their bells to commemorate a ban on landmines. Mr Wynn is urging bellringers in Newton to join others all over Europe at 12 noon on March 1, when the anti-landmine agreement will be signed
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Dancing down yellow brick road to stardom
A MULTI-TALENTED youngster is dancing down the yellow brick road to stardom - at the age of four! Danielle Brown-Crowther trod the boards at Manchester's famous Palace Theatre in a musical production of the Wizard of Oz. Danielle, of Edge Green Lane,
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Learning the energy saving lesson
SCHOOL children could be saving their families hundreds of pounds in household bills following special energy saving classroom lessons. The second part of NORWEB's Energy Champions education programme, themed 'Save it, Don't Waste It', took place this
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'I wish to rebuild a life for my children'
THE husband of drama queen killer Jenny Cupit has revealed his heartache at the murder of deputy head Kathryn Linaker - and countered speculation about his marriage. Computer industry worker Nick Cupit has insisted he knew nothing about former hairdresser
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Go West
LINE dance fanatics kicked off daytime classes this week at Newton Community Centre. The Go West Disco is attracting everyone from experienced line dancers to people looking to try something new. The classes cost £1.50 and are being held at Newton Community
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Mum still in secure hospital
MOTHER of "babe in the wood" Charlotte Jones is continuing to be assessed by medical experts. Michelle Jones, aged 24, was set to appear before magistrates last Friday charged with wilfully abandoning three-year-old Charlotte at Gypsy Wood and causing
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The only bit of green space we've got left
LATE-ditch efforts are being made to preserve a wildlife haven threatened by plans for 1,100 new homes. Without a late intervention, the Peel Hall site, off Radley Lane, Houghton Green, could become a massive housing estate - to the horror of nature lovers
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Dawn raid on sports store
DETECTIVES are warning golfers to beware if they are offered cut-price clubs after a raid on a sports store. Burglars escaped with high quality golf equipment worth more than £17,000 after launching a dawn raid at Drive Time in Slutchers Lane. It appears
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Deputy head was a 'kind, considerate and thoughtful friend'
THE husband of drama queen killer Jenny Cupit has revealed his heartache at the murder of Haydock deputy head Kathryn Linaker. Computer industry worker Nick Cupit has insisted he knew nothing about former hairdresser Jenny's steamy 16-month affair with
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Appeal for witnesses
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an arson attack at a Warrington motor showroom. The vandals struck on Wednesday night at Polar Ford, Knutsford Road. One van was set alight and the flames spread to two other vehicles, causing £20,000 damage. Firefighters