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Steels' partner named deputy judge
A FIRM of Warrington solicitors have scored a hat trick now that one of their partners has been named as a Deputy District Judge. John Culleton becomes the third man from Steels, the Bold Street firm, to be given the honour. He will join his colleagues
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A winning team
THE Birchwood office of BHA Skyes Waterhouse, formerly Osborne Estate Agents, have been named as the top office in the company's northern region. As reward for this achievement the branch manager, Ray Egan, will be enjoying a weekend in Prague. Mr Egan
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Council's dictorial ways
FURTHER to my letter in the GUARDIAN, February 5, I wonder how the fair-minded people of Warrington who are buying their houses through a building society or a bank loan would feel if the lender wrote to them and said that from a certain date they would
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Let's build at Bank Park
COULD I through your columns, offer a little advice to the 'planners' and 'inspectors' regarding housing development? My plan is to shut Bank Park, cut down the trees, take down the Golden Gates and build houses on it, including the town hall lawns, right
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More plain speaking please
HE GUARDIAN reports the comments by Clr. Gartside about the Labour Council budget. They have a distinct whiff of smugness, tinged with arrogance. No mention of the sale of the waste disposal business because it was making too much money! Or the enormous
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Linked by association - nothing else
EVERY good scientist knows about cause and effect - where one thing leads directly to another - and association, where two things have no connection at all but are placed side by side in order to make it appear as though there is a connection. It would
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WARRINGTON SOCCER LEAGUE ROUND UP
EAGLE Sports are now clear leaders in the Warrington Soccer League Premier Division. They overturned Daten 5-1 and their cause was helped as their nearest challengers Whiston Cross and Crosfields battled out a 4-4 draw. Riverplate came up trumps at Moorfield
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NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FOR NUTLEY
DANNY Nutley is playing it cool this season. The popular Warrington Wolves prop forward is chilled out going into Sunday's huge Silk Cut Challenge Cup fifth round tie with Halifax Blue Sox. He says: "I've changed. Last year I got a bit uptight going into
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LYMM ANGLING CLUB COLUMN
WITH last week's rain and gales, fishing in open waters made presentation virtually impossible for Lymm Angling Club. Member Chris Knox was determined not to allow the elements to stand in the way of his fishing and set out his stall on Village Pool.
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AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE ROUND UP
Latchford Albion u8 20 Rylands Sharks u8 32 LATCHFORD played their first match against vastly experienced opposition and emerged with great credit. In a thrilling contest played under the Victoria Park floodlights, Latchford equalled Rylands until their
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ABBA POOL LEAGUE
LEAGUE leaders Bank Quay played hosts to third placed Jolly Falstaff in Division One of the Abba Cars Pool. It was tight until Bank took control in frames five and six with D. Maguire delivering the killer blow. Second placed St. Oswalds lost the first
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TOWN'S RUGBY LEAGUE HARMONY
WARRINGTON'S Rugby League community is in harmony to work towards an explosion of the sport in the town. Super League club Warrington Wolves, Warrington Borough Council, schools, clubs, referees, associations and the media were all well represented at
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WARRINGTON DUO SHINE IN EUROPEAN GOLF CUP
A PAIR of Warrington golfers came within a whisker of winning the European Nations Cup in Portugal. Ron Cliffe and Bill Clay led the field for more than an hour after completing their second round before three teams forced their way in front. And the
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GIBBONS TRY THE BEST OF NINE FOR SOAP
Crosfields 48 New Earswick 10 SOAP dominated this National Conference League Division Two game throughout with some enterprising Rugby League. The players supported each other admirably which led to the highest home score of the season. Against the run
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DARRYL VAN DE VELDE COLUMN
COACHES, players and supporters are starting to get used to the Rugby League rules again after the changes introduced during the close-season. I am happy with the changes because I think they will allow for the ball to be in play for longer periods and
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McCURRIE GIVEN CUP NOD
WARRINGTON Wolves will go into Sunday's mouthwatering Challenge Cup tie against Halifax Blue Sox with dynamic attacking intentions. Explosive runner Steve McCurrie will start for the first time this season and Australian whippet Dean Hanger is in contention
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Warning for TV cheats
TELEVISION licence dodgers are being warned to pay up or be prosecuted. Licensing teams will be stepping up inquiries in the town to target TV cheats. 3,500 people have been caught since April 1998 for not paying the £97.50 fee, a figure that puts the
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SIEGE ENDS IN SHOOTING
A COMMUNITY is in shock after witnessing a gun-toting teenager shot by police after a four-hour siege. James Souster, aged 18, threatened to kill himself and officers during a tense stand-off outside his home at Belvedere Road, Newton, on Friday. Two
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Headteacher's praise for pupils after poor Ofsted report
THE HEADTEACHER of a Newton school which fared poorly in this week's performance tables says her pupils should not be branded failures. The Manor Junior School falls short of regional and national averages in the Government's Key Stage 2 results tables
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Ready for the 21st century
Council chiefs have hailed the opening of Warrington Museum's two new galleries as the first step towards establishing a cultural quarter in the town. Borough leaders and members of Warrington's arts community attended the official launch of the Earth
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Junction 8 m-way
inquiry begins THE long-awaited public inquiry into a new motorway junction on the M62 is set to get underway today, Tuesday. The inquiry, led by Inspector Sir Norman King, will consider Highway Agency plans to build a new junction eight on the M62 to
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£95,000 cash boost will help Newton's patients
A £95,000 cash boost for nearby hospitals is set to help heal Newton's broken bones. Patients at Newton Community Hospital's orthopaedic department will benefit from new surgical equipment, thanks to a Government windfall aimed at reducing waiting times
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Man was hanging from window
POLICE say a man found hanging out of a window at a South Avenue home died of natural causes. Detectives have closed the file into the case after the findings of a post mortem examination conducted in Macclesfield last Friday. Firefighters released the
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Job losses at Greenalls
Jobs are to be axed at Greenalls' head office as part of a £5 million cost cutting package. Up to 30 jobs, spread across divisions of the leisure giant's Greenalls Avenue HQ, will be lost - and further redundancies have not been ruled out. Another 40
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Focus on crime strategy
Residents are being invited to have their say on Warrington's crime strategy tonight, Tuesday Police chiefs in the town want to hear the public's views on the completed Crime Audit, which will help shape the Community Safety Strategy for the town over
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In the frame
A "business" run by students at Great Sankey High School, Warrington, won an award at a Young Enterprise Trade Fair organised by the Borough Council. Schools set up stalls in Golden Square. Great Sankey's company, selling mirrors and photo frames, received
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U-NET invest
WARRINGTON based internet service provider U-NET have strengthened their position as one of the UK's top 10 ISPs. U-NET chose NORWEB Communications to provide a dedicated 45mb link to the internet hub in Manchester. Jim Brooks, marketing manager, says
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De Vere, St David's share bridal suite
A MERGER has been announced between two of the region's top hotel groups. Warrington-based De Vere Group are now in partnership with St David's Hotels of Chester and North Wales. The agreement was signed by Greenall's Hotel and Leisure's marketing and
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On course to beat the bug
MORE than 200 companies in the area have taken advantage of Business Link Warrington's Millennium Bug Busting seminars and now the Government has made more money available so the courses are now extended to the end of June. The opportunity has been extended
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Whatever happened to all those notes?
DURING the war when I was at Burtonwood, world famous people would entertain the troops. Bing Crosby came and sang in a hangar. I was invited and had a front view - he was on a huge pile of engine boxes as a stage. Afterwards, in his car with the window
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Third attempt to push housing plan
I HAVE recently been made aware of the fresh plans to develop Peel Hall with 1100 dwellings. To my knowledge this is the third attempt to push through the development of this area and so I would like to put forward the following points. 1. This area by
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Warm heart
I WOULD like to express my thanks to all those passers-by and local traders who helped me out when I took an unexpected "dive" to the hard pavement on Thursday, February 18. I often hear it said that Warrington has become too big and impersonal. Well,
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Seems to be an act of madness
I WOULD like to endorse strongly all the comments made regarding the threatening plans to develop Radley Common, Houghton Green, into a massive housing estate of 1100 homes. As well as being a very important refuge for wildlife (which manicured park land
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Postal service no good
BIG DEAL, second class postage stamps have been reduced by 1p. It should have been quartered and so should have first class, the service is disgusting. I remember, during the war, posting letters in a morning to Blackpool RAF and getting a reply the next
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Should be proud auditor is satisfied
I WOULD like to respond to the letter in last week's GUARDIAN, criticising the local authority in relation to its 'Management Speak.' The local authority was recently congratulated by other organisations and the District Auditor in relation to the clarity
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Planting lots of trees
"TREE lover" (letters, January 29) will be pleased to know that in the past two years the Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council has planted trees (with help from members of the public) at the playing fields at Barley Road and Euclid Avenue and outside
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Still battling after all these years
TEN years ago residents of Culcheth and Glazebury discovered that they could be losing large areas of open land to the north and east of Culcheth to development. A packed meeting at Culcheth High School the following January amalgamated the residents
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Let there be light
I READ with interest, "Proud Warringtonians" comments regarding Kingsway Bridge and have wondered for some time if it would be possible for someone to speak to the owners of the other major waterway in the town, to do something with lighting the four
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WOOLSTON SURVIVE LATE SCARE
Heworth 12 Woolston 14 ROVERS recorded their third win on the trot in a well contested National Conference League Premier Division tie in York thanks to a brace of tries from full back Peter Livett and the accuracy of captain Graham Smith's boot. But
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JAMES TOPS 200
Warrington RUFC 18 Aspull 11 WARRINGTON Rugby Union Club finally laid to rest their bogy team Aspull in a pulsating Lancashire Trophy tie. Victory also brought them the reward of a visit to Vale of Lune in the last eight of the competition plus entry
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GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
Warrington Town 5 Oldham Town 0 SAVOUR the sensational goalscoring skills of Damien Whitehead at Warrington Town before it is too late. His four goals against basement side Oldham took his total to 27 this season and his outstanding record is again attracting
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TETLEY WALKER MOVING ON UP
Tetley Walker 2 Woodley Sports 0 TWO first half goals against Woodley Sports lifted battling Tetley Walker into fifth place in North Western Trains League Division Two. Woodley started the game brightly and caused their hosts numerous problems but Walker
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WARRINGTON SUNDAY SOCCER LEAGUE ROUND UP
THE form book was turned completely on its head when Warrington Sunday Soccer League Division One leaders Greenwood Star Alarms lost their first game of the season. They went down 2-1 to Wanderers who are struggling but they had heroes in goalscorers
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PETER DEAKIN SPORTS TALK
WARRINGTON Wolves supporters felt heartened by the words of Peter Deakin and a colleague from Saracens RU Club at a 'sport in the community' forum staged by the Warrington Collegiate Institute. The event gave fans a glimpse of how the Wolves plan to move
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MOORE RUN RIOT IN TITLE HUNT
Owestry 0 Moore RUFC 92 MOORE Rugby Union Club's biggest win for many seasons took them another step closer to securing the Thwaites South Lancashire/Cheshire Division Three title on Saturday. Owestry had no answer to Moore's backs, who scored 10 of the
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WARRINGTON ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION COLUMN
RECENT floods on the River Dane have done the Warrington Anglers' Association a favour by scouring out some new deep swims where banks were undercut by the torrents. The River Mersey has seen some high tides this past week which have brought in a new
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GLANCE GUIDE TO RESULTS AND FIXTURES
ANGLING: Lymm Angling Club results: Thursday's Sankey Canal match, Sankey Bridges: 1, P. Burton, 13lb 10ozs 0drms; 2, A. Whalley, 5-12-0; 3, R. Bowden, 5-8-0; 4, I. Armstrong, 2-7-0. The Angling Club Insurance Scheme Winter Series, Sunday, on the Sankey
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Albert's search for former school pals
A FORMER pupil of Hamilton Street Junior Mixed School is seeking his old school pals from 1955/56. Albert Hickson, now living in Peterborough, lost touch with his friends after he moved to Wade Deacon Grammar school in Widnes in 1959. Mr Hickson said:
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Rail bosses vow to protect station
RAIL bosses have pledged to safeguard the future of Earlestown's historic station buildings. Save the Station campaigners feared Railtrack would blow the whistle on Newton's railway heritage after the company decided to remove the station roof. Now St
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Clubber threatened
The 23-year-old man, from the Greater Manchester area, had been leaving The World nightclub on Sunday morning when he was approached by another man. He asked to borrow the clubber's mobile phone to ring a taxi but when his request was turned down, he
