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NEVER MIND THE PRICE
MOTHER KNOWS WORST I WAS sickened last week when I saw that footage of the mother teaching her four-year-old child to shoplift. What hope has that boy got if his earliest memories are of stealing things? This woman should be caring for her son's future
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THOUGHT FOR FOOD
IF YOU are what you eat, how can you know what is being added to the food that feeds your family? Recent weeks have seen a storm blow up over the unacknowledged use of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in everyday foods. Major companies have been
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HORNETS ROUND-UP
Halton Hornets u14s 40 Wigan St Patrick's u14s 6 NORMAL service was resumed in this emphatic victory after a couple of sub-standard performances recently. Hornets clicked into gear straight away and opened the scoring when Liam McGovern forced his way
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HERO SHOPKEEPER FOILS RAID
A SHOPKEEPER saw off a would-be robber on Friday night by overpowering him rather than handing over the demanded cash. A teenage boy entered Rae's Off Licence on Sunningdale Avenue just before 9pm on Frriday night and demanded money. The shopkeeper, who
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SECOND CLASS CITIZENS?
FURIOUS residents lashed out at the Royal Mail this week for failing to deliver their early morning post. People living in Hough Green say they are fed up waiting until lunchtime for their letters. "It's outrageous," said one man, who runs a business
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CRY FOR HELP
A WOMAN took a fatal overdose of pills as a cry for help, an inquest at Warrington heard. Margaret Johnson, of Margaret Court, Widnes, died aged 52 of multi-organ failure at a hospital in Leeds. A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner John
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NEW POST OFFICE
AN EXTRA counter is soon to open at the new Widnes post office. The new service inside the Co-op at the Windmill Hill has proved more successful than the two it replaced put together. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting
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COLLEGE'S JOB CUT SHOCK
STAFF numbers at Halton College are to be slashed by one third after management announced this week that 177 staff are to become redundant. The decision was taken last Wednesday night because new funding criteria mean refocusing on local needs and away
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MERCY PLEA SAVES MAN FROM PRISON
BURGLAR Malcolm Colin Campbell escaped prison after his victim begged for mercy, a court heard. Campbell, 31, admitted burglary at a holiday home in the Vale of Clwyd. Mold Crown Court heard how a double-glazed window had been removed from the property
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MULTI-MILLION POUND BUY-OUT
ALBRIGHT and Wilson has been taken over in a deal worth £408 million pounds, with the new boss promising not to make major job cuts. American company Albermarle, which has only one factory in England, made a deal to take over after meetings with A&
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WINDMILL HILL ROUND-UP
Windmill Hill Junior Football Club Pex Hill u10s 3 Windmill Hill u10s 7 IN extremely wet conditions and on a heavy pitch both sides played their part in an entertaining game. Windmill had control of the game throughout but Pex Hill were dangerous on the
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STUBBS SNATCHES VICTORY FOR WIDS
Widnes 16s 10 Sedgley Park u16s 5 Lancashire Cup Semi-Final STUBBS snatched victory in the last second as the team made club history by going through to their third successive Lancashire Cup Final. Baxter scored after 10 minutes, the visitors hooker equalised
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HE'S THE MAN WITH DRIVE...
RED Mansley drove into office on Sunday as the new captain of Widnes Golf Club in the year of the 75th anniversary of the Highfield Road course. Mansley marked his inauguration by leading a team of Widnes members in a match against a team led by his predecessor
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A picnic for West Bank Bears
West Bank A 20 Parkside Golborne A 13 IT was 20 minutes before the Bank added to an early lead from a penalty from full-back Mark Higgins. Matthew White broke clear to send centre Tony Fillingham to the line, Mark Higgins added the conversion. With the
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Worksop 2
Runcorn FC 1 RUNCORN remain in a parlous position in the Unibond League after suffering their tenth defeat of the season away to Worksop on Saturday. Despite improved league results under Mark Carter, Runcorn are fourth last in the league, three points
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LINNETS AWAIT PLANNING DECISION
RUNCORN FC could know by the end of the month whether their plan to leave Canal Street to shoppers is to fall at the first hurdle. Developers Morbaine have asked Halton Council for permission to build a supermarket with parking at the club's current home
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Plettac NSG Runcorn Sunday League
Results for February 28: Premier Division: Castle 2 Wellie 2; Cherry Sutton v Burma Star, off; St Andrews 3 Norton Arms 1. First Division: Golden Wonder 5 Columbas Old Boys 3; Union Tavern 1 High Leigh 2; Waterloo 4 Red Admiral 1; Hough Green v Simms
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MOND STUNG
Mond Reserves 1 Helsby BICC 7 MOND manager Rod Looker was bitterly disappointed with his team's performance against high-flying Helsby BICC. We have had some good results over the past few weeks but we just did not perform on Saturday. We missed Martin
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Mixed fortune for Albion Bulls
Oldham St Anne's 24 Widnes Albion Bulls 10 ON a very heavy pitch the Albion forwards held their own against with good work by Geoff Williams and Mick Donnelly with Ste Lightfoot. A try by Geoff Jackson off a pass by Darren Yates kept the Albion in the
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RICH REWARDS
RICH rewards are the result of the conservation work being carried out on the magnificent statue of St Christopher from Norton Priory. Head of sculpture conservation John Larson was delighted to discover that the earliest paint on the St Christopher statue's
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KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY
A BURGLAR robbed a couple at knifepoint after a midnight raid on their Runcorn home. The man broke into the house on Halton Road shortly after midnight on Tuesday, February 23. He threatened the occupants with a knife before fleeing with an unquantified
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SEX ATTACK APPEAL
POLICE are asking for witnesses to an attempted indecent assault at Runcorn at the weekend to come forward. The incident happened on Sunday night when a woman was walking near to her home in Halton Brow. She was approached from behind by a man who tried
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HUNDREDS BID FINAL FAREWELL TO CANCER CHAMPION DOM
AROUND 300 mourners came to honour courageous cancer champion Dom Valdez, hailed this week as one of Runcorn's most famous sons. His funeral cortege was so long a police escort led it through the streets on its final journey. Crusading Dom, 59, touched
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Miracles
One man's vision that was built with tender loving care Keep Dom's dream alive! Help From Page 1 Haven founder dies - safe in the knowledge that cancer care centre is spared CRUSADING cancer champion Dom Valdez died suddenly this week - the day after
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BOY HURT ON BUSWAY
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy is in hospital with serious injuries after an accident in which he was involved in a collision with a bus in Murdishaw last Wednesday. Brookvale comprehensive pupil Aaron Jamisson, of Mooring Close, was at the busway junction with Barnfield
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HAVEN APPEAL CHEER
WE'RE almost two-thirds of the way towards our £25,000 target! That's the heartening message as our World appeal to Save Halton Haven Hospice reached £14,700 this week. In the days following the sudden death of cancer care centre founder Dom Valdez, £2,200
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THROUGH THE MONEY MAZE
IF YOU are about to be made redundant, you will be going through one of the most stressful and uncertain times of your life. You may have been with the same company since you left school, and had hoped that this would be a job for life. Unfortunately,
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VIKINGS STING HORNETS
Widnes Vikings 6 Rochdale Hornets 2 WIDNES will be glad to have emerged from this game with two more points towards their main objective of winning the Northern Ford Premiership, but will have to find several extra gears when they meet superior opposition
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VIKINGS CUP TICKETS
REMAINING tickets for the Widnes v Leeds cup tie will be on general sale from Thursday, March 11. Prices are: North Stand £10, £5 concessions; South Stand £13, £6.50 concessions. The shop will be open 9am-4pm and 7pm-9pm on Thursday, 9am-5pm Friday, 9am
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TEN-OUT-OF-TEN FOR ST MIKE'S
Widnes St Michael's u12s 10 Ashton Bears u12s 0 WIDNES produced a magnificent display to take them through to the semi-finals of the cup. Ashton are probably one of the better sides in this Division but their reputation was a little greater than their
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ALL SQUARE FOR MOOREFIELD
HH Moorefield u8s 28 Waterhead u8s 28 IN a very entertaining game, played in bitter cold, both sides produced some excellent rugby. Hornets' try scorers were Adam Prendergast (3), Danny Nelson (2) and Dominic Smith and Tom Siemonhowski one apiece. These
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BOXING CLEVER
Widnes Boxing Club LEE BENNETT, boxing for Widnes Club, gained a unanimous points win over Paul Grant, a local boy at the Princess Royale Amateur boxing show, held at St George's Hotel, Liverpool. In the First Round Lee found it a bit strange boxing against
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BULLS HURT PANTHERS
Widnes Albion Bulls 26 Portico Panthers 12 THE ALBION completed their league programme with a comprehensive win over the side who have won the Division, leaving them to reflect on what might have been. A hat-trick of tries by centre Andy Benson and a
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CRICKET MEETING
Halton AgrEvo Cricket League NOTICE is hereby given that the League's AGM will be held in the Moorfield Sports and Social Club, Moorfield Road, Widnes on Tuesday, March 23 at 8pm. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting
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BATH TRAGEDY
A WIDOWER died of severe burns in his bath after he left the hot tap running, an inquest at Warrington heard on Tuesday. Thomas Wilkinson was found dead in his home on Buckingham Avenue, Widnes, aged 90. His son, Alan, told the hearing: "The death of
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The word is consistency
THE prospect of Leeds in the next round of the Silk Cut may be the talk of Widnes supporters, but to coach Colin Whitfield it is a "distraction". With league success the priority, Colin said of the Challenge Cup: "It's a distraction to me. "We come to
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Widnes Vikings 20
Leigh Centurions 17 VIKINGS hero James Briers leapt like a salmon to catch and score in the dying minutes as Widnes played their get-out-of-jail card to defeat Leigh Centurions at the Auto Quest stadium. Only four minutes remained with the visitors leading
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Results for February 28: Section One: Southbank 5 Halton Arms 4; Dray Nomads 4 Railway 5; Old Transp
Section Two: Royal B 5 Linnets 4; Dockside 7 Union Tavern 2; Waterloo A 6 Croft B 3; Croft A 6 Waterloo B 3; Dukesfield 7 Southbank A 2. Fixtures for March 7: Section One: Southbank v RNA; Blarney Stone v Jolly Brewer; Pavilions v Dray Nutters; Cherry
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GOLDEN WONDER WIN CRUNCH BATTLE
Plettac NSG Runcorn Sunday League GOLDEN WONDER go to the top of the Plettac Runcorn Sunday League First Division after defeating leaders High Leigh 3-6. Brake and Hughes (2) were on target for the home side but these were cancelled out by Burton (3),
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TRANNY DERBY DELIGHT
Old Transporter 3 Norton 1 THE TRANNY progressed to the Quarter-Final of the Challenge Cup after defeating Norton on a very heavy pitch at Pavilions. The first-half was played with Norton playing five in midfield and one up front, where as the Tranny
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Tranny on top
Old Transporter 2 Travellers Rest 0 OLD TRANSPORTER THE semi-final at Pavilions was played in poor weather with gale force winds. Tranny played into the wind and pressed forward but the Travellers packed midfield and just before half-time a fine one-handed
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HELSBY CUP WOE
Old Anselmians 34 Helsby 1st XV 10 HELSBY went out in the quarter-finals of the Cheshire Cup against opposition from two divisions higher. Although the scoreline did not reflect the true outcome of the game, Helsby looked like they were going to come
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Hornets are buzzing
St Helens Crusaders u14s 22 Halton Hornets u14s 29 NWC Premier League HORNETS had a disastrous start when in the opening minute dropped possession gave Crusaders the chance to take a 6-0 lead. A cracking try from skipper Liam McGovern converted by Ste
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Halton's girl power
Halton Borough Girls u12s 4 Longmoor Barcelona u12s 7 HALTON showed that they can compete with the best in the division, being 4-0 down at half-time gave the borough side a mountain to climb. In the first-half Halton only played their passing game sporadically
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Results for February 25: Section One: Cherry Tree A Team 3 Lion Doo Waps 6; Roundhouse A 6 Halfway A
Section Two: Likely Lads 4 Pirates 5; Norton Arms 6 Docksiders 3; The Tup 4 Pavilions 5; Weston Point SC 4 RNA 5; Waterloo 5 Crofters 4. Section Three: Raven 3 Draymen 6; Beachers 3 The Burma 6; Dreadnaughts 5 Railway 4; Lion 5 Fiddlers III 4; Outcasts
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Strong Gen Chems
General Chemicals FC 7 Pavilions Reserves 2 A STRONG General Chemicals side were not to give them another giant killing act, at half-time Chemics led by six goals 6-0. Steve Arnold was the only Chemics scorer in the second period. The Chems other scorers
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POLICE HUNT BUS VANDALS
POLICE are trying to clamp down on teenagers throwing stones at buses after the latest incident left a passenger injured. The passenger was left bruised after two large stones were thrown through the window of a bus travelling along Runcorn town centre
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JOBS BOOST?
A DECISION to announce 1,000 temporary jobs in Runcorn in the same week as the ONS branch office received its death sentence has been branded "cosmetic". While politicians welcomed news that ICL will be setting up at Halton Lea for the 2001 census, employing
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MENINGITIS SCARE
HUNDREDS of children were kept away from a Runcorn primary school by worried parents on Monday after two children were taken to hospital suffering with meningitis. Woodside Primary in Halton Lodge was opened on Saturday to allow children from the Reception
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GUARD SMASHED COMPANY CAR
A SECURITY officer who took his girlfriend for a joyride in a company car he was meant to be guarding ended up smashing it into a lamp post, a court heard last Thursday. Peter Bond then offered a witness £300 to "keep his mouth shut", Warrington Crown
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CANCER CENTRE FOUNDER DIES
CRUSADING cancer champion Dom Valdez died suddenly this week - as he battled to save his beloved Halton Haven. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at his Palacefields home in Runcorn, aged 59, early on Saturday morning. It follows months of stress
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TELECOM TAKEOVER
RUNCORN-bound telecommunications firm Martin Dawes has been taken over by Cellnet in a multi-million pound move which could see job expansion in Halton. Cellnet announced the £130 million takeover on Monday. The company's move to its new Preston Brook
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ACCUSATIONS ON FILE
A PENSIONER accused of committing indecent assault will not now stand trial. Cyril Blower, 77, of Crow Wood Lane, Widnes, has been found unfit to stand trial on nine counts of indecent assault. Mr Blower, who had denied all the charges, successfully argued
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JOBS LOST
ANOTHER 30 jobs have been lost in Runcorn after can manufacturers Nacanco made a quarter of staff working at its factory on the Whitehouse Industrial Estate redundant last week. Nacanco spokesman Ian Higgins said the redundancies were caused by a fall
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ASBESTOS TRAGEDY
RETIRED joiner Brian Hughes, 67, died from a malignant tumour caused through exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard this week. Mr Hughes, of Pine Road, Runcorn, died at home in September. Widow Irene Hughes told the hearing her husband had worked as a
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ROAD SIGN ROW
NEW road signs claiming that Halton Hospital has an accident and emergency unit were condemned this week as "misleading" and "inaccurate". Runcorn mum Maureen Mainwaring has been campaigning for an A&E unit for 16 years since her son Jimmy, 18, was
