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MESSAGE OF HATE
A HOMEWATCH champion believes his neighbourly actions may have sparked a vendetta on his home. Derek Haslam, of Leatham Close, Oakwood, woke on Monday morning to find his house daubed in paint and his car damaged. He reported the incident and the housing
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Recycling on the cheap
NEWTON folk have been encouraged to go compost crazy as part of a scheme to support recycling. Subsidised home composting units will be available this Sunday, March 28, in a special one day sale. The green initiative, which has Government funding and
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Mo Mowlam visit special: Choir's musical tribute
WARRINGTON Male Voice Choir brought the town's Fleadh to an end and provided a fitting musical tribute on the day that work started on the Peace Centre. The choir performed a song inspired by the Omagh bombing in front of special guests including the
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Buses are first checked in safety clampdown
PASSENGER transport operators are the target of a new initiative to improve safety on the town's roads. Buses, coaches, taxis and minibuses will be the subject of 'multi-agency' spot-checks as borough council transport chiefs join forces with the police
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Learning a painful lesson
I AM sure that the MP for Warrington South, Helen Southworth, strove to maintain balance in her reporting of the budget and its affect on the people of Warrington in her 'Letter from the House' on March 12. Whilst I very much welcome the copying of Tory
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Good postie
I would just like to make a point in praise of postmen. Last week, March 17, was my birthday. A friend posted a card for me on March 16 at 7pm in Liverpool, this is what was on the envelope: Pat, Cambridge Close, Nr. Warrington. Imagine my suprise to
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Not exactly like footpath rage
I NOTICE in Helen Southworth's "Letter From The House" that much Parliamentary time and hot air has been wasted on the Right To Roam and access to the countryside. In 50 years of walking, hiking and generally mooching about the countryside I have never
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Letter from the House
I SEEM to have spent a lot of my time meeting Ministers visiting Warrington recently. Mo Mowlam was here last Saturday and we have also seen John Hutton from the Department of Health and Charles Clarke from the Department for Education and Employment.
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GLANCE GUIDE TO WARRINGTON RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Angling Lymm Angling Club match results: Wednesday's Old Quay Canal match: 1, Jim Shaw, 6lbs 13ozs 8drms, 2, Paul Burton, 6-12-2, 3, Paul Dennitt, 4-13-8, 4, Dave Forbes, 3-5-0. Thursday's Sankey Canal match, Bewsey: 1, Steve Newall, 10-5-12, 2, Bill
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WORLD CUP WONDER
A WARRINGTON businessman will be competing for England in the Touch Rugby World Cup in Australia. Chris Hale will be jetting out to Sydney for three weeks on April 10 with the 24-team tournament kicking-off a week later. Hale, aged 31, a contracts manager
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FIVE WENT IN BUT MANY WERE MISSED
Tetley Walker 5 Oldham Town 0 TETELY Walker refound their winning ways when they hit five goals past bottom of the table Oldham Town at Long Lane - but the score could have been much more. Midfielder Justin Farrelly opened the scoring after 10 minutes
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WARRINGTON Town manager Dave Hughes has revealed that star player Ian Bold came within a quarter of
Bold, of Orford, has a depressed fracture of his skull and a hairline fracture of an eye socket following an accidental collision in the North Western Trains League Division Two game against Daisy Hill at Cantilever Park. It was a nightmare week for the
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TOWN OFF TO A FLIER
Warrington Town 3 Daisy Hill 1 TOWN raced into a 2-0 lead inside 10 minutes on Saturday. Damien Whitehead scored both goals. He fired in a penalty awarded after being brought down by Andy Veitch, having earlier met a perfectly flighted through ball by
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TOWN CLIMBE INTO TOP SIX
Chadderton 0 Warrington Town 0 WARRINGTON leapfrogged Tetley Walker on Tuesday to move into the top six of the North Western Trains League second division, despite failing to find the net for the first time in 14 games. Town, who extended their unbeaten
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KOHE-LOVE 'EAGAR' TO PLEASE
Warrington Wolves 19 Castleford Tigers 14 A VASTLY improved defence and the wonderful skills of Toa Kohe-Love ensured Warrington kicked off their home Super League season with a win. After the trouncing at Bradford seven days earlier the Wolves needed
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THE PETER DEAKIN COLUMN - EXCLUSIVE
I HAVE brought back from Australia a lot of thoughts, ideas and plans on how we should develop, build and utilise a new stadium in Warrington. I was going out there before I joined Warrington to look at the facilities and some of the principal stadiums
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WOLVES' FAMILY DAY
WARRINGTON Wolves have announced they are to have a special family day at Wilderspool. Families are being invited in a reduced-price offer to the ground on Bank Holiday Monday, May 3, to watch Warrington Wolves play Sheffield Eagles. Two adults and two
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Ghostbusters go in search of Buttermilk Bess
FEARLESS ghostbusters who spent the night in Warrington's "most haunted place" for charity are set to relive their chilling experience. In December, Rotarians Dave Gardner and Les Bovaston spent a cold damp evening in The Gully, a walkway which stretches
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Birds of a feather...
EVERYONE'S heard the story of the ugly duckling who turned into a swan - but for some birds their grown up life isn't much of a fairy tale. Jessica and Ziggy have had a tough time, but the wildlife lovers who have hand reared them for the last two years
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Residents fear station will be a big car park
CULCHETH residents fear there will be traffic chaos if proposals to re-open Kenyon Junction railway station are approved. As reported in Friday's GUARDIAN an outline planning application has been lodged to re-open the station. It will be linked to the
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New cycle lanes to cut accidents
CYCLE lanes have been installed on Newton roads in an initiative designed to protect bikers. The lanes are on busy stretches of the A57 Warrington Road and Vista Road between Newton and Haydock and are used by more than 50 bikers a day. This follows the
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4,500 sign petition to save Peel Hall site
THE battle lines have been drawn in the fight for Peel Hall. Worried residents packed out a public meeting on Friday night to show their concern at plans to build up to 1,100 homes on the nature site. And ward councillors are backing them in their fight
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Save our heritage
TIME is running out for Newton's last remaining civic building, councillors and community historians warned this week. Newton East Clr Suzanne Knight has renewed calls for urgent action to halt the decline of Earlestown Town Hall. Clr Knight says the
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Take it away Robbie!
A CELEBRITY sighting in a bustling Earlestown street has sparked a poptastic charity challenge. Staff at the Pink Pig record shop in Bridge Street say the store has been mobbed by fans ever since they installed a lifesize cut-out of Robbie Williams in
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Railtrack claim tree felling was to prevent accident
TRAIN giants Railtrack and St Helens Council have done a deal to stop environmental damage to mature trees at a Newton rail embankment. Residents feared the felling of old oak and sycamore trees on the south side of Newton station would create an eyesore
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Couple are on track for garden shop
A GREEN-fingered entrepeneur is planting the seeds of a new business - in a disused railway ticket office. For Keith Upton and his wife Linda, it was a dream come true when town hall bosses approved his plan to convert a derelict ticket office at Padgate
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Peace walkers lay wreaths
MORE than 100 peace marchers walked from Liverpool to Warrington last Saturday to lay wreaths at the site of the Bridge Street bombing. Community Peace Walkers joined civic leaders and peace workers for a special service held at Liverpool Roman Catholic
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Mo Mowlam visit special: Children are our future
MO Mowlam may have a lot of persuading to do in the coming weeks, but it was clear, on her third visit to the town, that she had already captured the hearts of the people of Warrington. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland received cheers, hugs
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Powerful fireball killed engineer
AN EXPLOSIVE fireball was so powerful it ripped through the bathroom walls of a Great Sankey house, instantly killing a retired marine engineer, an inquest heard. The body of David Fletcher, aged 58, was found in the bath of his Rossall Road home on October
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Baby flown by helicopter for specialist treatment.
A NEWBORN baby boy was flown to a Leicester hospital by helicopter during the early hours of Thursday morning. The baby's mother remained at Warrington Hospital as her son was taken by ambulance to Victoria Park where a RAF Sea King search and rescue
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Father blames mystery bug for death of his son
THE FAMILY of a man who died following a road accident in July believe a mystery bug at Warrington Hospital led to the death of their son. Prison administrator Paul Walton, aged 30, of Cinnamon Lane North, Cinnamon Brow, died a month after being hit by
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Girl, 13, injured in motorbike smash
A SCHOOLGIRL from Warrington is recovering in hospital after being knocked down in a horror smash in Salford. Natalie Mulgrew had been crossing the A57 Liverpool Road in Cadishead when she was hit by a motorbike at about 4.30pm on Monday. The 13-year-old
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Belt-up in the back!
DRIVERS in Warrington are being asked to belt up and make sure their passengers do the same to help reduce the number of injuries on the town's roads. Police will be clamping down on motorists who are not clunk-clicking as part of a nationwide initiative
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Pupils bridge the generation gap
STUDENTS at Birchwood High School have been bridging the gap between old and young with safety lessons for their elderly neighbours. The school's Youth Action pupils gave a talk to members of Birchwood Age Concern about the dangers posed by uninvited
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It's child's play for student inventor
A WARRINGTON student has invented an ingenious toy designed specially for visually impaired and blind children. Shafik Fara, aged 19, from Priestley College, was doing research for his design and technology course when he came up with the idea of a colourful
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Palmyra Square set to become focal point of town
COUNCIL chiefs are looking at ways to improve Warrington's Palmyra Square and make it more attractive for residents and businesses. Borough leaders approved a report this week which will form the basis for consultations with business, residents and community
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Mascot Jennifer has a devilish good time
A LIVERPOOL fan became the envy of thousands when she was asked to escort the Mighty Reds on to the pitch before a game - but these Reds were arch-rivals Manchester United. Jennifer Parr's big match day was her prize for winning a child of achievement
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Crime free moves
MOVING home can provide some of the most stressful moments in someone's life - especially if you're burgled mid-move. To try and prevent more people being home today, gone tomorrow, police have published a list of points to make moves crime free. A new
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Newsquest plc announces record operating profits
NEWSQUEST plc, England's largest regional and local newspaper publisher, today announced record operating profits of £81.4 million for the year ending 3 January 1999. Reported operating profit increased by 29.1% with an underlying growth of 12.7% whilst
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The show goes on ... dedicated to Kathy
IN the world of the theatre, the show must go on - and members of Warrington's Centenary Operatic Society were true to the old adage this week. The amateur thespians may be used to being under the spotlight on stage, but they came under scrutiny of a
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BNFL completes deal to buy £700m US nuclear giants Westinghouse
RISLEY-based BNFL and its American partner Morrison Knudsen have bought out US nuclear giants Westinghouse in a deal worth around £700 million. BNFL has gone from strength to strength in America since it set up its subsidiary BNFL Inc, an environmental
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More to sort first
I AM writing in response to the letter in your Points of View, dated March 12, "Our Postie Has a Different Shift." Have these people ever thought of asking the Post Office why they get their mail later than they did years ago? I know why, they have a
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No conclusions yet reached
READERS may be forgiven, for inferring from reports on the Peel Hall site, that either the Council or myself have reached conclusions in response to the Inspector's Report into the Local Plan. No conclusions have yet been reached. This is an extremely
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Restoring Kingsway Bridge lights in hand
WITH reference to the recent letters to the GUARDIAN in respect of the lights on Kingsway Bridge; I would, with the aid of this column, like to assure all interested parties that the matter of restoration, to their former glory, is in hand. I have been
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Mail service amongst best in Europe
I WAS concerned to see the letter printed in Points of View headed "Postal service not good." Unfortunately, the correspondent's name and address had been withheld and so I am unable to either respond directly. If the writer contacts me at the address
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JUNIOR AND YOUTH RUGBY LEAGUE ROUND-UP
Folly Lane u9 6 Rylands Sharks u9 12 THE Sharks stormed through to the North West Counties semi-finals with an awesome defensive display. Woodward was man of the match with two superb tries and James was outstanding taking the top tackler. Dean was tireless
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AMAZING INJURY TIME SCENES AT SPARTAK
THE semi-finals of the Warrington Soccer League's Jubilee Trophy will take place tomorrow, Saturday. Eagle Sports lost 1-0 to Sidac Social, who will meet Haydock at Grappenhall Sports, kick-off 2.30pm, in one semi. Whiston Cross' dreams of winning the
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ASPINALL'S A SHOOTING STAR
TYREWISE booked their place in Warrington Sunday Soccer League's Red Lion Cup final with a 2-1 extra-time win. Paul Quigg put Tyrewise ahead and then Jim Conn replied for Callands. Richard Brocklehurst sealed the victory for Tyrewise. Four goals from
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ROPER SWITCH A SUCCESS BUT TEAM CAN DO BETTER
GRATEFUL for the two points but not happy with the performance against Castleford Tigers - that was Wolves' coach Darryl Van de Velde. He said: "It is a positive start for us having two wins out of two in Super League but the team is not playing as well
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ANGLER STUART'S CHAMPION DEBUT
IT was a 'bream' come true for ace Warrington angler Stuart Conroy. On his international debut on the continent at the weekend he became the French champion. It is a title he now adds to his British Championship success from last June. There was further
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TOA'S ON FIRE
WOLVES centre Toa Kohe-Love is receiving great raps for his form at the start of the 1999 season. The 22-year-old set Wilderspool alight on Sunday with a glittering display that put paid to Castleford Tigers' unbeaten opening to the campaign. He scored
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Rumours waste tip could close
COUNCIL chiefs have acted to stop rumours that Stockton Heath Tip is about to close. Warrington Borough Council's Environmental Health boss Andrew Gilbert was quizzed on the possibility of the Sandy Lane Household Waste Disposal Site closing at last week's
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Soldier Gary tried to help dying couple
A NEWTON soldier has been rewarded for his bravery after he tried to save two young people fatally wounded in a road traffic accident in Manchester. Sergeant Gary Woodward, aged 39, and three of his colleagues ran to the aid of the casualties as they
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United action achieves security award for business
A BIRCHWOOD business is the first in the county to receive a new police award. The Environment Agency, based at Birchwood Point Business Park, was given the 'Secured by Design Commercial' accolade by Cheshire Constabulary. The building incorporates valuable
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Mo Mowlam visit special: 'You should all be proud today'
NORTHERN Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam returned to Warrington last Saturday to dig the first sod on the grounds of the town's international peace centre. Six years to the day since Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball were killed in an IRA bomb blast, Dr Mowlam
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Mo starts work on peace centre
NORTHERN Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam returned to Warrington on Saturday to turn the first sod at the site of the town's international peace centre. Dr Mowlam joined Colin and Wendy Parry, peace walkers and dignitaries at the Sankey Way site on the sixth
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WOMAN STABBED IN FACE
A NIGHT out turned to terror when a young woman was stabbed in the face in an unprovoked attack. The 20-year-old victim needed stitches after a knife was plunged through her cheek during the incident on Bewsey Road at about 1am on Sunday. Police are treating
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League's £20,000 gift to hospital
The group raised almost £20,000 at a series of fund-raising events and has handed over several new pieces of equipment. These include a pulse oximeter, vital signs monitor and a blood warmer to ward A6. This equipment is worth £8,000. Part of the money
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Hepatitis fears for boy
A MUM says she will spend the next few months nervously waiting to see if her four-year-old son contracts a deadly disease after he played with a syringe discarded by drug users near his home. The mother of two, who does not wish to be named, has had
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While you're away make sure burglars don't play
PEOPLE jetting off for two weeks in the sun or a wet weekend in Windermere are being targeted by police in a bid to cut the number of burglaries in the town. More than 1,100 burglaries were committed in Warrington during 1998, with four out of five happening
