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Good reception for 150-room hotel plan
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to develop college land into a hotel have made the grade according to planning bosses. An application for a 150-room hotel on the Winwick Road campus of Warrington Collegiate Institute has been approved by the borough council's
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Youth kicked and robbed in vicious attack
A YOUTH from Great Sankey was kicked, punched and robbed during an unprovoked attack outside Birchwood Tennis Centre on Friday night. The 16-year-old was kept in Warrington Hospital overnight following the incident, which left him with a broken nose and
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Contamination fears from GM crop trial
GREEN campaigners fear GM food trials which will start in Lymm this autumn could contaminate surrounding farmland. Seven acres of land at Woolstencroft Farm, Agden, will be planted with genetically modified oilseed rape as part of a three-year experiment
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Staff in bust-up over store's new blouses
NEW-LOOK uniforms issued by Marks and Spencer are being altered after complaints from Warrington staff. Cream blouses - issued with a blue pinstriped skirt suit - seemed to be taking the store's new image a bit too far when female members of staff were
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Planning boss says village is too bland
RESIDENTS have taken offence after a planning boss described Winwick as "bland and featureless". John Earle, Warrington Borough Council's head of planning, made the comment as members of the borough's development control committee debated Crosby Homes
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Mum and son assaulted in park
A PAIR of thugs assaulted a woman and her son as they walked through Sankey Valley Park on Tuesday afternoon. The victims were enjoying a family day out when they were approached by the two men who then carried out the attack. Although they both sustained
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CREWES CONTROL FAILS TO SECURE A FIRST VICTORY
BY TOBY ROBINSON QPR.....1 CREWE.....0 A DOMINANT performance brought Crewe no reward from their trip to QPR on Saturday. During the rest of the season its highly unlikely youll see the Alex completely control a game but still come away pointless and
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MARINERS ALL AT SEA
BY TOBY ROBINSON CREWE.....2 GRIMBSY.....0 RODNEY Jack delivered the goods and capped a classy performance with a second-half strike to seal Crewes first victory of the season on Tuesday night. An excellent pullback from David Wright picked out the St
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RAIN DAMPERS KNYPERSLEYS TITLE HOPES
TORRENTIAL rain on Saturday virtually washed away Knypersleys title hopes as their crucial home match was abandoned. Knypersley opened with 139 for two against Moddershall, declaring after 29 overs to give them time to try to bowl out their opponents.
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CLOWES SIX INCENSED
FURIOUS Alsager manager Greg Clowes blasted his side on Saturday after seeing them crash 6-0 in the league at Holker. The defeat was in stark contrast to Alsagers battling 1-0 mid-week victory at Oldham, Ben Biddulph scoring the winner. Alsager travelled
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TITLE HOPES COLLAPSE
CONGLETON face an uphill battle to win the league title after after one of their worst displays of the season on Saturday. They were dismissed for just 83 runs at fourth from bottom Cholmondley, who cruised to an easy victory. The Congleton total was
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Video conference will help create unified approach to enterprise
WARRINGTON International Business Centre will be the base for a unique video conference linking key players in the regional economy throughout the north west, on Tuesday. The conference, opened by the Duke of Westminster, will link five other locations
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Sandra's the
Oefirst lady' SANDRA Brusby has become the first woman president of the Warrington branch of the Rotary Club and is the only female president in the region. Sandra, chief executive of Business Link, Warrington and Vale Royal, has been a Rotarian for six
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Firemen's red alert for Trust volunteers
WARRINGTON Fire Brigade is organising a personal development course for Prince's Trust volunteers, at the fire station, starting on September 11. Courses are taking place all over the north west as part of an initiative by the Trust, aimed at helping
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£2m windfall will help Prima to go European
WARRINGTON-based Prima Business Control Software has won £2m. in a competition run by venture capital company 3i, based in London. The windfall will enable the Tanners Lane company to expand and create 20 new jobs over the coming year. Prima was one of
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£7m. investment
at Daten Avenue ST Modwen Ventures has pre-funded an office investment at Daten Avenue, Warrington, to Canada Life for £7.125m. The building is pre-let to ICL on a 16-year lease and is due for completion in October. St Modwen is redeveloping the remainder
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Contamination fears from GM crop trial
By SARAH HARKER AND JENNY CAREY GREEN campaigners fear GM food trials which will start in Lymm this autumn could contaminate surrounding farmland. Seven acres of land at Woolstencroft Farm, Agden, will be planted with genetically modified oilseed rape
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Rain, rain go away!
By JOEL SAWYER ORGANISERS of Burtonwood Carnival must have been wishing they had the benefit of hindsight after a raincloud cast a jinx on the annual event. Just minutes after the five float procession had completed its route under a near torrential downpour
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Beanie Bears spread the peace message
AN army of Beanie Bears is helping to raise money and promote a message of peace across the globe. The official Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Trust peace teddies have already been adopted by hundreds of children in Warrington and Ireland, and even as far away
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Mum and son assaulted in park
A PAIR of thugs assaulted a woman and her son as they walked through Sankey Valley Park on Tuesday afternoon. The victims were enjoying a family day out when they were approached by the two men who then carried out the attack. Although they both sustained
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PUB-CRAWL BOOK WILL BOOST CHARITIES
RETIRED scientist Lyndon Murgatroyd is inviting fellow history fans to join him in a pub crawl through the centuries. His 300-page book, A Pub Crawl Through Time, looks at the history of Congletons ale houses past and present. It took Mr Murgatroyd two
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SPEEDING CARS MAKE LIFE MISERABLE
ANGRY residents are calling for action to cut the speeds of cars and trucks which are making their lives a misery. Carole Smith is one of a series of neighbours from Lawton Road, Alsager, who are demanding measures to slow traffic down. They claim cars
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JULIE TAKES A STEP FORWARD
BY IAN ROSS AMBITIOUS young businesswoman Julie Ross is taking the plunge as a shopkeeper after three years as a market trader Julie, aged 33, is due to open a shoe shop in Capitol Walk in Congleton this month, one of two new businesses attracted to the
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LETS MAKE TOWN A DINERS DELIGHT
BY IAN ROSS CONGLETON could become a major dining destination for lovers of good food from across Cheshire. The claim came this week from chamber of trade leader Ian Swann in the wake of plans to open a new restaurant in the town. Long-vacant premises
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LINK AIMS TO GROW
BY IAN ROSS CRIME-BUSTING retailers are hoping to extend their successful initiative to an edge of town shopping centre. Congleton Radio Link has helped bring to justice numerous shoplifters since starting up in the town about 18 months ago. The scheme
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M-way driver in fall from speeding car
A YOUNG woman cheated death when she fell from her car as she drove down the M56 near the Lymm junction on Saturday afternoon. Motorists watched in horror as the 28-year-old woman from Parkgate, Neston, hurtled on to the carriageway after falling from
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Conmen trick sisters, 97 and 98
ELDERLY sisters have been duped out of cash by two conmen posing as water board officials. The bogus callers targeted the sisters, who are aged 97 and 98 and live together near to the shopping centre in Stockton Heath, on Friday morning. Posing as workers
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Well-known pair plan new life in Lakes
By JENNY CAREY TWO of the district's well-known people are planning a new life in the Lake District after serving Warrington for a total of 65 years between them. Reverend Bob Rowlands retired from the parishes of St Matthew's in Stretton and St Cross
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Good reception for 150-room hotel plan
By JENNY CAREY MULTI-MILLION pound plans to develop college land into a hotel have made the grade according to planning bosses. An application for a 150-room hotel on the Winwick Road campus of Warrington Collegiate Institute has been approved by the
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Youth kicked and robbed in vicious attack
By RACHEL SPENCER A YOUTH from Great Sankey was kicked, punched and robbed during an unprovoked attack outside Birchwood Tennis Centre on Friday night. The 16-year-old was kept in Warrington Hospital overnight following the incident, which left him with
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THE drive to make Knutsfords water taste better goes on.
Bosses at North West Water said further improvements were due to be made over the next five years despite last years independent review by the Drinking Water Inspectorate which showed that 99.7% of its water met set quality standards. We are pleased with
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PIGEON droppings are ruining one of Knutsfords most imposing landmarks, it was claimed this week.
Pest controller James Verney said the acidic droppings left on the steps to Knutsford Crown Court would eat away at the stone. He has now offered to clean the area before the droppings cause long-term damage. Earlier this month the Knutsford Guardian
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FORMER MP Neil Hamilton predicted a Tory landslide in Tatton at the next General Election.
Speaking from his home in Alderley Edge on Monday, the disgraced former minister said Tattons electorate would not have changed its ways. I fully expect the normal pattern will resume unless there is a political earthquake, he said. In 1997 Martin Bell
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FAMILY and friends of two men found dead in Knutsford still do not know why they died.
A spokesman for the coroners office said yesterday (Tuesday) that full police reports had not yet been completed detailing the deaths of Gary Anderson and Robert Spencer. Hopefully a date for an inquest will be set by the end of the year, said a spokesman
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WHATS ON
Friday 8pm: Knutsfo rd Brass Band rehearsals at the Liberal Club, Knutsford. Saturday 2pm: 1st Mobberley Scout and Guide group bumper jumble sale, Victory Hall, Mobberley. 7.30pm: Illyria presents Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare at The Old Hall
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Knutsford Studio Cinema
CHICKEN Run (U) comes to Knutsford cinema on Friday September 1 to Sunday September 3 with screenings at 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm and High Fidelity (15) at 8pm. Also hitting the big screen is Gladiator (15) showing Monday September 4 to Wednesday September
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KNUTSFORDS best actors have been rewarded for their finest performances at the Little Theatre.
John Clarke and Mike Wilding shared the honour of best actor after they impressed audiences in Shop at Sly Corner and The Diary of Anne Frank respectively. An outstanding portrait of Anne Frank earned Sarah Mann the Gang Trophy for the biggest achievement
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BOOKWORMS will soon be able to hear chapter and verse from some of their favourite authors.
PD James and Joanna Trollope are just two of the famous names who will be in town for the first Knutsford Literature Festival. As the festivals full nine-day programme was published this week, organiser Joan Leach said: We are going to have to buy a sold-out
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BUSINESSMAN John Hulme has found the perfect antidote to 21st century stress.
A canal barge. The company chairman has decked out his 60ft boat with computers so he run his business while drifting along Cheshires canals. Once I am on the boat, time slows down, he said. He stays in touch with his colleagues at Plumley-based JPD Group
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CONVOY MARKS ERFS DEPARTURE
ERF finally moved out of Sandbach for good last weekend as a procession of trucks signalled the beginning of a new era for the company. Hundreds of people lined the streets as the cavalcade of trucks made their way from the old site on Middlewich Road
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FLYING START FOR DIABETES APPEAL FUND
THE milestone barrier of £100,000 has been broken by Leighton Hospitals Diabetes Appeal. The appeal aims to raise £500,000 over a period of three years in order to create a one-stop diabetes centre at the hospital. Last Thursday saw the £100,000 mark
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REMEMBRANCE SERVICES HELD FOR LOST INFANTS AT LEIGHTON
TWO interdenominational Services of Thanksgiving and Remembrance will be held at the Chapel in Leighton Hospital, this Saturday, September 2, at 4pm and 6pm. All are welcome to attend to remember those babies and children lost through cot death, miscarriage
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WHATS ON
Thursday 2pm-4pm: Tea dance with Bert Grange Band, Civic Centre, Knutsford. Admission £1. Friday 7.30pm: Bingo night at Schoolroom, Adams Hill, in aid of Brook Street Chapel funds Saturday 10am-4pm: Knutsford Lions Clubs free diabetic screening, Booths
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SCHOOLS CELEBRATE STAR PERFORMANCES
BY PETE HENSHAW GCSE pass rates were considerably higher than the national average as hundreds of pupils celebrated this week. The national average of 56 per cent of GCSEs graded at A-C was topped by Sandbach School for Boys which achieved a 65 per cent
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ARMED RAID ON CO-OP
BY TOBY ROBINSON ARMED robbers made off with £4,000 in cash after a heist on village stores in Bunbury. Staff were terrified as they were confronted by two balaclava clad robbers, both waving guns. Police are appealing for any information regarding the
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Wonderful hospital staff
THROUGH the Warrington GUARDIAN I would like to reassure people that at least Warrington Trust Hospital cares for the elderly. My 91-year-old mother was admitted into the hospital when she collapsed and after initial tests was put into the care of Dr
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Step in right direction
I WAS at the Town Hall on Wednesday night to await the result of the outcome of the Warrington Wolves' future concerning the new stadium. The result was one of the most important moves in Warrington Rugby League history, this keeping us in Super League
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Too poor to buy glasses
IN REPLY to MP Helen Jones: OeUpsurge in free eye tests' regarding the welcome news that more pensioners are taking advantage of free eye tests. I would like to point out that before Labour's introduction of this service, various opticians were aware
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POKEMON (PG) comes to Knutsford cinema on Friday.
The childrens film will show for seven days showing at 6pm on Friday only and 1pm, 3.30pm, and 6pm Saturday to Thursday. Galaxy Quest (PG) is also showing every night at 8pm. The cinema will be open on Bank Holiday Monday.
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WHATS ON
Thursday 11.30am-3pm: Mothers Union teddy bears picnic at Toft Church, Toft Road, Knutsford. Face-painting, Punch and Judy. More details from Christine Squirrell on 634644. 2pm-4pm: Tea dance with Bert Grange Band, Knutsford Civic Centre, price £1. Friday
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Dog should not suffer
WITH reference to the front page article in the Midweek GUARDIAN regarding the incident in which Farrah Muckley was attacked by a rottweiler. The dog's owners cannot be accused of irresponsibility, since the dog was enclosed within a six foot pen in the
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VISITORS to Tatton Park this week will be treated to a five-day feast of fine crafts.
Today (Wednesday) more than 800 items made by WI members from across the country will go on display in the Tenants Hall in a huge exhibition. It has taken four years to plan the event which is one of our millennium celebration projects, said Victoria
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Could not have asked for better care
WE read so much about the down side of the NHS I would like to write about the good side, especially the Birchwood Medical Centre. My mother was discharged from Warrington Hospital five weeks ago after falling and breaking her hip on Easter Sunday. She
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Knutsford Studio Cinema
ASTERIX and Obelix Take On Caesar (PG) and Up at the Villa (12) come to Knutsford Cinema on Friday. Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar will be screened on Saturday and Sunday at 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm. Up At The Villa (12) will be screened at 8.30pm Friday
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GOOSTREY and Holmes Chapel Art Club are holding their 25th show at the village hall on May 14.
There will be around 100 pictures of varied styles and different media, many of which will be for sale.
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WHATS ON
Thursday 7.45pm: Chelford Speakers Club, Dixon Arms. Critics night. Friday 6.45pm/7pm: Knutsfords Millennium Ball, Tatton Park. 7.45pm: Knutsford Ornithological Society, St Johns Church meeting rooms, annual meeting plus members slides. Saturday 9.30am-noon
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SHE GOES through her breathing exercises, puts on her make-up and focuses before a mirror.
But once on stage Helen Massey finds a friendly face to counter any stage fright before she unleashes her unmistakeable soprano voice. Mum and dad are usually in the ront row and wave at me, says the 20-year-old. But there would be something wrong if
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CAN anyone remember the Rev Walter Greswell, vicar of Marthall?
It is not likely that anyone will because he left in 1916 to be an Army chaplain but as he was a lively character there may be some records or stories about him. I think he was a hunting parson and would-be poet for he wrote: OeIt is not apostolic for
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WHATS ON
Wednesday (today) 7.30pm: St Marys Rostherne Womens Circle holding a cheese and wine evening in the school room, Chapel Lane, Bucklow Hill in aid of Christies Hospital leukaemia unit. 7.30pm: Jumble sale Plumley Village Hall. Refreshments Thursday 2.30am
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LEADING THE WAY
THE first GCSEs of the 21st century at Middlewich High School came appropriately at the end of the 21st year of the schools history. And they proved to be a matter of great pride and joy for the pupils, teachers, parents and, particularly, headmaster
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AGE IS NO BARRIER TO SUCCESS
STUDENTS of all ages were celebrating success in their GCSEs at Mid Cheshire College. This year the overall percentage of students gaining A to C grades has increased and a significant number of A and A* grades were achieved. There were some very good
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TRAGEDU OF MAN KILLED BY DEADLY SALMONELLA BUG
THE funeral of a Middlewich man who died after being infected by salmonella was held yesterday, Tuesday. Kenneth Lea and his fiance Sheila James had been planning a Christmas wedding before he was struck down by the bug that may have affected as many
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GIANT KITE IS COMING
SCULPTORS are due to transform playing fields with a huge metal kite. The kite will be about 45 feet in height and more than 20 feet across, and made from stone, steel and copper. Playing fields off Church Road in Biddulph are earmarked for the landscape
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RESIDENTS OPPOSE REDEVELOPMENT OF WASTE GROUND
DOZENS of Biddulph residents have joined forces to oppose plans to redevelop waste ground. Disused land behind houses along Oxhey Drive is earmarked for residential development, which would include pulling down an unsightly prefab shed. The land is at
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JUGGERNAUT DIVERSION TO HELP SAFETY CAMPAIGN
BY BERYL PATEMAN A £200,000 scheme to re-route heavy vehicles is set to give relief to families living in fear. Neighbours in Hind Heath Road, Wheelock have been campaigning for traffic calming measures for more than five years. Theyve won a 40mph restriction
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HOW FAR BACK DO
YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILYS HISTORY? PETE HENSHAW finds out how new technology is helping to break down the barriers in tracking your heritage THE increasingly popular hobby of investigating your family history could soon have Nantwich in its grasp with the
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ANNA IS THE FAVOURITE WITH CREWES BIG BROTHER PUNTERS
BY PETE HENSHAW THE PHENOMENON of Big Brother has finally got the borough in its grasp! Betting at local bookies has gone through the roof with recent events on the show having viewers on the edge of their seats. The show started off with ten contestants
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HANDY HENDLEY
THERE were some tremendous individual goal scoring feats in Warrington Soccer Leagues Saturday matches. Pride of place went to Winwick Utds Darren Hendley, who rammed in eight in his reserve teams 13-0 win against Burtonwood Reserves. The other goal scorers
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TOWN OFF THE MARK
Bacup Borough0 Warrington Town4 WARRINGTON had enough chances in their first victory of the season on Saturday to match the 8-0 thrashing they inflicted upon Bacup in March last year. Town, although never hitting peak form, held mastery throughout the
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WOLVES WIMPER AT LEADERS
Wigan Warriors62 Warrington Wolves4 WITH a mounting injury toll and first team call-ups the Wolves Alliance side faced a Wigan team all set to confirm their position at the head of the Alliance League. For the first 10 minutes Wolves aggressive defence
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HAWTHORNE DO NOT BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
CHESHIRE Hawthorne kicked off the Warrington Sunday Soccer League season by defeating last terms Premier Division champions Grange Valley 2-0. Goals by Neil Barker and Neil Whiteman secured the points. Lee Ellis and Robert Hope were on target as Howley
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RESERVES LET LEAD SLIP
BURSCOUGH rescued a point with the last touch of the game against Vics Reserves on Friday night. After a series of fine saves by Paul Williams, Vics came back into the game and deservedly took the lead on 36 minutes. Lee Poland ran on to James Birdseys
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KNOCKOUT STUFF FROM DIMERY
OULTON Park won the Cheshire and North Wales Knockout Cup in the same weekend their step up to the ECB Premier took another giant stride. On Sunday, they overcame Cathedral, one of two teams Chester Boughton Hall entered into the competition, by 50 runs
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BIG KICK-OFF
NORTHWICH RUFC played a highly competitive squad practice match against Midlands Division One team Newcastle-under-Lyme which finished all square on Saturday. But the real action starts this weekend when the men from Moss Farm take on promoted Widnes
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WITTON SEAL IT EARLY
STEVE Haw took just 18 seconds to set Witton on their way to their third straight win of the campaign at early season strugglers Harrogate Town on Saturday. Later Haw claimed that, in his days at Southport, he had actually scored an earlier goal, but
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BARNTON LEAVE IT LATE
BARNTON were the victims, then the beneficiaries, of two late strikes last week. They lost to a 96th minute Knutsford goal at home on Wednesday, then inflicted a last minute winner on Grove United. Knutsford beat Mark Emmersons side for the third consecutive
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IS THREE POINTS ENOUGH?
KING and Queen A take a three-point lead into the final game of the season in Section A of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League. This follows their 10-5 win at Richmonds A when Larry Wells and Chris Ashton recorded 21-7 successes
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STILL MUCH TO BE DECIDED IN THE WARRINGTON AND NORTH CHESHIRE BOWLS ASSOCIATION FINAL WEEK
RYLANDS A take a three points advantage into the final week of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Monday League. Their 11-4 win at Monk Sports A included three 21-9 winners and Brian Lawton, 21-7, John Nolan, 21-4 and Dennis Aldred, 21
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HANDY HENDLEY
THERE were some tremendous individual goal scoring feats in Warrington Soccer League's Saturday matches. Pride of place went to Winwick Utd's Darren Hendley, who rammed in eight in his reserve team's 13-0 win against Burtonwood Reserves. The other goal
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TOWN OFF THE MARK
Bacup Borough0 Warrington Town4 WARRINGTON had enough chances in their first victory of the season on Saturday to match the 8-0 thrashing they inflicted upon Bacup in March last year. Town, although never hitting peak form, held mastery throughout the
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SOLID START NOT ENOUGH FOR YOUNG WOLVES
Wigan Warriors25 Warrington Wolves14 TERRITORIALLY the game was even but Warrington Academy were not quite good enough to claim the points. For the first quarter Wigan never entered Warrington's half of the field but Wigan's defence was magnificent and
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Shammah Nicholls Cheshire Cricket Alliance
OVER PEOVER 205 for 2 dec Alderley Park126 OVER Peover moved back into contention for promotion with a 79-run victory at Alderley Park on Saturday. Put in to bat on a good wicket on a steamy overcast afternoon, Peover reached 50 before losing Kirby Whittaker
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TOFT134 all out
Didsbury164 for 9 declared TOFT fully expected to consolidate their position in the league top four against lowly-placed Didsbury on Saturday. But their early seasons performance at Didsbury should have cautioned their optimism. The visitors won the toss
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£7m. investment
at Daten Avenue ST Modwen Ventures has pre-funded an office investment at Daten Avenue, Warrington, to Canada Life for £7.125m. The building is pre-let to ICL on a 16-year lease and is due for completion in October. St Modwen is redeveloping the remainder
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Shammah Nicholls Cheshire Cricket Alliance
OVER PEOVER58 Burnage183 for 9 IN A top of the table clash last Saturday, OVER Peovers promotion prospects suffered a setback in Saturdays top-of-the-table clash, losing by 125 runs to visitors Burnage. Choosing to bowl, Peover started well and had the
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Wonderful hospital staff
THROUGH the Warrington GUARDIAN I would like to reassure people that at least Warrington Trust Hospital cares for the elderly. My 91-year-old mother was admitted into the hospital when she collapsed and after initial tests was put into the care of Dr
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Step in right direction
I WAS at the Town Hall on Wednesday night to await the result of the outcome of the Warrington Wolves' future concerning the new stadium. The result was one of the most important moves in Warrington Rugby League history, this keeping us in Super League
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Too poor to buy glasses
IN REPLY to MP Helen Jones: 'Upsurge in free eye tests' regarding the welcome news that more pensioners are taking advantage of free eye tests. I would like to point out that before Labour's introduction of this service, various opticians were aware of
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Radbroke Hall182 for 7
Wistaston234 for 5 RADBROKE Hall had a bad day at the office on Saturday. They came off worst in a drawn game at Wistaston. The home side took advantage of a poor fielding and bowling display by Radbroke as they amassed 234 off their full allocation of
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Oasis in the town centre
I WORK in a professional office in the vicinity of Palmyra Square and would like to challenge Mr Du Prez's statement that it is only appreciated by dossers and men in brown macs. Every lunchtime in good weather there are people from surrounding offices
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Over Peover 2nd78
Radbroke 2nd82 for 3 OVER Peover 2nds failed to sparkle when they visited neighbours Radbroke Hall 2nds on Saturday, slumping to 28 for 7 after choosing to bat. Neil Hudson top-scored with 28, putting on 36 with Alex Clapp (8) for the 8th wicket and Dave
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Can't you find another site?
REGARDING the Warrington Rugby ground, I am glad that they are going to move. Since they have been in the Super League the noise from the ground has been atrocious. However, I don't understand a few things about this move to the People's Stadium. Did
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Could not have asked for better care
WE read so much about the down side of the NHS I would like to write about the good side, especially the Birchwood Medical Centre. My mother was discharged from Warrington Hospital five weeks ago after falling and breaking her hip on Easter Sunday. She
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HARD WORK WILL PAY OFF
EAGLE RUFC started their season with a trial game at home against Prescot which resulted in a 20-10 win. Man of the match Tim Rhodes, playing his first game for two years, said straight after the game: After all the hard work it was nice to finally get
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Benefit from restoration
AS AN infrequent visitor to Queen's Gardens I can't claim the vast knowledge of its toilets, seedy gents in brown macs or dossers that Maurice Du Prez obviously has, letters page last week's GUARDIAN. Perhaps I have been too delighted with this small
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Tell the owners to keep the dog
I HAD to reply to the article on the front of the Midweek GUARDIAN about the rottweiler biting the little seven-year-old Farrah Muckley. I understand the mother's anger, but I disagree with her asking for the dog to be put down, and I cannot believe that
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A way of life that I can now live with
MIGRAINE has become a way of life for Jayne Ricketts who first started having them when she was five years old. "At that age, it is very difficult for adults to believe you," said Jane, 28, an information analyst, of Cinnamon Brow, Warrington. "My very
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Managing the pain
of migraine MIGRAINE Awareness Week which starts on Monday, September 4, aims to raise general awareness of the condition and highlight ways in which it can be avoided in the workplace. The message being put out by the Migraine Action Association is that
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Warrington Anglers' Association results:
Women's Summer Series: 1, Lynda Lythgoe 2-6-0; 2, Helen Thompson 1-12-12; 3, Edna Fletcher 1-5-5. Final League results: 1, Lynda Lythgoe 31 points; 2, Pam Wyatt 39; 3, Marion Wharmby 46. Police Summer Series, 5-10 years: 1, Joshua Bramhall 0-11-2; 2,
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IS THREE POINTS ENOUGH?
KING and Queen A take a three-point lead into the final game of the season in Section A of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League. This follows their 10-5 win at Richmonds A when Larry Wells and Chris Ashton recorded 21-7 successes
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STILL MUCH TO BE DECIDED IN THE WARRINGTON AND NORTH CHESHIRE BOWLS ASSOCIATION FINAL WEEK
RYLANDS A take a three points advantage into the final week of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Monday League. Their 11-4 win at Monk Sports A included three 21-9 winners and Brian Lawton, 21-7, John Nolan, 21-4 and Dennis Aldred, 21
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HARD WORK WILL PAY OFF
EAGLE RUFC started their season with a trial game at home against Prescot which resulted in a 20-10 win. Man of the match Tim Rhodes, playing his first game for two years, said straight after the game: "After all the hard work it was nice to finally get
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HANDY HENDLEY
THERE were some tremendous individual goal scoring feats in Warrington Soccer League's Saturday matches. Pride of place went to Winwick Utd's Darren Hendley, who rammed in eight in his reserve team's 13-0 win against Burtonwood Reserves. The other goal
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Crosfields 28, Blackbrook 24
CROSFIELDS' fitness and a hat-trick of tries from winger Ian Hannon proved to be the winning factors in their opening game of the National Conference League Division Two season. Although Crosfields never played at their best they deserved their win for
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SOLID START NOT ENOUGH FOR YOUNG WOLVES
Wigan Warriors 25 Warrington Wolves 14 TERRITORIALLY the game was even but Warrington Academy were not quite good enough to claim the points. For the first quarter Wigan never entered Warrington's half of the field but Wigan's defence was magnificent
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Club releases statement and Darryl rules out rumour
LIFE AFTER DEAKIN IS POSITIVE WARRINGTON Wolves coach Darryl Van de Velde has confirmed he is not about to be appointed the new chief executive of the club. Speculation in the media and among fans has been mounting of an upstairs move for Van de Velde
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Young rugby aces targeted by thieves
YOUNG rugby players had their practice sessions kicked in to touch after their new sports equipment was stolen. The members of the Mini-Leaguers, the council's rugby development programme, who are all aged between five and 11 years old, only received
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Big screen appearance for rising young star
A STAR schoolboy with a succession of screen appearances has landed a role in a new film based in Warrington. Matthew Dutton, of Winwick, will appear in Steve Coogan's The Parole Officer, part of which is to be filmed at Spectrum Arena, Birchwood. At
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Mr Smith's to stay open later
MR SMITH'S nightclub is set to stay open later at weekends, while its managers are looking to encourage an older clientele. Club owner J G Smith was given permission to open until 2.30am on Friday and Saturday nights by the licensing committee on Tuesday
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Bus company puts a stop to return fares
COMMUTERS travelling on Arriva buses are paying the price for the company's decision to scrap its return fares warns a traveller. The firm discontinued the cost-cutting tickets in Warrington over the bank holiday weekend. The disgruntled passenger says
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CRIMEWATCH JOINS IN THE HUNT FOR RAPIST
POLICE have stepped up their hunt for a vicious sex fiend who struck in Northwich more than five years ago. The attack took place in November 1994 when a 13-year-old boy and his 13-year-old girlfriend were approached by a man near a railway bridge while
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AGE IS NO BARRIER
STUDENTS of all ages were celebrating success in their GCSEs at Mid Cheshire College. This year the overall percentage of students gaining A to C grades has increased and a significant number of A and A* grades were achieved. There were some very good
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YEAR ENDS IN SUCCESS
ANOTHER GCSE year, fraught with tension for staff and pupils, has ended in success at Leftwich High School. The top nine pupils (pictured) got 106 top grades (A-C) between them, out of which 84 were grade A* or A. Headmaster Trevor Hodkinson said: I am
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BEST EVER RESULTS
HARTFORD High School was celebrating after receiving its best results ever. A record 63 per cent of pupils gained at least 10 grades A-C, over 100 gained at least eight and 135 gained at least five. Excellent results were achieved across the whole ability
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Outcry over plan for new ticket system
NEW proposals from train operators could threaten the future of Sankey station, according to a council transport watchdog. Sankey councillor Pete Black fears that the introduction of a new computerised ticketing system will mean that people can no longer
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Mum's council house nightmare
A MUM-of-two has told how she suffered for eight weeks without a bath when she moved into her Orford council house. Kim Dix moved to Grasmere Avenue in March this year and has found a catalogue of faults with her new home. Among the problems were a rusty
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'Lad in the lab' looking forward to retirement
WARRINGTON Hospital's longest serving member of staff has spent 43 years fighting infectious diseases. And in all that time, says Warwick Dunne, the job has never got any easier! Otherwise known as Wally, 'the lad in the lab' began his career as a junior
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Golden Square plan still on track
A MULTI-million pound scheme to expand Golden Square is still on track, despite investors' threats to pull out in the wake of the Tesco/Wolves development. Last week, Legal and General, which owns and manages the shopping arcade, said the supermarket
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Family tells of town's support for little Ellie
THE nan of a battling 21-month-old girl who nearly drowned after an accidental fall into a garden pond has spoken about the "overwhelming" support the family has received. Little Ellie Daniels, of Vaudrey Drive, Woolston, has spent the past six months
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Businessman lands internet victory
A WARRINGTON entrepeneur has won an internet copyright battle with budget airline Easyjet after it accused him of 'cybersquatting'. Businessman Tim Holt was the first to register the internet domain name www.easy-jet.com for his business, from which he
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Rain, rain go away!
ORGANISERS of Burtonwood Carnival must have been wishing they had the benefit of hindsight after a raincloud cast a jinx on the annual event. Just minutes after the five float procession had completed its route under a near torrential downpour, the clouds
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Beanie Bears spread the peace message
AN army of Beanie Bears is helping to raise money and promote a message of peace across the globe. The official Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Trust peace teddies have already been adopted by hundreds of children in Warrington and Ireland, and even as far away
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Brannigans gains licence for former Apollo hall
THE former Apollo Bingo Hall is to become part of the Brannigans chain. The Friarsgate venue will be open all day for eating and will provide live bands and dancing until 1am from Monday to Saturday. The club has been sold by Apollo Leisure to First Leisure
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CREWE CC VICTORY THWARTED BY RAIN BUT PROMOTION BID STAYS ON COURSE
ANY hopes of a victory for Crewe CC were dashed by the terrible weather against rock-bottom Ashcombe Park on Saturday. After a three hour delay, Crewe began their innings and despite losing two early wickets recovered through Waddington (34) and Kulkarni
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DABBERS UPSET ODDS WITH VICTORY AGAINST PROMOTION HOPEFULS
IT was an up and down Bank Holiday weekend for Nantwich Town with plenty of promise. The Dabbers made an amazing start by producing the upset of the day in North West Counties football with a 2-1 victory at promotion favourites Rossendale United on Saturday
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SINGER MARY DUFF TAKES TO THE CIVIC HALL STAGE
AN Irish singer who has won numerous awards and has their own fan club comes to Winsford this weekend. Mary Duff will be at the civic hall on Friday, September 1 bringing her unique blend of country music and solo vocals. Mary, who started singing when
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ALSAGER STAY SECOND
TITLE-CHASING Alsager 2nds are still in second place despite a defeat and draw in the space of three days. Alsager opened on Saturday at fellow title hopefuls Alderley Edge with 130 all out, Paul Adams and Andy Barber joint top scorers with 32. Alderley
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MIXED FORTUNES FOR THE BEARS
CONGLETON Town enjoyed mixed Bank Holiday fortunes, winning and losing by the same score at home within three days. The Bears beat Guiseley 3-1 on Saturday in the league, before going down 3-1 to Farsley Celtic on Monday. Graham Dodd put Congleton ahead
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Trio land assessor awards
THREE employees from Regency Care, Warrington, have received assessor awards from the City and Guilds of London Institute. Janice Grundy, Mandy Crank and Joyce Walton qualified as workplace assessors and are now able to assess National Vocational Qualifications
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Family tells of town's support for little Ellie
THE nan of a battling 21-month-old girl who nearly drowned after an accidental fall into a garden pond has spoken about the "overwhelming" support the family has received. Little Ellie Daniels, of Vaudrey Drive, Woolston, has spent the past six months
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Businessman lands internet victory
By STEPHEN RYLANCE A WARRINGTON entrepeneur has won an internet copyright battle with budget airline Easyjet after it accused him of Oecybersquatting'. Businessman Tim Holt was the first to register the internet domain name www.easy-jet.com for his business
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Staff in bust-up over store's new blouses
NEW-LOOK uniforms issued by Marks and Spencer are being altered after complaints from Warrington staff. Cream blouses issued with a blue pinstriped skirt suit seemed to be taking the store's new image a bit too far when female members of staff were forced
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Planning boss says village is too bland
By JOEL SAWYER RESIDENTS have taken offence after a planning boss described Winwick as "bland and featureless". John Earle, Warrington Borough Council's head of planning, made the comment as members of the borough's development control committee debated
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Brannigans gains licence for former Apollo hall
THE former Apollo Bingo Hall is to become part of the Brannigans chain. The Friarsgate venue will be open all day for eating and will provide live bands and dancing until 1am from Monday to Saturday. The club has been sold by Apollo Leisure to First Leisure
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WINDFALL TO FUND MORE POLICE IN THE COUNTY
CHESHIRE is to have more than 60 new police officers after winning additional funding from the Home Office. The extra money will enable the Cheshire Constabulary to recruit 11 new officers in 2001 and 50 more in the following year. These officers will
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AN OUTSTANDING YEAR OF SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
BY IAN ROSS TOP teenagers Sophie Boldon and Amy Eyers helped their school to score record GCSE results this summer. Sophie gained 10 A star grades and Amy gained nine as Alsager School pupils achieved a string of outstanding results. The marks saw the
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Young rugby aces targeted by thieves
YOUNG rugby players had their practice sessions kicked in to touch after their new sports equipment was stolen. The members of the Mini-Leaguers, the council's rugby development programme, who are all aged between five and 11 years old, only received
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Parish council chairman dies
FORMER chairman of Rixton with Glazebrook Parish Council, Mr Brian Ardern, died in St Rocco's Hospice on Sunday after a long illness. He was 50. Mr Ardern, who lived at Glazebrook Lane, Glazebrook, served on many village committees and was a governor
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Mr Smith's to stay open later
MR SMITH'S nightclub is set to stay open later at weekends, while its managers are looking to encourage an older clientele. Club owner J G Smith was given permission to open until 2.30am on Friday and Saturday nights by the licensing committee on Tuesday
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Outcry over plan for new ticket system
By STEPHEN RYLANCE NEW proposals from train operators could threaten the future of Sankey station, according to a council transport watchdog. Sankey councillor Pete Black fears that the introduction of a new computerised ticketing system will mean that
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Mum's council house nightmare
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT A MUM-of-two has told how she suffered for eight weeks without a bath when she moved into her Orford council house. Kim Dix moved to Grasmere Avenue in March this year and has found a catalogue of faults with her new home. Among the
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OeLad in the lab' looking forward to retirement
WARRINGTON Hospital's longest serving member of staff has spent 43 years fighting infectious diseases. And in all that time, says Warwick Dunne, the job has never got any easier! Otherwise known as Wally, Oethe lad in the lab' began his career as a junior
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Golden Square plan still on track
A MULTI-million pound scheme to expand Golden Square is still on track, despite investors' threats to pull out in the wake of the Tesco/Wolves development. Last week, Legal and General, which owns and manages the shopping arcade, said the supermarket
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SIDES SET FOR DROP
THE poor batting displays of Weaverham and Winsford at Knights Grange on Saturday may explain why both are so far down the Meller Braggins One table this season. It was Weaverhams turn to show their ineptitude first, as they slumped to 51-8. However,
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THE trustees of a Knutsford youth club remained tight-lipped this week.
The Knutsford Guardian tried to contact the Egerton Youth Club trustees after local parents demanded to know more about them. But despite repeated calls to Richard Hollinsheads office he was unavailable for comment and an e-mail to Timothy Bartlett went
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KNOCKOUT STUFF FROM DIMERY
OULTON Park won the Cheshire and North Wales Knockout Cup in the same weekend their step up to the ECB Premier took another giant stride. On Sunday, they overcame Cathedral, one of two teams Chester Boughton Hall entered into the competition, by 50 runs
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KNUTSFORD may host an exhibition in memory of town artist Pat Cooke.
The Heritage Centre and the Brook Street library have both expressed interest in exhibiting her work. I think it is a wonderful idea to have an exhibition of her work, said Pat Heath, manager of the Heritage Centre. It would be a lovely tribute to her
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KNUTSFORDS £1m library will not have a public toilet.
Instead residents will have to trek to Booths if they need the loo. Yesterday (Tuesday) Barbara West, of the Cheshire Library Service, said the public would be allowed to use staff toilets only in an emergency. The difficulty with toilets is they are
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VICTIMS of Knutsford paedophile Bruce McLean could cost Cheshire County Council thousands.
It is believed claims of more than £160,000 have been made against the authority, but a London lawyer told the Knutsford Guardian yesterday that he could not predict what the final figure would be. Yesterday (Tuesday) Cheadle-based solicitor Peter Garsden
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MP Martin Bell has praised the people of Tatton for setting an example to the entire nation.
In his book, An Accidental MP, which will be launched in Knutsford next week, the former BBC reporter said his constituents deserved their place in history. Let me state my conviction that 29,254 of the electors of Tatton did not fail when they voted
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Friday
1.30pm: Charlie & The Jelly Factory, Buxton Opera House Saturday 2-5pm: Llandudno Fringe Festival 2000. Entertainers along the promenade. International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Buxton Opera House. Until August 20. For details call 01422 323252
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VODAFONE are calling for help from town planners.
They claim the M6 at Knutsford is a black hole and need a mast to give their mobile phone users a better reception. Customers have noticed that their phones just go dead, a company spokesman said. Last week the phone company withdrew plans to erect a
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EXTENDED RUN FOR AS YOU LIKE IT
THEATRE-GOERS are being given an extra week to see the Royal Exchange's current hit production of the Shakespeare comedy, As You Like It. Acclaim from critics and audiences has led to brisk Box Office business and the production can now be seen until
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WHATS ON
Saturday 6pm-10pm: Music of the Millennium. O--pen air concert. Syd Lawrence Orchestra and singers plus Barbara Dickson. No seats provided. West Park, Macclesfield. Tickets £1 from Knutsford Information Centre, Council Offices, Toft Road, Knutsford. Sunday
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Knutsford Scottish Country Dancing
KNUTSFORDS Scottish Country Dance Group began more than 40 years ago with Dr Craigs evening classes at the then secondary modern school. Mary Crompton continued and, when public funding stopped, moved the group to the Shaw Heath Social Club as an independent
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Today (Wednesday)
Royal Horticultural Society Show (RHS members only), Tatton Park, Knutsford Clonter Opera Theatre presents The Marriage of Figaro. Also July 19, 21, 22, 28 and 29 7.30pm: Meeting of the Embroiders Guild, Chelford Village Hall Thursday Official opening
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Three lucky readers can ease the pain with XPAIN-TSE
A PORTABLE electronic device known as XPAIN-TSE provides relief from persistent pain and today, we have three free samples to give away to readers. They would be ideal for people with migraine, but would help other types of pain too. The device is in
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CHRIS AIMS TO BE GREAT FOR BRITAIN
BY TOBY ROBINSON A FIGHTING fit schoolteacher from Crewe is hoping to become a world beater this weekend. Ruskin High Schools Chris Sharpe has been selected to represent the Great Britain Sport Ju-Jitsu grappling team. The seven-strong team has high hopes
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GWYNNETHS SEW SUCCESSFUL
BY PETE HENSHAW A SEWING-MAD pensioner from Sandbach was shocked to learn she had won an embroidery competition...in Australia! Eighty-two-year-old Gwynneth Goodfellow, of Green Street, Sandbach, has been sewing for 20 years and is well known locally
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HEADS HAIL TOWNS TALENTED STUDENTS
BY PETE HENSHAW THE success of last weeks A Levels in Nantwich was followed up this week with equally astounding GCSE results. Both Malbank and Brine Leas schools enjoyed results above the national average of 56 per cent of exams passed at A-C level.
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RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO UNITE
BY PETE HENSHAW A NEW residents association has been set up in Maw Green to try and give people a say in the way their area develops. The association is also hoping to set up a base similar to the Our House facility in Frank Webb Avenue, Crewe. One of
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Cut me and I bleed primrose and blue!
I AM a Warrington lad through and through, if you cut me I would bleed Primrose and Blue. Unfortunately I missed out on Wednesday night's fantastic decision by one week, I did not return home from the US where I was working until Saturday. Upon reading
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WHATS ON
Wednesday 8pm: Knutsford Branch of Back Care Organisation meeting Birkin Centre, Mobberley Road, Knutsford. Thursday 11.00am: Knutsford Alzheimers Society Carers meeting at the Heritage Centre, 90a King Street, Knutsford. Speaker Rev Stephen Callis. 7.30pm
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SCHIZOPHRENIC HOUSING FEAR
BY BERYL PATEMAN A CHARITYS housing scheme for schizophrenics has sparked fear in a West End community. OeMaking Space wants to build flats for seven people with mental health problems on the site of a former scout hut off Leighton Street, The complex
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For the people of Woolston
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to reply to the letter in last week's GUARDIAN regarding the Tuesday night bingo at Woolston Leisure Centre. Woolston Community Association has played bingo at Woolston Leisure Centre since 1974 on Tuesday evenings
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Oasis in the town centre
I WORK in a professional office in the vicinity of Palmyra Square and would like to challenge Mr Du Prez's statement that it is only appreciated by dossers and men in brown macs. Every lunchtime in good weather there are people from surrounding offices
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Can't you find another site?
REGARDING the Warrington Rugby ground, I am glad that they are going to move. Since they have been in the Super League the noise from the ground has been atrocious. However, I don't understand a few things about this move to the People's Stadium. Did
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Benefit from restoration
AS AN infrequent visitor to Queen's Gardens I can't claim the vast knowledge of its toilets, seedy gents in brown macs or dossers that Maurice Du Prez obviously has, letters page last week's GUARDIAN. Perhaps I have been too delighted with this small
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WHATS ON
THURSDAY 2pm-4pm: Tea dance with Bert Grange at Civic Centre. Admission £1, 7.30pm: Knutsford Historical Societys annual meeting, Tatton Suite, Knutsford Civic Centre. Guest speaker Miss J Holden on Hatches, Matches and Dispatches. FRIDAY 7.30pm: St Oswalds
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Knutsford Little Theatre
KNUTSFORD Little Theatres auditions for its May farce will be held on Monday at 8pm and not in April as mentioned in last weeks Knutsford Guardian. Director Steve Prescott is looking for four women and three men to star in Big Bad Mouse from Wednesday
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FIELD DAY SUCCESS
TRINITY Methodist Church had a very successful Field Day this weekend, raising a total of £3,801 for church funds. The day started with a procession which entertained spectators along Ledward Street, School Road, Crook Lane and Station Road all the way
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MOTOR MAD WEEKEND
TWO motor mad Winsford men took their treasured vehicles to Capesthorne Motor Show this weekend, to share their passion with everyone. Ian Blacklock, of Collingtree Avenue, displayed his 1969 Riley Elf, a variation of the traditional mini, in the 1960s
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HARD WORK REAPS REWARDS
HARD work gained its reward at Verdin High School in Winsford. Excellent results were achieved with some 98 per cent of pupils passing at least one GCSE, 40 per cent of the grades awarded were at grade C or above and 35 per cent achieved five or more
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IN THE LIMELIGHT
THE September line-up for the Limelight is out with some top tributes and crazy nights to look forward to. The big name artists line-up early with a 60s night on Saturday, September 2, featuring classic songs from the era including Beatles tribute OeThe
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BRAD PACK A KNOCKOUT
Snatch reviewed by Toby Robinson GANGSTERS, fighting, guns and wit - Snatch is definitely one of those films for the lads. Theres no doubt that comparisons will be drawn over Guy Richies latest offering and the film that made his reputation Lock, Stock
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SINGER MARY DUFF TAKES TO THE CIVIC HALL STAGE
AN Irish singer who has won numerous awards and has their own fan club comes to Winsford this weekend. Mary Duff will be at the civic hall on Friday, September 1 bringing her unique blend of country music and solo vocals. Mary, who started singing when
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QUARRY CLOSURE THREAT
CHESHIRES quarry industry could close within five years with the loss of 830 jobs if government plans are adopted. The claim came this week from the Quarry Products Association, which is concerned about new noise limits for quarries. The limits proposed
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FUTURES ROSY FOR FARMING DUO
BY PETE HENSHAW TWO NANTWICH farmers have helped provide a lifeline to Cheshires dairy farming industry. Robert Ford and Alan Baldwin have been involved in the development of Rose Veal, a new welfare friendly meat. The idea has come over from Holland
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WATERWAYS OPEN DAY
FREE boat trips, dry stone walling and mini-digger driving are some of the attractions on offer at an open weekend. The events are being laid on tomorrow and Sunday at the British Waterways Red Bull office, Congleton Road South, Church Lawton. Members
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Tetley Walker2 AFTER enduring their worst start to a North West Counties League season Tetley Walker broke their duck at the fourth attempt on Monday. Tetley were reduced to 10 men in the 55th minute when Lee Webster was dismissed for his second yellow
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Woolston Rovers22 WOOLSTON Rovers got their season off to a flying start against bogy side Saddleworth Rangers in the National Conference League Premier Division. Full back Peter Livett had an eventful game in scoring a try, being sin-binned and collecting
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Blackbrook24 CROSFIELDS fitness and a hat-trick of tries from winger Ian Hannon proved to be the winning factors in their opening game of the National Conference League Division Two season. Although Crosfields never played at their best they deserved
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SOLID START NOT ENOUGH FOR YOUNG WOLVES
Wigan Warriors25 Warrington Wolves14 TERRITORIALLY the game was even but Warrington Academy were not quite good enough to claim the points. For the first quarter Wigan never entered Warringtons half of the field but Wigans defence was magnificent and
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CUP CRISIS FOR ALBION
WITTON Albion are having their FA Cup campaign disrupted before it has begun, with a string of injury problems going into this Saturdays preliminary round. Manager Nigel Gleghorn has a hamstring pull, Steve Haw, who would have been suspended anyway, is
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SIDES SET FOR DROP
THE poor batting displays of Weaverham and Winsford at Knights Grange on Saturday may explain why both are so far down the Meller Braggins One table this season. It was Weaverhams turn to show their ineptitude first, as they slumped to 51-8. However,
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PARK HAVE SPRING IN THEIR STEP
WINNINGTON Park are turning to the Springboks to make a promotion leap in the new season. They begin their North Two campaign at Widnes on Saturday, the team they were relegated with at the end of last season. However, a trio of South Africans who recently
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GARY GRABS THE WINNER
Northwich Vics 1 Morecambe 0 Nationwide Conference Satrurday, August 26 GARY Fletcher proved he deserved his first start of the season by stealing the show against Morecambe on Saturday. The teenager grabbed the games only goal to give Vics their first
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GREENS BOUNCE BACK
Hereford United 0 Northwich Vics 0 Nationwide Conference Monday., August 28 NORTHWICH Vics have pulled themselves up the Nationwide Conference table by keeping their second clean sheet of the Bank Holiday weekend. Mondays impressive goalless draw at Hereford
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HARD WORK WILL PAY OFF
EAGLE RUFC started their season with a trial game at home against Prescot which resulted in a 20-10 win. Man of the match Tim Rhodes, playing his first game for two years, said straight after the game: "After all the hard work it was nice to finally get
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Woolston Rovers22 WOOLSTON Rovers got their season off to a flying start against bogy side Saddleworth Rangers in the National Conference League Premier Division. Full back Peter Livett had an eventful game in scoring a try, being sin-binned and collecting
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Blackbrook24 CROSFIELDS' fitness and a hat-trick of tries from winger Ian Hannon proved to be the winning factors in their opening game of the National Conference League Division Two season. Although Crosfields never played at their best they deserved
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WOLVES WIMPER AT LEADERS
Wigan Warriors62 Warrington Wolves4 WITH a mounting injury toll and first team call-ups the Wolves Alliance side faced a Wigan team all set to confirm their position at the head of the Alliance League. For the first 10 minutes Wolves' aggressive defence
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Video conference will help create unified approach to enterprise
WARRINGTON International Business Centre will be the base for a unique video conference linking key players in the regional economy throughout the north west, on Tuesday. The conference, opened by the Duke of Westminster, will link five other locations
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HAWTHORNE DO NOT BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
CHESHIRE Hawthorne kicked off the Warrington Sunday Soccer League season by defeating last term's Premier Division champions Grange Valley 2-0. Goals by Neil Barker and Neil Whiteman secured the points. Lee Ellis and Robert Hope were on target as Howley
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Sandra's the
'first lady' SANDRA Brusby has become the first woman president of the Warrington branch of the Rotary Club and is the only female president in the region. Sandra, chief executive of Business Link, Warrington and Vale Royal, has been a Rotarian for six
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Weaverham4 EGERTON enjoyed a pre-season friendly against newly-promoted Weaverham. They got off to a great start when Scott Beattie latched on to a through ball and hammered the ball home. That produced a spirited response from Weaverham and by half-time
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Trio land assessor awards
THREE employees from Regency Care, Warrington, have received assessor awards from the City and Guilds of London Institute. Janice Grundy, Mandy Crank and Joyce Walton qualified as workplace assessors and are now able to assess National Vocational Qualifications
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Firemen's red alert for Trust volunteers
WARRINGTON Fire Brigade is organising a personal development course for Prince's Trust volunteers, at the fire station, starting on September 11. Courses are taking place all over the north west as part of an initiative by the Trust, aimed at helping
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£2m windfall will help Prima to go European
WARRINGTON-based Prima Business Control Software has won £2m. in a competition run by venture capital company 3i, based in London. The windfall will enable the Tanners Lane company to expand and create 20 new jobs over the coming year. Prima was one of
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Langley 1st87 RADBROKE Hall 1st XI just about blew their chances of success in the Shammah Nicholls Cheshire Alliance Division One after a disastrous defeat at home to Langley on Saturday. Having bowled out the opposition for just 87 (Neil Almond 3 for
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Cut me and I bleed primrose and blue!
I AM a Warrington lad through and through, if you cut me I would bleed Primrose and Blue. Unfortunately I missed out on Wednesday night's fantastic decision by one week, I did not return home from the US where I was working until Saturday. Upon reading
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MOBBERLEY 1st206 for 7
Sale 1st269 for 5 AT LAST the sun shone on the Church Lane ground. Mobberley skipper Simon Burgess knew it would be an important toss to win. Having lost the previous three his luck had to change, and it did, and so on on a damp wicket Sale were asked
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For the people of Woolston
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to reply to the letter in last week's GUARDIAN regarding the Tuesday night bingo at Woolston Leisure Centre. Woolston Community Association has played bingo at Woolston Leisure Centre since 1974 on Tuesday evenings
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Shammah Nicholls Cheshire Cricket Alliance
Over Peover139 for 9 Norbury138 for 8 OVER Peover pulled off a hard-earned one-wicket victory on Saturday over visitors Norbury in an accident-strewn match, to retain their slender lead at the top of the Shammah Nicholls Premier League. The visitors early
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IS THREE POINTS ENOUGH?
KING and Queen A take a three-point lead into the final game of the season in Section A of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League. This follows their 10-5 win at Richmonds A when Larry Wells and Chris Ashton recorded 21-7 successes
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Dog should not suffer
WITH reference to the front page article in the Midweek GUARDIAN regarding the incident in which Farrah Muckley was attacked by a rottweiler. The dog's owners cannot be accused of irresponsibility, since the dog was enclosed within a six foot pen in the
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Sun shines on
Toft TOFT179 all out Chester BH98 all out IN blazing sunshine Toft won the toss and chose to bat on Saturday. The decision was justified as they reached 159 for 3 wickets with Richard Hardstaff scoring a fluent 83 and Roy 42. However, the next 11 overs
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STILL MUCH TO BE DECIDED IN THE WARRINGTON AND NORTH CHESHIRE BOWLS ASSOCIATION FINAL WEEK
RYLANDS A take a three points advantage into the final week of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Monday League. Their 11-4 win at Monk Sports A included three 21-9 winners and Brian Lawton, 21-7, John Nolan, 21-4 and Dennis Aldred, 21
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Shammah Nicholls Cheshire Alliance
RADBROKE132 for 5 Heaton Mersey131 for 6 RADBROKE Hall secured a five wicket win against Heaton Mersey to maintain their title chances. The home side elected to bat first in good conditions, but were soon in trouble as Radbroke strike bowler Neil Almond
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Shammah Nicholls Cheshire Cricket Alliance
Peover power to victory in close encounter Over Peover144 for 7 Trafford Metrovick143 OVER Peover won by three wickets against visitors Trafford Metrovick and maintained their place near the top of the league. TMV made a confident start putting on 35
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Mobb men under pressure
Cheshire County League Mobberley 1st124 all out Hale Barns 1st125 for 8 MOBBERLEY Cricket Clubs recent poor form continued at relegation-threatened Hale Barns. Captain Simon Burgess lost an important toss and Sinclair and he put Mobberley in to bat on
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Three lucky readers can ease the pain with XPAIN-TSE
A PORTABLE electronic device known as XPAIN-TSE provides relief from persistent pain and today, we have three free samples to give away to readers. They would be ideal for people with migraine, but would help other types of pain too. The device is in
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TOWN OFF THE MARK
Bacup Borough 0 Warrington Town 4 WARRINGTON had enough chances in their first victory of the season on Saturday to match the 8-0 thrashing they inflicted upon Bacup in March last year. Town, although never hitting peak form, held mastery throughout the
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Alsager 0, Tetley Walker 2
AFTER enduring their worst start to a North West Counties League season Tetley Walker broke their duck at the fourth attempt on Monday. Tetley were reduced to 10 men in the 55th minute when Lee Webster was dismissed for his second yellow card. Tetley
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Saddleworth Rangers 12, Woolston Rovers 22
WOOLSTON Rovers got their season off to a flying start against bogy side Saddleworth Rangers in the National Conference League Premier Division. Full back Peter Livett had an eventful game in scoring a try, being sin-binned and collecting the man of the
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WOLVES WIMPER AT LEADERS
Wigan Warriors 62 Warrington Wolves 4 WITH a mounting injury toll and first team call-ups the Wolves Alliance side faced a Wigan team all set to confirm their position at the head of the Alliance League. For the first 10 minutes Wolves' aggressive defence
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HAWTHORNE DO NOT BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
CHESHIRE Hawthorne kicked off the Warrington Sunday Soccer League season by defeating last term's Premier Division champions Grange Valley 2-0. Goals by Neil Barker and Neil Whiteman secured the points. Lee Ellis and Robert Hope were on target as Howley
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Parish council chairman dies
FORMER chairman of Rixton with Glazebrook Parish Council, Mr Brian Ardern, died in St Rocco's Hospice on Sunday after a long illness. He was 50. Mr Ardern, who lived at Glazebrook Lane, Glazebrook, served on many village committees and was a governor
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M-way driver in fall from speeding car
A YOUNG woman cheated death when she fell from her car as she drove down the M56 near the Lymm junction on Saturday afternoon. Motorists watched in horror as the 28-year-old woman from Parkgate, Neston, hurtled on to the carriageway after falling from
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Conmen trick sisters, 97 and 98
ELDERLY sisters have been duped out of cash by two conmen posing as water board officials. The bogus callers targeted the sisters, who are aged 97 and 98 and live together near to the shopping centre in Stockton Heath, on Friday morning. Posing as workers
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FORMER MP SAYS CONSERVATIVES WILL WIN SEAT AT ELECTION
FORMER MP Neil Hamilton predicted a Tory landslide in Tatton at the next General Election. Speaking from his home in Alderley Edge on Monday, the disgraced former minister said Tattons electorate would not have changed its ways. I fully expect the normal
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Well-known pair plan new life in Lakes
TWO of the district's well-known people are planning a new life in the Lake District after serving Warrington for a total of 65 years between them. Reverend Bob Rowlands retired from the parishes of St Matthew's in Stretton and St Cross in Appleton Thorn
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CRANSLEY PUPILS DO IT AGAIN
FOR the second year running, Cransley School, Great Budworth, has achieved 100 per cent pass rate, at five or more grades A* to C. Hilary Laidler, headteacher, and all her staff were delighted to see that the girls' hard work had been so well rewarded