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Youth group faces closure
By SARAH HARKER A YOUTH group which celebrates its 20th anniversary this month fears it could face closure due to a lack of supervisory staff. Woolston Youth Group, part of the Church of the Ascension, will celebrate its birthday on September 20, but
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To baby Rocco with love ...
By SARAH HARKER A CELEBRITY thank you is on the way to staff at St Rocco's Hospice after they helped out a famous showbiz couple. Pop superstar Madonna and director Guy Ritchie chose the name Rocco for their new baby boy after it was suggested by Madonna's
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New scheme to protect wildlife
By SARAH HARKER NEGLECTED green oases throughout Warrington have been placed under the protection of council environment watchdogs. Nine previously unprotected areas have been adopted as Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation under a new preservation
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Traders fear Tesco will hit them hard
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT WORRIED market traders fear that a 'parasitic' out-of-town Tesco superstore could swallow up their customers. Many stallholders say that the new supermarket, which was given the go-ahead by the borough council last month along with
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Summertime fun as the seaside comes to town
BEACH babes packed up their deck chairs and towels at the end of a week-long holiday in the unlikely seaside resort of Warrington. The event was part of the Warrington-by-the-Sea week, organised by managers at the Golden Square shopping centre, which
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Relief for villagers as mast plan is scrapped
CONTROVERSIAL plans to erect a mobile phone mast at Grappenhall Cricket Club have been scrapped. Disgruntled villagers mounted a campaign to stop phone giant Orange from building a 15-metre mobile phone mast, equipment cabin and fenced compound at the
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Angela's all set for Peruvian adventure
By JOEL SAWYER INTREPID teacher Angela Dawe, from Callands, is preparing to pay a visit to Peru to experience the third world at first hand. The 43-year-old mother-of-two from St Asaph Drive will jet off on November 2 to spend three weeks in a poverty-stricken
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Kitten star says her Westlife hunk is just purrfect
IT'S OFFICIAL - Padgate pop chick Kerry Katona and boyband hunk Bryan McFadden are an item. Rumours of a romance between 19-year-old Kerry, of Atomic Kitten, and the 20-year-old Westlife hearthrob have been circulating for more than a year, and the couple
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Hunk beefs up farmers' image
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT THE IMAGE of farmers as straw-chewing country bumpkins is about to change with the help of a George Clooney lookalike from Lower Whitley. Thirty-two year old David Johnson, of Greenhills Farm, Greenhills Lane, is set to become part
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Wonderful washout
TO THE people of Burtonwood; It should have been the best carnival yet. Instead it was a washout. We were asked why the carnival didn't go ahead, as the weather cleared up. A decision had to be made and it was made for the safety of the people. As the
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Shocked and surprised
I WAS shocked and surprised to read the headlines in last week's GUARDIAN that the Warrington Sunday League has banned a deaf football team from competing on the grounds of communication. It is this kind of ignorance and discrimination that further erodes
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Gardens offer brief respite
I COULDN'T help but pen to paper when I read the letter from Maurice Du Prez from Higher Walton in the GUARDIAN, August 24. How long is it since he actually set foot into Queens Gardens? The toilet he commented on has been closed for at least five years
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League refutes allegations made by deaf soccer team
IN RESPONSE to an article by Stephen Rylance in the GUARDIAN August 31. The Warrington Sunday Football League puts on record its position regarding the allegations in the newspaper article. The Warrington Sunday Football League categorically denies that
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TOWN GO DOWN AGAIN
Warrington Town1 Padiham2 WARRINGTON slumped to a third home defeat on Tuesday with the season less than three weeks old. Failure against Padiham extended a dismal home run stretching back to November, which has seen them win only four times. Town created
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CUP HERO HARAN
THE GUARDIAN Cup took centre stage in Saturday's Warrington Soccer League programme. Ian Pickett led the cavalry charge by scoring a treble for Crosfields as they overran Crontonians 9-0. Cyril Fitzpatrick and Mark Caven each weighed in with a brace while
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ROVERS LAND PNG WORLD CUP STAR
WOOLSTON Rovers may have their first Papua New Guinea player in their ranks on Saturday when they travel to Barrow to play Walney in the National Conference League. Half-back Tom O'Riley, who played for Oldham last season, has been cleared to play for
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THE DARRYL VAN DE VELDE COLUMN
THERE had been an indication previously that Warrington Wolves might be joining Leeds Rhinos, Halifax Blue Sox and Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants in going to America next January as part of a plan to develop the game there. I have already planned the pre-season
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LOYAL FANS BEHIND WOLVES ALL THE WAY
WARRINGTON Wolves's defeat to Wigan Warriors on Sunday led to two woeful statistics - but fans are sticking with the club! Wigan rattled up 50 points and were the first opposition to do so in a league match at Wilderspool since Salford's 50-0 success
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Mission to forge business links with Czech Republic
A JOINT civic and trade mission is to journey from Warrington to the Czech Republic to forge business links with Eastern European partners. A party of businessmen will travel to the Nachod region in October to develop partnerships in one of the world's
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Dog owners' anguish at cremation mix-up
By JOEL SAWYER A HEARTBROKEN dog owner has spoken of her anger towards a pet crematorium which, she claims, ruined her last chance to say goodbye to a long-time and beloved companion. But staff at Glazebrook Pet Crematorium claim that Wendy Austridge's
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Family living in fear
By JANE FIELD AN ex-police officer and his family say they are living in fear after suffering nine years of abuse at the hands of mindless thugs. A torrent of death threats, abusive phone calls and slanderous accusations has accompanied the hate campaign
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Shock as town's health watchdog gets the chop
WARRINGTON'S only independent health watchdog, the Community Health Council, is to be abolished under radical changes in the National Health Service. Among fears that an impartial and coherent voice for patients will be lost, CHC members face a fight
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Popular chaplain retires after marathon career
ONE of Warrington's best known characters has retired from the job he believes was "the best in the Church of England." Hospital chaplain Reverend Philip Mears, who has experienced every aspect of life there over the past 19 years giving spiritual comfort
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Tea for two helps bring Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to life
TWIN visitors from Wonderland took a tour of Warrington and joined the Mad Hatter just in time for tea! Members of the Lewis Carroll Society, based in Daresbury, are 'twinned' with Llandudno in North Wales, where the original, real-life Alice spent much
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Regulars' fundraising effort brings tears to the eyes
CROWDS flocked to the Orford Hotel on Saturday night and handed over their hard-earned cash to watch grown men weep while raising funds for Warrington Mencap. Big-hearted fundraisers Steve Higginson, Dave Irvine and Mark Rankin placed themselves at the
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Under siege from vandals
AN Orford community centre is under siege from vandals who have carried out repeated attacks. Old Orford Residents' Association, Alder Lane, has been the target of a series of incidents where youths have broken locks and repeatedly sprayed the walls of
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Crowds flock to summer show
By SARAH HARKER SUMMER sunshine brought out the crowds for Woolston Park's annual show on Sunday. Organised by the Warrington Rangers Service, Friends of Woolston Park and Woolston District Horticultural Society, the event proved once again to be a great
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Colin in line for People's Award
By JANE FIELD THE 'People's Oscars' is just a phone call away for Warrington's figurehead for peace. In a fitting tribute to a man who has dedicated the past seven years of his life to the peace cause, following the death of his son Tim in the Bridge
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Hello, hello, hello it's police open day
By RACHEL SPENCER POLICE in Warrington are staging an open day to give the public an insight into policing in the town, while raising vital cash for St Rocco's Hospice. The event, on September 24, offers fun for all the family and gives residents a chance
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Campaign may bring more beat bobbies
By RACHEL SPENCER MORE police officers will patrol the streets of Warrington if a high-profile recruitment campaign launched by the Government proves to be a success. Increased funding from the Home Office means that Cheshire police can recruit an extra
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Step out for Ellie
KINDHEARTED children from Latchford are appealing for sponsors to help raise funds for little Ellie Daniels. Ellie, of Vaudray Drive, Woolston, is still in a coma after falling into a garden pond six months ago. A group of 30 children has organised a
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Courting disaster
IT'S no wonder that this country has such a dearth of tennis talent if other local councils have a pricing policy similar to Warrington's. This week I contacted Birchwood Tennis Centre with the intention of booking an indoor court. There was a court available
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Sincere thanks
I WISH to thank most sincerely all friends and colleagues in Criminal Justice etc, and Town Hall etc, for their kind sentiments, cards and letters on my retirement from the Warrington Magistrates Bench and 70th birthday, with special appreciation to the
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GRANGE HIT BRAZIL FOR 12
WARRINGTON Grange women's soccer team kicked off their new season with an away trip to Brazil of Liverpool. The squad has been boosted by the step-up to senior football of six of the club's former under 16 players but only 11 players were available for
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FIRST HOME WIN
Tetley Walker3 Ashton Town0 FIELDING four last minute signings a makeshift Tetley Walker recorded their first home win of the new North West Counties League season. After seven minutes, from an in-swinging corner, unmarked Andy flood headed home. Tetley
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Warrington Town2 A THIRD win inside eight days led to Warrington opening their FA Cup campaign on a triumphant note on Saturday. Town, who have not progressed beyond the first qualifying round stage of the competition since 1994, excelled in overcoming
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NO SMALL THING
MONK Sports progressed through to the second round of Warrington Sunday Soccer League's Denis Scholes Challenge Trophy after thrashing Cholmondeley Arms 8-0. There were braces for David Simpson, Gareth Owen and Shaun Jarvis with Jamie Williams and Chris
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LYMM ANGLING CLUB SCENE
IT was the turn of Lymm Angling Club member Peter Sawer to land a catfish on Lymmvale. Both his friend and his friend's daughter had already landed fish of 27lbs and 19lbs respectively. Peter, fishing close to the boathouse, hooked his fish and truly
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WARRINGTON ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION REVIEW
WARRINGTON Anglers' Association waters continue to give consistent sport with many good bags of fish being taken. River reports are non-existent therefore I cannot give you any information on the places to go. So river anglers please send in your reports
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SAME OLD STORY
Warrington Wolves20 Wigan Warriors50 WARRINGTON Wolves' record against 'top five' clubs continued its poor fashion on Sunday. Of the 12 games the Wolves have played this year against the league's play-off hopefuls they have only picked up six points.
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MORE HINTS OF CHANGE
DARRYL Van de Velde's comments after Warrington's heavy home loss to Wigan again pointed to personnel changes during the close season. In one quote he said: "Some of the players will never make progress because they're not Super League players." And in
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ALSTEAD EAGER
IT was not that long ago that David Alstead was standing on the Central Park terraces cheering on his Wigan heroes. On Sunday, he pulled on a primrose and blue Super League jersey for the first time to play against the same men he used to idolise. Alstead