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Let's hear it for pensioner power
PENSIONER power is set to get underway in the spring and Warrington's older generation is invited to come along and make its voice heard. The pensioners parliament will be held in Blackpool at the Winter Gardens on Monday, April 30, Tuesday, May 1 and
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Adventures in the skin trade
THE former Warrington Collegiate student who won a prestigious television award for her documentary on piercing and tattooing is looking forward to the London finals in March. Debbie Armstrong, who won the Royal TV Society (RTS) Student Award for the
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Eye-opening taste of the great outdoors
TWO Priestley College students have been helping children from Loushers Lane School to have a fun-packed outdoor pursuits holiday. Lisa Williams from Birchwood and Alex Gibson from Orford went on the five-day trip to the Calvert Trust Centre in Keswick
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Methodists look forward to visit from president
METHODISTS in Warrington are in for a treat this weekend as their first black president pays them a visit. The Right Reverend Inderjit Bhogal, president of the British Methodist Conference, is coming to Warrington Methodist Mission on Saturday as part
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Hopes for successful year
By SARAH HARKER AFTER a spectacular millennium year for St Rocco's, supporters, volunteers and staff are hoping for another prosperous year for the hospice. The main part of the year will be spent supporting the efforts of the companies and individuals
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NEW ARTS CENTRE NEEDS £600,000
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT COUNCIL bosses may have to fork out an extra £600,000 for the ill-fated arts centre to pay for security and cover the delay in its construction. The extra funding is required because its main contractor, Horrocks Construction, went
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Honor wants to tap into village's talent
LYMM Village's annual arts festival has a new director in Honor Giles, who hopes to bring together a wide variety of artists for this year's event. Honor, of Sandy Lane, Oughtrington, originally comes from Bowdon but has lived in the Lymm area for the
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Fears over tip expansion
FEARS that the possible extension of Arpley Tip could cause the loss of the flood plain have been raised by a natural history enthusiast. Warrington-born Jeff Clark, who now lives in Widnes, has had a life-long interest in natural history in the upper
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We're open!
THERE were celebrations at Warrington's Salvation Army headquarters on Saturday with the opening of the organisation's new charity shop. The project has been more than 18 months in the making but now the work is completed and the building officially opened
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Stranded swans rescued
A WARRINGTON wildlife rescuer has saved the life of two swans after a dramatic rescue attempt down a 30 feet icy pit. The birds, a swan and his cygnet, were saved in the nick of time as the freezing temperature of the water meant Cathy Clements, 43, and
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Missing Carol is found
THE search is on for a Warrington woman who has been missing from home since New Year's Day. 41-year-old Carol Kershaw was last seen by her partner at their home in Padgate last Monday. She had celebrated the New Year with friends then returned home with
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Sale of internet company saves 80 jobs
IT HAS been an unhappy new year for 60 workers at the Warrington-based Breathe.com after they were made redundant on Thursday, but the £1.4 million sale of the company on Monday saved the remaining 80 jobs. Workers were given their marching orders following
