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Students set to face challenge of a lifetime
KEEN students from Priestley College are busy raising money for the trip of a lifetime to Costa Rica. A sponsored car wash has been the latest in a string of events held to raise funds for the Costa Rica World Challenge Expedition in 2002, where the students
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MP Helen welcomes crime initiatives
WARRINGTON South MP Helen Southworth has welcomed a Government push to crack down on drink-related crime and disorder. New measures in the Queen's speech included police powers to immediately close licensed premises where disorder is occurring, plus more
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Kerry is to quit
By JOEL SAWYER POP fans in Warrington have been left licking their wounds at news that Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona is leaving the super group. Warrington's premier pop princess from Padgate has decided to call it a day on her pop chart career to concentrate
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Campaign urges children to clean up their act
TEENAGERS and young children are to be targeted in a new 'cool' litter awareness campaign. The idea was created by the town's refuse and street cleansing focus group, a body made up of members of the public, which was set up last year by the council as
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Waterfall warning for shoppers
By JOEL SAWYER SHOPPERS are being warned of the dangers posed by illuminated pictures of a waterfall, which were sold in Warrington over Christmas. The illuminated pictures, which are plugged into wall sockets, are of a waterfall cascading into a pool
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Cliff earns club's highest honour
CLIFF Houghton, president of the Rotary Club of Warrington, has received the Paul Harris Fellowship award at a ceremony held at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre. The award remembers lawyer Paul Harris who, along with three other businessmen
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Ambulance boss delighted with service's performance
THE boss of Warrington's ambulance service has hailed the exceptional performance of his hard-working heroes. David Todhunter, chief executive of Mersey Regional Ambulance Service, has paid tribute to the efforts and commitment of his staff, following
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Hospital shines in new cancer care figures
By SARAH HARKER BREAST cancer care in the north west has been boosted by Warrington Hospital, according to recent figures. The Government's latest figures on outpatient waiting times for suspected breast cancer show that 93.3 per cent of patients in the
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Police hunt gunman who stole BMW on test drive
A GUN-wielding robber conned a garage worker to take him on a test drive then drove off in a top-of-the-range BMW. Posing as a potential buyer, the man asked the owner to take him out in the car on the M62 in the X-registered £33,000 530 series silver
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I'LL HUFF AND PUFF TILL YOU LISTEN TO US
By SUZANNE ELSWORTH RUGBY club mascot Wolfie and the MP at the centre of a furore about the town's new stadium plans came face to face on Friday. The fur was about to fly before Helen Jones, elected member for Warrington North, finally agreed to meet
