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Softwear company wins the Investor in People standard
SOFTWEAR development company Forty One, based at Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington, have won the Investor in People standard. The company was the winner of the effective training category in last year's Warrington Business Awards. Forty One was supported
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John lifts coaching 'Oscar'!
JOHN Flanagan Coach Travel of Warrington won a silver trophy for disability awareness for the second year running at the annual coach industry awards ceremony, held in London. The award was introduced at the event - the 'Oscars' of the coaching industry
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Your bid to
become an award-winner HOW would you like to be able to call yourself an 'award-winning' business? Six companies in Warrington are already doing that after becoming winners at last year's Warrington Business Awards, and this year, seven more companies
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Hospital gets cash injection
WARRINGTON Hospital's critical care unit has received a welcome cash injection of £50,000 from big hearted volunteers at the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. The donation will be used on equipment for a critical care bed in the intensive care, or high
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Is Gertrude our oldest reader?
GERTRUDE Critchley is the top contender for the Guardian's oldest reader. At a fabulous105 years young tomorrow, Friday, Gertrude still enjoys a regular read of the paper. The birthday girl, who now lives in St Helens, grew up in Warrington, living in
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Fancy being a radio star?
IF your face didn't fit for 'Popstars' don't worry, because you can have another stab at fame in 'Radiostars', the latest fly on the wall series to hit the airwaves. 105.4 Century FM launched the competition on Monday to give aspiring radio gurus the
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Film students to shed light on truth behind famous song
THE folklore behind a classic song is being called into question by a crew of film students at Warrington Collegiate. Legend has it that Simon and Garfunkel's classic home-sick sing-along Homeward Bound was written as Paul Simon sat in Widnes train station
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New boss at NHS Trust
THE new chief executive of the north Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been named as Mike Deegan currently chief executive of Warrington Hospital. The new trust will be formed from the merger of Halton General Hospital NHS Trust and Warrington Hospital
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Teenager hurt in bar attack
AN 18-year-old youth was smacked around the head with an metal bar as he walked home from the pub through Sankey Valley Park last Tuesday night. He was attacked after he walked over a footbridge in the Bewsey Farm Close in Old Hall at 10.50pm. Det Con
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Villagers to make their voices heard
ANGRY villagers opposing development in Lymm, Thelwall and Stockton Heath are set to join forces in a mass rally in a bid to make the council listen to their views. Andrew Wilson, who organised the 'Hour of Protest' in Lymm, which saw hundreds of disgruntled
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King for a day!
IT has taken three years but the demolition of Earlestown Baptist Church is now complete and members are putting rumour to rest by saying a community centre will be built. The Church Fellowship have vowed to raise £250,000 and hope to see building works
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TWO Lymm businesses are making a desparate plea
TWO Lymm businesses are making a desparate plea to the Environment Agency, the borough council and the Manchester Ship Canal company to help them keep their heads above water. Janet Socorro from the Statham Lodge Riding Centre on Warrington Road and Harry
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Maple tree planted in Peter's memory
THE memory of a Walton parish councillor will be kept alive by a field maple tree, which has been planted in his memory. Peter Bennett, who died on Boxing Day in 1998, was a parish councillor for more than 20 years. His wife, Nora, and his family gathered
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Choir director voices his concern
ST MARY'S Church in Lymm is having a crisis in the choir. New recruits are urgently needed, as the church has insufficient numbers to cope with absences, which means that the choir is unable to tackle new, more challenging and interesting music. Members
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Paper project proves popular for Penketh pupils
YOUNGSTERS at Penketh Primary School have proved they have the 'write' stuff when it comes to journalism by showing off their talents in the Guardian's Newspapers in Education scheme. The pupils have been taking a look into what makes up a newspaper,
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Nursery gets a blooming good report
By SUZANNE ELSWORTH OFSTED inspectors have given the seal of approval to the work of a Warrington nursery. Bloomings Pre-School Day Nursery, based at River Road, off Gainsborough Road, currently looks after up to 35 children aged between two and five.
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We're getting it wrong, warns bishop
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT THE Bishop of Liverpool paid a flying visit to William Beamont Community School on Saturday to speak to church workers and youngsters. The Rt Rev James Jones, who has declared 2001 as 'The Year of the Child' in the diocese, addressed
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Marathon effort in memory of brave Barry
FIVE Warrington men went the distance by running a marathon in tribute to a friend who died of cancer and as a way of saying thank you to the hospital ward that treated him. Ray Elliott, Don Sharp, Alan Mealing and Roy and Mark Kerfoot were all friends
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Release of babies' organs delayed
FAMILIES of babies whose lungs were retained by Warrington Hospital have been told that the release of the organs will be delayed indefinitely. Parents were initially told that there would be a four week wait for information regarding the retention of
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Learning how to live again
By SARAH HARKER WHEN widow Ruth Chischniak realised the highlight of her week was a trip to Asda, it was obvious to her that there had to be more to life. Then she discovered a unique group which gave her the confidence to get out and meet people despite
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Stateside jamboree!
THREE Scouts from Warrington East District have been selected to represent the UK at the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree this summer. James Taylor, aged 16, Richard Taylor, aged 14, from Hollins Green Scout Group, and John Andrews, aged 15, from
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Pensioner, 92, conned out of £300 by bogus plumber
A BOGUS plumber called at the home of a 92-year-old man on Station Road in Padgate, conned him out of cash and then stole his wallet. The caller knocked on the man's door at about 1pm last Thursday, and the pensioner let him in after mistaking him for
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Widow's warning over funerals
A WIDOW is urging people to put their plans in order before their death in a bid to save their families from heartache. Helen, of Padgate, met her husband, Christopher, 20 years ago. Both had been married before and had children from their first marriages
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Puppy rescued from canal
A PUPPY which was clinging on to a piece of wood was dragged from a canal on Bewsey Road by Warrington firefighters. The terrier, called Trixie, was found just after 8pm on Sunday. One of the firefighters climbed down the bank and rescued the puppy before
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Youths fire shots at town centre offices
By JANE FIELD NUISANCE youths have been blamed for a spate of air rifle attacks on an office building in the town centre. Shots fired at the windows of New Town House on Buttermarket Street are putting workers at risk and causing thousands of pounds worth
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Blair calls on council chief's advice
IT was a breakfast date to rival all others for Warrington Borough Council's chief executive Steven Broomhead last week as he spent Thursday morning with the Prime Minister. The date marked the launch of a new strategy aimed at tackling the numbers of
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RSPCA rehoming put on ice
THE RSPCA in Warrington is not taking in, or rehoming any animals until further notice while the Foot-and-Mouth outbreak continues. Only those with authorised access are allowed on the premises on Slutchers Lane.
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Anglers reeled in at a number of sites
ANGLERS in Warrington have also been restricted by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth, with only a number of sites still open. Signs have been erected by Lymm Angling Club around the town, warning people not to fish at certain waters. The situation is changing
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Warrington farm still under observation
SIX farms in Cheshire and one in Warrington are still subject to Form D notices for being a "high risk" of having the foot-and-mouth infection. These are farms which have had possible contacts with infected animals. Clinic observations to date on these
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'Disgusted by the lack of respect'
By JANE FIELD A WOOLSTON farmer has hit out at the lack of respect for his efforts to keep the risk of foot and mouth disease away from his farm. Dennis Picton, of Rosebank Farm, Juniper Lane, is asking people to stay away and heed the notices both he
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Man attacked
A 23-YEAR-old man was bundled into a telephone box, threatened with a knife and ordered to hand over cash in an attack on Orford Lane last Thursday night. He was walking towards Pinners Brow at 10.30pm and as he passed the telephone kiosk outside the
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Pensioners warned: Don't be conned by cowboy salesmen
PENSIONERS in Warrington are being targeted by high pressure salesmen who terrify people into handing over cash in return for shoddy burglar alarms. Police issued a stern warning to the elderly this week after a woman received a call from a conman, announcing
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Couple scared to sleep in own bed
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT AN ELDERLY couple have been left devastated after burglars ransacked their home while they slept. Eighty-year-old Muriel and 79-year-old Harry Taylor had £1000 in cash stolen from their home in Gig Lane, Woolston, which they had been
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Cancelled
WORKERS at the Warrington Project in Northern Ireland have expressed their disappointment this week after the foot-and-mouth outbreak, which has devastated the countryside, led to the cancellation of an exchange trip. Youngsters from Derry and County
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Walk gets off on right foot
THE ninth annual Warrington Community Peace Walk will get off to a good start this year with a series of events leading up to the actual walk on Tuesday, March 13. The first walk was held in 1993 following the IRA bombing in the town centre which claimed
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Violence is not the answer
COLIN Parry has expressed fears that the bomb planted by the Real IRA outside the BBC in London could be the start of a new terrorist campaign, but has stressed that violence is not the way forward. The bomb was planted in a taxi on Sunday morning in
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Lab staff toast £150m lifeline
By PAT GILL BOLTON business editor THE future looks rosy for Daresbury Laboratory following Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers' announcement on Friday that two projects worth £150m will go to the lab. The projects will safeguard the jobs of 500
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Really exciting developments
TREATMENT for eye cancer currently carried out at Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral, will eventually move to Daresbury, and will be greatly improved. Treatment for cancers in other parts of the body also will be set up there. Patients will be treated on
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Vote-catching budget
By PAT GILL BOLTON FAMILIES, pensioners and motorists are all set to benefit from yesterday's vote-catching budget. There was good news too for drinkers, with duty frozen on beer, wine and spirts. Smokers will pay an extra 6p a packet. Average households
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Praising hospital
I WAS recently undergoing a hip replacement in Warrington Hospital NHS Trust's Daresbury Wing and I would like to state how impressed I was with the care and treatment I received during my stay. The domestics, carers, pain control team, occupational therapists
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Community is about people, not bricks and mortar
IN answer to your reader "Dismayed" the solution is in their own hands. I am a member of the sub and residents' committee of the Grasmere and Greenwood estate. Once it was one of the most notorious estates in Warrington where no-one wanted to live, yet
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Lions Club says thanks to town
WARRINGTON Lions Club would like to thank the public of Warrington for their contribution to the Christmas Sleigh Appeal, which raised £4,300 for local charities. Thanks also to all the schools and school-children who took part in the festival of Christmas
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There are still honest people
I WOULD like to thank the person who handed in my purse at Warrington Police Station on Monday, March 5. I am very grateful and it is very much appreciated that whoever found it handed it in straight away. It is nice to know that there are still some
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Over-building in our town will lead to downward spiral
IT'S a pleasure to see vast green verges in the town's new suburbs, yet for the older areas there seems a desperate attempt to cram as many buildings as possible on to every handkerchief of space. The Victoria Square project even plans to take over the
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The complete text of that letter to John Prescott
Dear Mr Prescott, On behalf of constituents in my ward I would urge you to 'call in' the above planning application and hopefully direct a refusal or subject the matter to a public inquiry. This application for an 'out-of-town' sub-regional retail development
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Let's see Clr Hughes' objection letter in full
MAY I through this column seek some clarity into the guilt or innocence of Clr Mike Hughes. Firstly it is clear that had the application for the Tetley site for a store and stadium not been called in for a public inquiry then the club (WRLFC) would have
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GUARDIAN COMMENT
What a farce! If Friday's match was so bad (see Greg McCallum's quotes in adjacent story), then why did the players who were found guilty only receive two-match bans this week. The way Greg McCallum had been talking we thought they were going to throw
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PROUD OF THE EFFORT
WARRINGTON Wolves' never-say-die attitude in the Super League VI opening defeat to Wigan impressed coach Darryl Van de Velde. Despite being down to 12 men for more than half the match the Wolves did not burn themselves out and showed they have the stamina
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NIKAU STUNNED BY DISMISSAL
WARRINGTON Wolves loose forward Tawera Nikau was left stunned by his 79th minute red card against Wigan Warriors. He said, straight after the hooter: "The referee sent me off and I don't know what for. I wasn't involved in the punch-up. I was too over-aggressive
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DUO HANDED SUSPENSIONS
WARRINGTON Wolves' trio of Tawera Nikau, Danny Nutley and Toa Kohe-Love appeared at a Rugby Football League disciplinary hearing on Tuesday. Loose forward Nikau was sent off for an alleged reckless high tackle on Wigan's Mark Smith in the Super League
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WOLVES' GEE-UP FOR CHALLENGE CUP
WARRINGTON'S strength in depth this year means they will not miss suspended Danny Nutley and Toa Kohe-Love as much as they might have done in seasons past. The blow of hard-working Nutley's absence has been softened by Andrew Gee's return to the front
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Re-development could
lead to 800 new jobs By PAT GILL BOLTON P TO 800 new jobs could be created over the next three and a half years following the re-development of Stanford House, Birchwood, Warrington. Taylor Woodrow Property have won planning consent for a £20m office
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PARTNERS!
THE cash crisis hanging over Warrington Wolves has been given a stay-of-execution thanks to news of a massive loan and three-way partnership. Rugby club bosses are celebrating after Tesco and Carlsberg Tetley agreed, in principle, to loan the club £250,000
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Carnival comeback!
COMMUNITY leaders in Great Sankey are striving to start up a village carnival to help inject some community spirit into the district. Great Sankey Parish Council has been speaking to residents to find out what they would like and found it was an event
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Centre of excellence
LONGBARN residents turned out in force last week to celebrate the official opening of their new community lodge on Pasture Lane. Mayor Sheila Woodyatt and Helen Jones, MP for Warrington North, were there for the opening ceremony to unveil the plaque and
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Final curtain for Gloria's musical shows
DRAMA queen Gloria Blair will be putting on a spectacular show at Thelwall Parish Hall this month to give her career as a musical director a special send-off. Gloria, who is 66 and soon to become a granny, has worked with talented youngsters from Lymm
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Argument over big clean-up
AFTER more than six months of campaigning, councillors in Winwick have decided to take matters into their own hands in cleaning up the gateway to the village. Rubbish, ragwort, rubble, tyres and bin bags litter the M62 roundabout, which the parish councillors
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Fish and chip shop plan is turned down
THE owner of a Birchwood business says he is planning to appeal against a planners' decision preventing him from opening a fish and chip shop. Chris Brownsell, who owns the former Junction Youth Club at Oakwood with two partners, had an application to
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Minister backs town schemes
THE Minister for Social Security, Alistair Darling, praised the progress of four initiatives in Warrington on Tuesday when he met representatives at Westy Community Centre. Mr Darling, who was welcomed by Warrington South MP Helen Southworth, met representatives
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'Suspicious man' seen in parks
POLICE are appealing to Lymm folk to contact them with information about a suspicious man who is allegedly following pensioners around parks in the village. Several sightings of the man have been made by villagers, one of which has been reported to police
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JP's verdict: I'm so sorry to be leaving
By RACHEL SPENCER WARRINGTON magistrate Derek Hill-Willis has finished his 24-year stint on the bench and said a fond farewell to his colleagues at the town's court. The 70-year-old former JP, who retired on Wednesday last week, plans to put his days
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Another ship canal crossing or not?
RESIDENTS in Stockton Heath are bewildered by a mystery letter which claims the Manchester Ship Canal is about to be given a new crossing. The strange correspondence arrived at around 50 homes from a firm of chartered surveyors in Cardiff and offers to
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Fears that railway disaster could happen at Culcheth
By SUZANNE ELSWORTH A MUM has voiced fears that a railway disaster could be about to happen in Culcheth. Val Allen, of Croft, has been lobbying councillors for two years in a bid to have crash barriers erected above the Liverpool to Manchester railway
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Urgent talks sought over BT job losses
UNION bosses are demanding urgent talks with phone giants BT over the threat of job losses caused by changes to Warrington's massive call centre. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has made the demand following the company's announcement of a major
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Diocese gives its blessing to divorcees
THE chances of divorcees in south Warrington walking down a church aisle for the second time have been given a heavenly boost. For the first time, church leaders in the Chester diocese have agreed that divorcees can re-marry in church, following a vote
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Dramatic way to help the cause
FAMILIES in Warrington are being invited to get dramatically caught in the Red Nose Day fundraising madness. This year the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy is holding special lessons in four community centres in the town to raise funds for the March 16 money-maker
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Olympic rowing heroes inspire Mike to make Majorca 'journey'
ROWING fanatic Mike Crossley is aiming to make it all the way to Majorca and into the record books for Comic Relief without even moving an inch! The 44-year-old is set to row 1,000 miles for the charity, the equivalent distance of Warrington to Majorca
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Handbag snatched
A STUDENT had her handbag snatched on the corner of Rylands Street and Bridge Street on Saturday night. The offender grabbed the woman's bag, which contained a mobile phone, cash, keys, a purse and a driving licence, worth a total of £78, at 8.50pm. She
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Shoppers sign up to landfill protest
THE people of Warrington have again made their feelings known over Arpley landfill, with thousands signing individual letters of objection to extension plans for the site. Members of the Agenda 21 waste watchdog group went to Morrisons in Stockton Heath
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Town urged to dig deep for Ryfields
THE appeal to build a specialist retirement village in Warrington has been officially launched. Extracare Charitable Trust urged the town to back the £1.5 million initiative at a reception at the Daresbury Park Hotel last Thursday evening. Lord Hoyle,
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Outcry over raw sewage next to flats
By SARAH HARKER RESIDENTS on a housing estate in Orford are outraged that their children are playing near raw sewage leaking from faulty drains. Families claim that excrement first started to surface before Christmas on a grassed area immediately outside
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Export ban also applies to public
THE ban on exporting food imposed because of the risk of spreading foot-and-mouth also applies to personal exports, says the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. MAFF is reminding the public about the ban, saying that people travelling from the
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Forest closed to public as measure
ONE of the region's most popular woodland, Delamere Forest, has been closed to the public indefinitely to help reduce the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. All of the Forestry Commission's recreational and educational activities have also been cancelled
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Meat prices rocket but butchers are well stocked
THE PRICE of meat has rocketed since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth but butchers are well stocked in Warrington. Peter Stanton, of The Bacon Joint in Warrington Market, said panic buying of meat mainly took place last Friday and Saturday but has ceased
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Bob looking forward to his new role at centre
CITIZENSHIP and the issues surrounding it will be high on the agenda at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre. Bob Rathmill, who is 49 and used to be a lecturer at Halton College, has taken up a new post at the centre and will be developing
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Mum-to-be Kerry visits Warrington hospital
By JOEL SAWYER FORMER pop kitten Kerry Katona has been spotted with millionaire boy band fianc Bryan McFadden at Warrington Hospital. The sighting, which occured last week, has sparked speculation that the one-time Atomic Kitten star might be having her
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Bigger music facilities
COLLEGE bosses have announced a major expansion to music facilities at Padgate Campus. The launch of the new, purpose-built Chapel Studio Complex follows hot on the heels of a recent upgrade of the existing Mission Studios to a fully-digital 32-track
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It is a triumph and great challenge
LEADER of the CASIM project Professor Peter Weightman of Liverpool University said it would attract scientists and interest world-wide, make a case for future funding, create spin offs for industry and lead to many new things. "We are very delighted,"
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War veteran makes history
A WAR veteran who re-visited Arnheim where he was taken prisoner in 1944 was shocked to find himself featured in a book about the Parachute Regiment. Frank Collipy, aged 81, of Betjeman Close, Latchford, was in the paramedics during the war and parachuted
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By PAT GILL BOLTON business editor
Lab staff toast £150m lifeline THE future looks rosy for Daresbury Laboratory following Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers' announcement on Friday that two projects worth £150m will go to the lab. The projects will safeguard the jobs of 500 laboratory
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JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE
Rylands u7...32 Wigan St Cuth u7...52 RYLANDS were unlucky not to win with their best performance to date. Try scorers for Rylands were Alex Griffiths, three, Jack Green, two, Danielle Bound, two and Gregory Stirton. Outstanding running by Callum Moore
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WOLVES SEE RED
WARRINGTON Wolves' Super League VI players proved themselves to be 80-minute full-blooded action men in the season's thrilling opener at the JJB Stadium. It was 100 per cent guts and effort all the way, even after Toa Kohe-Love's disastrous first red
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McCALLUM'S VIEW
COMMENTS were made about the fighting straight after the Wolves' clash with Wigan Warriors was completed. Rugby Football League's director of rugby Greg McCallum was scathing. He said: "The message has got to get out that, yes it is a tough game, but
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NUTLEY'S VERDICT
ONE of Warrington Wolves' most consistent performers Danny Nutley took a lot of positives out of the team's opening Super League VI game against Wigan Warriors. Despite his first ban, after being cited this week, and despite the 34-6 defeat, Nutley feels
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THE JEROME GUISSET COLUMN
THIS week I have been speaking to my best mate who plays for Villeneuve Leopards, who are our opponents in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup. Laurent Frayssinous told me that he and his teammates want to play this quarter-final tie more than any other game.
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DON'T TAKE FRENCH CUP HOLDERS FOR GRANTED - WARNING!
VILLENEUVE Leopards' Australian player-coach Grant Doorey said stranger things have happened than his team winning through to the 2001 Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-finals. He added: "It's a two-horse race and in a two-horse race we have a chance. I'm not
