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Celtic Warrington And Other Mysteries
THE long-awaited third of Mark Olly's projected five histories of Celtic Warrington has become available just in time for Christmas. The latest Celtic Warrington and Other Mysteries, featuring the south and west of the town, will not go on general sale
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Cheshire Tales Of Mystery And Murder
NOTHING beats a good mystery story especially at this time of the year - and there's a whole collection of them in Jeffrey Pearson's new book Cheshire Tales of Mystery and Murder. The first tale is located in Lymm and concerns John Thornhill, butler to
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Are you Wolves wise? Quiz Five
Give our fifth Wolves quiz a try and see how many questions you can get right. It is all for fun and don't forget to visit back to check out the answers. 1. Who was Warrington Wolves' coach immediately prior to Brian Johnson? 2. How many players have
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Two stars for council
VALE Royal Borough Council has been awarded two stars for the way it engages with its customers. The award was presented to the council by a team of Best Value inspectors who had spent several weeks inspecting the way the council engaged its customers
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Town out of Worthington Challenge Cup
Warrington Town 0 Salford City 2 ONLY conceding two goals to moneybags Salford could be considered to be something of a success for Warrington Town, specially after having their goalkeeper sent off. High flying North West Conties Division One side Salford
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Speed demons purge in Stockton Heath
VILLAGERS in Stockton Heath could soon be personally clamping down on drivers who break the law by helping an innovative borough council campaign to stop speeding motorists. Traffic and safety manager, Howard Claxton, is encouraging councillors to endorse
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Director has Christmas on camera
A WINWICK filmmaker is starry eyed at the thought of his next illuminating project. Giles Perkins is getting into the festive spirit and on the lookout for the biggest and best Christmas displays for a special festive documentary. The 35-year-old public
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Album Chart
Charts and CDs provided by Virgin in Birkenhead. 1. Robbie Williams - Escapology 2. Blue - One Love 3. Westlife - Unbreakable 4. Pink - Missundaztood 5. David Gray - A New Day At Midnight 6. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way 7. Elton John - Greatest
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The Lost Cat by Amy Bradshaw, aged 9
ONCE upon a time in a small brick cottage with a straw roof that was near the forest, there lived a little girl called Amy. Amy lived with her mum and dad and her cat called Pipsqueak. Pipsqueak was a kind and gentle creature, whom loved playing in the
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Nigel's Christmas Disaster by Timothy Charles Galsworthy age 8
IT was almost Christmas in the Wild Wood. Nigel the hedgehog, like all the other animals at the Oak Wood Animal School, was excitedly awaiting the Nativity play due to take place on Sunday afternoon. He had been given the part of the Angel Gabriel, a
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The Night Before Christmas by Bethany Morrisey age 8, Locking Stumps Community Primary School.
There once lived an old man. He lived in Gravent Grove in an old house belonging to his grand father. The man's name was Simon Scrooge. Simon had a problem, he was mean, nobody liked him, but he wanted a friend. The next day a girl called Simone and her
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Jingles The Christmas Mouse by Joely Green age 8, Locking Stumps Community Primary School
This is a tale about a young baby mouse called Jingles who lived with his mother and father in the arctic, where all the snow was falling. But Jingles had one BIG problem. He wanted to be BIG! Jingles was one of the mice that always had good ideas, but
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Advice team help injured worker in cash dispute
A WIDNES man who was dismissed from work on health grounds has won nearly £1,000 from his employers, thanks to Halton Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). He called into the CAB office in Lugsdale Road to seek help filling in a form for incapacity benefit. Trained
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Girl seeks hero after 22 years
A LITTLE Runcorn girl was playing with her cousin at the side of the Bridgewater Canal in Windmill Hill when she suddenly fell in. Six-year-old Donna Hanley couldn't swim and panicked. Her cousin, Carl Hardwick, also six, struggled to try and save her
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The History Of Warrington
TO compile a comprehensive history of the best town in Britain since its establishment as an urban entity more than 2,000 years ago is a daunting task but it has clearly been one that writer and researcher Alan Crosby took on with enthusiasm. Alan admits
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A History Of Wirral
WIRRAL, for many people from the north west of a certain age, became a holiday playground like no other in less sophisticated times. There was nothing quite like the boat trip from Liverpool to New Brighton or the trip on the underground railway and under
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Lifeline
THE proceeds from yet another collection of short stories and poems by Muriel Berry will by devoted to the Medical Oncology Fund at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Her previous five anthologies have raised many thousands of pounds for the cause.
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Eddie Jordan: The Biography
SOME people just cannot live ordinary lives - they prefer to live on their wits (or their talents) all the time feeling quite convinced that something will turn up. Some certainly fall by the wayside, others seem to achieve fame and fortune without effort
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Working Steam
ONE of the great steam railway engines of all time, Sir William Stanier's unromantically designated 8F, was so significant that it still has an enthusiastic locomotive society dedicated to its preservation. Now, there is a well deserved literary and colourful
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Quiz Four Answers
DID our quiz Four questions leave you puzzled? Now you can be put out of you misery. Q: Brian Bevan is Warrington's leading try scorer of all time. But who is the second highest? A: Jack Fish Q: Wolves full back Lee Penny had a famous teammate in his
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Santa Claus is coming to town
SANTA Claus has been spending a lot of his valuable time in Winsford, with people in the town giving him a warm winter welcome. And Winsford and Middlewich rotary club has helped Santa around on his travels by supplying him with a colourful float from
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Hunt's home to be bulldozed
BLUEPRINTS to build homes on the haulage yard and family home of World Cup winner Roger Hunt will be the end of an era for Culcheth, according to a businessman behind the moves. The proposals for six homes on the Church Lane site may have provoked controversy
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Singles Chart
Charts and CDs provided by Virgin in Birkenhead. 1. Blue and Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 2. The Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song (Touch my bum) 3. Daniel Benningfield - If You're Not The One 4. Eminem - Lose Yourself 5. Gareth Gates
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Tragedy of canal dog
A DOG died yesterday, Sunday after failed attempts by fire crews to rescue it from a canal. The drama unfolded on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, off Greenbank Road in Stockton Heath. It is believed the cross-breed dog disappeared at around lunchtime
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The Christmas Box by Katie Sherlock age 10
IT was the 1st December, this was the week that Jamie and Olivia were to hand in their Christmas Box. "Jamie, Olivia time to do your Christmas Boxes" explained mum. Jamie and Olivia did not want to get rid of any of their toys, that was what you called
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Who Stole the presents? By Amy Livesey age 9, Locking Stumps Community Primary School.
CRESENT woke up in her beautiful valley and flew to meet Amber, Lightening and all the other rain cats that pull Santa's sleigh. "Cresent, Cresent come quickly someone took the presents" cried Lightening. "Who did that?" hissed Flare. "No idea" reasoned
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Here Comes Santa by Alex Leslie age 8, Locking Stumps Community Primary School
IT is 7 o clock in the morning and Santa has just been. I got up ran straight into my mum and dads room and shouted at the top of the my voice "It's Christmas, its Christmas", my mum told me to go back to bed, so instead I ran downstairs to see if the
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Swig The Snowflake by Helen Potts age 8, Locking Stumps Community Primary School.
A few weeks before Christmas little Tommy was saying goodbye to his mum who was thin, had brown hair, blue eyes and loved make-up. His dad who was average, black hair, brown eyes and loved to watch tv and read the newspaper. Then Tommy was whisked of
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The Shocking Christmas by India Cane age 8, Locking Stumps Community Primary School
ONCE there lived a little girl called Miss Lucy, she was at her tiny window wondering what she would get for Christmas, when she saw something that looked extremely blue! It looked like a snowflake "What could it be?" She asked. Miss Lucy looked more