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Digging deep to brighten up the school grounds
MUCKY FINGERS: Pupils at High Street Primary School have been busy this week planting wildflowers in woodland in their school grounds. The children took advantage of a donation of bulbs and seeds from Vale Royal Borough Council to brighten up their schools
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Roman discoveries delight volunteers
Northwich people turned out in force over the weekend to join in with a Roman dig next to the Blue Barrel pub in Castle. A small portion of Roman pavement and some pieces of Roman pottery were discovered, along with many pieces of Regency period ale mugs
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Maureen spots a window of opportunity...
THE Halliwell Jones Stadium - home to the Warrington Wolves - is to receive a thorough spring clean when a dedicated fundraiser washes more than 1,000 of its windows this May. Maureen Ann Carroll, aged 53, from Wigan, will be taking on the unenviable
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Lucky escape proves value of alarms
FIREFIGHTERS are urging residents to ensure that they have a smoke alarm fitted after eight people escaped what could have been a fatal blaze. The fire took hold in the kitchen of a property on Mill Lane, in Stockton Heath, in the early hours of Wednesday
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Violence bucks the trend with crime stats
VIOLENT crime recorded in Warrington has risen by nearly 30 per cent in the past year. But the number of house burglaries and car thefts has gone down. Statistics from Cheshire Police revealed that there were around 3,000 fewer victims of crime in the
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Roman artwork fun
PUPILS at Cledford Junior School got in touch with the town's Roman past in a two-day art workshop. Year Three children at the school, in George Sixth Avenue, were joined by professional artist Dorothy Kenworthy and learned the artistic skill of press
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St George's Day concert
WARRINGTON Male Voice Choir's St George's Day concert held at the Parr Hall on Saturday proved to be yet another storming success. The choir was joined by internationally renowned concert pianist Ingrid Surgenor and the European star of Phantom of the
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Lives could have been at risk in fire
A SEVERE fire that tore through a home in Longford was lucky not to have put lives in danger. That was the verdict of firefighters who went to put out a blaze at Densham Avenue on Thursday evening. The fire started in the bedroom, causing severe damage