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Girl injured by bus
PARAMEDICS were called to Georges Crescent in Grappenhall at 7.20pm on Friday, September 16, after reports that a 16-year-old girl had been hit by a bus. She was taken to Warrington Hospital's A&E department with serious but not life threatening head
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Vagrant jailed for ASBO breach
A VAGRANT has been arrested for breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Order within hours of it being served. Cyril Maher, aged 45, of no fixed abode, was issued with a two-year ASBO by Warrington magistrates last Monday. The order prohibited him from drinking
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Hurricane Rita leaves dad stranded
THE family of a Warrington man left stranded after Hurricane Rita have told of their agony as they wait for news. Dad-of-two Julian Richard Stoll, from Lake Charles, Louisiana, last made contact with his wife, June, via e-mail on Saturday morning. He
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Authors evening
PADGATE Library will hold an authors evening next Thursday, October 6, between 7.30pm and 9pm. Authors Tom Palmer, Ray French, John Siddique and James Nash will be talking about their e-book Four Fathers; a collection of stories about their own lives
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Pensioner found dead
A PENSIONER was found dead in the bathroom of a house in Oakwood on Monday. Fire and ambulance crews were called to the property on Curlew Grove just after 8am. A crew from Birchwood fire station had to use a crow bar to break down a bathroom door at
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Roads closed after blaze
A FIRE involving gas cylinders caused a number of roads to be closed off in Warrington in the early hours of Saturday. A garage fire at a business in Collins Green left that road, Penketh Lane and Penny Lane shut for several hours along with a railway
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Man speaks of relief at court verdict
A MAN cleared of rape has talked of his relief at the verdict. "It's been an extremely tough year having to live with these false allegations," said Damian McShane. "I am really pleased with the successful outcome and am glad to put it all behind me so
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How a man from Warrington got to chat with the most powerful man in world
COMING face to face with the most powerful man in the world is not something that happens to a lot of people. But one Paddington policeman not only got to see President George Bush, but also got the chance to talk to him and get his photo taken with him
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Police investigation cost force its entire year's budget
A SINGLE phone call sparked an £800,000 police operation into the gang torture murder of a Cheshire market trader. And the bill for the investigation into the brutal killing of Brian Waters could rise still further with one suspect - Lymm's Christopher
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Stud raises eyebrows at school
A PUPIL has branded his school's attitude to jewellery as old fashioned after he was asked to take out his eyebrow stud. David Frain, aged 14, had his eyebrow pierced when the summer holidays started in June. David must keep the stud in for 12 weeks to
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TWO teenagers killed when their car plunged into a canal were travelling on a road with 'gross and o
Priestley College students Gemma Biggin and Stephen Abbott died when the car he was driving plunged into the Bridgewater Canal after he lost control of the vehicle on Stockton Lane in November. At an inquest held yesterday, Wednesday, coroner Nicholas
