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Schools sign up for skills showcase
FIVE schools in Warrington have signed up to attend the biggest learning event in the region in November. Pupils from Woolston Community School, Bridgewater High School, Penketh High School, Massey Hall School and Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School will
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Accounting for the cost of policing
THE scale of Cheshire Police's switch of Neighbourhood Policing is revealed in the annual statement of accounts. Millions of pounds more is being spent on public reassurance and preventing crime. The force spent much of the financial year making its
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Ian hopes the Dragons help him coin it!
A CULCHETH business entrepreneur is hoping an appearance on a popular TV show will prove a real money-spinner. Next month, Ian Daintith will face the Dragons' Den on BBC2 in a bid to get funding for his business. The show sees contestants pitch their
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Hike in charges for care on way
RESIDENTS needing non-residential care will have to pay substantially more in charges after council bosses approved plans to net them £1 million in savings a year. And pressure groups say the new system is not foolproof. From October 1 everyone who
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Fundraising weekend for trust
A WEEKEND of events to raise funds for the Shannon Bradshaw Trust takes place next month. On Friday, September 22, there will be an evening at the races at the Railway Club on Winwick Street. As well as cabaret and disco, the first race starts at 7.30pm
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Let us dish out Asbos, say police
POLICE chiefs want to cut out courts in an immediate crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Police are calling for new powers of instant justice' to hand out anti-social behaviour orders as soon as tearaways offend - not waiting as a last option in the
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Free food
A FREE barbecue is being held every day in Golden Square this week. The One The Move event runs between noon and 2pm until Saturday by the Mad Hatter's Tea Party sculpture.
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Official festival car parks
TWO official car parks are being set up for Creamfields. Both car parks open at 10am on August 26. The north car park for traffic coming from Warrington will be located off the A56. The south car park for all other traffic will be located off Daresbury
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Advice over Creamfields traffic
BOROUGH Council bosses have released the following traffic information ahead of next weekend's Creamfields event. It is anticipated that there will be heavy traffic during the event, especially on the A56 Chester Road. Warrington residents who are not
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Dave and Susan think that BT made the wrong call over 'net call-up scam ...
MP Helen Jones has expressed great sympathy' for a couple caught out by an Internet scam - which also cost her money. Their Internet connections were hijacked by iDialers', malicious computer programmes that make premium rate phone calls without the
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Super Sid's playing to the gallery these days
FORMER Wolves favourite Sid Domic opens his first art exhibition in London this week. Super Sid, now playing at Hull, is still heavily involved in the club and one of his works hangs in the club's community floor. He is also patron of the Warrington
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‘Think of selfless service and you think of Audrey Senior'
A WOMAN of great commitment and selfless service' has stepped down from Warrington Magistrates Court after 23 years. Audrey Senior was the first employee of Warrington Borough Council to be elected to the bench in 1983 and specialised in youth court.
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The writing's on the wall for graffiti
READERS have been racing to tell us about the graffiti grot spots around town. Earlier this month Warrington Borough Council launched a three-month campaign to rid the streets of unwanted graffiti and nominations for areas to be cleaned up have been
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Board member
A DAD-of-three has been appointed as a non-executive board member on the Five Boroughs NHS Partnership Trust. Former finance director James Bluett-Duncan took up the four-year post in July.
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Join the Lion pride
WARRINGTON Lions is looking for new members. The organisation is open to men and women with a community spirit, who wish to help others less fortunate than themselves. If you are interested, call Harry Thompson on 0845 8335 736.
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Authority is already over budget
FINANCE bosses at Warrington Borough Council have spent £1.3m more than they planned in the first quarter of this year. Figures for its budget monitoring scheme until the end of June this year show a number of council departments have been overspending
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Wolves stars shine at rugby roadshow
WARRINGTON Wolves stars Mike Wainwright, Toa-Kohe Love and Martin Gleeson were on hand in the town centre this week as part of a rugby league roadshow. The Powergen Super League event on Tuesday lunchtime had hundreds of visitors in the Golden Square
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Council spending on consultants comes close to £1 million
COUNCIL bosses spent nearly £1million asking experts for their views on schemes planned for the borough last year. Warrington Borough Council's accounts show that between April and December 2005, £947,000 was spent bringing in technical consultants to