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Penketh High School
Atkinson, Mark: FR, M, PS, ICT; Baird, Debbie: BS, PSY, SO; Bates, Jack: BS, G, ICT; Benfield, Rachel: MU, PA; Birchall, Katie: AD, DTP, MS; Broadhurst, Emma: AD, MS, SO; Brokenshaw, Victoria: EG, MS, PSY; Clarke, Tayna: MU, PA; Dunning, Claire: AD, PA
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Woolston High School
Adamson, Stacey: IT, PSY; Appleton, Luke: HI, SO; Cooper, Sarah: B, GS, HI, SPS; Costello, Jason: IT, GS, SPS; Coyne, Francesca: MS, DM, PSY; Coyne, Tom: MS, BS; Dodd, Laura: B; Ellison, Nichola: MS, GS, PSY, HS; Farrell, Helen: DM, GS, MU; Goddard, Natalie
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Bikers pay penatly as speed campaign bites
A ZERO tolerance campaign to slash the number of deaths on Nantwich roads has led to scores of penalties for South Cheshire bikers. Police said the number of fines which have been issued on three roads known to be popular with bikers near the town has
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Flower fans flock to Rose Show
BRIDGEMERE Garden World in Nantwich was in full bloom last week with the centre's annual Rose Show. Hundreds of flowers of all colours and sizes were on show, along with bowls and vases from tiny miniatures to large flowered roses as exhibitors flocked
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Harvester caught fire
TWO fire engines were sent to a blaze involving a combine harvester off Welsh Row in Nantwich. The machinery caught fire due to a build-up of straw.
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Women praised for beating bogus callers
DETECTIVES in Crewe have praised two elderly women in the town for showing the right way to beat the menace of bogus callers. Men claiming to be from a water company and dealing with burst pipes, called at the homes of the women in the centre of Crewe
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Oliva makes an early start to college life
SOUTH Cheshire College's nursery has welcomed its first baby customer after getting the thumbs up from Ofsted inspectors. The Starting Point nursery, which has been re-registered by Ofsted, now caters for youngsters aged up to five years old Mum Vicky
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Street mural could be a highlight of 'gateway'
A CREATIVE facelift is being arranged for Macon Way in Crewe with proposals including a street mural stretching along the road. Waldron ward councillors Ron Salmon and Dennis Straine-Francis are now urging residents to have their say on the proposals.
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Motorway workers plea for safer drivers
DRIVERS on north west roads narrowly missed hitting road workers 116 times in the first half of 2006. The alarming figures have been made public as a campaign to highlight the dangers road workers face every day while working on motorways and trunk roads
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Heroes remembered
THE PETROL tank of his plane pierced, Sgt Thomas Mottershead, enveloped in flames and torturous burns, skilfully landed his plane away from enemy fire, saving his flying companion. Lieutenant Thomas Wilkinson, knowing his damaged vessel was sinking, attacked
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Animal magic
ALL creatures great and small took part in a fun-filled pet show. A hamster lined up with a giant Great Dane as more than 100 animal lovers joined in the event at Runcorn's Heath Park. "It went down really well," said Anne Faulkner, Runcorn Hill ranger
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Housing demand remains buoyant
WORK has started this week on a new development of 22 homes on the outskirts of Crewe. The development, off Bradfield Road, is a collection of two bedroom apartments with parking and three bedroom mews and townhouses with garages. Beverley Hall from developers
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Beatle Paul recognises Abi's talent
TALENTED dance student Abi Blears has been presented with an award from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. Abi, aged 19, of Bollin Close, Sandbach, met the music legend after graduating from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts also known as The
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A GROUP of fund-raisers from Sandbach will be jumping out of an airplane to help a charity next mont
Nursery cook Karen Bailey, aged 38, will be joining five male friends for a parachute jump at Whitchurch on September 2. The group will be holding a Dutch auction and raffle to help raise money for the jump and for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, at
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Lollipop patrol SOS
A LOLLIPOP crisis has emerged in South Cheshire with school children being forced to cross a number of busy roads without the help of essential patrols. Council chiefs have launched a new recruitment drive in a desperate bid to fill the crossing patrol
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Soldiering on
A GROUP of soldiers will be taking on tough terrain without the benefit of tanks - but on foot and by bike to raise money for charity. A team of soldiers from the Territorial Army 80 Signal Squadron in Runcorn will be using their fitness and endurance
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Don't suffer alone
YOU appear calm, controlled and confident - but inside you feel numb, lonely and distraught. You don't want your family and friends to see you cry so you put on a brave face. Now, you no longer have to suffer alone. A free, confidential bereavement service
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Museum challenges children
TURN junk into funk! That's the challenge to children as Catalyst Science Discovery Museum, in Mersey Road, Widnes, hosts more summer fun. Youngsters can make their own musical instruments by recycling all sorts of material, or they can join in forensic
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Footpath closing for roadworks
A FOOTPATH will be closed temporarily while roadworks take place. The path, which crosses the A557 Watkinson Way, at Earle Road, Widnes, will be shut from Monday, August 28 and the roadworks are expected to take around four months to complete. Cyclists
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Culcheth High School
Abbott, Daniel: B, GS, MS; Ashworth, Alex: DTP, MS, SPS; Atkinson, Michael: GS, ICT, MU; Baines, Rachel: EG, FR, GS, SP; Birchall, Jessica: LW, PSY, SO; Borg, Kristy: EG, ICT, PSY; Bourke, Helena: DTP, EG, SO; Briney, Daniel: DTP, EC, MS; Buxton, Steven
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Green bins for all of us
WHY, in Birchwood, have green recycling bins only been issued to residents living on privately built housing estates? Those living in New Town houses, either rented or bought under the right to buy scheme, have not been issued with these bins. The borough
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Organ is a cultural asset
I HAVE followed the information and correspondence regarding the Parr Hall with a good deal of interest. Where is any mention of the fabulous Cavaille Coll Organ? Do the members of the borough council's present executive board have no knowledge of what
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Hogging all the bus seat
CAN anyone out there answer my query? Who has priority on the buggy-friendly buses - a buggy or an old lady with a trolley? I have nothing against old ladies; it is just that they take up two seats on the bus in the buggy and wheelchair section, one
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Return of Flo!
I WOULD like to thank the very kind person who found my son's toy rabbit Flo on Norris Street and put her on the wall outside the bike shop on Friday, August 11. He has had her for three years now and was very distraught when we got home and she wasn't
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Blessed with musical talent
SINCE you have a new team in charge at the council, give them a chance to do their thing with regards the Parr Hall. Fix up the building and remodel it to bring it up to modern standards. What I have learned with my visits to Warrington is that the
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Real blight across town
DAVE Ramsbottom is simply wasting his time if he thinks supermarkets and local residents are going to act to curb the appearance of abandoned shopping trolleys (Guardian, August 10). He needs to put himself in the place of a single parent who doesn't
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Wolves almost there after Quins win
Warrington Wolves 28 Harlequins RL 22. WARRINGTON Wolves took a huge step towards the play-offs with Saturday's defeat of Harlequins at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wolves edged five points clear of the chasing pack with three games to go against the
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Great Sankey High
Addison, Mark: BS, MT; Baker, Kuni: PS, PSY; Barrett, Julie: EG, GS, PSY, SO; Barrow, Rory: GS, HI, M, MU; Bean, Sarah: PSY, SO; Bell, Phillip: MU; Berkley, Emma: DTF, ICT, M, MF; Blair, Alice: ET, PSY; Bradbury, Andrew: DM, GS, RS; Bryan, Louise: DM,
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Business jetsetters go to private travel
BUSINESS travellers frustrated by airport delays are turning to a Warrington company for help. AD Aviation - part of Appleton Thorn-based AD group - operates a private air charter service and is reporting a 50 per cent increase in UK and European travel
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Union leaders want meeting over bins
UNION leaders have asked to meet deputy council leader Keith Bland over the binmen's contract dispute. They say they have always been prepared to discuss changes to the service, and want to reach an amicable solution'. They wrote to the council in June
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Is 2006 the end of the road for our traditional carnivals?
PENKETH was pitiful compared to previous years. Glazebury was reduced to a tiny car boot show. This was the summer the police refusal to bear the costs of policing walking days and carnivals really hit home. The criteria for cover next year is being
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It's a knockout for the Mail
AN It's a Knockout competition for Royal Mail staff is being held during a charity bash at Victoria Park. From noon on Sunday, September 3, there will be a competition in the style of the old television programme for teams from Newton Post Office, Bolton
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Firefighters release hurt motorist
FIREFIGHTERS spent nearly two hours trying to release a motorist left trapped after a road accident on Thursday. Crews were sent from Warrington and Runcorn fire stations to junction 11 and 10 on the M56 eastbound shortly before 5pm. They found one
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Briers records a personal best with Reds conversion
WOLVES skipper Lee Briers capped off an exquisite individual performance at Salford by breaking a personal best record. His fifth and final goal during the 35-34 defeat took him past his previous best season for the club in terms of the number of goals
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More homes built on 'new' land
LESS than 60 per cent of new homes built in Warrington are on previously developed land. Figures released by the Campaign for Rural England (CPRE) show that the borough is ranked 214th out of 354 local authorities for the proportion of new homes built
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Council to set up forum for cyclists
A FORUM to promote cycling is soon to be set up by Warrington Borough Council. The forum will review and comment on cycling issues and members will include ordinary residents, council officers, councillors, businesspeople and representatives from Warrington
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Rail cuts 'could hit tourism'
A THREAT to tourism and travel from Warrington has been laid out in a borough council letter. The letter, sent to the Department of Transport and seen by the Warrington Guardian, outlines the council's concerns at a proposal to cut rail services through
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Legal challenge over £1million plot
A PROPERTY dispute over an extensive set of buildings in the heart of Lymm has taken a new turn. The land was home to an acrimonious business failure - and the total value of the site could be in excess of £1m. A restriction has now been imposed on