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Diabetes walk
FANCY some fresh air and a stretch of the legs while raising money and awareness for a good cause? Why not join the Halton branch of Diabetes UK for its annual Walk in the Park at Sherdley Park in St Helens? The walk takes place on Sunday, September
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Dive challenge
A CHARITY funding research into muscle wasting diseases is challenging people to reach for the sky. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is urging World readers to join them on a charity skydive, plunging 10,000ft at 120 mph absolutely free! All you've
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Diabetes walk
FANCY some fresh air and a stretch of the legs while raising money and awareness for a good cause? Why not join the Halton branch of Diabetes UK for its annual Walk in the Park at Sherdley Park in St Helens? The walk takes place on Sunday, September 10
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Dive challenge
A CHARITY funding research into muscle wasting diseases is challenging people to reach for the sky. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is urging World readers to join them on a charity skydive, plunging 10,000ft at 120 mph absolutely free! All you've got
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Rolling hay while the sun shone
IT is one of the most unusual UK championships and the winner is from Widnes. Peter Boardman, aged 27, was crowned the first UK Bale Rolling champion after a tough afternoon of competition! He was the fastest to roll the four foot bale, weighing 200 kilograms
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Changing the lives of addicts
A UNIQUE 'one-stop shop' for drug addicts and alcoholics in Halton is set to be officially opened by Granada Tonight presenter Lucy Meacock next week. A £600,000 renovation will see Ashley House become the first treatment and rehabilitation centre of
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Changing the lives of addicts
A UNIQUE 'one-stop shop' for drug addicts and alcoholics in Halton is set to be officially opened by Granada Tonight presenter Lucy Meacock next week. A £600,000 renovation will see Ashley House become the first treatment and rehabilitation centre of
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Cheap petrol
MOTORISTS in Halton are getting some of the cheapest petrol and diesel in the country, new figures reveal. On average, price per litre for petrol is 97.9p and for diesel it is 99.1p across the north west, whereas nationally those prices are 98.2 and 99.5
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Seatbelt laws
CHESHIRE Police are telling children to belt up. New laws mean that any motorist caught having not correctly strapped in a child passenger will be hit with an instant £30 fine. The police are promoting the new Government legislation at Gullivers World
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Home match postponed
WARRINGTON Town's home match against Colwyn Bay tomorrow, Tuesday, has been postponed. The UniBond First Division game was due to take place at Cantilever Park at 7.45pm but Colwyn Bay's involvement in an FA Cup preliminary round replay tomorrow means
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Play-off setback
Leeds Rhinos 54 Warrington Wolves 16. WOLVES' bid to hit form before the play-offs was dealt a blow when they suffered a heavy defeat at Leeds on Friday. The trip to Headingley was the start of their three-match run-in but a ninth defeat in 12 games
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No diversion road at Orford
A CROSS town diversion road will not be built through Orford Park, the borough council has indicated. The Long Lane relief road would have had too much effect on major regeneration plans for the park and the surrounding area, it was decided. The road
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The damage comes to £30,000-plus
CHESHIRE Police has paid out £31,000 in damages to members of the public over the past year, only £3,000 more than it paid out to its own police officers. The figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show that the money paid out to civilians
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Coppers' coffers ...
CHESHIRE Police has paid out nearly £750,000 to officers and staff who have been suspended during the past three years. Figures released to the Warrington Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act show that between April 2003 and March 2006, the
