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Morley's determination will help Wolves
ADRIAN Morley's will to win will be his most important asset when he returns against Hull KR on Sunday. So says Wolves boss Paul Cullen, who is delighted to have his star signing back from injury at a time when he is losing others to the medical room
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Ladies reach plate final
WARRINGTON Wolves Ladies rugby league team are through to the final of the Plate Cup after beating Halton 36-4 on Sunday. The final against Yorkshire side Middleton will be played at Featherstone Rovers on April 8.
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Club can no longer play music
A TOWN centre club has been banned from playing music. Club Casi has been ordered to stop playing live and recorded music after complaints from the public were made to Warrington Borough Council. The council's licensing sub committee removed several
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£19m manufacturing firm in administration
A GREAT Sankey-based manufacturing firm has been placed into administration. Darcy Industries Limited employs 150 people at its site in Liverpool Road and in Bolton. It manufactures brands like Hospec, Youngs Detergents and Homecare decorating products
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It’s been a good year on the buses
IT was a celebration of success - and a plea for future help. Warrington Borough Transport's (WBT) annual conference heard buses are thriving in Warrington while passenger numbers are going down in the rest of the country. But Nigel Featham, WBT managing
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Don't expect goal-kicking miracles - Cullen
PAUL Cullen has warned Wolves fans not to expect miracles from Jon Clarke or Michael Sullivan if they are require to kick goals on Sunday. Lee Briers and Chris Bridge are Wolves' first-choice goal-kickers but both are big injury doubts for the Hull KR
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SWIMMING: Menai medals
WARRIORS of Warrington Swimming Club won 19 gold medals at the Menai A and B Graded Meet on Saturday. Warriors, whose 36-strong team consisted of swimmers ranging from eight to 15, also secured 18 silvers and nine bronzes in north Wales as well as 37
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The Town Sees Red!
Warrington is gearing up for another action-packed Red Nose Day this Friday, March 16. And event organisers and fundraisers throughout the town have been doing their bit to back Comic Relief's Big One. The Town Sees Red!
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Under 21s to host Rovers on Saturday
WOLVES' under 21s host Hull KR at Wilderspool on Saturday at 2.30pm. Kevin Penny scored two tries in an impressive 30-28 home win against St Helens in their last game.
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CYCLING: Duo win
WARRINGTON Road Club pair Steve Hankey and Alf Hilton teamed up to win a 25-mile time trial in Cheshire. Warrington Road Club's times: Steve Hankey and Alf Hilton 55mins 41secs, D Wright and N Howles 1hr 41secs, D Webster and D Edmonds 1hr 1min 54secs
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CHESS: Grappenhall's four tops
FOUR Grappenhall Chess Club players won their games to help the Cheshire and North Wales under 18s record a remarkable victory in the Northern Inter-County tournament. Sam Cloake, Martin Brown, Chris Chadwick and Steven Jones each bagged two points as
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Enjoying good times
TIMES are good at Lymm Rugby Club. Lymm's first XV are currently second in Rugby Football Union North Two West and will be hoping to boost their promotion chances further when they face bottom club Stoke at Crouchley Lane on Saturday, kick-off 1pm.
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Stepping it up
Well after last week's poor result ! ( boo hoo!) I worked REALLY hard this week ! I really stepped the exercise up a notch! I went on a treasure hunt in Manchester on Sunday we must have walked, climbed , ran for at least 5 miles ! and omg that was
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Just the tonic for queuing for your medicine
A PIONEERING pair of pharmacists have come up with the perfect remedy to the headache of picking up repeat prescriptions. Eoin Martin and Alasdair Kenney are set to deliver medicines direct to people's homes and workplaces after launching Clickchemist
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Sentence sends out
POLICE said they hope a custodial sentence has got the message across after a shocking' assault on a man mourning a friend. British Transport Police spoke out after a six-month sentence was handed to a drunken man who attacked his victim as he lay flowers
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‘Laurel and Hardy’ lead theatre appeal
THE bid to bring a new theatre to Warrington has received a double boost this week. Campaigners are hoping to raise funds for a new venue in the borough - possibly on the current site of Mr Smith's nightclub. And this week the old venue welcomed back
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Sully to stay at hooker
PAUL Cullen has explained the reasons why he does not intend to use Michael Sullivan as a half back on Sunday - even if all three of Wolves' recognised halves are injured. Lee Briers (groin) and Chris Bridge (hamstring) are extremely doubtful and Simon
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Saturday's fixtures
WARRINGTON Soccer League fixtures for Saturday, 2.30pm start. Rylands Cup second round: Fife Rangers Res v Grange SC Res. Drinkwater Cup third round: Whiston Cross Res v Cronton Villa. Fixtures for Saturday, 3pm start: Frontrunner Premier Division
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DARTS: Individual Merit fixtures
GRAPPENHALL Darts League Individual Merit preliminary round fixtures for March 23, 8pm start. At GTL: C Fox (Pick) v P Marsland (Fleece), R Lee (GYCA) v D Williams (G Lion), J Wilson (No3) v S Maher (GYCA), K Atkinson (G Lion) v N Foster (Bull), P Dunne
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Grange show their steel
GRANGE Sports Club reached their fifth cup final in seven years as they came from behind to progress to Warrington Soccer League's Depot Cup Final. Paul Barnett opened the scoring for Grange but they trailed 2-1 to Vulcan Reserves, with Wes Dolphin putting
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Scores to settle
JON Clarke has admitted that Wolves have a few scores to settle when they face their Challenge Cup conquerors on Sunday. Clarke, who is expected to play as a half back this weekend to cover for injuries to Lee Briers and Chris Bridge, believes Wolves
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County cup glory bid
YOUTH rugby league teams from Rylands Sharks and Latchford Albion will both be bidding to lift the Lancashire Cup on Sunday. Rylands will take on Blackbrook in the under 18s final at Widnes Recreation Ground at 2.45pm, with Latchford also facing Blackbrook
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All in the preparation
HELLO. I'm Stephen Bailey, I'm 27-years-old, I work for the Warrington Guardian and I have the fitness level of Albert Steptoe. And the physique. Well, that was until about six weeks ago. The traffic wardens started ticketing where I parked (
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Flashback to Wolves' cup defeat at Hull KR
WOLVES will hoping for no repeat of these scenes on Sunday. Paul Cullen's men face Hull Kingston Rovers for the first time since a 40-36 Challenge Cup quarter-final defeat at Craven Park last June and some pictures from that encounter are below.
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Hull KR league game could give winners a cup boost
ADRIAN Morley reckons the winner of Sunday's league game between Wolves and Hull KR will have an advantage when the two sides meet again in the fourth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup on March 31. Both clashes will take place at The Halliwell Jones
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Wizards look for crucial Rail Cup victory at Dewsbury
WARRINGTON Wizards rugby league team return to action at Dewsbury Celtic in the Northern Rail Cup on Saturday. Wizards, without a game at the weekend, will be hoping to get back to winning ways against Dewsbury following two successive defeats at Bramley
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Town find their form
WARRINGTON Town will aim to maintain their upturn in results when they host Bradford Park Avenue on Saturday. Town face the Yorkshire side at Cantilever Park at 3pm after taking four points from two games this week to end a run of eight games without
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School sides in quarters
TWO Warrington school teams have progressed to the quarter finals of a national rugby league competition. Great Sankey High School's year 10 side will travel to Feltham School in south west London in the last eight of the Carnegie Champion Schools tournament
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Praise for Strettle
THELWALL rugby union star David Strettle will make his third appearance for England in their Six Nations clash in Wales on Saturday with praise ringing in his ears from some of the game's biggest names. Strettle will again line up on the right wing at
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Spring Open
COMPETITORS for the Warrington Public Parks' Bowls League Spring Open Floodlight competition at Victoria Park on Sunday, 6.30pm start. D Morrison, L Lawton (Manchester), R Goodhand, C Goodhand, J Harris, J Bradshaw, B Lane (Liverpool), J Corners (Northwich
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Little Ellie May’s first birthday joy masks family’s heartache
A BABY'S first birthday is always special. But for the family of little Ellie May, her celebration comes after a year of heartbreak. Her smile, as she opened her birthday presents yesterday, Wednesday, masks the tragedy that she is too young to understand
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Saturday's fixtures
POWERGEN Northern Division fixtures for Saturday. North Two West: Lymm v Stoke. South Lancashire/Cheshire Two: Warrington v Crewe and Nantwich. Euromanx South Lancashire/ Cheshire Three: Marple v Moore. South Lancashire/Cheshire Four: Eagle v Knutsford
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Saturday's fixtures
MARK Norris Building Services North West Counties Amateur Rugby League fixtures for Saturday, 2.30pm start. Premier Division: Barrow Island v Bank Quay Bulls, Latchford Albion v Rylands. Division One: Golborne Parkside v Halton Farnworth. Division
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Cullen bids to cope without Briers and Bridge
PAUL Cullen has challenged his players to show they can beat Hull KR without Lee Briers and Chris Bridge this year. Briers pulled out through injury on the day of Wolves' Challenge Cup defeat to Rovers last June and, although Bridge played, he was struggling
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Wolves to limit changes
PAUL Cullen will resist the temptation to make too many changes when Wolves take on Hull KR on Sunday. Cullen may be forced to make three changes, with Lee Briers, Chris Bridge and Paul Wood all doubtful through injury. Jon Clarke and Vinnie Anderson