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Firefighters called to Warrington schools every three days
THE fire service is called out to schools in Warrington around 100 times a year, the Warrington Guardian can reveal. Since 2004 Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has been called to schools in the borough 490 times, though fire bosses say calls
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Derek Noonan, a true gentleman
FORMER Warrington Wolves player Derek Noonan has died, aged 62, after a long illness. He played in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final win over Featherstone Rovers, who will be Wolves' opponenets in the fifth round on Sunday. All at Warrington
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Arsonist to wait on sentencing
A YOUNG arsonist who caused around £600,000 damage after failing to burgle a golf shop will have to wait to learn his fate, following the case’s third adjournment. Dale Ogden, aged 20, of Morris Avenue in Westy, and his accomplice, Nathan Bates, aged
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Beresford Adams pick up national award
Beresford Adams have recieved a National Award from Countrywide, the country’s largest Estate Agent, as one of the Group’s top performing subsidiaries in 2008. Paul Smith, managing director, said ‘This is a fantastic honour and a great achievement,
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Under starter's orders for half marathon
RUNNERS are under starters orders to hit the streets of Warrington for the first English Half Marathon. A weekend of running activities for all ages is part of the fun for what organisers are calling ‘The people’s challenge’ on October 3 and 4. John
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Mortgage Advice Bureau comment on budget
John Pitt, mortgage broker, of Mortgage Advice Bureau, at Edwards Grounds Estate Agents, comments on the 2009/10 budget speech announced by the Chancellor Alistair Darling. The budget speech made on the 22nd April 2009 did little to offer
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Hospital car park bill close to £1million
WARRINGTON Hospital made close to £1m from car parking tickets last year, the Warrington Guardian can reveal. In 2008/09 the total made from parking fees at Warrington and Halton hospitals was £867,895, more than £200,000 more than the previous
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Bobby returns from New York eye operations
Baby Bobby Brown has returned home to Orford after his sight-saving cornea transplants in America. The two-month-old baby is recovering well at home with his parents Wes and Cath and older brothers Ryan and Jordan. He had two artificial cornea transplants
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Tony Smith verdict on Warrington Wolves v Hull Kingston Rovers
TONY Smith felt the failure to make the most of some opportunities and a second-best kicking game led to Warrington Wolves’ defeat against Hull Kingston Rovers at the Murrayfield Magic event in Edinburgh on Sunday. He accepted that the absences
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My Week
“I don’t think my husband would be too amused if I replenished his underwear drawer with brightly coloured briefs,” I told a colleague. I’d just learned how British men are trying to lift their moods to beat the credit crunch blues by swapping blue and
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Shameful Tory claims
WRAPP (Warrington Residents Against Prison Proposal) strongly rebukes the article on page two of the Guardian, April 22. The article reads: “The campaign against the Titan prison has already reached Downing Street with protesters handing in a petition
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Staff can only do so much
I REFER to the story on the front of last week’s Guardian regarding the The North West Ambulance Service being unable to meet its target of responding to an incident within eight minutes. This is hardly suprising with the way Warrington has grown over
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Officers must be invisible
IF the council is getting tough on dog fouling, as reported in the Warrington Guardian, April 16 in the Local Life section, then why may I ask has it withdrawn the scheme where dog owners were given free dog mess bags. Also if enforcement officers are
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The ultimate cruelty
RECENTLY a family member went to visit our son’s grave, to her horror she saw that ornaments had been smashed, flowers pulled out, shredded and thrown in front of the headstone and our son’s teddies and a baby’s wooden mobile we bought for his first birthday
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Times change - so must we
I WAS saddened to read Stephanie Carnell’s letter in the Guardian, April 23, claiming that Warrington used to be much more beautiful than it is now. Times change and with them styles of architecture and we must move with the times. I think Warrington
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Help preserve our history
THE article featuring Bewsey Old Hall in last week’s Guardian couldn’t have been more timely. The prospect of being able to enjoy a cultural visit in such a wonderful setting is an attractive one yet, in a few short weeks, that prospect may be gone
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Children are a credit to town
ON Friday, April 26, I along with colleagues from the Children’s Trust travelled on the 8.20am train from Warrington Bank Quay to London Euston. On the same train were a group of students from Padgate High School who were going to visit the House
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Dictatorial
ON Saturday, I unfortunately had the misfortune of driving down Long Lane, the 20mph speed limit is absolutely mad. I decided to keep to the limit, and immediately thought of Phil Johnson from the council who told me that traffic wardens on School
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A third rate train service
I DON’T think I’ve had the unique experience of travelling on a Virgin train to London Euston and it being on time. It might happen every now and then, but I’ve not had that pleasure. Leaving Warrington Bank Quay at 7.18am one morning last week, the
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The sun has got its hat on
WHAT a place to stop and watch the world go by on a sunny day. Darren Moston, of The Old Quays, Latchford, captured these beautiful blue skies in Lymm on a stroll around the village. If you have a picture that you wish to be considered for publication
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Wolves fans' views on Magic Weekend
WARRINGTON Wolves fans have been among the most responsive to Magic Weekend events over the past three seasons but do you prefer Cardiff or Edinburgh? The first two years of Magic, where a full round of Super League fixtures are played at one
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How does every little extra help my family?
A NEIGHBOUR of Tesco Express on Warrington Road has spoken of her frustration that councillors granted the store an extra hour’s opening time. Victoria Holden’s home is metres away from the shop and feels her family’s quality of living has been blighted
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£15,000 to secure business park
BURTONWOOD Industrial Estate could undergo a £15,000 transformation thanks to a new partnership. Businesses based at the park off Phipps’ Lane have joined forces with parish councillors, police and Warrington Borough Council to set up Burtonwood Business
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Free rent is 'Heaven' sent
WARRINGTON-based creative design agency Heaven Creative has been announced as the winner of MEPC Birchwood Park’s free office accommodation promotion. Established just over a year ago, Heaven Creative has relocated from its home office in Lower Walton
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Crowds enjoy Culcheth Community Day
CROWDS enjoyed bank holiday fun in the centre of Culcheth on Monday afternoon. The annual Culcheth Community Day drew all kinds of entertainment into the centre of the village. The highlight being the keenly contested tug-of-war competition.
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Takeaway objection
OPPOSITION to a new takeaway is growing. Councillor Colin Oliver (LD – Poulton North) has added his voice to the calls for the plans to be blocked. “This is a quiet residential area and this development is far too close to properties and will generate
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Arriving in style aboard the england coach
APPLETON Boys under 14s football team received five-star treatment after they were chauffeured to their match on the official England coach. Manager, Neil Hutchinson, won a competition at his Eddie Stobart workplace in Appleton that saw his team transported
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Takeaway plan gets go ahead ... but only with fan
AN appeal against plans for a takeaway to be opened in a swanky Lymm estate has succeeded after a complex battle. A Government planning inspector dismissed one appeal after planners at Warrington Borough Council blocked the scheme for Heatley Mere.
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Church gets keys to a grand piano
MUSIC will fill the hall of a church once again thanks to a £9,500 grant to get a new grand piano. It means that talented musicians can now play to their hearts content at Holy Trinity Church, on Market Gate. Warrington Arts Council Initiative for the
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Diamond couple celebrate marriage
A WARTIME romance that stood the test of time has seen a husband and wife celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss. German Erika Seetzen met her English soldier Jim Woods at age 19, and after just a week of daily meetings the pair fell in love. But fate
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More tea Mayor?
MORE tea Mayor? That was the question on fundraiser’s lips last week as Mayor of Warrington Clr Graham Welborn helped to launch Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Blooming Great Tea Party. Fundraisers and volunteers from the charity turned up at the town hall
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Credit crunch hits charities
NATIONAL figures tell us that small charities are struggling in the credit crunch, with 52 per cent saying in March that the recession had caused them problems. One in three charities told the Charity Commission they had taken steps to try to combat