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  • Design for business is a real trophy winner

    A YOUNG deaf student at Priestley College has designed two of the trophies which will be given to winners of the Warrington Business Awards. Shafik Sara, who is 20 and has a young wife in the Lebanon, is in his fourth year at the College and hopes to

  • Paul's hooping it up

    WARRINGTON businessman Paul Rowlands was runner up in the Cheshire and Wirral finals of the Shell Livewire Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition. His prize is £300, donated by Warrington Borough Council and £1,000 worth of free radio advertising

  • Belfast visitors promote networking

    TWENTY business women from Belfast visited Business Connections as part of a "Women for Peace and Profit" project organised by Business Link, Warrington. They met up with Warrington business women at a conference to promote networking and encourage international

  • Going out with a bang

    Burtonwood Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday, looks set to be the last of its kind. The exhibition, which has grown from a tent on Warrington Town Hall lawn to the biggest business event in the north west, will disappear to make way for an urban village

  • We want to bring British business back to Brazil

    UP TO £100m pounds worth of potential new business for Warrington and the north west could be available following the visit of a delegation from Brazil to Business Connections 2000. Claudio Marinho, minister for science, technology and environment for

  • Not sensible to site masts near schools

    IN response to the Warrington GUARDIAN article on March 30: 'Residents fears over mobile phone mast'. The question is are we heading for another BSE type health risk with the proliferation of these mobile phone masts? The phone companies want us to believe

  • Pensioners - ask MPs

    PENSIONERS of Warrington, have you asked your two local MPs why they supported the government in only giving you an increase of 75p per week? MR R BUTLER Nansen Close Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have

  • Don't make me laugh

    QUOTED in a Sunday newspaper, Warrington's "Asian comedian" Charlie Hale: 'I booked a cab and the driver asked me to behave like a white man. I drank 12 pints and was sick in the back.' Substitute white for black and have Bernard Manning telling the joke

  • Scheme benefits a lot of people

    IN reply to Mrs M Kirk's question, why have her local councillors backed a Lottery bid for better sports facilities in Culcheth at the High School and Shaw Street playing Fields. Quite simply, it was because we were approached by a number of dedicated

  • Somewhere to turn to and someone to

    talk to if your child is involved in drugs By PAT GILL BOLTON WHEN parents suspect, or discover that their children are taking drugs, they often have no idea who to turn to for advice. The drugs scene is alien to most parents and they don't know how to

  • So Long Loushers

    WHEN Christine Fleming retires as head teacher of Loushers Lane School, Warrington, she will be leaving a job which has tugged at her heartstrings for 23 years. The school is for children with severe learning difficulties and, in Christine's own words

  • NOW YOU SEE IT NOW YOU DON'T AS TOWN BEAT TETLEY

    Tetley Walker 0 Warrington Town 2 DAVE Tickle was broken hearted after winning his first medal. Winning the North Western Trains League Division Two Trophy at Prescot was sheer delight for Warrington Town's midfield maestro, who had previously been doubtful

  • THE PETER DEAKIN COLUMN

    THE focus now is on Warrington Wolves' players showing the town they have the strength in character to raise their game and bounce back off what I consider to be some confidence-sapping moments against Bradford Bulls. I think the confidence was drained

  • TWO KILLER BLOWS

    WOLVES boss Darryl Van de Velde was a frustrated man after his side's third Super League defeat in four outings at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He watched in dismay as his side made similar mistakes to those which cost his team dearly in previous losses

  • HEARTBREAK FOR WOLVES BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF SIGHT

    Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 Warrington Wolves 24 By MIKE PARSONS WARRINGTON Wolves can only blame themselves for a fourth successive defeat in Sunday's topsy-turvy encounter at Belle Vue. Failing to take their chances proved to be the Wolves' downfall

  • MP slams firm's 'slap in the face' over job losses

    THE controversial closure of the Whitworths food factory in Woolston was a "slap in the face" for a loyal workforce, according to a motion put down in Parliament this week. Helen Jones, MP for Warrington North, has hit out at company bosses in the motion

  • War veteran's search

    DID you or any of your family serve with the armed forces in the Far East? Veteran and ex Warrington lad Terry Whittle is trying to track down some of the mates he served with in the South Lancs regiment. He is chairman of the regional branch of the Far

  • Town leaders urge greater support for twinning events

    COUNCILLORS are hoping that they can take along representatives from the arts on one of their next trips to Warrington's German twin town, Hilden. Following a visit of delegates from Hilden last week, Clr John Taylor said: "We want to see more people

  • Inquiry into waste tipping plan begins

    A PUBLIC inquiry has begun into controversial tipping plans which threaten to cement Warrington's reputation as the UK's waste disposal capital. Operator Dennis Morgan Plc intends to import inert waste to a sand quarry on the Penketh-Widnes border, which

  • Search on for shipmates

    A VETERAN sailor is scanning the horizon for fellow seafarers who served on his beloved battleship, HMS Crane. Ron MacGregor, aged 70, of Ranworth Road, Great Sankey, helped to set up the Friends of HMS Crane, a social group for sailors who served on

  • A day the Roman way

    PUPILS from St James' School stepped back in time when they spent a day the Roman way with Black Bear Park rangers. The pupils were treated to a day of history and fun as part of a week-long series of trips for schools. They visited Warrington Museum

  • Women to join forces in the name of peace

    BUSINESSWOMEN from Northern Ireland are forging links with Warrington's peace centre. The entrepreneurs met representatives from the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Trust at a conference entitled 'Women For Peace and Profit' at this week's prestigious Business

  • Light relief at last for neighbours

    NEW light is about to be shed on an age-old problem for a group of neighbours in Latchford. Darkness has cloaked a row of garages at the end of Lockett Street, off Thelwall Lane, for many years, much to the disappointment of their owners. Because the

  • PC's courage in knife drama

    COURAGEOUS police constable Christopher Corbett showed no fear when faced with a knife-wielding burglar. Despite being repeatedly threatened by the thug, PC Corbett, with the help of a fellow officer and a member of the public, eventually restrained the

  • Honesty is the best policy, pupils decide

    YOUNG people who were excluded from school have teamed up with drugs agency Lifeline to improve drugs awareness among their peers. The Warrington teenagers, who had been excluded from school for a variety of reasons - including truancy, behavioural difficulties

  • Joy for residents as housing plan is thrown out

    RESIDENTS defending a green oasis in Penketh from housing development are celebrating victory this week. More than 60 residents packed into the Town Hall last Wednesday to protest against plans to build six detached homes on land to the rear of Heath

  • Husband and wife police pairing land top awards

    THE fight against law-breakers just never ends for husband and wife police pairing Mick and Jackie Gee. Even while officially off-duty, the crime-fighting duo remain on the alert - as three burglars who tried to break into a house in Callands now know

  • Bishop's blessing for garden of celebration

    THE Bishop of Warrington gave his blessing to a special millennium marker on Thursday. The Right Reverend John Packer made the trip to St Barnabus CE Primary to bless its Garden of Celebration, created to commemorate the millennium. It is also in memory

  • Float parade to restore mood of carnival

    PLANS are being put in place for an extravaganza of music, dance and entertainment in Culcheth. The village's carnival stopped a couple of years ago after it became difficult to find a committee of people to organize it, and since then the high school

  • Bus drivers strike over 3% pay deal

    HUNDREDS of school children could find themselves with no means of getting to school tomorrow, Friday, when bus drivers across town go on strike. Bosses at Warrington Borough Transport have put out an urgent call for volunteer drivers to join them for

  • Archbishop heartened by young people's involvement in project

    THE peace centre received the blessing of a very special visitor last week. The Most Reverend Patrick Kelly, the Archbishop of Liverpool, was given a guided tour of the state-of-the-art building by Wendy Parry. Archbishop Patrick was visiting neighbouring

  • New baby changing room will form part of market's upgrade

    PARENTS will soon have the chance to feed and change their babies in comfort, thanks to a new development at Warrington Market. As reported in last week's GUARDIAN, many mums and dads feel that current amenities in the town centre are inadequate, forcing

  • Alcann gets go-ahead to expand operation

    RECYCLING company Alcan has been granted permission to expand its operation despite opposition from all sides. Residents from both banks of the ship canal protested against Alcan's proposal to extend its existing factory at the Latchford Locks Works,

  • Big business in Brazil

    THERE'S plenty of cause for celebration at Warrington based Volex Group, which has acquired an outstanding 40 per cent of its subsidiary in Brazil for £7.9m, as well buying Mitema Industries AB, which operates in Sweden and Estonia, for £1.3m. Volex,

  • Business briefs

    WARRINGTON-based business and management consultants SMCS hosted a visit from a Chinese banking delegation led by Mr Xie Ping, research director of the People's Bank of China. TAYLOR Woodrow Property Company has forward funded its office developement

  • Scientists promote Lab's work

    DARESBURY Laboratory, threatened with closure after losing its £500m Diamond synchrotron project, used Business Connections to raise its profile. For the first time, the lab took a stand promoting its commercial arm, Daresbury Analytical Research and

  • At present no applications received

    FURTHER to the article "Risque Business" on the front page of last week's Warrington GUARDIAN I am writing to set the record straight. The Council is not seeking to promote or encourage the provision of table dancing or similar entertainment in Warrington

  • Does little

    to inspire OUR Council Tax Demand Notice arrived this week, accompanied by a News & Information Leaflet which pretends to justify a Council Tax increase of nearly 6.5%, (three times the rate of inflation). The leaflet is filled with a lot of high-sounding

  • Hope mast plan is only an April Fool joke

    I AM writing to voice my grave concerns about a plan I have just heard to site an Orange mobile phone relay station in the village of Moore. As the writer of shows including the BBC1 series 'Preston Front', I live in and work consistently round this area

  • Open your other eye

    PJ STOTT should give up the idea of becoming a teacher and become a planner instead. He obviously has a planner's mentality in that he fails to consider any position other than his own. His snide remark about housing development on the Winwick Hospital

  • Enough is enough

    I MUST take exception to PJ Stott's letter in last week's GUARDIAN regarding the opposition to the siting of a learning centre in the Winwick area. In opposing further developments the parish council and the residents which it represents are merely saying

  • There they were digging this hole...

    TELEPHONE calls to the Water Board have had no effect so through the Warrington GUARDIAN let me convey to the appropriate departments the situation in Dorothea Street at the junction of Adam Street the log running unrepaired water burst. In Dorothea Street

  • GLANCE GUIDE TO WARRINGTON SPORT

    Badminton Warrington Badminton Association results: Div One: Brook 2nd 5 App Hall 3, Brook 2nd 3 Newt 5, Newt 7 Brook 1, Brook 2 Newton 6, Brook 7 Brook 2nd 1, App Hall 6 ICI 2nd 2, ICI 2nd 1 ICI 7. Div Two: App Hall 2nd 3 Newt 2nd 5, Phoenix 5 Weave

  • JUNIOR AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE ROUND-UP

    Woolston u7 20 Wigan St. Cuthberts u7 16 WOOLSTON raced into a 20-8 lead prompted by man of the match Adam Files. Excellent defence in the later stages restricted Wigan to 16 points. Woolston tries were scored by A. Files, three, C. Thomason and J. Whittaker

  • NAILBITERS OPEN NEW BOWLS SEASON

    WARRINGTON Public Parks' G&J Greenall Premier Bowls League kicked off its new season this week and there were some particularly tight games. In Division One, Lovely Lane One just made it at home to Victoria One 212-211 with good cards in the back

  • BLAKELEY SIGHTS ON KEEPING SPOT

    STEVE Blakeley is hoping he did enough on his debut at Wakefield to keep the Wolves stand off jersey. Darryl Van De Velde highlighted Blakeley's full debut performance at stand off as being one of only a few plus points deriving from the Wakefield game

  • WOLVES STATS

    Super League Round 4, Sunday, April 9, 2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 Warrington Wolves 24 SCORERS Wildcats: Tries: Poching (25mins, 79), Goulding (40), Price (41), Maloney (71). Goals: McNamara 4. Wolves: Tries: Forster (32mins), Hunte (35), Nutley

  • WAARINGTON SCHOOLBOYS MAKE HISTORY

    WARRINGTON Schools' Under 11s Rugby League team have been crowned champions for the first time. It shows the massive development project in Rugby League in the town is paying dividends. Chief executive of Super League club Warrington Wolves was excited

  • WOLVES TALK TO CRITCHLEY

    Harris expected to face Wolves on Sunday By MIKE PARSONS WARRINGTON Wolves are attempting to strengthen their three-quarter line and are currently sounding out former Rugby League duel international Jason Critchley. The 29-year-old, currently on Leicester

  • Schools share in £2.8m windfall

    REPAIRS are set to start on eight Warrington schools after a £2.8 million windfall from the Government. Nearly £1million of the cash from the Department for Education and Employment will be used to address accommodation problems at Loushers Lane Special

  • United to help fire victims

    A SCHEME designed to provide immediate support to victims of fire has been launched in Warrington following a successful trial period in the town. The Fire Victim Support Unit, a joint initiative by The British Red Cross and Cheshire Fire Brigade, is

  • Vandals leave trail of havoc

    CHILDREN as young as 10 have been setting fire to skips and smashing windows on an industrial estate in Warrington. Burtonwood Industrial Centre, off Phipps Lane, has become the target of gangs of trouble-making youths at weekends. The vandals have been

  • Winwick tower to be demolished

    HISTORIANS have reacted with despair to news of the imminent demolition of one of Warrington's most historic landmarks. A controlled explosion on Monday will bring Winwick water tower down like "a stack of dominoes", removing it from Warrington's skyline

  • Jessie joins 100 club

    A POPULAR great-great-grandmother who has lived in Warrington all her life has reached the grand old age of 100. Jessie Richardson, who has lived in Roughley Avenue, Sankey Bridges, since 1921, had a surprise birthday bash with all her relatives and friends

  • Prize draw is a con, says soccer boss

    FOOTBALL bosses are warning Warrington Town fans to be on their guard against con men who are using the name of the club in a door-to-door scam. The club has denied any connection with a door-to-door prize draw currently being touted around Latchford

  • Samaritans out to attract new helpers

    THERE was birthday cake all round this week as Warrington Samaritans celebrated its 30th anniversary - but the organisation has issued its own cry for help in a bid to encourage volunteers. To mark the occasion, a giant cake was donated by Risley Prison

  • On patrol - with a life-saving mission

    A NEW addition to Warrington's paramedic patrol hit the streets on Sunday. The rapid response vehicle will be patrolling the town's main roads between 11am and 11pm, awaiting emergency calls. The distinctive white Ford Mondeo carries the same life-saving

  • Two day old pups dumped in cardboard box

    FOUR puppies found abandoned in a cardboard box are to become the stars of the BBC's Animal Hospital. The tiny puppies, who were found by a resident in the Fearnhead area on Sunday April 2, were taken to the RSPCA. They contacted Denise Barrow, secretary

  • Masked thug terrifies staff

    FEMALE shop assistants were terrified when an intruder launched a surprise attack on a Culcheth off-licence. The counter staff were counting the day's takings in a room at the rear of Victoria Wines, in Lodge Drive, when their ordeal began. Suddenly a

  • Marathon effort to raise charity cash

    A MYRIAD of London Marathon runners from Warrington will be chasing first place in the name of charity on Sunday. Nurse James Hewitt, aged 29, of Matlock Close, Great Sankey, is running his first marathon to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund

  • Knifeman jumps over counter

    A KNIFEMAN vaulted the counter at a Culcheth building society and demanded cash, police have revealed. Customers and staff at the Cheshire Building Society, Jackson Avenue, were confronted by a thin thug on Monday afternoon. He burst into the branch at

  • First heart transplant patient dies, aged 59

    EVER-SMILING Ron Thomas - Warrington's first heart transplant patient - has died at the age of 59. Former warehouseman Ron, of Beechwood Avenue, Padgate, made history in June 1987 when he underwent the operation at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. He had

  • Garden centre targeted

    GREEN-fingered thieves broke into the Cantilever Garden Centre in Latchford and snatched around £800 worth of heavy garden ornaments. Police believe that the burglars must have used a vehicle to cart their haul away. It included a concrete bench with

  • The gang is back!

    THE WARRINGTON Scouts Gang Show is back in for its annual performance with a cast of 100. The historic show, which was first performed in 1932, is on at Parr Hall from Tuesday April 11 to Saturday April 15. The show will include a range of popular tunes

  • Union offers ray of hope for Daresbury staff

    PROTESTERS hoping to overturn a Government decision which has put 500 Warrington jobs in jeopardy have received a boost from union bosses - who have branded the situation "a fiasco". A storm of protest greeted last month's announcement that the £550 million

  • Quality award presented at crematorium

    WARRINGTON'S cemeteries and crematorium services have received a top international award. The Quality Assurance Standard ISO 9002 award, which follows assessment by the British Standards Institute last month, was presented at Walton Lea Crematorium on

  • Minister backs childcare plan

    EDUCATION bosses have praised news that Warrington's early years and childcare plans have been given the seal of approval for the second year running. Margaret Hodge, Education and Employment Minister, last week announced her approval of Warrington's

  • Residents win fight to block learning unit

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a learning disabilities unit in Winwick have been halted after vehement opposition from residents. Warrington Community Healthcare proposed to build the unit along with a linked resource centre on former agricultural land

  • Adoption team launches training programme for would-be carers

    ADOPTION workers are seeking loving homes for Warrington children - and are offering training to prospective carers. The family placement team, part of Warrington Borough Council's social services department, is due to start its adoption training programme

  • CAGED IN SQUALOR

    A PET shop owner convicted of keeping a monkey called Sinbad in a filthy cage escaped jail yesterday, Wednesday. Animal rights campaigners reacted with dismay after Robert Ralphson was given 240 hours community service by Leigh magistrates, after an investigation