FIND out how the country's first custom built chemical works were founded at West Bank in a fascinating talk. Arthur Townsend is giving a lecture on 'Chemical Manufacturing at West Bank during the 19th Century', at 7.30pm on Thursday, February 9. The
CHESHIRE Constabulary will merge with neighbours Merseyside if Home Secretary Charles Clarke has his wish. Cheshire Police Authority chairman Peter Nurse and Cheshire Constabulary chief constable Peter Fahy met with Charles Clarke on Monday afternoon
A ROAD is to be closed while testing is carried out on a Runcorn bridge. The slip road from the northbound A5126 Central Expressway on to the southbound A533 Southern Expressway will shut on Wednesday, February 15 between 9.30am-3.30pm. Contractors will
BAG a bargain and help cancer patients. That's the message this week from a team of big-hearted women. Unwanted gifts, books, bric-a-brac and toiletries are just some of the many items they will be selling at an attic sale in Churchill Hall, Cooper Street
LEIGH CENTURIONS will equal a club record losing run of 18 successive defeats if they lose their opening match of the season after being relegated from engage Super League. They lost their last 17 matches of 2005, consisting of 16 in Super League and
THE competition for clubs outside Super League began as the Buddies National League Cup in 2002. It became the Arriva Trains Cup the following year before changing to the Northern Rail Cup last season. The winners of the Cup have all gone on to be promoted
TRIES: Match: 6 by Lesley Vainikolo (Bradford Bulls) v Hull FC . 2 September 2005 Season: 36 Lesley Vainikolo (Bradford Bulls) . 2004 Career: 134 Keith Senior( Leeds Rhinos, ex Sheffield Eagles) . 1996 - GOALS Match: 14 Henry Paul (Bradford Bulls) v Salford
BRETT DALLAS of Wigan Warriors needs three tries for a career century of touchdowns with the club. DANNY ORR of Wigan Warriors needs six points for a career total of 1,000 in club and representative matches. The half-back has scored 882 for Castleford
BARROW RAIDERS lost their last 16 matches of 2005, consisting of 15 in LHF Healthplan National League One and one Powergen Challenge cup-tie. Their last win was a 24-20 home League match defeat of Rochdale Hornets on 17 April 2005.
CHESHIRE Constabulary will merge with neighbours Merseyside if Home Secretary Charles Clarke has his wish. Cheshire Police Authority chairman Peter Nurse and Cheshire Constabulary chief constable Peter Fahy met with Charles Clarke on Monday afternoon
TWO brothers and a teenager look set to be facing a murder charge following the death of a dad-to-be. William Jones, aged 16, Colin Algie, aged 18, both of Mendip Avenue, and David Algie, aged 20, of Bexhill Avenue, Hulme, all Warrington, were told at
EIGHT relatives of murdered schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed have been released from police bail. While the teenager's killer is still at large detectives cancelled their 18 month bail. The group were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice
RECKLESS vandals have twice hurled bricks and golf balls at firefighters as they tackled rubbish blazes. One firefighter would have ended up in hospital, say emergency crews, if his helmet had not saved him. "His helmet has had to be replaced, it was
WIGAN'S exciting 18 year old back row forward Joel Tomkins has signed an extended contract with the Club which will keep him at the JJB Stadium until the end of the 2008 season. Wigan Chairman, Maurice Lindsay said, "It always gives us an extra thrill
CHESHIRE Constabulary will merge with neighbours Merseyside if Home Secretary Charles Clarke has his wish. Cheshire Police Authority chairman Peter Nurse and Cheshire Constabulary chief constable Peter Fahy met with Charles Clarke on Monday afternoon
BRADFORD BULLS have won 13 successive matches stretching back to last season. They won their last eight rounds of engage Super League 2005, four play-off matches, including the Grand Final, and this year's Carnegie World Club Challenge. Their last defeat
DARREN ROGERS of Dewsbury Rams scored at least one try in each of his club's last seven matches of 2005 as follows: 1-1-2-1-2-2-1. PAUL WELLENS of St. Helens scored one try in each of the last six rounds of engage Super League 2005.
CASTLEFORD TIGERS won their last meeting with Hull FC when they beat them 21-14 in a Super League match at The Jungle in 2004. It ended Hull's run of seven unbeaten Super League matches against Castleford, including a draw. Waine Pryce is the only Castleford
BRADFORD BULLS begin the new season needing just one victory to become the first club to notch up 200 Super League wins (not including play-offs). After 10 seasons and 265 rounds of Super League, Bradford have won 199 and lost 59 plus seven draws. The
RECORD Round One attendance: 17,873 Paris St. Germain v Sheffield Eagles . 29 March 1996 Best in England: 17,267 Bradford Bulls v Wigan Warriors . 20 February 2004 Record Round One aggregate (and average) attendance: 69,499 (11,583) at 6 matches . 20-
IT'S been a happy ending for almost 50 cuddly puppies who have new homes... in record time. Thanks to a report in the Warrington Midweek, the 47 fluffy bundles, including a litter of eight, took only three minutes each to be picked by new owners last
THE GMB union has blasted Asda for not giving bonuses to more staff. It says staff will lose out on £12m - which will instead be added to the company's estimated annual profit of £650m. The union says the decision was taken because Asda had not met its
A MAN has appeared before magistrates in connection with a violent stabbing. Ben Caldwell, aged 21, of Alder Lane, Orford, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm after Jason Jenks was attacked with a samurai sword on Alder Lane, last Tuesday
YOUNG people came out in force to elect a new voice into the UK Youth Parliament. A massive turnout - 82.35 per cent of those eligible to vote - ensured 17-year-old Rory Turnbull was appointed as the leader of Halton Youth Parliament. Rory, a former pupil
LIVING with pain and long-term illness can leave patients depressed, lonely and cranky. Here's a chance to discover how to relax, reduce depression, manage your medication and take control of your life. A new 'expert patient programme' has been launched
