A MAN found carrying crack cocaine and heroin will not go to jail after he was handed a two-year conditional discharge by magistrates on Thursday. John Morrissey, aged 45, from Brindley Avenue, Westy, was stopped by police officers on August 7 after
FLY tippers are being warned they face fines of up to £50,000 if they dump their junk. The warning comes from Warrington Borough Council after a spate of fly tipping incidents at the town's recycling facilities. In one case cardboard, a stereo system
ASDA Competition! The new-look Asda Living store in Altrincham has got Christmas wrapped up early this year and they are offering readers the chance to win a fabulous early Christmas present. One reader will win the first prize of £200 of ASDA gift
INFECTION levels in hospitals are being combated by advance screenings of patients most at risk. Patients who are scheduled to have high-risk surgery are being tested for MRSA before they have their operations. If they are found to be carriers they
Park Hall Hotel Competition! Park Hall Hotel, the north west's biggest party venue, has a great selection of Christmas parties to choose from, where you'll be sure to find something to suit everyone's tastes. From star-studded cabarets to authentic
The Park Royal Hotel Competition! We have teamed up with the Park Royal in Stretton to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pampering day for two at this luxury 4-star hotel. Our winner and a partner will enjoy a spa treatment each and complimentary
ANOTHER look at Chris Leikvoll's spell with Warrington Wolves. His contract has come to an end after four seasons with the club.
Featherstone Lions 40 Warrington Wizards 14. WARRINGTON Wizards suffered more play-off heartbreak as they were eliminated one match short of the Grand Final for the second year in succession. Wizards, who were beaten at Hemel Hempstead in the final
Wigan St Judes 4 Bank Quay Bulls 42. BANK Quay Bulls will host Widnes Moorfield in the Lancashire Cup quarter finals after a comfortable victory in the last 16 at Wigan St Judes at the weekend. Bulls, who host Barrow Island in the North West Counties
Burtonwood Bridge 26 Adlington Rangers 14. BURTONWOOD Bridge completed a North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Division One double over Adlington Rangers but took their foot off the gas after leading 26-0. Winger Martin Corker's well-taken try in
Cherry Tree Panthers 12 Woolston Rovers 32. STAND off Chris Mellor stood out as Woolston Rovers gained a North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Division Five win at Cherry Tree Panthers. Mellor scored one try, kicked three goals and set up a second
Blackpool u18 22 Culcheth Eagles u18 30. A JEKYLL and Hyde performance from Culcheth Amateur Rugby League Club's under 18s side saw them bring the North West Counties Youth League points home. They raced into a 18-0 lead with tries from man of the
Latchford Albion Unicorns u16 0 Waterhead u16 48. HOOKER Adam Yates-Dutton was the top tackler but Latchford could not get a point on the board against Waterhead. Rylands Sharks u16 19 Hindley u16 4. JORDAN Burke was the player of the match as Rylands
WARRINGTON'S secondary schools rugby league finals that were held over from last term have been played at Wilderspool Stadium, with William Beamont and Great Sankey winning two finals each. Sir Thomas Boteler 18 Great Sankey 40. BOTELER gave as good
LATCHFORD Albion Unicorns have just started the latest junior rugby league season on the back of one of the club's most successful campaigns. A report carried out by Warrington Service Area found that Latchford were the largest club in Warrington for
A WOMAN had her car stolen at gunpoint in Winwick on Wednesday afternoon. The victim was showing her red Vauxhall Astra SXI coupe to two prospective buyers, both aged around 19 or 20. She took them for a test-drive but at 3.30pm the man who was driving
SUPER Benny Westwood completed a clean sweep of the player of the year honours at Warrington Wolves' end of season dinner at The Halliwell Jones Stadium last night. The rugged pack star walked away with the players' player of the year honour, the coach's
A MINUTE'S silence will be held before all Cheshire rugby union games this weekend to remember a player who died minutes into his debut. Dave Harrop collapsed at a game for Lymm RU club in Wirral against Oldershaw last Saturday and died later in hospital
THE playing shirts for the historic Gillette Fusion Centenary International at the Halliwell Jones stadium on 20 October have been unveiled with both the Northern Union and All Golds going for a traditional look. The Northern Union side, which
A MAN'S body has been found in Padgate. Police were called at 9.15am today to Hilden Road following reports of a body being found in woodland. The man has not yet been named and police are not treating the death as suspicious.
BANNING knitting needles from hospital and obsessions with paving stones is giving health and safety a bad name, according to the man in charge of it in the north west. David Ashton, north west head of the Health and Safety Executive, said that more
LEE Briers is expected to be Wolves' only player involved in this autumn's World Cup qualifiers. Wolves' skipper and scrum half has made himself available for selection for Wales, who face Scotland in a crucial clash at Glasgow Hawks Rugby Union ground
BY profession he's a data analyst, but in his free time Latchford's Peter Bradley cracks codes, deciphers hieroglyphics and scours the Cheshire countryside for pyramids. The 32-year-old, of Secker Avenue, is one of a select few in Britain to have solved
THE mother of a sex assault victim has warned parents to be extra vigilant when allowing their children to play out after her daughter's attacker was jailed for more than two years. The woman, of Warrington, warned parents to be on their guard after
HERE'S the final selection of our images reflecting the primrose and blue career of Henry Fa'afili.
LABOUR is said to be one of the most painful experiences a woman can endure. Yet a new survey by patient website ibs-relief.co.uk reveals one in four people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome believe the pain they suffer is worse than childbirth - something
WARRINGTON Town boss Ian Street has warned his players to beware cup specialists Rossendale United when they commence their FA Trophy campaign on Saturday. Town, who had made a good start to the UniBond First Division South season before crashing 6-1
WARRINGTON Wolves' end of season dinner brought high praise for the club's youngsters after their sterling work at first-team level during 2007. Wolves chairman Lord Hoyle, chief executive Andy Gatcliffe, coach Gary Chambers and many of the senior players
