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  • GYMNASTICS: Carter unable to give club television victory

    WARRINGTON Sports Personality of 2004 Chris Carter was unable to help his Wakefield Gym Club teammates to victory on prime time television on Saturday. The Padgate tumbler was part of the club's 8 Storey team that competed on the BBC 1 talent show When

  • Sharks to join Wolves in Perpignan

    RYLANDS Sharks under 11s rugby league team will be playing at half time at the Gilbert Brutus Stadium when Warrington Wolves play there against Catalans Dragons on April 21. Eleven-year-old Jon Ainsworth will be one of the Rylands players travelling

  • Face in the crowd - round three

    ARE you this week's face in the crowd winner? One lucky supporter who attended Wolves' home game against Hull on Sunday has won a prize. Check back here later this week to see if your face in our crowd picture has been circled as the winner.

  • Harrison continues to impress

    WARRINGTON Wolves Ben Harrison continues to impress on loan with Widnes Vikings. The Cumbrian played at prop in Vikings' 60-10 defeat of London Skolars in the Northern Rail Cup at the Halton Stadium on Sunday (see pictures below). Harrison has been

  • Too many chiefs at town police force?

    CHESHIRE'S top policeman has been forced to defend himself against charges that there are too many chiefs within the county constabulary. Police authority leaders have expressed alarm at the significant increase' in management posts - and the drain on

  • Murder family speak out

    LET her rest in peace. That's the reaction from a brother and sister of the 'Silver Queen', the murdered prostitute whose story has been picked up by a TV company. They spoke about after the Warrington Guardian reported the interest in the case of Patricia

  • Penny bags a brace

    SUPER League squad man Kevin Penny crossed for two tries as Warrington Wolves defeated Hull FC 28-26 in the opening Senior Academy Championship game of 2007 at Wilderspool Stadium on Saturday. The 19-year-old was joined on the score sheet by fellow winger

  • Strettle scores on England rugby union debut

    LYMM rugby union star David Strettle scored a try on an encouraging debut for England on Saturday. The 23-year-old former Lymm RFC and Warrington RUFC winger made his first appearance for England in their 43-13 Six Nations defeat to Ireland at the weekend

  • Axe-man Briers

    LEE Briers was nicknamed "The Axe" by members of Warrington Wolves' coaching staff after Sunday's win against Hull. Wolves' scrum half and skipper does not receive plaudits for his defensive work often enough but one of his tackles on Hull replacement

  • Giving up

    It's never to late to Packet, in. Yeh you now what I mean? that box you look at after heavy night on tiles. The one that smells really great when you open it but leaves you feeling depressed when its empty because you need another one. Oh here we go

  • Inquiry starts

    A CRUCIAL public inquiry starts tomorrow, Tuesday into two developments set to change the town centre forever. The three-week inquiry is into two separate plans for Time Square, the neglected set of shops and unused land by the market, and for an area

  • ‘The Silver Queen’ on the small screen

    THE case of a prostitute strangled 40 years ago will be reopened for a TV investigation. The body of Patricia Simpson, then aged 20, was discovered in 1963 at the bottom of a mineshaft in Cardiff with a scarf noosed round her neck. The case has been

  • Westbrook and Whittle Hall clean up

    WESTBROOK and Whittle Hall benefited from a visit by the Warrington Clean Team. The team's volunteers collected 18 sacks of rubbish, including 80 Asda carrier bags. Trudi Wood, the team's founder, said: "I was again really encouraged that a member of

  • Join in the fun of Fairtrade Fortnight

    FAIRTRADE Fortnight starts today, Monday, and we have the low-down on all the events happening in Warrington. The event marks the first anniversary of Warrington being named a Fairtrade borough. There will be a packed programme of events including:

  • All Eyes are on Woolston

    TV star Chris Packham found his favourite bird in big numbers on a trip to Warrington. He visited Woolston Eyes for the BBC show Nature's Calendar and saw around 25 rare black-necked grebe. The film crew had expected just one or two sightings of a bird

  • Uneven portions?

    DOZENS of dinner ladies are threatening legal action against Warrington Borough Council in a dispute over equal pay. The women, who work at several of the borough's catholic schools, have been told they are not entitled to the generous pay-outs because

  • DARTS: GYCA win again

    A GYCA team have won Grappenhall Darts League's Ray Cooper Cup for the sixth time in 12 years. The GYCA number two team of Steve Bebbington and Bob Hepper defeated Pickering Arms 3-1 in Friday's final. GYCA beat Warrington Town 2-0 in the quarter finals