CDs featuring Runway Picnic have been won by Mrs M. Ackroyd of 9, Woodbank Road, Penketh, Dawn Fletcher of 10, Stainmore Close, Gorse Covert, and Mrs Margaret Dobson of 3, Ridley Drive, Great Sankey, following our recent competition. Converted for the
THE PEOPLE'S Choice Exhibition opens at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, June 29. The show features rarely seen paintings from the museum archives, chosen by a broad range of people including, cricketer Wasim Akram and pop entrepreneur Pete
MANCHESTER Library Theatre are hoping to beat all their box office records for a comedy before the end of the month. The regional premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's "Wildest Dreams" runs to June 29 and already, the signs are that the attendance figures achieved
A GENEROUS gift from hotel staff means the youngest patients at Warrington Hospital will have an even better start in life. The Village Hotel spent a month collecting for the Special Care Baby Unit through events held during its Shape Up for Spring Campaign
THE Salvation Army has commissioned four new officers to Warrington. Major Dianne Smith and Major Fred Smith, below, on the right, have become the officers in charge of the Citadel, Academy Street. Their duties include holding church services and running
A WARRINGTON methodist church is celebrating its 200th anniversary. Friars Green began in 1796 when four preachers left the Methodist Society after disagreeing with some of its rules. The church's early leader, Peter Phillips, is regarded as the founding
TWO men appeared in court in Warrington on Thursday charged with the murder of a man whose body was found hidden beneath the floorboards of an empty house. Simon Barnes, 27, and Christopher Tatlock, 26, were accused of murdering Raymond Smith, 49, formerly
MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of a man's body which was dragged from the Manchester Ship Canal on Saturday. Police believe the corpse, which was spotted by a member of the public floating in the canal near the Knutsford Road swing bridge, may be that
VICTORIA Wood is to play two weeks at the Palace Theatre in Manchester from July 8. One of Britain's most popular and multi-talented female comics, Victoria is acclaimed nationwide for her massive input across the world of entertainment. Her award winning
BRASS and Beatles music will be featured in one of this summer's more unusual open air concerts. The famous Wingates band are teaming up with the Other Beatles, who have performed the Fab Four's music all round the world, in a Manchester Rotary Club spectacular
WINNERS of pairs of tickets to see "Copacabana" at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, following our recent contest, were Mrs Jean Lloyd of 6, Ronald Drive, Fearnhead, and Mrs M. Morris of 66, Marina Avenue, Great Sankey. Converted for the new archive on
A PROUD Warrington mum looked on as her daughter handed over a posy to the Duchess of Kent at the Liverpool Women's Hospital. Young Karis Williams, who has battled against illness from birth, dazzled the Duchess when she presented the spray of flowers
MANCHESTER United star Eric Cantona has begun a High Court battle to stop a Warrington firm cashing in on his name. The Frenchman has taken legal action against three companies - Cantona French Wine Ltd, Cantona French Brandy Ltd and Cantona Pour Homme
A NEW community centre for families in a problem area of Warrington has been described as "a dream come true" by the Duke of Westminster. The duke was visiting Blackbrook to open the Hawthorn Centre, which has been built on former wasteland by Greenalls
