St. Helens 42 Paris SG 4 ST. HELENS put their off-the-field problems behind them to book a trip down under in the quarter-finals of the Visa World Club Championship. With Bobbie Goulding stripped of the club captaincy earlier in the day, it was left to
St. Helens 36 Oldham Bears 26 SAINTS' boss Shaun McRae branded his team's showing as an 'absolutely disgraceful performance'. And he confirmed previous hints when adding: "Some players will be going at the end of the season." The outspoken Aussie was
WHAT a wonderful idea of our councillors to vote themselves a large pay rise at our expense. It is about time that mechanics, bricklayers and gravediggers etc were allowed to supplement their meagre wages in this way. As a poverty stricken pensioner,
WHY is it that our local councillors have suddenly qualified for a huge pay hike? Has their level of intellect suddenly risen to new heights? Have they all been on Open University courses to qualify for these new rates of pay? Or could it be just a simple
THE report about councillors' expenses (Warrington Guardian, August 8) did not explain why the Liberal Democrats proposed a scheme of allowances in which the figures were 40 per cent less than those agreed by Labour and Conservative councillors. Last
WARRINGTON'S Mayor has adopted children's good causes for his traditional charity appeal. Clr Humphreys will be hosting a series of fund-raising events to collect cash for Hope House Children's Hospice and Child Flight, a charity which gives sick children
THE Warrington Group of Advanced Motortists is gearing up for another vehicle extravaganza. Attractions include the chance to drive a double decker bus and a 40-tonne articulated lorry. Drivers will also be able to have their driving ability assessed.
EASILY the largest flower show in the country, the Southport, returns to the town's Victoria Park next Thursday and, for the first time, will run over four days. The theme is the Americas and landscape artists, growers and exhibitors will all reflect
THREE pairs of tickets for raunchy adults-only Girls' Night Out at the Palace Theatre in Manchester from September 1 to 6 are on offer to What's On readers this week - and there's also a superb opportunity to win a luxury weekend for two in London. The
MR BEAN working at the National Gallery? Sounds too incredible to be true. But in Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie - Mr Bean breaks into the world of art. Saved by gallery chairman, (Sir John Mills) from being fired for being 'the worst employee in
WARRINGTON has applied for funding from Europe for a project which could help to get more unemployed people into work. Known as "Jobrotation", the project involves training the unemployed to fill temporary vacancies which arise when staff are training
MY bucket and spade are packed and I will jet out to France tonight. The surfboard would not fit into my suitcase so I will have to make do with a bit of snorkelling. Oh la la, I can't wait. Rugby League and the French seaside, what a combination. I can't
WARRINGTON Town begin the new season with a warning from their manager Simon Rudge. "It won't be easy to bounce straight back up," he says. Town have been preparing for life in North West Counties Division One after their relegation from the Unibond League
GRAPPENHALL recorded a convincing win at Alsager in the Cheshire County League thanks mainly to a superb display by five wicket hero Ian Jackson. The home side batted first and had no answer to the excellent and accurate opening bowling of Mike Holden
AN excellent win against leaders Rylands C put Crosfields A into second place in Section E of the W&NCBA Greenalls Friday League. They are now on 24 points, just one adrift of Rylands. S. Beechall and M. Quayle did the damage in the back four with
WARRINGTON Athletics Club's women's track and field athletics team completed their Division Two West League programme at Ashton-under-Lyne on Sunday. The team was lying in third place before the match and was weakened by injury and holiday commitments
WARRINGTON Wolves will wade into France with hopes of storming 'Festival of the Sea' celebrations. The Wolves' Super League crunch battle with Paris St. Germain will take place in the southern holiday resort of Bayonne, close to the border with Spain.
THREE record breaking children have returned from the World Dwarf Games with a sackful of medals. Simone Cunliffe, of Old Hall, and Jonathan and Sarah den Uil, of Callands, won 24 medals between them at the event in Peterborough. The trio proudly flew
CULCHETH Daten won the NWCCL Cup after a tremendous fightback against Hindley St. Peters. After being 60-4, Steve Hughes scored a fine 43, Andy Harrison 22 and Richard Beck 23 not out to take the total to 162-9 from their 40 overs. In reply, the Hindley
DARRYL Van de Velde was full of praise for his team after they dug deep for a vital victory over Salford Reds on Sunday. The Wolves coach, a difficult man to please, allowed himself a smile after the impressive 23-8 triumph eased his side's relegation
A HARDWORKING Warrington councillor is recovering in hospital after an operation to remove a cancerous tumour. Ted Lafferty, a Liberal Democrat member of the borough council for the past 10 years, is famed for his work for the people of Warrington. The
JUBILANT residents have won a reprieve in their battle to stop a restaurant and motel complex being built on their doorstep. Greenalls' proposal for a Quincey's bar and restaurant plus a 120-bedroom motel on Manchester Road had been recommended for planning
A RETIRED bus driver who pulled a knife on a young couple has called for a truce in their neighbourhood dispute. A four-year wrangle over a shared driveway erupted in violence when a Ernest Wilcock, aged 59, took out a large kitchen knife and lunged at
A DRIVER was slightly injured in a car crash. Two cars were involved in the collision at the junction of Knutsford Road and Park Avenue on Thursday night. A woman driver of a Vauxhall Astra suffered shock and the male driver of a Ford Sierra was taken
WARRINGTON arts groups are to benefit from National Lottery cash. Four organisations received the grants, which total £16,500. The biggest award goes to Warrington Male Voice Choir. It was granted £5,000 for its centenary project which aims to encourage
FIRE destroyed a first floor bedroom of a house in Densham Avenue, Longford. The house has been empty for a number of weeks and vandals have repeatedly broken in and damaged the property. Firefighters say the fire was started with matches in a pile of
A BURGLAR broke his ankle jumping out of a window during a break-in, a court heard on Friday. Unemployed Gary Payne, aged 32, had been caught red-handed ransacking a room at a Salvation Army hostel after kicking a door down, Warrington Crown Court was
SHOCK statistics reveal the Warrington has the highest rate ofteenage pregnancies in North Cheshire. The latest figures show that nearly 200 teenage Warrington girls became mums in just one year - six of those were only aged between 11 and 15. Now health
STUDENTS from Padgate High School won third prize in the TSB First Visit Awards and received a £250 cheque, presented at the National Gallery, London. The awards are given for the best art and craft created by schools on TSB sponsored trips to the Gallery
FORMER Sir Thomas Boteler High School student, Philip Malem, has two reasons to celebrate - the birth of his baby daughter and graduation from Manchester University. Philip, aged 23, of Lumb Brook Road, Appleton, gained a 2.1 BA Honours in Business Studies
SAINTS are being written off in the World Club Championship quarter-finals...by their own coach! Even prior to Wednesday's play-off victory over Paris St. Germain McRae was giving his team no hope of a win against Brisbane Broncos in October. McRae said
EARLESTOWN first team followed up their win at Stretford with a winning draw against Newton Heath to keep them top of MDCA Division Two B. Sajjad Ahmed was the mainstay of Earlestown's 193-7 as he struck an unbeaten 101 - his second ton of the season
SECOND from bottom Huyton made sure they did not lose as they played out a boring draw with Newton in the Liverpool Cricket League. Newton batted first after losing the toss and smashed 209-6 in just 42 overs. They were in trouble at 19-2 but 30 from
He is a highly respected cancer consultant and a very clever and caring person who is very well qualified in his field and I am sure he is experienced enough to take on any tasks that would be expected of him at the new Hospice. I and many other patients
MAY I, through your letters page, make a plea to all parents with children. I have two rescued dogs that we exercise regularly by, among other walks, taking them with us when we go to the local shops. This past few weeks, the weather has been good and
For me to reply to each one would take far too long so could I therefore use this column to say thank you to all those people who showed concern for my well-being. CLR TED LAFFERTY Dunmow Road Thelwall Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some
THE GUARDIAN's continued efforts to preserve Warrington's rich heritage, as evidenced by its latest appeal on behalf of the Barley Mow, is one bright spot in a somewhat bleak landscape. The history of fighting insensitive development in Warrington, as
IT IS another great sadness that St Rocco's Hospice management committee has had unnecessary differences with St Rocco's medical directors. St Rocco's is a publicly funded charity which also receives substantial National Health Service monies. The interests
THE shock news this week that Warrington has the most teenage pregnancies in North Cheshire will cause many parents in the town to worry about just how vulnerable their daughters are. Some girls have given birth as young as 11. A new project aims to offer
WARRINGTON psychic Kevin McGrath is among a team of experts who have volunteered their services to help readers with problems. The team is giving its services freely. You can write in with problems relating to spiritual healing, medical matters, bereavement
BADGERS - the junior section of St John Ambulance - are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. County Badger leader Derek Griffiths was responsible for setting up the group in Warrington. "We started the Badgers because St John Ambulance was missing
OLIVIER award-winning Rambert Dance Company return to the Palace Theatre in Manchester from August 26 to 30 with two exhilarating programmes of new and existing classics from the world of contemporary dance. The programme includes three of artistic director
THERE'S bad news for anyone who goes to the theatre to get away from all the soccer on television. There'll be no escape from the dreaded round ball at the Opera House next month when a new comedy by John Chambers and Dave Simpson, I'm Marrying Ryan Giggs
MORE than £5m of money from the national lottery and from Camelot came to Warrington over the year ending in March, according to Camelot's annual report. The money came from two sources, the lottery's "good causes" fund, and also from Camelot's own profits
FOUR industrial estates, comprising a total of 99 units, have been sold by Chester Properties Ltd to Warner Estates Plc, both of London, in a deal worth more than £3.5m. The sale reflects the current investment confidence in the north west industrial
WOLVES coach Darryl Van de Velde was fuming with the 8-2 penalty count which had his side 'dead and buried' at half-time at Wigan. He said: "Our execution was not as good as against Salford, but on the back of an horrendous penalty count the game was
Wigan Warriors 32 Warrington Wolves 16 WARRINGTON Wolves were victims of an Andy Farrell super show at Central Park on Wednesday. Wigan's Great Britain wonder cut the Wolves to ribbons. He scored a try, had a hand in most of the other five tries and kicked
WARRINGTON returned to winning ways with a six-wicket win over title contenders Didsbury at Walton Lea. The home side made the best possible start when fast bowler Tony Wright dismissed Slater with the first ball of the day to a fine catch by keeper Milow
WARRINGTON Anglers' Association members fishing at Moore Quarry are experiencing a bream bonanza and a definite revival of the excellent roach fishing of past times. Mike Dench slid his landing net under 16 bream from 5 to 8lbs in a short session where
MEMBERS Gary Murphy and Gary Wright went on to Lymm Angling Club's stretch on Marbury Mere and were rewarded with a string of bream to 7lb-11-0. Gary Murphy pointed out that the method is the typical bream method of putting out a bed of groundbait and
WOLVES prop Mark Hilton requires a second shoulder reconstruction operation and his coach says there will be urgent assessment for his future. Darryl Van de Velde says: "We've got to sit down and assess why it has happened and the doctor has to look at
I WAS gutted to see England lose the Ashes again on Sunday. What a shocking performance in that second innings! I am amazed, however, that whenever England lose a match everyone starts calling for Mike Atherton to stand down as captain. Whether Athers
ONE thing I saw in Australia that I would not be in favour of here is the use of unlimited substitutes. At present, they name six replacements in the ARL competition but can then interchange as often as they want. Before long, there will probably be advocates
WITH only four weeks left to the end of the Greenall Tetley Summer Dominoes League season, the title races are hotting up in all four divisions. In Division Three, Brickmakers are five points clear after a convincing defeat of Kings Head who have faded
BRITISH Rail gained a crucial success over Padgate Conservative Club on Friday to maintain their lead at the top of the table. With a bye date still to come, their home match against Hawthorne on Friday August 22 will not only provide great spectator
AN excellent away win saw Alford Hall B go clear at the top of Section D of the W&NCBA Carlsberg Tetley Monday League. The win, against St. Albans, moved them on to 28 points. S. Bircham, T. Quormby and I. Wilkinson shared the sweep on 21-7 and Dean
MARK Shaw won his third title inside a month when taking the £1,470 Clarence Classic at Liverpool with a convincing 21-8 victory over homester Ivor Jenning. Shaw then continued his run of form in the £3,300 Dulux Classic at Walsden handing out a 21-8
HUNDREDS of stressed Warrington workers are set to chill-out in special health seminars. Warrington Community Healthcare Trust has launched the new service as the amount of working hours lost rockets because of stress and strain. Now the Trust's Healthy
A WARRINGTON Health Trust could merge with one of its neighbours to try to cut costs. Talks have already taken place between bosses at Warrington Community Healthcare Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Community Trust. But the merger would not take place
A HEARTBROKEN widower whose wife died after developing breathing problems has raised cash to buy equipment to help other patients. Courageous Olive Bibby, aged 65, lost her fight against bronchiectasis - a chronic dilation of the windpipe - three weeks
WARRINGTON Wolves are planning to terminate winger Richard Henare's contract following allegations he assaulted his 23-year-old girlfriend. Henare, aged 28, of Gainsborough Road, Stockton Heath, appeared before Warrington Magistrates on Tuesday, charged
THE SPECIAL relationship between man and dog has a new meaning for teenager Stuart Fitzpatrick. For Stuart has tiny sheltie Gizmo to thank for saving his life. Gizmo has been named Dog of the Year and awarded an RSPCA 'vigilance' medallion for raising
A PIONEERING scheme is set to hlep Warrington's young gays in their fight against prejudice. Health bosses have appointed a development officer to work with young gay men and lesbian women in the town, offering help and advice. The move comes as experts
A CRUEL thug has left a cat's life in the balance after using him as target practice. Seven-month-old Fluff staggered home covered in blood after being shot in the head by an air gun pellet on Monday afternoon. Lyn Shaw, of Helmsdale Lane, Great Sankey
CHILDREN are thought to have started a fire behind the Late Shop in Latchford. The blaze began in a crate of cardboard boxes and packing materials behind the Kingsway South store. Fire officers say it was started maliciously. Converted for the new archive
HOUND dog Elvistar Lonesome Tonight is the king after winning a place at Crufts. Owner Anne Heesom is all shook up about the young pup's success at the tender age of six months. Anne, of Malliston Road, Great Sankey, is just as crazy about Elvis Presley
A DOG lover has taken the 'lead' and is helping to train future guide dogs for the blind. Lesley Pollard, of Wellfield Road, Culcheth, didn't even 'paws' for thought before closing down her own soft furnishings business to concentrate on the dogs full
A jury at Chester Crown Court took just over one-and-a-half hours to reach their unanimous verdict. The family of victim Raymond Smith cheered from the public gallery as defendants Simon Barnes and Christopher Tatlock were convicted. The body of 48-year-old
TEENAGE prankster with a 'lotta bottle' stole nearly 130 pints of milk in an early morning raid. Dozens of Lymm residents woke up last Thursday morning without their daily pinta after the youngsters pilfered bottles around the village. The two sneak thieves
THE Hands off the Barley Mow campaign has gone global, AGAIN! It's the second time the GUARDIAN has had to rally troops to fight proposals for the ancient town centre pub. Allied Domecq Leisure is set to take plans for the pub to a public appeal even
HUNDREDS of Alzheimer's Disease sufferers in the town could soon benefit from pioneering treatment. It is six months since the drug, Aricept, was licensed by the Medical Control Agency. Tests have shown that it can temporarily help Alzheimer's sufferers
