REGUS, which has a major business centre in Warrington, has delayed plans to float on the stock market for a year. Press spokesman Clive Hammond said it was a joint decision between the company and its advsors. A number of factors had been considered,
I AM writing in response to the letter from Tracey Edmondson regarding Central Station. I totally agree with her with regards to the station. For instance, there are no facilities for the disabled or elderly to reach the platforms. During the winter months
ON recently moving to this area I wanted to register with a GP. I contacted one fairly close to home to be told that their books had been closed for some time and was given two other numbers to try. To my amazement, one told me the same story as before
women for women WARRINGTON Agenda 21 Women's Forum was launched at Bold Street Methodist Mission on Saturday. The Forum aims to provide a co-ordinating group for various women's organisations in Warrington. Said chairman Councillor Joan Harpin: "The creation
STROKE Week, which starts on September 27, is promoted by the Stroke Association and will help to draw attention not only to the plight of people who have suffered strokes but the support that is available, both for them and their carers. Warrington Stroke
If you have information about your organisation, job, company, hobbies or women's issues which concern you, contact Pat Gill Bolton, group features editor, on 01925 434119, by e-mail on pgillbolton@guardiangrp.co.uk, or write to her at The Academy, Bridge
St. Cuthberts Cougars 0 Crosfield Juniors 12 CROSFIELDS continued their great start to the season by making it three wins from three against St. Cuthberts. A first half full of handling errors ended 4-0 to the visitors but an outstanding performance in
WATERS are coming into the transitional period when fishing requires that little extra thought from Lymm members to produce good bags. The fining down of terminal tackle will pay dividends, although this must be balanced to prevent snap-offs. High winds
A CAREER in sports journalism had been on the cards from an early age for the GUARDIAN's sports editor Mike Parsons. The 30-year-old was an enthusiastic competitor in Rugby League, cricket and soccer as a pupil of St. James' School and he would follow
EVERYTHING went swimmingly for Devon girl Helen Slatter once she moved to Warrington. The ambitious teenager decided to move north in 198? to join Warrington Warriors swimming club under the coaching of Martin Woodroffe and never looked back. She has
WARRINGTON'S Steve Donoghue has been hailed as the greatest flat jockey of all time. Fourteen classic wins came between 1915 and 1937 - an incredible feat. He was champion flat jockey for nine years from 1914 and then shared the title with E. C. Elliott
FEW sportsmen achieve success in their field to the level of immortality - but Warrington's Roger Hunt is one of them. The former Stockton Heath player would have to go down as one of the greatest English footballers of the century after a distinguished
LONDON Bridge recorded a first ever Inn Partnership and Greenall Dominoes League victory at Bank Quay despite their new recruits failing to hold their drop in the opening legs. Monk Sports were the only other team to win away from home in the top flight
WARRINGTON Women's Evening League bowlers fought tooth and nail at the Player of the Year competition last week. The annual event at King and Queen was a great success for S. Plumbley of St. Oswalds who beat K. Johnstone to take the Section A title. They
IN the semi-finals of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls League play-offs Rylands A beat Greenalls A by 43 chalks at Brooklands. Jason Lockett, 21-6 and Duncan Wright, 21-7 were the best of 11 winners. D. Meakins was Greenalls' only winner, 21-20
WARRINGTON golfer Mike Slater has scored his first victory on the European Senior PGA tour with a win at the Dutch Open in Tilburg. Coincidentally the success at the Ordina Legends competition was completed in the same weekend as American golfing legend
Brooklands 1 KATEY Harrison scored a hat-trick in Warrington's comprehensive victory against Brooklands. The trio of goals against the Manchester club was added to by a strike from Jenny Day. Harrison also scored twice as the under 19s team won their
Woolston Rovers 17 Wigan St. Patricks 22 ROVERS went down to their second home defeat of the season when a strong Wigan St. Patricks side snatched a late victory in the National Conference Premier Division at Bennetts Rec. Rovers opened the scoring in
New Earswick All Blacks 13 Crosfields...14 A TRY by Harry Howell and the conversion by Dave Gibbons 12 minutes into injury time gave Crosfields a much deserved victory. Crosfields started well and forced consecutive sets of six tackles due to some astute
Warrington v Alderley Edge Warrington M. Agar b Hoffman 5 J. Crisall ct Hoffman b Lester 32 J. Hughes ct Roberts b Bolton 92 R. Taylor ct b Lester 15 P. Dhir ct Jenkins b Bolton 15 D. Lindop ct b Bolton 4 D de Prez ct Abbas b Bolton 15 T. Rothwell b Bolton
SIDAC Social took over as the Warrington Soccer League's Premier Division leaders thanks to a 1-0 win at Owens Corning. Whiston Cross and Eagle Sports moved up into joint second after Whiston beat Daten 3-0. Andrew Hayes, two, and Chris Staunton were
WARRINGTON Wolves have slammed rumours that former Wigan supremo John Monie is set to join the club. Speculation spread like wildfire across the town after a national newspaper broke the story this week. But coach Darryl Van de Velde criticised the report
A YOUNG navy recruit from Oakwood has arrived in East Timor as the situation in the crisis-hit republic deteriorates. Marine engineer mechanic Martin Roberts, aged 19, was on his first tour of duty when navy bosses ordered his ship, HMS Glasgow, to remain
TV star Chris Evans is being asked - along with parents - to support Padgate High School's bid to become a technology college. Staff at the Insall Road school are preparing a bid for the specialised status, from the Department of Education, in the hopes
A 73-YEAR-OLD woman died after apparently making a full recovery from an operation to remove her gall-bladder, an inquest heard. Audrey Dickenson, of Village Lane, Lower Whitley was taken into Warrington Hospital on Tuesday, February 16 after tests showed
A DREAM holiday turned into a nightmare for a Woolston couple caught up in the strongest hurricane to hit the Atlantic. Tony and Janet Ford, of Epping Drive, were enjoying the beauty of the Bahamas, on New Providence Island, last week, when the giant
FOR us here in Warrington, a sudden downpour or a blizzard can bring the road system to a halt. But think of what would happen if "bad weather" didn't just mean a spot of inconvenience for commuters, and instead involved a mass evacuation of the town
DRAMATIC demonstrations, fire safety tips and fun and games for all the family made up an action packed open day at Birchwood Fire Station. The firefighters staged mock chip pan fires to show the right and wrong way to put out these potentially lethal
WARRINGTON Hospital is to increase its parking charges from Friday, October 1. This is the first rise for three years and, according to a hospital spokesman, will bring the hospital in line with Warrington Borough Council's charges, as well as other NHS
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a new motorway junction in Warrington have finally been given the go ahead. Transport Minister Lord Whitty announced yesterday that 'Junction Eight' of the M62 will be built much to the delight of council bosses who have been
WARRINGTON companies will have a chance to learn about the growing problem of substance abuse at work at a workshop at Drive Time Centre Park, Warrington. The event is being organised by Warrington Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Key questions under
BUSINESS Link, Warrington, beat off competition from 180 contestants to win a major regional business award. The organisation will now compete in the national finals of the awards organised by digital mobile phone service One 2 One. Business Link's success
A NEW call centre opened by Integris at Birchwood, has created 15 new jobs initially and a further 50 could be created over the next 18 months. The company has contracts pending and is hoping for more which will create the new jobs, said service manager
PICTURE the scene - School assembly, the headmaster, standing in front of all the pupils, draws to the conclusion of his address to them, then turns his attention to Johnny Bloggs and his mates. Instructing them to stand up, he proceeds to reprimand the
I THINK Mr Jolley (GUARDIAN September 17) is mistaken when he describes Great Sankey as the most frightening place to park in Britain. What is frightening is the number of people who die or are injured on the roads in Warrington and in many cases parked
YET again we are being faced by the threat of more chemicals. Fluoride in our water supply. I do hope not, I urge North West Water to resist. If people choose to use fluoride put it in toothpaste or make a tablet to be used as a mouth wash. I do not want
NORTH Cheshire Speakers' Club presented £350 to the MacMillan Cancer Nurse Appeal. The money was raised through speaking courses which the club runs at the Daresbury Park. In total the club has raised £1,500 for this appeal. The club's next meeting is
If you want some guaranteed tench action there are a number of choices among Warrington Anglers fisheries with Sandiway Lakes the best bet. Generally on Sandiway there has been an explosion of tincas with plenty of fish upto 11lbs. Dave Thomas reported
ASK any Warrington Rugby League fan who was the greatest player ever to grace Wilderspool and the answer will invariably be Brian Bevan. The prolific Australian winger's 16 years at the club will be remembered by many as Warrington's golden era as they
FORMER Grappenhall batsman Neil Fairbrother hit the cricketing world for six when he exploded on to the county circuit. 'Harvey' as he is affectionately known by his fans signed for Lancashire in 1983 and has proved himself as a world class player at
DESPITE the dedication of our sports staff the back pages could not survive without the priceless input from regular correspondents. One such unsung hero is Inn Partnership Darts and Domino League chairman Alan James. Alan, aged 65, has been writing and
GOLDEN Lion won the Rook Shield darts final for the second time at GT Legion last week. In the first semi-final Bulls Head beat GTLB 7-2. Their best darts came from N. Rowles, 14 darts, N. A. Jackson, 15, G. Sherlock, 17, N. J. Jackson, 19 and M. Plant
New Alliance seal Friday League win NEW Alliance clinched the Inn Partnership Summer Darts Friday League title by winning both matches in their double header against Greenwood. Runners-up are Hawthorne after they won convincingly at Marquis with Paul
Wigan RUFC 14 Warrington RUFC...22 AFTER a shaky start to the season Warrington put in their best performance of the campaign to beat a Wigan side who pipped them for promotion in April. Playing with the strong wind at their backs in the first half Warrington
NORTH West Division One side Stockport were narrowly beaten by a strong Lymm side in their first round NPI Cup match. Lymm found themselves 16 points behind in as many minutes after conceding a slack try early on followed by a penaLty and then a penalty
Moore RUFC 39 Parkonians...0 MOORE were always in control of this Tetley Vase contest and despite the strong wind making kicking and handling difficult played an open and expansive game that Parkonians could not contain. Playing into the wind in the first
Wigan St. Pats...14 Rylands...12 RYLANDS were unlucky to lose to the current NW Counties Division Two leaders after a hard-fought performance. They were first to break the deadlock with a penalty from Peter Ryder and the game seemed to be swinging their
WARRINGTON recorded a memorable victory at Runcorn on Tuesday to march through to the second round of the Cheshire Senior Cup. They bridged the three-division gap separating the sides, dominating a pulsating tie against the Unibond League Premier Division
BLACKPOOL MECHANICS 1 TETLEY WALKER 3 AFTER a run of seven succesive defeats Tetley Walker finally won their second game of the season 3-1 at Blackpool Mechanics. They went in at half-time a goal down after a long range shot from Steve Palmer in the 35th
GREENWOOD Star Alarms' fine start to the season continued with a splendid 4-0 victory against Martin Dawes in Warrington Sunday Soccer League's Premier Division. A brace by Alan Brown and a strike for Lee Pennington and Tony Burgess secured the points
WORLD Thai boxing champion Warren Brown overcame farcical preparation conditions to push a professional fighter all the way in his latest bout. The Warrington boxer lost to Khazakstan's Axahoynat Anahthaeb on points in a close contest fought in front
BULLS snatched another trophy for their collection with a resounding win over Culcheth Eagles in the Greenalls Cup final on Wednesday night. And the miserable one-sided affair could have turned into a complete rout had Bank Quay not blown a host of golden
A PENKETH man is tracing the descendants of a Warrington bugler buried in St Mary's cemetery who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade. Last year, Legion members discovered the long-neglected headstone of Sgt James Donoghue in St Mary's parish cemetery
WARRINGTON Borough Council's first borough conference, a high tech question and answer session with 400 members of the public, has been declared a success by town leaders. An electronic voting system based on the same technology as the TV show 'Who Wants
PUB chain JD Wetherspoon PLC has been granted a licence for its controversial £2million pub on the site of the old Warrington Friary, after years of speculation. The plans to erect the ultra modern building on the historic site caused consternation among
A BUDDING gardener from Croft Primary School has a date with the Blue Peter team after winning a top competition. Jennifer Morris, aged 10, scooped the top prize in the 'Create a Garden in a Seed Tray' competition, part of the national Greenfingers Campaign
A LONG-established car dealership is going into receivership after 17 years of trading in Warrington. The managers of Lakeside Motors, which has sites in Crouchley Lane, Lymm and Kingsway South, Latchford, were expecting receivers to come in as the GUARDIAN
FORGET the exploits of Phileas Fogg - the intrepid adventurer has a long way to go before he matches the mileage of the McDonalds. Globe-trotting couple Bernie and Sue, and 14-year-old daughter Ruth, have notched up an incredible 150,000 miles in their
EXCLUSIVE by PETER MAGILL A GANG of teenagers set upon four friends as they waited for a train home at Birchwood railway station. The young pals were robbed of their bikes and had to turn out their pockets after being approached by older boys on the Warrington-bound
Showcase of new talent rocks the Parr Hall By STEPHEN RYLANCE Line Up: Agent Olive, Blue Tack Sniffers, Coady, Cord D43, Crib, Ditch, Eclipsed, Flirt, Madee, Premed, Rooster and Unchained Pain SIX hours of musical mayhem shook the Parr Hall last Saturday
