COLIN Parry, the chairman of the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Trust, has joined pop stars Louise and Lolly by becoming an ambassador for the Guiding Association. After being approached by the 3rd Appleton Rainbows on behalf of Appleton District Guiding, the
PLANS for the annual WOW Festival are nearly complete and organisers claim the event will be even bigger than last year. The week-long festival is a celebration of community life in Warrington, and begins on Monday, October 22. Organisations are asked
TODDLERS and their families in Westy are set to benefit from a large government cash injection. The Westy Sure Start Programme, the first such scheme in Warrington, will receive almost £1.5 million of funding over the first three years of a nine-year
These are the GCSE results for pupils at Birchwood Community High School. Ainscough, Adam: BS, DT, EG, ET, FR, HE, HI, M, SC, SCD; allen, emma: dm, eg, et, fr, hi, m, pe, sc, scd; anderson, james: ar, bs, dt, eg, et, fr, hi, M, sc, scd; Bain, Amanda:
These are the GCSE results for pupils at Padgate High School. Aghanian, Jonathan: A, DT, EG ET, G, HI, M, ST, SCD; Ahmed, Saba: A, BS, IT, EG ET, G, M, SCD; Almond, Victoria: BS, DM, TT, EG FR, M, SCD; Bailey, Alec: DT, EG SCD; Banner, Katie: DM, FT,
IT'S every sports fan's dream to own a club of their own - and the dream has come true for one Warrington man who has bought an ice hockey team! Gary Cowan, a father-of-two from Great Sankey, is the new owner of Manchester Storm. He has been involved
DEREK Bradbury looks so like Fabien Barthez that he's even got players on the terraces at Anfield convinced he's the real thing. And now the 30-year-old Liverpool fan from Grappenhall has decided to net some cash from their striking similarities by signing
WARRINGTON'S aspiring musicians are invited to an open audition for the town's top pop music course. Those successful will gain a place on the Access to Music contemporary popular music course, which is run in partnership with Beverley College and starts
THE Royal National Institute for the Blind is appealing for people to join its walk across Morecambe Bay to raise money for a music break in Blackpool. The break will give 20 blind and visually impaired people the chance to learn to play a musical instrument
PEOPLE in Lymm are being warned to keep their properties secure following a recent spate of burglaries in the area. Police say that householders should ensure that their windows and doors are all locked before going to bed, to avoid being targets.
A GROUP of old soldiers have launched an appeal to locate a collection of silver cups lost many years ago. Members of the Ex Corps of Drums, 4th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment, Prince of Wales Volunteers, are trying to trace a collection of
EMMERDALE stars Zoe Tate and Charity Dingle will be in Warrington this weekend to officially open a new store. The pair, alias Leah Bracknell and Emma Atkins, will visit the new B&M shop in Time Square at 11am on Saturday.
AN Old Hall teenager is following in the footsteps of one of Warrington's favourite sons by taking to the airwaves as a DJ. Richard Stephenson, aged 16, of Lander Close, has already worked with Wire FM and at the station's roadshow in Halton. He contacted
A DEVASTATED couple have discovered Warrington Hospital removed the brain of their dead baby son without their permission. The Guardian revealed in February that the hospital had taken 66 lungs for medical research. And it was after seeing that article
CHILDREN at a Liverpool school have become the latest to join the St Rocco's bed campaign after they were touched by the death of a former patient. Hugh Reilly, from Penketh, a supply teacher at St Charles RC Primary School in Aigburth, told his pupils
PEOPLE using cash points in the town are being urged by police to watch out for a couple who are helping themselves to other people's money. A man and a woman with a pram are operating in the town hanging round cash machines and stealing cash from unsuspecting
YOUNGSTERS from the Blackbrook Estate have developed a play which highlights the dangers of hoax calls and are planning to take it on the road. The youngsters have been involved with a project carrying out fire safety checks and fitting smoke alarms on
A CLUBBER was left needing five stitches to his eye after he fell asleep on the grassy knoll outside Mr Smith's and was set upon by a mystery attacker. The victim had spent the night in the club and, being a bit worse for wear, had sat on the grass waiting
BRAVE sheltered housing warden Mavis Schlick saved the life of a 71-year-old resident caught in a smoke-filled flat - and it's her third rescue to date! Mrs Schlick guided retired Francis Hart from her flat in Mulberry Court on Victoria Road, Stockton
THE burned body of a 45-year-old man from Appleton was discovered in woods off Dingleway on Thursday night. Police had launched a massive search for the man in the afternoon after his worried wife contacted them when her husband failed to return home
These are the GCSE results for pupils at Warrington Collegiate Institute. Almashoor, Stephen: EG; Ambler, Delyth: M; Anderson, Brian: EG, HP, M; Ashton, Margaret: SO; Azam, Naveed: M; Bancroft, Victoria: M; Barker, Aaron: EG; Bell, Karen: IT, M, PSY;
ELDERLY people in Warrington are being urged to watch out for a company selling intercom systems which are supposed to provide extra security. The high pressure salespeople who work on a door-to-door basis claim to be working in conjunction with the borough
POLICY chiefs at Warrington Borough Council are planning to resubmit the town's bid for city status, but this time they are dropping the City for Peace theme. After a lengthy process, Warrington failed in its attempt earlier this year to have the town
THE parents of a junior doctor are considering legal action against North Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust, claiming that he was worked to death. Alan Massie died several years ago, aged 27, after completing an 86-hour week at Warrington General Hospital.
THE Ryfields Retirement Village appeal fund has reached its halfway point - but it still needs continued support to help towards the target amount of £1.5 million. Stephen Bradbury, the capital appeals manager for the project, said: "Whilst the appeal
A GRANT of more than £615,000 has been awarded to the council to boost out of school support and learning opportunities for Warrington pupils. The grant will help children in the most disadvantaged areas of the town and will be spent over three years.
A FATHER'S faith in his sporting son could bag him a £500,000 fortune after he putt' on an extraordinary bet with bookmakers. Tom Williams, of Woolston, has bet bookmakers William Hill that seven-year-old son Steven will grow up to win the British Open
PLANS to revamp and reopen Kenyon Junction Railway Station have been rejected by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The proposals were the subject of a public inquiry as they were part of a wider plan by Greenbank Partnerships
GARDENERS are being urged to safeguard their property in a bid to curb the growing number of thefts. Around a million homes each year are hit by such thefts and it is thought that the majority of incidents are carried out on an opportunistic basis. Helen
