AN end-of -season fun event for the Moss Bank Bulldogs junior rugby league club saw a team of dads scrape a 22-20 victory over a lads team in a challenge match. The event ended with the club's first-ever presentation evening at Haresfinch Social Club
PEOPLE who live in the Queens Park area of St Helens are being warned about a company based in Surrey that is demanding payment for ground rent arrears going back to 1981. A number of concerned pensioners have already contacted St Helens Council's Trading
PEOPLE protesting against plans to build a huge gas plant in Byley were given two good reasons to celebrate this week. Planners at Vale Royal Borough Council and Congleton Borough Council have rejected the proposal by ScottishPower and recommended the
MIDDLEWICH faces an agonising wait to discover if it will gain at least £140,000 as part of a new housing development off Centurion Way. Westbury Homes plans to build just under 150 houses on the land between Centurion Way and King Street but at a planning
ASDA Winsford now has a 'space host' to come to the assistance of the disabled and mothers and toddlers whenever they need help. Gordon Robson is available for customers who are having difficulty getting in or out of a parking space when a neighbouring
MAGPIES are not normally noted for being the most faithful of birds - but one Little Budworth resident is proving to be the exception to the rule. Charlie, a young magpie, descended on the regulars at the Egerton Arms on Tuesday last week and has taken
DID your relative work on the old London and North Western Railway System from 1846 to 1923? The first ever LNWR Staff Decendants Re-Union takes place at the Crewe Arms Hotel, this Saturday, from 10.30am-5pm. People are welcome to take a table and exhibit
A WARRINGTON environmentalist has been teaching children how to compost their canteen waste on a giant scale. George Pilkington designs made-to-measure wormeries and was asked to build one big enough to allow large numbers of students to view the little
A WARRINGTON group which provides a social meeting point for stroke sufferers and their carers has celebrated its 10th anniversary. Warrington Stroke Club has more than 100 members of all ages, and not only provides information for those who suffer strokes
A BACKBENCH Parliamentary revolt calling for the abolition of the controversial student tuition fees is yet to be backed by Warrington's two Labour MPs. A third of Labour backbenchers have joined forces to sign a motion calling for the introduction of
A LEAGUE table that will rank local authorities in four separate divisions could seriously affect staff morale according to the Town Hall. Steven Broomhead, council chief executive, told this week's meeting of the policy and resources committee that although
blaze causes smoke damage FIREFIGHTERS were called to a kitchen fire in Locking Stumps last Thursday morning. Crews from Birchwood were called to the house in Marlow Close just before noon. The female occupier had left a grill pan unattended. She was
THE number of young offenders in Warrington being sent into secure custody needs to be reduced if crime figures are to fall, according to a new report. The Youth Justice Plan for 2002-2005 outlines 13 key performance measures to reduce crime among the
A BRIGHT Bruche youngster with a heart of gold decided to give St Rocco's Hospice a cash boost with her own fundraising event. Jenny Clancy, aged eight, set up her own food and drink stall outside the family home in Bruche Avenue. Her mother Janice said
A PADGATE woman has been taken on a whirlwind ride of fame and become the new face of a major TV advertising campaign - thanks to being stopped on the street. Sonia Bradbury, aged 29, is one of three women chosen from hundreds plucked from an on-street
A CRIME fighting partnership in Warrington has welcomed a landmark cash boost. The Safer Warrington Partnership has been awarded £49,559 by the Government's Safer Communities Initiative to aid it in its fight against crime and fear of crime in the town
GRAPPENHALL Probus Club came of age as it celebrated its 21st anniversary with a special lunch. To mark the occasion, long-term secretary of the club, Jim Troman, has penned a history of the Probus branch after researching the archives of the past minutes
ABANDONED cars should no longer be a blot on the face of housing estates in Warrington - thanks to new measures given to Town Hall chiefs by the Government. Warrington Borough Council is now able to respond more quickly and effectively when it receives
PEOPLE in St Helens are to be given the opportunity to quiz a panel of experts about the services and support available in the town for older people and their carers at a 'Question Time' session to be held at the World of Glass on Tuesday, April 23. '
THE MEMORIES of Winsford men who died serving their country will be preserved forever on the town's war memorial at a special service next week. On Wednesday, April 24, William Bromley Davenport, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, will unveil the names of men
FOOTBALL-MAD youngsters are being given the chance to top up their sticker albums. Asda in Crewe is to host its very own swap shop this Saturday, April 20, for the Merlin football stickers that are to be found in packets of Walkers crisps. As part of
More than £2,000 has been granted to community organisations in the Crewe and Nantwich area. The money has come from the Borough Council's Community Initiative Fund and will be split between five different organisations. The Friends of Wistaston Junior
POLICE are planning to extend an initiative to tackle truants to Northwich and the wider area after a successful operation in Winsford. During March the Winsford Community Action Team took to the streets with education welfare officers to catch the truants
PUPILS at The County High School in Leftwich have returned from their Easter holidays to welcome their new headteacher. Alan Sieber, 48, has taken over from Trevor Hodkinson, who retired before Christmas, at the 870-pupil school on Granville Road. Alan
AN animal lover from Rudheath is urging local pet owners to be vigilant after her four-year-old cat was poisoned just metres from his home. Sue Walmsley, of Wright Avenue, and her three daughters have lost their beloved family pet, Sugar, after he was
CHILDREN from Warrington are joining pupils from 2,200 primary schools across the region in a competition at Southport Flower Show. The youngsters are invited to submit designs for a courtyard garden in which to display a piece of sculpture. For details
STUDENTS from a training agency in Warrington have been singled out for praise in a regional competition. Company Plus students Felicity Davies, Scott Forsythe, Danielle Walton and Elaine Radcliffe walked away with highly commended awards at the Chartered
THE perception of police in Warrington among the town's ethnic communities is the subject of a new survey. Warrington Collegiate Insitute is teaming up with Chester College to carry out the survey, which will focus on the perceptions of police and other
A CAMPAIGN highlighting the importance of child in-car safety was launched at Warrington Hospital on Thursday. Teddy Takes A Tumble sees road safety units across the North West working together to get the message across. Young patients at the hospital
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Warrington have the chance to see this summer's Commonwealth Games, to be held in Manchester, for free as part of a new competition. The tickets are being given away by United Utilities to pupils who can demonstrate what the games means
THOUGHTFUL folk donated the last of their European currency to the NSPCC after appeals went out to hand in leftover holiday money - not valid since the introduction of the euro. The Change for Kids campaign, whose proceeds will go to the Full Stop campaign
WARRINGTON secondary schools are to link up with others from across the north west to create a unique virtual museum. Schools from 18 local authorities are being invited to put virtual history projects into a 3D virtual museum containing hundreds of galleries
A GROUP of piglets were rescued from a barn blaze in Higher Whitley last Tuesday night. Around 40 tonnes of hay and 30 tonnes of straw had set alight in a barn at Manor Farm, off Bentley's Farm Lane. Firefighters from Stockton Heath were called to the
CARGO worth more than £30,000 was stolen last week when a team of thieves pounced on a stationary van. The robbery happened at 8.45am on Wednesday, April 10, while the van was parked up next to a mobile caf on a lay-by on Birchwood Way. Both the driver
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THE new man in charge of policing in the Northwich, Winsford and Middlewich area sees a bright future ahead for his division. Superintendent Tim Jackson will be Divisional Commander for Congleton and Vale Royal until at least September and he is hoping
