A TEAM of women runners is desperately trying to secure places in this year's London Marathon so they can raise money for the John Blower Trust. Mr Blower's sister-in-law Debbie Carter has been training with friends Keeley Connell and Angela Campbell
Leading the way once again was Cransley Girls' School in Great Budworth, which was top of the class in Cheshire for the second year running. Helsby High School was the top comprehensive school in the Vale Royal area while Rudheath High School showed the
DOCTORS' surgeries and medical centres in Warrington are leading the way in a pioneering new system for treating orthopaedic patients, writes Sarah Harker. The town's Primary Care Trust is one of the first in the country to introduce the revolutionary
ST ROCCO'S Hospice and the Golden Square Shopping Centre are celebrating the perfect partnership this week after raising an incredible £100,000 together. For the past four years, Golden Square has constantly supported the hospice in a variety of ways
A PIONEERING 24 hour walk-in health centre has been given the green light. Two GP practices and two branch surgeries will be moving into Widnes Health Care Resource Centre, with dentists, health visitors, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists
SICK and disabled people who have had to quit jobs through ill health can now seek a new career. Jobcentre Plus and The Workshop teamed up to give people claiming health related benefits the very latest information. "New Deal for Disabled is a voluntary
HALE school is 'very effective' with an 'excellent ethos for learning', say Ofsted inspectors. The education watchdog visited the primary and junior school in November and has just released its report. The inspectors rated 98 per cent of lessons as good
A SPECTACULAR dance show has picked a Northwich woman to star in its Paris line-up. The Lido on the Champs Elysee is world-renowned for its fantastic shows, with people paying about £100 to watch the dancers' breathtaking moves. Contract Donna Hardern
A crackdown on anti-social behaviour in south Warrington is set for a boost thanks to plans to put more bobbies on the beat. Parish councils from across the area are to come together to fund five community support officers - civilians who will be given
GROWING numbers of gulls are flocking to Knutsford. Birdwatchers are not sure why but say people feeding them on the Moor could be to blame. "They are ready to exist on what they can pick up because they are an opportunistic bird," said ornithologist
