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  • 'Historical' Irish tour

    A SINGING group broke new ground when it embarked on an historical tour. The Irish Guards Singers were the first group of former British soldiers to sing in the Republic of Ireland since the 1920s. ''We could not have wished for a more genuine or heart

  • America remembers war heroes

    THE efforts of those at a Warrington military base will be forever remembered in America thanks to a new memorial. But the recent US hurricanes prevented many veterans from seeing it unveiled. Members of the Burtonwood Association flew out to Louisiana

  • School staff build relationship skills

    SCHOOL staff are working together to find ways to improve the behaviour of their pupils. Workshops were set up to look at how they can be 'relationship-friendly' as part of a Healthy Schools initiative training day Project manager, Andrea Tait, said:

  • Boards boost nature reserve

    VISITORS to a nature reserve will be able to enjoy its features easier thanks to new interpretation boards. Murdishaw Valley in Runcorn is home to a host of impressive features including native bluebell woods, nesting birds and species-rich grasslands

  • Have you been a fraud victim?

    HAVE you tried to buy a house and couldn't because you have thousands of pounds of debt that you never knew existed or found bills sent to your home for a credit card that you have never owned? If so, you are the victim of identity fraud, by opportunist

  • On the run for healthier hearts

    PHYSICAL fitness has helped the British Heart Foundation on its way to scooping £1,000 after instructors at a Warrington gym took to the treadmills. Paul Twigg, assistant manager at Total Fitness gym, organised a sponsored run as part of the gym's ongoing

  • 999 officers ticket cars

    POLICE on emergency response duty were diverted to ticket cars parked on pavements after council officers complained. They had to deal with vehicles parked by Hilden House on Sankey Way, near the Town Hall's Golden Gates. Police on 999 duty issued tickets

  • We're geared up to avert bird flu threat

    FARMING chiefs have issued a vote of confidence in Cheshire's poultry industry amid growing concerns over the spread of avian flu. Officials from the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs say chicken farmers and egg merchants are geared

  • Now we have help for our daughter

    FOR the first three years of her life Bryony Lawson was deemed a disruptive, strong-willed and naughty child. Her frustrated parents, Jenny and Jamie, of Cavendish Close, Old Hall, placed her in a number of nurseries, but Bryony continued to struggle

  • What must people think of us when they see this?

    A SOLICITOR says he 'cringes' at the first impression business people get of Warrington - because of Bank Quay railway station. Tim Jordan, of Forshaws solicitors, agrees with many readers of the Warrington Guardian who want the station demolished and

  • Passengers stranded

    COMMUTERS were left stranded when a train guard was spat at and threatened by two thugs. Passengers on the 8.29am train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road on Friday had to end their journey at Hough Green station, Widnes because of the