A GROUP of a cappella singers has captured the attention of one of the country's hottest bands, the Kaiser Chiefs. Cheshire Chord Company shot to prominence after their rendition of the Kaiser Chiefs' I Predict A Riot was aired on BBC Radio One. Denise
A ROW over redundancy packages for workers leaving Bruche police training centre has left staff with "extremely low morale". Catering and housekeeping staff at the doomed centre have been told they will not be receiving the same redundancy package and
nine lives IS this the world's luckiest cat? Ollie was reunited with his Padgate owner last week after an appeal in the Guardian when he was rescued from a car engine in the next street from where he lives. But it's not the first time the eight-year-old
A WOMAN is seriously ill in hospital after a 26-car pile-up on the M62 on Christmas Eve. The collision happened in thick fog just after 10pm on Saturday, closing the eastbound carriageway between junctions 11 and 12 at Birchwood. The woman, who is being
TAXI drivers say the night buses could get a boozed reveller run over. They think the parked up buses by Brannigans are putting pedestrians in danger. Cabbies asked the acting secretary of Warrington Taxi Drivers' Association, Eddie Eves, to speak out
PARAMEDICS were called to the Ring O'Bells Pub on Longshaw Street, Bewsey, at 10.39pm on December 17. They received a call that two men had been assaulted inside the pub.
EXTENDED licensing hours could lead to long and short term health worries for pub staff. Environmental health officers in Warrington are warning licensees that longer exposure to noise and smoke will leave staff more exposed to health risk. And with concern
PARAMEDICS were called out following a report of an assault on a 22-year-old man on Whitecross Road, Whitecross, at 7.19pm on Wednesday, December 21. The victim had suffered facial injuries and was taken to Warrington A&E.
POLICE closed the M62 after a pile-up involving more than 10 vehicles on Tuesday night. The carriageway was closed between junctions 10 and 11 near Birchwood at 6.30pm. There were no serious casualties.
"I JUST blossomed when I was pregnant." When only child Pat Hanson met her future husband, Arthur, she wanted four children. But she went on to have a staggering 15 children. The proud mum's brood are now beginning to start families of their own. Most
POLICE and trading standards have issued a warning after customers who paid £300 for an X Box were sent a box of bricks instead. Warrington Trading Standards say they received a number of complaints from people who ordered the consoles but received bricks
PARAMEDICS received an urgent call to Plumtree Avenue in Bewsey after a man was attacked. The victim was taken to Warrington Hospital with serious injuries at around 8pm on Saturday.
HERO is the new rugby league book celebrating the sport's greatest award winner. Written by Graham Morris and featuring a foreword from Mike Stevo Stephenson, the book chronicles the winners of the Man of Steel, Lance Todd and Harry Sunderland Trophies
collision A 42-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was killed while driving towards Warrington on Saturday. The man died at the scene of the crash on the A49, Tarporley Road, Lower Whitley, at 3.30pm. The driver of the blue Suzuki motorbike, Mark Waterson, from Skemersdale
Halton Stadium Widnes and District League Results: John Smith Cup, preliminary round: Black Horse 2 Sport Ford 3; HGSCB 3 Horse and JockB 2; Horse and JockA 0 Queens 3; Parklands 2 Mill Brow SCA 3; Parklands 2 Mill Brow SCA 3; Oddfellows 2 WRUFC 3; Vikings
Runcorn Apec Taxis Darts League Fixtures: Thursday, January 5: Section One: Likely Lads v Albion; Tranny Lads v Dreadnaughts; Navvy v Clarry B; Roundhouse v Halfway A; Tricorn v Lion Doo Waps. Section Two: Halton Marauders v Outcasts; Raven v Navvy Lads
