A CLASSIC Dickens tale as you've never seen it before! That's how an innovative theatre company describes their unconventional interpretation of Great Expectations being staged at The Brindley at 7.30pm on Wednesday, April 5. Shifting Sands turns this
GRAPPLING in the wrestling ring is the latest sport to be tackled by top comic writer John Godber. Wrestling Mad follows the fortunes of two bored, unfit actors forced to fight to make ends meet and win back their girlfriends. Jack and Jeff's quest to
YEARS Ahead Drama Group presents a workshop of extracts and variety spots at The Brindley, Runcorn on Friday, March 31 between 12-1pm. Admission is free.
A PRISON officer who bagged favours from a convict he was guarding by smuggling in drugs hidden in crisp packets has been jailed. David Bentley, aged 38, plotted to supply HMP Risley inmate John Bentham with cannabis and ecstasy in return for a tip-off
DETECTIVES are hunting three men after a 16-year-old girl was raped in the town centre. The teenager had been alone when she went down an alley way behind Bold Street Medical Centre with the gang on Wednesday. A spokesman for Warrington police, said:
AN INTREPID social worker is preparing to achieve her lifelong ambition of climbing breathtaking Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa - while raising money for cancer patients. By this time next year Louise Campbell from Appleton, Widnes, hopes to have conquered
HELP us to continue our charity work. That's the plea to World readers this week from Runcorn Rotary Club, now desperately short of members. A 'get to know us' evening is being held on Monday, March 27, from 6.30pm-8.30pm at The Holiday Inn in Beechwood
NEW films are making their debut at The Brindley. Wildlife documentary March of the Penguins will be screened at 7pm on Saturday, March 11. The remarkable life of Emperor penguins have been captured by director Luc Jacquet. You can follow their intriguing
PARAMEDICS took a patient to Warrington Hospital after a two vehicle collision on Bridge Foot at 4.25am on Sunday.
A FIRE broke out in a hairdressers shop in Stockton Heath on Tuesday morning. Firefighters were called to Brian and Beverley Ann hairdressers on London Road at around 8.30am. The incident is thought to have been caused by a heater. Slight smoke damage
AS snowflakes fell it look like a scene from a Christmas card. But it's March. The unseasonal snow settled in Warrington on Friday following a winter freeze in Russia. Professor David Norman, chairman of Cheshire Wildlife Trust, said: "Some snow in March
THE dust has settled on the political rows - now it's time for this year budget to kick in. Figures in the Labour budget show that council tax will go up by 4.95 per cent. With Cheshire Fire Authority agreeing a three per cent rise and the police a 5.7
CIGARETTES are by far the biggest killers in accidental fires at home, warn firefighters. Smoking caused 114 deaths and 1,300 casualties in 3,500 fires throughout Cheshire in 2004. "Smoking not only puts your health at risk, but can also put you and your
THE North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) has come up with a novel way to raise funds for its service - by recycling old clothes. The life-saving service is a registered charity and relies on people's generosity to keep it going. It is working with schools
