ALSAGER Town boss Greg Clowes believes the greatest challenge to his title ambitions comes from Cammell Laird. Alsager are level on points at the top of the table with Skelmersdale, but have an inferior goal difference. A bonus for Alsager is the two
BUDDING Wayne Rooneys and John Terrys are being targeted in a new football academy for Congleton. The academy is the brainchild of Congleton Town manager Paul Moore, who runs his own coaching company. The Congleton Football Academy is due to start next
CONGLETON Police Station will be closed to callers for a month while improvements are made. Work starts next Monday on creating a more customer-friendly reception. The public access area is being refitted to provide smarter surroundings, better seating
SIX more people have been added to the growing list of those banned from pubs across Congleton. The individuals were banned from all of the 36 pubs in the Congleton Pubwatch scheme. The bans were agreed by the town's licensees at the group's latest monthly
ANTHEA Turner takes slimming class leader Lisa Simpson on an emotional rollercoaster next week. Lisa, aged 39, who runs Weightwatchers sessions locally, is shown how to be the perfect housewife in the sixth of an eight-part series being screened on BBC3
AN ANCIENT device designed to trap wild duck for dinner has become a unique wildlife reserve. Hale Duck Decoy is one of only three surviving in the country and dates back to the 17th century. Enthusiasts are hoping World readers can help to uncover lost
A DARK, derelict space has been transformed into a safe, vibrant play area, thanks to a £81,000 facelift. Dilapidated land underneath the Runcorn Widnes bridge is now alive with activities. "With the input of residents, all this has been made possible
THE fluffy water vole has become a slow-moving target for a fast and efficient alien predator that is moving through Warrington. The tiny mammal is one of the 'at risk' species singled out for special help in the town's green protection plan because it
CHESHIRE Wildlife Trust wants you to get in touch if you spot any urban mammals. It is running a survey to find out where they live - and how many there are. Typical mammals to be found in Warrington include badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, moles, rabbits and
IT may seem unbelievable but planes, of a sort anyway, may one day be able to land near Birchwood. Rumours have been growing that plans are afoot to put a light aircraft strip on Woolston Moss, next to Risley Moss. Birchwood Town Council has discussed
AFTER years in the making, Warrington's Gateway centre was officially opened. During her visit to Warrington Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, made a trip to the Sankey Street centre to unveil a commemorative plaque. The £6million project was funded
HEAVY metal legend, national tennis coach - and bus driver. Wojciech Aniola has led an interesting life. The 47-year-old is one of 13 Polish drivers employed by Warrington Borough Transport and valued for their hard work and loyalty. But while having
AIR pollution is forcing the council to change a key town centre junction. Thousands of cars pass through the Parker Street lights by Unilever every day. But standing traffic produced pollution levels so high that an area of housing nearby has been classified
TALKS have been held about a planned bypass to take traffic away from Bridge Foot, the Warrington Guardian can reveal. The new road would be bigger and more effective than the stagnant attempt to create a Bridge Foot bypass. The new scheme, called the
SMOKERS have been warned that they could face a fine if they light up in certain parts of Europe. Holidaymakers visiting popular resorts in Spain will be unable to smoke in most shops, cultural centres, or on public transport, as the country follows the
BIDDULPH Vics have a six-pointer next Wednesday at the start of a crucial spell in their relegation battle. The Vics are fourth from bottom, seven points clear of Cradley Town and one behind Causeway United. They travel to fellow strugglers Causeway next
OPENING hours at Alsager Information Centre are to be slashed with its conversion into a One Stop Shop. The information centre at Bank Corner is open from 9am to 5pm every weekday. From June those hours will be halved to 9am to 1pm Monday to Friday. One
TWO Bangladeshi men were arrested as part of a crackdown on illegal working in the UK. The men were arrested in a Congleton restaurant last week in a joint operation between police and immigration officers. Two restaurants in the town were visited during
JEWELLERY and electrical equipment were stolen from a house in Oxford Street, Widnes. Thieves smashed the patio window to gain entry on Tuesday.
THOUSANDS of music lovers from all over the British Isles will descend on Nantwich this summer for a new festival of the world's finest acoustic musicians. On the back of the town's fine reputation for prestigious musical extravaganzas, Nantwich Showground
HEALTH Secretary Patricia Hewitt is being urged to intervene in a funding crisis facing services for adults with learning disabilities in South Cheshire. County council social services officials are having to draw up a wholesale modernisation programme
A PETROL tanker overturned on the M56 in Runcorn, causing a huge tailback of early morning traffic - miraculously it didn't explode. The accident happened at 6.20am yesterday (Thursday) between junctions 10 and 12. The driver was treated for shock and
A CLOTH-CAPPED pensioner has escaped a prison sentence for growing cannabis plants in a greenhouse in his bedroom. Navy veteran Leslie Williams was given a slap on the wrist in the form of a two-year conditional discharge at Warrington Crown Court this
BROWN Hares have pulled back from the brink in Warrington. Their numbers have been declining since the Second World War because of intensive farming. But recent conservation work has seen their population stabilise in Cheshire and Warrington. "The research
GREEN spaces are crucial to the future of the town, a conservation chief has argued. Rick Rogers wanted to dispel the idea that looking after wildlife creates a barrier to regeneration and economic development. He was speaking at last week's Biodiversity
GENEROUS Warrington Guardian readers have been getting behind our charity of the year. Last month we announced that Openingdoors is to be our charity for 2006 and since then fundraisers say that the phones have not stopped ringing. The charity offers
WOULD you like to buy a Laptop computer for £99? That was the offer that attracted John Wright from Great Sankey to one-day auction at a hotel, along with an estimated 30 or 40 other people. But he said when he got there, the only laptops he saw for sale
BIRD flu precautions have led the council to ask hobby bird keepers and non-commercial poultry keepers to register with the environmental health team. People registered will be sent advice on separating domestic birds from wild birds and action to be
MASKED raiders ambushed a Securitas van in Woolston Grange, stealing thousands of pounds in cash. The robbers struck at 8.15pm yesterday, at Rufford Court, Hardwick Grange. Police have confirmed that their total haul was between £500,000 and £600,000.
WARRINGTON Disability Partnership's Take a Break open day will be held next Tuesday from 9.30am to 4pm at the Centre for Independent Living on Beaufort Street. Focusing on providing information on accessible holidays both within the UK and abroad for
FIREFIGHTERS in Warrington are to be barred from lighting up while they are in work. Smoking is to be banned in all of Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service premises and vehicles following the launch of a smoke-free workplace policy yesterday, Wednesday, as
HELEN Jones MP has called on a regional boss to apologise in a row about the future of the health service. Neil Goodwin, interim chief executive of the North West Regional Health Authority, told the Health Service Journal that the NHS had to prevent changes
A BENEFIT cheat, who falsely claimed £13,833 in benefits from the borough council and the Department for Work and Pensions, has been sentenced to a 12-month rehabilitation order and ordered to pay back the money. Christine Williams, aged 59, of Runcorn
