GRAPPENHALL Darts League title challengers GYCA have suffered a costly 6-2 home defeat to Lymm side Ye Olde No3. Carl Cooper and Dave Weatherby both won in 17 darts as Fleece clinched an easy win at GTL A, while Colin Fox, Lorraine Daley and Terry Sheen
A YOUTH club runs at Choices Youth Centre off Cromwell Avenue in Westbrook every Monday and Thursday night. The club, next to Westbrook Library, is for 13 to 19-year-olds. It is open from 7.15pm to 9.30pm and all are welcome.
A DRIVING ban will begin on Green Lane in Burtonwood from its junction with Phipps Lane to its junction with Lumber Lane on Monday. The Warrington Borough Council order will remain in place for up to 18 months, but it is expected that the closure, to
WARRINGTON Wolves' stars Vinnie Anderson and Henry Fa'afili helped deliver new rugby kits to children at Burtonwood Primary School. Matt Seville from Arnold Clark Renault Warrington brought the two players to meet the pupils along with the purple kit
SPRING bank holiday will come alive in Burtonwood on Monday with St Michael's Parish Church fair and fun day. The event, held at the Catholic Club, will feature fun for the whole family with activities such as face painting, tug-o-war, crazy golf, tombola
A FUN 4 Kids holiday club will be running at the new children's centre in Burtonwood at the end of the month. The club will be open from 8am to 6pm from May 29 to June 1 and from June 4 to 8. Call into the new centre at Burtonwood Primary School for
BELCHING out clouds, the Unilever factory in the town centre sits in an air pollution hotspot. But the biggest threat to your health this summer does not come from the factory - it comes from you. The cars that idle outside the factory in rush hour
AN apartment block up to four- storeys high could be built in Newton. Pinetree Developments Ltd want to create the building of two, three and four storey apartments on land at 1 Borron Road, which would house 32 apartments along with car parking and
BUDDING business brains of the future from Newton Community High School are celebrating after reaping the rewards of their success. The pupils swept the board in the Merseyside finals of the Young Enterprise Awards, winning every single category including
A TWO-STOREY side extension could be built at 56 Myddleton Lane in Winwick after plans were submitted to Warrington Borough Council.
NEWTON'S new Mayor was last week announced as councillor Shelia Seddon. The new mayor of St Helens is a councillor for Thatto Heath and will be joined on her civil duties by her Mayoress, good friend, Mrs Ann Forrest. This year the mayor's chosen charities
BRIAN White the Lancashire Lad and his ukulele is coming to Burtonwood Methodist Church on Phipps Lane on Friday, June 1. The musical star will be performing comical songs from the Red Rose County from 7.30pm and tickets are priced £2.50. All are welcome
GET down to Willow Park this Bank Holiday Monday for a jam-packed day of fun. The park will be the setting for a crafts event open to all the family. Watch how age-old crafts such as woodturning, stick making and horse shodding are done. There will
SUPER Saints player Mike Bennett brought along some special silverware to a fun day at a Newton club. The popular pack man is president of the Newton Boys and Girls' Club and brought along the Challenge Cup trophy to the club's fun day, which took place
ST STEPHEN'S Lourdes Coach Group is holding a car boot sale on Sunday to help take sick people on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in France in June. The sale at the Tetley's Walkers Club on Long Lane will run from 8am to 1pm. To book a table or car boot at
LAUREN Shaw looks barely into her teens and laughs like any schoolgirl. But she has bucked all the trends by getting married at only 17. The Longford teenager tied the knot with soldier Nikolai Ivanovic, 18, from Newton, and a former Warrington Collegiate
A MAJOR housing development in Newton has received the seal of approval from the Government. Plans to turn the land at the site of the former Vulcan locomotive works into a major urban village have been cleared by communities and local government secretary
POLICE have vowed to crack down on vandals targeting cemeteries in east Warrington. Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council heard how two gravestones were damaged at a church and a gang of up to 14 youths were seen nearby. "We're going to hit those areas
THE Chernobyl Children's Lifeline is desperately in need of help after three host families dropped out of its summer programme. Twenty-one children from Belarus will be taking to canal barges at Stockton Heath when they visit for a month on June 25.
A BOUNCY castle, giant Jenga, space hoppers and an egg-hurling competition are just some of the games taking place at a summer fair in Croft next month. And a bar and Pimms tent plus a barbeque are being laid on for the adults at the event at St Lewis's
BRUCHE Primary School hosts its fete on June 16 at 1pm. As well as Wolfie and Gullie Mouse there will be plenty going on throughout the day.
A POLICE hut in Risley is saving community bobbies hours of valuable time as well as their legs. The portable building, based at Taylor Business Park, allows officers to catch up on paperwork while remaining in their patch rather than having to walk
A BUSY pedestrian crossing on a main road in Whitecross could be updated. Warrington Borough Council have are hoping to convert the current pelican crossing on Lovely Lane near its junction with Selby Street into a puffin crossing. The proposal to change
PROPOSED changes to Long Lane Primary School in Orford have been withdrawn. Education bosses were looking to convert the sports hall into offices.
ORFORD runner Barry Ravey completed the London marathon at the age of 61 to raise at least £800 for cancer research. The Shakespeare Road resident got round in a time of 7hrs 33mins and admitted he found the going very hard' on such a hot day. The former
THIS year's Padgate and Woolston Walking Day takes place on Saturday, June 23. Meanwhile Orford Festival takes place on Sunday, June 17.
A PADGATE music student with stars in his eyes wants to show the nation that he's got the X-Factor. Warrington Collegiate student Mark Blakeson is heading to Manchester on Thursday and hopes his audition will wow Sharon Osborne and Simon Cowell enough
A WOOLSTON man will be flying high as he fulfils his lifelong ambition of becoming a pilot. Robert Lees, a former pupil at Priestley College, will be embarking on an intense training programme to become a commercial pilot. He said: "I'm really looking
ENJOY an afternoon of cream teas and scones at the annual Daresbury garden fete on June 30. The event will take place at Hall Lane Farm Daresbury hosted by Lord and Lady Daresbury. The fete will take place from 1pm to 4pm with a selection of stalls
FANCY creating floral delights? Then get down to Appleton flower club with regular speakers and workshops every month. The next meeting will take place at Appleton Parish Hall, Dudlow Green Road, on June 5 at 7.30pm The demonstrator will be Wendy Davies
MOORE Women's Institute is hosting a centenary party on July 21. The event will take place from 8pm to 11.30pm at the Milner Institute with entertainment from singer Ray Godkin. Tickets cost £10 per person. For more information, call 740769. All proceeds
CHILDREN in Appleton are letting their feet do the talking when it comes to keeping fit and staying healthy. The youngsters at St Monica's RC Primary School put their best foot forward to take part in a walking bus on Friday. Each child was also issued
DARESBURY residents gathered for the launch of the village parish plan. The plan was put together by the Daresbury Parish Plan steering group to improve the facilities that residents want. It intends to improve all aspects of village life, including
PICK up the pace by joining Warrington Road Runners in Stockton Heath. The group meets every Tuesday and Friday at 7pm in the car park behind Broomfields Leisure Centre and on Sundays at 9.30am for a slow run. For further information, contact 790119
APPLETON Parish Council has given a £250 grant to help the lives of needy youngsters. Councillors decided to make the donation to ChildLine north west following a request from the charity.
A PLANNING application to build a farmhouse in Appleton has been submitted to Warrington Borough Council. The application is for a building on Firs Lane and Park Lane, Appleton.
ENTERPRISING pupils raised £500 with a copper trail in Stockton Heath. Children from Stockton Heath Primary School collected 1p and 2ps over eight weeks to raise funds for school trips.
PENKETH and Sankey Gardening Society will hold a gardeners' question time with a panel of experts on Thursday, June 7, at 7.30pm, in the Manna House on Warrington Road.
HOOD Manor Community Centre, off Dorchester Road, will host a police community action meeting on Thursday, May 31, at 7.30pm.
SERVICES at a church in Appleton Thorn are running with ease for the first time in its 120-year history. St Cross Church on Stretton Road has been waiting for more than a century for its own water supply and it finally had one installed last week. Now
NEW plants and flowers will start to spring up in Lymm after the parish council agreed to fund more planters and summer hanging baskets. The foliage will be in place at the village hall, sunken gardens and at the entrance sides to the village.
ORGANISERS of Lymm Duck Race say council officers will charge £3,000 to close the roads for next year's event. This year's charity event was cancelled because of the cost as officers from Warrington Borough Council say the whole road in the centre of
MORRIS Men took the traditional Lymm dance outside of the village for the first time - and all the way to Northamptonshire. The Lymm Morris Team, made up of dancers from Thelwall Morris Men, took the Lymm dance to Moulton for the annual May Cart Festival
RAIDS at the One-Stop shop, off Park Road in Great Sankey, are being investigated by police through certain lines of inquiry', the parish council heard last week. Roy Smith, a parish and borough councillor, asked police at the meeting: "I know there's
HARVEY Leigh, aged 59, a Golden Gates Housing employee, from Mapplewell Crescent, Great Sankey, has become a new member of Great Sankey Parish Council. He replaces Doreen Lynn who stepped down through ill-health. Veronica Hudon, from Wroxham Road
LYMM'S French connection paid a visit this week to mark the 40th anniversary of the village's twin town connection. Dignitaries from Meung-seur-Loire spent five days in Lymm to mark the ruby anniversary of the link up. The twining has been strengthened
GREAT Sankey-based rugby team, Crosfields Cobras Under 12s, are currently raising cash to fund a tour of Scotland. David Gibbons, from the club, said: "We are asking businesses if they would be good enough to support us with a small donation and we are
THE Crown Pub in Lymm reopens to the public today, Thursday. An open evening marks the launch at the Booths Hill Road venue.
WARRINGTON Borough Council officials have written to a dog owner at 21 Tiverton Square in Penketh to advise that dog fouling must be cleared away. The council wrote to the owner and sent a copy of the letter to Penketh Parish Council after a resident
THE battle for a pathway in Great Sankey is heating up. It pits parents who want their children to walk safely to school or simply to walk their dog, against a developer with allegedly mysterious motives. The trouble arose when Wainhomes, which build
NEWLY promoted David Lloyd have caused a stir within the Warrington Tennis League after five wins from five put them top of the Division One table. Perhaps their most impressive win was the 8-3 defeat of last year's champions Stockton Heath. David Lloyd
YOUNGSTERS in Grappenhall celebrated a 30th birthday with a difference. Because, while none of the children at Grappenhall Pre-school have reached that landmark, the community group has. A large open day was held at the Bellhouse Lane headquarters last
THE required work on Lymm Angling Club's Crabmill Flash is nearing completion in time for the opening of the water on June 16. The water is looking very inviting at the moment, offering the odd clue to its potential when big fish can be spotted rolling
OLD favourites and some new innovations will make up Lymm's summer festival extravaganza. Lymm Festival starts in earnest on Thursday, June 28, and runs until Sunday, July 8, and with tickets available to order from next Saturday, June 2, anticipation
WARRINGTON Anglers' Association member Gary Miller had a catch of a lifetime from Moore Quarry on Friday. A specimen bream snapped up his boilie, which was intended for carp. The fish weighed in at 14lbs exactly and was in excellent condition. Lots
CAFÉ culture came to a church in Wilderspool. St John's United Reformed Church hosted a Café Church night on Tuesday for the first time as an alternative way for people to get involved in the church. The theme of the night was the Bible and people attending
A SHOPPING centre in Latchford is hoping to offer its customers a place to smoke when the smoking ban comes into force this summer. Bridge Shopping Centre on Knutsford Road has made an application for a smoking area on part of the car park. The application
MOTORISTS have been facing diversions in Bewsey, which are set to finish this weekend. Troutbeck Avenue has been closed from its junction with Penketh Avenue to its junction with Norreys Avenue. The closure has been in place since Monday, May 7, and
A WESTY pub could be replaced by new homes under plans by a building company. Briden Homes Limited has submitted plans to demolish Manor Lock Pub and Club, which is on the corner of Westy Lane and Grange Avenue. In its place would be 14 new developments
TRADERS in Whitecross have teamed up with their counterparts on Orford Lane to launch a new Shop Watch scheme. They are working together to help prevent crime and make their businesses pleasant places to shop. All shops that have been signed up to the
IT is panto time for young members of a Westy drama group this weekend. Youngsters from the Shooting Stars Drama Group will be taking to the stage on Saturday with their latest offering, Snow White. The pantomime will run at St Margaret's Community
THERE is still time for young anglers to sign up for a charity fishing competition. Dallam and District Community Anglers will be holding the fishing match for juniors and intermediates on Sunday, May 27. But the fun from the event will also help to
RADIO One DJ Edith Bowman was staying at the Fir Grove Hotel in Grappenhall on Tuesday night. Her boyfriend, is apparently in the band The Editors, and they were playing at the Parr Hall - must be a good band with a name like that! It's not the first
SHOPPERS have been flooding into the new Golden Square shopping centre all day. The doors were opened at 10am this morning to give them a look at the new shops. Business has been brisk all day. What do you think? Post your views below or talk about
TOBY Mullins smashed 85 runs as Stretton's under 18s lost by just four runs at Northwich in Mid-Cheshire Under 18s Cricket League East. Northwich finished on 142 for 5 before Mullins' innings, including 45 from three overs, took them to 138 for 7. Appleton
ORGANISERS of Lymm Duck Race say council officers will charge £3,000 to close the roads for next year's event. This year's charity event was cancelled because of the cost as officers from Warrington Borough Council say the whole road in the centre of
INJURED stand off Simon Grix could be back in match action in the next couple of weeks. Grix has not played a competitive game since last July because of two shoulder reconstructions but is almost ready to play for the under 21s after being given an
SEAN Long is one of St Helens' injury doubts ahead of Monday's match with Wolves at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. Long (calf), Francis Meli (groin) and Mike Bennett (calf) are all unlikely to play but Lee Gilmour (knee) could return.
PHOENIX Olympic Boxing Centre's Courtney Chadwick clinched a bronze medal at the British Championships on Friday - but his coach felt he deserved more. The 14-year-old Dallam youngster was selected to represent England in Edinburgh in the under 46kg
LYMM Rugby Club's annual meeting will be held at Beechwood in Crouchley Lane on May 31 at 8pm.
THELWALL rugby union international David Strettle has had to withdraw from England's match in South Africa on Saturday because of illness. The former Lymm RFC and Warrington RUFC winger, who now plays for Harlequins, was named on the right wing for the
Athletics. Warrington Athletics Club's results from the second round of the Young Athletes League: Under 17s boys: Luke Miller-Briggs, 1, 100m, 11.2secs; 1, 200m, 22.6secs; 2, long jump, 5.49m; Martyn Corcoran, 1, 100m B, 11.6secs; 1, 200m B, 23.2secs
BOWLERS wishing to enter Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association's individual competitions are asked to contact Ron Jones on 755035 before Saturday.
STRETTON travel to Chester on Saturday at 2pm after losing in the final over of their home game against Chelford at the weekend. Stretton posted a total of 149 in a rain-affected Meller Braggins Cricket League Division Three clash, with Ehsan Malik top
WARRINGTON Town director of football Derek Brownbill is hopeful that the club may yet get the outcome they want in the UniBond League reshuffle after they were initially allocated into Division One South. Division One is scheduled to be split into north
HOSPitAL bosses have changed procedures after a man was sent home before important test results had come back. Francis Hill was discharged by a doctor at Warrington Hospital - hours after his family had been told he needed to be kept in to await the
THIS is the man police captured after an armed showdown - now he faces jail. Michael Fowell was told to prepare for life behind bars after he was convicted of a vicious stabbing at Warrington Crown Court on Friday. But the 26-year-old was only arrested
WARRINGTON Town director of football Derek Brownbill is hopeful that the club may yet get the outcome they want in the UniBond League reshuffle after they were initially allocated into Division One South. Division One is scheduled to be split into north
YOUNG sports stars at Winwick Primary School will soon be learning from the best coaches in Warrington, thanks to a £7,180 National Lottery grant. A total of £1,440,344 is being distributed to groups across the north west by Awards for All. And pupils
HUNDREDS of excited shoppers turned out to see the new Golden Square unveiled today, Thursday. More than 200 people queued - some through the night outside Debenhams which looks set to be the biggest attraction. Meanwhile music and carnival figures
Winners for the draw held May 18, major prizes first: 33088, 84713, 44064, 27579, 45882. £5 winners: 00160, 00173, 00202, 01611, 01713, 01797, 02644, 02875, 03408, 05953, 06206, 06891, 07080, 07553, 07771, 08144, 08151, 08282, 08790, 09077, 09682, 09971
The group held the first of its summer evening walks at Inner Marsh Farm on the Wirral. After all the dry days it decided to pour down on the journey there. Shortly after arriving the rain stopped and the sky cleared. In front of the hide, we watched
The May meeting was held at Appleton Parish Hall. The demonstrator for the evening was Linda Hopkins of Cumbria. Her demonstration was entitled Out Of The Box, consisting of arrangements themed on various well-known sayings. Who would have thought that
Our May meeting was very well attended and president Judie Leah welcomed four visitors and a new member and before the evening was over, two of the visitors had become members which was very nice. Adrienne Atherton was thanked for the table flowers which
president, Gillian Fuller, welcomed one new member and one visitor to our May meeting. The flowers for the president's table were provided by Marion Benson. We welcomed Barry Myers as our guest speaker who gave an enjoyable illustrated talk entitled
On May 13, members made the long journey to the small North Yorkshire town of Pateley Bridge. The A party, led by Charlie Clarke, started their walk at Dacre Bank and followed the Nidderdale Way to Pock Stones Moor and crossed the moor with magnificent
Lottery draw for week 34: 1, 8, 11 14, Jackpot £717, no winner. Consolation prize £25 internal winner.
Led by Judy Nicholls, members of Warrington HF Rambling Club spent Saturday, April 28, walking on the Moel Hebog mountain group in Snowdonia Starting from Beddgelert, the initial interest was the reconstruction in progress of the narrow gauge Welsh Highland
Our May meeting was Members' Night. Before proceeding with the business of the evening members were asked to observe a minute's silence in memory of Joan Bridge and Wendy Magee who died recently. A collection was taken in their memory. The evening outings
Jill Holman, president, welcomed everyone to the resolutions meeting, before giving the sad news of the death of Josie Murgatroyd, in memory of whom members stood in silence. After giving news of other members who are currently under the weather, she
AS an Old Hall resident I have been scratching my head for weeks now wondering when the chaos of the new traffic light scheme will come to an end? What is even more baffling is why have they replaced a perfectly good traffic management system; the good
I FIND the Primary Care Trust Board have displayed an incredible lack of knowledge and consideration about the town, its people, its health services, and what is acceptable to Warringtonians; and what is so obviously not. The board should have killed
I AM an 85-year-old citizen. Since the council took over the parking restrictions from the police, their draconian methods seem to indicate they are trying to get as much money out of the motorist as they possibly can. After years of parking in the town
THE company planning to turn historic Bewsey Old Hall into luxury accommodation has vowed not to spoil the ancient site for visitors. Urban Splash says it will achieve what others have failed to do in the 30 years the hall has stood vacant: restore
I WANT to let the people of Warrington know how incompetent and unsympathetic Warrington Borough Council's tax department is. My husband died in January this year, and I notified the council tax section and they amended my bill. On May 12 I received
MY wife and I have followed the Wires for 60 years and have seen many brilliant players wearing the primrose and blue but the present squad are by far the best collection of players we have ever had at the same time, why then can't they play as a team
I READ with great disappointment and exasperation the letter entitled Should Dogs be Leashed?' (Warrington Guardian, April 26). I bet this idea came from someone who does not own dogs. I own a dog, but do not have children, so can I suggest that these
AS a resident of Lowton I am deeply concerned about the proposed plans presently under consideration between St Helens and Warrington councils and the developers to build a road freight depot on the former Parkside Colliery site. The destruction of 672
AFTER reading about Cardinal Newman High School going green, I would like to ask why all the lovely school playing fields are being dug up and turned into a housing estate of 94 dwellings? My house backs on to this lovely sports and playing field, and
HOW heart warming to hear of the hospital's success story Debts cut by almost £6 million'. Congratulations to staff and management for working together to get the job done (with a little help from Ernst and Young.) Lost among the little efficiency changes
LAST Friday May 11, I had occasion to visit Stockton Heath refuse tip on Sandy Lane to dispose of some rubbish. Upon entering the tip I was greeted by a newly laid tarmacadum surface that any stately home would have been proud of. The new surface
I HAD to attend a family funeral in Coventry and travelled to my brother's home in Wolverhampton. We left his home to get the bus to the bus station where my brother bought three adult return tickets to Coventry, via the train/bus, at the unbelievable
WELL done to the person who wrote the letter entitled staff morale at all time low' in the Warrington Guardian dated May 10. My dad spent several months in Warrington Hospital recently. While we could not fault the nursing care the staff were terribly
I WAS so sorry to hear that we cannot save Stockton Heath Primary School. I spent nine years at the school, including most of the war years, starting in 1935. This photograph was taken in about 1939. I believe it was in the hall at the lower school,
People are always intrigued when I tell them I'm banned from driving company cars. The explanation is simple - I crashed them too many times. Five times in total, and three (what I like to call 'car related incidents') in a month. Strictly speaking
THE Crown Pub in Lymm reopens to the public today. An open evening marks the launch at the Booths Hill Road venue.
GOLDEN Square opens its glittering new £120m shopping centre to the public this morning, Thursday, despite fewer than half of the shops inside being open. Nineteen big name stores will open for business at 10am, and developers Lend Lease are confident
The great joy of looking through the old Warrington Guardian's is seeing what has changed and what hasn't. Remember the seal in Mersey a few weeks ago? Read this from 112 years ago. "There is little to be said for the taste of the porpoise that makes
LYMM'S French connection paid a visit this week to mark the 40th anniversary of the village's twin town connection. Dignitaries from Meung-sure-Loire spent five days in Lymm to mark the ruby anniversary of the link up. The twining has been strengthened
FUNDING cuts of £1 million at Warrington Collegiate will lead to courses for hundreds of vulnerable students with learning disabilities and mental health problems being axed. Around 50 staff in the supported learning department will also lose their
THE time has come for the Premiership to follow Holland's example by introducing play-offs for the final Champions League place. The Dutch Eredivisie obtained permission from UEFA last season to bring in a play-off system to determine who takes their
JON Clarke says the Wolves squad feel that they have a responsibility to produce an improved performance against St Helens on Monday. Clarke was disappointed with the display in Wolves' 17-4 home defeat to Harlequins on Saturday, particularly after they
PAUL Cullen felt that Wolves did not defend well enough in the first three tackles of each set during Saturday's home defeat to Harlequins. Wolves' kicking game was not at its best with scrum half Lee Briers carrying a couple of injuries and Cullen felt
ROB Parker says Wolves discussed what success on the field meant to them when they held their mid-season review meeting on Tuesday. The meeting had been scheduled for some time as a follow-up to their pre-season discussions in Lanzarote and Parker felt
THELWALL'S David Strettle is hoping to continue his superb start to his England rugby union career on England's tour to South Africa. The 23-year-old former Lymm RFC and Warrington RUFC winger has emerged as the bright young hope of the national team
EUROPEAN Tour golfer Phil Archer starts the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth today, Thursday, after a nightmare two rounds at the Irish Open. Archer, who recorded the best result of his career when he finished joint second in the Valle Romano Open de
WARRINGTON Wizards broke a Wilderspool record as they recorded a stunning 124-0 win against Cottingham Phoenix on Sunday. Warrington Wolves never reached three figures during their time at Wilderspool but Wizards beat Birmingham Bulldogs 108-0 two years
Warrington Wolves 4 Harlequins 17. PAUL Cullen bravely applauded the fans for their support during Saturday's game but many in the South Stand were not interested. The Wolves boss had refused to hide away after the final hooter but the derision hurled
