DON'T expect bulging biceps, toned torsos and the odd six-pack stomach if you go down to UCI Cinemas, Westbrook, to catch the latest sporting action, Up and Under. You're more likely to get double chins, chubby cheeks and a bounty of beer bellies. Starring
PUBLIC transport in Birchwood and the problems caused by "travellers" in the area were among issues raised by members of Birchwood Forum during a visit by Warrington North MP, Helen Jones. Helen visited the Forum on a fact finding trip and met representatives
I WRITE in support of Mr R. Johnson who expressed his concern at the large amount of litter in Warrington. The areas surrounding Mr Smith's nightclub in the early hours of the morning do indeed resemble something akin to a rubbish tip with the amount
IT WAS interesting to see that you published the so-called league table of primary school results (for children who took tests last May). Primary schools are to be congratulated on the significantly improved results. However, on behalf of colleagues I
I READ with delight of the award given to Mr Len Andrews and his band. On two occasions the band has entertained at St Peter's Church, Oughtrington, in aid of the Chester Diocesan Adoption Society, about £250 being raised on each occasion. May he continue
I WAS born in Warrington in 1939 and lived here until 1959 wehn I went to work abroad. I now live in Belgium but make frequent visits home to visit my mother. The changes in the town centre have been good in many ways but I feel I must point out to you
I AM writing to protest about the plans for the Barley Mow. It is part of the history of Warrington and such a lovely building. I was born in Warrington and lived there until I was 45 years old and then came to Australia. I have very fond memories of
THE Board of Visitors at Thorn Cross Young Offenders' Institution is looking for new members to join its ranks. Applications are invited from people from all walks of life, irrespective of gender or social or ethnic background, although they should be
A WARRINGTON soldier has been chilling out in the Arctic after a week long exercise in frozen Canada. Former Padgate High pupil Lance Halliwell, aged 21, has been part of Exercise Frozen Crane, teaching troops survival skills in extreme conditions. Lance
PAINTING could help to put people on the road to better health, according to contemporary artist Lorraine Hall, of Knutsford Road, Warrington. "The process of painting is a relaxing technique which can help with emotional problems," said Lorraine, who
WACKO Jacko has a rival in Warrington dancer Dean Clarke. Dressed to thrill and with a startling resemblance to his megastar hero, the 32-year-old has a growing fan club after wowing audiences in an amateur production of Sleeping Beauty. Dean, of Woolston
A WARRINGTON woman who told the GUARDIAN of the agonies of searching for the son she gave up for adoption, following his birth in l964, has been re-united with him. Known only as Jan, she was among a group of women who spoke to us of about being pressured
WHAT makes a winner? Sharron Davies should know. She set re-set more than 200 British swimming records covering three different Olympics, during a 20-year sports career. She is a former Gladiator, former host of "The Big Breakfast" and is now a sports
THE RAF's dreams of retaining their 'Tough Guy' title nosedived when they were outstripped by a team of Warrington runners. More than 3,500 competitors took part in the Wolverhampton-based event that is themed on a battle zone and involves running eight
SHOCK results arrived in abundance in the Warrington and District Soccer League programme last Saturday. In the Premier Division, leaders Whiston Cross were held to a 1-1 draw at home against lowly Golborne Sports while second place Eagle Sports had to
HOLLINGWORTH Lake Rowing Club staged the first North of England Indoor Rowing Championships at the weekend and Warrington did well. The first victory for Warrington was in the men's lightweight individual 2,000m category, with a convincing win by Andy
Richard Egington, of Lymm, was on top of the world after receiving an invite to the prestigious Indoor International Championships in Boston. The 18 year old was told he was one of just eight British rowers to have their flight and five day stay in the
WARRINGTON Anglers' Association's river prospects have improved slightly with the River Dane, although carrying extra water, producing chub to 3lbs and good numbers of smaller fish. According to members there have been odd bream showing and I understand
MARK Kinch led the Warrington athletes home on a testing Heaton Park course in the North of England Cross Country Championships. The Padgate man clocked 39mins 29secs over the 12k distance for 23rd spot. Les Brookman led Warrington Athletic Club's senior
A FOOTBALL team who have lost only one game in five years are continuing their remarkable run of success. The Birchwood High soccer team, pictured right, have won through to the final 32 in the National Under 16s Cup after a close game with Stockport's
WORK on an £80,000 traffic calming scheme in Warrington begins on Monday, February 9 for six weeks. The project includes mini-road humps, roundabouts and speed cushions - a modified road hump to accommodate buses and emergency vehicles - for Capesthorne
A WASTE company is ready to launch biological warfare in a unique process to clean up pollution. UK Waste has been given permission to introduce bacteria at its Risley IV landfill site to munch on pollutants in contaminated soils. The scheme will be the
Traditionally, employees have been given a concessionary paid day's holiday for the religious procession while council business shuts down. But this privilege has been dropped for new workers recruited after January 1, 1997, and for staff transferring
HOUSING officers plan to work closely with residents in the development of imaginative schemes designed to improve their communities. The Government has given Warrington Borough Council permission to borrow £1.37 million in a new initiative releasing
CONTAMINATION at the former US airbase at Burtonwood is to be discussed at a public meeting on Monday night, February 9. The meeting will address the findings of recent investigations into radiological contamination at the Header House site. Representatives
CHRISTINE and Geoffrey Sutton are leading their neighbours in a revolt against a three-story high monster. Residents in a quiet Cinnamon Brow cul-de-sac are still reeling from the day BT installed a huge telegraph pole in front of their homes. The towering
ST Mary's RC Junior School is celebrating after coming top in Newton in the National Key Stage 2 examinations. The school, on Barn Way, achieved an average of 83 per cent, with a 90 per cent pass rate in English, 74 per cent in Maths and 86 per cent in
NEWTON youngsters will be making sweet music during half-term. The Newton Youth Orchestra is running an activity week from February 16 to 20, at St Mary's RC Primary school, from 10am to 4pm. It is open to all budding musicians with or without experience
POLICE in Warrington are trying to trace friends and family of an unknown man who was hit by a car. The incident happened on the corner of Winwick Road and Longford Street at 11.30pm on Thursday, January 22. The man is described as being between 50 and
A WARRINGTON woman who leapt to the rescue of a drowning boy is to be rewarded for her bravery. Kath Heaton Clarke, of Meadowbank Gardens, Glazebury, is to receive a certificate of commendation from The Royal Humane Society for her part in the rescue.
IN its latest move, the "Eyes on Newton and Earlestown" campaign is asking Newton businesses to help raise £10,000 towards monitoring closed circuit television. The project would mean that film footage from the cameras, which are installed at key locations
WHEN is a telephone box not a telephone box? When it's a listed building. Former sub-postmistress Joyce Dixon has spent months trying to convince BT otherwise. She says the company has got its wires crossed over the traditional red kiosk outside her Moore
A MUSICIAN who had the world at his feet has returned to the peace and quiet in his hometown of Warrington. Ian Brown was front man for the decade's most inspirational band. The Stone Roses were the voice of the 'Madchester' generation, turning the music
WARRINGTON'S annual fleadh will open at the Parr Hall on March 12 with what promises to be an exciting collaboration between Warrington Youth Theatre and the Schools Out youth dance groups. They are already working on their innovative dance performance
IN the face of disappointing reviews, the plug has been pulled, at least temporarily, on "Candle in the Wind" the tribute show to Diana, Princess of Wales. Presented by Capital Productions and featuring the English Dance Company and the National Festival
FORTY years ago today I was standing in the newsroom of the Warrington Examiner, whom I had just joined, when I experienced for the first time the drama of the breaking story. What would normally have been the last of several editions of one of the five
ALMOST one in three company directors based in the north west - more than 62,000 - have been involved with at least one failed company, and more than l9,000 of them are serial failures, according to a national analysis. The rate of failure at 8.14, is
WARRINGTON photographer Damian McGillicuddy has won top awards in the Master Photographer of the Year contest for the fifth year running. The awards were organised by the north west region of the Master Photographers' Association. Damian took first place
LAST year (the last academic year) my youngest daughter was in one of the 'SATS' years (Year 7) at Old Hall County Primary and I was a member of the governing body. The headteacher, Mrs Smith, staff, pupils and parents invested a significant amount of
WE seem to be missing the point with the gipsy holiday camp. This site is in the green belt band and was set up without planning permission. Many people are concerned about the secretary of state's decision to allow them to get away with it for another
I WISH to protest most strongly about the flagrant waste of council taxpayers' money in Appleton. I refer to the unnecessary lighting on the 'road to nowhere,' newly christened Witherwin Avenue. I do realise, of course, that when all the new, unwanted
AS A child I spent most of my time living and playing close to Bewsey Old Hall, a beautiful old ivy-covered building surrounded by heavy woodland, farm buildings, ponds (where otters lived), fields full of cattle and abundant wildlife. In fact, the whole
THE WARRINGTON Ramblers organise evening and Sunday walks and outings to the region's beauty spots. The group caters to all ages and abilities with a choice of walks ranging from easy, which are suitable for children, to strenuous. Their programme also
AS DAWN breaks over Warrington, few people populate the streets apart from those delivering milk. The scene is quiet and occasionally even chilling. There can sometimes be people lying in the street, or on the pavement, drunk from the previous night's
A WILDLIFE group is working to reintroduce the dormouse into the countryside. Warrington-born Lewis Carroll popularised the tiny creature in Alice in Wonderland. But it is unlikely Carroll ever saw a dormouse in the wild - the species hasn't been seen
GIVING a positive image to marriage is the aim of National Marriage Week, this week. It was established last year by Marriage Resource, an inter-denominational Christian organisation which promotes marriage. The Rev Tom Moffatt, rector of Christ Church
WARRINGTON Wolves are to pump £170,000 into expanding junior rugby league in the area after signing a new sponsorship deal. Former Great Britain under 21 player Paul Darbyshire has retired from playing to head the project over the next three years. The
Ruskin Park 8 Warrington RUFC 21 IF Warrington win their five remaining games they cannot be caught in the race for the title. With Wirral beating Southport at the weekend it would appear that it is a two-horse race. One problem clubs face when they are
GRANGE Valley became the latest team through to the Premier Cup quarter-finals in the Warrington Sunday Soccer League. A single goal from Neil James was enough for Grange to win 1-0 over Whiston Carrs. A goal each from Steve Rice, Peter Higginbottom and
Rylands 20 Wigan St. Patricks 20 A MIS-DIRECTED penalty kick in the closing stages left Rylands cursing their luck in a game they should have won comfortably. They started well, taking the lead after eight minutes through a Peter Ryder penalty. Continued
PIKE are making their presence known on the Sankey Canal to Lymm Angling Club members. This is specially the case at Phase One from Bewsey Bridge to the old Liverpool Road. While they are considered a nuisance by a lot of anglers, all pike caught must
THE Greenall Tetley Darts League pairs competition provided a memorable finals night at Rylands Club. The Dog and Partridge No. 1 team of Fred Deakin and Timmy Scott caused a few upsets on the way to the final before succumbing to the mighty Hawthorne
Featherstone Rovers 56 Woolston Rovers 0 IT took Featherstone Rovers just 13 minutes to wipe out any hopes of a dream Challenge Cup shock at Post Office Road on Sunday. They were 10-0 up and it was all one-way traffic in what could hardly be regarded
WARRINGTON Wolves begin their 1998 Silk Cut Challenge Cup campaign with a fourth round trip to Wakefield Trinity. And although the Belle Vue club are at Division One level Warrington's assistant coach Paul Cullen is wary. He says: "Wakefield are a very
BRIDGE Foot Amateur Boxing Club's debut tournament provided a packed Parr Hall crowd with 10 contests of explosive punching combined with fine boxing. Biggest hit of the night came from Malc Tudor, aged 27 - Bridge Foot's undefeated welterweight prospect
WOLVES have one berth left in their 1998 squad after signing up prop Danny Whittle. Coach Darryl Van de Velde offered Whittle a one year contract after being impressed with his graft since he joined the Alliance side on loan from Swinton Lions last season
RUGBY fan, George Woodhead, thinks he may be Warrington Wolves longest serving supporter. During the 77 years he has been watching the game, 84-year-old George, from Woolacombe Close, has hardly missed a single home match, especially in the days when
AN appeal has gone out for witnesses to a violent incident in which one youth received a badly broken nose and his friend a fractured hand. The two men, both aged 20 had been out in the town centre with two other friends when they were assaulted outside
THE PERSONAL service and attention dispensed by Geoff Short has been a tonic to thousands of townsfolk for more than 30 years. Now, Warrington's oldest independent pharmacist has retired from his businesses in Bold Street and Manchester Road. During his
SPECTRUM Arena, the former concert venue and sports centre at Birchwood, is officially back in business. The £11 million centre was built in 1980 by the Commission for New Towns but much to the dismay of local people, it closed in 1988. The Arena has
WANTED. Part-time clerical position with a Warrington charity. Skilled, enthusiastic and energetic person willing to work for free. Trained secretary Diane Taylor, aged 48, of Hatton Lane, Stretton, has offered to work on a part-time basis for nothing
CALLOUS vandals have smashed the windows of a charity shop in the centre of Warrington. The Help The Aged shop on Sankey Street had its main window put through in the early hours of Sunday morning. Emergency glazers boarded up the premises, however it
A FAULTY boiler has put Warrington's Legh Street Baths temporarily out of action. Swimmers were turned away as staff worked round the clock to repair the equipment. The boiler is now working, but the length of time it takes to heat the water means the
CARING volunteers are required to support victims of crime in Warrington. Victim Support is looking for new recruits to help people come to terms with crimes committed against them. No special qualifications are required, and provided volunteers have
COMMUNITY development officers in Warrington are celebrating after being given permission to fill two vacant jobs. Posts in the Whitecross and Orford areas were left vacant after two officers resigned. Brian Thomas, community development officer, believes
WORK on the replacement of a derelict sewer means traffic diversions will be in operation around Froghall Lane for the next 10 weeks. Froghall Lane has been made one-way eastbound between Allen Street and Bewsey Street. Traffic is being diverted via Tanners
ADULTS of all ages are being encouraged to go back to school - at a Warrington community centre. Causeway Park Community Centre, River Road, has teamed up with tutors at Priestley College to offer adult education courses in a range of subjects. Similar
THE transfer of Warrington's 11,537 council homes to a new landlord is suggested in a report by housing consultants. The wholesale shedding of Warrington Borough Council's housing estates is seen as the key to keeping rent rises low and providing the
BUSINESS is booming for two Warrington musicians, but it's unlikely that you'll see them strutting their stuff on Top Of The Pops. Paul Gallagher and Duncan Lomax enjoyed a flirtation with fame after their band HAL recorded with X-Files star Gillian Anderson
DRUGS experts and police officers will appear before an open floor of Orford's parents, teachers and youth workers to help the community tackle the drugs ban head on. Workers from the Orford Neighbourhood Project will join officers from Cheshire police
