DELIGHTED hospital campaigners are looking to beat their ambitious appeal target after a superb response from the people of Congleton. The Save Our Wards campaign launched by Vale Juniors Football Club is being backed by thousands of residents. Campaigners
HOSPICE supporter Lyndon Murgatroyd is seeking a final push to hit his fund-raising target. Mr Murgatroyd lives in Congleton and set himself the goal of raising £10,000 for the East Cheshire Hospice at Macclesfield. He launched the appeal last month,
COUNCILLORS in Audlem have expressed concern over plans for a second mobile phone mast at Laurel Bank Farm. Phone company H3G has asked for responses from the parish council to a pre-planning consultation on their proposed share of the existing Orange
SOUTH Cheshire MP Stephen O'Brien has slammed Government plans to slash funding for adult education in the county. The Tory Shadow Minister for Skills and Higher Education, whose Eddisbury constituency includes parts of rural Nantwich, hit out at in a
PROWLERS were spotted days before nearly £3,000 worth of ornaments were stolen during a burglary at a house in Audlem. Police are warning residents to be vigilant after the third burglary in the area in two weeks. Thieves wrapped stolen items in cushion
WARDENS are needed to protect any improvements made to Nantwich Riverside Park - or it could be misused and vandalised, residents warn. Stark comments about the state of the river and views on its development are detailed in a report, which compiles findings
A POPULAR Northwich church was packed with parishioners saying their farewells for its final service on Sunday. St Thomas Parish Church, and St John's Room, on Middlewich Road, Rudheath are now both closed. The Rev Paul Dawson, who conducted the service
COUNCIL chiefs are in talks with another builder after Mowlem pulled out of a scheme for a new borough council HQ. The new headquarters is due to be built at Sandbach, but may be smaller than intended as a result of planned cost-cutting by the council
PROBLEM drinkers are being failed by alcohol dependency services in South Cheshire, health chiefs have admitted. Alcohol abuse accounts for 70 per cent of emergency admissions at hospitals like Leighton and is a significant factor into anything from violent
CREWE'S Leighton Hospital has received a cash injection to pay for high-tech gym equipment to help physiotherapy patients. The £73,000 investment, to be split between the Crewe unit and the Victoria Infirmary at Northwich, will allow patients to work
VANDALS in Sandbach have destroyed a garden wall belonging to pensioner Alan Winstanley. The yobs kicked down around 15 yards of the five-brick high wall on Monday evening at Hawthorne Drive. A retired optical technician, Mr Winstanley, aged 75, said
A CONTROVERSIAL petition calling for a vote on an elected mayor in Crewe and Nantwich has been ruled invalid. Members of the Memorial Action Group handed in the petition to the borough council last month, with some 4,301 signatures needed to force a referendum
CREWE'S ageing outdoor market looks set to be moved in a major face-lift as part of the town centre redevelopment. As part of the town centre plans, offices and workers in Delamere House and Wellington House will need to move for the new shopping centre
WORK on the transformation of Warrington town centre continues apace - and the Warrington Guardian is on hand to record it. The massive revamp of the Golden Square is set to be complete in 2007 but these dramatic pictures show how quickly the project
THE Bruche and Birchwood branch of the National Council for Divorce, Separated and Widowed People is hosting a charity evening on Sunday, November 20. The group helps to provide a social life and help for those who have had bereavement or a divorce. It
A GIRL'S head was cut open by flying glass when a half-brick was thrown through her window on Bonfire Night. Sandra Sherrie Jones was left with a two-inch wound that was too deep to be stitched up. The 13-year-old, from Sankey, was reduced to hysterics
YOU are invited down to Great Sankey Library to share your wartime memories - or simply to hear the stories of others. The library in Marina Avenue will be hosting the nostalgia day on Thursday, November 17, between 2pm and 4pm. There will be plenty of
OLDER people across Warrington are being urged to keep warm and well during what is predicted to be a particularly cold winter. Warrington Primary Care Trust has produced a winter warm pack for people whose health could suffer during the cold spell. The
WARRINGTON will remember one of its fallen soldiers this weekend when his name is added to the town's war memorial - 88 years after his death. Former serviceman Ron Hollingsworth, aged 76, from Orford, has been campaigning to get Private George Ashbrook's
IF YOU have ever been stuck in a traffic jam, or stranded by a disrupted bus service, you could have told the people that matter how to solve your problem this week. Because borough council officers and consultants have been touring shopping centres asking
AN RAC worker has swapped his tools for a day as he stars in a new commercial. Edward Thomas, from Warrington, successfully landed one of eight places to star in a radio and print campaign to plug the motoring organisation. Mr Thomas, pictured in the
AT the end of every rugby season, there comes a time to wave goodbye to favourite players and say hello to exciting new signings. At Warrington Wolves, it sees the turn round has not just been in playing staff. Because a dispute has emerged over which
THE care company planning to establish a home for potential teenage tearaways in Appleton Thorn has folded. Carevisions, has been forced to close its Manchester office amid claims it is unable to sustain proposed developments. As a result the controversial
AN Eid celebration to mark the end of the fasting period of Ramadan, raised funds to help the Pakistan earthquake appeal. Organised by a new girls' group set up at Warrington's Islamic Centre on Lockton Lane, Bewsey, the evening or Chand Rat, included
BAD weather has caused work on Lymm's controversial skatepark to be suspended. Parish council officials say the recent wet weather has delayed the work on the new facility in Ridgway Grundy Park. But residents say the park has been destroyed by the large
Between July and September this year, Warrington County Court made 45 orders to grant possession of a property immediately and more than 100 new claims to repossess a property were submitted. The figures released by the Government show a 78 per cent increase
WHEN Father Christmas pays a visit to Warrington over the festive season, his mode of transport will be second to none. He is being helped out by the Warrington Lions who have bought what is possibly the only mechanical Christmas sleigh in the country
CRIMINALS serving community orders will be cleaning up Penketh this week. They will be doing work in Greystone Road and All Saints cemetery ahead of remembrance Sunday. They sweep up the leaves and cut the grass ahead of the service at the cenotaph, and
A MAN has pleaded guilty to being the lookout in a burglary. Damien Wisedale, from Greenwood Crescent, Orford, admitted helping take a vacuum cleaner, TV, a digital camera, a mobile phone and a Playstation from a home in Windemere Avenue, Orford. The
A SHOCK funding blow has left the planned nightbus service almost dead. The Department of Transport turned down a cash bid from Warrington Borough Transport to start up the service by the end of the month. A search is now on to find a new source of money
ACTOR Michael J Fox was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's in 1991 aged just 30 but did not choose to disclose his condition until 1998, when he committed himself to the campaign for increased Parkinson's research. Fox announced his retirement from
AN ANONYMOUS donation of £10,000 towards cancer sufferer Jo-anne Leese's course of Herceptin means she will not have to remortgage her house. The private treatment, which is not yet licensed for use on first-stage cancer, costs around £30,000 per year
CONGLETON Town Council could be running the town's civic centrepiece by next April. The council is in negotiations with Congleton Borough Council over taking over the operation of Congleton Town Hall. The borough council is looking to transfer the running
NANTWICH actors are hoping for support from their community when their new production opens as a professional company schedules a run of the same play in Crewe. Unfortunate coincidence has led Nantwich Players Theatre and Crewe Lyceum to put on popular
CHILDREN and staff at Cledford Junior School had an exciting day when they had a flying visit from the armed forces. Members of the Royal Navy Air Squadron dropped in to show the children around their Squirrel helicopter on Wednesday.
TOWN councillors are interested in funding the final £14,000 needed to support the market revamp - but want more information first. The Northwest Development Agency, says the town council's involvementis a condition of their £188,000 backing for the borough
TRADERS fear that "Rick Stein style" gourmet food hall blueprints for Nantwich's historic market could put their livelihoods in jeopardy. And stallholders have questioned the wisdom of spending £200,000 on renovating the market's toilets. Borough council
ASDA is set to hold its fashion show with all proceeds going to Winsford Town Mayor's chosen charity. The event will take place at Ways Green Conservative Club in aid of MIND on November 23. There will be a Christmas theme with help from Beauty and Beyond
CAMPAIGNERS against a vast landfill site in Haslington are recruiting residents to join a mass protest in Chester next month. The Clayhanger Action Group is desperate to stop the creation of a 50-hectare dumping ground near the village, which would see
COMMUNITY groups in Crewe and Nantwich are missing out on thousands of pounds worth of grants to promote the area's heritage. The Countryside Agency has said the towns were two of only a handful in the North West to not receive a grant from the Local
AN EXHIBITION of photographs demonstrating the havoc wreaked by the Asian tsunami to boost a fundraising campaign has proved a massive success. The event was held at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre on Saturday to kick start an appeal
DESPERATELY needed medical equipment worth £25,000 has been sent out to Indonesia to help victims of the tsunami after a massive fundraising drive at Warrington Hospital. The equipment, which includes critical care monitors, defibrillators and syringe
BOSSES at Mersey Regional Ambulance Service have announced a new strategy for improving response times and managerial effectiveness. Called Making a Difference: Being Fit to Deliver, the comprehensive plan aims to transform MRAS, which serves Warrington
A REVIEW of the borough council's £500million property assets is under way which could result in the sale of land and buildings. Council chiefs have teamed up with leading Warrington company United Utilities to start a review of land and property. The
RESIDENTS have until the end of November to sign up to the electoral register. Letters have been sent to people who have not returned the register of electors for the past two years and to households where forms have been returned to the council. Households
HIGHER fencing will be erected at the newly installed play area on Lovely Lane, Bewsey. The decision comes after police and councillors saw how popular the park is with teenagers. As reported in last week's Warrington Guardian, the park was officially
WILL Warrington be neglected if the town is forced to merge to create a regional police constabulary? This was the resounding concern from residents attending Warrington Police Forum over the uncertain future of Warrington Police. But top officers did
MOST people have preconceptions of a job. In the same way that some people think a journalist spends all their time chasing crooks and wearing a Trilby, others think that firefighters spend their day waiting around for their next call before they go and
November 1, 9am-6pm shift 09.34am Automatic fire alarm, Burtonwood Wing at Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane: The first call out of my time with Red Watch came within half an hour of me stepping through the door. As Warrington Hospital is classed as a
TRIBUTES to Warrington's fallen heroes will be taking place around the town this week. Armistice Day on Friday, November 11, and Remembrance Sunday (November 13) give the community an opportunity to honour and remember all those who gave their lives during
A GULF War veteran from Warrington has welcomed last week's landmark ruling which forced the Ministry of Defence to admit the existence of Gulf War Syndrome. Dave Morrison, aged 37, from Woolston, says that the ruling that Gulf War Syndrome is an 'appropriate
RAIL commuters may finally be able to enjoy the benefits of a clock at Warrington Central station some time next year. Transpennine Express is looking at fitting one during improvement works that will see a refurbished waiting room and the installation
CHILDREN at Cinnamon Brow Primary School covered the world in just one week when they learnt more about other cultures. The school held a multi-cultural week when the children sampled music, food and costume from every corner of the world. The week was
IT is two weeks until round the clock boozing comes into force- and police have a pro-active approach to tackle the issue. According to Warrington's senior officers specialist initiatives are being introduced to keep track of the town's 904 licensed premises
THE number of anti social behaviour orders handed out has plummeted. In Warrington, the figure has fallen from 11 to three in the past year issued by the borough council. The figures were revealed in a Home Office report which showed the whole region
CRUCIAL work to create safe roads has been held up for five years because the police system of recording accidents is 'useless'. Council officers have blasted the police force's Omega computer system after five years of having to work with late and inaccurate
IT may be getting colder outside, but youngsters at Moore Village Pre-School have a new reason to put on their coats and brave the outdoors. Because thanks to a £300 grant from the Moore Foundation, the youngsters can now enjoy a new garden that has been
WARRINGTON Guardian's wedding couple of 2004 tied the knot at the weekend. Adrian and Angela Hughes, from Golborne, were married after four years together and met while working in Irlam. The couple married at The Rhinewood Hotel in Glazebrook, enjoying
A FIGHT to get the cash for ticketing your car could soon be fought out between borough council traffic wardens and Police Community Support Officers (CSOs). The borough council needs to make a profit out of fines when parking is decriminalised next November
A CONVICTED drugs dealer must pay £60,000 to police within six months. Paul Joseph Pedley, of Crescent Road, Congleton, was jailed for three years in July 2003 on drugs charges. Cheshire Police's financial investigation unit carried out an inquiry into
