SIMON Grix's injury woes have struck again as he prepares to face at least three months on the sidelines. The 21-year-old will go under the knife on Monday for a second shoulder operation in six months. Grix's latest problem occurred while making a
JUST as we were wondering what to do with our time now that Strictly Come Dancing and X-Factor are all over, another marathon fest of celeb-tastic reality TV has returned to our screens. Cheesy song shows Just The Two of Us and Soapstar Superstar and
CHESHIRE'S style aficionados have been learning how to recreate professional salon styles from the comfort of their home. An invitation-only event was held in Nantwich to launch the style and finish' service from TPL Hairdressing. Guests enjoyed drinks
MORE than 350 guests flocked to Mere Golf and Country Club for the ninth St Rocco's Hospice annual ball. The high profile event was attended by Lord and Lady Daresbury, Lord and Lady Ashbrook and the Deputy Mayor of Warrington Clr Celia Jordan, and featured
Picture the scene if you dare - your first sunshine break for two years and you step off the plane to be greeted by threatening skies, drops of rain and a coach filled with folk at least a generation older than yourself. Croatia threw everything at us
For many, the favoured country for purchasing property abroad will always be Spain and that special relationship with British ex-pats shows no sign of slowing down. Taylor Woodrow de Espaa's, which has been building homes in Spain for 45 years, has never
Avant for All Seasons. With apologies to Sir Thomas More, that's a fitting description for the latest generation longer and wider Audi A6 allroad quattro which was introduced in July. The go anywhere, do anything estate is currently offered with a choice
Whatever the weather, there will always be more. It's something we get more than our fair share of in Cheshire and it is perhaps the one thing that occupies most of our conversations here at Tatton Park. It appears that if predictions are correct,
How many times have you made a New Year's resolution? It is so easy to be fired up with enthusiasm during the first couple of weeks in January, only to find that the rot sets in before the month is out. A friend, Suzanne Wardle, said she wished there
THERE are many things people might consider when trying to picture Cheshire in their mind's eye. Perhaps the picturesque towns, the stately halls or the leafy suburbs, but delve a little deeper and a somewhat different perception is that Cheshire is the
ON October 20, 2006, the stage was set for a young woman hailing from Bunbury to make history and put Cheshire firmly on the map. Because it was on this unassuming Friday afternoon in Aarhus, Denmark, that Beth Tweddle became Britain's first gymnastics
TO breed or not to breed? That is the question. So begins Andrew Cullen's book as he and his partner Kate hover tentatively around the biggest question of them all. In one typical week he went to the cinema, read a novel, walked up a mountain, ate
SPORTS enthusiasts at Mere Golf and Country Club celebrated their competitive spirit when more than 100 people attended a trophy dinner. The annual event, which has been running for around 20 years, saw top golfers from across the county collect trophies
MORE than £2,000 was raised for breast cancer care during the fifth annual charity ball held at Stretton's Park Royal Hotel. Guests were treated to dinner while enjoying an ambient medley of soft blues music by the 10-piece band Goodfellas, as well as
FORMER Wolves star Andrew Johns thrilled Sydney's Telstra Stadium with a batting cameo in his second appearance for New South Wales' Twenty20 cricket team on Wednesday. The Australian rugby league superstar failed to get off the mark on his debut for
THE first roll of turf for The Halliwell Jones Stadium's new pitch has been laid this morning in preparation for engage Super League XII. New drainage has been installed since the end of last season and the weather has delayed turf placement. But the
Age Concern Trafford are please to announce that they have been successful in securing 12 Charity places in the Greater Manchester Run 2007, which will take place on Sunday 20 th May. Last year the Age Concern Trafford team raised over £1800 which
WARRINGTON Wizards amateur rugby league team have a new points system to get to grips with in the forthcoming Northern Rail Cup competition. A new system of awarding competition points in National League One, National League Two and the Northern Rail
A new system of awarding competition points in National League One, National League Two and the Northern Rail Cup group stages is to be introduced with immediate effect. Under the new system, clubs will be awarded three competition points for a win,
A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Thai boxer from Warrington has returned from Thailand with a full rules' victory under his belt. Kamen Picken spent Christmas training in Thailand and accepted a contest with a local 45kg opponent, winning in the second of five scheduled
This death mask of Oliver Cromwell comes from an original cast when he died in 1658. His main link to Warrington comes from The Battle of Red Bank in 1648, when he commanded his army from the town against an invading force of Scottish Royalist troops
The Roman actors mask unearthed at Wilderspool is unique in the UK. Tests recently carried out on a tiny fragment of the mask show that it was made locally with sand from the banks of the River Mersey.
The ethnology room at the museum looks at the history and development of humans, and human culture. The smallest head on show is a shrunken head from eastern Ecuador - this is one of the largest, a cast of a brooding Neanderthal man.
The head of a Bengal Tiger hangs from the exhibitions for the ongoing Natural Curiosities show, which has proved very popular. It was produced by commercial firm of taxidermists based in south India which sold more than 300 tiger heads a year.
Guinevere's Redeeming, by Sir William Reynolds-Stephens (1862-1943). This atmospheric work is a bronze statue with ivory hands and face on an ornate base of marble with mother of pearl.
Museum manager Janice Hays looks at the carved wooden head from south east Asia that is reputed to be cursed after two staff members who cleaned it had car crashes. An expert who studied the head 10 years ago found a paper scroll inside it - but never
This magnificent sculpture, St Michael Overcoming Satan, is in the entrance to the museum, and is made from a single block of marble from Rome. The statue was commissioned by residents of town from local man £1,000 from John Warrington Wood, (
PARAMEDICS were called to Longshaw Street in Bewsey to a report two cars had been involved in an accident, at 3.24pm on Saturday. One man was taken to Warrington Hospital.
WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has called on the Government to take a zero tolerance stance to NHS staff suffering physical attacks. More than 60,000 NHS staff were physically assaulted by patients or relatives of patients over the past year. Mrs Jones
WARRINGTON'S Slimming World consultants are celebrating after 2006 proved to be a slender success. The five women who run groups for the weight loss chain across the town, Andrea Ellison, Julie Reed, Serena Woolland, Sarah Bramhall, and Moira Tyldseley
WHAT would you like to see the council spend its money on? What should be the priorities and what do you think about the plans for a council tax rise to help plug an £8million black hole in the coffers? Well, council bosses want to hear from you. The
SLIMMERS from a club celebrating its 10th birthday marked the event in style by raising thousands of pounds for charity. Sharon Jones, who runs the Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness, has chalked up 10 years of classes, helping members lose tens of thousands
ANIMAL-loving workmates used money meant for their Secret Santa gifts to buy toys and treats for abandoned pets at Warrington RSPCA. And Lorraine Wilcox from Birchwood and her colleagues at recruitment consultants, Phoenix Way, hope the £60 they spent
DODGY salesmen are touting dangerous sofas to Warrington residents. The three-piece suites, which do not comply with flammability requirements, have been offered to homeowners over the Christmas period. Officers from Warrington's trading standards department
