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  • Whitehall move could cut schools budgets

    SCHOOLS in mid Cheshire could have to manage on a smaller budget or taxpayers may have to pay more under Government plans to take millions of pounds from the county council. The Government wants to take £12million to fund education elsewhere in the country

  • Whitehall move could cut schools budgets

    SCHOOLS in mid Cheshire could have to manage on a smaller budget or taxpayers may have to pay more under Government plans to take millions of pounds from the county council. The Government wants to take £12million to fund education elsewhere in the country

  • Powergen Challenge Cup Semi Final Previews

    ST. HELENS v HULL FC - At Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield - Saturday, 30 July 2005 (3.15pm) Hull FC have not beaten St. Helens in an RL Challenge Cup-tie for almost 70 years. They won their first two Cup meetings, but the last was a 16-6 home victory in

  • Whitehall move could cut schools budgets

    SCHOOLS in mid Cheshire could have to manage on a smaller budget or taxpayers may have to pay more under Government plans to take millions of pounds from the county council. The Government wants to take £12million to fund education elsewhere in the country

  • Golden couple

    A COUPLE who met in church 52 years ago are still as much in love as ever. Hazel Collinson, aged 73, can still remember the day her husband Jim, aged 75, caught her eye across St Wilfrid's Church in Grappenhall. After the service Jim asked her out and

  • On the map

    THREE Warrington nature reserves have been put on the international map. Rixton Clay Pits, Risley Moss and Holcroft Moss have all been recognised as special areas of conservation by the European Commission in Brussels. Clr Paul Ross, deputy leader at

  • Robin and his merrymen has got them hoodwinked

    YOUNGSTERS at St Vincent's Primary School, Padgate, have wowed their friends, staff and parents in their production of Hoodwinked - based on the adventures of Robin Hood. Maria Harding, assistant head teacher, said of the year five and six production:

  • Homewatch boss victim of attacks

    TORCHED, bricked and unable to sleep at night, the head of a Warrington Homewatch says he has lived a four-year nightmare at the hands of vandals. And now he claims police have left him high and dry. Simon Nostrom, had his new Renault Clio scorched on

  • BRONCOS AND HARLEQUINS FORM EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP

    NEC Harlequins and the London Broncos are both delighted to announce that they are to form an exciting new partnership. From 2006, the top-flight team representing London in the engage Super League and Powergen Challenge Cup will be called Harlequins

  • Caravan fire

    AN unoccupied caravan on Foundry Street, Warrington town centre, was set alight by arsonists at 11.20pm Sunday.

  • Stevo visits

    WARRINGTON rugby league fans have the chance to spend a day with Sky Sports commentators Eddie and Stevo at a fundraising event. The prize of a behind-the-scenes day at a super league match with Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stevenson is the top prize at a

  • Gemma's joy after help from a friend

    CEREBRAL palsy sufferer and first class athlete Gemma Prescott has returned from the USA with a clutch of medals after beating off competition from around the globe - and she was within a metre of breaking a world record. A fortnight ago the Warrington

  • Warrington Hospital boss quits

    WARRINGTON Hospital boss Ian Dalton has quit to take up a job closer to home. Mr Dalton, who was chief executive of North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, had spent two years in post - he took it from a one star trust to a nearly three star trust. He will