THIS is an open letter to the scum who ruined our Christmas and to everyone like them. On Christmas Day we parked our car on a main road for less than 20 minutes while we called in to wish a family a merry Christmas. When we came out some lowlife had
RECENTLY, Halton Transport raised its bus fares and also decided to sponsor the Vikings Rugby League team. As a regular user of Halton Transport, I object to this. Why should I as a disabled, unemployed person be forced to, in effect, subsidise what is
I SUPPOSE it could be good for a rugby museum to be built in Widnes. However, in building the past, Halton is allowing a current football team to consider moving from its home ground. If Halton Council can buy and rebuild Naughton Park and make it what
Widnes U13's 43 Crewe & Nantwich 0 THIS eagerly awaited contest between two well matched sides, had fallen foul of the weather on two previous occasions. The match started at a lively pace with little to chose between two well-drilled teams. Widnes
Cheshire Amateur Cup 3rd Round Mond Rangers 2 Styal 4 (aet) MOND missed a glorious opportunity to progress into the next round of the County Cup at the Pavilions ground on Saturday. The ground was in near perfect condition but Styal were allowed to come
Barla Lancs Cup Quarter Final Halton Hornets u16s 24 Leigh Miners Rangers u16s14 THIS was Hornets first game since their defeat last time out and it couldn't be tougher than a Lancs Cup quarter final against a very strong Leigh side. hornets had the better
Widnes Vikings 26 Workington Town 16 THE Vikings got back to winning ways with a 26-16 defeat of Workington Town - but the Cumbrian outfit made them fight all the way. With Ian Watson making his much delayed debut at scrum half, Martin Crompton moving
Runcorn 2 Spennymoor United 0 A SUPERB brace from player/manager Liam Watson earned the Linnets a valuable three league points against second place Spennymoor. Runcorn dominated the game throughout and could easily have repeated their goalscoring exploits
Albert Park 2 Spotland 7 IF Spotland expected to emulate the heavy defeat they inflicted on Albert earlier this season they were in for a shock as the home side produced their finest defensive display for some years to come within a whisker of victory
IT'S Hip Hip Hooray for a Runcorn couple who have scooped a win on the National Lottery. Philomena and Anthony Fair, both 62, matched five numbers and the bonus ball on Saturday, December 30, and won £103,991. Top of the list of items they will buy is
A RECORD-BREAKING £18,000 was raised from the Light Up A Light Appeal at Halton Haven Hospice. The campaign was hailed a huge success as this is the biggest sum yet collected! George Knight, fundraising co-ordinator, said: "We would like to say a big
AN armed robbery took at Booths petrol station on Hale Road, Widnes on Sunday evening. Two males burst into the shop at about 6.20pm and threatened the female cashier and her friend with a knife. They demanded the cashier empty the till and made their
A STATE-OF-THE-ART call centre is being created inside Halton College, the World can exclusively reveal. The new facility is the only one of its kind in the area and will equip students for jobs in Britain's fastest growing industry. The innovative courses
COLLAPSED internet company breathe.com was given the kiss of life this week when catalogue company Great Universal Stores (GUS) bought the debt-ridden firm for just £1.4m. At its peak, breathe.com was valued at around £100m. GUS, which employs thousands
IT'S your last chance to see Bob Goody as Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at Liverpool Playhouse. This magical story was chosen to celebrate the re-opening of the city centre theatre in Williamson Square. It runs until Saturday, January
BRONZED Neighbours TV star Ian Smith, alias Harold Bishop, is hoping to bring some sunshine to Halton this week! He is starring in the panto Dick Whittington at the Queens Hall. Speaking exclusively to the World this week, he said: "Panto is pure magic
THE Everyman's famous rock'n'roll panto is proving as popular as ever. Alice In Boogie Wonderland runs until Saturday, January 29 at Liverpool's Everyman. With hit songs and side-splitting gags, it promises action packed fun for all the family. Alice
IT'S panto time! Rainhill Garrick Society is performing Jack And The Beanstalk in Rainhill Village Hall, off Weaver Avenue, this week. The show runs until Saturday, January 13, with performances every evening at 7.15pm, plus a matinee at 2.15pm on Saturday
HIGH visibility traffic police have been patrolling the roads of Halton throughout the holiday period. Extra officers were drafted in to mount 'Operation Sleigh' - in a bid to encourage motorists to drive more carefully. We were invited to join one of
FREEZING temperatures almost forced wildlife campaigner Cathy Clements to abort her daring rescue of two stranded swans. She was lowered 30 feet into an icy pit with three firefighters to retrieve the birds. The two swans - father and cygnet - were trapped
A BIG-HEARTED team of volunteers raised a staggering £1,500 for Halton Haven last year! This amazing sum mounted up from lots of little efforts such as jumbles, coffee mornings and tombolas. The women have been raising money for the cancer care centre
WIDNES DJ 'Rocking Roy Basnett' helped to set a Guinness world record on New Years Eve in Manchester. The DJ was at Albert Square in Manchester City Centre which was linked up with several other venues across the city such as the G-Mex and The Comedy
West Bank 16 Rylands 40 THE Bank lost their bottom of the table clash against Warrington side Rylands. the visitors were first on the score sheet with a try after only five minutes from loose forward Les Brennan that scrum half Leonard converted. After
WIDNES VIKINGS U21s, 52, BATLEY BULLDOGS U21s, 6 THE Vikings coasted to victory against their Yorkshire counterparts on Thursday, running in 10 tries. The Widnes outfit looked far more organised than their opponents in what was a classy well organised
Runcorn10 Stocksbridge 8 RUNCORN welcomed Stocksbridge from Yorkshire League Four in an eagerly awaited Round 5 (last 32) of the Tetley Bitter Vase national competition. With conditions very much in Runcorn's favour, boggy and treacherous, it was the
Cheshire Amateur Cup 3rd Round Pavilions1 Cheadle Hulme Nomads 0 PAVILIONS advanced into the last sixteen of this prestigious competition after a bruising encounter against their Mid-Cheshire league opponents. In a tight first period chances were few
TIP offs from the public helped to make Cheshire's drink drive campaign a huge success. People were urged to ring a free Road RATS (Ring And Tell Someone) hotline to report anyone they suspected of drink driving. Of the 81 calls received, 11 people were
A FEMALE cashier was subjected to a terrifying robbery at knife-point on Saturday night. The attack happened at 7.40pm on Saturday at St Michael's Newsagent on Hale Road in Widnes. Two men entered the shop where the cashier was working alone. One moved
A BBC police drama to rival The Bill is being shot in Halton, the World can exclusively reveal this week. The former Golden Wonder crisp factory has been turned into a giant TV studio for the 10-week serial, due to be screened in the autumn. Around 70
A RUNCORN father is still fighting for his life after an horrific accident on Runcorn Expressway. Gary Blackburn, 32, of Quarry Close, was pinned against a road barrier after being thrown off his bike. Firefighters had to use special cutting equipment
EXACTLY a year ago, I watched the same Liverpool skyline emerge. Even the sets were identical as the clothes line was pulled out from an alleyway and dangled across a terraced street. As the drama unfolded, I wondered why the Empire had decided to stage
I had a call on my Sunday phone-in programme which astonished me. This lady had just been out and bought her five year old son a £150 tracksuit so that he was fashionable and did not get called names. I find this absolutely ridiculous. Parents don't realise
