Wolves to ban supporters
who won’t quit smoking
by Terry Johnson
RUGBY League chiefs are to ban habitual smokers from watching games at Warrington Wolves’ Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The tough line against smoking fans follows a series of breaches of the club’s ?No Smoking? policy.
Club stewards seeking to enforce the ruling have been verbally and physically abused by a small number of fans.
Now the club says it is to invoke stadium banning orders against refuse-niks who ruin the enjoyment of non-smokers.
“We will pursue stadium banning orders against those fans who are continually smoking, in conjunction with police officers”, said a club spokesman.
The stadium became a ?no smoking environment? after 63 per cent of the 8,294 fans who returned survey forms called for cigarettes to be stubbed out.
They complained of sore throats, headaches and eye troubles resulting from passive smoking.
“With an increasing number of children attending games, the club decided to act before Government legislation at the end of 2007”, said the spokesman.
The move to bar smokers from matches comes hot on the heels of a clampdown on ?hoodies? by 35 town-centre pub managers in Warrington.
This ban is aimed at setting ?a respectable standard?.
Library’s 80th birthday!
THEY baked a cake to celebrate Lymm Library’s landmark 80th birthday….and it went down a treat!
Library staff turned back time by dressing in 1920’s-style costumes and presented children’s crafts, story time sessions and a family quiz.
Lymm and District Local History Society graphically traced the library’s development over eight decades.
Awards ceremony
for apprentices
by Lesley Wilkinson
TOP apprentices from Warrington, who have worked hard to impress their bosses, were invited to a special awards ceremony.
More than 90 apprentices who have trained at Warrington Collegiate while employed by companies across the town, enjoyed the celebration at the Winwick Road campus.
The apprentices are being trained in a range of industry skills including accounting and business administration, engineering, hairdressing and hospitality. Special awards were also made to apprentices who had been outstanding in their fields.
Special awards went to Charlotte Hinchcliffe and David Townley, accounting, Marsha Keen, administration, Aaron Cain, Steven Smythe and Simon Wilkinson, carpentry and joinery, David Clark, electrical and Alana Newton, hairdressing.
Collegiate principal Paul Hafren congratulated the apprentices on their achievements and thanked employers for their support through the training process.
Public opportunity
to quiz the police
by staff reporter
PEOPLE will have the chance to air their views at a Warrington Police Forum on Tuesday (April 25).
The public meeting in Penketh Primary School, Coniston Avenue, will be given an update on Government plans for police re-structuring and relate policy on road safety cameras.
Forum chairman, Peter Walker, said: “There is the opportunity for people to discuss policing issues with the Area Commander, Chief Supt. Nick Ingram and the Police Authority.
“I would urge all those who have concerns or an interest in policing to attend”.
The meeting starts at 7.00pm.
Takeaway shop
appeal allowed
by John Hendon
A GOVERNMENT planning inspector has allowed plans for a hot food takeaway shop in Central Avenue, Orford Warrington.
Borough planners had refused permission because of fears that traffic levels and on-street parking could affect highway safety and the free flow of traffic.
But the inspector who heard the applicant?s appeal has ruled that the premises is located among shops and there is existing traffic calming which reduces the speed of traffic.
He says there is no evidence the takeaway would generate high levels of traffic and nothing to suggest that on-street parking in the area would lead to problems.
The inspector has approved the scheme, subject to the shop closing at 11pm.
A borough council spokesman said appeals against the refusal of planning consent for takeways on highways and parking grounds had repeatedly been successful.
Similar appeals in Warrington Road, Penketh, Padgate Lane and Longford Street had all proved successful.
?Future decisions relating to applications for similar forms of development should have regard to the outcome of this and the other appeals,? he added.
String ensemble’s
afternoon concert
by staff reporter
LIVERPOOL comes to Lymm next month, as members of the string section of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra called, “The Ensemble of St Lukes” visit the village, to perform music by Dvorak and Elgar in an afternoon concert at Lymm United Reform Church on Brookfield Road.
The concert is on May 7 at 3.00pm.
Tickets priced at ?7 and ?6 can be purchased from Stephanie?s florists? shop or on the door. Access and facilities are provided for the disabled.
