Law enforcement experts
attend forensics event
by Terry Johnson
TOP law enforcement officers from the US State Department, the UK, Northern and Southern Ireland will be in Warrington today – to discuss cutting edge forensic developments.
Birchwood-based JFK Forensics and the Forensic Science Service are hosting a three-day symposium on video evidence in major investigations, like the summer London bombings.
Speakers include world-leading experts who lecture at the FBI Academy.
Dorothy Stout is a senior analyst with general dynamics for the US Department of Homeland Security.
Grant Fredericks is a pioneer in forensic video analysis and Jonathan Hak is a Crown Prosecutor with the Alberta Justice Department, Calgary.
The event will include issues like the recovery of images from mobile ‘phones and the challenges of digital video evidence.
Pyjama boy found
wandering in street
by staff reporter
POLICE launched a hunt at Warrington over the weekend to try and find the parents of a toddler found wandering in the street early on Saturday morning.
The boy, aged two or three, was found by a member of the public in Shetland Close, off Enfield Road.
He appeared well but was wearing pyjama bottoms and a tee shirt.
Police issued an appeal for the parents to come forward – and eventually they were traced, although by this time the boy was in the care of Warrington Children’s Service.
Today, a police spokesman said the incident was still being investigated and it was still to early to say what the final outcome would be.
But the boy had been returned to his parents, he added.
RAF medic gets
her cartoon “wings”
by Lesley Wilkinson
A CHILDREN’S book telling the story of a jolly police officer and his adventures has been illustrated by a Lymm woman even though she has no training in art.
The book, PC Dann Beware of the Bull, was published by Diggory Press in August and is currently their fourth best seller.
The A4 full colour book aimed at young children features the clever drawings of the comical character by Ailsa Birchenough, 25, of Ridgeway Gardens, Lymm.
“I have no training and have never done any illustration before, but my colleague Carl Simmons wrote the book and asked me to illustrate it,” she said. “PC Dann is a cartoon police officer in his 40s with a round, rosy face.”
Ailsa, a former Lymm High School pupil, studied psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. She is currently studying for a diploma in mental health nursing at Salford University and has signed up as a medic with the RAF Reserves at Lynham, near Swindon.
She works part-time as a care officer at the David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy near Alderley Edge.
“I have decorated a couple of rooms at the centre with jungle and underwater scenes,” she said.
Carl invited her to do the 16 drawings for his book after seeing her work.
“It’s strange to see the drawings in the book, but I was pleased with the results,” she said. “My family and friends have all bought copies.”
Family’s tribute
to tragic sister
by Terry Johnson
SIX family members and their partners are to pound the streets to help blood cancer sufferers – in a tribute to the courage of a sister who died from leukaemia.
The Gregg family come together from all parts of Britain and also Brussels for BUPA’s Great North Run on Sunday, September 18.
The family’s input to the charity event is being co-ordinated by Louie Gregg, an IT project manager at Warrington.
He joins siblings Margaret,41, from Stockton Heath, Warrington; Rosaline,42; Con, 47, from Brussels; Anne,39, from Reading; and Pauline,35, from Twickenham, to take on the world’s biggest half-marathon.
The family will be raising money for Leukaemia Research – especially poignant following the death of their 40-year-old sister, Catherine, from Longditton, Surrey.
Said Louie, 46: “Catherine was so brave throughout her fight. We all felt that we needed to do something to honour such a wonderful woman.”
He added: “It is just so devastating that she lost her battle”.
“The Great North Run will be a strongly emotional event for us. But it offers the chance of us combining forces to push ourselves. Hopefully, we’ll do Catherine proud”.
Margaret and Rosaline have been running for several years. They completed the BUPA run last year – though for the rest of the team the charity race is their big training target.
Rosaline lost nearly three stones after taking up running. Louie was 19-stones last September, but has since shed five stones and recently ran the Warrington 10k in 53 minutes,16 secs.
The family will be running past some of the north-east’s famous landmarks – alongside TV stars from ‘Emmerdale’ ‘The Bill’ and ‘Monarch of the Glen’, who have pledged their support.
Wolves’ “player of
the year” awards
by staff reporter
THE presentation of the Warrington Wolves Supporters Trust and Wolfpack Player of Year trophies will take place on September 20.
There will also be an opportunity to meet all this season’s senior squad – including the latest signing – and senior and junior academy players and under 16s.
The event is at the Prime Time Lounge, Martin Dawes Stand, Halliwell Jones Stadium Doors.
There will be a raffle and bar and proceeds from the night will go towards the Wolfpack Christmas Party.
Entrance to the event will be by ticket only – and these will be strictly limited in number.
All members of the Supporters’ Trust are allowed to vote for their Player of the Year using forms available from the Wolfware shop, by downloading a form or by voting online.
News in brief
Disabled parking
WARRINGTON Borough Council has made an order, effective from today, introducing a disabled person’s parking space in Bewsey Street, Warrington. Anyone who wishes to object must apply to the High Court within six weeks of August 25.
Recycling plan
PLANS to change the use of part of a warehouse in Daten Avenue, Risley, Warrington for the recovery, recycling, partial dismantling and storage of redudant electrical goods have been approved by the borough council’s plan.
Mast rejected
PLANNING chiefs have rejected proposals for a replacement 20m high telecommunications mast, with three antennae, two dishes and equipment cabinets at Latchford Locks, Thelwall Lane, Warrington.
Band concert
THE Yorkshire Urquhart Travel Band, who made a big impression at a “Live at St Wilfrid’s” concert at Grappenhall, near Warrington last year, are to return for a repeat performance at the church on Saturday, September 17.
