Welcome to the world of Clunkers. He's World Group newspapers' new cartoonist. Every week in the paper and on this website he will be taking a pithy and humorous look at the Runcorn and Widnes news.
If you want to respond to any of Clunkers' cartoons, you can email him via newsroom@worldgroup.co.uk
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"Sorry, Mr Doherty - nobody thought you'd turn up in the first place, so we didn't bother to tell you the concert had been cancelled."
5 April - It looks like the Spike Island festival is not going ahead |
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"Opinion was divided on the temporary replacements for the Vikinettes."
22 February - Widnes Vikinginettes are to reform with just Halton
College students involved |
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"Go on, admit it - I'm more 'down with the kids' than George Galloway..."
8 February - MP Derek Twigg is going back to his primary school to mark the opening of a new dining room
/ canteen and astroturf pitch
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"Try as I might, I can't find anything remotely funny about the gussets of these!"
18 January - The Gusset, a play about female garments that is being performed at The Brindley, promises to leave ladies crying with laughter.
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"It may well calm 'em down when they're IN the water, but the problems don't really start until you try to get them OUT of it!"
11 January 2006 - Swimming lessons for babies are coming to Halton. |
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"It's a radio station, they say they've had a call telling them you've cancelled Christmas this year, and want to know whether it's a hoax..."
14 December
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"I don't think that 'tow it back out into the English Channel and re-sink it' was quite the kind of solution they were looking for."
7 December - Scientists at Daresbury Lab are helping preserve the wreck of the Mary Rose by investigating how to stop acid forming on the timber and eroding it.
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"...and rest assured, I shall be keeping a very close eye on the speedometer on the way back to the station..."
7 December - A member of the public admitted following speeding police cars when they 'don't appear to be going to an emergency' and collecting their registration numbers. |
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"I'm not sure I like this nouvelle cuisine - it's all fancy packaging and small portions..."
26 October - Knowsley Safari Park is more popular than ever. |
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"He made a comment about the veg, so she made him stand in the naughty corner."
19 October - Oakfield School cook Sandra Holland gave parents a taste of the Med.
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"You're right, it is supposed to be a mild one. She mustn't have appreciated your 'Sari seems to be the hardest word' joke."
19 October - Halton Lea Library hosted an action packed Bollywood event.
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"That look is sooooo last season!"
12 October - Widnes man Stephen Fell launches a business selling clothing and bedding for dogs, called K9 Clothing. |
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5 October - Widnes Vikings' relegation from the Super League is confirmed. |
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"Okay, okay, so it wasn't a ball - but funnily enough, we have rules about kicking bricks through people's windows too."
5 October - Disgruntled residents of Victoria Court, Widnes, have sent a petition to Halton
Council demanding ball games become prohibited. |
All
the local news and sport from the Runcorn and Widnes World
