BLACKBURN Harriers have taken fourth place in the North of England Track and Field League play-off match on Saturday. "The Harriers have excelled themselves this season," said proud club chairman Tony Wood after their success. The Senior Men's and Senior
A NEW era begins today at Ewood Park with the appointment of Mark Hughes as Blackburn Rovers' new manager. Graeme Souness left for a bigger club but it has to be said that his legacy is not as good as it could have been. The stark fact is that at the
A LACKLUSTRE first half performance sealed the Leigh Miners Rangers' U12s fate against Portico, turning round 18-0 down. The second half was the exact opposite and despite tiring and playing into a strong wind the Rangers worked hard for each other and
ASTLEY & Tyldesley Road Runners will be hosting the club's second 'Gin Pit 5' Trail Race on Sunday, October 24 at the Miners Welfare Club, Ley Road, Tyldesley. The club are also hosting a 2 mile fun run for those who feel they cannot get round the
FURIOUS residents battling plans to erect a 60ft mobile phone mast at St Ives Business Park in Blackburn claim they have not been consulted. They say many households were not told of the plan and others received information when it was too late to object
DANCERS from a Blackburn school have notched up their first GCSE-equivalent qualifications, at the tender age of seven. The qualifications board British Theatre Dance Association, has accredited all its dance grades to GCSEs and it means that youngsters
I AM writing in response to the letter: "Council Should Explain Rent Rise" (LET, September 7). Mr Jepson is spot on when he describes Darwen Market Hall as "splendid" -- just as the people of Darwen will gladly tell him! It is with a great deal of pleasure
A 40-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed in the back during a night out. He was on the dance floor in the Late Night Club, in Market Place, Heywood, with his wife and friends when he was attacked last Sunday at around 12.40am. A 26-year-old man from Abbey Crescent
PLANS to transform Radcliffe's town centre into a busy urban neighbourhood are coming closer to reality. A new bus station, covered market, relocated post office and secondary school are all planned for the town. At the Radcliffe Area Board meeting on
LEIGH Centurions Under 21s senior academy side added to the club's growing collection of silverware when they won their Grand Final at Hilton Park on Monday night. A crowd approaching 1000 saw them overturn a 10-0 first half deficit to beat Featherstone
EVERY football fan has their own favourite memory of Mark Hughes. For Wales supporters, it's the stunning volley he scored while almost horizontal in a World Cup qualifier against Scotland at Wrexham in 1986. Manchester United followers may recall the
rCINBADS - Churches together in Boothstown present The Ghosts Of Marvin Grange, a Victorian melodrama by Richard Curtis on Friday and Saturday, October 8 and 9. The production is at the Scout and Guide Hall, Chaddock Lane, Boothstown, starting at 7.45pm
THE OWNERS of a pub gutted by a fire in the Burnley riots are claiming damages of up to £100,000 from Lancashire Police. The Duke of York, in Colne Road, became a focal point during the disturbances in June 2001, and was reduced to a burnt-out shell following
A BURNLEY taxi driver who was told to slow down by a passenger later lost control on an icy road and died after hitting a wall, an inquest heard. Munawar Hussain, 44, had picked up three passengers going to Crawshawbooth outside Walkabout, in Hargreaves
THE FINAL of the Powersound talent competition will be held at Radcliffe Civic Suite on Saturday after five weeks of heats. Singers Craig Worlsey, Becki Mellor and Emma-Jo reached the final from Friday's semi-final. This is the fifth time the competition
ACTING stupid has paid off for Ben Thompson. The young actor, from Warwick Road in Radcliffe, has just finished filming a new series for the children's channel CBBC to be shown at the end of the year. Ben (12) will play a host of characters in Stupid,
A 21-YEAR-old Colne man who subjected a schoolboy to a terrifying robbery has been jailed. Mark McConnell forced his 13-year-old victim and a friend to a secluded spot before threatening them and forcing the youngster to hand over cash. McConnell, of
10 years ago AN "Arsenal of terror" containing dozens of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition was uncovered during a police raid on a house in Blackburn. Detectives discovered the cache, which had been stripped down, hidden in the house in Mill
THE award winning Robert Brothers Famous Circusis to visit Leigh. The circus has been touring Great Britain for the past 60 years and will be coming to Lately Common, Glazebury. For eight years it also presented the Easter Circus and the Circus World
PROTESTERS failed to dampen spirits yesterday at the opening of a new community centre in Accrington. The Hyndburn Voluntary and Community Resource Centre, Cannon Street, cost almost £1million to build, and has taken years of planning and construction
A PENSIONER was forced to call the emergency services for help after waiting five weeks for council workers to take unwanted furniture from her garden. Sheila Hanson, of Walmsley Close, Church, took the matter into her own hands after a three-piece suite
A LEIGH company is in the forefront of the fight to beat the killer hospital superbug MRSA. The Moss Industrial estate-based Rapid "Additive" Services has developed an additive which when added to plastic reduces the risk of infection. RapidGuard can
THE lives of a mother and her baby were put in danger when two teenagers with learning difficulties started a blaze at their Accrington home, a jury heard. Burnley Crown Court was told that Samina Ahmed and her eight month old daughter were inside the
INTERNATIONAL Rugby League stars Brian Carney of Wigan, and Tommy Martyn of Leigh are putting years of rivalry behind them to support the Wigan & Leigh Hospice '20k for 20k' walk around picturesque parts of the Borough on Sunday. Winger Carney said
HUMANITARIAN adventurer Kerys Williams has returned from a peace boat cruise of a lifetime with a different outlook and a determination to campaign to help the world's poor. The 29-years-old traveller is hoping to forge links between pupils in Leigh area
MASKED carjackers struck twice in the space of three hours, stealing one car and hitting a man around the head with a spanner in front of his pregnant wife. A gang of three men attacked a 40-year-old man as he parked his black YJ-registered Audi A3 at
RESCUE Dogs will be put through their paces across the woods, moorlands and hills of one of Lancashire's finest beauty spots. United Utilities has opened its 26,000 acres of Bowland estate as a training ground for search and rescue dogs, which save the
EAST Lancashire huntsmen today spoke of their determination to stop a ban on fox-hunting in the wake of protests in London. Members of the Holcombe Hunt and Bleasdale Beagles, with support throughout the countryside communities, said the protest had left
FOR most of us, the mere mention of school exams brings back memories of fear and loathing. So I apologise, in advance, for raising the issue. But I feel driven to do so because of some of the highly critical reaction from some newspapers and politicians
Oldham St Annes 24 Leigh Miners Rangers 31: LEIGH Miners Rangers clawed their way back from a 16-point deficit to snatch a last-gasp victory. Centre Alan Reddicliffe claimed the last minute try and conversion that finallay ensured a Miners win. Danny
TYLDESLEY RU turned their first road trip of the season into a worthwhile event by edging out home side Trafford MV 22-17 in the North Lancashire & Cumbria Division. The foundations laid by a solid display from the pack in the first half was used
The Hawks took to the field expecting a tough challenge from league newcomers Kendal, and the visitors didn't disappoint. After some cagey early exchanges, Kendal opened the scoring when Leigh's failure to deal with a deep kick put them on the back foot
GOLBORNE Parkside visited West Bank in the first round of the BARLA Lancashire Cup and gave a much improved display. Golborne took the lead when full back Ryan Kelly linked to score a try converted by Andy Simms. Four minutes later they extended their
Leigh Tofts started their league campaign against a strong Broughton Park team. Absences and injuries meant a much changed side from last week's warm-up game and this affected the Tofts performance. They soon found themselves behind and could not prevent
WOULDN'T you just know that a season that's had more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie thriller would come up with a bizarre conclusion. No-one could have scripted the finish to Leigh's final game of the league programme - unless they had a warped
CONFUSION over the name of a dog led to the adjournment of a court case involving a Radcliffe man accused of being in charge of two dogs dangerously out of control. Brian Challender (59), of Richmond Walk, admitted being in charge of one German Shepherd
TWO arguing brothers turned on a police officer when he intervened, a court heard. Lee Evans (24) and Scott Evans (29), both of Water Lane Street, Radcliffe, admitted charges of behaviour likely to cause fear of provocation of violence and possession
THE family and friends of a young Darwen music lover have raised more than £3,000 for the hospital which cared for her in her final days. Dawn Quirk, 24, had planned to hold a charity music event after she recovered from her nine-month battle with a rare
A FAMILY managed to get out of their house in Denby Grove, Atherton when the living room set on fire. The room was badly damaged.
ROSSENDALE'S youngsters are being invited to take part in a new scheme aimed at improving child safety when around dogs. The launch of the pilot scheme -- Safe and Sound -- will take place tonight at Bacup Leisure Hall. Aimed at children aged between
A ROSSENDALE solicitor was the figurehead in a sham legal firm set up to evade Law Society regulations, a tribunal heard. Michael Tracey, 46, of Meadows Avenue, Haslingden, was one of three solicitors behind the Bradford company. Mr Tracey, along with
ATHERTON WI was so impressed by their speaker from the North West Air Ambulance Service last year they decided to raise funds to boost their coffers. As a result they will present a cheque for £767 to the service at their October 14 meeting.
A NEW minister has been appointed for Stacksteads - with two churches sharing his services. Parishioners at Waterbarn Baptist Church and Acre Mill Baptist Church were celebrating when the Rev David Kenneth Livermore was officially inducted at the weekend
rCINBADS - Churches together in Boothstown present The Ghosts Of Marvin Grange, a Victorian melodrama by Richard Curtis on Friday and Saturday, October 8 and 9. The production is at the Scout and Guide Hall, Chaddock Lane, Boothstown, starting at 7.45pm
A 13-YEAR-OLD music prodigy has been given £1,200 to pay for a new flugel horn. Kirsten Broadhurst, of Tyldesley, will benefit from a BBC Fame Academy grant to replace her old instrument. The award caps a fine year for the Bolton Youth Brass Band member
THE deputy Mayor and Mayoress, Cllrs Brian and Barbara Jarvis, have been doing their bit to help spruce up Wigan Road Labour Club. The husband and wife team have spent over a year raising money to install play equipment and provide new fencing at the
A PENSIONER had a lucky escape after arsonists struck at her home in Coronation Drive, Leigh. The woman, aged 82, was asleep in her ground floor flat when she was woken by her recently-fitted hard-wire fire alarm. Arsonists had pushed a rubbish bin up
FORMER Leigh RL favourite Alan Hadcroft is calling on the game's fans to support a charity night . Alan, who now plays for Halifax, has helped organise a fund-raising night next Friday, September 24, at Leigh Legion to swell the coffers of a deserving
A FATHER-of-two who was found hanged in Leigh took his own life, an inquest has ruled. Jeremy Charles Moon, aged 40, was found hanging at his home in Carders Close on March 21. The hearing was told that driver Mr Moon had split up with long-term partner
A NEW appeal for information has been made to trace the identity of a woman whose body was found in a Leigh canal. Her body was discovered in the Bridgewater Canal last Wednesday morning near Mather Lane Bridge in Leigh. It is possible she had been in
INTERNATIONAL Rugby League stars Brian Carney of Wigan, and Tommy Martyn of Leigh are putting years of rivalry behind them to support the Wigan & Leigh Hospice '20k for 20k' walk around picturesque parts of the Borough on Sunday. Winger Carney said
EAST Lancashire financial advisers have warned people to be careful with their cash now or face a miserable retirement. The warning comes after a survey revealed heavy financial commitments are leaving people with just over £50 a week in spare cash. A
A BLACKBURN firefighter is preparing to run a half marathon in full firefighting gear to raise money for a charity which helped his dying sister. Naveed Sharif will take part in the Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields on September 26 to raise
HEALTH watchdogs are to meet hospital bosses after a 'bug watch' on wards across East Lancashire raised "some concerns". Members of the area's Patients Forum took part in a national survey of hospital wards last week, visiting wards within hospitals operated
A TODDLER facing a lifetime of deafness is a step closer to communicating with the outside world - thanks to her mother's devotion. At the time when most children are beginning to use their first words, Ellie McAnish is about to learn British Sign Language
FAMILY and friends have helped buy a new bus for Blackburn Blind Society in memory of a teenage motorbike enthusiast who died during a time trial. Steven Anderton, 16, died after his bike collided with a wall on the sea front in Little Bispham during
TWO teenage students have been expelled from Blackburn College after being caught smoking cannabis. And college bosses believe the action has sparked drug-related "revenge" attacks on the building. Emergency security costing £20,000 has now been installed
A MAN who admits he is like Jekyll and Hyde when drunk today said magistrates were right to ban him from town centre pubs and clubs. Jason Walker said alcohol had ruined his life but said cut-priced drink offers had fuelled his addiction. He spoke as
SIXTH form students have the chance to accompany Leigh MP Andy Burnham on a trip to Auschwitz this autumn. Working with the Holocaust Educational Trust, Mr Burnham is launching a competition for students to submit a piece of written work on the relevance
ASTLEY councillor Joseph Haley was so concerned by allegations made last week of Manchester Road being like the Wild West he has promised to investigate. He has already called for a litter clean-up of the area and requested a give way sign for Green Avenue
BEDFORD High School students have impressed in GCSE and GNVQ exams. Topping the honour list were Richard Doyle 5A*, and Aciea Ali and Adrian Brammer each with 4A* -- all out of 10 GCSE exams. The Leigh school headteacher Stephen Preston said: "It was
THE new pupils at the Radcliffe Riverside School had a bonding session at Burrs Country Park. Groups of year seven pupils visited the Bury park every day, from Tuesday to Friday, to take part in team building and to help the students to get to know each
THANKS to amateur naturalist Tina Gibb of Atherton for enlightening me on the mystery of the three inch long "cartoon" caterpillar I stumbled across in St Helens Road recently. She says it could be the larva of the elephant hawk moth (deilephila elpenor
LOWTON went two goals up with two spectacular strikes from Bobby Hunt but Standish came back strongly with six on the trot by Chris Ochwat (3), David Aspinall (2) and Jonathan Hook. Shane Gregory got the third for Lowton, whose Man of the Match was Matthew
WHEN deregulation came to the electricity and gas industries politicians promised that the consumer would benefit from cheaper power and better service. But in the past few weeks we have heard that power prices face big rises and the era of so called
1st XV: Aspatria away, meet at 12.30 pm. 2nd XV: Wilmslow at home, meet at 1.15 pm. 3rd XV: Fylde away, meet at 1.00 pm. Tofts: Didsbury TocH away, meet at 1.00 pm. Vets: Aspull at home, meet at 1.45 pm.
OLD rivalries were renewed as newly promoted Boothstown U13s took on double winners Swinton Boys. Swinton Boys took an early lead after a defensive error but fought back to lead 2-1 at the interval thanks to a couple of goals from Andy Woodhouse. Woodhouse
I WOULD like to comment on your front page headline on Friday, September 10, "Totally Free." I think it's a disgrace that the people that we vote for at council elections to represent us and get allowances for doing this also want free passes for the
WITH reference to LET article 'Hells Highway' dated September 13, it seems strange that the section of road between the Windmill and the motorway junction doesn't have any speed cameras. Based upon the coroner's report if anywhere needs one then this
YOU ask whether Labour has failed us on crime (LET, September 8). Well, what haven't they failed us on? Labour took us to war and made the world a more dangerous place, whilst our very own regiments are being slashed. Our post offices are closing. Our
WITH all the recent hullabaloo about car parking, speed cameras, road rage and traffic wardens etc., I feel I must write with another grievance -- impatient lady drivers. Imagine my disbelief as I stopped at the box junction on Preston New Road, Blackburn
THREE members of a gang of 10 men who left a football fan from Leigh fighting for his life have been jailed for a total of six years. The Bolton Wanderers fans viciously attacked Steven Povah, aged 47, and assaulted two fellow Manchester United fans at
THE FINAL of the Powersound talent competition will be held at Radcliffe Civic Suite on Saturday after five weeks of heats. Singers Craig Worlsey, Becki Mellor and Emma-Jo reached the final from Friday's semi-final. This is the fifth time the competition
A NEW era swept through Ewood Park today as Mark Hughes was finally unveiled as manager of Blackburn Rovers. Football's worst-kept secret was confirmed late last night, with the former striker and current Wales manager taking control of team affairs with
A DISABLED and partially-sighted pensioner has slammed a power company for wrongly billing him for almost £4,000 - then threatening to send round the bailiffs. And John Macaulay, 67, claims the distress Npower are causing him and his wife, Kathleen, 60
AN AVID motor sport fan, who could become the next Colin McRae, has reached the semi-finals of a competition which could make his dream come true. Thirty-five year old James Loftus, of Douglas Road, Leigh, could soon be swapping his job in a high street
MANAGER Phil Starbuck has told Leigh RMI goalkeeper Ian Martin to 'get better or get out'. The young shot-stopper was vilified for his role in Aldershot's comeback at the weekend as the visitors recovered a 3-1 deficit to level in injury time despite
MARK Hughes was officially unveiled as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers today - and two of the most forward thinking coaches in football are set to follow him to Ewood Park. Rovers' 10 day search for a successor to Graeme Souness finally came to a
A THIEF who pinched a £10,000 excavator calmly asked police who were looking for him for directions, a court heard. Burnley magistrates heard how construction worker turned herion addict Stuart Jon Davey, 32, took the heavy plant from an isolated field
A DISABLED and partially-sighted pensioner has slammed a power company for wrongly billing him for almost £4,000 - then threatening to send round the bailiffs. And John Macaulay, 67, claims the distress Npower are causing him and his wife, Kathleen, 60
EAST Lancashire peer Lord Greaves and his Tory colleague Lord Waddington have launched a fierce new attack on government plans for a delay referendum on an elected regional assembly in the North West. Lib Dem Lord Greaves, who was re-elected to Pendle
IT all came down to the connection between a hit by Motown legend Edwin Starr and the name of a 1970s band. With the answer 'War', Barrowford's pop music buff Colin Duerdon got his very own top ten and achieved the ultimate accolade - Radio 2's Popmaster
FAMILIES and music lovers can be bowled over at Radcliffe Cricket Club's gala day. A fun day will be held on Sunday at the club on Unsworth Street, followed by a concert at night by local band Boy2One. Stalls, donkey rides and side shows can be enjoyed
POLICE officers in Radcliffe have launched a new scheme to tackle the number of burglaries in the town. Operation Fraser started last week in response to recent domestic burglary figures, even though they were on the decline. Inspector Steve Clark, from
Bygone Burnley, with SUSAN HALSTEAD EARLIER this year on August 4 we commemorated the beginning of the First World War. There is much material in the Local Studies collection of Burnley Reference Library which cannot be found elsewhere and highlights
COLNE teenager Hannah Aspin is living her dream of becoming a world famous singer. The 15-year-old has earned herself a place in the prestigious Halle Youth Choir and will be performing at the Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall next year. Hannah, a pupil
PENDLE peer Lord Tony Greaves has called on the Government to give more help to councils such as Pendle to deal with what he called "rotten tooth" houses - eyesore properties standing by the side of good homes. He was speaking in the House of Lords during
THE Cats Protection League will operate a neutering and advice unit at Leigh's ASDA store every Thursday in September.
STAFF at Asda's Leigh store are looking for sponsors for their 33 mile sponsored bike ride and hope customers will support them. Proceeds from the September 26 ride will go to Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Care.
INTERNATIONAL Rugby League stars Brian Carney of Wigan, and Tommy Martyn of Leigh are putting years of rivalry behind them to support the Wigan & Leigh Hospice '20k for 20k' walk around picturesque parts of the Borough on Sunday. Winger Carney said
SIXTH form students have the chance to accompany Leigh MP Andy Burnham on a trip to Auschwitz this autumn. Working with the Holocaust Educational Trust, Mr Burnham is launching a competition for students to submit a piece of written work on the relevance
A GROUP of dedicated volunteers is helping to plan a brighter future for Tyldesley and Astley...and literally thousands of residents can play their part. Tyldesley Community Planning Group wants to know what people think of their local services, and will
AN Oswaldtwistle relief worker who flew out to Jamaica to help people on the hurricane-hit island has spoken of the utter devastation it has caused. Speaking from the Caribbean island, Elaine Partridge, told how wave surges from the sea were still engulfing
AN historic gymnasium, donated to Leigh a century ago by the town's greatest benefactor, will spring back to life in time to celebrate the centenary of his death on October 5. Coach Jill Orrell will be handed the keys to the Marsh Gymnasium in Ullswater
AN AVID motor sport fan, who could become the next Colin McRae, has reached the semi-finals of a competition which could make his dream come true. Thirty-five year old James Loftus, of Douglas Road, Leigh, could soon be swapping his job in a high street
CONSUMER champs in Leigh have given their support to national calls to give cold callers the cold shoulder - once and for all. The Council's Trading Standards team has long been spearheading the fight to protect the public from the menace of rogue door
FIVE pupils from Stonyhurst College have spent their summer holiday building a refuge for orphaned girls in Kenya. The group travelled to Lodwa, in northern Kenya, and then made a four-hour truck journey to an encampment in the conflict-torn Lokitaung
BURNLEY'S worst fears have materialised following the news that Lee Roche could miss a month through injury. Roche pulled up with hamstring trouble near the end of Tuesday night's hard-fought goalless draw with Wigan Athletic. And the early signs are
A JUMBLE sale opens at 10am on Saturday, September 25 at Wigan and Leigh Carer's Centre and Pensioners Link, off Church Street in Leigh. Admission is free.
PEOPLE who wish to buy homes abroad can find out more when the Overseas Property Show takes place in the town later this month. The show, which has been organised by our sister paper the Bolton Evening News, will feature 35 developers who will offer advice
FORMER Leigh RL and Swinton prop Tau Liku was in devastating form as Leigh RU continued their good start to the season with a 66-7 hammering of Broughton Park. Leigh missed an early penalty chance but opened the scoring when No 8 Sutton drove from a scrum
Leigh East 24, Wigan St Judes 20: EAST'S erratic start to the National Conference season continued as they followed up an indifferent display at West Hull with a top class performance which brought to a halt St Judes unbroken opening sequence. East played
Local bragging rights belong to Leigh after this comprehensive victory against Tyldesley in this fiercely contested league fixture. The tone was set in the opening minute for Leigh as flanker Travers dumped the massive Tyldesley prop forward. From this
LEIGH CC moved up to fourth place in the league and made sure of their Lancashire Cup place next season by gaining a maximum 24 point haul as they triumphed over bottom of the table New Brighton and the weather to record a four- wicket win. Having won
MARK Hughes was officially unveiled as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers today - and two of the most forward thinking coaches in football are set to follow him to Ewood Park. Rovers' 10 day search for a successor to Graeme Souness finally came to a
BURNLEY'S worst fears have materialised following the news that Lee Roche could miss a month through injury. Roche pulled up with hamstring trouble near the end of Tuesday night's hard-fought goalless draw with Wigan Athletic. And the early signs are
MEMBERSHIPS are still available for Radcliffe under-18s club nights. Young people in the town will have the chance to meet new friends at the VIP club on Church Road West. The former Valentinos night spot has been transformed into a centre for the younger
THE devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan has left thousands of people in the Caribbean homeless. But one Radcliffe man is helping to pick up the pieces after marrying on the island of Grenada last year. David Roberts, and his wife Hayley, both aged 41
THE Cats Protection League will operate a neutering and advice unit at Leigh's ASDA store every Thursday in September.
A JUMBLE sale opens at 10am on Saturday, September 25 at Wigan and Leigh Carer's Centre and Pensioners Link, off Church Street in Leigh. Admission is free.
FORMER Alder Grange High School pupils in Rawtenstall are being invited back to class for a reunion party. Classes of 1962, 1963 and 1964 are being invited to get together for the first reunion event on Friday, October 15, to be held in the school. The
STAFF at Asda's Leigh store are looking for sponsors for their 33 mile sponsored bike ride and hope customers will support them. Proceeds from the September 26 ride will go to Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Care.
A TEENAGER who had been cooking eggs left a pan on the cooker and fell asleep upstairs -- waking to find smoke bellowing from the kitchen. Firefighters spent 20 minutes at Chaucer Grove, Atherton, from 11.30am after a neighbour spotted smoke coming from
TYLDESLEY Probus Club had a glimpse of life as a modern ambulanceman. Eddie Barlow, a Greater Manchester Ambulance Service paramedic and community liaison officer, told members about life in the service. When he started, learning was done on the job,
PEOPLE who wish to buy homes abroad can find out more when the Overseas Property Show takes place in the town later this month. The show, which has been organised by our sister paper the Bolton Evening News, will feature 35 developers who will offer advice
A WOMAN was indecently assaulted in her own home after she woke to find a man standing over her bed. The 55-year-old woman was asleep at her home near the Rope and Anchor pub, Atherton, between 1am and 3.30am on Sunday morning when the attacker struck
THE award winning Robert Brothers Famous Circusis to visit Leigh. The circus has been touring Great Britain for the past 60 years and will be coming to Lately Common, Glazebury. For eight years it also presented the Easter Circus and the Circus World
FORMER Leigh RL favourite Alan Hadcroft is calling on the game's fans to support a charity night . Alan, who now plays for Halifax, has helped organise a fund-raising night next Friday, September 24, at Leigh Legion to swell the coffers of a deserving
FAMILIES and music lovers can be bowled over at Radcliffe Cricket Club's gala day. A fun day will be held on Sunday at the club on Unsworth Street, followed by a concert at night by local band Boy2One. Stalls, donkey rides and side shows can be enjoyed
A NEW era swept through Ewood Park today as Mark Hughes was finally unveiled as manager of Blackburn Rovers. Football's worst-kept secret was confirmed late last night, with the former striker and current Wales manager taking control of team affairs with
A CONVICTED killer who mugged an elderly woman at knifepoint has been jailed for three years and nine months. Preston Crown Court was told the mugging would probably have remained unsolved had John Greenwood not made the confession at a hospital, where
DEFENCE chiefs have told MPs there is little chance of a rethink on the proposed army mergers which would lead to the abolition of the Queen Lancashire Regiment. But at a meeting yesterday they offered a token of comfort that the traditions, cap badge
TEENAGER Adam Pinder of Great Harwood was leading the way as East Lancs racing cyclists were bringing back trophies from across the country at the weekend. On Saturday the 14-year-old, a pupil of Norden school at Rishton, clocked fastest time in his age
HURRAH a new team captain has been appointed for my favourite sports quiz. Jockey Frankie Dettori has been replaced on A Question of Sport by cheeky world cup rugby star Matt Dawson. I'm afraid the Italian rider's childlike sense of humour grated on me
THE plethora of home makeover programmes on TV is getting to me. For 20 years I've been happy with my dark oak stained windows in the upstairs back bedroom. However, house doctoring must have got to me while I was off last week and I decided to brighten
RETIRED pharmacist Harry White agrees with me about the growing number of unnecessary signs appearing on our roads. He says a new one, like the one I mentioned previously, regarding parking being under the jurisdication of Wigan Metro, has appeared on
THERE'S some pains in hospital - if you'll pardon the expression. There's always someone on a ward who's a damned nuisance to both staff and fellow patients. They're usually self-centred loudmouths who like themselves and let everyone know it, the sort
I HAVE to thank Centurions' fans for answering Neil Blower's rallying call to the series of Leigh v Whitehaven games. It caught the attention of many readers and I don't know how much credit we can claim, but compared to the Hull KR match a week earlier
A WOMAN Hell's Angel accused of murdering a man while wearing a Scream mask told a jury her gun went off during a struggle. Heather Stephenson-Snell spoke for the first time about the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a man in Radcliffe. In
LEIGH RMI U10s were unlucky to come out with a defeat in their opening game of the season in the Bolton & Bury District Mini Soccer League against newly promoted Eagley Wanderers. The first half saw RMI play some excellent football but against the
HINDSFORD beat Tempest Utd 3-1 away in the first round of the Lancashire Shield on Saturday. Hindsford started well and created chances but it was the home team who took the lead against the run of play when they headed home from a free kick. Hindsford
LEIGH Athletic shared the spoils after a close fought game with a competetive East Manchester. In a tight first period no team gained control and the half ended scoreless with both teams having a goalbound effort cleared off the line. Leigh started the
