THE Alzheimer’s Society is in need of volunteers to help at a collection day. It is taking place at Tesco Extra in Leigh on August 30 from 10am until 4pm. For more details email Helen.cannell@alzheimers .org.uk or call 01925 572250.
TESTS to see whether the area around Glazebury, Astley Moss and up to Boothstown could hold shale gas have been cancelled. Tesla, the company due to conduct the testing on behalf of IGas – which could have brought the highly controversial process
Our pet of the week has travelled half way around the world. Zoe Goddard, from Leigh, sent in this picture of seven-year-old golden retriever Bailey. She also owns four-year-old dachshund Oliver and Marley, a one-year-old kitten. Zoe said:
EVERY sane person in this country should say no to the HS2 train. The cost will be well over 100 billion pounds. The route will cut through and permanently destroy large swathes of countryside including national parks and ancient woodland. Nothing
THE other day I walked from my house on Sale Lane, Tyldesley, to Boothstown. At the traffic lights at the East Lancs Road, there is a Texaco filling station. As I still needed my daily paper, I walked to the filling station to see if they had
AS promised, I can reveal good news for the residents of Tyldesley. With self-perseverance and great help from the council’s access committee and Lynda Singleton from the Disability Working Group, we have secured funds for the complete refurbishment
FOUR buses every hour. Does this mean four all at the same time as usual? There was nothing wrong with Leigh buses to Manchester in the first place. It is Wigan to Manchester that is at fault. People go out at 6.30am and do not get home until
ONCE again the Labour-controlled council plans to hit the most vulnerable people in our society, with the planned closure of day centres. This is the council that closed Mere Oaks, Two Porches, the Orchard Centre and others claiming it was for
WELL it was an accident waiting to happen when a gran’s dog was attacked by a dog running loose in a public place, such as happened this week at Damhouse. When will dog owners act responsibly and keep their animals on a lead? The pond at Damhouse
A LEIGH man has been charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run. Martyn Jones, also known as Martyn O’Neil, aged 39, of Cameron Street, Leigh, was arrested following an incident in Wigan Road, Deane, on Friday where a pedestrian suffered
AN AMBITIOUS reimaging of Romeo and Juliet is to be performed in Manchester’s Victoria Baths. The production has been created by HOME, an organisation formed by a merger between Manchester’s Library Theatre Company and Cornerhouse, and will be
A DANCE company is holding free taster sessions for children in August. As the summer holidays get under way, LUDAS dance has joined forces with Trust in Leigh to hold three workshops in the Turnpike before giving children the opportunity to audition
A THEATRE has announced details of its new season as it celebrates eight nominations at the Greater Manchester Drama Federation Awards Dinner. Tyldesley Little Theatre came away with runner-up awards for directors Paul Ward for Humble Boy, Andrew
THERE have been some new arrivals at Gilded Hollins Primary School. Pupils at the Leigh school have learnt all about how to hatch and look after ducklings by hatching some of their own. They hatched two ducklings called Cecil and Waddle from
CENTURIONS boss Paul Rowley knows his side will have to deal with NRL quality if they are to overcome Rochdale Hornets at Spotland on Sunday, 3pm. Leigh recovered from their first Championship defeat of the season with a win over Keighley on Saturday
A NEW project that hopes to bring a burst of colour to Leigh will launch next week. Our Art Neighbourhood, a programme of visual arts workshops, will be launched by Leigh Neighbours on Tuesday in the Civic Square from 11am until 3pm. There
A NUMBER of long serving teachers have waved goodbye to their schools as retirement beckons. In fact, there are 27 teachers from the east of the borough who are heading for retirement having served a combined total of 801 years as teachers in the
