A CHURCH is holding a coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event, at St Richard’s Parish Centre on Crabtree Lane in Atherton, is taking place on Tuesday, 10am until noon. Admission is £2 including coffee and cake, with various stalls
Advertisement featureChanges are afoot at Brookendale Sales & Lettings, which is now under new ownership.The new directors, Adam Balmer and Christopher Wilcock MRICS, are both local businessmen with extensive experience in the property industry.Adam
A COUNCILLOR has said he will not be bullied into resigning after a petition was launched calling for him to do so. Calls were made for Clr Robert Bleakley to resign after he was found to have run up a £2,418 phone bill on his authority mobile
A MAN accused of manslaughter appeared for the first time at Liverpool Crown Court today, Wednesday. William Lynch, of Morseby Close, Leigh, is accused of unlawfully killing 62-year-old Derek Alexander Szostok. Mr Szostok was found badly injured
FIREFIGHTERS entered a derelict building in Tyldesley in order to ensure there was no one inside. They were called to the three-storey building on Upper George Street at 9.04pm last night, Tuesday. Crews from Atherton, Leigh, Bolton and Farnworth
THE stars of a new film are celebrating its release by holding a live question and answer session, to be screened in cinemas across the country this weekend. Al Pacino will be joined by co-star Jessica Chastain for the Q&A which will be hosted
A LITTLE theatre is feeling a little bit out of focus. Tyldesley Little Theatre’s 2014/15 season will open on September 30 with a cleverly crafted comedy. Out of Focus by Peter Gordon is set in the annexe of a church hall, where a series of
A DANCE phenomenon is heading for Manchester’s Opera House. With an incredible two decades of global success since Riverdance first burst into the public’s heart at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1994, it is a chance for Manchester audiences
WE were inundated with responses following last week’s front page story, ‘Is it time for you to resign?’ Here are some of your letters: I am disgusted that this man cannot be sacked. I am sure the people who voted him in are cringing regarding
LAST week, Clr Robert Bleakley, ward member for Tyldesley, caused outrage after he was found guilty of using his council-issued phone to call sex lines and send inappropriate text messages of a sexual and sexist nature. In doing so, he racked up
AFTER a successful league season, Leigh Miners Rangers Ladies have progress to the play-offs semi finals. A comeback victory against Oulton, a team they narrowly beat in the league a few weeks ago, leaves them one step from the final. Preparation
WHEN I saw a kind-hearted lady clearing the rubbish up on the footpath around Holy Family school I decided to get my complaints in print. The council has resurfaced this path, put two rubbish bins on it, and what happens? The land next to the
FOLLOWING the announcement in last week’s Journal regarding the extended closure of Hough Lane and proposed closure of Astley Street to facilitate the construction of the guided busway, I am writing to express my concerns over the total lack of consideration
ASTLEY and Tyldesley Cycle Speedway Club's young guns put in a great showing to record a comfortable win against Glasgow in a Northern League Division Two match at Gin Pit. The Scots, making their first trip to Astley , found themselves 46-21 down
OUR pet of the week had a traumatic early life. Carla Holloway, from Hindley, has had 18-month-old Bella, a labrador and springer spaniel cross, for a year. She said: “We got her from an old lady who had become too nervous to walk her after
AN open day is being held by Butts Bridge Tenants and Residents Association. The event is being held at the new gym park at Dootsons Park in Butts Street in Leigh and will include enertainment such as a brass band, bouncy castle, DJ, face painting
WORK is underway to create Atherton’s ‘riviera’. The diggers have rolled in to Victoria Mill in order to clear out the two disused lodges, reservoirs of water that were once used to power the mill's steam engines. One of the lodges will be
