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  • Medieval Merseyside focus of next U3A talk

    PAGAN and Medieval Merseyside is the subject of the next talk for Leigh and District U3A tomorrow, Friday. Ken Pye will give the talk at Leigh Miners Welfare Institute at 1pm. Admission is £1 including refreshments. For more information, call

  • Mum’s thank you for saving baby Leo

    A MUM whose son was born nine weeks early has organised a family fun day to thank the doctors and nurses who saved his life. Jo Cargill was only 31 weeks’ pregnant when a scan revealed that baby Leo Yates wasn’t growing and she was rushed for an

  • Rowley not taking anything for granted

    LEIGH Centurions coach Paul Rowley insists his side will not take anything for granted as they seek a first Grand Final win in 10 years. Centurions, who last won a Grand Final when they beat Whitehaven in 2004, finished 15 points ahead of Featherstone

  • Coffee morning raises thousands in memory of Pennington mum

    A COFFEE morning organised by a mum who lost a 19-year battle with cancer has raised more than £4,000. Sue Hall, from Pennington, died aged 68 on August 2 before the event she had been planning with her friend Margaret Hamilton — in the hope of

  • Gym advice on offer for new park equipment

    EXERCISE advice and demonstrations will be on offer to mark the arrival of new gym equipment at a Leigh park. Pensioners Link have organised an afternoon event which will include exercise tasters on the new equipment as well as old fairground games

  • Warning after horse is shot on Leigh farm

    A HORSE required surgery after it was shot as it grazed in a field. Sally, 21, was discovered on September 16 with a deep wound in her back by her owner Christine Wakefield on her farm in Leigh. Christine resulted to borrowing a friends metal