A GRIEF stricken stepfather kissed his 'ideal daughter' goodbye the last time he saw her – before she was killed by a pack of savage dogs. Jade Lomas-Anderson was staying at friend Kimberley Concannon's the night before she died, aged 14, in Chaucer
DEREK Beaumont says these are exciting times for Leigh Centurions and their supporters. Centurions’ head of rugby is full of anticipation for the new-format 2015 season after the fixtures were announced this week. The champions will open the
A SUPPORT meeting for people suffering from or affected by osteoporosis will be held in Hindley tomorrow, Friday. The Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Osteoporosis Support Group will host speaker Julia Thompson, who is a helpline nurse, at St Peter’s Pavilion
A MOTORIST whose driving caused the death of a taxi driver and his young woman passenger wept in a court dock as he admitted responsibility. Through his tears Dean Farrimond pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of Kenneth Grimshaw and Emma Houghton
A GANG has been jailed for a total of 24 years for a cross-border crime spree that saw cars stolen to raid homes and businesses in violent daylight robberies. Greater Manchester Police say the four-man robbery gang 'terrorised' Leigh and Warrington
I WAS most surprised to read a recent article by shadow health secretary Andy Burnham where he said that when he goes to watch his son playing rugby in Leigh, the main thing people talk to him about is about immigration. That surprised me as I
I AM writing in response to the current issues related to the guided busway. I have lived on Sale Lane since 2003 and traffic has always been congested in the morning. My commute to work is exactly 12 miles to Moss Side and if I left before
AS you reported, we keep being told: “When the works are complete there will be a minimum of two lanes for general traffic in each direction on the East Lancs. We are building a new lane wherever we can, and only using the existing road where there
I WONDER how many people believe Andy Burnham when he says he is behind the constituents. I agree with him that we are all fair-minded but where was he when we were all saying that we did not want the busway in the first place? He wasn’t behind
I’M writing to thank those readers who took part in the first bus priority Q&A on Twitter last week. We planned to hold a one-hour session between 5-6pm and I was more than happy to extend it to 7pm in response to demand. I hope people
REGARDING all this traffic disruption for this bus route – what I want to know is who is going to pay my loss of earnings because I have to leave work 10 minutes early every day so I can get to school in time to pick up my children? Up to now we
FOURWAYS Day Centre in Tyldesley and Heathside Day Centre in Leigh will close, Wigan Council has confirmed. The plans were approved by the council’s cabinet meeting as part of an overhaul of adult social care in the borough. The council says
A SPEND of £68m for just 4.5 miles, c,mon! Who in their right mind has sanctioned that? Just think what that would buy this town. And it’s not rocket science is it. Will the existing bus service to Manchester finish and is it the same
WHEN Betty Musker turns 104 tomorrow (October 24), she will be handed nearly 5,000 cards wishing her a happy birthday. The cards have been sent from as far away as Hong Kong and America and the 103-year-old great great grandmother even received
A MASSIVE million pound drug dealing operation masterminded by a Leigh man was smashed by police following a six month investigation. At Manchester Crown Court 31-year-old James Close, of Cloisters Avenue, Leigh, was jailed for 13 years and nine
