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  • Pet of the week

    Our pet of the week is a fan of dressing up. Russell and Audrey Redford from Westleigh sent in this picture of Evie Mae, their 11-month-old maltipoo — a cross between a Maltese and a Poodle. They said: "She loves dressing up and nothing more than

  • Labour hurt the NHS

    THE NHS crisis is the government’s doing? Let me remind you it was Labour who shut Leigh infirmary, this causes more people to go to the Royal Bolton for A&E. It is easier to go to the Royal Bolton than go to Wigan for the people of Atherton

  • There are too many greens

    I HAVE to agree with Pat Lycett regarding the new estate, Astley Green on the Letters page, January 22. It’s absurd to have two, mail will go astray for a start. We’ve loads if Greens round here. Green Ave, Green Lane, Higher and Lower Green, Marshland

  • Pick up your pet’s mess

    WE HAVE heard many complaints regarding the guided bus route of late, rightly so. However, one of the main downsides to this bus lane is the fact that most dog lovers seem to have taken it on themselves to use Tyldesley Cemetery and Tyldesley Park

  • Speaking up for England

    IN RESPONSE to Christine Robert’s Labour Party supporter letter. I find comments regarding the English Democrats living in the past very interesting compared to her Labour Party. Let’s just compare a couple of items. We want an English

  • Candidate to run for seat

    THE letters pages of the Journal are generally full of notices of dissatisfaction with our council, whether it is centred on the hated busway or with planning decisions the reflection is that there is unease with the way we are being governed.

  • Busway will stall traffic

    LAST week I had an experience of what the East Lancs Road will be like when the guided busway is opened. I spent a day in Swinton and I decided to come home to Astley via the East Lancs Road. I joined it at Moorside Road, Swinton, and from

  • Housing development recognised for sustainability

    A HOUSING development on a former colliery site in Leigh has been received an award for its pioneering green design. The Pennington Wharf development is being built on land once occupied by Bickershaw colliery, which closed in 1992. Leigh MP

  • Battersby hat-trick as Collieries motor on

    GOAL star Mark Battersby took his total for the season to 41 with a hat-trick as Atherton Collieries stayed top of the North West Counties League First Division with a 3-1 win at Eccleshall on Saturday.High-flying Collieries, who had won their previous

  • End of an era for hospital trolley ladies

    A VOLUNTEER-run shop and a cafe at Leigh Infirmary have been closed. The shop and trolley service in the main hospital and a café at Leigh Health Centre run by the Royal Voluntary Service, formerly the WRVS, have been shut since Friday. Following