A MODERN health and fitness suite has opened at Howe Bridge Leisure Centre as part of the £2.9m transformation of the site.Customers can now take advantage of a new 80-station gym, sauna and steam room, indoor cycling studio, studio for group exercise
A TEENAGER suffered a fractured skull after being beaten up outside a nightclub in Leigh.The 18-year-old was punched in the side of the head outside Pulp bar in Railway Road.A man walked up behind him at about 5am on Sunday, August 16 and punched him
A WOMEN'S charity is opening its door to men for its next meeting when former rugby player Allan Jones will be the guest speaker. Aglow Leigh, a Christian ministry, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, has returned to holding its twice
ASTLEY & Tyldesley Cycle Speedway had five riders competing in the third National Round of the British Youth & Junior League series at Bury on Saturday.Reece Pollitt dropped just one point in the u-17 qualifiers to make it through to the Grand Prix A
MINERS Rangers sealed a 40-10 win at West Hull to move level on points with league leaders Rochdale Mayfield, with a game in hand offering them the opportunity to seize outright leadership of the NCL Premier when they play their catch-up match at home
Leigh Centurions 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 17MILLER time left a bitter taste in home mouths after Leigh again failed to open their Middle 8s win account going down 17-16 to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.Australian half back Jacob Miller touched down
LEIGH will be without forward Kurt Haggerty when they resume their battle for Super League status next month.But the loss of their 26-year-old second rower could be tempered by the return from injury of Gareth Hock.Haggerty must serve a two-game ban for
FOOTBALL fans up and down the country got to see their heroes playing in their new replica kits as the new Premier League season kicked off recently. However, it is not just Manchester United and Arsenal who are wearing different strips this season!Atherton
TYLDESLEY Water Polo and Swimming Club trio Imogen Bailey, Jodie Gittins and Jessica Sloan had a successful trip to the ASA National Championships.Imogen and Jodie were competing at the nationals for the first time and were not overawed by the experience.Jessica
ATHERTON Collieries returned to winning ways with a 4-3 victory against Maine Road on Monday night.Colls took the lead in the 16th minute when a Road defender was adjudged to have handled in the box following a melee. Ace goalscorer Mark Battersby returning
A YOUNG mum was told she had anxiety — but was actually suffering from a rare chronic disorder and is in need of a heart transplant. The family of Louise Grimshaw, aged 20, say doctors at Leigh Family Practice told her to take salt tablets and
