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  • School honours retired vicar

    The Rev Terence Hargreaves-Stead, who recently retired as Vicar of St Paul's, Westleigh, was honoured at an informal reception at Westleigh High School. Friends including pupils, governors past and present, local authority representatives and staff thanked

  • Green light for 135-room hotel

    PLANNING consent has been given for the construction of a new 135-room hotel at Leigh Sports Village. Brussels based Rezidor Hotel Group has signed up to build one of its Park Inn hotels on the 80 acre site, ideally located halfway between Manchester

  • Canon's new book to set you thinking

    RETIRED clergyman Canon Alan Gawith has published a new thought-provoking book. Thinking From the Edge is the latest work from the Leigh-based honorary Canon of Manchester Cathedral. The former social responsibility officer for the Manchester diocese

  • Centurions role for Eccleston

    LEIGH Centurions have appointed Gary Eccleston as Player Performance Manager. In a coaching career spanning 18 years, Eccleston, inset, has been a county coach, North west Regional Camp manager, and player and community coach development officer, as

  • Harriers keep up medal pace

    LEIGH Harriers' athletes ran outstandingly well when representing Wigan schools in the Greater Manchester Schools' cross country championships at Marple. They won a gold, a bronze and four silver medals plus a team silver - and four runners qualified