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  • Homebuilder offering donations to good causes

    A HOMEBUILDER is offering the opportunity for three good causes in the borough to receive £500 each. Taylor Wimpey is inviting the community to let them know which groups, organisations or individuals they think are deserving of a helping hand

  • Metal thieves strike again as more grid covers are stolen

    MORE metal grid covers have been stolen from roads in the borough – and taxpayers will again be asked to pay to have them replaced. Thieves have again targeted heavy drainage gullies, with 16 covers taken from Spring View and Ince. Each one

  • Double killer back behind bars

    A DOUBLE killer has been sent back to jail for breaching his licence conditions. Darren Pilkington killed his 19-year-old girlfriend Carly Fairhurst, from Hindley, in 2006 after pushing her down a flight of stairs. He was convicted of manslaughter

  • Woman banned after being 4 times over drink driving limit

    A WOMAN has been banned after being four times over the drink driving limit. Kerrie Daltrey, of Meadow Walk, Tyldesley was over the limit when she was behind the wheel of a car on Holden Road in Leigh on December 8. The 48-year-old was disqualified