- Welch wins Celebrity Big Brother
- Homeowners 'pay less than tenants'
- Cleric warns against gay marriage
- Three held after bank occupied
- Police probe Ferdinand package
- Government record on racism slammed
- NHS faces 'peril' if plans derail
- Welfare protesters plan occupation
- Man killed in 'road rage' attack
- Two charged over decapitated body
- Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Farmer jailed over rotting animals
- Burglary victim died of injuries
- Police perjury retrial 'unlikely'
- Face of man who helped escapee
- Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider
- 350 steel redundancies 'disastrous'
- Crimewatch leads on jail van escape
- Britain braced for cold weather
- Father slams Winehouse catwalk show
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News
Bicycle lights handed out
Over 100 bicycle lights have been handed out to cyclists in Croston, Bretherton and Ulnes Walton in a bid to keep them safe on the county’s roads.
‘Smell hell’ waste firm bids to end residents’ nightmare
A new team has been brought in to tackle smells at a Leyland waste plant – as it has been revealed more than £1.2m has been pumped into trying to plug the problem.
Parties and parks will mark Queen’s Jubilee
Celebrations are planned across Lancashire to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
A Disney farewell for battling Katy
A young girl whose battle with a brain tumour touched the hearts of thousands of people will have a funeral fit for a Disney princess.
Sport
Kemp’s European target
Figure skater Stacey Kemp has been selected to represent Great Britain at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2012.
Crowe praises young troops
BAMBER Bridge FC boss Neil Crowe believes his side are showing the essential qualities needed to challenge at the top of the Evostik First Division North.
Lifestyle
Book review: Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Our Times by Sarah Bradford
The Abdication crisis, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the Swinging Sixties, the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall ... not since Queen Victoria has a British monarch lived through a period of such momentous events and profound change.
Book review: The Istanbul Puzzle by Laurence O’Bryan
You don’t need to have visited the ancient and mysterious city of Istanbul to soak up the terrific atmosphere in Laurence O’Bryan’s superb debut novel.
Book review: The Child Inside by Suzanne Bugler
Since she lost her stillborn daughter ten years ago, Rachel Morgan has felt herself to be outside life, looking in.
Book review: Selection of Macmillan Children’s Books
As a new school term gets underway, the youngest members of the family are heading off to the library to find the pick of the new crop of books.
Book review: Paranormal Lancashire by Daniel Codd
They pride themselves on being an ‘ordinary’ lot in Lancashire but that doesn’t mean they don’t have the odd skeleton – and maybe even a ghost or two – rattling around in their history.
Community
Restaurant review - New Seasons, Chorley
It’s not every day that ROBERT KELLY has his family over so he took them out for a lunchtime meal.
Gordon Burns celebrates with school children
Burns night took on a whole different meaning in Chorley this week when a TV personality became the guest quizmaster at an annual competition.
Can you help with history of Buckshaw Village?
Residents of Chorley are being asked to help with a special commemoration project.
New year jobs boost at Market Walk
THE New Year has brought new job joy for a group of hard working Christmas temps at a busy Chorley bargain store.
Linda returns to market stall
A POPULAR Chorley grandmother, who spent months looking for work, has decided to open her own market stall.
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Weather for Leyland
Saturday 28 January 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 1 C to 6 C
Wind Speed: 6 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: South east
