- Towns regeneration contest launched
- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
- 1,000 people expected in marches
- Search on for 'cruise-fall' Briton
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
- Five held in Syria embassy protest
- Rhyming plea over library closures
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
- John Terry loses England captaincy
- Redknapp has 'back to the wall'
- No pub assault charge for Downing
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News
Rottweiler saved from fire
A Rottweiler dog was rescued from a fire at a commercial premises in Euxton last night (Thursday).
‘I kept my £70k fraud a secret from husband’
A tearful mum who stole nearly £200,000 from her bosses to help fund her wedding and “costly” lifestyle has told a court her husband had no idea she was a thief.
‘Shamed’ residents demand apology
Residents in Euxton are demanding a public apology after a parish council was found to have breached the Data Protection Act.
Grandad Jim’s Traditional Sweet Shoppe comes to town
Andrew Dickinson is like a kiddie in a sweetshop.
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£100,000 fund in town’s smell hell
A £100,000 fund will be made available to residents who have been plagued by smells leaking from a Leyland waste plant.
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
Show review: Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour 2012
I’ve always wanted to be a Strictly Come Dancing judge. This week, my prayers were answered.
Restaurant review: Antonello’s, Leyland
Kay Taylor enjoyed a cheap visit to the secretive Antonello’s in Leyland
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.
Community
Major re-fit at iconic toy shop
It’s a case of out with the old and in with the new at a Chorley toy shop.
Fond memories of Park Road Methodist Church
Following the news that Park Road Methodist Church is set to be demolished, Flashback has dug through the archives to find photos of its past as a tribute to the much-loved building and congregations.
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.
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Weather for Leyland
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Heavy sleet
Temperature: 2 C to 4 C
Wind Speed: 22 mph
Wind direction: South east
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 4 C to 7 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: West
