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  • Sloppy Leigh slip up again

    HUDDERSFIELD GIANTS 32, LEIGH CENTURIONS 22: Poor execution and even worse discipline cost the Centurions the chance of their first away victory of a torrid campaign. As Leigh battled back in the second half to give themselves sniff of victory, they ruined

  • Tractor crash halts traffic

    A CRASH involving a tractor and a car brought traffic to a halt on the A580 East Lancashire Road at Leigh. The 87-year-old tractor driver was thrown from the vehicle after it was in collision with a Fiat Punto at th Greyhound roundabout at 3.30pm on Monday

  • Centurions move for St Helens star

    CENTRE Chris Rhys Jones, aged 23, St Helens' recent cross-code recruit from Sale Sharks, has been loaned to Super League strugglers Leigh Centurions to gain experience of the 13-man code.

  • Murder charge...

    A 49-YEAR-OLD man was due to appear in court today accused of murdering a teenager. John Butterworth, of Water Street, Accrington, was charged following the death of 19-year-old Daniel James Freeston. Mr Freeston was discovered with a serious head injury

  • Lauren's killer covered in blood

    THE killer of 10-year-old Lauren Pilkington-Smith would have been heavily blood-stained after her murder, detectives have revealed. The Leigh schoolgirl, who was found battered to death in thick undergrowth just yards from her home, was killed in a "violent