LUCKY Marion Marsh has scooped a lottery jackpot twice in 12 months. Even though the sum total is only £1,250 from the Wigan and Leigh Hospice game it has changed her life! Marion, 64, who is urging Leigh people to play the local lottery and help the
CHURCH bells, laser lights, fireworks and a town crier announced the beginning of the festive season in Leigh. And the nation's top comedian Ken Dodd once again did the honours at Leigh Town Hall turning on an amazing light display last Thursday night
A HOUSE festooned with Christmas lights has been dedicated to the memory of cancer sufferer Joe Doherty. For the second year Hindley Green couple Norma and Vinnie Corcoran organised a switch-on at their Lulworth Road home to honour their friend and raise
POLICE, transport chiefs and Wigan Council have launched a pioneering scheme to kick criminals off buses. The first Public Transport Policing Unit in Greater Manchester was launched at Leigh Bus Station. The £138,000 unit consisting of a liveried vehicle
THE leader of Leigh's Business Working Academy aims to attract the town's T-shirt bosses -- hard-working, hands-on small businessmen. Chairman Richard Waterfield, who is passionate about training and personal development, is delighted at the success of
LEIGH MP Andy Burnham will hold Saturday (Dec 6) advice surgeries at: Church Lane community centre, Lowton (9.30-10.30am) Atherton Town Hall, Bolton Road (10.45-11.45am) and Leigh Advice Centre, 10 Market Street (noon-1pm).
ATHERTON Salvation Army raised £400 from a Christmas fair at the Dorset Road Community Centre last month and wish to thank everyone who helped to make it such a great success. All the proceeds will support work in the local community. Colouring competition
lFUND raisers at a prize bingo night collected a £979 jackpot to help cancer sufferers. The event organised by Leigh and Wigan branch of the Christie's Against Cancer group member Maureen Thorpe at her coffee shop in The Owl'd Barn at Laurel Nurseries
nA THEATRE school is offering free drama sessions to budding young Leigh actors and actresses in a bid to recruit a new crop of performers for a Sunday service. Liverpool's Black Box has been running a Saturday school since August 2000 and is seeking
THE family and friends of a six-years-old boy being treated for a rare form of disease are to row a marathon for children's cancer charities. The event in support of Jacob Marsden, who is being treated for Non Hodgkin's acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, takes
HALL the eights could mean two fat turkeys for lucky bingo players at Sacred Heart Catholic Club in Swan Lane at Hindley Green. Turkeys, chickens and spirits are top prizes at the Christmas bingo sessions which start at 8pm on Wednesdays December 10 and
VETERAN indoor rower Herbert Leah has collected a British Championship title from the five times legendary Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave. The 75-years-old Tyldesley sportsman raced to a gold medal in the closely contested men's 75-79 lightweight
CHILDREN receiving trendy new powered scooters for Christmas may be driving straight into trouble with the law. Council chiefs have warned that these electric or petrol-powered scooters, which can reach 35mph, come under the same category as regular motorbikes
PUBBERS and clubbers are being urged to keep a close eye on their drinks following the shocking national rise in drink-spiking incidents. Wigan and Leigh Community Safety Partnership and Leigh Town Centre Pub and Club Watch Scheme are fronting the campaign
