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Werewolf workshops led by author
PUPILS at a Leigh secondary school were inspired by a visit from a leading fantasy author.
Staff ahead of the game
STAFF at a Leigh law firm will be wearing hats to raise money for a brain injury charity.
Carers needing better support
Bolton West MP Julie Hilling is calling for better support for the UK’s six million unpaid carers
Residential exercise
A HOUSING association is launching its own fitness activities for sheltered home residents.
Night belongs to Labour
LABOUR was resurgent in last week’s council elections yet Independent, Lib Dem and Conservatives hung on to seats on the Leigh side of the borough.
Community
A festival of jigsaw puzzles
A THREE day festival held last year, when over 500 completed jigsaws were collected with scores on display, is being repeated this year.
Humour to help Hospice
A POPULAR folk musician’s band will play a night of Lancashire tunes and humour to raise money for Wigan and Leigh Hospice.
Worth braving the wet weather
Formby Hall, Atherton was the venue for Wingates Band second Sunday Matinee Concert on Sunday.
Prince’s Trust recruitment
The Groundwork’s Prince’s Trust team in Leigh is looking to recruit people to join its programme starting next week (Tuesday, May 8).
Your Letters
A minimum booze price would work
Having been in the brewing industry all of my working life, I have followed with interest the debate over the plan, now introduced in Scotland, to impose a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
Fostering made nice and easy
In these days of gloom and doom that a general recession brings to most of us I wanted to tell your readers a happy and incredibly worthwhile story.
Inflated ideas about what we pay to EU
FOR years, UKIP has made wild claims about how much it costs Britain to be a member of the EU.
We need to believe in the free market
We are back in recession, officially. The Treasury is briefing that it is because of the European Union, to which 40 % of our exports go because it is barely growing.
I’m no moaner, I can still pay my own way
AFTER living through lean and worrying times before and during the War, my husband and I both left school at 14.
Announcements
James Rogers : Obituary
Published in the Leigh Reporter on 29 March 2012
Elena Wayward : Birthday
Published in the Leigh Reporter on 23 February 2012
Margaret Turner : Obituary
Published in the Leigh Reporter on 12 January 2012
Maureen Harris : Memorial
Published in the Leigh Reporter on 15 December 2011
Ryan Patrick Daly : 21st birthday
Published in the Leigh Reporter on 29 September 2011
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Monday 21 May 2012
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