- Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider
- Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Police probe Ferdinand package
- Farmer jailed over rotting animals
- Judges bid to speed up hacking case
- Burglary victim died of injuries
- Police perjury retrial 'unlikely'
- Face of man who helped escapee
- Two charged over decapitated body
- 350 steel redundancies 'disastrous'
- Crimewatch leads on jail van escape
- Britain braced for cold weather
- Father slams Winehouse catwalk show
- Olympics baby rule an anomaly: Coe
- Implants chief faces French charges
- Bonus for RBS boss sparks debate
- Housing market 'to remain subdued'
- Voters opt for elected mayor system
- Two quizzed over decapitation death
- Concerns raised on police phone use
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News
Bus station signs farce
Mystery surrounds whether Chorley bus station’s computerised timetables are on or off.
Temporary reprieve for turbine row
Residents in Eccleston have been given a temporary reprieve over plans to build a 11kW wind turbine on a farm.
Bidders line up for caravan site
Bidders are lining up to buy the Chorley base of a collapsed caravan dealer.
Sport
Get your tickets for Chester
CHORLEY FC officials are urging fans to get their tickets early for next week’s eagerly-anticipated promotion clash with Chester FC.
Bromilow is Lancs skipper
BILL Bromilow has been elected Lancashire County captain for a fifth successive year.
Pitches info now on Twitter
Footballers in Chorley can now find out whether council pitches are fit to play at the weekend by following @Chorley Council on Twitter
Game on with U12 teams switching to Wigan
Euxton under 12s switched their game to Wigan in order to get the game played.
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 Chorley
Friday 27 January 2012
Today
Heavy sleet showers
Temperature: -1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: -1 C to 4 C
Wind Speed: 6 mph
Wind direction: North west
