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Ormskirk residents protest against plans to turn bungalow site into block of flats

NEIGHBOURS in Aughton Street have reacted angrily to a proposed planning application.Read

Teenager accused of killing baby daughter says he was not at fault

A TEENAGER accused of killing his baby daughter broke down in tears as he was cross-examined on the events leading up to her death.Read

Results in on residents’ Halsall Park vote

RESIDENTS have voted for the top three improvements they want to see at a local park in Ormskirk.Read

New youth room opens at St Anne’s Parish Centre

FOLLOWING months of hard work and effort the new ‘amplify’ youth room at St Anne’s parish centre has been officially opened.Read

Carers Poverty Protest petition handed to 10 Downing Street

SOUTH Ribble MP David Borrow handed a Carers Poverty Protest petition in to 10 Downing Street last week.Read

Mayoral Meanderings: 14/03/10

WE started the week off with a Charity meal, courtesy of O’Este restaurant in Ormskirk.Read

Parking charges may be scrapped at Ormskirk hospital

TRANSPORT bosses are against plans to abolish “resented” car parking charges at Ormskirk and Southport hospitals.Read

Message in a Bottle scheme could prove a lifeline to West Lancs residents dependent on medication

AN INGENIOUS campaign to help quickly administer medicine to sick West Lancs residents has been relaunched.Read

Wonder mum Wendy wins a £200 makeover in The Beauty Rooms of Ormskirk Mother’s Day competition

WONDER mum Wendy Anderson from Skelmersdale wins a £200 makeover courtesy of The Beauty Rooms of Ormskirk.Read

West Lancashire Council chooses Cllr Rob Bailey as its new Deputy Mayor

A COUNCLLOR with 10 year’s experience has been nominated to be West Lancashire’s deputy mayor.Read

Woodlands Primary School pupils enjoy a trip around the Procter and Gamble site in Skelmersdale

INTERNATIONAL firm Procter & Gamble invited Woodland Community Primary schoolchildren to enjoy a tour of its base at Skelmersdale’s Pimbo Industrial Estate.Read

Half marathon excitement in West Lancashire

WEST Lancashire, and Ormskirk in particular, has never experienced anything quite like the events of the Sunday afternoon of March 6, 1983, the day of the half marathon.Read

Death of Mersey soldiers was ‘unlawful’

THE families of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan said lessons had to be learned after a coroner ruled they were “unlawfully killed” because of failings in their training and equipment.Read

St Helens teenager tells court he loved baby daughter he’s accused of killing

A TEENAGE dad accused of killing his seven-week-old daughter has told a court he loved her and “didn’t do anything” to hurt her.Read

Four people cut from car after crash with lorry in Ormskirk

FOUR people had to be cut from a car when it collided with a lorry in the early hours of this morning.Read

Merseyside gang suspected of raiding golf clubs across the UK

A SUSPECTED Liverpool gang have stolen £750,000 of top-end equipment from golf clubs all over the country.Read

Merseyside gang suspected of raiding golf clubs across the UK

A SUSPECTED Liverpool gang have stolen £750,000 of top-end equipment from golf clubs all over the country.Read

Merseyside gang suspected of raiding golf clubs across the UK

A SUSPECTED Liverpool gang have stolen £750,000 of top-end equipment from golf clubs all over the country.Read

Wirral killer Gary Finlay loses appeal against 25-year prison sentence

THE man who murdered a Merseyside dad in the street and left his son critically injured will serve all of his 25 years in prison.Read

Burscough teenager dies after being injured in crash

A TEENAGER died after being run over by a suspected stolen car.Read

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