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West Lancashire-based Flavourfresh wins national growers award

BANKS-based tomato specialists Flavourfresh have won the Horticulture Week magazine’s salad grower of the year award.Read

Ormskirk smear test lab analysis to move from Southport

WOMEN in Ormskirk have been promised they will receive the results of smear tests within a fortnight.Read

500 people flock to see firearms display at Rufford Old Hall

THE GUNS came out at Rufford Old Hall – around 500 people flocking to see the historic collection of firearms.Read

Burscough FC saved from extinction by paying tax bill

A NON-LEAGUE football club was saved from extinction at the eleventh hour after paying off its tax bill.Read

World famous pianist John Lill to perform at Parbold Village Hall

A WORLD renowned and award winning pianist is to present a Beethoven concert at Parbold Village Hall in March.Read

Kelly Shirley dance school sisters chosen as models

TWO YOUNG sisters have been selected to model for a world renowned company.Read

West Lancashire Council mayor Cllr Geoff Roberts helps raise cash with Blackpool Mayor

THERE is nothing more depressing to the vibrancy of a town centre than to have empty shops on the High Street, so it was good news to have Iceland return to Ormskirk and we had the pleasure this week of officially opening their store on Aughton Street.Read

New exhibition examines art techniques at Ormskirk’s Chapel Gallery

ART enthusiasts won’t want to miss the next exhibition at Chapel Gallery as it explores the age-old creative practice of using line and form.Read

Missing cash: Burscough leisure centre staff given backing

WEST Lancashire Council leisure chief Cllr Andrew Fowler has backed staff at Burscough Sports Centre after reports that cash had gone missing from its coffers.Read

February 1988: Anti-blood sports campaigners march on Downing Street

RECENTLY the hunting debate has become a hot topic of discussion, just as it was in West Lancashire in February 1988 when anti-blood sports campaigners did a protest march from Altcar to Downing Street.Read

Sefton council proposes raising council tax by an average £40 a year

TAXPAYERS in Sefton are likely to face an increase of £40 on the average bill for next year.Read

Skelmersdale solicitor claims he was only trying to negotiate a reward for the return of stolen £40m Leonardo da Vinci painting

A SOLICITOR accused of being part of a £4.25m extortion plot said he wanted to negotiate a reward for clients who could help with the recovery of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting, a court heard.Read

Skelmersdale solicitor claims he was only trying to negotiate a reward for the return of stolen £40m Leonardo da Vinci painting

A SOLICITOR accused of being part of a £4.25m extortion plot said he wanted to negotiate a reward for clients who could help with the recovery of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting, a court heard.Read

Survivor of Afghanistan explosion which killed Liverpool and Burscough soldiers criticises army vehicle

THE sole survivor of a devastating explosion in Afghanistan told an inquest the vehicle he and his fallen comrades were travelling in was “not adequate for the job”.Read

Gardener threatened with axe during £40m Da Vinci painting heist involving Ormskirk men

A GARDENER at a stately home told a court how he was threatened with an axe as thieves stole a £40m Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece.Read

West Lancashire men accused of audacious £40m Da Vinci masterpiece ‘con’

THREE men have gone on trial in connection with the sensational theft of a £40m Leonardo da Vinci painting from a Scottish castle.Read

Soldier questions use of Land Rover driven by Liverpool soldier killed in Afghanistan blast

SOLDIERS expressed “disbelief” over the lightly-armoured vehicles they were given before an explosion which caused the first female casualty in Afghanistan and killed her Liverpool comrade, an inquest heard.Read

Ormskirk man whose life was saved by kidney check urges others to look after their health

A MAN who found out he was two weeks away from death after suffering hand cramps is urging others to have health checks.Read

Police

UPDATE: Divers find body of man who fell into West Lancashire quarry

POLICE have named the 21-year-old man who fell into a quarry in Hilldale as Cameron McInnes. Read

North West MPs Twitter accounts to be investigated by Lord Chancellor

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