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
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
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
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
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
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
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