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BT receive 186 complaints about phones being cut off in Skelmersdale

AN ANGRY Skelmersdale resident was demanding compensation after being without a telephone for four days.Read

Mersey student tells of Majorca plane crash ‘fiasco’

AN INQUIRY was launched after a bus crashed into a plane on a Spanish runway carrying Merseyside holidaymakers.Read

Skelmersdale woman holds evening in memory of sisters who died of Cystic Fibrosis

A SKELMERSDALE woman has arranged a charity night in memory of her two older sisters who died from Cystic Fibrosis.Read

Traffic chaos hits Skelmersdale as overturned lorry sheds it load

DRIVERS faced a rush hour traffic nightmare on Tuesday evening after a lorry carrying scrap cars overturned.Read

Skelmersdale voters to go to polls in by election

POLTICAL heavyweights visited Skelmersdale in the run up to today’s West Lancashire Council elections.Read

Prime Minister David Cameron backs Up Holland Conservative candidate

UP HOLLAND Conservative candidate David Sudworth has received the backing of the Prime Minister.Read

Lancashire county council adds new roads to winter gritting list

MORE West Lancashire roads are being added to the gritting list for Lancashire County Council.Read

Skelmersdale Crime File

BIRCH GREEN: A sat nav was stolen from the glove box of a car parked on Helmsdale between 4pm on August 20 and 12pm on Aug 23.Read

Skelmersdale concrete business secures high-profile Silverstone contract

A SKELMERSDALE business is celebrating after securing a £350,000 contract for the construction of the new Formula 1 Pit and Paddock Complex at Silverstone.Read

Skelmersdale Police’s summer campaign success

POLICE in Skelmersdale have hailed their Summer Confidence Campaign a success.Read

Skelmersdale dad will be buried with daughter after biking crash claims his life

A SKELMERSDALE dad will be buried with his baby daughter after he died in the final race of his amateur biking career.Read

Students facing jail for setting fire to Skelmersdale friend while he slept

TWO students are facing jail after setting fire to a Skelmersdale man as he slept.Read

Vandals smash 106 windows at Skelmersdale College

POLICE are investigating after vandals broke over 100 windows at Skelmersdale College.Read

Rural watch meeting to protect West Lancashire farmers from crime

ORGANISED gangs are stealing tractors from West Lancashire farms and loading them on to ships at Liverpool docks.Read

Dad-of-four biker dies at Aintree racetrack following horror smash

A DAD-OF-FOUR died during what was supposed to be the final race of his amateur biking career as his family looked on from the stands.Read

Vandals hit graveyard at St Pauls Church in Skelmersdale

VANDALS have wreaked havoc in a Skelmersdale graveyard.Read

Former world snooker champion Steve Davis to come to Skelmersdale

SNOOKER legend Steve Davis will be meeting stars of the future when he comes to Skelmersdale next weekend.Read

‘Exciting’ plan for new special school in Skelmersdale

A FORMER primary school could be converted into a school for children with behavioural difficulties, if new plans are given the green light.Read

Government backs new housing scheme for Tanhouse in Skelmersdale

A SCHEME to build the first council homes for rent in West Lancashire for 15 years has been given the go-ahead after vital funding was released by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).Read

Former Skelmersdale man denies murdering two women

A FORMER Skelmersdale man will face trial accused of killing two women – one of them from Liverpool – and dumping their dismembered bodies in canals.Read

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