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Skelmersdale pub set alight by arsonists

FIRE crews attended a fire at a pub in Skelmersdale last night.Read

Skelmersdale man who threatened to kill a young couple and their premature baby forced out of his council flat

A SKELMERSDALE man who threatened to murder a young couple who were caring for their premature baby has been forced out of his council flat.Read

Skelmersdale’s Firbeck and Findon estates set to miss out on £4.5m repairs scheme

COUNCIL tenants in parts of Skelmersdale could face years of living in crumbling houses when a £4.5m investment programme is diverted away from them.Read

Skelmersdale crime file

SKELMERSDALE: A house on Firswood Road, Lathom was broken into between 8.30am and 14.05pm on Monday.Read

Arrests made after drugs raids in Skelmersdale

POLICE carried a series of drug raids in Birch Green, Digmoor and Up Holland areas.Read

Churches enjoy top entertainment

Church members from across Skelmersdale took part in the first ever Catholic churches Pastoral Variety night. Some 200 people packed into the social club at St James’ Church in Orrell top enjoy the show. The first act played Cinderella as a six minute ‘mini pantomime’. A dozen acts followed from folk music to rock and roll, from a comedian to a Patsy Cline singer. The whole event was staged to help to cement the bonds between the parishes in the pastoral area and to raise funds. It had been decided that all proceeds would go to the HCPT – The Pilgrimage Trust charity which sends children to Lourdes. Everyone was delighted to be able to hand over £1,150 to the charity at the end of a fantastic night’s entertainment. Pictured are The St Marie’s Singers who performed on the night Code NARead

Skelmersdale naval veteran returns to Falkland Islands

NAVAL veteran Terry Beddoes is getting ready to return to the scene of the 1982 Falklands Conflict.Read

Beacon Park golf club chairman and secretary kicked out in bar row

A ROW has erupted at a Skelmersdale golf club where the chairman and secretary have been kicked out for not drinking in the club bar.Read

Orcadio Morris Dancers may disband over touring costs

A SUCCESSFUL Morris Dancing troupe based in Birch Green may have to disband after 27 years because it can’t afford to tour.Read

Correction

On January 4, we reported that Russell Oakes, 43, of Shore Road, Hesketh Bank, near Southport, had been jailed for two years after masquerading as a doctor and a vet.Read

Polish man denies murdering Skelmersdale landlord

A 22-YEAR-OLD man has denied the murder of a landlord in Skelmersdale.Read

Knife robbery

Taxi driver's terror as knife robbery gang strike

A FATHER-of-two thought he was going to die when a passenger in his taxi pulled a knife on him.Read

Skelmersdale mother thanks emergency services for fire rescue

A SKELMERSDALE mum-of-three has thanked the emergency services for saving her life after she became trapped in her house by smoke.Read

Kelsey Taylor honoured by entertainment night

Kelsey, who was just 17, collapsed at Southport’s Floral Hall last October and never regained consciousness.Read

Ofsted inspectors praise Skelmersdale school Glenburn Sports College

GLENBURN Sports College in Skelmersdale is well on the road to improvement, according to Ofsted inspectors who visited the school in December.Read

Man jailed for six years after police raid £1.8million cocaine factory

A SKELMERSDALE man was sent to prison for six years after he was caught by police in a £1.8m drugs factory after raiding a flat in Kirkby.Read

Skelmersdale Crime File - 21/01/10

DIGMOOR: A sports centre on Digmoor Road was broken into between 1.15 and 1.30am last Friday, January 15.Read

Woman in motorised scooter gets trapped in the ice at Concourse Shopping Centre

THE ice and snow across West Lancashire may have been thawing out at the end of last week but a woman still got stuck while going to the Concourse Shopping Centre.Read

Skelmersdale residents call for return of their grit bin

A TANHOUSE resident is angry the grit bin at the end of her road has gone missing.Read

Glenburn Sports College bottom of West Lancashire schools GCSE tables

GLENBURN Sports College head teacher Hilary Torpey has vowed to improve results after the school finished bottom of the West Lancashire GCSE results table.Read

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