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We Love Skelmersdale Campaign: Skelmersdale is a great place to do business

SKELMERSDALE has an image of being a town of high unemployment, but there are many economic success stories in the town and national companies also have bases thereRead

We Love Skelmersdale: West Lancashire Council labour Group leader Paul Cotterill backs campaign

WEST Lancashire Labour Group leader Paul Cotterill backed our campaign.Read

Business friendly fair a success

THE Big Friendly Business Fair was deemed a success by all involved.Read

Skelmersdale accountant John Prescott jailed for £220,000 theft

AN ex-accountant who stole £220,000 from his clients was jailed for four years.Read

Man targeted by robbers as he drove from the Concourse to Ormskirk speaks about his ordeal

A MAN has described the terrifying moment when two gun-wielding robbers smashed his car window and stole £3,000 from him.Read

Skelmersdale airman Lewis Watts meets David Beckham in Afghanistan

SKELMERSDALE’S Lewis Watts got a fantastic birthday present when he met David Beckham while serving his country in Afghanistan.Read

We love Skelmersdale campaign: Community Centre activities

A LOT of the community activity in Skelmersdale is based around Skelmersdale’s five community centres, which Ashurst, Birch Green, Tanhouse, Digmoor and Greenhill.Read

We love Skem Campaign: ‘Skelmersdale is a great place to live’

SKELMERSDALE is a great place to live!Read

West Lancashire chief executive Bill Taylor backs the Advertiser’s We Love Skem campaign

WEST Lancashire Borough Council Chief Executive Bill Taylor has contacted the Advertiser to support our We Love Skelmersdale Campaign.Read

New council housing scheme for Tanhouse under threat

A SCHEME to build the first council homes for rent in West Lancashire for 15 years could be in jeopardy due to possible government cutbacks.Read

Skelmersdale churches are a great part of the local community

SKELMERSDALE'S churches provide a lot of support for local people as well as great social activities.Read

Controversial Digmoor games area likely to stay in Abbeystead

A CONTROVERSIAL games area on Abbeystead in Digmoor is likely to stay where it is, 12 months after residents complained to the council about anti-social behaviour.Read

Silver Birch pub in Birch Green, Skelmersdale, re-opened by new bosses Terry and Kerry Devine

BIRCH Green Estate residents are celebrating as their pub has served its first pints for nearly two years.Read

Skelmersdale drug dealers get extra jail time for not paying back ill-gotten gains

A PAIR of drug dealers were jailed for not paying back their criminal gains.Read

West Lancashire Council deputy leader Adrian Owens backs our campaign

WEST Lancashire Council deputy leader Adrian Owens backed our campaign by saying: “Skelmersdale is set for a positive year with the new college building taking shape, the recent long-term commitment from Cooperative Bank and the planning application to start the new high street as part of the council-led Skelmersdale Vision. Too many people run down Skelmersdale and its residents. It’s true Skelmersdale has never reached its full potential, but we must all challenge the negative stereotypes which hold the town back. Skelmersdale has many strong attributes which we need to highlight not only to possible investors but to locals.”Read

West Lancashire Council leader Cllr Ian Grant supports Advertiser We love Skem campaign

WEST Lancashire Council leader Cllr Ian Grant has sent us a message supporting our campaign.Read

Motorist in £3k Skelmersdale carjack terror raid

A DRIVER was robbed in broad daylight with what he believed to be a gun, when he thought he was being stopped by an unmarked police car.Read

Skem’s got talent final

TEENAGER Leah Hobart triumphed in Skem’s Search 4 A Star competition.Read

Skelmersdale company director believed threats that he would be kidnapped and killed

A COMPANY director was told he would be kidnapped and killed if he did not pay a former business associate half a million pounds, a court heard.Read

Convicted drugs cultivator Paul Caroll evicted from his Digmoor home

A CONVICTED drug cultivator who was imprisoned for growing cannabis plants in his Skelmersdale council home has been evicted.Read

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