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Skelmersdale Action for Youth win Queen’s Award

SKELMERSDALE Action for Youth has won a prestigious Royal award.Read

Skelmersdale Advertiser launches We Love Skem campaign

YOUR town needs YOU! And we need your support in our campaign to back the town we all love – Skelmersdale.Read

Tawd Valley Park and Ashurst Beacon are just two of Skelmersdale’s beauty spots

TWO local beauty spots help disprove the stereotypical image of Skelmersdale as an unattractive new town.Read

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper backs Advertiser We Love Skem Campaign

WEST Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has backed the Advertiser’s We Love Skelmersdale campaign.Read

Skelmersdale writer Carol Fenlon tells us why she loves the town

SKELMERSDALE writer Carol Fenlon has responded to our appeal in last week’s Advertiser for people to tell us why they love their town.Read

Whitemoss Landfill site chiefs attack ARROW on recycling claims

WHITEMOSS Landfill Ltd is challenging a Skelmersdale group over its claims to be pro-recycling.Read

Gang who threatened to kill Skelmersdale businessman is jailed

A BUSINESSMAN 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

Yogic flying row in Whitemoss landfill plans dispute

THE debate over expansion proposals for the Whitemoss Landfill site has become a war of words between campaigners and company bosses.Read

Skelmersdale dad leaves work to care for daughter

A SKELMERSDALE dad has had to give up his job to give his daughter round the clock care to make sure her illness doesn’t kill her.Read

Be proud of Skelmersdale ... support our new campaign

MAKE sure you get next week’s Skelmersdale Advertiser to read all about the launch of a new campaign to promote our town.Read

Skelmersdale Crime File - 27/05/10

ABBEYSTEAD:Little Digmoor Primary School was broken into in the early hours of Thursday, May 20. At around 3.30am the offender gained access to the school grounds and forced open a ground floor kitchen window. The alarm was set off and the offender damaged a quantity of plates but no items were taken.Read

Local girl Chantelle Wilson wins Miss Charity title at Miss Wigan 2010 competition

A LOCAL girl who raised nearly £2,000 for The Variety Club has won the title of Miss Charity Wigan 2010.Read

Whitemoss Landfill site boss come under fire from environmental campaigners WRATH

WHITEMOSS chief Rob Routledge has been criticised by campaign group (West Lancs Residents Against Toxic Hazards) WRATH.Read

Vandals attack memorial to tragic Skelmersdale Air Cadet Leah Alderson

SKELMERSDALE air cadets were shocked to find that vandals had defaced the sign bearing the name of a tragic former member.Read

Skelmersdale clergy object to plans to expand Whitemoss Landfill Site

SIX members of the Skelmersdale clergy have joined forces to voice their objections to the controversial idea of expanding the Whitemoss Landfill site in Skelmersdale.Read

Environmental expert concerned about pollution from Whitemoss Landfill site in Skelmersdale

AN ENVIRONMENTAL expert has backed ARROW’s concerns about potential pollution from an extension to Whitemoss tip.Read

Soldiers at Altcar Training Camp cycle for charity

SOLDIERS including two from Skelmersdale have raised over £20,000 for charity after taking part in a 35-hour bike ride.Read

Skelmersdale Crime File - 20/05/10

TANHOUSE: A car was stolen from outside a house on Top Acre Road between 12.30am and 10.20am on Sunday (May 16).Read

Skelmersdale landlord killer jailed for life

A TENANT who stabbed his landlord 83 times has been sentenced to life in prison.Read

Polish migrant sentenced to life in jail after stabbing his Skelmersdale landlord to death

A MAN has been sentenced to life imprisonment after stabbing his landlord 83 times.Read

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