CHORLEY hockey starlets Stephanie Grimshaw and Alexandra Watson are heading for the top after being selected to play for Lancashire. Right winger Stephanie (pictured, left) and goalkeeper Alexandra (right) beat off competition from 150 other hopefuls
A BOLTON computer company has launched a new website, allowing customers to shop for hardware on-line. The move, by RG Technology, follows two years of successful trading from its head office on Lever Street, where it has operated for more than two years
FORT James, the world's second largest tissue manufacturer, has announced a top appointment. Mr Richard Bourdon, aged 48, has been appointed as Managing Director of Fort James British Isles, based at the company's headquarters in Lostock, Horwich. He
REGARDING your front page last week; we are sick of ethnic groups who refuse to intergrate into a society they have chosen to live in. Because we're a soft touch they decide to kick up a fuss and want everything their own way. It doesn't work like that
REGARDING Mr Raza and Muslim needs. If Muslims have been working in Chorley for 30 years in professions, as he says, then is it not about time that they were simply treated equally, without prejudice, like everyone else? I cannot believe that doctors
ONCE again a front page story has caused me to express my opinion. First, it must be said that when someone who comes to this country for a better way of life they should be prepared to integrate into this country and not try to convert it to their way
THE landlord and landlady of an award-winning Bolton pub are looking forward to a luxury break in Brussels. Anthony and Hilary Coyne, who have transformed the Hen & Chickens in Deansgate over the last eight years, have won the Inn Partnership's Business
BUSINESS for Sterling North West has welcomed signs that British business is turning against the euro. The Chairman, David Briggs, was commenting after a British Chambers of Commerce survey on the single currency showed that support has fallen to 38 per
THE new toilets in Chapel Street are far from ideal for rail users -- it's just too far away. There is nothing worse than holding on for dear life but being unable to go in case the once-an-hour train comes along. Is a platform loo too much to ask? Name
RE the front page story on Najeeb Raza. Maybe he does not like the way his people are treated in Chorley, but many needs of local people have been ignored over the years. When you live in a country you have to accept the ways of that country, but it seems
