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Forrest spares trees the axe
ONLY the quick thinking of a local resident saved a line of mature trees in Longridge from being axed without permission on Monday.
Where are all our queens?
VILLAGERS are gearing up for another historic milestone as Churchtown Festival this year celebrates its 175th anniversary.
Farmers market revival in village at weekend
THE success of the Farmers Markets in Longridge has led organisers to revive a village’s own popular market after it collasped last December.
Dangers on the ‘Triangle’ site
DANGERS from heavy plant vehicles using a construction site from two busy roads in Longridge have been highlighted.
Sport
College fall to the Devon destroyers
MYERSCOUGH College’s Sale Sharks AASE Rugby Academy side travelled to Sutton Coldfield RFC in Birmingham, on Wednesday, April 23, to take on a strong Exeter Chiefs Academy in the BCS (British Colleges Sport) Elite League Final.
Longridge Town are just champion!
LONGRIDGE Town are targeting further rises up the non-league football ladder, after celebrating their second promotion in just three seasons.
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Lifestyle
Character farmhouse in a beautiful setting
Whinney Clough House in Inglewhite Road, Goosnargh, is a fabulous character farmhouse in a beautiful country setting.
Stunning barn conversion in a semi-rural five-home complex
This stunning three-bedroom barn conversion is set within a small complex of five barn conversions and boasts traditional and contemporary finishes including an Aga cooker, a wood-burning stove and oak flooring.
Book review: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley
Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.
Family house with open fields outlook
Number one Parkside is a beautifully presented five bedroom detached house set just on the outskirts of Garstang.
Book review: The Children’s Crusade by Elliott Hall
Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.
Community
New look Spring Fair raises £3,000
Sound the jubilee trumpet! The red, white and blue at Longridge parish Spring Fair blazed a trail for the year’s royal and Olympic celebrations by raising a magnificent £3,000 on Saturday.
506 plates of eggs make great show
Just two weeks after Easter, eggs were once again in the frame when they filled more than 500 plates-full at a major annual show on Sunday.
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Weather for Longridge
Saturday 19 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 5 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 7 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North west
