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Last supper for Paul’s ‘flagship’
A flagship restaurant that put both its chef and Longridge on the county map has closed its doors.
Hundreds support Ollie and Jade day
Hundreds of people went down to Longridge Recreation Ground to take part in and support the Ollie and Jade annual sports day.
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.
Sport
Golfers pulled out all the right shots
MYERSCOUGH College’s Golf Academy is celebrating after winning the Intercollegiate Golf Tour National Team finals, which follows the victory in the British Colleges Sport Finals in April.
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.
Lifestyle
Book review: The Nameless Dead by Brian McGilloway
The Troubles in Northern Ireland have rarely proved an attractive proposition for novelists, and Derry author and teacher Brian McGilloway’s ‘no frills’ crime thriller series set in the notoriously dangerous Borderlands is as dark as one would expect.
Book review: Deity by Steven Dunne
DID Steven Dunne do something bad in another life? It’s just a passing thought as his latest bone-chilling murder mystery takes evil to a new level!
Book review: The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
There are three principal players in Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s haunting tale of a ten-year-old boy who claims to be possessed by a 9,000-year-old demon ... but the starring role is unquestionably the author’s home city of Belfast.
Hall with ‘restaurant facilities’ – and a Roman road on its land
It is a family home, although part of it has been used previously as a restaurant, so it has a catering size kitchen, sitting room and dining room, and a large car parking area to either side. It has also been licensed until the current owners retired from the business some years ago.
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.
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Weather for Longridge
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 12 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 12 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
