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  • Horwich Carnival parade rolls through town

    HORWICH Carnival continued today with the parade through the town centre.  Hundreds lined Chorley New Road to watch the groups like Horwich Morris Miners, Hunters Cheerleaders and the Carnival Queens.  Around 30 organisations took part in the procession

  • Calls for government to recognise the role of small business

    THE new government must recognise the big role of small business in the future of our economy, according to a small business accountancy specialist from Bolton.Terry Little, who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Bolton, said small business owners would be

  • Man impales leg climbing over fence on way home

    A MAN on his way home this morning decided to take a shortcut and ended up impaling his leg on a fence. A fire crew, was called at about 5am and had to cut away part of the fence in order to free him and let the ambulance service help him.  Crew

  • 'Strange' shed blaze puzzles firefighters

    FIREFIGHTERS responded to a fire in the roof of a summer house last night. Crew manager Andy Bolton, said: "It was a bit of a strange one."  Two fire crews attended the incident and following their intial investigation they were unable to determine