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Complaints lead to play area closure

8:47am Friday 26th June 2009

A NEW £30,000 games area is to be removed from a park following complaints from residents about noise and alleged bad behaviour.

VOTE: Supermarkets in battle over town's main sites

7:56am Monday 22nd June 2009

A TIRED and run-down town centre looks set to be revitalised as developers battle it out to build three new supermarkets.

Office plans approved

6:20pm Tuesday 16th June 2009

PLANS to convert two floors above an off licence in Westhoughton into offices have been approved.

Stars In Their Eyes winner kicks off music festival

12:10pm Sunday 14th June 2009

THE line-up for summer music festival in Westhoughton has been confirmed.

More shop plan talks

10:40am Friday 12th June 2009

SUPERMARKET firm Lidl is still waiting to hear if it can build a supermarket in Westhoughton.

Store loses its alcohol licence

9:00am Friday 12th June 2009

A CONVENIENCE store has been stripped of its licence to sell alcohol, after it sold vodka to a 15-year-old girl who ended up in hospital.

Plea to move a new play area

9:00am Friday 12th June 2009

A NEW games area for children is blighting the lives of people living nearby, according to town councillors.

Residents on estate ‘fear for their lives’

8:20am Friday 12th June 2009

RESIDENTS say they fear for their lives because of crime and anti-social behaviour on their estate.

Decision time for Lidl plan

10:00am Thursday 11th June 2009

PLANS for a Lidl supermarket in Westhoughton are being recommended for refusal today.

Final curtain for town's old theatre

10:52am Wednesday 10th June 2009

TOWN councillors have recommended that a former theatre should be demolished and a supermarket be built on the site.


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