- Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider
- Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Police probe Ferdinand package
- Farmer jailed over rotting animals
- Judges bid to speed up hacking case
- Burglary victim died of injuries
- Police perjury retrial 'unlikely'
- Face of man who helped escapee
- Two charged over decapitated body
- 350 steel redundancies 'disastrous'
- Crimewatch leads on jail van escape
- Britain braced for cold weather
- Father slams Winehouse catwalk show
- Olympics baby rule an anomaly: Coe
- Implants chief faces French charges
- Bonus for RBS boss sparks debate
- Housing market 'to remain subdued'
- Voters opt for elected mayor system
- Two quizzed over decapitation death
- Concerns raised on police phone use
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News
Protests mounting over Garstang energy plant
OBJECTIONS are mounting to plans for a £4million renewable energy plant near Garstang.
Labour’s plan to axe 11 council seats
CALLS for the number of councillors on Wyre council to be cut from 55 to 44 are to be made.
Let’s make it a time to be remembered
It’s still six months away – but Garstang is well-ahead in the planning for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Sport
Garstang FC make their point
GARSTANG gave high flying Poulton a real scare on Saturday as they grabbed a deserved point and were unlucky not to claim their first victory of the season.
Garstang win top-of-table clash
AN under strength second placed Garstang 1st played fourth placed Blackpool on Saturday in a crucial game for the three teams clear of the pack behind top placed Lytham.
Kart star Andy in world top 10
A SENSATIONAL 10th-place finish in the Rotax World Finals capped the most successful year of British karter Andy King’s rapidly developing motorsport career.
Lifestyle
Book review: Matron on Call by Joan Woodcock
One minute you can be saving someone’s life, the next stemming a simple nosebleed or getting to grips with an aggressive drunk ... there’s never a dull moment in a busy hospital casualty department.
Book review: The Map by T.S. Learner
Mystery, history, war and mysticism are always a potent mix but place them in the capable hands of thriller writer T.S.Learner and they become a work of pure alchemy.
No hedging their bets at college
THERE was no hedging round the issue when Myerscough College played host to competitors showing off one of the ancient arts of farming.
It’s not an unlucky 13 for Matthew...
A new exhibition of sculpture and illustrations by a Lancashire based artist opened last weekend at the Platform Gallery in Clitheroe.
Book review: An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo
General Charles Gordon, better known as the legendary Gordon of Khartoum, is the unlikely hero of a powerful and emotive new novel from a writer noted for her socialist feminist crime stories.
Community
Milestone celebration for children’s festival
THE Churchtown and District Whitsuntide Children’s Festival is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2012.
Farewells to long serving headteacher
CHILDREN, parents, staff and governors said a fond farewell to one of Garstang’s longest serving and most successful headteachers at the end of last term.
PCSO moves on
SHE became a well known face within rural Preston, but this week police community support officer Gemma Duxbury said farewell to the locality.
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Weather for Garstang
Friday 27 January 2012
Today
Light showers
Temperature: -0 C to 7 C
Wind Speed: 30 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 6 mph
Wind direction: East
