http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=1131 Local News en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk GTT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=1131&format=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:18:01 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/template/group/images/rss/GTT_rss.gif http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk 281 70 http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Towering-triumph.6520625.jp Windpower on a giant scale has arrived in Garstang – with the construction of the controversial 'Dewlay Tower', due to be completed today. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Towering-triumph.6520625.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:42 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Couple39s-golden-age-of-motoring.6522532.jp One of Garstang's best known couples celebrated 50 years of marriage with a trip back in time - in a replica of the car in which they travelled after their wedding. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Couple39s-golden-age-of-motoring.6522532.jp Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:04:19 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/A-39fine39-festival.6522627.jp When radio presenter John Vale was asked to broadcast in Garstang to promote Garstang's Art and Music Festival, the last thing he expected to get was a parking fine. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/A-39fine39-festival.6522627.jp Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:16:19 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Traveller-refusal.6520665.jp The fight over the future of the Travellers' caravan camp at Preesall now looks likely to be decided by the government after Wyre Council rejected the retrospective applic http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Traveller-refusal.6520665.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:12:44 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Councillor-cleared-of-standards-breach.6520688.jp A parish council chairman who objected to a planning application, signing his chairman's title under his name – even though his council had not considered the plans – has http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Councillor-cleared-of-standards-breach.6520688.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:16:38 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Blooming-beautiful.6522581.jp Garstang's green-fingered residents took the opportunity to display their harvests of flowers, fruit and vegetables on Saturday. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Blooming-beautiful.6522581.jp Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:10:44 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Charity-box-thief-jailed.6520511.jp The quick- thinking actions of a Garstang PCSO have led to the jailing of a man for a spate of thefts of charity boxes. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Charity-box-thief-jailed.6520511.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:26:13 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Maisie-went-39home39-for-100th.6520646.jp A centenarian has marked her big day by returning to the house where she was born. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Maisie-went-39home39-for-100th.6520646.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:06:59 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/3K-fine-for-dirty-kitchen.6520567.jp Bosses at a Broughton restaurant have been fined £3,000 for running a dirty kitchen. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/3K-fine-for-dirty-kitchen.6520567.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:41:10 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Arts-festival-is-music-to.6520532.jp Garstang's arts and music festival has been hailed a success by organisers. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Arts-festival-is-music-to.6520532.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:32:15 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Criminals-raid-rural-stables.6520525.jp Horse owners have been urged to take extra care to protect their tack after a string of thefts from rural stables. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Criminals-raid-rural-stables.6520525.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:30:36 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Record-breakers.6520593.jp Garstang High School's Year 11 pupils have delivered a record breaking set of results in this year's GCSE exams. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Record-breakers.6520593.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:48:03 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Dday-for-Preesall-Traveller-site.6520605.jp Travellers who set up an unauthorised caravan site on land they own at Preesall look likely to be told they can't stay there permanently. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Dday-for-Preesall-Traveller-site.6520605.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:52:21 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Top-councillor-is-investigated.6520553.jp The chairman of Nether Wyresdale parish council, Coun Stephen Mawby, has been accused of breaking his own council's standards over the way he objected to a planning applic http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Top-councillor-is-investigated.6520553.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:37:55 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Water-voles-complicate-travellers39-site.6520558.jp The discovery of an endangered species of mammals at the site occupied by the Preesall travellers has added a new dimension to today's decision on the planning application http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Water-voles-complicate-travellers39-site.6520558.jp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:38:55 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Ginny39s-lifesaving-gift-for-sister.6471732.jp A brave 11-year-old girl is to donate her bone marrow in a lifesaving operation for her older sister. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Ginny39s-lifesaving-gift-for-sister.6471732.jp Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:25:31 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Jail-for-yob-who-had.6471848.jp A GARSTANG yob who plagued the lives of neighbours for two years, hosting all-night drug-fuelled parties for teenagers at his home has been jailed, after having sex with two u http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Jail-for-yob-who-had.6471848.jp Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:43:22 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Garstang-Show-breaks-the-records.6471815.jp The Wyre Lane show field was buzzing with excitement as Garstang welcomed record numbers for one of biggest highlights of the summer. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Garstang-Show-breaks-the-records.6471815.jp Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:37:37 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Blooming-in-the-rain.6471889.jp The rain failed to dampen the spirits of Garstang's bloomers on Monday as they put on another great show for visiting judges from the national Britain in Bloom competition http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Blooming-in-the-rain.6471889.jp Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:51:33 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Police-hunt-charity-box-thief.6444125.jp This is the elderly man police want to speak to in connection with a series of thefts of charity boxes in the Garstang area. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Police-hunt-charity-box-thief.6444125.jp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:38:20 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Gas-battle-goes-on.6444062.jp Canatxx is dead – but the multi-million pound River Wyre gas store project lives on, and is set to generate more controversy. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Gas-battle-goes-on.6444062.jp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:27:00 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Beauty-spot39s-been-restored.6444225.jp More than 40 volunteers made their way into the woods to help restore a local beauty spot damaged by the reckless antics of illegal off-road drivers. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Beauty-spot39s-been-restored.6444225.jp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:28 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Firefighters-called-to-huge-barn.6439254.jp Crews were called to Staffords Farm, in Pilling, at midnight on Saturday, after reports a barn containing two tractors and other farm equipment, was on fire. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Firefighters-called-to-huge-barn.6439254.jp Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:22:40 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Free-swims-plug-pulled.6444163.jp Swimming pool chiefs in Garstang and other parts of Wyre have voiced disappointment at government cuts which have pulled the plug on free swimming sessions of children and pen http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Free-swims-plug-pulled.6444163.jp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:50:15 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Canatxx-gas-battle-to-continue.6434714.jp EXCLUSIVE: American company Canatxx is to continue its efforts to create a multi-million pound gas store under the rock strata of the Wyre estuary. ANTHONY COPPIN repo http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Canatxx-gas-battle-to-continue.6434714.jp Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:39:30 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/39Miracle39-teenager-survives-plunge-from.6434484.jp A teenager had a "miracle escape" after falling from a seventh-floor window in a popular Spanish holiday resort. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/39Miracle39-teenager-survives-plunge-from.6434484.jp Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:07:41 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Drugs-raids-on-Garstang-homes.6434568.jp Three people have been arrested and bailed following drugs raids on a two homes in Garstang. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Drugs-raids-on-Garstang-homes.6434568.jp Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:18:33 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Fury-over-road-plan.6434453.jp Angry residents have questioned the latest proposals to combat the parking nightmare around residential roads in Garstang. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Fury-over-road-plan.6434453.jp Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:02:14 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Wyre-PCSOs-face-funding-cut.6434548.jp Cuts to Lancashire's police budget and a possible end to council funding has left a question mark over the future of Wyre's PCSOs (Police and Community Support Off http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Wyre-PCSOs-face-funding-cut.6434548.jp Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:16:43 GMT http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Remembrance-Day-park-fees-scrapped.6394868.jp Parking charges look likely to be scrapped on future Remembrance Days to avoid a repeat of angry scenes which marred the 2008 armistice ceremonies in Garstang. http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/Remembrance-Day-park-fees-scrapped.6394868.jp Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:05:46 GMT