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Group fired up for ice-cold Pole race

Group fired up for ice-cold Pole race

Thursday, March 11, 2010

FIREFIGHTER Andy Topham is preparing to ski across the coldest, driest and windiest continent on the planet in a 550-mile race to the South Pole.

The 44-year-old, from Silverdale, is part of a three-man team which will compete in the event.

They will battle...

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Delay on farm has cost us a Lotto cash

ON TV: Our 2008 story when the farm project appealed for votes.

Monday, March 08, 2010

AN MP is demanding to know why a £50,000 lottery grant for a farm has been taken away. The Knutton Village Farm project was awarded the funding...

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Families put the boot into pitch scheme

ANGER: Andrea Shaw at the Wammy. Picture: Clare Jennings

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

RESIDENTS are objecting to plans for football pitches behind their homes. Newcastle Borough Council is in the process of creating three football...

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Health minister visits Mill Rise

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

RED HANDED: Health Minister Mike O'Brien has hailed an innovative health care and retirement village for its provision of extra care housing and a...

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Neighbours will kick up stink about landfill site

NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT: Councillor Derrick Huckfield, front, with Silverdale residents at the Lafarge landfill site. Picture: Clare Jennings

Monday, March 01, 2010

FAMILIES are threatening to protest outside a landfill site amid claims of a "rotten" smell. The residents in Silverdale say they will stage the...

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Road worries put brake on housing

PLANS: Part of the former Silverdale Colliery site earmarked for homes.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

ROAD safety concerns threaten to delay the redevelopment of a colliery. A total of 300 homes are due to be built on the former Silverdale Colliery...

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Road to open after closure

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A ROAD will be partially re-opened after being closed for five months due to roadworks. Cemetery Road, in Silverdale, was blocked off in September as...

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Office plans for mine site

Monday, February 08, 2010

PLANS have been lodged to build an office building on the site of a former colliery. Clarke Construction, of Stone, wants to build the two-storey...

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Laying good foundations

Saturday, February 06, 2010

YOUNG people are being given the chance to learn skills such as bricklaying, landscape gardening and block paving thanks to a £500,000 scheme....

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Busy mums produce their own pantomime

Thursday, January 28, 2010

PANTO FUN: Busy mums Laura Lyth and Sarah Jablonski wrote, choreographed and produced their own community pantomime – The Wizard That Woz. ...

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