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  • RMI could get a relegation reprieve

    LEIGH RMI have been saved from relegation from the Conference North, pending an appeal from Carshalton Athletic. Canvey Island's decision to drop out of the Converence meant that Tamworth escaped relegation into the Conference North and Leigh RMI into

  • Man attacked in own home

    A MAN has been attacked in his own home by an intruder. The victim was attacked in his home on Rugby Road, Leigh, in the early hours of last Thursday morning during an aggravated burglary. The 34-year-old man was treated at Wigan Royal Infirmary for

  • Petrol station hit-run horor

    A PETROL station cashier was lucky to escape serious injury when she was hit by a car which sped from a forecourt as the driver left without paying. Police have studied CCTV footage to try to identify the driver of a damaged silver Rover 220 car which

  • Police to target yob hot-spots

    POLICE are mounting a major drive to tackle anti-social behaviour in Atherton. The operation will cover the whole area but will focus on Hag Fold estate and the town centre which police have identified as hotspots for anti-social behaviour. The operation

  • Benson unhappy despite Grix ok

    TONY Benson is still unhappy despite Leigh Centurions' star full-back Scott Grix escaping a disciplinary ban. Head coach Benson feels that it was totally unnecessary' for Grix to be called before the RFL Disciplinary Panel in Leeds on Tuesday night to

  • Channel hop took teacher 30 hours

    WHAT should have been a short hop across the Channel from France to Manchester took a local teacher more than 30 hours. Andrew Parson had to endure a zig-zagging journey on two aircraft, two coaches and a taxi, passing through five airports in three