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Chorley & South Ribble Volunteer Centre coffee-morning drop-ins Chorley & South Ribble Volunteer Centre are holding a series of coffee-morning drop-ins throughout July for those interested in volunteering to help protect our Environment or to help with animals. If you would like to call in the drop-ins are on Thursday mornings between 9.30am and 12 noon at 78 Towngate in Leyland. Staff will be on hand to answer all your volunteering questions and information about specific opportunities will be available. You can also get general volunteering information at all of our drop-ins so call in and have a coffee and a chat - you'll be amazed at what you can do. What the local papers say A Leyland amatuer boxing club has been given a financial boost as it tries to punch above its weight in local circles. Natbridge Amateur Boxing Club, on Dunkirk Lane, will benefit from £1,500 of new training equipment thanks to New Progress Housing Association. The club is the training home of Ladies Amateur champion Lyndsay Littlewood and has also launched the professional career of boxer Chris Johnson. The work of the club's founder Martin Benson in encouraging young people off the streets and into the ring has seen him earn numerous awards for his community work with South Ribble Borough Council and Lancashire Constabulary. What the local papers say The Guardian has collated figures released by the Community Safety Partnership for each of Leyland's 10 wards which shows a safer town - although the picture is less positive for youngsters. The statistics, taken from the Partnership's Lancashire Multi Agency Data Exchange (MADE) website, show everything from violent crime, drug offences, theft and road traffic accidents. Using four of the major crime indicators - calls to the police, total recorded crime, criminal damage and reports of anti-social behaviour - the majority of wards have seen an overall decrease in crime figures from November 2007 to October 2008. What the local papers say Myra Tullis, formerly Myra Hocking, was a journalist with the Leyland Guardian for over 15 years during the 1950s, 60s and 70s covering local events – many involving her husband Les who was a councillor and former mayor. Her daughter Owyn said: "It was the norm at family meals for them both to be sat looking at their papers for forthcoming meetings that they were both going to attend – dad to make speeches, mum to report on what went on." Myra interviewed many North West stars including Coronation Street actress Pat Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner, Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits and Lord Donald Stokes who ran Leyland Motors during the difficult years. One of Myra's biggest stories was when she secured a rare interview with local builder Trevor Hemmings who went on to become one of Britain's richest men. What the local papers say Leyland will be left lagging behind Preston unless changes are made to a regeneration strategy, it has been claimed. The town's regeneration board claims the Central Lancashire Core Strategy – which will shape the way the area is developed over the next 15 years – focuses too much on Preston. Nigel McGurk, chairman of the board, said: "Whilst the draft strategy rightly emphasises the important role of Preston, it does so in a way that relegates Leyland and Chorley to the sidelines – which is something we will not stand by and watch. What the local papers say Two hundred former employees at one of Lancashire's biggest manufacturers have rejected financial offers after a 15-year battle for unfair dismissal cash. The ex-Leyland DAF workers, who were sacked when the truck and van maker went bust in 1993, have flooded the liquidators of the former firm with complaints after some received offers of just a few hundred pounds. Trade union Unite last week secured £8.4m of money for 1,400 unfair dismissal claims, including an estimated 630 from Lancashire workers, promising payments of between £5,000 and £6,000. What the local papers say Crunch talks involving all the key players at Leyland Railway Station will take place in the first week of February. Feasibility discussions' on taking the much-maligned site forward are planned between South Ribble Borough Council, Lancashire County Council, Northern Rail, Network Rail and Steve Broomhead of the North West Development Agency. Council leader Margaret Smith admitted the railway station, particularly the lack of disabled access to the middle two platforms, had become a 'personal' commitment. The £30,000 upgrade scheme on the lower car parks will see the authority take over the management of the facility from Northern Rail. What the local papers say Progress Housing Group has donated 70 personal computers (PCs) to a local school after updating the staff computers at its Leyland Head Office. The beneficiary of the donation is the Moor Hey School in Lostock Hall. Moor Hey is a mixed school open to children from the age of 4-16 who have special needs. Moor Hey School has recently taken ownership of the 70 PCs and laptops. As well as being used for students they will enable Moor Hey to do more for the local community by offering computer courses. What the local papers say A Chorley woman is warning shoppers to be on their guard after pickpockets used her debit card to fleece £800 from her account – in just three hours. Marie Hughes of Netherley Road, Coppull, was targeted in a well organised sting after finishing her shopping at the Tesco superstore on Foxhole Road, Chorley. She was approched by a man standing with a map at her car who asked her for directions. Mrs Hughes believes he was part of a gang who had been standing behind her in the shopping queue while she was entering her PIN number. In the five-minute window between paying for her goods and loading up her car, a pickpocket stole her card and went on a spending spree.
What the local papers say A gang of four children aged between 11 and 13 spent an entire weekend wrecking a Lancashire business, causing £37,000 worth of damage. The young thugs wrote off businessman Robert Cairns' work vans and forced him out of his premises. They also destroyed his personal possessions, his children's toys and photographs of his war hero father. Then they plundered family heirlooms being stored as his mother lay seriously ill in hospital. She died before her son had to break the devastating news to her about what had happened.
What the local papers say Plans to build brand new council offices on vacant land in Leyland next to the civic centre could cost South Ribble £7.3m. The idea is designed to save cash on running costs and fuel bills with South Ribble and Lancashire County Councils having agreed to work together to create a new office complex on West Paddock. The new building, which would house more than 700 staff, would replace the Civic Centre on West Paddock and county council offices in south Lancashire. It would be home to 250 South Ribble Council workers as well as 500 county employees. But at a recent council meeting it was agreed to allocate £7.3m towards the joint costs of development and design of the project.
What the local papers say A famous Lancashire truck manufacture has appealed for Government help to ride out the deepening recession. Bosses at Leyland Trucks are urging ministers to extend lending guarantees and to introduce a corporation tax window in a bid to jump start the vehicle manufacturing industry. Orders from haulage firms are faltering because they are unable to raise the finance needed to buy new fleets of trucks. Leyland's managing director Jim Sumner is leading negotiations with Business Secretary Lord Mandelson on behalf of the UK truck industry.
What the local papers say Three sporty sisters from Leyland are keeping it in the family with a series of outstanding performances. Kati, Klara and Teri Williams have all sampled success at national and regional events and their family trophy cabinet is starting to bulge at the walls. Kati, 15, is currently in the North West Academy in athletics for hurdles and the pole vault. She is also the current U15 Lancashire champion in the 100m, 200m and 75m hurdles and was ranked ninth in the country for the U15 hurdles. What the local papers say Crisis talks have taken place after staff at a Leyland shop have come under repeated attacks from gangs of marauding youths. In the worst incident workers at Leyland Lane Spar were locked inside after the yobs pulled down security shutters while other occasions they've set fire to bins Staff say they are regularly being intimidated by up to 30 teenagers congregating outside the shop at night who have smashed windows and vandalised nearby cars.
What the local papers say The final preparations are being made for this year's Christmas celebrations in Leyland. On Saturday December 6, Leyland town centre will become a festive winter wonderland. The centrepiece of the day will be a parade along Hough Lane, which will include an old Leyland bus from the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in King Street and various local groups. Either side of the parade will be a fairground and a Christmas concert at the United Reformed Church in Hough Lane. All the proceeds will go to Asthma UK, in memory of 20-year-old Stephen Downey, from Leyland, who died from an asthma attack earlier this year.
What the local papers say A popular horse-riding route is to be renamed in honour of a Leyland girl who died while visiting the dentist. Ulnes Walton Bridleways Association will be unveiling a plaque naming the Moss Side path 'Karla Selley Way'. The equestrian enthusiasts are holding a Christmas ride on December 21 as part of the special day in memory of the five-year-old. The association's members, who include Karla's mum Tracey Armstrong and her friend Sandra Connolly, will set off from Paul's Farm on Dunkirk Lane with around 30 horses and ponies decorated with tinsel. What the local papers say Plans for an £80m employment and residential development in Leyland received a mixed response at a public exhibition. Proposals for the huge 73-acre project on the Farington Estate were on display at Farington Lodge, with residents grilling experts about how the scheme will affect them. The event is part of the protracted planning process, with developers Brackenhouse Properties hoping to submit an official application in January 2009. The land, which runs from Bispham Avenue in the north, to Hall Lane in the south and The Oaks development off Wheelton Lane in the east, was bought in 2004 after originally being earmarked for expansion for Leyland Motor Works.
What the local papers say People power has brought about a partial victory for residents battling plans for six wind turbines on the site of the Farington Waste Technology plant. Controversial proposals for a £120,000 scheme to put 15m high wind turbines as part of the education centre have now been approved. However, after angry residents branded the scheme 'the straw that will break the camel's back', joint developers Lancashire County Council and Global Renewables have agreed to reduce the number of turbines to three.
What the local papers say The Schwan's Consumer Brand Factory, at Marathon Place in Moss Side, Leyland, which manufactures frozen pizzas, is one of several of the firm's businesses which was taken over by frozen pizza giants Dr Oetker UK on Wednesday. The plant, along with Schwan's businesses in 15 European countries, the Chicago Town trademark and licences for the Freschetta and Tony's trademarks, were taken over after Schwan's, which is based in the USA, said it was planning to focus more on its North American operations. A spokesman for Dr Oetker said it would be "business as usual" for employees at the Leyland plant and the firm will continue production of frozen pizzas at the plant.
What the local papers say It wasn't snow that brought Leyland to a standstill on Tuesday it was an army of 150 soldiers with their cavalry and band. Crowds braved the freezing temperatures to line the streets of the town centre to give The King's Royal Hussars a heroes welcome. The regiment, made up of soldiers from Leyland and across Lancashire, were exercising their Freedom of South Ribble and were met by a rapture of applause.
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