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Anglezarke Reservoir road to be closed for a month
4:04pm Friday 12th March 2010
A ROAD at Anglezarke Reservoir will be closed for a month from March 22.
Workers’ shock at finding body in Rivington car park
5:03pm Friday 26th February 2010
TWO litter pickers have described their shock at discovering the bound body of a dead man in a Chorley car park.
Man admits flytipping furniture at Chorley beauty spot
1:23pm Monday 22nd February 2010
Dumping household furniture on the side of a country lane in Rivington landed a Leyland man in court.
Fell -walkers rescued in Rivington area
1:52pm Tuesday 16th February 2010
The police helicopter and a mountain rescue team were called into action when three fell-walkers became lost in the Rivington area.
Rivington barn dance set to raise thousands for cancer charity
3:23pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
A group of cancer fundraisers from Adlington will hold its annual event, Bayliss in the Barn, this weekend.
Warning after 25 sheep savaged in Rivington area
11:16am Friday 29th January 2010
PEOPLE are being warned to keep their dogs under control in the Rivington area after 25 sheep were killed in five weeks.
Sheep killed in vicious dog attacks at Rivington
12:02pm Wednesday 20th January 2010
Members of the public are being urged to keep their dogs under control in the countryside in and around Rivington, after a series of vicious canine attacks which have seen around 25 sheep killed over the past five weeks.
Rivington memorial trees cut down by 'lowest of the low' thieves
3:15pm Monday 14th December 2009
THIEVES have chopped down and stole memorial trees planted in memory of loved ones.
Chorley council 'breached rules' over Rivington activity centre
2:27pm Monday 14th December 2009
A catalogue of errors has been committed by a council, breaching its own rules when handling the planning application for an outdoor adventure centre.
UK Ironman event will return to Rivington
1:32pm Thursday 10th December 2009
THE Ironman UK Triathlon is returning to parts of Rivington in 2010, but not to its reservoirs.
Autumn fair event in Rivington
12:15pm Thursday 22nd October 2009
An autumn fair is being held in the village of Rivington.
Anglezarke murder: fifth man arrested
12:18pm Monday 12th October 2009
A fifth man has been arrested today in connection with the murder of Bolton man Umair Wasseem at a car park at Anglezarke.
Three men charged over Anglezarke murder
12:17pm Thursday 1st October 2009
THREE men have been charged with plotting to murder a man whose body was found tied up and beaten at a Chorley beauty spot.
Police called to illegal rave in Rivington
2:30pm Sunday 13th September 2009
AN illegal rave held in a secluded area of Lancashire countryside was stopped by police this morning.
Rivington reservoir divers 'risking their lives'
3:03pm Friday 11th September 2009
SEVEN young men diced with death – by jumping into a reservoir.
Chorley attraction gets tourism recognition
2:23pm Friday 14th August 2009
A tourist attraction near Chorley has officially attained the status as an Enjoy England Quality Assured Visitor Attraction.
Go Ape centre wins tourism award
3:10pm Friday 3rd July 2009
An Chorley adventure play has been given a Responsible Tourism award.
Fire on moorland at Rivington
11:01am Monday 20th April 2009
A FIRE broke out on moorland near Rivington Pike yesterday evening.
New zip slide plan at adventure course
10:20am Monday 16th March 2009
BOSSES of a controversial tree top adventure course in Rivington want to install another zip wire —which could mean chopping down more trees.
Plug pulled on Rivington triathlon event
2:01pm Friday 13th March 2009
UNITED Utilities has pulled the plug on a triathlon event – because it does not want people swimming in Rivington Reservoir.
Rivington murder police want to trace car sightings
1:52pm Monday 2nd March 2009
SIGHTINGS of a black Vauxhall could hold the key to finding the killer of a student whose body was dumped at reservoir car park.
Police probe robbery link to Rivington murder
4:24pm Thursday 5th February 2009
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a student whose body was dumped at a beauty spot are probing if his death was linked to a robbery.
Victim of 'extremely violent' Rivington murder named
2:51pm Tuesday 3rd February 2009
A MAN whose body was found by the side of Anglezarke Reservoir in Rivington was the victim of an “extremely violent” murder, police have revealed.
Murder probe launched after body found at Rivington reservoir
8:20pm Monday 2nd February 2009
A MURDER probe has been launched after the body of a man was found in a car park beside a Lancashire beauty spot today.
Man found shot dead in Rivington car park
4:12pm Wednesday 21st January 2009
A man is thought to have shot himself at a Chorley beauty spot a few seconds after a passer-by asked him if anything was wrong.
Lancashire ramblers could help solve 'murder'
9:44am Monday 12th January 2009
DOG walkers and ramblers have been asked to help solve a 'murder' as police continue their hunt for a body.
Experts called in to Oswaldtwistle and Rivington to find body of 'murdered' rapist
10:48am Friday 9th January 2009
SPECIALIST police search teams and mountain rescue experts are being brought in to help find the body of a 'murdered' rapist.
'Murdered' man may be buried in moorland at Oswaldtwistle or Rivington
7:40am Wednesday 7th January 2009
A 'MURDERED' rapist whose body has been missing for three weeks may be buried in remote moorland, police have revealed.
Tally ho - the Holcombe Hunt sets off again
7:03pm Sunday 28th December 2008
HORSES and hounds charged off on the annual Boxing Day hunt.
New trees to be planted by Rivington adventure course bosses
9:52pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
THE bosses of a company behind a controversial tree top adventure course have agreed to plant new trees, after chopping down healthy specimens without permission.
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