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VIDEO: Action movie shot in Rivington gardens

8:00am Saturday 6th October 2012

A film inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones has been shot in Rivington. Sophie’s Fortune: The Treasure of Quetzalcoatl is directed by aspiring movie makers Phil Meachem and Chris Cronin.

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Climber injured in fall at Anglezarke quarry

4:44pm Wednesday 22nd August 2012

A climber is recovering in hospital after a 40-foot fall at a popular mountaineering haunt in Lancashire.

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n Roads to be closed as 1,500 compete in triathlon

4:01pm Wednesday 27th July 2011

DISRUPTION to roads around Lancashire is expected this Sunday when more than 1,500 athletes take part in the Ironman UK triathlon bike race.

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Disposable barbecue 'may have caused massive Lancashire moorland blaze'

5:07pm Wednesday 4th May 2011

A DISPOSABLE barbecue may have been to blame for a massive moorland fire which destroyed 70,000 trees, it has been revealed.

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Moor blazes across Lancashire leave firefighters stretched

9:20am Tuesday 3rd May 2011

FIREFIGHTERS from across Lancashire have had “one of their busiest ever weekends” fighting moorland blazes.

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Missing woman 'could be Rivington'

4:19pm Friday 11th March 2011

A WOMAN missing from home could be in Rivington, police said.

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4x4 rampage damages Rivington beauty spot

2:55pm Friday 4th March 2011

A trail of destruction has been left at a popular beauty spot following a rampage by thoughtless 4x4 drivers.

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Drought order for Rivington reservoirs withdrawn

2:44pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

United Utilities has withdrawn its drought permit application for its Rivington reservoir chain as recent rainfall has allowed water levels to recover sufficiently.

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Water firm applies for Rivington drought permit

4:13pm Monday 12th July 2010

UNITED Utilities is stepping up its drought action plan in the wake of the North West’s first hosepipe ban for 14 years.

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Injured cyclist's agonising wait after Rivington crash

4:42pm Friday 28th May 2010

A CYCLIST endured an agonising two-hour wait on Rivington Pike after breaking his arm when he came off his mountain bike.

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Fifty firefighters tackle Rivington moorland blaze

3:29pm Monday 24th May 2010

SMOKE was seen billowing into the skies across Bolton when a huge blaze swept through the moors.

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