Alan Dearden News Today

In 1860, Democrats and Republicans alike were adamant regarding the need to build a transcontinental railroad. However, their respective ideologies concerning slavery ensured an impasse over which of five potential routes to select. This gridlock was resolved on April 12, 1861, with the attack on Fort Sumter and establishment of the Confederacy.

Rivington Road school featuring future Saints Eddie Cunningham and David Hull RIVINGTON Road often gets overlooked as a big rugby school - but from Duggie Greenall through to Neil Holding and Roy Haggerty the school has provided plenty of future stars. It was on the playing field here where Eddie Cunningham first got to grips with rugby league - and starting a journey which would see him eventually run out at Wembley, winning the Challenge Cup with his home town Saints and then with Widnes....