AN EMPTY house has been set on fire in Nelson. Two crews were called to Smith Street at around 5.30pm on Sunday after reports that the ground floor of the terrace house was ablaze. The fire is being treated as suspicious and investigations
TWO vans were set on fire this evening in Burnley within 10 minutes of each other. The first happened at around 5.20pm on the car park at the Lanes Ends Pub, in Kiddrow Lane. The second was on the carpark of the Hare and Hounds pub, in Halifax
A LARGE fire at a terrace house this afternoon is thought to have started because it was being used as a cannabis factory. The blaze, which wrecked the roof, also spread to the two neighbouring properties, which had to be evacuated. Firefighters
THE Met Office and the Environment Agency are warning people to be prepared for possible travel disruption and flooding as some areas see up to 70 mm on top of the rain that has already fallen over the last few days. Eddy Carroll, Met Office chief forecaster
A WOMAN walking home from a Blackburn gym was approached by a man carrying a knife and had her bag stolen, police said. The incident happened at 9.15pm on Friday as the 20-year-old woman, from the Blackburn area, was on her way back from the Bangor
