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A 38-year-old woman missing from her home in Longridge has been found safe and well. Gwenda Hughes was last seen around 8.30am on Wednesday 28 May at her father’s address on Kestor Lane in Longridge.

THE level of car insurance fraud in East Lancashire appears to have ‘stablised’, despite a national spike in dishonest claims. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said the number of dishonest motor claims rose by 34 per cent last year, to

STEPHEN Ineson’s life took a downward turn last year when he had to move out of his mum’s house because she couldn’t afford to look after him and his two younger brothers. The 19-year-old went to live at Darwen’s James Street Project, a supported

FUNDING of more than £320,000 to improve Hyndburn’s woodlands has been secured. The Jackhouse Nature Reserve in Oswaldtwislte, Woodnook and Rothwell Heights in Accrington, Clayton Forest Park and Lower Barnes Street in Clayton-le-Moors will have £324,198

A SINGLE Mum has launched a fundraising page to buy her disabled son a second-hand specially adapted trike for his birthday. Eight-year-old Kai Porter suffered so badly from epilepsy as a baby that it caused long-term developmental problems and

A PLAN to extend a travellers’ caravan site in Blackburn has been approved. The bid to make alterations to the development on a former coal merchants’ site at the rear of Vincent Street in Ewood was rubber stamped, subject to ‘strict’ conditions.

HEALTH campaigners in East Lancashire have been given a boost after the new boss of NHS England said ‘local services’ should be expanded. Chief executive Simon Stevens, who began the role last month, said the health service must end ‘mass centralisation

PREPARATIONS are underway for a parade through the streets of Accrington to commemorate the start of the First World War. On Tuesday, July 1, 120 soldiers from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment will march through the town to exercise their freedom of

THE manhunt for a driver who knocked a former council boss off his bike in a hit and run in France is continuing. French officers have released an evofit of a man they think could be responsible for the accident which killed keen cyclist Steve

KENNY Dalglish hopes Blackburn Rovers will be inspired by the 20th anniversary of the club’s Premier League title triumph next season – rather than being weighed down by history. Dalglish was the manager when Rovers incredibly won the title during

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a takeaway in Burnley. Abel Street has been closed both ways due to the fire in nearby Hurtley Street. It is understood the closure is not causing any traffic issues.

AN historic building next to Blackburn Cathedral is being taken apart bit by bit as part of the area’s redevelopment. St Mary’s House, which had been used as diocesan offices, is in the process of being demolished to make way for part of the ambitious

KIERAN Trippier has committed his future to the Clarets, signing a new three-year deal. The right back still had one year left to run on his current contract. But after helping the club achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League entered

DEBENHAMS department store in Blackburn’s Mall shopping centre has topped a league table of the town’s shoplifting hotspots for the third year running. Police were called out 109 times, more than twice a week, to deal with shoplifters during the