Investigation launched into Blackburn and Darwen's 'messy and hazardous' verges

The verges are described as 'messy'

1:30pm Monday 17th June 2013

NEW environment boss Jim Smith has launched a probe into the cutting of grass verges in Blackburn with Darwen after Tory group leader Mike Lee claimed reductions in the service had left them 'messy and hazardous'.

£780k facelift for Blackburn railway station

Blackburn Railway Station

11:00am Thursday 13th June 2013

BLACKBURN railway station is getting a £780,000 facelift as part of the regeneration of the town centre spearheaded by the £28million Cathedral Quarter.

More Burnley and Pendle people opting to travel by train

4:25pm Thursday 13th June 2013

MORE people in Burnley and Pendle are letting the train take the strain, new county council figures have revealed.

Concerns over Blackburn roundabout

10:30am Thursday 13th June 2013

A NEW mini-roundabout in Grimshaw Park, Blackburn, is causing concerns.

Driver dies in crash on the Grane Road near Belthorn

6:49pm Monday 10th June 2013

A MOTORIST was killed when his car ploughed through a wall and into the side of a house.

Man seriously injured after being hit by train in Blackburn

1:49pm Monday 10th June 2013

A MAN is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a train close to Mill Hill train station in Blackburn.

East Lancashire MEP's opposition to mega-trucks in the UK

5:24pm Monday 10th June 2013

EURO-MP Paul Nuttall has voiced fears that UK road safety is under threat from trucks heavier than Boeing 737-300 aeroplanes.

Subsidised bus trips for over-60s scrapped by Hyndburn Council

9:10am Friday 7th June 2013

CHEAP coastal trips for older people have been axed as part of council cost-cutting measures.

Taxis fail checks in new crackdown in Nelson

3:46pm Friday 7th June 2013

ELEVEN out of 16 taxis stopped during a licensing crackdown failed roadside checks by inspectors.

Belthorn pothole problems investigated

3:04pm Friday 7th June 2013

HIGHWAYS chiefs have been urged to investigate road and paving conditions.

Jury clears Blacko driver over death of motorcyclist

John Kay

3:07pm Thursday 6th June 2013

A MAN involved in a road crash in which a popular motorcyclist was fatally injured, has been cleared of causing his death by careless driving.

Hunt for racist who abused Asian rail passenger in Accrington

12:00pm Thursday 6th June 2013

A RAIL passenger was subjected to a ‘barrage of racist abuse’ as he waited for a train.

Homes traffic 'would hit Whalley'

4:12pm Thursday 6th June 2013

AN application to build 504 homes near Barrow has raised congestion fears in nearby Whalley.

East Lancashire driving instructors back plans to fine bad drivers

The fines will target middle-lane hoggers

4:02pm Thursday 6th June 2013

Drivers who hog the middle lane of the motorway, tailgate or use their phones at the wheel face £100 fines under new government proposals. Michael Morrison asked driving instructors in East Lancashire whether it was a good way to combat bad driving . . .

Row over plan to ban parking outside homes in Colne

Keighley Road

3:22pm Thursday 6th June 2013

PLANS to restrict parking with double yellow lines outside homes in Colne is ‘dividing a community’.

Bus crashes into fence in Blackburn

6:10pm Tuesday 4th June 2013

A BUS crashed into a fence inside the grounds of the Royal Blackburn Hospital this afternoon.

Clayton-le-Moors driver ran a red light

3:16pm Monday 3rd June 2013

A van driver drove off at speed after being flagged down by a police officer.

Councillors' fears over traffic near proposed Hapton nursery

12:00pm Sunday 2nd June 2013

COUNCILLORS have demanded to know accident figures for a road running outside a controversial proposed nursery in Hapton.

Drink-drive limit warning to East Lancashire motorists

6:00pm Saturday 1st June 2013

DRIVERS have been warned that even one alcoholic drink could put them over the legal limit.

Plea to motorcyclists to stay safe on notorious East Lancashire to Yorkshire route

10:00am Saturday 1st June 2013

A POLICE officer has pleaded with motorcyclists to stay safe on a notorious Lancashire to Yorkshire route after a 90mph death crash.



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