News for East Lancashire: Blackburn, Burnley, Darwen, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Rossendale

War-time fundraiser in Chatburn to help modernise Christ Church

12:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

PARISHIONERS invoked the war-time spirit in a bid to raise funds to modernise their church.

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85-year-old groper who assaulted Rawtenstall supermarket staff is spared jail

11:58am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

AN 85-YEAR-OLD man who groped two female shop workers at a supermarket has been given a suspended jail sentence.

Hyndburn fire woman rescued

11:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A WOMAN was rescued after a fire broke out in a bedroom.

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Man tries to entice boy into car in Ribble Valley

10:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

AN eight-year-old boy was asked by a stranger to get in to a car as he played out in the street near his home.

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Blackburn MP Jack Straw questions lifting of Syria arms embargo

10:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has warned that lifting the arms export embargo to Syria could benefit its ruler Bashar al-Assad more than the rebels fighting his regime.

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Gallery & video: Crowds welcome the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment to Burnley

9:56am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A PROUD father held his son tightly in his arms as his Lancashire’s soldiers were given a heroes’ welcome in Burnley.

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Darwen musician Kurt Walsh works on soundtrack for 'Return to Nuke 'Em High'

11:04am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A MUSICIAN from Darwen said he would love to work with a film company again after composing the soundtrack for the remake of a cult classic.

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