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UPDATED: Chorley reservoir drowning victim is named

8:37am Monday 28th May 2012

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has drowned after getting into difficulty while swimming in Chorley.

Plans for Islamic school in Blackburn turned down

6:00pm Saturday 26th May 2012

PLANS to open an Islamic school in Blackburn have been turned down.

EDL were on flashmob tour of East Lancs when violence flared

1:00pm Saturday 26th May 2012

A FLASH mob tour of East Lancashire by the English Defence League ended in an Asian teenager being floored in the street and another being run over.

Packed first public meeting of new Blackburn Rover's trust group

Packed first public meeting of new Blackburn Rover's trust group

1:55pm Saturday 26th May 2012

Hundreds of football fans have attended the Blackburn Rovers Supporters Investment Trust first public meeting.

Blackburn council slam drivers using bus lanes

11:57am Saturday 26th May 2012

COUNCIL bosses have slammed ‘idiotic’ drivers using bus lanes after a second vehicle smashed into a raised bollard.

Blackburn's community kindhearts to give away winnings

WINNING SMILES Winners with their awards and, below,

11:00pm Friday 25th May 2012

COMMUNITY spirited award winners have revealed they will be donating their winnings back to worthy causes.

Jehovah’s group to get new home in Blackburn

5:00pm Friday 25th May 2012

AROUND 200 volunteers will be helping to build the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New Kingdom Hall in Blackburn.

Video: Accrington robbery hero, 73 praised at Police Public Bravery Awards

CONFRONTATION Mr Greenwood

4:10pm Friday 25th May 2012

A PENSIONER who confronted a knife-wielding robber nearly 50 years his junior has been honoured at the Police Public Bravery Awards.

Blackburn pensioner's dream over after £26K life savings were robbed in Blackpool

JAIL Liam Davis

3:54pm Friday 25th May 2012

A PENSIONER who carried his life savings in a Quality Street tin in the hope of buying a static caravan in Blackpool, said he had ‘given up’ on his dream of living by the sea after being robbed in the resort.

Blackburn's new £5m bus station move is on

DESIGN A graphic of how the new bus station interior will look

11:40am Friday 25th May 2012

THIS is Blackburn’s new £5million glass-fronted bus station which will welcome passengers from autumn 2015.

Blackburn midwife found ‘guilty of dishonesty’

Blackburn midwife botched test on woman

10:21am Friday 25th May 2012

A BLUNDERING midwife who altered a patient’s records after failing to carry out vital tests has been found guilty of dishonesty.

Ewood travellers’ park is ‘nightmare’

MOVED IN Travellers who have sited their caravans just off Warwick Road, Blackburn for two weeks

10:17am Friday 25th May 2012

RESIDENTS near a park in Ewood have spoken of their nightmare after a group of travellers moved into the area.

Blackburn designer watches thief nets £5k haul

APPEAl Police have CCTV of man they want to talk to

4:10pm Thursday 24th May 2012

CCTV images have been released by police after two designer watches worth more than £5,000 were stolen from a Blackburn pawn-brokers.

Blackburn family speak out to raise awareness of genetic condition

REGULAR CHECKS Francesca Hargreaves, left, and sister Rebecca, eight, on holiday in Cornwall in 2011

4:14pm Thursday 24th May 2012

A FAMILY have spoken out to raise awareness of the effects of a genetic condition which can cause tumours, and learning difficulties.

Facebook message lead Blackburn man to jail

3:51pm Thursday 24th May 2012

A 24-YEAR-OLD man breached a restraining order the day he was released from prison for an assault on his former partner.

Clitheroe printed cups company deliver to Downing Street

CHEERS Mr Evans and Mr Prisk with some of the cups

2:19pm Thursday 24th May 2012

PRINTED cups made by a Clitheroe business have been delivered to Downing Street for a Jubilee party.

Temperatures set to reach 24C across East Lancashire

Temperatures set to reach 24C across East Lancashire

12:07pm Thursday 24th May 2012

MORE sunshine is forecast across East Lancashire, with temperatures reaching a scorching 24C on Friday.

Deadline for Blackburn and Darwen Jubilee parties in the street tomorrow

4:18pm Thursday 24th May 2012

STREET party applications have to be submitted by tomorrow to be in time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Edenfield PC faces death charge

4:48pm Thursday 24th May 2012

A POLICE officer is to stand trial in November accused of causing the death of 26-year-old woman by driving carelessly while over the alcohol limit.

Blackburn drunken man punched bus driver

10:00pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012

A DRUNKEN man punched an Asian bus driver and shouted racist abuse at him after demanding that he took him home.

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