Blackburn market staff helped search for toddler

1:40am today

A BLACKBURN market worker has told of the moment the frantic mum of three-year-old Lee Loram reported him missing.

Workers put out industrial fire

9:55am today

FIREFIGHTERS were called to Cunliffe Road in Whitebirk, Blackburn, shortly after 7am on Saturday after an industrial soldering machine at Invertec caught fire. A crew from Blackburn attended but the fire had been put out by workers before their arrival. Slight damage was caused to the flux.

Warning ahead of noise crackdown

9:50am today

PEOPLE who create excessive noise are warned they could face a £5,000 fine.

Family's joy as Blackburn toddler found

12:36am today

THE father of a toddler who went missing for four hours after taking a bus from Blackburn to Bolton has told how his worst nightmare finally ended in joy.

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Missing boy found after Blackburn helicopter search

4:13pm Friday 16th May 2008

UPDATE A three-year-old boy who went missing this afternoon from Blackburn market has been found safe and well.

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Monday's bin strike in Blackburn and Darwen suspended

9:55am Friday 16th May 2008

MONDAY'S strike by Blackburn with Darwen workers has been suspended, according to council bosses.

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	Potentially lethal hair clippers seized from Blackburn shop
	4:17pm Fri 16 May 08
	POTENTIALLY lethal hair clippers have been seized by trading standards in a raid on a pound store.
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Blackburn bakery boss's blast at council

3:08pm Friday 16th May 2008

THE boss of a naan bread bakery said his business was being 'crippled' after vehicles were banned from unloading outside his shop.

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	East Lancashire hospitals dossier 'is flawed'
	2:56pm Fri 16 May 08
	A DOSSIER of health "horror stories" is "riddled with inaccuracies", health bosses have said.
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	Blackburn driver booked again as he fought parking fine
	11:35am Fri 16 May 08
	A PENSIONER was given a parking ticket while town hall officials were photocopying his disabled badge to appeal against another ticket.
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	New Blackburn with Darwen mayor’s pledge to promote racial cohesion
	3:40pm Fri 16 May 08
	BLACKBURN with Darwen's new mayor pledged to use the post to promote racial cohesion.
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Our young people aren't so bad

2:29pm Friday 16th May 2008

Sir Bill Taylor's blog: I met some more great young people last week, Dani and Julie, students at Blackburn College. 17/18 year olds.

Concert marks decade for Blackburn choir

2:27pm Friday 16th May 2008

BLACKBURN'S People's Choir will be celebrating 10 years of singing with a special concert tomorrow night.

Driver bailed for sake of son

12:42pm Friday 16th May 2008

A DISQUALIFIED driver caught behind the wheel when nearly four times the legal drink drive limit was warned that he faces a custodial sentence.

	New Order star in Blackburn for Hacienda night
	12:26pm Fri 16 May 08
	NEW Order bassist Peter Hook will be among the DJs at a special night which will recreate the sounds of the famous Hacienda nightclub.

	Ken Dodd coming to Blackburn
	12:19pm Fri 16 May 08
	KEN Dodd, the elder statesman of British comedy is the latest big name to announce he is to play at East Lancashire's biggest comedy festival.

Accident teenager 'critical'

11:48am Friday 16th May 2008

A teenager from the Blackburn area is in a critical condition in the Royal Preston Hospital after being injured in a fork lift truck accident.

	Face of bogus Blackburn police officer
	9:26am Fri 16 May 08
	THIS is the man who is believed to have posed as a police officer to steal a mobile phone and cash from a 12-year-old schoolboy.

	Blackburn venues look back at Great War heroes
	4:07pm Thu 15 May 08
	BLACKBURN Library and Museum want people to take in their First World War memorabilia for an exhibition next month.

Police have to engage with the community

3:35pm Thursday 15th May 2008

Jack Straw column: Way back in 1979, a young sprog stood up in the House of Commons and argued that the police – and particularly senior officers – were too distant from the public.

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'What about us' ask older voters

12:10pm Thursday 15th May 2008

ELDERLY people have hit out at politicians who "ignored" them in the run-up to the local elections.

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Driver cut free from crash car

11:26am Thursday 15th May 2008

EMERGENCY services were called to Haslingden Road, Guide, at around 12.51pm yesterday after a van collided with a car.

	Parachute man’s Blackburn crash 'no big deal'
	11:20am Thu 15 May 08
	A MAN attempting to fly a motorised parachute ended up in "agony" in hospital after crashing into a wall while trying to take off.
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	A high note for treble-winning Blackburn school
	9:24am Thu 15 May 08
	LAMMACK Primary School, Blackburn, pupils are celebrating their treble success at Blackburn Music Festival.

	Darwen driver's shock at 6 foot hole in Blackburn road
	9:22am Thu 15 May 08
	A MOTORIST had a shock after a hole opened up in the road as she drove through a busy junction.
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Blackburn shopkeeper 'in £3.2million tobacco scam'

10:06pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

A SHOPKEEPER has been accused of cheating the Government out of £3.2million in duty as part of a tobacco smuggling scam.

	Blackburn with Darwen bin strike on: Friday and Monday
	4:55pm Wed 14 May 08
	BIN men in Blackburn and Darwen will begin another two-day strike on Friday as part of the continuing row over council wages.
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Man, 76, injured in Blackburn 'attack'

3:50pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

A 76-year-old man was the victim of an unprovoked attack by two young yobs as he sat in a car, police said.

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Blackburn teen critical after Garstang fork lift truck accident

1:13pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

A TEENAGER was today in a critical condition in the Royal Preston Hospital after being injured in a fork lift truck accident.

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	Clitheroe school wins Young Enterprise crown
	10:38pm Wed 14 May 08
	STUDENTS proved they had what it takes to be the business brains of the future in a young entrepreneurs competition which showcased their talent.
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