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Blackburn teacher's riots drama
12:20am Monday 7th July 2008
AN East Lancashire aid-worker has described how she was tear-gassed by police after being caught up in riots as a country descended into crisis.
Blackburn man starts his own wind farm
8:10pm Sunday 6th July 2008
A MAN is bidding to beat spiralling energy costs after installing a wind turbine at his Blackburn home to generate his own electricty.
Rain doesn't stop Blackburn celebration
6:20pm Sunday 6th July 2008
RAIN could not dampen the spirits of this weekend’s outdoor concert to ‘Celebrate Blackburn.’ Street performers, brass bands, singers and orchestras filled the town hall square with not just music but excitement on Saturday afternoon — and even brought the sun out.
Blackburn drug dealer turned armed robber jailed
10:50pm Friday 4th July 2008
A DRUG dealer who held up two local shops with a knife while on bail for supplying heroin has been jailed for seven years.
'Dangerous Blackburn thug' jailed indefinitely
1:01pm Friday 4th July 2008
A ‘DANGEROUS thug’ with 60 previous convictions has been jailed indefinitely after an unprovoked and vicious attack in a pub.
'Daylight robbery' of Blackburn nurses
8:30pm Friday 4th July 2008
HOSPITAL parking bosses have been accused of ‘daylight robbery’ after fining nurses £65 not displaying their permits correctly while parked in the staff area.
'National scandal' as Blackburn patient removed from waiting list
6:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has pledged to take a patient’s case - described by one critic as a ‘national scandal’ - to the top of the Department for Health.
Blackburn sex fiend caught by extra police
9:44am Friday 4th July 2008
A DOUBLE sex attacker was caught by specialist police officers paid for with cash from council tax increases, it has emerged.
Burnley and Blackburn nightclubs ‘safe from sell-off'
9:37am Friday 4th July 2008
OWNERS of East Lancashire’s two biggest nightclubs said they had a bright future despite selling off 26 other venues – for just £5.
East Lancashire business sells military vehicle for £20K
9:24am Friday 4th July 2008
A PROPERTY developer has concluded an explosive deal – selling a tank for £20,000.
Sacked Blackburn-based speed camera technician slammed
10:30pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
A SPEED camera technician has been sacked for putting ‘quantity before quality’ and causing 545 drivers to eb wrongly prosecuted.
Blackburn lorry driver jailed for nine years
4:43pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
A BLACKBURN lorry driver involved in a near half a million pound money laundering operation has been jailed for nine years.
Loner Blackburn rapist admits three sex attacks
10:40pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008
A ‘WICKED’ rapist carried out sex attacks two nights running on terrified teenage girls.
Blackburn police worker sacked over incorrect speeding fines
2:53pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
A LANCASHIRE Constabulary speed camera technician has been sacked after drivers were wrongly hit with speeding fines totalling £35,000.
Blackburn man in court over drugs charges
5:45pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
A BLACKBURN man has appeared in court charged in connection with possessing over £2,700 of heroin and cocaine.
Blackburn woman lends voice to new ad
10:48am Thursday 3rd July 2008
AN East Lancashire businesswoman has given her voice to one of Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park’s latest characters.
Ex Burnley postal worker claims sorting office was racist
11:57am Thursday 3rd July 2008
A POSTAL worker is claiming he was subjected to racial abuse for seven years before he was sacked by the Royal Mail.
Brierfield pervert DJ told ‘jail unlikely’
4:12pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
A BROADCASTER who secretly and indecently filmed a girl at her school is likely to receive a community punish-ment, a judge said.
Balkan band squeezes Blackburn festival into schedule
2:08pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
EASTERN European rhythms were played out in an East Lancashire setting yesterday.
Accrington man's drugs death was an accident
11:41am Thursday 3rd July 2008
A MAN found dead in a derelict substation was had accidentally taken a drug overdose, an inquest heard.
Chris to face a peak of success
11:37am Thursday 3rd July 2008
A FORMER footballer is preparing to trek to Mount Everest base camp to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
Bid launched for Blackburn with Darwen schools' private partner
11:34am Thursday 3rd July 2008
COUNCILS bosses have launched a bid to find a private sector partner to build and remodel nine secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen.
Off-licences pass test in Blackburn and Darwen under-age purge
11:30am Thursday 3rd July 2008
FIFTEEN off-licences were put to the test as part of a summer crackdown on underage drinking in Blackburn and Darwen.
Low-risk offenders transform neglected Blackburn footpath
11:28am Thursday 3rd July 2008
A NEGLECTED footpath has been transformed by a team of workers on probation.
Woman charged with assault at Jack Straw's office
11:20am Thursday 3rd July 2008
A 40-year-old woman has appeared in court in connection with an incident at the offices of Blackburn MP and Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
Telegraph aged 50 is found
11:19am Thursday 3rd July 2008
A WOMAN having a boiler fitted in her home found a 50-year-old copy of The Lancashire Telegraph — which carried a report about a boiler exploding.
Two in court over Blackburn town centre robbery
9:48am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
TWO teenagers are appearing in court today charged with robbery after an incident in Blackburn town centre.
Men charged with Blackburn menswear shop robbery
3:16pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008
TWO men - one of them an employee of Greenwoods Menswear - have appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with a robbery at the town centre shop on Sunday.
Award-winner tells pupils of gratitude to Blackburn school
2:37pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008
THE achievements of girls at Westholme Middle School in Blackburn were celebrated at the prize-giving ceremony last night.
Matt Derbyshire scores for charity
2:03pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Blackburn Rovers’ Matt Derbyshire was a special guest at a fancy dress charity night at Longshaw Unity WMC, Bryan Street, Blackburn, on June 27.
National News
Piper Alpha anniversary is marked
Updated 1:10am Monday 7th July 2008
A memorial service marking the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy heard that the 167 victims must never become "just another statistic".
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