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.

Whitebirk inquiry to resume

1:10pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

A PUBLIC inquiry into plans for a controversial retail development will resume later this month.

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Mobile phone warning after Blackburn businessman fined £500

3:06pm Monday 28th April 2008

MOTORISTS who use their mobile phones while driving have been given a strong warning after a businessman was fined £500 for the offence.

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	Whitebirk retail park must expand - inquiry told
	3:15pm Wed 16 Apr 08
	BUSINESSES see Whitebirk Retail Park as a "failed development" which cannot be viable unless it is expanded, developers said.
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Shopping centre expansion 'will not affect town centres'

5:14pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

A CONTROVERSIAL shopping centre expansion would only take away three per cent of shopping from Blackburn, developers said.

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3,000 jobs hope for business park

7:50pm Monday 31st March 2008

A MULTI-MILLION pound retail and business park development could bring 3,000 jobs into the area if plans are given the go-ahead.

	Gadgets galore as inventors swap tips
	11:29am Mon 31 Mar 08
	WACKY and wonderful inventions were on display at an exhibition designed to help their creators drum up support for their ideas.

	Martha's motorway madness
	10:23pm Tue 25 Mar 08
	AN 81-year-old grandmother brought havoc to the M65 after driving the wrong way along the motorway for 15 miles.
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	New public art for Whitebirk roundabout
	2:32pm Wed 12 Mar 08
	A BUSY roundabout is set to be decorated by a piece of public art.
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Stocks debut for bus builder

3:40pm Tuesday 4th March 2008

THE parent company of the former East Lancashire Coachbuilders has started trading on the London Stock Exchange.

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	Firm's £10,000 donation to young carers
	5:24pm Thu 28 Feb 08
	A COMPANY boss has donated £10,000 to help a young carers project after being told of its good work by one of his staff.

	Whitebirk lights hailed a success
	9:09pm Mon 25 Feb 08
	ENGINEERS have hailed a new lights system on a notorious roundabout as a success.
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	Lights fantastic for dangerous roundabout
	9:11am Mon 25 Feb 08
	A NEW traffic light system that marks the end of a multi-million pound road improvement scheme underwent its first trial-run yesterday.
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Rumpus at roundabout road works

7:03pm Wednesday 20th February 2008

A 58-year-old man has appeared in court following an incident at the road works at the Whitebirk Roundabout at junction 6 of the M65.

	The face of 'despicable' bogus caller
	2:42pm Mon 11 Feb 08
	THIS is the man detectives are hunting in connection with two "despicable" burglaries on pensioners.

	Many hands make lights work
	8:59am Mon 4 Feb 08
	WORK to install overhead lighting on the Whitebirk roundabout has finally got underway after weeks of delays.

Roundabout closing for eight hours

3:14pm Wednesday 30th January 2008

WHITEBIRK roundabout is due to close for eight hours tonight as work continues on the site.

	Whitebirk roundabout project delayed again
	5:40pm Thu 24 Jan 08
	WORK to install overhead lighting on the Whitebirk roundabout has been delayed again.
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	Festive sales boosted by net purchases
	3:32pm Thu 27 Dec 07
	SHOPPERS bagged bargains as Boxing Day sales began - with more and more going on-line to snap up good deals.

Calls to expand the M65

9:38pm Tuesday 25th December 2007

BUSINESS leaders and politicians want East Lancashire's motorway to be widened - to boost the local economy by half a billion pounds a year.

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	Sending Leon on way to number one
	9:10am Thu 20 Dec 07
	EAST Lancashire workers are helping send X Factor winner Leon Jackson on his way to becoming the Christmas Number One.
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Roundabout work delayed

3:27pm Tuesday 11th December 2007

MOTORISTS are set for more weeks of holdups after work on a notorious roundabout was delayed.

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Road blocked after crash

10:46am Tuesday 4th December 2007

A ROAD was partially blocked after two vehicles collided in Blackburn.

Nature reserve sites are unveiled

12:54pm Tuesday 27th November 2007

FIVE preferred sites for a multi-million scheme to create new nature reserves across Hyndburn have been announced.

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Motorists complain of roundabout chaos

4:19pm Thursday 22nd November 2007

DRIVERS have complained that Whitebirk roundabout has become a "nightmare" as work to improve it continues.

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