Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley news from the Lancashire Telegraph

East Lancs teen allegedly raped ‘pre-pubescent child’, court told

7:30pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A TEENAGER allegedly repeatedly raped a ‘pre-pubescent child’, telling her on one occasion it was ‘just a bit of fun’, a jury heard.

Wait for M65 lights review, coroner told

6:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

THE Highways Agency has written to a coroner who questioned the organisation’s decision to turn off the lights on the M65 motorway.

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Concern over East Lancs hospital inpatient survey results

4:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

HOSPITAL boss Jim Birrell said he was ‘disappointed’ by the results of an inpatient survey at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General.

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Police appeal for missing Blackburn teen

4:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

POLICE are appealing for information about a 15-year-old boy who has gone missing from his home in Blackburn.

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Queen’s honour for East Lancs companies’ export excellence

3:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

TWO East Lancashire businesses have been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise (QAE).

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‘Blessing from Pope’ hope for Clarets

2:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

SEAN Dyche’s promotion-winning side could receive a holy blessing ahead of their Premier League campaign – from the Pope.

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East Lancashire celebrates St George's Day

1:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

PARADES, fun days, church services and community activities will be held across East Lancashire to celebrate St George’s Day.

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East Lancs man commits suicide using lethal chemical mix

12:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A MAN found dead in his car at a popular picnic site had mixed chemicals to produce deadly fumes, an inquest heard.

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Former Accrington headteacher charged with historic sex offences

11:32am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A 52-YEAR-OLD former head teacher at an Accrington school has appeared in court charged with historic sexual offences involving a pupil.

Blackburn teacher charged with 'sexual offences' involving pupils

11:00am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A 51-YEAR-OLD teacher at a Blackburn school appeared before the town’s magistrates charged with sexual offences involving pupils.

East Lancs chef sentenced to 5 years for raping sleeping teen

8:30am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A 21-YEAR-OLD man raped a teenage girl as she slept after a house party.

Rock Legend Paul Weller accuses East Lancs man of selling limited-edition release on eBay

6:30am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

THE son of an East Lancashire music shop boss has been caught up in a ‘Record Store Day’ row with rock legend and ‘Modfather’ Paul Weller.

Lancashire Police to recruit 100 new officers

9:22am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

ONE hundred new officers are set be taken on by Lancashire Police.

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Rush hour speeders caught in Billington

2:15pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

POLICE officers and Community Road Watch volunteers in Billington caught five people speeding through the Ribble Valley village yesterday.

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Art works on show to help fund church repair plans in Mellor

2:13pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A PAINTING exhibition will be held in the Ribble Valley at the end of the week.

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Forest of Bowland officers call for care by motorcyclists using restricted by-way

2:11pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

BOSSES at the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are appealing for the responsible use of a by-way to reduce the risk of disturbance to rare and protected wildlife.

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Air ambulance called to Bowling Green Cafe at Clitheroe Castle as boy breaks wrist

1:46pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A 12-YEAR-OLD was airlifted to hospital after falling off a rope swing in Clitheroe.

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CCTV clue in search for stolen phone in Blackburn

1:43pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

OFFICERS want to speak with this man in connection with the theft of a mobile phone from a DIY store.

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Great Harwood politician visits Bosnia to raise awareness of genocide

12:42pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A GREAT Harwood councillor said he pondered on the sacrifice soldiers from Hyndburn made while on a recent trip to Bosnia, which he visited as part of a government delegation.

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Pupils set for Great Edgworth Bake Off bonanza

12:01pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014

THE Great Edgworth Bake Off takes place next week at Turton and Edgworth Primary School.

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Altham meat trader turns over £3m in first year

11:51am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

AN Altham meat wholesaler is on schedule to achieve a turnover in excess of £3m in its first year.

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Blackburn charity raises cash for cardiac machine which is first of its kind in state of Gujarat

11:40am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A BLACKBURN-based charity has donated a specialist cardiac machine to a hospital in India.

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50,000 views for Turton motorcycle safety video

11:36am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A VIDEO promoting motorcycle safety has had more than 50,000 views on YouTube.

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MEP in call for national St George’s holiday

11:30am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall has called for St George’s Day to be declared a Bank Holiday.

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Long-distance walkers invited to join in 248-mile 11-day Alfred Wainwright trek across Pennines

11:27am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A WALK commemorating Alfred Wainwright’s ‘best work’ is to take place in September.

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‘Royal’ site homes in Blackburn are selling well

11:16am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

SO far 53 out of the 123 new homes on the new Royals Estate in Blackburn have been completed, including three show houses.

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£50k worth of VWs stolen after break-in at Barrow house

11:13am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

CARS worth almost £50,000 have been stolen from a driveway of a Ribble Valley home.

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Blackburn motor neurone sufferer takes plunge with fundraiser

11:06am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A MOTOR neurone disease sufferer with a fundraising target of £1million will host a charity swimathon today.

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Darwen care home 'target for squatters and addicts'

11:03am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

NEIGHBOURS of a boarded-up former care home have called for action after an arson attack left it an eyesore.

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QEGs students learn about ex-pupil who won Victoria Cross for Zeebrugge Raid rescue

10:55am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

PUPILS have been learning of the heroic feats behind a grand painting which was hung in their dinner hall this week.

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Council to tackle dangerous parking near Pleasington Playing Fields

9:36am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

COUNCIL officers will tackle dangerous parking near Pleasington Playing Fields after a new car park for 40 to 50 vehicles is built.

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Drunken intruder breaks into Accrington cricket club and falls asleep

9:33am Wednesday 23rd April 2014

A DRUNKEN intruder apologised after breaking into a cricket club, drinking lager, and falling asleep.

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East Lancs woman left fuming after broken boiler floods home

7:30pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

GRANDMA June Eastham was left fuming at her energy company after her boiler broke down and flooded a storage room at her house.

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VIDEO: Pitch black M65 roundabout must be illuminated to avoid a potential tragedy

5:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A MOTORIST is calling for lights on a roundabout near the M65 to be fixed immediately to avoid a potential crash.

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Blackburn woman who ran red light was twice legal drink-drive limit

6:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A 31-YEAR-old woman who crashed into another car after going through a red light was later found to be nearly double the legal drink drive limit.

Blackburn road closed after two-car smash

3:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A MAJOR road in Blackburn was closed earlier this afternoon after a crash involving two cars.

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East Lancs patients’ group starts petition after health commissioners put service out to tender

3:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

HEALTH commissioners have come under fire after deciding to invite ‘profit-making’ companies to bid for the GP out-of-hours contract in East Lancashire.

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Capital Xtra radio producer sent out naked photos pretending to be 21-year-old Blackburn woman

4:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A RADIO producer stole a Blackburn woman’s internet photos to use on a dating website and then sent out naked pictures of other women pretending to be her.

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Police issue re-appeal for missing Accrington man on eve of his birthday

4:49pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

POLICE are re-appealing for information about a 50 year old man from Accrington who has been missing for nearly two weeks.

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Save Whalley Village Action Group vows to fight on

4:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A HOUSING campaign group in the Ribble Valley has vowed to ‘fight on’ against large developments in the borough.

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Blackburn student to sue Domino’s Pizza over language rule

2:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A STUDENT is to take one the UK’s biggest firms to court after they warned staff they must speak English.

Special discount for Blackburn 'Lynx effect' thief

2:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

POLICE reduced the value of the charge after hearing deodorant stolen from a convenience store was on special offer.

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7.5k parcels given to Blackburn's hungry residents in foodbank 'outrage'

1:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

THOUSANDS of people have received help from East Lancashire’s food-banks in the past 12 months, new figures reveal.

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Blackburn shop owner has extended opening hours plan rejected

12:00pm Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A PHARMACIST has failed in his second bid to extend his shop’s opening hours and now faces visits from council officials to ensure he plays by the rules.

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‘Weird’ Accrington store is dead stylish

11:06am Tuesday 22nd April 2014

TAG antlers, stuffed crows and baby pigs in jars are big business in Accrington.

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Narrowboat gets that 'sinking feeling' after becoming wedged in lock near Chorley

11:00am Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A NARROWBOAT and its driver got that sinking feeling after a vessel became stuck in a lock for several hours.

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Blackburn with Darwen council defends plans to introduce 'spy cars'

10:00am Tuesday 22nd April 2014

BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has defended its plans to introduce a traffic ‘spy car’ in light of criticism from a civil liberties campaign group.

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Funeral For a Friend and We Are Scientists to play in Blackburn

9:18am Tuesday 22nd April 2014

TWO big names of the music world are coming to King George’s Hall, Blackburn.

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Blackburn MP snapped eating banana on the M6

9:02am Tuesday 22nd April 2014

AN East Lancashire MP has defended claims he was driving while distracted because he was eating a banana.

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Blackburn man lunged at pub landlord

9:26am Tuesday 22nd April 2014

A 20-YEAR-old man lashed out at a pub landlord after being told to leave the venue.