Driver hurt as lorry overturns on A56
	2:22pm Fri 16 May 08
	A LORRY overturned on the A56 last night.

Pub faces demolition for homes

1:18pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

ANOTHER pub in Burnley could be set to face the wrecking ball after blueprints were unveiled to build nine new homes on the site.

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Burnley canal to get £27,000 upgrade

1:10pm Monday 5th May 2008

ANOTHER stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is to be given a new lease of life.

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	Missing Hapton cat 'spotted' in London
	12:46pm Thu 24 Apr 08
	A MISSING cat has sparked a nationwide search after being 'spotted' 200 miles away from home in London.
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Hapton defendant to face sentence

2:24pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008

The case of Julian Wilkinson, 60, of Mill Hill Lane, Hapton, was adjourned at Burnley Crown Court.

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	Family of paralysed Burnley farmer to hold charity event
	10:45pm Tue 22 Apr 08
	FRIENDS and family of a young farmer who was left paralysed after he was crushed by a one-ton bale of hay are holding a fundraising equestrian day.

Great Harwood dad's '100mph M65 suicide bid'

9:51pm Sunday 13th April 2008

A FATHER-of-two sparked a major police operation after threatening to take his own life by crashing at 100mph on the M65.

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Man had asbestos disease

6:44pm Monday 7th April 2008

AN 85-year-old man who was exposed to asbestos when he worked in a shipyard has died.

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Gift to hospital that saved his life

7:19pm Sunday 6th April 2008

HAPTON man Peter Watson made a generous donation to the hospital that saved his life.

	Lorry flips over in M65 crash chaos
	2:49pm Mon 31 Mar 08
	MOTORISTS experienced huge motorway delays after a three-vehicle crash saw a lorry knocked onto its side in the rush hour.
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Pervert may face jail for sex abuse

4:33pm Friday 21st March 2008

A man is awaiting sentence after admitting sexually abusing two schoolgirls.

	Pit victims remembered
	10:40am Mon 17 Mar 08
	NINETEEN men who were killed in the Hapton Valley Colliery disaster 46 years ago were remembered yesterday at a special service.

Homes set to be given £20m facelift

10:59pm Monday 10th March 2008

HOMES in Burnley are set for a new lease of life - inside and out - as part of multi-million pound investment programmes.

Opinions ‘must be heard’

3:23pm Thursday 6th March 2008

BURNLEY MP Kitty Ussher says it is vital residents' views are heard about potential post office closures.

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Teen’s spade break-in bid

12:46pm Saturday 1st March 2008

A teenager tried to break into a house in Manchester Road, Hapton, around 2.10pm on Thursday.

	£2.8million by-pass improvement scheme
	4:27pm Wed 27 Feb 08
	A £2.8million road improvement scheme aimed at improving safety on a busy dual carriageway has been announced.
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Gangs 'making lives a misery'

10:05pm Tuesday 26th February 2008

GANGS of youths are making lives a misery for elderly people living in parts of Hapton, says a councillor.

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	International drugs gang smashed
	10:01pm Tue 12 Feb 08
	AN INTERNATIONAL crime gang which imported £1million worth of drugs into the UK was being run from a travellers' camp in East Lancashire.
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Car containing six people crashes on motorway

10:01am Tuesday 12th February 2008

A SMALL car carrying six people crashed into the central reservation of the M65 motorway before colliding with a lorry and sliding down a ditch.

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Farmer crushed in quad bike accident

12:25am Monday 11th February 2008

A FARMER was airlifted to hospital after suffering severe injuries when he fell off a quad bike which then rolled over and crushed him.

	‘A lot of pensioners will lose their independence’
	11:03am Tue 5 Feb 08
	"DON'T take away our independence" - that's the impassioned plea from pensioners fighting to keep their post office.
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	Dozens rally to join Post Offices campaign
	12:43pm Fri 1 Feb 08
	DOZENS of people backed the Lancashire Telegraph's Save Our Post Office campaign by signing our on-line petition within hours of its launch.
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Bridge plan could unlock 1,200 jobs

5:22pm Tuesday 29th January 2008

A NEW bridge study could be the key to unlocking 1,200 jobs on the site of a former plastic factory in Hapton, say council chiefs.

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	Mum-of-2 Julie’s wheelie pleased with donation
	2:51pm Tue 29 Jan 08
	A MUM is raising a glass to brewer Thwaites after the firm donated a new wheelchair.
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	Conman’s £91k from 'duping elderly'
	9:41pm Sun 27 Jan 08
	A CONVICTED conman with a track record for stealing from the elderly had £91,000 in bank accounts opened with fake names.
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	Post office closures bombshell
	10:22pm Mon 21 Jan 08
	A QUARTER of East Lancashire's post offices are set to be axed.
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Reaction to post office closure plans

10:42pm Monday 21st January 2008

POLITICIANS and postmasters have slammed the proposals to axe 23 post offices in East Lancashire.

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Crash drink-driver abusive to police

2:17pm Thursday 17th January 2008

A DRINK driver who crashed his car in Hapton after a night on the town owned up to police, but then abused officers on the way to the station.

	Wife’s wheelchair torched in car blaze
	1:45pm Wed 16 Jan 08
	A COUPLE were left stranded at home after vandals torched their car and the wheelchair which was inside.

Scout leader butted singer after Burnley argument

9:08am Wednesday 9th January 2008

A pub singer hit a duff note with a scout leader who overheard him talking about Burnley at the bar of a Whalley pub.

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