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Funding joy for five Darwen community groups

11:47am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

DARWEN and Rural Neighbourhood Board has approved grants totalling nearly £20,000 to five community groups.

Council wins Hoddlesden inquiry but faces legal bill

4:09pm Monday 15th February 2010

COUNCIL bosses will be left with a legal bill of thousands of pounds - despite winning a planning appeal.

Spate of burglaries of Hoddlesden

5:16pm Wednesday 10th February 2010

PEOPLE in Darwen are being urged to keep their properties secure after a spate of burglaries.

Hoddlesden brain tumour patient's 10,000ft airplane jump

HERE WE GO: Carmen Rickard and colleague Jonny Smith are preparing for a sponsored 10,000ft leap from an aeroplane in March

8:10pm Monday 18th January 2010

A BRAIN tumour patient has been given the go-ahead to throw herself 10,000ft out of a plane to raise money for fellow sufferers.

Hoddlesden war medal family traced

AUCTIONED OFF Pte Houghton’s medal

1:59pm Monday 14th December 2009

THE service medal of a teenage soldier killed in the First World War will be returned to his family after they were traced through an appeal in the Lancashire Telegraph.

Medal find sparks search for Hoddlesden soldier's ancestors

AUCTIONED OFF Pte Houghton’s medal

2:55pm Tuesday 8th December 2009

THE service medal of a teenage soldier killed in the First World War could be returned to Hoddlesden after it was found in a £15 auction lot.

Hoddlesden tram shelter’s return ticket

JOURNEY STARTS AGAIN: The tram shelter is opened by Dorothy Duckworth, 91, one of the surviving members of the Carus family

11:22am Monday 7th December 2009

THE newly-restored tram shelter in Hoddlesden was reopened on Saturday by the last remaining members of the Carus family in the village.

New youth club in Hoddlesden

3:15pm Monday 30th November 2009

A NEW youth club has been set up in Hoddlesden after a year of campaigning.

Darwen beauty spots in walking guide

5:20pm Monday 5th October 2009

FREE walking guides detailing four routes through beauty spots in East Rural are still available.

Work on Hoddlesden 'eyesore' could start in new year

ACTION CALL: The former mill was wrecked by fire last November and demolished

1:14pm Sunday 4th October 2009

WORK on an ‘eyesore’ former mill site in Hoddlesden could eventually begin in the new year.

Parents banned from parking outside Hoddlesden school

6:10pm Thursday 13th August 2009

PARENTS are being banned from parking outside a Hoddlesden primary school.

Hoddlesden residents ‘disgusted’ at axing of bus service

FACING THE AXE: Trevor Dewse with a rueful look at the prospect of no bus service

11:00am Wednesday 12th August 2009

YESTERDAY it was revealed that bus services across Blackburn with Darwen will be slashed to save money, with Hoddlesden one of the worst affected areas as all its buses will be axed. We went to the village to see how the decision will affect residents.

Darwen man’s film honour to Arnhem troops

REUNION PLAN: Roy Lee hopes to bring together survivors of the battle of Arnhem at the film screening

3:50pm Monday 10th August 2009

THE son of a Darwen man killed in a Second World War battle has invited survivors to a special film screening to mark a landmark anniversary.

Belthorn residents urge neighbouring villages to join anti-windfarm campaign

CHAIRMAN: Stuart Kaufman led the meeting for residents of Belthorn

9:00pm Tuesday 4th August 2009

RESIDENTS in an East Lancashire village are launching a campaign to stop a windfarm being built.

Call for signs to help rural businesses in Hoddlesden

PLEA: Coun Julie Slater

9:00pm Monday 29th June 2009

RURAL businesses in Hoddlesden are losing out because of poor road signs, the area’s councillor claims.

Hoddlesden tram shelter group in extra cash bid

COUN Julie Slater

4:20pm Monday 29th June 2009

MONEY to finish the restoration of an historic tram shelter in Hoddlesden has dried up.

Hoddlesden residents’ fury at ‘eyesore’ mill site

Hoddlesden residents’ fury at ‘eyesore’ mill site

9:32am Monday 1st June 2009

RESIDENTS in Hoddlesden are calling for action to be taken over the ‘eyesore’ former site of the Vernon-Carus Mill.

Historic Hoddlesden tram shelter given new lease of life

FOCAL POINT: The old shelter in Hoddlesden where Alan Turner, from Edgworth, is seen viewing it with his 16-month-old grand-daughter Lila Mottershead

8:00pm Sunday 3rd May 2009

AN HISTORIC tram shelter in Hoddlesden is being given a new lease of life after years of campaigning by the local community.

Extra patrols over parking at Darwen school

7:40pm Friday 24th April 2009

EXTRA patrols will be carried out at a Hoddlesden primary school to crack down on parents parking in no-go areas.

Anger as 100 flowers stolen from Hoddlesden community garden

DESOLATE: Yvonne Booth with a flower box left empty after the thief struck in Hoddlesden

8:20pm Tuesday 14th April 2009

AROUND 100 flowers planted as part of a community project were stolen just days after coming into bloom.



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