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Woman, 71 fell in Tockholes reservoir

10:57am Friday 20th January 2012

A PENSIONER was last night in the intensive care unit of Royal Blackburn Hospital after falling into a reservoir.

Tockholes primary school teacher set to retire

SEND-OFF Practising their farewells for head teacher Barbara Cocken are (from left) Leah Yates, Sohpie Dunbar, Crystal Feast, Samuel Griffin, Jake Noblet and Isobel Newell

12:41pm Thursday 19th January 2012

THE headteacher of Tockholes’s only primary school is to retire after 12 years at the helm.

Turton millionaire weeps as he talks of wife at murder trial

SETTLEMENT The house in Tockholes

10:41am Friday 9th December 2011

A MILLIONAIRE businessman accused of murdering his wife broke down in tears in court yesterday as he gave evidence.

Turton millionaire's wife 'unlikely' to have stabbed herself, murder trial told

ACCUSED Ian Workman

4:40pm Wednesday 7th December 2011

THE ex-wife of millionaire businessman Ian Workman embellished a final diary entry just before she was stabbed in her kitchen, a court has heard.

350 years of Tockholes United Reformed Church history

1:42pm Wednesday 16th November 2011

CALENDARS and booklets are now available to mark the 350th anniversary of Tockholes United Reformed Church.

Rescued Tockholes horse is the mane attraction

RESCUE Eddie is helped back on his feet after the drama in Tockholes

3:30pm Wednesday 12th October 2011

THE owner of a 33-year-old shire horse says the animal has made a ‘full recovery’ following a serious fall last week.

Firefighters save 1-ton shire horse in Tockholes

RESCUE Eddie is helped back on his feet after the drama in Tockholes

11:00am Friday 7th October 2011

FIREFIGHTERS saved the life of a 33-year-old shire horse during a dramatic rescue at Chapel Farm Barn in Tockholes yesterday.

Three girls escape as car overturns in Tockholes

2:22pm Monday 26th September 2011

THREE teenage girls managed to climb out of a car that overturned in a country lane in Tockholes.

Hundreds attend first Tockholes festival

1:00pm Monday 19th September 2011

HUNDREDS of people enjoyed themselves at a four-day festival to toast the health of cancer battler Madison Allan.

Report: Tockholes Gala 2011

SUMMER TRADITION: Welly throwing champion James Barlow, 14, tosses his final boot during the competition

3:09pm Monday 11th July 2011

VILLAGERS enjoyed the summer sunshine at the annual Tockholes Gala on Saturday.

Motocross problem back in Tockholes

DISTURBANCE Motocross problem back in Tockholes

11:00am Thursday 30th June 2011

MOTOCROSS racing problems have “come back with a vengence” in Tockholes, according to a councillor who helped ban the sport on farmland seven years ago.

Tockholes lengthsman could be axed

3:10pm Wednesday 1st June 2011

TOCKHOLES Parish Council is debating whether to continue employing a lengthsman to carry out maintenance in the area.

Tockholes pub the Black Bull runs again

CHEERS Robert Bell with his wife, Wendy, and sons Mark and Scott.

4:32pm Tuesday 19th April 2011

A village pub is set to reopen after a refurbishment.

Erase the graffiti, Jake say Tockholes residents

3:09pm Monday 28th February 2011

RESIDENTS in Tockholes are appealing for a graffiti artist to remove his etchings from a children’s playground.

Former Darwen man's book to help those with Crohn’s disease

3:10pm Friday 18th February 2011

A TOCKHOLES ex-pat has released a book to help people with Crohn’s disease.

Brewery to bring Darwen pub back to life

TO THE FUTURE: Robert Bell is aiming to reopen the Black Bull pub, in Tockholes, bucking the trend of recent closures

11:53am Thursday 17th February 2011

A BREWERY is moving lock, stock and barrel to open in an empty pub in Tockholes.

Residents win Tockholes tree fight

FLASHBACK: Police talk with tree surgeons at the scene

10:30am Tuesday 21st December 2010

RESIDENTS fighting to save an ancient tree are celebrating after a utility firm gave up its bid to chop it down.

Anguish as gravestones stolen from Darwen churchyard

DAMAGED: Above, one of the graves at Tockholes Chapel that thieves have stolen stones from.

11:00am Monday 1st November 2010

GRAVESTONES have been stolen in a 'despicable' raid on a churchyard.

'Ram raid' on Tockholes home as animal goes berserk

CAPTURED: The ram

9:20am Wednesday 15th September 2010

A RUNAWAY ram left a trail of destruction after going berserk in a house.

Tockholes church votes to remove protected tree

PROTEST: Catherine Rigby, and daughters Laura, six, and Emma, four, resident Andrew Rosthorn, Rev Terence Young, tree preservation officer Russell Critchley, and resident Adrian Rigby

11:33am Tuesday 14th September 2010

RESIDENTS fighting to protect a 160-year-old protected beech tree in the grounds of a church have been dealt a new blow.

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