Outrage over council's rubbish skips move

9:53pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A COUNCIL has sparked outrage by placing skips outside schools in Blackburn and Darwen a bid to beat the effects of a binmen strike.

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Teenager plunges 25 feet through Trawden factory roof

8:23pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A TEENAGER plunged 25 feet through a factory roof ontoa conrete floor after climbing up to retrieve a football.

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Blackburn MP Straw in ASBO row

8:12pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A SOLICITOR has said the Government must have a rethink on Anti Social Behaviour Orders if it wants to avoid a prison service meltdown.

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Burnley dinner lady in fire rescue drama

6:07pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A DINNER lady has praised neighbours after they pulled her and her dog out of a smoke filled house when the chip pan caught fire.

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Eight injured as crash closes A59 at Samlesbury

3:56pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a three-car crash which caused major tailbacks.

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Audley community football tournament gets youngsters fit

8:32pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A COMMUNITY footballing event has been held to help youngsters get fit and healthy in between learning.

Accrington badger's worldwide movie fame

8:05pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A STUFFED badger has been given a new lease of life as the inspiration for a character in a major Hollywood blockbuster.

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Three injured in Darwen woods attack

4:52pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A GROUP of up to 20 youths were involved in a random attack on three people which left one with a broken jaw and another unconscious.

Charity volunteers 'kicked out' of Blackburn hospital

4:49pm Sunday 11th May 2008

FUNDRAISING pensioners who sold tea and biscuits on hospital wards for years have accused health bosses of kicking them out.

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Cyclist dies in A59 crash at Sawley

4:25pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A CYCLIST was killed after colliding with a car during an afternoon ride.

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Lancashire Police top brass public meetings to be scrapped

12:41pm Sunday 11th May 2008

PUBLIC meetings held by police bosses are set to be scrapped later this year - because hardly anyone goes to them.

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Man charged over Great Harwood 'stabbing'

10:40am Sunday 11th May 2008

A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with an alleged double stabbing in Great Harwood.

Wasted Lives DVD gets safety award

1:56pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A HARROWING road safety DVD has won a prestigious award - and will be used to plug gaps left by the government's proposed driving test changes.

£600k boost for 'inadequate' Lancashire fostering services

1:20pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A CASH injection of around £600,000 has been provided to turn around Lancashire County Council's inadequate' fostering service.

Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park scores for new businesses

7:13am Sunday 11th May 2008

A NEW £1million business centre built in the stands of a Premier League football club has welcomed its first tenants.

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East Lancashire hospice solstice walk

1:24pm Sunday 11th May 2008

PEOPLE are invited to mark the longest day of the year by joining a fund-raising walk for East Lancashire Hospice.

Brierfield man in £20,000 fake goods haul

11:44pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A MAN caught with a haul of fake designer goods - estimated to be worth more than £20,000 - has escaped a jail sentence.

Rossendale sailor in mercy mission to Goa

10:53pm Sunday 11th May 2008

A ROSSENDALE sailor put his day's leave from the Royal Navy to good use by helping disadvantaged children.

Ruling coalition to continue

7:47pm Saturday 10th May 2008

THE three-way partnership in charge of Blackburn with Darwen council will continue after party leaders held talks last night.

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Two injured in 'stab attack'

2:18pm Saturday 10th May 2008

TWO men were taken to hospital following an alleged late night double stabbing in Great Harwood.

Man in court over Blackburn arson

1:45pm Saturday 10th May 2008

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been charged after a fire in that left a mother and her children in hospital.

Nelson cannabis farm gang jailed

1:12pm Saturday 10th May 2008

SIX Vietnamese workers who ran a cannabis farm from a house in Nelson have been jailed.

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Council reveals plans to combat bin strike

8:38am Saturday 10th May 2008

COUNCIL bosses say they intend to carry out "as many collections as possible" during the Blackburn and Darwen binmen's strike.

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Burnley flats arson probe

8:15pm Saturday 10th May 2008

ARSONISTS are suspected after a block of flats was set on fire.

Power cut affects thousands of homes

10:08am Saturday 10th May 2008

THOUSANDS of homes in the Ribble Valley were left without electricity after a power cut.

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Rawtenstall garage arson

12:41pm Saturday 10th May 2008

ARSONISTS are suspected of starting a fire in a garage in Rawtenstall.

Teenager in court over Blackburn mobile phone robbery

11:42am Saturday 10th May 2008

A TEENAGER is appearing in court after a girl had her mobile phone snatched.

Cars and car wash torched in Blackburn

11:46pm Friday 9th May 2008

TWO cars and a car wash were set on fire by arsonists thought to be as young as 12.

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Young arsonists in damage spree

9:32pm Friday 9th May 2008

ARSONISTS aged as young as 12 may caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in a spate of random attacks.

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Blackburn fraudster jailed for £380k swindle

7:58pm Friday 9th May 2008

A FRAUDSTER who had a string of aliases has been jailed for three-and-a-half-years for his part in a £380,000 mortgage swindle.

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