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Boost for Great Harwood farmers' market

6:00am Friday 24th May 2013

ORGANISERS said Great Harwood Farmers’ Market was going from strength to strength, with more stalls and more visitors heading to Towngate each month.

Rishton man's ride to repay healing centre

John Aspinall and friend Iain Gregory on their adapted bikes

9:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A RISHTON man took part in a charity cycle ride thanks to a specially designed bike after losing his arm to cancer.

Burger van owner from Altham bought stolen goods worth £12,000

6:30pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A BURGER van man set up an early morning meeting with a man he met at a football match to buy equipment worth £12,000, a court heard.

Gallery: Accrington's new carnival queen is crowned

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6:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

DOZENS filled Accrington Town Hall to see student Kimberley Robinson crowned Carnival Queen.

Eyesore Rishton home was 'horrible'

The property in Rishton

5:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A LANDLORD must pay more than £700 for owning a ‘horrible’ house in Rishton, magistrates said.

Be a market stallholder in Accrington

3:45pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

HYNDBURN market lovers are being offered the chance to be stallholders for a day at the Accrington Market site.

Hyndburn Council seeks community-minded volunteers

1:41pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

HYNDBURN Council is on the hunt for people with an interest in local issues and the wish to serve their local community, by supporting the work of the Standards Committee, the body responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by members of the council.

Hyndburn fire woman rescued

Firefighters arrive to tackle the house fire in Chapel Street

11:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A WOMAN was rescued after a fire broke out in a bedroom.

Hyndburn man celebrates 100th birthday

Tom Mayor from Great Harwood celebrates his 100th birthday

4:59pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FORMER textile technician who served as a war time gunner has celebrated his 100th birthday.

Pledge to reverse 'vindictive' rule on Hyndburn's mayor's consort

The new mayor of Hyndburn, Coun Judith Addison

5:13pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

HYNDBURN Tory group leader Peter Britcliffe has pledged to reverse a ‘mean and vindictive’ borough rule change which deprived a veteran councillor of becoming mayoress.

Hero saves mum and boy from Great Harwood house fire

Emergency services at the scene

12:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A MAN has been hailed a ‘hero’ after battling through thick smoke to rescue his partner and a three-year-old boy.

Altham uniform company shows off transformation

5:16pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

MP Graham Jones has visited the offices of Altham-based Kwintet to see how the company has transformed over the last 18 months.

Superhuman efforts by Accrington fund-raisers

5:15pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

CHARITY fundraisers dressed up as superheroes to help beat cancer.

Family feud ended with 40 men clashing in Great Harwood

6:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

A MAN who urged police to step up patrols in advance of a meeting between two feuding families ended up being arrested.

Hyndburn's extra £2.5m to beat Government cuts

Hyndburn MP Graham Jones

5:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

HYNDBURN Council has been given an extra £2.5 million to cushion the effect of ‘horrendous’ Whitehall grant cuts.

Update: Man rescues woman and son from Great Harwood house fire

9:43am Monday 20th May 2013

Emergency services are dealing with a house fire in Great Harwood.

Wanted man hid on roof of coach in Clayton-le-Moors

10:40am Monday 20th May 2013

A WANTED man spent more than two hours on the roof of a coach in a bid to evade arrest.

Altham firm increases production of synthetic turf

3:47pm Monday 20th May 2013

THE grass is greener for an Altham company after it increased production of its synthetic turf to roll out at schools and sports clubs.

Gallery: Fundraisers take part in Hyndburn charity walk

Walkers at the event

1:43pm Monday 20th May 2013

FUNDRAISERS put their best foot forward in an annual walk to raise money for a Hyndburn charity.

Two Accrington pubs up for sale

9:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

TWO landmark Accrington pub premises will up for sale at a major property auction next month.


Hyndburn what's on

Oswaldtwistle players back monologues (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:35pm Tue 21 May 13

OSWALDTWISTLE Players are supporting a ‘highly entertaining and thought-provoking’ collection of monologues…

Oswaldtwistle Players’ take on sit-com classics (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:12pm Tue 16 Apr 13

SOME of TV’s best loved sit-com characters are being brought to life – with some original touches – by…

Get up close with Eighties hitmakers China Crisis (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:35pm Fri 22 Mar 13

CHINA Crisis have announced they will play an intimate gig at Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts Centre this summer.

Rat Pack experience royally cool (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 12:24pm Fri 15 Feb 13

THE Kings of Cool will be taking to the stage of Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre on Sunday night when a tribute to the…

Island adventures in the community (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:46pm Tue 15 Jan 13

MORE than 50 young performers from East Lancashire will be transported to a desert island this week.

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