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East Lancashire star Diana Vickers lands West End role

East Lancashire star Diana Vickers lands West End role

6:11pm Thursday 9th July 2009

DIANA Vickers has landed a leading role in a major West End musical.

Hyndburn MP backs down after 10p tax rebellion pledge

THREAT: Greg Pope

2:05pm Thursday 9th July 2009

AN EAST Lancashire Labour MP backed down on his plans to rebel against the Government’s 10p tax rate just hours before a major vote.

Work to tidy up woodland in Great Harwood

2:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A SERIES of volunteer days to regenerate and clean up a woodland area in Hyndburn have been organised.

Women cut free after Accrington smash

12:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

TWO women were freed from their vehicle after a serious two-car smash on the Accrington by-pass.

‘Green’ talks in Great Harwood

12:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A MEETING to discuss environmental issues in Great Harwood is being held today.

'Mistakes engraved on Oswaldtwistle war memorial' - claim

MEMORIAL: Names of the fallen in Oswaldtwistle

3:30pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

MISTAKES have been engraved on a town’s war memorial according to a historian who says his warnings went unheeded.

VIDEO: Day of action against East Lancashire's prolific burglars

SHOW OF FORCE: Police gather outside Blackburn Town Hall for a briefing

9:10am Wednesday 8th July 2009

MORE than 60 police officers lined up outside Blackburn Town Hall before launching one of the biggest single-day operations the area has ever seen.

VIDEO: Oswaldtwistle mum remembered at 7/7 memorial

VIDEO: Oswaldtwistle mum remembered at 7/7 memorial

12:30pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

THE victims of the 7/7 bombings, including an Oswaldtwistle mum-of-two, were remembered yesterday four years after the attacks with the unveiling of a memorial in Hyde Park.

Great Harwood horror crash bike racer back home

AMAZING RECOVERY: Dave at home. With him is sidecar partner Rob Coward

9:22am Wednesday 8th July 2009

A CHAMPION motorcycle sidecar racer who suffered horrific injuries in a crash has been allowed home after making an amazing recovery.

Glory for East Lancashire swamp soccer team

SWAMP SOCCER: Celebrating their success in the world championships are back, from left, Rebecca McDonald, Robert Dearden, Liam Barton, Robert Barton. Front, Emma Taylor, Claire Martin, James Wilson, Darren Grimshaw, and Gary Lloyd

9:27am Wednesday 8th July 2009

THE idea of spending a sunny weekend caked in mud would be most people’s idea of hell, but not for nine East Lancashire residents.

Arson hits five Rishton homes in row

9:17am Wednesday 8th July 2009

ARSONISTS torched a derelict property in Rishton which then spread to four others houses.

Three Rishton teenagers in court over Blackburn man's death

CORDONED OFF: A policeman stands guarding the crime scene by the Gladstone monument

5:40pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

THREE teenagers have appeared before magistrates charged in connection with the death of a 24-year-old in Blackburn town centre.

East Lancashire advertising guru dies aged 68

INTEGRITY: John Dawson

12:50pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

AN advertising and graphic design guru has died after a long battle with illness, aged 68.

Hyndburn MP rebels over ‘tax on the poor’

THREAT: Greg Pope

12:26pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

AN EAST Lancashire Labour MP is at the centre of a fresh rebellion against the Government’s tax plans.

4 Lancashire County Council staff sacked over offensive e-mails

‘UNFORTUNATE’: Chief exec Ged Fitzgerald

9:24am Tuesday 7th July 2009

FOUR council staff have been sacked following a three-month investigation into offensive emails.

Man on Lancashire's ‘most wanted’ is arrested

Man on Lancashire's ‘most wanted’ is arrested

12:38pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

ONE of Lancashire Police’s most wanted criminals has been arrested.

Strong leadership improves Knuzden school

5:30pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A primary school which was given notice to improve has now been graded ‘satisfactory’.

Approval 'likely' for Clayton-le-Moors tyre recycling centre

12:37pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A PLAN to open a £6million tyre recycling plant in Clayton-le-Moors has been earmarked for approval.

‘Swine flu cluster’ alert in Accrington

TESTS: A scientist handles viral samples at a Virology Centre in Glasgow where they have been testing for swine flu

10:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

A SWINE flu cluster has emerged in East Lancashire, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.

East Lancashire's long arm of the law through your letterbox

WATCH OUT: It’s the long arm of the law through the door

9:30am Saturday 4th July 2009

POLICE will be using the long arm of the law to tackle burglaries in East Lancashire.

East Lancashire family’s welcome for new medal

East Lancashire family’s welcome for new medal

7:10pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A MEDAL to recognise the loss suffered by families of fallen servicemen and women has been welcomed by the family of soldier Private Jason Rawstron, who was killed in Afghanistan.

Woman freed from car after four-vehicle crash on M65

12:20pm Friday 3rd July 2009

UPDATE Fire crews freed a trapped woman from her vehicle this morning after a smash on the M65.

Asda in Accrington open as normal after flooding

10:20am Friday 3rd July 2009

UPDATE A burst pipe which caused the closure of an Accrington superstore has been fixed.

Great Harwood nurse 'held patient’s hand to stop self-harm’

10:51am Friday 3rd July 2009

AN under-fire nurse claimed he only held hands with a patient to stop her from self-harming, a hearing was told.

Stuffed sheep stolen from Clayton-le-Moors shop

ROUNDED UP: A police officer with the stuffed sheep they rounded up through their swift actions

10:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009

BURGLARS stole a life sized stuffed sheep from a shop window display.

Blaze near Knuzden pub

Blaze near Knuzden pub

5:01pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Firefighters were called to a blaze at the rear of the Old Mother Redcap pub, Blackburn Road, Knuzden, last night.

Great Harwood nurse accused of inappropriate relationship with female patient

6:37pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

A MENTAL health nurse caught lying on top of a female patient claimed he was just using a 'restraint' technique, a hearing was told.

Clayton-le-Moors soldier died as a result of 'tragic bad luck'

Clayton-le-Moors soldier died as a result of 'tragic bad luck'

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

A SOLDIER died as a result of "tragic bad luck" during a Taliban firefight in Afghanistan, a coroner has said.

Accrington swine flu's family upset by ‘stigma’

ON THE MEND: Swine flu sufferer Qaasim Pervaiz at home with his mum Marie

8:30pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

THE mother of an 11-year-old boy who has swine flu has hit out at the stigma of the illness saying it has been treated by people as "worse than the plague".


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