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Hyndburn Council crackdown on scourge of public boozing

1:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A ‘ZERO-tolerance’ crackdown on public drinking has been launched in Hyndburn.

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ masterclass in Accrington

4:16pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A FORMER winner of hit BBC dance competition ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ is to hold a special masterclass for local aspiring young dancers.

Clayton-le-Moors duo campaign for greyhounds

3:53pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

TWO greyhound lovers are behind a campaign to get more people to consider taking them on as pets.

Hyndburn apprenticeship event leads young people to work

11:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

YOUNG people will get the chance to try their hand at dentistry and joinery at a training event.

Victorian day at Oswaldtwistle Mills raises £6k for needy children

Harriet Roberts

10:39am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A VICTORIAN family fun day raised thousands for needy children.

Homeowner fights to demolish Rishton mill

9:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A HOMEOWNER has said she won’t back down in her fight to get a disused mill in Rishton fully demolished.

New 'darker' adaptation of Beauty and the Beast in Oswaldtwistle

Belle (Lucy Fitzpatrick) and the Beast (Joe Dwyer) with sisters Chloe (Maddie Knight) and Adeline (Jess Brindle)

3:56pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

YOUNG people will be presenting a new adaptation of the fairy tale Beauty And The Beast this week.

Long-serving Accrington headteacher retires

Alasdair Coates with pupils and new head Richard Jones, back, left, and chairman of governors Frank Whitehead

3:46pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE UK’s longest serving head of a faith school has been honoured with a service held at Blackburn Cathedral.

Hyndburn MP fears rewards for popular schools will be 'damaging'

2:42pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

AN MP has been lobbying education secretary Michael Gove over fears that rewarding ‘popular’ schools will damage education.

Great Harwood proms in the park

11:41am Tuesday 18th June 2013

SUPPORTERS of a neighbourhood park are hosting a summer proms event.

Hyndburn council processes just 55 out of 1,000 landlord applications

11:39am Tuesday 18th June 2013

LANDLORDS claim Hyndburn Council ‘can’t handle’ a scheme to issue hundreds of licenses, after members were left waiting for months.

Accrington loo that cost £18 to spend a penny is finally removed

9:20am Tuesday 18th June 2013

A CONTROVERSIAL ‘superloo’ which cost a council £18 each time it was used has been removed for good.

Accrington man denies committing indecent acts outside coffee shop

4:00pm Monday 17th June 2013

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court after allegedly committing indecent acts on three separate occasions while sitting outside a Costa Coffee shop in a busy pedestrianised town centre street.

Raiders steal silver from Accrington church

Deacon George Wood inside Accrington’s New Jerusalem Church

2:55pm Monday 17th June 2013

THE deacon of a church which had £10,000 of communion silverware stolen has slammed the thieves as 'despicable'.

'Not unjust' to jail Accrington three-strike burglar

Jordan Buckley

2:38pm Monday 17th June 2013

A JUDGE jailed a ‘three-strike’ burglar who raided a couple’s home as they slept in the early hours, despite a plea from his barrister it would be unjust.

Two arrested after raid on Accrington drugs farm

11:51am Monday 17th June 2013

A CANNABIS farm, thought to have a street value of £20,000, has been discovered at an Accrington farm.

GALLERY: Carnival fever comes to Accrington

Corrie star Michelle Keegan was the guest of honour

11:00am Monday 17th June 2013

Soap star Michelle Keegan wowed the crowds at this year's Accrington Carnival – and gave celebrity spotters a treat with her surprise guest.

Visitors urged to see Altham's beautiful church

Churchwarden Les Moore admires the stained glass windows

5:02pm Monday 17th June 2013

A CHURCH described as a ‘hidden jewel’ wants tourists and picnickers to enjoy its 12th century grounds.

Accrington man sold cannabis to boost his income

3:11pm Monday 17th June 2013

A CANNABIS dealer caught by police owned up to selling drugs for 18 months, Burnley Crown Court heard.

Lancashire crime boss to face questions in Rishton

3:00pm Monday 17th June 2013

COUN Clare Cleary is to question Lancashire’s police crime commissioner Clive Grunshaw about crime in the Spring Street area of Rishton.


Hyndburn what's on

Dark side to classic fairy tale on Oswaldtwistle stage (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 5:54pm Tue 18 Jun 13

YOUNG people will be presenting a new adaptation of the fairy tale Beauty And The Beast this week.

A capella performance in Great Harwood (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 5:26pm Thu 13 Jun 13

THE A Capella Singers with members from Hyndburn, Blackburn and the Ribble Valley face a major challenge with their…

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.

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