Baxenden news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Lessons for East Lancashire pupils to stay safe online

5:00pm Thursday 11th February 2010

EAST Lancashire pupils and their parents were given lessons by police about the dangers of online predators.

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Happy Valentine's Day - here's a heart-shaped Holland's pie!

11:28am Wednesday 10th February 2010

BAXENDEN firm Holland's Pies have come up with their own solution of what to buy on Valentine’s Day for husbands and boyfriends – a heart-shaped pie.

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Baxenden four-year-old raises money for Haiti

12:00pm Monday 1st February 2010

A LITTLE crusader from East Lancashire has stepped up to the mark to help provide a brighter future for youngsters in earthquake-hit Haiti.

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Concern over Baxenden care home flats plans

5:40pm Monday 25th January 2010

A BID to transform a dilapidated care home site into a four-storey flats development has caused concern among residents.

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Baxenden patient praises matron for battling through snow

11:55am Thursday 14th January 2010

AN ex-ambulance officer with long-term lung disease has told how a community matron battled through the snow to deliver his medication.

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East Lancashire bus boss jailed for failing to pay back £117k

3:30pm Saturday 14th November 2009

A ‘LADY of the manor’ who masterminded a massive transport fraud has been sent back to jail for failing to pay back her ill-gotten gains.

Baker’s dozen pick pie-fect flavours for Holland's

10:33am Monday 24th August 2009

A PIE company has launched a new range after a year of public taste testing.

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Police name and shame burglars after 100 caught in East Lancs blitz

9:40am Monday 3rd August 2009

POLICE today unveiled a “rogues’ gallery” of 18 burglars jailed as part of a huge crackdown that has seen sentences totalling more than 200 years handed out.

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Baxenden firm's pie hopes for new Chinese representative

1:40pm Friday 24th July 2009

HOLLAND’S Pies has appointed a Cantonese and Mandarin speaker in a bid to get more of its products sold in Chinese takeaways.

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Vandals trample flower beds at Haworth Art Gallery

10:41am Tuesday 5th May 2009

VANDALS have wrecked a flower bed created by student volunteers outside an art gallery.

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'Black Panther' who killed Baxenden man 'weeks from death'

2:48pm Wednesday 18th March 2009

ONE of Britain's most notorious killers - 'Black Panther' Donald Neilson - is being moved to a special prison hospital unit because he is only weeks from death.

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Chemists’ advice is a tonic for East Lancashire patients

10:11am Friday 13th February 2009

PATIENTS can now get advice and support from their local chemist, thanks to a pilot scheme believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.

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Facebook ban for Accrington Stanley model

8:00pm Thursday 12th February 2009

A MODEL described as “The Face” of Accrington Stanley has hit back after Facebook accused her of posting indecent pictures.

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Lancashire children's pocket money 'has risen 419 per cent'

3:10pm Wednesday 11th February 2009

NEW figures have revealed that children’s pocket money has risen 419 per cent since 1987.

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