Lancashire Telegraph | Church

NVQs for 44 Hyndburn workers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:42 +0000

FORTY four employees at Express Gifts in Clayton-le-Moors have gained NVQ training after winning government funding.

Hyndburn youth project stops £294k of crime

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:50:00 +0000

A YOUTH project in Hyndburn has been credited with a drop in crime worth almost £294,000.

Smoke alarm saves Hyndburn OAP

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:27 +0000

A PENSIONER was saved by his smoke alarm after collapsing while cooking his supper.

Call to support Hyndburn's biggest charity fundraiser

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:07:21 +0000

PEOPLE across Hyndburn are being urged to get behind the borough’s biggest charity fundraiser and make this year the best ever.

65 jobs threat at East Lancashire firm Express Gifts

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:46:29 +0000

SIXTY-five jobs are at risk after a home shopping firm announced it was closing its Accrington site.

Sunbeds axe from two Hyndburn leisure centres

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:06:38 +0000

SUNBEDS are to be removed from two council-run leisure centres in Hyndburn over cancer fears.

Three arrests in 4-hour rooftop stand-off in Hyndburn

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:09:14 +0000

THREE men were last night arrested after climbing onto a house roof in a four-hour stand-off with police.

Hyndburn thief exploits 'flaw' to steal 8 Vauxhall Corsas

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:40:00 +0000

A THIEF believed to have stolen eight Vauxhall Corsas is exploiting a 'weakness in the design' of the car, police said.

Church dad had cannabis plants in loft

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000

A DAD-OF-SEVEN who was trying to grow cannabis had almost 200 plants secretly tucked away in the loft of his terrace home, Burnley Crown Court heard.

Hyndburn drug raid: one man arrested

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of dealing Class A drugs following a police raid in Church.

Appeal after vandals attack moving car in Church

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:55:31 +0000

VANDALS who threw a missile at a moving vehicle have been described as 'a danger to drivers'.

Laid-off Hyndburn workers to take legal action

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:47:09 +0000

LAID-off workers at an oil refinery are to take legal action against bosses, union leaders have said.

Lancashire racist abuse train passengers hunted

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:43:41 +0000

TWO drunken men who hurled a torrent of racist abuse at a family are being sought by police in Lancashire.

20 jobs go at Hyndburn oil refinery

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:54:39 +0000

TWENTY workers in a Hyndburn oil refinery have been told they will lose their jobs a week before Christmas.

Major East Lancashire firm drops Royal Mail

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:04:03 +0100

ONE of East Lancashire’s biggest firms has said it will no longer use Royal Mail to deliver its goods.

Hyndburn firm’s 20 new jobs thanks to grant

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:44:51 +0100

A HYNDBURN based digital marketing specialist has created more than 20 new jobs with the help of a £29,928 financial boost from the council’s No Limits Finance for Growth programme.

Probe into fire at Hyndburn oil refinery

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:40:00 +0100

UPDATE: An investigation is underway after a blaze which saw flames reaching 20feet high at a cooking oil refinery.

Five people taken to hospital after fire at Hyndburn chemical company

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0100

FIVE people were taken to hospital after a fire at a chemical manufacturing firm in Hyndburn on Saturday.

Ex-criminals from Hyndburn get baptised

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:52:57 +0100

THREE ex-offenders with more than 80 years of drugs, crime and prison between them were baptised last weekend after finding God.

Hyndburn scheme to dig health benefits of growing your own

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:40:30 +0100

A MAJOR health scheme to encourage people to grow their own fruit and vegetables has been pronounced a huge success.

Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:20:00 +0100

A father-to-be found growing cannabis whilst subject to a suspended jail term has kept his freedom.

100-plant cannabis farm discovered in Hyndburn

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:18:48 +0100

A 100-PLANT cannabis factory has been uncovered in a rented house in Hyndburn this morning.

£100k to light up East Lancs crime hotspots

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:01:38 +0100

NEARLY £100,000 is set to be spent on giving some lights relief to some of East Lancashire’s crime hotspots.

Church man beat woman unconscious

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:50:00 +0100

A FATHER-of-two has been jailed for knocking a woman unconscious as she tried to protect her brother from a gang.

Accrington schoolboy contracts swine flu

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:50:00 +0100

UPDATE An 11-year-old boy has been confirmed as the first person from East Lancashire to have contracted swine flu.

‘TV show will prove dad killed family in Accrington house fire’

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:20:00 +0100

A FAMILY who lost a mum and her four daughters in a blaze will appear in a crime documentary to prove her husband was the killer.

Hundreds of homes hit by Hyndburn power cut

Sat, 30 May 2009 09:28:10 +0100

HUNDREDS of homes across Oswaldtwistle and Church were left without power when an underground electricity cable exploded on Friday evening.

Accrington off licence raider jailed for four years

Thu, 28 May 2009 16:40:00 +0100

A MASKED raider who terrorised a lone woman worker in an Accrington off licence has been jailed for four years.

Handguns seized in Blackburn and Hyndburn police swoops

Tue, 19 May 2009 16:34:30 +0100

HANDGUNS were seized and six people arrested when 80 police raided six houses across Blackburn and Hyndburn this morning.

800 step out for charities on Church and Oswaldtwistle walk

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:35:06 +0100

MORE than 800 people took part in the fourth annual Church and Oswaldtwistle charity walk.