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Huncoat pitches saved from housing after protests
11:21am Thursday 18th March 2010
FOOTBALL pitches that had been earmarked for housing are being removed from a list which placed them at risk of development.
Hyndburn residents want ex-colliery land set aside for housing
1:40pm Saturday 27th February 2010
RESIDENTS desperate to protect greenbelt are campaigning to transform ‘eyesore scrubland’ into a new housing estate.
New bus service to link Accrington and Huncoat
5:35pm Friday 19th February 2010
A NEW bus service is to make half-hourly trips between Accrington and Huncoat.
3,000 back fight to keep Huncoat football pitches
7:10pm Wednesday 17th February 2010
A FIGHT to protect football pitches has raised thousands of petition signatures after youngsters took up the gauntlet.
Rossendale cyclist still critical after A56 accident
6:30pm Friday 12th February 2010
UPDATE: A cyclist who fell from his bike on the A56 remains critically ill in hospital.
Huncoat driver jailed for two years
11:20am Friday 5th February 2010
A Huncoat man has been jailed for taking a car without the owner’s consent.
£192,000 for ‘zip-glide’ play area in Huncoat
9:00pm Saturday 16th January 2010
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating landing almost £200,000 funding for a play area to replace rusting old swings.
Music news - Hollie Steel set to release debut album
12:00pm Sunday 3rd January 2010
BRITAIN’S Got Talent singer Hollie Steel is set to release her debut album this year, it has been revealed.
Plea for help over Huncoat community centre plan
8:00am Sunday 3rd January 2010
CAMPAIGNERS behind bringing a £500,000 community centre to Huncoat have vowed not to give up, despite meeting a number of setbacks.
1,556 East Lancashire homes hit by New Year's Eve power cut
1:25pm Friday 1st January 2010
NEW Year revellers were plunged into darkness shortly after counting down to 2010.
Hyndburn man to play in Lakeside darts competition
6:20pm Tuesday 29th December 2009
A HUNCOAT man is hoping to use his darts skills to raise thousands for the ward which cared for his grandfather.
Brave Huncoat boy, 4, is cancer charity’s ‘Little Star’
3:23pm Friday 11th December 2009
A BRAVE four-year-old being treated for leukaemia has been honoured by a charity.
Masked men in armed robbery at Ribble Valley hotel
8:00am Friday 11th December 2009
UPDATE: Masked intruders armed with a crowbar tied up an assistant hotel manager before making off with a large amount of cash.
Move to protect Huncoat’s ‘green lung’
3:14pm Tuesday 8th December 2009
WARD councillors are to lobby for a ‘land swap’ to protect Huncoat’s ‘green lung’ and playing fields for the next 15 years.
Hyndburn pavements 'accident waiting to happen'
6:50pm Monday 30th November 2009
HYNDBURN’S pavements are in such a bad condition that they are an ‘accident waiting to happen’, according to a campaigning councillor.
CCTV cameras to target Huncoat nuisance
1:07pm Monday 30th November 2009
CCTV cameras have now been installed in areas of Huncoat in a bid to reduce juvenille nuisance in the early evenings.
‘Protect our village’ plea by Huncoat campaigners
4:09pm Wednesday 25th November 2009
CAMPAIGNERS have urged planners to protect their village when a new strategy for the next 15 years is drawn up.
Hollie Steel’s single a hit for Christmas
9:32am Wednesday 25th November 2009
HOLLIE Steel’s family say she is close to her dream of making the charts in her own right after missing out on a duet with Rolf Harris.
End of road for East Lancashire 'dogging' hotspot
10:38am Thursday 19th November 2009
A ROAD plagued by mini motos and 'doggers' could finally be gated off after an 11-year campaign.
Final Lancashire waste site shortlist
6:44pm Monday 16th November 2009
A FINAL shortlist of sites to process more than two million tonnes of the county’s waste has been produced.
Diana Vickers gets standing ovation from her old Blackburn school
2:24pm Tuesday 10th November 2009
AROUND 200 pupils travelled to London to see their friend Diana Vickers take to the West End stage at the weekend.
Landowner tells Huncoat Power Station inquiry of wildlife
11:22am Monday 9th November 2009
A LANDOWNER fighting a compulsory purchase order has told how he introduced wildlife to land at the former Huncoat Power Station.
Seven raids on Hyndburn schools
8:30pm Friday 6th November 2009
A GANG which ‘professionally’ removes windows could behind a spate of seven school break-ins in the past three weeks.
East Lancashire singing star Hollie Steel aims for Christmas number one
11:42am Friday 6th November 2009
BRITAIN’S Got Talent’s Hollie Steel is bidding for Christmas number one.
Homes evacuated after chemical leak in Huncoat
9:50am Saturday 24th October 2009
UPDATE: 45 homes were evacuated and a major road was closed as firefighters tackled a potentially dangerous chemical spillage.
New layout plan for £10m Huncoat tip road
10:11am Friday 9th October 2009
PLANS to create a £10million road serving the controversial East Lancashire Waste Technology Park are to go before councillors yet again.
Huncoat cannabis factory uncovered in cul-de-sac
8:10pm Thursday 8th October 2009
A CANNABIS farm has been uncovered this morning in a three-bedroomed semi-detached house on a cul-de-sac.
Landowner's bid to block Huncoat waste plant
8:40pm Thursday 1st October 2009
A LANDOWNER is bidding to block Lancashire County Council’s attempt to buy land for a controversial waste technology park.
Wagon leaves a white old mess on East Lancashire highways
11:22am Monday 28th September 2009
A TRAIL of white paint, measuring 50 miles from East Lancashire to North Yorkshire, has left highways experts baffled.
Four injured in Huncoat car crash
11:02am Monday 28th September 2009
A CAR flipped on to its roof in Huncoat on Saturday, injuring all four occupants.
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