Driver hurt as lorry overturns on A56
	2:22pm Fri 16 May 08
	A LORRY overturned on the A56 last night.

Huncoat care home nurse struck off

11:25am Tuesday 15th April 2008

A CARE home nurse who turned off an alarm system so he could watch televised football in peace has been struck off.

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	Huncoat care home nurse 'watched football on TV' while patient escaped
	9:29pm Mon 14 Apr 08
	A VULNERABLE patient wandered into the street after a care home nurse turned an alarm system off while he watched football on the TV, a disciplinary hearing was told.
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	Accrington Carnival queen sacked - but keeps her crown
	2:55pm Fri 11 Apr 08
	A CARNIVAL queen has been sacked from her job at a leisure centre after allegedly slapping a work experience boy.
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Areas may get budget control

5:33pm Friday 11th April 2008

RESIDENTS are being urged to have their say on the possibility of creating town councils to bring local government to grass roots' level.

'Homeless' group plea

10:54pm Friday 4th April 2008

AN urgent appeal for help has been made after it was announced that a well-used community centre is to be sold.

Arson theory for allotment blaze

9:56am Saturday 29th March 2008

FIREFIGHTERS were called to an allotment off Lynwood Avenue, Huncoat, after a suspected arson attack.

	£2.8million by-pass improvement scheme
	4:27pm Wed 27 Feb 08
	A £2.8million road improvement scheme aimed at improving safety on a busy dual carriageway has been announced.
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	‘I’m fighting cancer and in huge debt’
	10:44am Tue 26 Feb 08
	FOUR years ago the Hargreaves family had an annual income of more than £60,000 and bought a four-bedroom detached home on a new estate.
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Disused church is to be sold

1:19pm Monday 25th February 2008

A former church is to go up for sale after closing more than a year ago.

	Road fear after girl breaks leg
	11:25am Thu 14 Feb 08
	A MUM-of-four has called for improved safety on a busy residential road after her daughter was hit by a car and broke her leg.
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	International drugs gang smashed
	10:01pm Tue 12 Feb 08
	AN INTERNATIONAL crime gang which imported £1million worth of drugs into the UK was being run from a travellers' camp in East Lancashire.
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	More support for our Post Offices campaign
	3:44pm Mon 4 Feb 08
	CAMPAIGNERS have stepped up their bid to halt Post Office closures in East Lancashire after a series of protests.

Huncoat road plan revealed

7:28pm Wednesday 30th January 2008

PLANS for a £10million road which will lead through the green belt to link two waste sites have been announced.

Child support centres to open

11:29am Wednesday 23rd January 2008

CHILD support in East Lancashire will be boosted this spring as a number of new children's centres open their doors.

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	Post office closures bombshell
	10:22pm Mon 21 Jan 08
	A QUARTER of East Lancashire's post offices are set to be axed.
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Reaction to post office closure plans

10:42pm Monday 21st January 2008

POLITICIANS and postmasters have slammed the proposals to axe 23 post offices in East Lancashire.

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	Wanted man found dead in Amsterdam
	9:56pm Tue 18 Dec 07
	A SUSPECTED drug dealer who went on the run from police has been found dead on a park bench in Amsterdam.
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	Lorry fire raged as driver slept
	8:40am Fri 14 Dec 07
	A LORRY was set alight while the driver slept in a layby on the A56.
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Industrial estate plan denied

6:47pm Wednesday 12th December 2007

PLANS to build a new industrial estate in Huncoat were thrown out by planners yesterday.

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	Jailed for theft from dying boss
	6:26pm Thu 6 Dec 07
	A GREEDY accounts assistant who stole more than £63,300 from her dying boss, has been jailed for 18 months.
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Cask Marque for beers

7:36pm Tuesday 4th December 2007

THE Black Bull Inn at Huncoat has been awarded the Cask Marque accreditation for its Thwaites beers.

Escaped horses cause traffic delays

9:40am Friday 30th November 2007

TWO horses brought traffic to a standstill this morning after escaping from a field and on to a dual carriageway.

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Nature reserve sites are unveiled

12:54pm Tuesday 27th November 2007

FIVE preferred sites for a multi-million scheme to create new nature reserves across Hyndburn have been announced.

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