Knuzden news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Kids hurling eggs and stones at houses in Knuzden

YOUTH NUISANCE: Residents in Oxford Drive, Knuzden are calling for a ginnel halfway down the street

11:18am Thursday 12th November 2009

A GROUP of residents say they have been subjected to months of anti-social behaviour at the hands of children as young as eight years old.

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Knuzden woman’s amazing battle to create a new career

11:26am Wednesday 11th November 2009

WHAT doesn’t kill you makes you stronger — that saying couldn’t be more true for mum-of-two Christine Hunter.

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Bailiffs change after death of Hyndburn pensioner

8:00pm Monday 10th August 2009

BAILIFFS will no longer be allowed to judge a householder’s ‘vulnerability’ following a report into the death of pensioner Andy Miller.

Knuzden pensioner left shaken after being pushed by burglars

12:48pm Monday 3rd August 2009

A PENSIONER was confronted in her home by burglars who pushed her to the ground and demanded money.

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Knuzden mini-mart banned from selling alcohol for one month

8:30pm Monday 27th July 2009

A NEIGHBOURHOOD minimart has been stripped of its alcohol licence after reports of children drinking in the street.

Strong leadership improves Knuzden school

5:30pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A primary school which was given notice to improve has now been graded ‘satisfactory’.

Blaze near Knuzden pub

5:01pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Firefighters were called to a blaze at the rear of the Old Mother Redcap pub, Blackburn Road, Knuzden, last night.

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Close race on hovers at Knuzden

1:32pm Wednesday 6th May 2009

Hundreds turned out to watch the first race of the National Series hovercraft competition in Knuzden on Sunday.

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Knuzden flood work’s pleasing spin-off

11:20am Friday 17th April 2009

UPDATE A haven for wildlife has been created following work to create an underground flood tank in Knuzden.

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Knuzden builder hit by recession helped grow cannabis

10:55am Wednesday 1st April 2009

A BUILDER hit by the recession and a broken arm which stopped him working got involved in cannabis production to try to ease his financial worries, a court was told.

Three arrests after raid on Knuzden pub

5:40pm Sunday 8th March 2009

THREE burglars were foiled when they tried to launch a late-night raid on a pub.

999 worker attacked on call out to Knuzden

6:06pm Thursday 5th March 2009

AN AMBULANCE technician trying to treat a Knuzden patient with suspected heart problems was attacked by a partygoer, a court heard.

Youngsters stop speeding motorists outside Knuzden school

5:13pm Monday 9th February 2009

CHILDREN told speeding motorists to stop and think before putting their foot down when driving.

Riddle of high-speed car chase through Blackburn and Hyndburn

9:29pm Thursday 5th February 2009

POLICE were “mystified” by a Ford Mondeo which sped off and led them on a five-mile high-speed pursuit.

Knuzden flood protection tank nears completion

4:29pm Thursday 5th February 2009

AFTER six months of digging, water giant United Utilities is putting the lid on a huge hole in the road in Knuzden.

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Knuzden pensioner, 84, swims 84 lengths for charity

3:30pm Monday 26th January 2009

A PENSIONER has swum a length for every year of his life in his first ever fundraising event at the age of 84.

Event in memory of Accrington bailiff death man

2:20pm Monday 19th January 2009

A NIGHT has been organised to celebrate the life of a former pub landlord who died of a heart attack after a bailiff turned up on his doorstep.

From hole to nature haven

1:20pm Monday 19th January 2009

AFTER six months of digging, water bosses have closed up a giant hole and pledged to create a nature haven.

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£600k to improve Hyndburn's pot-holed roads

8:19am Tuesday 13th January 2009

WORK has begun on a £600,000 scheme to repair a borough’s pot-hole filled roads.

Lancashire ramblers could help solve 'murder'

9:44am Monday 12th January 2009

DOG walkers and ramblers have been asked to help solve a 'murder' as police continue their hunt for a body.

Experts called in to Oswaldtwistle and Rivington to find body of 'murdered' rapist

10:48am Friday 9th January 2009

SPECIALIST police search teams and mountain rescue experts are being brought in to help find the body of a 'murdered' rapist.

'Murdered' man may be buried in moorland at Oswaldtwistle or Rivington

7:40am Wednesday 7th January 2009

A 'MURDERED' rapist whose body has been missing for three weeks may be buried in remote moorland, police have revealed.

You can’t ‘lick’ Knuzden man's offer

1:11pm Friday 12th December 2008

A LOLLIPOP man is swapping Christmas presents for cash to help raise money for a children’s charity.

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Drunken teen's 'idiotic rampage' in Knuzden

11:40am Tuesday 2nd December 2008

A DRUNKEN teenager went on what he described to police as an “idiotic rampage” causing more than £4,000 worth of damage to parked cars.

‘Two of a kind’ prizes for East Lancashire students

9:23am Tuesday 4th November 2008

TWO best friends have received special awards at Blackburn College’s care, health and public services presentation evening.

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Americans in East Lancashire backing Barack Obama

7:50pm Thursday 30th October 2008

With America going to the polls on Tuesday, we tracked down members of East Lancashire’s American population as well as Lancastrians now living in the United States to find out their thoughts.

Woman harassed former in-law

7:10pm Monday 13th October 2008

A 28-year-old woman bombarded her former ‘mother-in-law’ with late night phone calls after the relationship with her son broke down.

‘Mum-in-law’ bombarded by late-night phone calls

4:10pm Friday 19th September 2008

A 28-year-old woman bombarded her former ‘mother-in-law’ with late-night phone calls after the relationship with her son broke down.

Knuzden man's film is going Down Under

7:00pm Wednesday 17th September 2008

A FILM made in East Lancashire is set to go Down Under at a prestigious Australian film festival.

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East Lancashire bus lanes can be just the ticket

7:17am Friday 20th June 2008

PLANS are being stepped up for a £20million bus lane linking Blackburn, Darwen and Accrington. As the first in a series of public consultations for the area's affected take place, we look in detail at what the plans mean for communities along the proposed routes and assesses whether the scheme really will beat congestion.