Lancashire Telegraph | Oswaldtwistle

Retailers look to Oswaldtwistle Mills to cut costs

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:33:16 +0100

TRADITIONAL high street retailers are looking to Oswaldtwistle Mills to help them cut costs.

£250k revamp for Oswaldtwistle Library

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:10:00 +0100

AN East Lancashire library is set to re-open after a £249,000 revamp.

Hyndburn school in GCSE exam 'cheating' probe

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:31:04 +0100

A GCSE exam board has launched an investigation into allegations of cheating in an East Lancashire high school.

‘Trojan taxi’ nabs booze from kids in Hyndburn

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:30:00 +0100

ALMOST 40 litres of alcohol were seized by undercover officers patrolling the streets in a taxi.

E Lancs firms on for tasty awards

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:20:00 +0100

BREWERIES, pie makers and jam producers have all been shortlisted for a major award.

Oswaldtwistle school PTA treasurer on £2,000 theft charge

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:37:04 +0100

THE treasurer for a parent teachers’ association is to appear in court accused of stealing almost £2,000 from school funds.

Hand splint inventor from Oswaldtwistle dies at 66

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:00:02 +0100

TRIBUTES have been paid to a bus driver-turned-inventor who developed an innovative hand splint now used across the world.

Tributes paid to Oswaldtwistle man who invented medical splint

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:00 +0100

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former bus driver-turned-inventor who developed an innovative hand splint now used across the world.

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.

Raffle to buy headstone for Oswaldtwistle boy, 6, who died of meningitis

Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:00 +0100

THE parents of a six-year-old boy who died from meningitis are holding a raffle to raise money to buy their son a headstone.

Oswaldtwistle burglar jailed for more than three years

Wed, 20 May 2009 17:16:05 +0100

A WOMAN screamed in horror when she came face to face with an intruder in a bedroom at her Oswaldtwistle home.

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.

Oswaldtwistle war dead list ‘is full of mistakes’

Sun, 17 May 2009 19:00:00 +0100

AN HISTORIAN has claimed a preview list of Oswaldtwistle’s fallen is riddled with errors because information was taken from the internet.

Thieves ram Oswaldtwistle site with HGV

Fri, 15 May 2009 18:14:51 +0100

THIEVES climbed into a secure trailer yard before hotwiring a HGV unit to ram open the gates.

First look at Oswaldtwistle moorland wind farm plan

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:42:53 +0100

RESIDENTS got a first look at detailed plans for a 12-turbine wind farm on the Oswaldtwistle moors.

Accrington teen in Oswaldtwistle crash on mend

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:50:00 +0100

UPDATE A teenager who was in a critical condition after his car overturned is now out of danger, according to his family.

Wanted: 5 East Lancashire men who should be in prison

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:52:18 +0100

FIVE criminals who have committed offences ranging from false accounting to robbery are among those wanted by police on prison recall.

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.

Oswaldtwistle man's fingerprints on hidden cannabis

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:17:14 +0100

A CANNABIS dealer hid his stash in shrubbery at a car park in Oswaldtwistle.

Armed police raid Oswaldtwistle house

Sat, 09 May 2009 12:30:00 +0100

ARMED police launched a drugs raid on a house in Oswaldtwistle.

£400k for Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre revamp despite lottery setback

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:34:07 +0100

A £1.6MILLION bid to transform a Hyndburn theatre is set for a £400,000 investment after a lottery bid was turned down.

Belthorn in the dark on new wind farm plan

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:36:12 +0100

A FRESH battle is set to be waged against plans for a new wind farm on East Lancashire moorland.

New direct bus from Hyndburn to seaside

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:50:00 +0100

FREE direct trips to the seaside for a borough’s pensioners and disabled residents have been announced.

Blow as Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre revamp bid is rejected

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:10:00 +0100

A £1.6MILLION lottery bid to transform a Hyndburn theatre has been turned down.

Appeal to honour Oswaldtwistle's forgotten heroes

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:36:17 +0100

AN APPEAL has been launched as part of a bid to remember a town’s fallen war heroes.

13 East Lancashire nominations in tourism awards

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:27:34 +0100

SEVERAL East Lancashire businesses are in the running for major recognition after being nominated in the county's tourism awards.

Dispersal order working well in Oswaldtwistle

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:30:00 +0100

AN operation to disperse large crowds of teenagers has been hailed as an instant success to the relief of local campaigners.

Oswaldtwistle high-flyer’s life is changed forever by Parkinson’s disease

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:17:26 +0100

HIGH-flying executive Gary Martin dismissed the slight shake in his hand as a trapped nerve.

Walk inspired by ‘water on the brain' Oswaldtwistle tot

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:30:00 +0100

A COUPLE whose baby was rushed to hospital because he was suffering from water on the brain are hoping their experiennce will alert other parents to the condition.

Soccer player scores in business

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:20:00 +0100

A DARWEN FC footballer has been congratulated for his business skills.