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Fish ladder to be installed in Padiham
10:00pm Friday 12th March 2010
WORK has begun on a 'fish ladder' to help salmon and sea trout repopulate parts of an East Lancashire river.
Oswaldtwistle ‘L’ driver jailed after 11-mile M65 chase
8:40pm Friday 12th March 2010
A DAD-TO-BE who led police on an 11-mile chase in heavy rain while almost twice the drink-drive limit is behind bars for a year.
Lidl supermarket for Clitheroe approved
6:33pm Friday 12th March 2010
FIFTEEN jobs will be created after planners gave the go-ahead for a new Lidl supermarket in Clitheroe.
MP backs councillor in Darwen refuse collection row
6:41pm Friday 12th March 2010
MP Janet Anderson has come out in support of the Mayor of Darwen about the refuse collection in the town.
Flying Scotsman steaming into East Lancashire
5:52pm Friday 12th March 2010
THE iconic Flying Scotsman could soon be making tracks across East Lancashire.
Sexual assault on Accrington girl, 14
3:38pm Friday 12th March 2010
A 14-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted on a path used as a shortcut in Accrington.
Bid to speed up broadband connections in East Lancashire
10:30am Friday 12th March 2010
ALL parts of East Lancashire will be linked up with high-speed broadband under proposals drawn up by regeneration leaders.
Live lobsters and duck eggs - council's vision for new Blackburn market
9:50am Friday 12th March 2010
TRADERS have been told they will need to be ‘neatly dressed and well presented’ to be considered for a place in Blackburn’s new market.
Burnley heroin dealer told to pay back £46,500
9:30am Friday 12th March 2010
A DRUG dealer whose gang flooded Burnley’s streets with heroin has been ordered to pay back £46,500 of his ill-gotten gains.
Row over Darwen Conservative Party office sign
6:40pm Friday 12th March 2010
UPDATE: A Conservative Party office in Darwen breaches planning guidelines, Labour councillors have told borough planners.
Accrington woman jailed for dodging £18 taxi fare
4:10pm Friday 12th March 2010
AN ACCRINGTON woman has been jailed for dodging an £18 taxi fare.
£60million needed to improve Rossendale housing
3:42pm Friday 12th March 2010
A REPORT into housing in Rossendale has found that more than £60million is needed to improve hazardous properties, adapt homes and easing fuel poverty.
Weekly clean-up squads to blitz Burnley litter
12:36pm Friday 12th March 2010
DEDICATED clean-up squads are to hit the streets of Burnley.
Earby teens say ‘sorry’ for church vandalism
12:14pm Friday 12th March 2010
THREE teenagers who vandalised a church have apologised for their actions.
Smoggy streets a thing of the past in Lancashire
11:45am Friday 12th March 2010
LANCASHIRE’S polluted air was once as familiar a sight as the chimneys that pumped fumes into the air.
Quartet plead not guilty to Blackburn house fire double murder
11:12am Friday 12th March 2010
Four men charged with the double murder of a couple in a house fire have appeared at Preston Crown Court.
Young people in Rawtenstall give their views on unemployment
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