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Dozens of Mother's Day cards for Barnoldswick mum
7:10am Sunday 14th March 2010
ON Mother’s Day, 65 children across Lancashire will be thanking the same woman for being their mum.
Fire crews tackle blaze at Rossendale farmhouse
7:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010
FIRE crews are tackling a blaze at a remote farmhouse in Rossendale.
Burnley councillor loses battle with cancer
3:19pm Sunday 14th March 2010
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Burnley councillor and county councillor who has died following a short battle with cancer.
Darwen in Bloom festival plans announced
12:40pm Saturday 13th March 2010
DARWEN is set to become a floral haven after plans for a Darwen in Bloom festival were announced.
Row over Burnley Labour Party's web claim
11:50am Saturday 13th March 2010
A BITTER row has erupted between rival parties in the battle to become Burnley’s next MP.
Blackburn firm says growth hampered by Government
11:00am Saturday 13th March 2010
A MAJOR Blackburn company says its growth is being hampered because of a lack of action by the Government.
Kwik Save sale could help regenerate Burnley area
10:00am Saturday 13th March 2010
BURNLEY Council is marketing a former Kwik Save store in a bid to regenerate one of the town’s most deprived areas.
Women-only Nelson gym builds up to 140 members
10:00am Saturday 13th March 2010
A MOTHER-of-four who set up a gym to help women lose weight is celebrating after signing up more than 140 members.
Probe into death at Nelson care home
9:59am Saturday 13th March 2010
DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a 60-year-old woman who was being cared for at a Nelson nursing home.
Blackburn chemist clamped while delivering vital medicine
9:30am Saturday 13th March 2010
A BLACKBURN pharmacist has accused a clamping firm of holding him to ransom over the delivery of vital drugs for cancer-stricken patients.
‘Investor’ conned Lancashire people out of £640,000 in pensions scam
8:50am Saturday 13th March 2010
A CONMAN has been found guilty of stealing £640,000 from elderly and vulnerable people in Lancashire.
Clitheroe pub looks inn great nick after revamp
12:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010
LANCASHIRE cricketers raised their glasses at the reopening of a Clitheroe pub after a £250,000 revamp.
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.
Young people in Rawtenstall give their views on unemployment
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