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Darwen Town Hall facelift gets green light
10:20am Saturday 4th July 2009
HOPES of a £250,000 revamp of Darwen Town Hall have been boosted after the scheme was given planning permission.
Have your say »‘Swine flu cluster’ alert in Accrington
10:00am Saturday 4th July 2009
A SWINE flu cluster has emerged in East Lancashire, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.
East Lancashire's long arm of the law through your letterbox
9:30am Saturday 4th July 2009
POLICE will be using the long arm of the law to tackle burglaries in East Lancashire.
Crew flees dramatic Nelson bin wagon blaze
7:00am Saturday 4th July 2009
A BLAZE engulfed a council bin wagon as it completed its rounds forcing three crew members to flee.
East Lancashire family’s welcome for new medal
7:10pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A MEDAL to recognise the loss suffered by families of fallen servicemen and women has been welcomed by the family of soldier Private Jason Rawstron, who was killed in Afghanistan.
East Lancashire child drug support charity folds
6:10pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A CHARITY which has helped countless parents through the trauma of a drug-addicted child has folded – amid fresh hopes for sufferers.
Secrets of century-old Blackburn time capsules revealed
5:33pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A PAIR of time capsules finally revealed their secrets in Blackburn today on the 112th anniversary of the burial of the first one.
£10,000 penalty for illegal dumping in Ramsbottom
5:25pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A SKIP hire firm has been fined £7,000 and ordered to pay £2,900 court costs after oper-ating an illegal dump.
Heathcote's flagship Longridge restaurant taken off market
4:44pm Friday 3rd July 2009
AWARD-WINNING chef Paul Heathcote has taken his flagship Longridge restaurant off the market after four months.
Rossendale residents’ fury halts meeting over developments
2:48pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A MEETING to discuss plans to allow developments in three small villages had to be abandoned after scores of residents vented their anger over the proposals.
Burnley hit-and-run probe: Man arrested
2:20pm Friday 3rd July 2009
UPDATE A man has been arrested after a hit-and-run in Burnley which left a man seriously injured.
Last service in Bishop of Burnley's tiny iconic shed
2:11pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A GARDEN shed ‘church’, used by the Bishop of Burnley for the past nine years, is set to be officially retired as one the world’s smallest places of worship.
Woman freed from car after four-vehicle crash on M65
12:20pm Friday 3rd July 2009
UPDATE Fire crews freed a trapped woman from her vehicle this morning after a smash on the M65.
Plea as grass hides graves in Blackburn cemetery
12:00pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A CHURCH minister has appealed for help to tackle out-of-control grass in a churchyard that has grown so high it hides the graves of people buried there.
Crackdown on forced marriages in Lancashire
10:30am Friday 3rd July 2009
A CRACKDOWN on forced marriages is set to help avoid problems peaking during the summer holidays.
Market site agreed for Darwen war memorial
10:30am Friday 3rd July 2009
PLANS for a memorial plaque for Darwen’s war victims have been revived and a town centre site chosen.
Asda in Accrington open as normal after flooding
10:20am Friday 3rd July 2009
UPDATE A burst pipe which caused the closure of an Accrington superstore has been fixed.
Council drop plans for Bacup 'waste unit'
9:20am Friday 3rd July 2009
PLANS to open a waste depot site in Rossendale have been dropped after protests from hundreds of residents.
Half of Blackburn with Darwen youngsters don't wear seatbelts
9:04am Friday 3rd July 2009
PARENTS have come under heavy fire after it was revealed that more than half of children in Blackburn with Darwen are not wearing seatbelts in cars.
Pendle Council pays for teenage criminal to stay in Burnley hotel
8:40am Friday 3rd July 2009
A ROW has broken out after a council paid for a teenage criminal to stay in a town centre hotel when he claimed to be homeless.
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