Contact the Telegraph
Send us your news tips, photos and videos Text LT and your message to 80360 or click here for more ways to contact us »
REGISTER NOW TO POST YOUR COMMENTS ON THESE STORIES
It's free and only takes a few seconds. Click here to go to the registration page.
Colne thief targets diesel as fuel crisis causes prices to soar
10:20pm Friday 4th July 2008
A THIEF who decided to capitalise on the soaring price of diesel by stealing it from parked trucks was caught when his DNA was found on siphoning equipment.
Drug dealer turned armed robber jailed
10:50pm Friday 4th July 2008
A DRUG dealer who held up two local shops with a knife while on bail for supplying heroin has been jailed for seven years.
'Dangerous Blackburn thug' jailed indefinitely
1:01pm Friday 4th July 2008
A ‘DANGEROUS thug’ with 60 previous convictions has been jailed indefinitely after an unprovoked and vicious attack in a pub.
Fatal crash closes Lancashire motorway
8:05am Friday 4th July 2008
ONE person has died and another is in a critical condition after a four-vehicle crash which closed a motorway for almost seven hours.
Burnley man 'stabbed dog to death'
9:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
A MAN has been banned from keeping animals after he stabbed a ‘much-loved’ family dog to death.
'Daylight robbery' of Blackburn nurses
8:30pm Friday 4th July 2008
HOSPITAL parking bosses have been accused of ‘daylight robbery’ after fining nurses £65 not displaying their permits correctly while parked in the staff area.
'Inconsiderate' police officer parked in disabled bay
5:20pm Friday 4th July 2008
POLICE have slammed the ‘inconsiderate and unsatisfactory’ behaviour of an officer who parked his patrol car in a disabled bay.
Colne supermarket plan approved
7:00pm Friday 4th July 2008
UP to 320 jobs are set to be created in Colne after plans for a new supermarket were backed by councillors.
Bacup primary school is on top form
2:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
A BACUP school is celebrating after being hailed as ‘outstanding’ by government inspectors.
14 Ossy streets to be made 20mph zones
5:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
PLANS to create 20mph zones in Oswaldtwistle have gone ahead in a bid to slow down speeding drivers.
Blackburn MP pledges to take patient's case to top
6:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has pledged to take a patient’s case - described by one critic as a ‘national scandal’ - to the top of the Department for Health.
Padiham head's gruelling cycle ride
8:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
A HEADTEACHER is to cycle a gruelling 103-mile route as part of a school fundraiser - with some Premier League help.
Paralysed Pendle girl can extend her home
6:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
THE mother of a Pendle teenager left paralysed after falling 20ft off a bridge has won her battle to extend her house to meet her daughter’s needs.
East Lancs firms 'can avoid economic downturn'
2:20pm Friday 4th July 2008
FIRMS in East Lancashire are well set to cope with any economic down turn, according to the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).
Third of staff at Blackburn factory facing the axe
9:54am Friday 4th July 2008
ALMOST a third of workers at a circuit board manufacturer could be laid off amid fears over rising material and energy costs.
Motorist hit in Burnley ‘road rage' incident
10:16am Friday 4th July 2008
A MOTORIST was punched in the face by a furious driver following a ‘road rage’ incident in the heart of Burnley.
Brakes on new Darwen housing estate
9:34am Friday 4th July 2008
BUILDING work on a 135-home housing development has ‘slowed down’ while bosses ‘assess the market’.
Postal worker’s bag stolen in Haslingden
9:56am Friday 4th July 2008
A postal worker had her mail bag snatched during her round.
Singer Ronan’s advice for Relay visitors
11:56am Friday 4th July 2008
POP star Ronan Keating is urging people to visit a Cancer Research UK mobile unt at the Rossendale Relay for Life event this weekend.
Fun and games free in Ramsbottom park
11:54am Friday 4th July 2008
PLAYSCHEMES are taking place in Nuttall Park, Ramsbottom, this summer.
‘Growing’ jobs for disabled in Bacup
11:52am Friday 4th July 2008
A GREEN Trust which gives disabled young people a start in the gardening world has been awarded a £1,000 grant.
‘Green’ carrier bags idea
11:51am Friday 4th July 2008
THOUSANDS of Barlick residents could be given green shopping bags by the end of the year.
Team makes health advice easier
11:43am Friday 4th July 2008
OUTREACH health services will extended to Darwen from Monday.
Pubs to stay open during road closure
11:42am Friday 4th July 2008
LICENSEES have slammed the county council for failing to notify the public that their businesses will remain open when a major road is closed for repairs.
Nelson plumber putts others first with golf gesture
10:18am Friday 4th July 2008
A NELSON plumber turned his garden into a putting course to raise over £1,000 cash for the International Aid Trust.
National News
Pensioners see living costs soar
Updated 5:17am Saturday 5th July 2008
Pensioners have seen the cost of the goods and services they use soar by more than a third during the past 10 years, research has showed.
Your East LancsYourTelegraph
News, views, photos and videos posted by Lancashire Telegraph readers
Your Say YourTelegraph
What's On Live Travel YourTelegraph
Local Advertisers
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
