Brierfield news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Fresh start for Brierfield Mill bid

4:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

A FRESH start for a prominent landmark could be on the cards if a £3million project receives backing from Europe.

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'Brierfield home trespasser tried to kiss woman on the lips'

4:34pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A MAN struck up a conversation with a young woman walking down the street before getting into her home and trying to kiss her on the lips, a court heard.

Dog walker finds man hanged in the woods near Brierfield

10:33am Thursday 2nd May 2013

A DOG walker found a man hanged in woods near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

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Brierfield teenager admits sexual activity with girl, 13

10:09am Thursday 2nd May 2013

A YOUNG man from Brierfield is awaiting sentence after pleaded guilty to a sex offence involving a 13-year-old girl.

Brierfield man jailed for sex assault on three-year-old girl

3:53pm Monday 29th April 2013

A 28-YEAR-OLD man has been convicted of indecently assaulting a three-year-old girl and could be facing jail.

'I didn't touch her', says Brierfield sex charge man

9:50am Friday 26th April 2013

A MAN said to have sexually abu-sed a three-year-old girl claimed he had never been alone with her and had never touched her, a jury was told.

Brierfield Mill restoration could benefit from new fund

3:31pm Friday 26th April 2013

NEW heritage funding could benefit a mill project, according to Pendle’s MP.

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Girl's diary revealed sex abuse by Brierfield man, court told

8:00pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

A THREE-year-old girl was allegedly abused by a man who got her to perform sex acts on him, a jury was told.

Memories of the Dynamoes flood back - 25 years on

8:13am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

TO the people of Colne this is a special day in history and the events of April 23, 1988, will always live long in the memory.

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Brierfield drug addicts escape jail over assault

9:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

TWO drug addicts who assaulted a man were spared jail and warned by a judge to stay away from him.

Work to protect historic Brierfield Mill site

1:18pm Thursday 18th April 2013

WORK is set to take place to stop water getting in to the Brierfield Mills building.

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Man banned from Brierfield store after assault

5:00pm Friday 12th April 2013

A MAN who assaulted his then partner has now been banned from contacting her and from entering the Co-op store where she works.

Praise for 'brave' girl as Brierfield man admits abuse charges

7:00pm Wednesday 27th March 2013

POLICE have praised a young victim for her “bravery and courage” after a man admitted three offences of child abduction and one of sexual activity with a child.

Updated: Man found dead in East Lancashire field named

6:36pm Saturday 23rd March 2013

A MAN in his twenties has been discovered dead in a farmer's field.

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Brierfield underage girl was ‘passed around for sex’

9:17am Thursday 21st March 2013

AN UNDER-AGE girl — alleged to have been passed around a group of friends at a drink and drugs den for sex — told police how she felt ‘powerless to protest’ at what was going on.

Jury told teenage girl was raped by gang in Brierfield drugs den

7:30pm Wednesday 20th March 2013

AN underage girl was groomed and then passed between friends at a drink and drugs den to be sexually abused and raped, a court heard.

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