Nelson news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Worship and study plan for derelict Nelson site

4:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A FORMER plumbers merchant’s that was earmarked for a religious school could be turned into a place of worship.

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£28,000 Nelson benefits cheat awaits fate

3:40pm Monday 20th May 2013

A £28,000 benefits cheat said to have kept quiet about living with her partner, is awaiting sentence.

Lotto funds make a Big difference in Nelson

2:21pm Monday 20th May 2013

LOTTERY-funded handouts of between £100 and £500 are available to voluntary, community and faith sector groups and organisations in the Bradley area of Nelson.

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Nelson couple admit drug dealing

7:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A COUPLE from Nelson each pleaded guilty serious drug-dealing offences when they faced Burnley Crown Court.

Nelson to host third annual guitar festival

2:06pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

PENDLE’S third annual Guitar Festival is to take place next month.

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Nelson drink driver banned

11:30am Wednesday 15th May 2013

A DRINK driver caught out on Barden Lane was fined £110 by Burnley magistrates.

Go-ahead given for plaques to add war heroes to Barnoldswick’s cenotaph

11:13am Tuesday 14th May 2013

THIRTY-four soldiers who died in the First World War – and are missing from Barnoldswick’s cenotaph – are set to officially commemorated at last.

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Call for work on 'eyesore' former Nelson pub

1:30pm Sunday 12th May 2013

A CAMPAIGNER has called for action to be taken over a dilapidated former Nelson pub.

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Nelson presbytery to make way for homes

12:00pm Saturday 11th May 2013

AN ICONIC Nelson building is to make way for new houses, despite complaints about a lack of a children’s play area.

Victim's teeth smashed in Nelson phone theft

5:31pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A STREET mugger who smashed his victim’s teeth when he robbed him of his mobile phone, has been jailed for 32 months.

First class Ofsted for Nelson school

4:27pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A SECONDARY school has been judged good with outstanding features.

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Health and safety day in Nelson

3:12pm Monday 6th May 2013

SMALL and medium sized businesses are being invited to a free health and safety workshop, organised by the East Lancashire District of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health at Training 2000, in Netherfield Road, Nelson, on Thursday, May 23, at 9am.

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