News for East Lancashire: Blackburn, Burnley, Darwen, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Rossendale

Section of M65 to be closed overnight

3:55pm Tuesday 4th October 2011

A MAJOR resurfacing scheme will close part of the M65 for five hours tonight.

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Lancashire armed robber jailed for eight years

5:05pm Friday 23rd September 2011

A MAN has today been jailed for eight years for a series of robberies in Chorley and Preston.

Lancashire Police to take no action over child cage-fighting

11:10am Thursday 22nd September 2011

UPDATE: Lancashire Police will take no action against the organisers of "barbaric" cage fighting involving children as young as eight, it was confirmed today.

Asian homes are targeted in Preston burglaries

1:40pm Tuesday 20th September 2011

POLICE in Preston have issued CCTV stills of two men they want to identify after a series of burglaries in which Asian jewellery has been targeted.

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Teens left stranded at Lancashire railway station

10:30am Monday 19th September 2011

A GROUP of teenage BMX enthusiasts from East Lancashire were left stranded at an unmanned train station in Blackpool at 10pm on Saturday.

Lancashire teenager dies after being hit by car

9:47am Monday 19th September 2011

A 15-year-old girl died after being hit by a car in Walton-le-Dale last night.

Lancashire man charged over father's death

10:50am Saturday 17th September 2011

A Lancashire man has been accused of failing to report the death of his father.

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Lancashire dad and baby in murder-suicide probe

3:00pm Thursday 15th September 2011

UPDATE: A Preston father is thought to have killed his six-month-old son before hanging himself yesterday.

Lancashire gang sentenced for £56m VAT fraud

5:08pm Friday 9th September 2011

Two Lancashire men, who have fled to Dubai, have been sentenced in their absence to a total of 34 years in jail for their part in a £56.5 million VAT and money-laundering fraud.

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18 charged after Lancashire and Cumbria raids

4:20pm Thursday 8th September 2011

18 men have been charged with conspiracy to supply class a drugs following coordinated police raids in Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Liverpool and Preston on Tuesday.

10 arrested in Lancashire police swoops

10:30am Wednesday 7th September 2011

A MASSIVE blow has been dealt to a drugs ring, police claim, after 10 men were arrested in Blackburn and Preston yesterday.

Delays on Bolton-Preston train services

11:34am Wednesday 7th September 2011

TRAIN services between Preston and Bolton are being delayed by up to 40 minutes this morning due to a signalling problem at Lostock.

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Wind and rain batters Lancashire

8:30pm Tuesday 6th September 2011

UPDATE: Torrential downpours and strong gusts of wind caused chaos across Lancashire today.

Murdered Lancashire nurse to feature on organ donation reminder cards

3:24pm Tuesday 6th September 2011

A PICTURE of murdered Barrowford nurse Jane Clough will feature on cards that will remind police officers to ask grieving families about organ donation.

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18 arrests in Lancashire and Cumbria drugs raids

9:50am Tuesday 6th September 2011

18 men have been arrested this morning in a series of dawn raids in Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Liverpool and Preston.

Blackburn prisoner dies in Preston jail

6:18pm Saturday 27th August 2011

A prisoner is suspected of taking his own life just a day after being jailed for two years for arson.

Driver dies in Lancashire motorway crash

7:00pm Saturday 27th August 2011

A 20-year-old man has been killed in a car crash in the early hours of this morning in Lancashire, police said.

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Paul Heathcote buys three Lancashire restaurants out of administration

8:00pm Tuesday 23rd August 2011

THREE of Lancashire’s top restaurants have been bought out of administration in a deal by celebrity chef Paul Heathcote.

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Disruption on Lancashire roads due to crane

8:00am Saturday 20th August 2011

Police are warning people in Rossendale that there will be some disruption on some of the main roads in the area this morning.

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