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

Lancashire panto star Ted Robbins says sorry for on-stage comments

7:00pm Tuesday 10th January 2012

COMEDIAN Ted Robbins has apologised amid claims he upset a child with learning difficulties on stage during panto.

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Preston woman who fell from Blackburn car park is named

10:29am Wednesday 7th December 2011

A MOTHER who jumped off the top of a multi-storey car park after losing custody of her daughter has been named at the opening of an inquets into her death.

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Preston woman who fell from Blackburn car park had lost custody battle

12:00pm Saturday 3rd December 2011

THE woman who plunged 90ft to her death at the Mall in Blackburn had lost a custody battle for her daughter just hours before, it has emerged.

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Preston woman dies after 90ft fall from Blackburn Mall car park

9:20pm Thursday 1st December 2011

UPDATE: A woman plunged 90ft to her death in Blackburn town centre this afternoon.

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Blackburn poppy tin thief jailed for a year

2:20pm Wednesday 23rd November 2011

A PRESTON thief has today been jailed for 12 months for stealing poppy tins in Blackburn.

• Blackburn
• Crime
• Hyndburn

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Gotcha! Blackburn poppy tin thief caught

9:00am Monday 21st November 2011

A ‘DESPICABLE’ thief has been caught and is facing jail – thanks to an appeal in the Lancashire Telegraph.

• Blackburn
• Crime

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'Massive hike' in Preston parking charges

4:31pm Monday 14th November 2011

SHOPPERS and workers visiting Preston have been stung with the second-biggest hikes in off-street car parking charges, according to figures out today.

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Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust reveals new biofuel vehicle

2:09pm Wednesday 12th October 2011

A HEALTH trust has found an innovative way to run its vehicles on biofuel thanks to the efforts of an employee.

• Health

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Longridge step-dad turns sleuth to retrieve stolen bike

11:10am Wednesday 5th October 2011

A STEP-DAD has turned detective after criticising the police response to a mugging.

• Ribble Valley
• Crime

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Man who killed his mum in Lancashire to be detained indefinitely

9:54am Wednesday 5th October 2011

A man who attempted to cut out the heart of his mother has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for her manslaughter.

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