Longridge news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Anger over plans to close 3 waste recycling centres in East Lancashire

12:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010

COMMUNITY leaders have reacted angrily over plans to close three waste recycling centres as part of cost-cutting measures by Lancashire County Council.

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Longridge landlady takes put pubs crisis to the top

1:00pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010

A LANDLADY who claims the costs of running a pub are spiralling out of control is at the centre of a Government debate.

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The Ribble Valley family who made Michael Winner cry on TV

4:49pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

HE PULLS no punches in his acerbic restaurant reviews, but Michael Winner was reduced to tears by a Lancashire family.

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New jobs boost in Longridge firm's expansion

9:40am Sunday 7th February 2010

A COMPANY bought out of administration less than two years ago is set to create dozens of new jobs in 2010.

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Longridge worker to donate kidney to save husband's life

6:00pm Thursday 28th January 2010

A LOVING wife has offered a kidney to save her husband's life.

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£1.2m for East Lancashire trainee health centre GPs

11:13am Wednesday 20th January 2010

AROUND £1.2million will be used to expand GP teaching facilities at surgeries across East Lancashire.

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Property firm takes bigger stake as Heathcotes posts £650,000 losses

3:06pm Thursday 14th January 2010

CHEF Paul Heathcote’s restaurant empire reported losses of more than £650,000 last year – less than half what it lost in the previous 12 months.

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Michael Winner annihilates Longridge pub’s grub

9:40am Wednesday 13th January 2010

THE owners of a Longridge pub have hit back after food critic Michael Winner blasted their restaurant.

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PCSO helps isolated Longridge man

2:44pm Monday 11th January 2010

A KIND-hearted Ribble Valley PCSO came to the rescue of a deaf and disabled resident left isolated by snow.

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East Lancashire restaurateur buoyant after record-breaking months

3:14pm Monday 7th December 2009

EAST Lancashire restaurateur Paul Heathcote has declared the recession over after a record-breaking few months at his businesses.

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Ribble Valley robbery pair are jailed for 13 years

4:09pm Wednesday 18th November 2009

AN ARMED robber who raided a Clitheroe jewellers and a getaway driver have been jailed for 13 years.

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Manchester criminals warned 'enough is enough' in war on crime in East Lancashire

6:00am Saturday 10th October 2009

GANGSTERS from Manchester have been told that ‘enough is enough’ after a series of raids in East Lancashire.

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Heavy rain and flooding hits East Lancashire

9:00am Wednesday 7th October 2009

UPDATE: Flash flooding saw cars abandoned and warnings issued yesterday as East Lancashire was hit will torrential down pours.

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New recycling bins for Ribble Valley streets

12:37pm Monday 5th October 2009

Ribble Valley Borough Council is taking recycling to the streets with new litter bins.

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Artistic tribute to former East Lancashire hospital trust chairman

11:20am Tuesday 29th September 2009

TEN large coats of arms were presented to Royal Blackburn Hospital last night.

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First look at Longridge old station transformation

1:01pm Thursday 17th September 2009

THIS IS the first glimpse at how Longridge's Old Station Buildings will look after a £500,000 transformation.

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Ribble Valley car-chase driver killed after twice rolling car inside five minutes

8:40am Tuesday 1st September 2009

UPDATE: A motorist who died in a head-on horror smash was being followed by a car he had clipped five minutes earlier, police said.