Lancashire Telegraph | Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley scheme launched to help pensioners get fit

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:20:00 +0100

PENSIONERS are being urged to get active after a new scheme offering cheaper sport was launched.

Clitheroe town centre comes to a halt after accident

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:18:52 +0100

CLITHEROE town centre was brought to a standstill this morning after a four by four was involved in a dramatic crash.

The mummy returns to Ribble Valley

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:04:34 +0100

A 2,500-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy has been returned to Stonyhurst College after more than 30 years.

5,000 music fans warm to Beat Herder festival

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:30:00 +0100

MUSIC fans descended on the Ribble Valley over the weekend for a three-day music festival.

Kenya adventure for Ribble Valley schoolboy

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:30:00 +0100

A RIBBLE Valley school is looking to set up links with Kenya following a trip by one of its pupils.

East Lancashire's long arm of the law through your letterbox

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:30:00 +0100

POLICE will be using the long arm of the law to tackle burglaries in East Lancashire.

Heathcote's flagship Longridge restaurant taken off market

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:44:43 +0100

AWARD-WINNING chef Paul Heathcote has taken his flagship Longridge restaurant off the market after four months.

New £200k children's centre for Whalley

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:15 +0100

A £200,000 children’s centre looks set to open in Whalley, providing planning permission is granted next week.

Ribble Valley music festival is a sell-out

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:20:00 +0100

A RIBBLE Valley music festival has sold out of all 5,000 tickets.

Lancashire to help pilot ID cards scheme

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0100

LANCASHIRE residents will be among the first in the country to be offered controversial new ID cards, the Government has revealed.

Waddington bridegroom's wedding saved by quick-thinking Blackburn bankers

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:58:42 +0100

QUICK-thinking bankers saved a wedding after the groom collapsed in their branch a day before the ceremony.

Heatwave hopes of Ribble Valley festival-goers

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0100

AROUND 5,000 music fans are to descend on East Lancashire this weekend for a three-day music festival.

Education bosses in East Lancashire urged to install sprinklers in schools

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0100

EDUCATION bosses are being urged to ensure sprinkler systems are fitted in all schools.

East Lancashire success at Food Northwest Awards

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:17:42 +0100

EAST Lancashire businesses were the toast of the Food Northwest Awards.

The ‘real’ taste of Italy - in Gisburn

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:04:03 +0100

NESTLED in the Ribble Valley is a modest cottage-style authentic trattoria that would not be out of place in Italy. At the recent Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards it beat the area’s larger Michelin star restaurants to the Taste of Lancashire accolade. We visited La Laconda to find out why.

New Lancashire County Council cabinet members appointed

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:25:05 +0100

COUNCILLORS have been appointed to the key positions on Lancashire County Council.

Gardening equipment snatched in daylight from Langho

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:56:56 +0100

GARDENING equipment worth more than £1,000 has been stolen from a van while the owner carried out work just yards away.

Clitheroe traders’ fears parking problems will hit town

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:05:04 +0100

A FURTHER loss of parking in Clitheroe town centre could leave the town’s retail area desolated, a leading trader has warned.

Anti-BNP protesters interrupt Lancashire County Council meeting

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:00 +0100

UPDATE Protesters interrupted a council meeting this afternoon with chants against the far-right British National Party.

Fines given out in Ribble Valley after alcohol sold to teenagers

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:30:00 +0100

FIVE people have been hit with fines as part of a crackdown on selling booze to underage drinkers in the Ribble Valley.

'Shambles' as 2115 speeders let off due to Lancashire police admin error

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:00:00 +0100

MORE than 2,000 speeding tickets have been cancelled after a “total shambles” was discovered in a police department.

Ghouls to check in at Ribble Valley hotel for filming

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:51:49 +0100

CREEPY characters and scary ghosts will be lurking in the grounds of a historic East Lancashire hotel when a trailer is filmed for the area’s newest tourist attraction.

Clitheroe Castle has royal day to treasure

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:30:00 +0100

CLITHEROE proudly welcomed royalty yesterday as the £3.5million Castle Museum complex was officially opened.