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Sinéad O’Connor to star at Ramsbottom Festival

Sinead O’Connor

3:58pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

GRAMMY award winner Sinéad O’Connor will headline this year's Ramsbottom Festival.

Man jailed for knifepoint raid at Ramsbottom shop

Sean Scott

9:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

A MAN has been jailed for four years after robbing a Ramsbottom shop.

Ramsbottom pupils remember classmate Aaron

Balloons are released in memory of Aaron (inset)

4:24pm Friday 17th May 2013

CHILDREN paid their own tributes to a friend who died after an asthma attack.

Ramsbottom boy, eight, dies after asthma attack

6:00pm Saturday 11th May 2013

AN EIGHT-year-old boy with an ‘infectious laugh’ has died after suffering an asthma attack.

Fears raised over Ramsbottom landfill expansion

FLETCHER Bank Quarry in Shuttleworth

8:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

THE owners of a Rossendale landfill site are planning to expand the industrial rubbish tip to include food and farm waste.

Student kayakers honoured for saving life of 55-year-old man in Ramsbottom

4:28pm Thursday 9th May 2013

THREE kayakers who saved a rafter’s life on the River Irwell in Ramsbottom have been given commendations.

Ramsbottom Scouts yomp to victory

4:43pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

A TEAM of scouts from Ramsbottom have ‘yomped’ to success against dozens of other groups in a tough moorland challenge.

Traders in Ramsbottom welcome decision to abandon Sainsbury's plan

4:42pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

TRADERS have welcomed the news that Sainsbury’s has abandoned plans to build a superstore in Ramsbottom town centre.

Intrepid Ramsbottom couple celebrate wedding on peak of Holcombe Hill

Nic and Mark on the top of Holcombe hill

4:35pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

NEWLYWEDS Mark and Nic Slocombe swapped traditional wedding transport for an adventurous ride in a mountain rescue 4x4.

Pensioner suffers suspected broken nose in Ramsbottom attack

John McManus suffered nasty injuries

11:30am Saturday 27th April 2013

A PENSIONER who suffered a suspected broken nose in a violent robbery has vowed not to be intimidated.

Emergency kit boost for police in Ramsbottom

4:31pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

POLICE traffic cars in Ramsbottom now come equipped with defibrillators.

Jail for pair who kicked Ramsbottom chef's head 'like a football'

Arron Warrington and Marcus Dawson

4:59pm Wednesday 17th April 2013

TWO men who punched and kicked an unconscious man’s head ‘like a football’ while he lay on a Ramsbottom street have been jailed.

Ramsbottom father and daughter win council contract to run artisan markets

8:00am Tuesday 16th April 2013

A FATHER and daughter business duo will take charge of 22 artisan markets after winning a council tendering process.

Towering feat of Ramsbottom Dwarf World Games hopeful

Matthew topping abseiled down Peel Monument

10:00pm Monday 15th April 2013

A YOUNGSTER has moved a step closer to competing in this year’s Dwarf World Games by carrying out an adrenaline-fuelled exercise on Holcombe Hill.

Keeping Ramsbottom children safe on the internet

3:32pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

PARENTS in Ramsbottom are invited to an online safety session next month.

Petition to allow Nepalese man to visit family in Ramsbottom

8:00am Sunday 7th April 2013

A PETITION has been set up calling for UK Border Agency officials to allow a Nepalese man to travel to the Ramsbottom home of his wife and seven-month-old son.

Abseil fund-raiser in Ramsbottom

5:11pm Friday 5th April 2013

DOZENS of daredevils will abseil in Ramsbottom tomorrow, to help fund a local boy’s trip to America.

Sweet success at Ramsbottom chocolate festival

Julie Smith and son Ethan buy from Ann McKeever on the Truly Chocolate stand

2:48pm Monday 25th March 2013

CHOCOHOLICS from across the North West were sweet on Ramsbottom once again at weekend.

New seating area for historic Ramsbottom pub

10:16am Monday 25th March 2013

PLANS for a new seating area at a historic pub near Ramsbottom have found favour with borough council planners.

Ramsbottom chocolate festival will be 'bigger'

2:47pm Monday 18th March 2013

THE organisers of the award-winning Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival are gearing up for the biggest and best event so far.


What's on in Rossendale

Singing test for Rossendale show (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:34pm Tue 21 May 13

Auditions for Summerseat Players 2013/14 season begin at the weekend.

Alex goes to town with dances in the name of Fame (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 4:09pm Tue 2 Apr 13

CHOREOGRAPHER Alex Townend is stepping up to the challenge of one of musical theatre’s biggest dance shows.

Call to arms in Todmorden for Les Mis teenagers (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 10:08am Tue 26 Mar 13

TODMORDEN Hippodrome Youth Theatre (THYT) is calling on teenagers to storm their barricades at company auditions.

Actors in spotlight for witty work (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 2:45pm Tue 12 Mar 13

A RETIREMENT home for actors is the setting for Rossendale Players’ latest production.

Thriller to be performed on the Waterfoot stage (link)

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure 3:56pm Tue 19 Feb 13

AN open reading night will take on Ian Hornby thriller The Price To Pay on Tuesday, March 5, at 7.30pm.

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