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Brockholes nature reserve waits for migrant birds

2:04pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE unpredictable spring weather is playing tricks on migrating birds arriving in the North West, according to the Lancashire Wildlife Trust.

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Horrors of history brought back to life at Samlesbury Hall by storyteller Simon Entwistle

2:57pm Thursday 9th May 2013

GHOSTS will walk and the secrets of the town’s Egyptian mummies will be revealed at Blackburn Museum and Library next week.

Accolade for East Lancashire's Brockholes nature reserve

9:00am Thursday 25th April 2013

A NATURE reserve has celebrated its second anniversary as received an accolade from the national tourist board.

Landmark Samlesbury hotel taken on by group - but gym users miss out

5:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

A WELL-KNOWN hotel has been taken over after spending four years in administration.

Chemical spillage on A59 at Samlesbury

4:15pm Wednesday 17th April 2013

The A59 at Samlesbury has been closed after a spillage from a chemical tanker.

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VIDEO: Samlesbury company director released from hospital after Windermere boat tragedy

2:33pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

A director of a Samlesbury firm who survived a suspected carbon monoxide leak which killed a woman and her daughter during a boating holiday has been released from hospital, police said.

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BAE Systems worker feels the heat at 950C

12:32pm Thursday 21st March 2013

STEVE Mercer must feel like the hottest man in Lancashire.

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BAE Typhoon test pilot praises highly-specialist knowledge

12:51pm Thursday 21st March 2013

TYPHOON test pilot Steve Long says his job may be ‘cool’ — but it would be impossible without the highly-specialist knowledge that goes into building the aircraft’s foreplanes, the small wings on either side of the cockpit.

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Vote for Samlesbury storyteller in tourism awards

11:28am Wednesday 6th March 2013

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BAE Systems scraps iconic Samlesbury gateway jet

3:10pm Thursday 28th February 2013

A FIGHTER jet used as a ‘guardian’ at the gates of defence giant BAE Systems has been taken down.

Investigation is launched after dead badger is found at Samlesbury

5:00pm Saturday 23rd February 2013

AN investigation has been launched after a dead badger was discovered with extensive facial injuries and a broken jaw in Samlesbury.

Darwen man's motorbike death on A59 blackspot was ‘an accident’

12:00pm Thursday 10th January 2013

THE death of a motorcyclist, who was killed at an East Lancashire accident blackspot, was accidental, a coroner has ruled.

Book pays tribute to BAE aviation daredevils

5:00pm Thursday 3rd January 2013

HAIR-RAISING experiences and memories have been retold in a book written from the perspective of BAE Systems test pilots.

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Loved dog killed by hit-and-run driver in Samlesbury

10:00am Wednesday 2nd January 2013

A FAMILY has been left devastated at the loss of a treasured family pet after it was hit by a car during an evening walk.

BAE continues support for UK Sport

9:10am Wednesday 2nd January 2013

DEFENCE giant BAE Systems has pledged hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of engineering support as part of a four-year partnership with UK Sport.

Gallery: East Lancashire visitors flocking to Brockholes nature reserve

3:14pm Friday 9th November 2012

AS traffic thunders relentlessly up and down the M6, feathered travellers are steering a different path on their journey south.

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David Cameron in push to sell BAE Typhoon

9:00pm Tuesday 6th November 2012

DAVID CAMERON was in the Middle East today banging the drum for the BAE Typhoon Eurofighter on which thousands of East Lancashire aerospace jobs depend.

Updated: M6 near Samlesbury re-opened after fatal accident

1:54pm Wednesday 24th October 2012

The northbound carriageway of the M6 has been reopened following a fatal accident this morning.

BAE Systems merger talks collapse

1:43pm Wednesday 10th October 2012

A CLASH of competing government interests has been blamed after the collapse of merger talks between BAE Systems and French contractor EADS.

BAE shareholders ‘in dark’ about EADS deal

11:01am Wednesday 10th October 2012

FRUSTRATED shareholders have voiced their concern about being kept in the dark about the details of a potential merger to create the world’s biggest defence company

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