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Burnley firms secures £850,000 museum contract
8:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A DEAL worth £850,000 is helping a Burnley ironworks to forge ahead despite the gloom gripping the manufacturing world.
Have your say »Nelson drugs minder ordered to repay £30,000
7:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A DRUGS minder caught with five-and-a-half kilos of cannabis when his car was torched outside his home has been ordered to repay police £30,000.
Clitheroe cinema stalwart dies, aged 81
6:24pm Thursday 9th July 2009
CLITHEROE’S well-loved “Mrs Cinema”, Barbara Rose Pearson, has died aged 81.
East Lancashire star Diana Vickers lands West End role
6:11pm Thursday 9th July 2009
DIANA Vickers has landed a leading role in a major West End musical.
Traders want increased police patrols in Nelson
3:24pm Thursday 9th July 2009
FEARS have been raised over town centre policing in Nelson just before the re-launch of a cafe once described as a magnet for troublemakers.
Barlick police call for public backing to shut down 'party houses'
2:59pm Thursday 9th July 2009
PARTY animals in a Pendle town are being warned that they could face losing their homes unless they curb their all-night bashes.
Chorley councillor's ‘Asian bullies’ e-mail probe
2:07pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A LEADING county councillor is to be investigated by a conduct watchdog after she sent an e-mail describing local Asians as ‘bullies’.
Man charged after armed raid at Blackburn jewellers
1:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009
UPDATE A man has been charged over an armed robbery at a Blackburn jeweller's yesterday.
Council bosses accused of 'killing' Blackburn festivals
10:30am Thursday 9th July 2009
COUNCIL bosses have been accused of “killing” Blackburn’s festivals after slashing the annual budget by 40 per cent.
Blackburn teen needs emergency op for brain tumour
9:00am Thursday 9th July 2009
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl is to undergo a lifesaving 10-hour operation today less than a week after being diagnosed with a large brain tumour.
Nelson shopping bosses snub suicide hotspot safety plan
8:30am Thursday 9th July 2009
SHOPPING centre chiefs have been blasted for refusing to support plans to install extra safety measures at a notorious suicide hotspot.
Backyards flooded by sewage in Lower Darwen
8:00am Thursday 9th July 2009
RAW sewage spilled into properties and near to a river after a drain flooded at the rear of houses in a storm.
Police probe phone-hacking claims
5:07pm Thursday 9th July 2009
POLICE chiefs are studying allegations of large-scale phone-hacking by the News of the World, with Ribble Valley resident Gordon Taylor among the alleged victims.
Hyndburn MP backs down after 10p tax rebellion pledge
2:05pm Thursday 9th July 2009
AN EAST Lancashire Labour MP backed down on his plans to rebel against the Government’s 10p tax rate just hours before a major vote.
£100k drug farm in empty Colne house
12:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A HUGE cannabis farm has been found in an empty Colne house.
An inspiring idea for Darwen youngsters
12:09pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A £450,000 bid has been made to raise the aspirations of Darwen’s most deprived youngsters.
Swine flu at 3 more East Lancashire schools
11:46am Thursday 9th July 2009
CASES of swine flu have been confirmed at three more East Lancashire schools.
Travel misery as lorry hits low bridge in Blackburn
11:21am Thursday 9th July 2009
A LORRY brought problems for motorists and train passengers last night after crashing into a railway bridge in Blackburn.
Sink migrant boats, urges North West MEP
8:10am Thursday 9th July 2009
BRITISH National Party leader Nick Griffin, an MEP for the North West, has said boats carrying migrants from Africa to Europe should be sunk to stop Europe being “swamped by the Third World”.
Lowerhouse community day pleases beat police
5:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009
POLICE visited a Burnley primary school’s summer fair to give crime prevention advice.
Ramsbottom play area plans go on show
3:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009
NEW play areas at Peel Brow and Old Kays are top of the agenda of Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor Local Area Partnership.
Work to tidy up woodland in Great Harwood
2:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A SERIES of volunteer days to regenerate and clean up a woodland area in Hyndburn have been organised.
Airwaves taken over by Darwen Vale pupils
1:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009
DARWEN Vale pupils have taken over the airwaves this week.
Historic garden recreated at Towneley
1:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A GARDEN restoration project at Towneley Park is nearing completion.
Women cut free after Accrington smash
12:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009
TWO women were freed from their vehicle after a serious two-car smash on the Accrington by-pass.
‘Green’ talks in Great Harwood
12:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A MEETING to discuss environmental issues in Great Harwood is being held today.
A masked gang stole cash in a raid on a security van in Blackburn. Watch footage from the scene
Watch Blackburn with Darwen youngsters make some noise at singing day
Watch video footage of the twister in East Lancs
Watch the Clitheroe benefits cheat caught playing golf
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