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Nelson school worker suspended over claims she punched parent
12:20am Monday 7th July 2008
A FEMALE school worker has been suspended after a parent was allegedly assaulted during an after school club outing.
Blackburn teacher's riots drama
12:20am Monday 7th July 2008
AN East Lancashire aid-worker has described how she was tear-gassed by police after being caught up in riots as a country descended into crisis.
Duo rescue neighbour from Haslingden house fire
8:10pm Sunday 6th July 2008
TWO hero housemates have told how they pulled their neighbour from a smoke-filled kitchen after a fire in the early hours of the morning.
Burnley schoolboy Josh makes goalscoring return
5:50pm Sunday 6th July 2008
BRAVE Burnley schoolboy Joshua Ford made a goalscoring return as he played football for the first time in eight months.
Blackburn man starts his own wind farm
8:10pm Sunday 6th July 2008
A MAN is bidding to beat spiralling energy costs after installing a wind turbine at his Blackburn home to generate his own electricty.
Accrington boy, 3, battles leukaemia
7:40pm Sunday 6th July 2008
A TODDLER is facing three years of intensive chemotherapy after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
Rain doesn't stop Blackburn celebration
6:20pm Sunday 6th July 2008
RAIN could not dampen the spirits of this weekend’s outdoor concert to ‘Celebrate Blackburn.’ Street performers, brass bands, singers and orchestras filled the town hall square with not just music but excitement on Saturday afternoon — and even brought the sun out.
Darwen scooter club's big push for paralysed girl
2:20pm Sunday 6th July 2008
SCOOTER fanatics are set to abandon their rides and push a car between two towns to raise money for a paralysed teenager.
Burnley primary school praised by inspectors
3:10pm Sunday 6th July 2008
PUPILS and staff at a Burnley primary school are celebrating after they were praised by a Government watchdog.
'Albino' bird lands in Trawden
2:20pm Sunday 6th July 2008
A TRAWDEN man couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a white starling feeding in his garden.
Whitworth rush cart festival revival
3:10pm Sunday 6th July 2008
VILLAGERS in Whitworth are bidding to bring back the spirit of the 1970s - with a rush cart festival.
Ribble Valley wetland mapped out
3:10am Monday 7th July 2008
THE county's wetlands must be protected and restored for the next 50 years to combat climate change, according to environmental experts.
Accrington dealer avoids jail
2:20pm Saturday 5th July 2008
A man who supplied what he thought was ecstasy to undercover police in an Accrington bar has walked free from court.
Paraglider rescued after crashing at Rossendale wind farm
12:10pm Saturday 5th July 2008
MOUNTAIN rescue teams were called out when a paraglider fell from the sky.
Rishton supermarket damaged in blaze
11:01am Saturday 5th July 2008
A FIRE which began in bins at a supermarket spread to the roof of the building early on Saturday morning.
Firefighters tackle washing machine fire
10:58am Saturday 5th July 2008
FIRE crews were called to a home after a washing machine caught fire.
Colne thief targets diesel as fuel crisis causes prices to soar
10:20pm Friday 4th July 2008
A THIEF who decided to capitalise on the soaring price of diesel by stealing it from parked trucks was caught when his DNA was found on siphoning equipment.
Blackburn drug dealer turned armed robber jailed
10:50pm Friday 4th July 2008
A DRUG dealer who held up two local shops with a knife while on bail for supplying heroin has been jailed for seven years.
'Dangerous Blackburn thug' jailed indefinitely
1:01pm Friday 4th July 2008
A ‘DANGEROUS thug’ with 60 previous convictions has been jailed indefinitely after an unprovoked and vicious attack in a pub.
Fatal crash closes Lancashire motorway
8:05am Friday 4th July 2008
ONE person has died and another is in a critical condition after a four-vehicle crash which closed a motorway for almost seven hours.
Burnley man 'stabbed dog to death'
9:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
A MAN has been banned from keeping animals after he stabbed a ‘much-loved’ family dog to death.
'Daylight robbery' of Blackburn nurses
8:30pm Friday 4th July 2008
HOSPITAL parking bosses have been accused of ‘daylight robbery’ after fining nurses £65 not displaying their permits correctly while parked in the staff area.
'Inconsiderate' police officer parked in Darwen disabled bay
5:20pm Friday 4th July 2008
POLICE have slammed the ‘inconsiderate and unsatisfactory’ behaviour of an officer who parked his patrol car in a disabled bay in Darwen town centre.
Colne supermarket plan approved
7:00pm Friday 4th July 2008
UP to 320 jobs are set to be created in Colne after plans for a new supermarket were backed by councillors.
Bacup primary school is on top form
2:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
A BACUP school is celebrating after being hailed as ‘outstanding’ by government inspectors.
14 Ossy streets to be made 20mph zones
5:40pm Friday 4th July 2008
PLANS to create 20mph zones in Oswaldtwistle have gone ahead in a bid to slow down speeding drivers.
'National scandal' as Blackburn patient removed from waiting list
6:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has pledged to take a patient’s case - described by one critic as a ‘national scandal’ - to the top of the Department for Health.
Padiham head's gruelling cycle ride
8:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
A HEADTEACHER is to cycle a gruelling 103-mile route as part of a school fundraiser - with some Premier League help.
Paralysed Pendle girl can extend her home
6:10pm Friday 4th July 2008
THE mother of a Pendle teenager left paralysed after falling 20ft off a bridge has won her battle to extend her house to meet her daughter’s needs.
National News
Link bonuses to green targets, call
Updated 1:10am Monday 7th July 2008
Company executives should have their pay and bonuses linked to meeting environmental targets, the UK's biggest trade union has urged.
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