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Breakthrough in sight on Clitheroe parking scheme

1:23pm Friday 10th July 2009

A CONTROVERSIAL residents parking scheme in Clitheroe looks set to go ahead after businesses and residents edged towards an agreement.

Pollution leak kills fish in Haslingden

FISHY BUSINESS: One of the dead trout at Swinnel Brook which prompted the investigation

12:04pm Friday 10th July 2009

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after hundreds of fish were killed following a pollution leak in Haslingden waterways.

Four new plans revealed for delayed Blackburn link road

PLAN: One of the new options for the road

11:10am Friday 10th July 2009

FOUR options have been put forward for Blackburn’s new link road – turning the clock back to 2006.

Blackburn town centre building works blamed for bus service cuts

END OF THE LINE: The number 10 bus service

10:17am Friday 10th July 2009

BUS bosses have sparked fury by cutting more services – and have blamed the building work taking place in Blackburn town centre.

Anxious wait after Blackburn teen's emergency op for brain tumour

PLIGHT: Nichole Bain

9:00am Friday 10th July 2009

UPDATE A family is facing an anxious wait after 16-year-old Nichole Bain underwent a gruelling brain operation.

Burnley Council 'stupid' for paying £290,000 for eyesore

‘EYESORE’: The former Derby Hotel

8:30am Friday 10th July 2009

COUNCIL bosses spent £290,000 of housing money on a dilapidated pub - and plan to replace it with a “ridiculous” piece of public artwork.

Blackburn blaze debris is 'scummy eyesore'

GROTSPOT: Resident Brian Chambers surveys the rubbish outside the gutted house in Havelock Close, Blackburn

1:41pm Friday 10th July 2009

RESIDENTS in a Blackburn street are still having to live facing piles of debris from a burnt-out house five weeks after the fire.

New homes at last for Darwen clearance area

1:11pm Friday 10th July 2009

A DEAL is under way to build 30 new homes in Darwen’s Queen Street and Hindle Street clear-ance area – four years after a bitter wrangle over the site began.

‘£200m lost in investments’ by North West families

1:08pm Friday 10th July 2009

DOZENS of Asian families across the North West fear they have lost fortunes in foreign investment schemes.

Blackburn man back in jail after Lancashire Telegraph appeal

Blackburn man back in jail after Lancashire Telegraph appeal

11:57am Friday 10th July 2009

A WANTED man is back behind bars thanks to an appeal in the Lancashire Telegraph.

Ribble Valley residents 'most satisfied in country'

11:00am Friday 10th July 2009

A GOVERNMENT survey has revealed the country’s most satisfied residents live in the Ribble Valley.

Share in the musical language at Colne park

2:00pm Friday 10th July 2009

MUSIC lovers are being invited to an afternoon of live entertainment in a Colne park.

Pendle MP questions banker’s qualifications

Pendle MP questions banker’s qualifications

1:37pm Friday 10th July 2009

PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has questioned the qualifications of disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin.

Darwen school lands ‘good’ Ofsted report

1:12pm Friday 10th July 2009

ST Cuthbert’s Primary School has achieved a ‘good’ overall report in its latest Ofsted inpection.

Tractor fun ready to rumble in Eccleshill

PLAY DAY: Tractor creator Heath Kershaw tries out the fun attraction for himself with the help of three-year-olds Sam Farnworth and Amber Carter

1:11pm Friday 10th July 2009

GENERATIONS of children in Darwen’s East Rural district will be able to practise their ‘tractor skills’ in the area’s new playground, thanks to a local businessman.

Blackburn pupils in ‘slow down’ plea

PROTEST: The pupils, joined by PC Gary Hennighan and PCSO Matt Mason, get their message across

1:07pm Friday 10th July 2009

PUPILS from a primary school in Blackburn have teamed up with police to give motorists road safety advice.

Work support for Pendle unemployed

1:00pm Friday 10th July 2009

A SCHEME to reduce the number of Pendle residents who are not in work is set to be unveiled.

Chipping family chair firm considers £1m deal

1:05pm Friday 10th July 2009

A FAMILY firm offered £1million on a TV show last night said it was still considering the offer.

Burnley hospital staff get parking reminder

12:00pm Friday 10th July 2009

HEALTH chiefs have responded to residents’ concerns about Burnley General Hospital (BGH) staff parking in their streets.

Wasted Lives: It’s not too late to change course

10:59am Friday 10th July 2009

THE Government has been told it is not too late to make a radical overhaul of the way young people learn to drive.

Blackburn churchman preaches from Trafalgar Square plinth

Blackburn churchman to preach from Trafalger Square plinth

10:00am Friday 10th July 2009

UPDATE Neil Sutcliffe made art history through his hour stint on the Fourth Plinth yesterday.

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.

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

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.


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