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Cliviger residents' anger over temporary 'stone crushing plant'

6:50pm Monday 6th July 2009

ANGRY residents have forced County Hall bosses into a U-turn over a noisy stone-crushing plant.

Grot spots revealed according to Lancashire Telegraph readers

6:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

THE worst litter grot-spots in Blackburn and Darwen according to Lancashire Telegraph readers has been revealed.

Council blasted for failing to clean up Barnoldswick grot-spot

5:40pm Monday 6th July 2009

TOWN hall chiefs have been slammed after an area visible from a council-run country walk was left overgrown and untidy.

Tributes to loving son Adam killed in Blackburn

FOOTBALL FAN:  riends say attack victim Adam Rogers was quiet and happy-go-lucky, and he loved sport

5:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

THE PARENTS of the man killed by a single blow in Blackburn town centre have paid tribute to him.

Blackburn murder: Three men in custody

CORDONED OFF: A policeman stands guarding the crime scene by the Gladstone monument

5:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

UPDATE Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and two 19-year-old men after a man on a night out in Blackburn was killed by a single punch.

Ribble Valley scheme launched to help pensioners get fit

4:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

PENSIONERS are being urged to get active after a new scheme offering cheaper sport was launched.

£6.3m housing renewal plan in Burnley

£6.3m housing renewal plan in Burnley

2:42pm Monday 6th July 2009

LONG-awaited proposals to overhaul housing in the Daneshouse area of Burnley are at the centre of a new £6.3 million project.

Images of Rossendale sculptures released

1:43pm Monday 6th July 2009

ARTIST impressions have been released of three sculptures which could soon be built in Rossendale.

Clitheroe town centre comes to a halt after accident

12:18pm Monday 6th July 2009

CLITHEROE town centre was brought to a standstill this morning after a four by four was involved in a dramatic crash.

Sunshine boozing leads to East Lancashire A&E surge

SUMMER ADVICE:Dr Charles Thomson

9:00am Monday 6th July 2009

DRUNKEN people enjoying the summer sunshine in East Lancashire have led to a huge increase in hospital admissions, accident and emergency bosses have revealed.

Double wedding joy for East Lancashire family

FAMILY AFFAIR: Linda and William Clements re-marry while their daughter Amanda ties the knot with Lawrence Berry in a double celebration at Darwen’s Whitehall Hotel

8:00am Monday 6th July 2009

ONE of the happiest days of a mother's life is when her daughter gets married.

Putting the pride back into Nelson school

MADE THE GRADE: St Philip’s Primary School head Kathryn Ellidge celebrates the good Ofsted report with pupils. From left, back: Hamza Arif, Zulgarmain Ali and Jacob Muzaffar; front: Emma Butterworth and Mur’emaz Maz

5:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN ‘IMPROVING’ Pendle primary school has been commended by education watchdogs for encouraging community cohesion.

Stone the crows, they've taken over Trawden

OVER THE RAINBOW: Residents of Beckside Close with their Wizard of Oz display which won the Scarecrows category in the Trawden Scarecrow Trail

2:44pm Monday 6th July 2009

A HUGE robitic ‘Cyclops’ scarecrow was among the attractions at an annual scarecrow trail and garden festival in Trawden.

Two hurt as Blackburn majorettes’ coach crashes into bridge

Two hurt as Blackburn majorettes’ coach crashes into bridge

10:37am Monday 6th July 2009

A double-decker bus carrying majorettes from Blackburn got stuck under a railway bridge.

£1m scheme to convert Blackburn pub to advice centre

ADVICE CENTRE: The derelict former Boulevard pub

10:25am Monday 6th July 2009

MORE than £1million has been secured to convert a derelict Blackburn town centre pub to a help and advice centre for youngsters.

Kiss and tell: We’re so hot in Lancashire

5:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

PEOPLE in Lancashire have been named the third-best kissers in the UK – in a poll to mark National Kissing Day today.

The mummy returns to Ribble Valley

The mummy returns to Ribble Valley

5:04pm Monday 6th July 2009

A 2,500-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy has been returned to Stonyhurst College after more than 30 years.

Tockholes over-50s bid for laptops

4:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

TOCKHOLES-based Spring Chickens Over 50s group has applied for a grant to buy laptops so they can continue popular computer courses.

‘Tobacco-free’ crusade wins national award

4:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

AN East Lancashire campaign which saw more than 1,000 people urge the Government to create a tobacco-free future has won a national award.

Joy at making grade in karate

3:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

NEW gradings have been awarded to members of Darwen-based Tower Shukokai Karate Club.

Rossendale ‘recession busters’ lead way

3:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

ROSSENDALE firms will benefit from a council-led initiative to fight the recession.

MP urges support for new writers

2:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson has launched an Early Day Motion in the Commons urging support for new writing talent.

Woman freed from car after Darwen M65 smash

12:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

FIRE crews freed a woman from her vehicle after an accident on the M65.


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