A DECISION over whether to proceed with plans for a racecourse in East Lancashire is set to be made within the next six weeks. Plans for a £100million course on land near Read and Simonstone were first unveiled in May 2005, but the project has suffered
A ROW has erupted between boaters and developers over parking spaces at a Pendle canal wharf. Developer Thomas Randell bought the land and property at Foulridge Wharf from British Waterways at an auction. As part of the agreement Mr Randell must provide
HIGHWAYS chiefs have been accused of wasting cash by laying new paving only to tear it up months later. Hyndburn Borough Council leader Coun Peter Britcliffe said he was disappointed in the “lack of planning and foresight” in work being carried out at
CHILDREN in Tockholes are to benefit from a £25,000 makeover of the village's playground. Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced the spending which will improve the existing facilities next to the Rock Inn pub. Tockholes Parish
CRIME has fallen by nearly a third in Haslingden and Rawtenstall over the past four years, police in the Rossendale valley have said. The total number of offences in the Rossendale West district, covering the two principal towns and neighbouring villages
A SCHOOLBOY was left traumatised when a man pulled a knife on him as he and a young friend looked for a lost remote control helicopter. Matthew Scott, 38, whose home had been targeted by burglars, produced the 18 inch weapon, after the 14 year
A MEMBER of a gang who terrorised a group of schoolchilden after looking for trouble, has paid the price with a two-and-a-half year jail term. Father-to-be Shazad Razaq, 19, was involved in a melee in which two pupils from Blessed Trinity School, Burnley
A TEENAGER who was involved in torching a Blackburn car wash, had assaulted a schoolboy and stolen from a vulnerable man with psychiatric problems has been spared custody. The Blackburn 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, had
Mount Carmel School are celebrating after their recent success in the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Orienteering Competition. The school came third out of the twelve schools in the competition. Well done to Ellis Donnelly, Meghan Gorman
