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  • Easter Sunrise Service.

    Ramsbottom's traditional early morning easter service is to take place again.Why not follow an old tradition and make the trek to Holcombe Moorbottom Road on Easter Day(Sunday).The SONRISE service commences at 7.00AM. ALL ARE WELCOME.

  • Nelson town centre revamp plans 'a waste of money'

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to redesign Nelson town centre have been dubbed a “waste of money.” Proposals including covering landmark buildings in cloth as a nod to the cotton industry and creating meadows filled with animals to highlight the borough

  • Attacked Burnley head 'can't wait to get back to work'

    A HEADTEACHER glassed in an alleged horror attack in an Indian restaurant has said he “can’t wait” to get back to work. Kieran Heakin, headteacher at St John the Baptist RC Primary School, in Thames Avenue, Burnley, was left with horrific facial

  • Coronation Street star backs bowel cancer screening campaign

    CORONATION Street actor Malcolm Hebden called for older people to take the bowel cancer screening test as he launched the scheme in East Lancashire. Malcolm, 69, who plays Norris Cole in the soap, was promoting the scheme at the Royal Blackburn

  • Anger as Darwen road dug up 10 weeks after being relaid

    A NEWLY-relaid section of road at a busy junction has been dug up for planned sewerage work only 10 weeks after it was put down. Marsh House Lane, a main artery through Darwen to Hoddlesden, has been relaid by Darwen Borough Council in three sections

  • Haslingden Moor clean-up 'taking too long'

    UTILITIES bosses have been accused of “dragging their heels” by not cleaning up a beauty spot which has become a magnet for fly-tippers. Hundreds of tyres were dumped at Haslingden Moor two months ago but United Utilities, which owns the land

  • Burnley dads have legs waxed to raise money for charity

    SEVEN brave dads from Burnley have been stripped of their masculinity - all in the name of charity. The men endured the painful procedure of having their legs waxed at the Action for Children Burnley Wood Children’s Centre. Dozens of

  • Forest of Bowland wildlife safari walks launched

    SAFARI walks are being launched in the Forest of Bowland to give people a glimpse of the rare wildlife that live in the area. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) are organising the guided walks, along with landowners United