Artist impressions have been released which reveal how a multi-million pound sixth form Centre in Accrington will look. More than £7m is being invested in St Christopher’s High School’s new sixth form centre making it one of the most environmentally
A FAMILY’S pet cat was killed after a kitchen fire was started by a faulty tumble drier. Lisa Betney, 23, told how she and partner Gavin Lunniss, 31, gathered their two sleeping children and sheltered outside their house as they waited for firefighters
SCORES of children and adults alike hopped, skipped and jumped in their efforts to be named hopscotch world champion. Competitors strutted their stuff on a special grid in Market Street in the centre of Edenfield. And it all ended with 11-year-old Mary
A ROAD built on greenbelt land, illegal excavations and the erection of a flag pole are just a few of the developments carried out by residents and businesses without permission from council bosses. Hyndburn Borough Council revealed it receives one complaint
A BLACKBURN doctor was left trembling and terrified after an unprovoked racist attack during which he was head- butted and suffered a broken nose. Preston Crown Court was told that Dr Sarabjett Gojral was trained in Lancashire, but after the attack he
ONE of Rosegrove’s characters, 84-year- old Bert Blackburn, sadly passed away last week. Bert was noted for riding around on his horse and cart. Bert loved trimming his horse and cart and taking part in the Rosegrove Carnival many years ago which
A FORMER solider attacked a man with a cricket bat after a fall-out at a house. John Newman, 29, who formerly served as an Infantryman in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment for four years, had set about Rory Cooper with the bat after the victim had
SIX OF the county’s police officers have been disciplined for drink driving in the past five years. Records reveal that four of the disciplined officers worked in eastern division, which covers Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble
