MORE than 500 jobs at Lancashire County Council have been axed in four months - as £30milion is set aside for redundancy payments. County Hall has confirmed 522 applications for voluntary redundancy have been approved so far, with the offer
THE family behind Blackburn’s long-standing sarsaparilla stall have decided against moving into the new market — for now. Teresa Barnes took over R Walsh and Co when her husband Peter died at the age of 66 in December. Mrs Barnes, 57
Zaheer Khan paid tribute to Andrew Strauss as the England captain's magnificent 158 helped secure a thrilling tie in their World Cup match in Bangalore. Strauss put on 170 for the third wicket with Ian Bell, who made 69, as England looked to chase
England and India tied one of the World Cup's greatest matches after Andrew Strauss and Sachin Tendulkar each hit scintillating centuries at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Strauss' career-best 158 carried England to within sight of a tournament-record
THREE men found dead in separate towns in just one hour may have taken the same super-strength batch of heroin, according to police. The bodies of Robin Ferguson, 53, Emlyn Hodgkinson, 36 and Zaheer Chaudhry, 32, were discovered at houses in
A RIBBLE Valley hotel is to become a Mercure-branded venue as part of a new franchise deal. As part of the agreement, the name of the Foxfields Hotel in Billington has been changed to Mercure Blackburn Ribble Valley Hotel. Jobs at the
WORKERS facing the axe at a construction company have been found new jobs at the eleventh hour. Riverside Industrial Estate-based Combined Stabilisation, which is Accrington Stanley’s main sponsor, had been placed into liquidation putting
TAXI drivers in Rossendale have quit a liaison group in protest at a controversial new licensing and enforcement policy which is being introduced across the valley. Moves to introduce penalty points schemes for driving misdemeanours and stricter tests
Preston North End boss Phil Brown warned his side they need to get rid of their losing mentality if they are to avoid relegation. North End slumped to a 2-1 home defeat to local rivals Burnley yesterday which left them 11 points from safety
Burnley are four points off the play-offs with two games in hand after the 2-1 derby win at Preston North End. Boss Eddie Howe said: "It has been a good start. I'm absolutely delighted with the players. "This was always going to
MICHAEL Bisping last night kept his vow to silence Jorge Rivera with a dominant second-round TKO victory at UFC 127. Rivera, 38, had taunted and mocked the Clitheroe mixed martial artist for months in the run up to the bout at the Acer Arena
THWAITES is to open 20 high-class pubs in an attempt to rejuvenate the flagging market. The East Lancashire brewery, which already owns 350 inns across the country, is creating a new brand to capitalise on the success of food-based pubs with accommodation
