RESIDENTS in East Lancashire have reported ‘white water’ coming out of their taps. United Utilities received 23 reports from across Blackburn, Great Harwood and Langho and Mellor on Friday. The supplier said they have inspectors monitoring
RARE maps of East Lancashire handed to top Nazi commanders preparing for the invasion of Britain are up for sale. The large-scale maps of Blackburn and Accrington, showing buildings of strategic or military importance and targets for Luftwaffe
HOMES at the heart of a multi-million pound regeneration project in Accrington opened their doors to the public on Saturday. Two showrooms in the Woodnook area, which is undergoing a £15million facelift, will be open from 11am to 4pm. Number
LABOUR consolidated control of Chorley Council gaining eight seats - seven from the Tories - to leave them with a firm grip on the Town Hall. The make up of the council now sees Labour, who gained control two years ago, with 32 members, there are
GREEN-fingered pupils from a Darwen primary school have been shortlisted for a coveted national award. Youngsters at Ashleigh Primary in Ross Street have reached the final four of the RHS School Gardening Team of the Year competition. Teaching
FIRE crews battled a blaze in an Accrington kitchen this afternoon. Crews from Hyndburn and Rawtenstall were called to the property in Timber Street shortly before 2pm. The kitchen sustained extensive fire damage with the lounge sustaining
MAJOR refurbishment work has started at a 200-year-old church in the Ribble Valley after five years of fund-raising. Work has begun on the interior of Trinity Methodist Church in Clitheroe with the aim of ‘bringing it into the 20th century’.
ALMOST 1,000 properties in Clitheroe suffered a power cut yesterday. Engineers from Electricity North West worked to restore power to the homes after being made aware of the fault shortly before 2pm. The engineers managed to restore power to
A 46-YEAR-old man has been found not guilty of indecently assaulting two boys in the 1980s and 1990s. Following a five-day trial, Nazir Master was cleared of the four allegations of indecent assault against the youngsters. Speaking after the
A ‘SIGNIFICANT’ number of jobs will be created when a global firm moved into in East Lancashire. Stolen vehicle tracking firm Cobra UK has announced plans to up sticks from Cheshire and move to Blackburn and Burnley. Staff will be moved from
A DRIVER has been cleared of violence after an alleged road rage melee in Accrington. Dawood Ashraf, 39, was found not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, an alternative charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm and one count of
FIRE chiefs have warned against ad-hoc bonfires after extinguishing a garden blaze near to a property in Pendle. One crew from Nelson station was alerted to an incident at a property in Green Road, Colne, at around 9.35pm on Saturday. Firefighter
ONE of East Lancashire’s first two UKIP councillors, who reported his daughter for alleged electoral fraud, has taken her seat on the council. Malcolm Pritchard was elected in Milnshaw just days after reporting former deputy leader Clare, and a
A PRIMARY school which has been in placed in special measures looks set to become an academy. St Aidan's CofE Primary School is expected to be turned into an academy by the Blackburn Church of England Diocese. Cidari Education is the diocese’s
TWO ex-Warburtons employees and a former recycling boss were involved in a £500,000 stolen bread baskets scam, a court heard. The trio were yesterday jailed for a total of 10 and a half years. Burnley Crown Court was told how Paul Rogers, 34, then
Roberto Goldback might not be the force he once was, but he is of definite interest taking a significant drop in class for the Knight Fencing Ltd Supports Sussex Snowdrop Handicap Chase at Fontwell. The 12-year-old mixed it at the top level during
