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  • Car with no insurance seized in Accrington

    A CAR has been seized for not having insurance after it was pulled over by road police.  The Black Vauxhall Insignia was driving on Whalley Road in Accrington when it was pulled over. Later investigation also found that the car had not been

  • Burnley 1 Bournemouth 2: Match verdict

    THE Clarets couldn’t end a season of remarkable highs on a winning note, but the Turf Moor faithful weren’t going to let that spoil the party.It has been an incredible season for Burnley, with Sean Dyche’s men wrapping up a top-seven finish and European

  • Missing tortoise could be 'anywhere in Lancashire'

    A SEARCH party has been scouring the streets for a tearaway tortoise who escaped from his home over the weekend. Pickles went missing from his back garden enclosure on Coleridge Place, Great Harwood yesterday afternoon (Saturday 12) and has been

  • Pioneering NHS apps to be trialled at Lancashire hospitals

    HOSPITALS in Lancashire will play a key role in plans for apps which would allow NHS workers to book onto empty shifts.The apps, being trialled by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, could be rolled out across

  • Concerns for missing Haslingden man

    POLICE are concerned about a missing man. Rossendale Police have tweeted a post about Matthew Pinner who was born in 1984. The post read: "Matthew is missing from the Haslingden area of Rossendale and was last seen yesterday (Saturday).

  • RECALL: Shoppers told to return electric plug over safety fears

    A GAMES retailer is recalling electrical plugs over fears they could pose a danger to public safety.Game Retail Limited are urging customers who have both the Worx USB wall charger models CX3111BK, CX3111BL, CX3111GN, CX3111WH, CX2602BK, CX2602BL to return

  • Police appeal to find man after theft from Burnley shop

    POLICE want to speak to this man over a theft in Burnley shop. Burnley and Padiham Police have written a post on their Facebook pages asking for information. It read: "Can you help identify this man? "Officers are investigating a theft

  • Police warning about 'deaf doorstep artists' scam

    POLICE have issued a warning about a doorstep scam where people purporting to be deaf attempt to sell crude drawing to unsuspecting householders. People have been told not to give the ‘con artists’ any money and warn their friends and family.

  • Pub ban for brothers who attacked man over daughter's debt

    A FORMER soldier and his brother have been banned from a pub for two years after a man suffered a broken ankle during a 'pointless and mindless' brawl. Jonathan Hall, 27, along with his brother, Jack Hall, 28, became involved in a fight in the