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  • Drive-by shooting charge for Lower Darwen teenager

    A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged in connection with a "drive by" incident in which a grandfather was shot with a BB gun. Robert Evans, 19, of Higher Croft Road, Lower Darwen, was sent on bail to Burnley Crown Court charged

  • Woman taken to hospital after Bacup crash

    A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a crash in Bacup. Two crews from Bacup attended the incident took place at 11.38am on Sunday morning on Burnley Road. Watch manager Dennis Webb from Bacup Fire Station, said: "It was two cars involved in

  • 'Good pals' spotted stripped to waist fighting in street

    TWO men seen fighting in the street in the early hours of the morning appeared in court and told magistrates they were good friends. Blackburn magistrates heard when police arrived on the scene Paul Patrick Lyons had no top on and Rocky Johnstone

  • REVEALED: Plans go in for Blackburn £11.4m link road

    A PLANNING application for an £11.4million road scheme to cut traffic congestion on one of the main roads into Blackburn and improve access to the town’s hospital has officially been submitted. The planned upgrades, which have been slightly revised

  • Five extra additions to accountants

    FIVE new faces have been taken on to help boost a Blackburn accountancy firm. Pierce Chartered Accountants is the latest firm in the sector to expand in the wake of the government's Making Tax Digital initiative. Accounts trainees John Farnworth

  • New and improved car showroom in Nelson jobs boost

    A NEW and improved car showroom has thrown open its doors in Nelson. Motor sales giants Perrys has made a significant investment in its Lomeshaye Industrial Estate site. And the revamp of the Churchill Way centre has led to several new jobs

  • Square deal tempted Darwen deli's new bosses

    AN ambitious couple has taken the helm of a popular deli in the centre of Darwen. Jackie Aspinall and Steven Wood are following in the footsteps of previous owner Rebecca Lowe and original founder Carlo Ricioppo as they take over Deli Carlo, on

  • Shares firm triggers Burnley video wall innovation

    A MULTI-faceted alarm system inspired by the rise and fall of stocks and shares on Wall Street has been developed by a Burnley firm. Video wall and visual display specialists UVS was approached by a New York financial institution, with the challenge

  • BAE seals deal for solar powered aircrafts ally

    A DEAL has been reached which will see BAE take over one of its partners in the field of unmanned aircraft. Engineers at Samlesbury and Warton have already been collaborating with Guildford-based Prismatic on the PHASA-35 project. Their ambition

  • School hosts open day with a difference

    A school is holding an open day with a difference. St Peter's C of E Primary School in Darwen is hosting their open day on September 26, and those in attendance will get the chance to be shown round the school on special guided tours. For the

  • Cash boost agreed for Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts Centre

    LIFELINE funding for Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts Centre will go ahead. Hyndburn Council cabinet members approved a £30,000 cash boost to help the centre and theatre continue to run. Earlier this year, Hyndburn Council scrutiny committee members

  • Blackburn tax office flats scheme approved

    PLANS to turn a former Blackburn tax office into dozens of flats can go ahead. Proposals by Empire Property Concepts, who last year converted the old Lancashire Telegraph offices into apartments, to convert Customs House in Blackburn into 37 flats

  • Brave Burnley patient, 3, is star of new Top Gear-style video

    AN East Lancashire toddler turned star in a reasonably priced car after taking centre stage in a video showcasing a hospital’s new electric vehicle, which children can ride to surgery. Three-year-old Thomas Brennan, from Burnley, was one of the

  • Reformed heroin addict stole lager 'to take the edge off'

    A REFORMED heroin addict who was drinking as a crutch stole a can of lager from a shop and drank it before staff could catch her. Blackburn magistrates heard Kerry Marie Yates was suffering from withdrawal and “needed” the drink. Yates, 33, of

  • Development plan must be right, council leader says

    COUNCIL bosses said it was more important to get a development blueprint right first time than rush to complete it. Hyndburn Council leader Cllr Miles Parkinson updated cabinet members on progress in putting together the authority's latest Local

  • Public asked for views on how to fund council tax support

    COUNCIL bosses are asking the public for help deciding how best to fund changes to council tax support. Hyndburn Council has launched a consultation asking people to consider three options for the scheme that helps 4,300 of our residents to pay

  • Work begins on Colne health centre demolition

    DEMOLITION has started this week as work gets underway to create a new future for Colne’s former Health Centre on Market Street. A long-awaited scheme to turn the former heath centre into flats for older people with shops on the ground floor has

  • Call to use Towns Fund cash to rejuvenate Darwen Tower

    CASH from last week's announcement that Darwen could get up to £25million from the Government could be used to help rejuvenate its iconic tower. Cllr Neil Slater said the tower was the “soul of Darwen” and asked Blackburn with Darwen Council leader