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Cllr Simon O'Rourke

Borough’s new Progressive Liberals ‘should stand in by-elections’

Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School is closed as United Utilities investigate a water leak

School closed and people left without water for hours

Julie Hesmondhalgh with Amazing Accrington business leaders

Former Corrie actress creates writing trail in home town of Accrington

Adam Dupuis has been jailed after sexually assaulting women and young girls

‘Dangerous sexual predator’ assaulted women and underage girls

Blackburn Magistrates' Court

Man to appear in East Lancashire court after being charged with historic rapes

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Household Support Fund worth £19m now distributed in full across Lancashire

Thousands of apprentice jobs announced at BAE with hundreds in Lancashire

Perry's Blackburn

Sales executive denies 12 counts of fraud against car dealership

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Crowds turned out to give a warm Blackburn welcome to social media star Abdu Rozik

World-famous social media star welcomed to Blackburn diner

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Sniffer dog Pippa with the seized goods

Sniffer dog find £18,500 worth of illegal cigarettes in raids across East Lancs

Preston Crown Court

Man to stand trial after denying assault, damage and strangulation offences

A teacher pointing at a whiteboard

Plans to create special educational needs units at two East Lancashire schools

Blackburn bus station

Timetable extensions mean better bus links between Blackburn and Preston

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PC Anthony Ford

Police officer sacked more than two years after being cleared of sexual assault

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A car was broken into on Accrington Road in Burnley

Car window smashed and battery tampered with in early hours of morning

School support worker Saskia Bets

Lancashire bus driver guilty of causing death of York school worker

King William Street, Blackburn, 1994

LOOKING BACK Who remembers Blackburn town centre when it looked like this?

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Peter Billington was outside Bolton Crown Court on Monday morning

Protester braves freezing winter outside court to 'defend our juries'

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Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Pratt MBE

Just 30 out of 1,500 rape complaints a year result in convictions

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The Haworth Art Gallery

Gallery hosting open evening for Christmas craft shopping

Jack Straw Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire.

Ex-MP Jack Straw stands down as chair of Youth Zone

Paddy McGuinness is going on tour

Paddy McGuinness to launch first stand-up comedy tour in 8 years at Blackburn venue

The M65 is partially blocked due to a crash near Blackburn

Motorway partially blocked and traffic queueing due to crash

A delivery driver had their vehicle seized for holding the wrong type of insurance

Police deliver takeaway to 'grateful, hungry customer' after driver's van seized

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The occupants of this car were three times the alcohol limit

Man and woman charged with separate offences following drink-drive crash

The Lancashire-based Christmas tree supplier for Aldi is gearing up for a busy festive period

Lancashire Christmas tree supplier gearing up for busy festive period

Preston Road, Longridge

Care home plan for residential street refused after objections from neighbours

This former nursery in Clitheroe could be turned into flats

Nursery which closed down this year could become flats in new plans

Volunteers braved sub-zero temperatures to wash dozens of cars in aid of the Gaza emergency appeal.

£13,100 raised for Gaza humanitarian appeal by mosque volunteers

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Branch Road in Mellor Brook

Council to sell village land in nearby borough for new homes

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The dinner is free and the meals are served by volunteers.

Community centre gears up for free Christmas day dinner

Christmas Jumper Day

APPEAL We want to see our readers in their funniest East Lancashire Christmas Jumpers

The hearing was at Blackburn Magistrates Court

Police found man sitting at a bus stop with knife after he called them

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Martin Lewis doesn't believe getting angry with call centre operatives is productive

Martin Lewis shares one thing you need to do when on phone to call centre workers

Harts Amusements on Queen's Promenade

Harts Amusements arcade sells business after 60 year run

We asked Kevin Mountford, co-founder and consumer expert at savings platform Raisin UK what the cheapest way to boil water is.

YOUR MONEY MATTERS Is it cheaper to boil water in a kettle, microwave or on the hob?

Local newspaper editors are calling on the BBC to abandon its plans to roll out local news websites in areas already served by independent publishers

Opinion BBC now a threat to all local newspapers

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Denise Gee, Demi Houghton, and Rebecca Bartle at the Give a Gift Christmas tree in Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

How to 'give a gift' to patients spending Christmas in hospital

The new Lancashire LVEP is a partnership between Marketing Lancashire and VisitBlackpool

Marketing Lancashire awarded status to maximise potential of visitor economy

St Peter’s Parish Centre in Church Street

Volunteers hosting Christmas coffee morning for Cancer Research UK

Christmas lunch was enjoyed by twenty-two businesswomen from across Lancashire

'I wanted to create opportunities': Oswaldtwistle entrepreneur celebrates

Helen was spotted on CCTV on Victoria Avenue, Accrington

Woman 'tragically' died after falling down embankment

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The Workshop opened at an industrial unit in July earlier this year

'We gave it a good go': Coffee shop closes six months after opening

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Leaving a device plugged in and switched on at the mains will use electricity, even if the device itself isn’t in use

Six household appliances adding to your energy bills due to simple mistake

Experts have revealed whether it is actually cheaper to keep your heating on all day

Is it cheaper to leave my heating on all day?

Air fryers have become hugely popular in recent years, but Martin Lewis warned they could use more energy in some cases

Martin Lewis warning to those using air fryers and microwaves instead of ovens

Blackburn town centre during the Covid pandemic

County was not a pushover in Covid discussions, leader insists

A new add-on charge affecting some Ryanair customers has not been well-received

Ryanair passengers slam 'disgraceful' and 'ridiculous' new add-on charge

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Police surrounding the vehicle in Burnley

Man charged with driving offences after police swoop on petrol station

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Lancashire prison officer acquitted of manslaughter following suicide of inmate

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The Witton Inn pub in Blackburn has closed while Stonegate looks for a new tenant

300-year-old Blackburn pub to close as landlady departs after a year in charge

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The week-long ceasefire has collapsed

Another council asked to back Israel/Hamas ceasefire call

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St Paul’s Working Men’s Institute, Blackburn, 1977

LOOKING BACK St Paul's has been open to members for more than a century

‘Record number’ of suspensions at Blackburn with Darwen schools

New figures show ‘record number’ of suspensions at Blackburn with Darwen schools

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