ACCRINGTON print firm Naylers is backing Hyndburn Council's planned celebrations for the borough's 30th anniversary.

The Aero Mill firm is sponsoring leaflets, posters and the invitations to a summer event, and providing commemorative coasters.

Managing director Alistair Nayler said: "We've been in business in the area for more than 75 years and we're delighted to help celebrate 30 years of Hyndburn."

A weekend of celebrations is planned on July 2, 3 and 4. The main focus will be the mayor-making ceremony on Saturday, July 3, which will feature a procession, a traditional civic church service where local school choirs will perform, and a civic lunch with a special table reserved for residents who have their own reasons to mark the occasion.

Broadway will host a fair with rides and sideshows; and a continental and old-style French market is proposed in front of Accrington Town Hall and market hall.