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New Darwen leak brings 'ice rink' danger
6:10pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
‘ENOUGH is enough’ — that’s the message from councillors and residents after a water leak near Darwen Health Centre turned the area into an ‘ice rink’.
Comments (0)Clitheroe woman airlifted to hospital after A59 crash
2:40pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
UPDATE A Clitheroe woman was this morning airlifted to hospital after a crash on the A59.
A mirror on Blackburn's past rescued
12:55pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
A MIRROR celebrating Blackburn in a century has been rescued.
Bike stars turn out for Darwen pub day
12:10pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
MOTORCYCLE stars Carl Fogarty and Garth Woods will be guests at a special Bikers’ Day fundraiser and auction for three disabled Darwen children.
New home for Santa in Church and Oswaldtwistle
1:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Christmas came early for Church and Oswaldtwistle Rotary Club.
Blackburn police officer scoops national award
11:24am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
AN East Lancashire police officer has scooped a national award for services to training voluntary officers.
Drunken teen's 'idiotic rampage' in Knuzden
11:40am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A DRUNKEN teenager went on what he described to police as an “idiotic rampage” causing more than £4,000 worth of damage to parked cars.
Oswaldtwistle boy, 13, still in hospital
9:30am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
UPDATE A 13-year-old boy who was knocked down by a car is under sedation at Manchester Children’s Hospital, police said.
Blackburn MP 'surprised' at raid on MP's office
4:55pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has appeared to indicate that ministers had been "surprised" by the nature of the raids on Tory frontbencher Damian Green's homes and offices.
Ribble Valley village’s new home for bats
2:57pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
EXPERTS are trying to boost the bat population by creating a new home for them in a Ribble Valley village.
Spectacular lights display in memory of Darwen mum
12:03pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A DARWEN man is putting on a Christmas lights spectacular to raise money for the East Lancashire Hospice in memory of his mum.
Darwen band’s song used in campaign against Christmas suicides
11:50am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A SONG by Darwen rock band India Mill is to be used by a national charity to help prevent suicides over the Christmas period.
Wanted 3 warned by Lancashire Police
11:43am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
THREE wanted men from East Lancashire are being urged to hand themselves in to avoid spending Christmas behind bars.
Blackburn girl is feline wonderful at panto
3:22pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
THERE was pantomime magic in the air at the Thwaites Empire Theatre when a child's prize-winning drawing was brought to life.
Tockholes villagers turn on heat to save money
2:49pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
VILLAGERS in Tockholes are looking to set up a cost-saving scheme for their oil supplies.
New Darwen Market bags on sale
2:49pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
NEW Darwen Market reusable bags are now available from traders in the town.
Christmas crime purge in East Lancashire
11:58am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A CRACKDOWN on Christmas crime has been launched by police in East Lancashire.
Teenage Blackburn girl 'dragged from alleyway and raped'
2:45pm Monday 1st December 2008
A TEENAGE girl was raped after being dragged from an alleyway into a man’s flat, a jury was told.
East Lancashire boy, 12, missing for 10 days
12:31pm Monday 1st December 2008
A 12-year-old boy from East Lancashire has been missing from home for 10 days.
Police: we're winning the war on Shadsworth yobs
11:40am Monday 1st December 2008
POLICE said they were winning the war on yobs in a Blackburn community marred by a spate of brick attacks on taxis.
East Lancs hospital workers criticise bosses in survey
11:13am Monday 1st December 2008
HOSPITAL workers have given a lukewarm response to surveys designed to boost morale.
Two arrests after armed police swoop on car in Blackburn
9:05am Monday 1st December 2008
ARMED police surrounded a car after reports of two men brandishing a handgun.
East Lancashire businesses keeping upbeat despite credit crunch
3:58pm Monday 1st December 2008
MANY shops across East Lancashire are suffering “very slow” trade in the run up to Christmas as people cut back on spending due to the credit crunch.
£2.5m boost to Blackburn play areas
11:30am Monday 1st December 2008
WORK is set to start on new play facilities in the Guide, Higher Croft and Whitebirk areas of Blackburn thanks to £2.5 million from the Government’s Play pathfinder fund.
Blackburn man's kidnappers must pay £37,000
9:16am Monday 1st December 2008
MORE than £37,000 has been confiscated from two men who are behind bars for the kidnap of a Blackburn man two years ago.
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