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Top Lancashire police officer in live web grilling
9:50am Friday 29th August 2008
ONE of Lancashire’s top policemen took part in a live web chat with residents.
Comments (0)‘Lots of interest’ in pub chain
2:00pm Friday 29th August 2008
THE administrators of a brewery chain that owns pubs in East Lancashire said companies were interested in buying the firm.
Church sweet factory homes delayed
1:25pm Friday 29th August 2008
PLANS to build eight three-storey houses on a former sweets factory site in Church have been deferred for a second time.
Departing detective grateful to Lancashire Telegraph readers
10:09am Friday 29th August 2008
THE top detective picked to head Jersey’s major child abuse investigation has paid tribute to East Lancashire residents for their help in solving many of his cases.
East Lancashire schools below national average but improving
2:37pm Thursday 28th August 2008
NATIONAL Curriculum test results show that East Lancashire’s seven-year-olds continue to fluctuate in their progress.
Asian wedding bid for Accrington chapel
12:20pm Thursday 28th August 2008
AN ACCRINGTON landmark could become a wedding reception venue.
Altham company drinks to Olympic success
8:00am Thursday 28th August 2008
AN East Lancashire firm helped athletes reach their best to win gold medals at the Olympics.
Rishton flats refused over empty homes fears
12:38pm Thursday 28th August 2008
COUNCILLORS have rejected plans to convert a single terrace house into flats over fears it would lead to a ‘plethora’ of empty properties in the Hyndburn borough.
Burnley station ‘rape’ woman won’t talk to police
3:40pm Thursday 28th August 2008
A WOMAN who claimed she was raped at a train station is refusing to co-operate with officers, police said.
East Lancashire blind service is going mobile
11:39am Thursday 28th August 2008
A PIONEERING service for people with vision problems is set to tour East Lancashire during September.
Clayton-le-Moors estate link plan approved
2:40pm Thursday 28th August 2008
A NEW footbridge is to connect an isolated housing estate to a town after the project was given the green light.
Accrington revamp scheme go-ahead
12:30pm Thursday 28th August 2008
PLANS to transform a main road into Accrington have been approved.
Beat is over for Blackburn Rovers drummer
4:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
THE Blackburn End drummer, who has entertained crowds at Rovers for more than 10 years, has retired after developing arthritis.
Accrington rapist 'tried to target other victim'
10:10pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A RAPIST who attacked an elderly woman in her own home may have tried to target another victim earlier in the evening.
Gateway to better view for Accrington roads
12:10pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
PLANS to transform a main road into Accrington have been unveiled.
Late GP opening on its way in East Lancashire
11:20am Wednesday 27th August 2008
DOCTORS’ surgeries across East Lancashire are set to extend their opening hours.
Elderly Accrington woman raped in own home
4:55pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
AN ELDERLY woman has been raped by a stranger in her own home.
Sex attack on Accrington woman at Burnley train station
9:00am Tuesday 26th August 2008
UPDATE POLICE were last night hunting a sex fiend who attacked a 40-year-old Accrington woman on a rail station platform.
Top Lancashire detective leading Jersey abuse probe
12:26am Wednesday 27th August 2008
A DETECTIVE who has handled some of East Lancashire’s biggest crime cases is to head up the investigation into child abuse in Jersey.
Hyndburn man jailed for break-in at friend’s flat
11:58am Tuesday 26th August 2008
A BURGLAR who attacked a friend’s flat after he refused to lend him money has been jailed for three years.
Accrington grandad's heartfelt thanks for job boost
10:46am Tuesday 26th August 2008
AN East Lancashire grandad has battled back to work after a five-way heart bypass.
Accrington outbuilding set to get permission
4:10pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
A MAN is set to be allowed to keep an outbuilding he constructed in the garden of his home despite not having planning permission.
Meeting over homes plan for former Church sweets factory
1:10pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
PLANS to build homes at a former sweets factory could be given the go-ahead.
Clayton-le-Moors estate’s £10k bridge crossing plan
12:19pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
A £100,000 footbridge could soon connect an isolated housing estate to a town if it is approved.
Oswaldtwistle gran's drive to help African youngsters
10:37am Tuesday 26th August 2008
YOUNGSTERS from East Lancashire schools have taken part in a scheme to help thousands of African schoolchildren.
Theft of Rishton man's mobility scooter
6:40am Monday 25th August 2008
A DISABLED man is pleading for the return of his motorbility scooter after it was stolen from his home by callous thieves.
Clayton-le-Moors dog show cancelled
8:50pm Monday 25th August 2008
AN annual dog show has been cancelled because of a lack of volunteers.
Hyndburn Mela crowd in party mood
12:05pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
STREET dancers drummed up a crowd at the Hyndburn Mela and Community Festival.
Man abusive to the police
7:10pm Friday 22nd August 2008
A 34-year-old man was abusive to police officers days after he had been given a suspended prison sentence.
East Lancashire pair hope to be riding high after show
1:00pm Friday 22nd August 2008
TWO East Lancashire riders are set to compete in the country’s top horse show.
National News
Faith schools accused on employment
Updated 10:03am Saturday 30th August 2008
The Government is being urged to reform faith schools to ensure they cannot discriminate against pupils and teachers on religious grounds.
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