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New council sponsorship deal for Accrington Stanley
4:50pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
ACCRINGTON Stanley will receive a £27,900 a season in sponsorship from the council — in return for helping youngsters.
Comments (0)'East Lancashire lovers killed husband with butcher's knife'
8:10am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
UPDATE A husband was stabbed to death by his wife and her lover after being lured to a Pakistan hotel room, a jury was told.
Fears for East Lancashire's breast cancer funding
2:46pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
EAST Lancashire hospitals’ latest cash crisis could hit plans to make big improvements in breast cancer care.
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.
£7m sixth form centre for Hyndburn
2:20pm Monday 1st December 2008
A £7 MILLION sixth form centre for Hyndburn - bringing back full A-level provision for the borough - is expected to get the go-ahead within months.
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.
Shopper dies in Accrington town centre
9:06am Monday 1st December 2008
A 57-year-old man collapsed and died while shopping with his wife in Accrington town centre yesterday.
Credit crunch hits Accrington charity shop
7:50am Monday 1st December 2008
A CHARITY shop which has raised more than £750,000 has closed down after 20 years of business.
Accrington sex predator admits raping girl, 12
8:50am Saturday 29th November 2008
A ‘DANGEROUS sexual predator’ has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl he met outside a Blackburn cinema at midnight.
26 per cent rise in joblessness in Hyndburn
3:00pm Friday 28th November 2008
A BOROUGH’S unemployment levels have rocketed by 26 per cent, according to council figures.
Residents' joy as Accrington rehab plans scrapped
5:21pm Thursday 27th November 2008
RESIDENTS and councillors have thanked health bosses after they scrapped plans for an addicts' centre near their homes.
'Wicked' man admits 'evil' sex attack on Accrington woman, 88
9:30am Thursday 27th November 2008
UPDATE A man who committed an ‘evil’ sex attack on an 88-year-old woman after breaking into her home has been branded ‘wicked’ by police.
Accrington man’s golden moment as landmark M6 reaches 50th anniversary
5:10pm Thursday 27th November 2008
THE UK’s first stretch of motorway opened 50 years ago next week, changing the face of Britain forever. We spoke to Accrington-born Harry Yeadon who looks back to when Lancashire was the country’s guinea pig and he played a key role in the construction of the M6 Preston bypass
Preston MP slams firm for sending racist jokes to Accrington student
8:50am Thursday 27th November 2008
A TELEPHONE company which sent racist jokes to an Asian student from Accrington needs to “clean up its act”, an MP has said.
Accrington athletes mourn loss of long-serving Maureen
5:51pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Accrington Road Runners are mourning the loss of Maureen Hartley who died of cancer on Saturday evening.
Hyndburn leader set to snub bus lanes meeting over 'blackmail' claims
12:36pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
A COUNCIL leader could be set to snub a meeting to discuss controversial bus lane plans after claiming: “It feels like we are being blackmailed”.
Lancashire retail jobs fears as Woolworths call in administrators
10:42pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
Hundreds of Lancashire jobs could be lost after the retail arm of Woolworths went into administration tonight.
VIDEO: Accrington residents unfazed by Lancashire bin snoopers
11:22am Wednesday 26th November 2008
LANCASHIRE residents said they had nothing to hide after it was revealed council staff had been secretly sifting through people’s rubbish.
Bogus damp proof firm targets elderly in Hyndburn
11:19am Tuesday 25th November 2008
A BOGUS damp proofing company has been targeting a borough’s elderly and vulnerable population.
Credit crunch hits East Lancashire regeneration
4:37pm Monday 24th November 2008
THE regeneration of East Lancashire is being hit by the credit crunch, a new report has warned.
Hammer terror at Accrington off-licence
5:14pm Monday 24th November 2008
DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a robbery at an off-licence in Accrington.
Accrington girl, 9, safe after 'missing' scare
12:20pm Monday 24th November 2008
A MISSING child was found - just seconds after a police helicopter was launched to look for her.
Jimmy White to visit snooker club which aims to ‘pot’ jobs
11:00am Monday 24th November 2008
YOUNGSTERS can join a pioneering snooker club in Accrington which aims to help those without a job get into employment.
Pickpockets 'operated in Accrington and Blackburn'
12:00pm Saturday 22nd November 2008
Two pickpockets said to have struck throughout the North West over two months-including repeatedly in Accrington and Blackburn, are awaiting sentence.
Accrington man 'knowingly infected girlfriend with HIV'
9:20am Saturday 22nd November 2008
A MAN who knowingly infected his girlfriend with the HIV virus and then fled to Thailand has been jailed for a year.
Lancashire train fares set to soar
2:49pm Friday 21st November 2008
FARES on trains in Lancashire are set to soar by well above the rate of inflation in the New Year.
Accrington lights switch-on spectacular
11:21am Friday 21st November 2008
HUNDREDS of people braved the cold last night to see Accrington's Christmas lights being switched on.
Little Treasures competition in today's Lancashire Telegraph
9:00am Friday 21st November 2008
THE hunt is on for East Lancashire’s young stars with the return of the Lancashire Telegraph's Little Treasures competition.
Accrington in the running to be university town
2:14pm Thursday 20th November 2008
ACCRINGTON is bidding to become a university town.
East Lancashire Hospice launches Light Up a Life appeal
3:10pm Thursday 20th November 2008
HOSPICE staff are urging people to “light up a life” this Christmas.
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