Pubs hit out over new Grane Road closure

12:50pm Wednesday 17th September 2008

PUB landlords have slammed the county council after it was revealed that one of East Lancashire’s busiest roads was to close for the third time this year.

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East Lancashire beauty spot cleaned up after sinks dumped

5:22pm Thursday 18th September 2008

AN area of land which was blighted by thousands of dumped sinks has been transformed back into scenic countryside.

East Lancashire pair have designs on a great future

3:59pm Monday 18th August 2008

TWO East Lancashire entrepreneurs are showing strength in the face of economic adversity by opening a second franchise for their graphic design business.

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Belthorn in a Gobbin of a mix-up!

3:16pm Thursday 5th June 2008

RESIDENTS are complaining that they are living in a "lost village" after signs for a neighbouring town were put up in their community.

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How ex-cop became writer and made crime pay

4:39pm Monday 2nd June 2008

THEY say the pen is mightier than the sword, but is it mightier than a truncheon?

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Horsing around on the way to school in Belthorn

11:50am Tuesday 29th April 2008

Children from Belthorn Primary School take part in a walking bus to school with their teachers Sarah Allan and Helen Rowan.

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Thousands of sinks dumped in field

10:24pm Monday 4th February 2008

THOUSANDS of ceramic sinks were strewn across a beauty spot in an "appalling" act of fly-tipping.

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‘Hands off our local post offices’ anger

9:21pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

CAMPAIGNERS are fighting controversial plans to close 24 post offices across East Lancashire.

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Post office closures bombshell

10:22pm Monday 21st January 2008

A QUARTER of East Lancashire's post offices are set to be axed.

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Lofty insulation

2:45pm Monday 21st January 2008

AN engineering company is hoping its new premises and investment in equipment will pay off - to the tune of £3million.

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Child porn teacher loses sentence appeal

4:31pm Tuesday 4th December 2007

A primary school deputy head who shared pornographic images of a young girl with his lover has failed to get his sentenced reduced.

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Teachers’ affair ends in jail threat

9:52am Thursday 26th April 2007

TWO primary school teachers who were having a “highly charged and sordid” affair shared obscene text images of a young girl, a court was told.

Brewers’ £9.5m investment plan

1:55pm Monday 9th April 2007

WORLD-famous brewer Daniel Thwaites has marked its 200th anniversary by setting out a vision to expand in the coming year.

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Councillor calls for action over danger road

8:05pm Monday 5th February 2007

A SENIOR councillor has called for urgent repairs on a rural road after a couple of accidents.

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It’s 'L' for boy racer

5:52pm Thursday 1st February 2007

HE may be a motorsport champion but 17-year-old Tom Bradshaw still needs L-plates on the road after he failed his driving test.

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Teachers admit child porn charges

5:59pm Monday 29th January 2007

A PRIMARY school teacher took indecent photographs of a four-year-old girl on her mobile phone and sent them to a male colleague she was having a "fantasy" relationship with.

Teachers in court over child porn

11:34am Saturday 13th January 2007

TWO primary school teachers have appeared in court after an indecent photograph of a child was allegedly found on a mobile phone.