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£100 prize for Great Harwood’s best festive window
4:26pm Monday 1st December 2008
A BID to find Great Harwood’s best dressed Christmas window has been launched.
Comments (0)New Blackburn bars target upmarket crowd
11:23am Friday 28th November 2008
TWO friends are hoping to breathe new life into Blackburn’s night time economy by opening two upmarket venues.
VIDEO: Happy Lancashire Day! Red rose pride for county's big day
4:20pm Thursday 27th November 2008
THE rain failed to dampen Red Rose spirits as folk across the historic county of Lancashire celebrated Lancashire Day today.
Oyez! Town crier helps Great Harwood school's 40th party
4:56pm Tuesday 25th November 2008
A TOWN crier helped a school celebrate its 40th anniversary celebrations.
Council rejects Great Harwood housing scheme
12:10pm Monday 24th November 2008
PLANS to build 49 homes on the former site of a football ground and nightclub have been refused.
Rishton football team's kit stolen
4:50pm Wednesday 19th November 2008
A FOOTBALL team has been left short after their entire kit was stolen.
Hyndburn sex offender gave a bogus address
12:10pm Wednesday 19th November 2008
A 35-year-old man on the Sex Offender Register for indecent exposure gave a bogus address when he was released from a prison.
Housing development proposed on Great Harwood Town ground
11:30am Tuesday 18th November 2008
PLANS to build 49 homes on the former site of a football ground and nightclub have been announced.
Disney push for grieving Blackburn children
12:10pm Friday 14th November 2008
A LAST chance fundraising bid aims to send seven grieving children to EuroDisney for Christmas.
Great Harwood factory blaze
9:22am Tuesday 11th November 2008
Firefighters were called to Boxes UK in Great Harwood at 12.10am yesterday, after a fault in machinery set light to a pile of cardboard.
East Lancashire pays its respects on Remembrance Sunday
9:10am Monday 10th November 2008
CURRENT soldiers joined dignitaries and war veterans in marking Remembrance Sunday.
Cannabis factory found in Great Harwood
7:30am Monday 10th November 2008
A ‘SOPHISTICATED’ cannabis factory has been uncovered by police at a rented house in Great Harwood.
Great Harwood dad's Bonfire Night hell due to rare condition
4:32pm Wednesday 5th November 2008
A DAD who suffers extreme reactions to loud noises is dreading Bonfire Night.
Great Harwood road resurfaced after 20 year wait - then it's dug up days later
8:10am Monday 3rd November 2008
BUNGLING council chiefs have been slammed after a road was dug up just 10 days after being resurfaced.
Hyndburn Christmas lights switch-on events
4:39pm Thursday 30th October 2008
DETAILS of Hyndburn’s Christmas lights switch-on events have been announced.
Sadness as Great Harwood winter warmer cancelled
10:01am Wednesday 29th October 2008
A POPULAR festival has been cancelled just days after organisers pledged it was to go ahead in a scaled-down version.
Great Harwood Winter Warmer saved - but scaled down
3:40pm Sunday 26th October 2008
A POPULAR festival has been scaled down in a bid to save it from being cancelled.
‘Ring of steel’ in Hyndburn police blitz
9:20pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
MORE than 20 known criminals were confronted by police in a crime prevention blitz.
Great Harwood town council plan moves forward
5:50am Wednesday 22nd October 2008
A TOWN council for Great Harwood has moved a step closer despite claims residents are “apathetic” to the idea.
One Hyndburn shop fails underage drink test
1:50pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
UNDERAGE volunteers put a borough’s off-licences to the test in a bid to cut street drinking before Christmas.
Cash for Hyndburn roads revamp
12:03pm Monday 20th October 2008
£595,000 has been awarded by Lancashire County Council to carry out repairs on road in Hyndburn.
Great Harwood folk asked for views on town council
12:21pm Friday 17th October 2008
RESIDENTS in Great Harwood are to be quizzed on whether they want their own town council.
Ada’s Great Harwood charity swim at 93
10:52am Friday 17th October 2008
She may be 93, but that did not stop Ada Gibson swimming a mile at Great Harwood Baths and raising £100 for the Wright foundation.
Great Harwood 'grotspot' revamp unveiled
7:30pm Thursday 16th October 2008
PLANS to develop a “grot spot” that has blighted Great Harwood have been announced.
New dentist and health screening services for Great Harwood
7:20pm Friday 10th October 2008
HEALTH bosses have pledged new screening and dental services as part of the new £10 million health centre for Great Harwood.
Mini-motos seized in Hyndburn to be crushed by police
2:28pm Monday 6th October 2008
POLICE are set to crush a number of mini motorbikes after seizing them from youngsters.
Michelin scheme to help East Lancashire businesses
1:20pm Friday 3rd October 2008
AS the banking crisis damages business’s ability to get cash, firms are being encourage to take advantage of a East Lancashire business support scheme.
Great Harwood man admits downloading child porn
5:31pm Monday 29th September 2008
A MAN secretly filmed a naked toddler playing in a Rishton street and a 12-year-old girl doing a handstand.
Great Harwood grandad's smoking warning
6:50am Monday 29th September 2008
A BRAVE grandad is showing off his operation scars in a bid to turn East Lancashire people off smoking.
Great Harwood teenager's TV island escape
3:38pm Friday 26th September 2008
A TEEN has spent four weeks jumping out of planes, scrambling up cliffs and swimming in shark-infested waters for a hit television show.
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