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Bacup's faulty Christmas lights defended by council
5:40pm Monday 1st December 2008
A ROSSENDALE town’s Christmas lights display has been defended by councillors after some of the illuminations failed to work.
Comments (2)Lancashire cop in New Scotland Yard hot-seat
2:56pm Monday 1st December 2008
A Lancashire man will take the reins of Britain’s largest police force tomorrow.
30 drivers stopped in Rossendale speed checks
2:50pm Monday 1st December 2008
MORE than 30 vehicles were stopped as part of high visibility patrols and checks aimed at cracking down on speeding drivers in Rossendale.
Bacup and Whitworth libraries set for refurbishment
5:40pm Monday 24th November 2008
TWO Rossendale libraries are in line to benefit from a major refurbishment project.
Police pick up teen drink driver
6:30pm Friday 21st November 2008
POLICE starting their patrols in Bacup caught a teenage drink-driver on the spot, a court heard.
Bacup school provides ‘quality care’
5:24pm Thursday 20th November 2008
THE headteacher of a Rossendale school is ‘over the moon’ after a recent inspection.
Bacup dad-to-be's hanging death 'was accidental'
3:40pm Wednesday 19th November 2008
A YOUNG plasterer and father-to-be from Rossendale hanged himself after a row with his partner, an inquest heard.
Help shape Bacup town centre
6:30pm Monday 17th November 2008
THE people of Bacup will soon get the chance to design their town centre.
Bacup engineers tackle a whale of a project
8:00pm Sunday 16th November 2008
DEVELOPERS often face wildlife such as newts or bats when they take on a project.
Hobby makes worthy business for Bacup man
4:20pm Thursday 13th November 2008
A BACUP man has opened a new health facility despite the global economic downturn.
Theatre production in memory of murdered Sophie Lancaster
5:40pm Tuesday 11th November 2008
A THEATRE group is donating profits from its latest production in memory of Sophie Lancaster, who used to perform with them.
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.
Ramsbottom man produces Scout Moor wind farm calendar
2:45pm Monday 10th November 2008
A PHOTOGRAPHER has produced a calendar of the controversial Scout Moor wind farm.
Concern as Bacup thieves use new method to break into cars
2:20pm Friday 7th November 2008
THIEVES have resorted to a new destructive way to steal valuables from cars in Rossendale, police said.
80 jobs under threat at Bacup firm
1:32pm Friday 7th November 2008
ONE of Rossendale’s biggest employers is making 80 people redundant because of mounting problems caused by the credit crunch.
East Lancashire actors star in Coronation Street’s special DVD
1:36pm Friday 7th November 2008
THREE East Lancashire Coronation Street stars have swapped the cobbled street for the desert sand after taking to Safari in South Africa.
East Lancashire pupils tuning up for world record
3:31pm Monday 3rd November 2008
EAST Lancashire schoolchildren are hoping to sing their way into the world record books.
East Lancashire estate agents hit by credit crunch
1:20pm Monday 3rd November 2008
ESTATE agents in two East Lancashire towns are beginning to feel the pinch as a result of the credit crunch.
Alert after Bacup woman, 96, collapses
12:20pm Monday 3rd November 2008
FIREFIGHTERS were alerted after a 96-year-old woman collapsed in the bathroom of her home in Bacup overnight.
Mayor will host poppy concert
2:30pm Friday 31st October 2008
A REMEMBRANCE concert will be hosted by the Mayor of Rossendale.
£8,000 bill to move gravel at Bacup quarry by helicopter
3:10pm Wednesday 29th October 2008
A PROSPECTIVE Rossendale MP has slammed the county council after it spent £8,000 hiring a helicopter to move gravel around a quarry.
Sophie Lancaster's murderer has sentence cut
2:30pm Wednesday 29th October 2008
UPDATE A teenager who murdered student Sophie Lancaster has had his jail term cut.
Four million smuggled cigarettes found in Bacup
2:18pm Wednesday 29th October 2008
A MAN has been charged after four million smuggled cigarettes were found at a property in Bacup.
Bacup and Stacksteads landlord board election starts
11:13am Wednesday 29th October 2008
THE election process to find a new board member for a Rossendale landlord is having to restart.
Bacup driver in fatal A56 crash was not wearing seatbelt
8:10pm Tuesday 28th October 2008
A FORMER soldier who crashed into the central reservation on the A56 bypass suffered fatal injuries because he was not wearing a seatbelt, an inquest heard.
Punk legends The Damned to headline Sophie Lancaster memorial gig
6:10pm Monday 27th October 2008
PUNK legends The Damned are set to headline a memorial concert for murdered former Hasliingden High student Sophie Lancaster.
Man guilty of bottling attack in Bacup bar
12:55pm Saturday 25th October 2008
A MAN who "bottled" another customer in a Bacup wine bar could be facing jail after being found guilty of the attack.
Man 'attacked' in Rossendale nightspot
4:00pm Thursday 23rd October 2008
A CUSTOMER at a Rossendale nightspot was hit over the head with a bottle after a minor confrontation with another customer, a court heard.
Shadow chancellor's pledge on East Lancashire’s rail links
11:41am Tuesday 21st October 2008
THE Shadow Chancellor has promised East Lancashire’s rail links would not neglected under a Conservative government.
Thieves in Bacup get away with £42,000 truck
12:30pm Sunday 19th October 2008
THIEVES have stung a Bacup builders during the credit crunch — by stealing their £42,000 JCB.
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