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Ambitious ice rink plan for dilapidated Rawtenstall community centre
3:30pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
AMBITIOUS plans to demolish a dilapidated community centre and build an ice rink have been announced.
Comments (1)Rawtenstall man 'had 11,000 indecent images of children hidden under floorboards'
11:30am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A 'DANGEROUS' pervert who had 11,000 indecent images of children hidden under his floorboards had also taken taken photographs of local youngsters.
Alder Grange Community and Technology School pupils ‘done well’
2:30pm Friday 28th November 2008
THE headmaster of Alder Grange Community and Technology School paid tribute to the top pupils last night.
New shuttle bus to Rossendale Council meetings
3:03pm Friday 28th November 2008
ROSSENDALE Council and Rossendale Transport have teamed up to make it easier for local people to attend council meetings.
Rawtenstall market gets makeover
6:37pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Rawtenstall market has been given a makeover.
Mobile phone firm moves out of Rawtenstall
3:50pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
A mobile phone company is pulling its global office out of Rossendale.
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.
Rawtenstall pub's warning to drug dealers
6:20pm Tuesday 25th November 2008
A ROSSENDALE pub is taking a zero tolerance approach to stop drugs dealers using the premises.
Rawtenstall postcard prompts anger among councillors
8:30pm Monday 24th November 2008
BUSINESS leaders have sent a postcard featuring a dilapidated Rossendale landmark to all the borough’s councillors to prompt them into action over the site.
Seams like Rossendale worker is textile hero
4:41pm Monday 24th November 2008
A “HIDDEN hero” of industry in Rossendale has received a top Government-backed award.
Two retailers quit multi-million pound Rawtenstall development
4:19pm Monday 24th November 2008
A MULTI-MILLION pound development has been dealt a blow after two major firms walked away from the project.
Ex-Helmshore councillor fined £250 for assault on parking attendant
1:10pm Thursday 20th November 2008
A FORMER councillor who assaulted a parking attendant and then called him a ‘Parkwise monkey’ has been fined £250.
Rawtenstall shopping centre plans to be redesigned
6:50pm Wednesday 19th November 2008
PLANS to develop a controversial Rossendale shopping centre are set to be redesigned.
Where was Rawtenstall building's flag?, firm asked
3:20pm Tuesday 18th November 2008
A LISTED building used as an assembly point during the Second World War failed to fly the Union Jack on Remembrance weekend, though flags from other countries were flying high.
Burnley woman on £40k benefits fraud charge
2:30pm Friday 14th November 2008
A BURNLEY woman has appeared in court at Reedley charged with a benefits fraud totalling more than £40,000.
Judge’s rap for Rawtenstall woman who defrauded OAP
3:10pm Monday 10th November 2008
A JUDGE has accused a fraudster who targeted an elderly woman in a £2,500 scam of being manipulative as the prospect of jail loomed.
Rawtenstall takeaway fire
11:40am Monday 10th November 2008
Crews from Haslingden and Bacup attended the Blossoms Chinese takeaway, in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, at around 11.45am yesterday.
Firefighters' smoke detector warning after Rawtenstall fire
9:10pm Saturday 8th November 2008
FIRE crews reminded people to check their smoke detectors after a device helped raised the alarm in Rawtenstall.
£10m Rawtenstall health centre plan agreed
9:30am Thursday 6th November 2008
PLANS to build a new £10million health centre in Rossendale have been given the green light.
Haslingden man admits Rawtenstall glassing
4:29pm Thursday 6th November 2008
A NIGHTCLUBBER who glassed another man in an early hours row over a girl left his victim with a severed artery and a six-inch gash on his head.
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.
Candle started Rawtenstall flat blaze
12:40pm Saturday 1st November 2008
A CANDLE is thought to have started a fire that badly damaged a flat.
East Lancashire youngsters enjoy glitzy fundraiser
2:04pm Friday 31st October 2008
FIVE special children were rewarded for their bravery and courage at a glitzy celebrity fundraiser.
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.
Rawtenstall pervert had 10,000 indecent images of children
9:20pm Tuesday 28th October 2008
A PEVERT who had more than 10,000 indecent images of children - many of them aged under 10 - is behind bars facing a long jail term.
East Lancashire Railway to be used as commuter service under new c-charge plans
6:30pm Tuesday 28th October 2008
THE East Lancashire Railway will be brought into use as a commuter service to Manchester as part of congestion charge plans, it has been revealed.
Burnley pedestrian killed on M65 two hours after leaving Blackburn hospital
8:50am Tuesday 28th October 2008
UPDATE A ‘DISORIENTATED’ mother-of-one died after discharging herself from hospital and walking down the M65 into the path of traffic.
Rawtenstall freemasons’ open day
12:41pm Tuesday 28th October 2008
GUESTS were invited to learn more about the work of the freemasons in Rossendale at an open day in Rawtenstall.
Lessons in democracy for Rawtenstall pupils
10:49am Friday 24th October 2008
PUPILS at a Rossendale school received a special class on council work as part of Local Democracy Week.
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