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Extreme sports destination hope for East Lancashire
2:20pm Monday 17th November 2008
ESTABLISHING East Lancashire as a major destination for extreme sports enthusiasts could provide a raft of business opportunities, according to leisure chiefs.
Comments (0)East Lancashire bookie stole £5,000 takings 'to pay off bills'
11:47am Monday 3rd November 2008
A BETTING shop boss pocketed more than £5,000 of the takings to pay off her debt, a court heard.
100 sign petition against Stacksteads takeaway
11:45am Monday 3rd November 2008
A PETITION containing more than 100 names has been lodged with Rossendale planners against proposals for a takeway and cafe in Stacksteads.
Woman rescued from blazing flat in Stacksteads
12:10pm Saturday 1st November 2008
A WOMAN was carried to safety from a burning flat by firefighters after she was found in the living room semi-conscious.
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.
Official to find answers for East Lancashire village greens
7:30pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
A NEW county council officer’s arrival could see a raft of long-standing village green campaigns finally resolved in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.
Rossendale band using office for rehearsals
4:13pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
TENANTS with a difference have taken up residency in a Rossendale office block.
Sophie Lancaster's murderers waiting on appeal verdict
4:20pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
TWO teenagers who killed Sophie Lancaster because of the way she dressed must wait to find out if they have been successful in appealing against their sentence. last year.
Stacksteads runner’s gift to nurses
2:30pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A father of four raised £900 in the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday.
Vandals set fire to Stacksteads home
2:40pm Saturday 4th October 2008
ARSONISTS targeted a house party in Osborne Terrace, Stacksteads, in the early hours of this morning.
Warning after spate of thefts in Stacksteads
12:40pm Wednesday 24th September 2008
POLICE have advised Stacksteads residents to be vigilant following a spate of thefts in the area.
New £600,000 Weir centre opened by MP
11:16am Sunday 21st September 2008
THE new £600,000 Doals Centre in Weir was officially opened by MP Janet Anderson.
Stacksteads disabled parking bay ‘a waste of cash’
6:50pm Wednesday 17th September 2008
RESIDENTS have hit out after plans for a “waste of money” disabled parking pay in a rural Rossendale street were backed by councillors.
Stacksteads tent teen breaches community order
6:30pm Thursday 11th September 2008
A TEENAGER breached a community order because he had been living in a tent, Burnley Magistrates heard.
Gravy wrestlers a splash hit at Stacksteads
9:10am Tuesday 26th August 2008
COMPETITORS from as far away as Devon descended on East Lancs for the second World Gravy Wrestling Championships.
Cannabis farm hidden in Stacksteads cellar
6:40pm Wednesday 6th August 2008
A MAN has admitted turning his Stacksteads home into a cannabis factory.
Waterfoot man to serve 16 years for battering Burnley grandad to death
10:00am Friday 1st August 2008
A BURGLAR who battered a Burnley grandfather to death after he surprised him during a break-in at a Rossendale mill has been told he must serve 16 years behind bars.
Stacksteads woman stole from Church bookmakers
9:26pm Wednesday 30th July 2008
A WOMAN who stole almost £5,500 from her bosses claimed the cash had been taken from her after she was threatened by two men.
New name for Stacksteads conservation group
11:34am Sunday 27th July 2008
STUBBINS Memorial Garden has a new focal point but residents shouldn’t be scared of this wicker man.
Dad arrested after birth
11:30am Monday 21st July 2008
A NEW dad wanted for flout-ing a community order was arrested on the way home from the hospital after the birth of his child.
£2million housing revamp for Rossendale
11:37am Tuesday 8th July 2008
MORE than £2million will be spent to revamp houses in Bacup, Stacksteads and Britannia, council bosses have pledged.
Bacup teenager in court over Stacksteads death crash
6:52pm Tuesday 17th June 2008
A TEENAGE girl has appeared before magistrates charged with causing the death of a friend in a road crash in East Lancashire.
Disruption warning over £9m Stacksteads water works
5:05pm Friday 30th May 2008
RESIDENTS have been warned about disruptions during the construction of a £9 million storm water overflow system in Stacksteads.
Teenager's appeal on stabbing dismissed
11:21am Wednesday 28th May 2008
A TEENAGER who stabbed his friend in the back after an aborted camping expedition has failed in an appeal against the length of his prison sentence.
Stacksteads recycling plan is approved
1:43pm Friday 23rd May 2008
CONTROVERSIAL plans to extend a waste station have been given the go-ahead despite protests from residents.
Stacksteads drink driver’s fourth shame
6:43pm Wednesday 21st May 2008
A DRINK driver has been spared jail despite clocking up his fourth conviction.
Tank may ease Rossendale river pollution
3:45pm Tuesday 20th May 2008
A DEVELOPMENT to help reduce pollution in a Rossendale river has been unveiled.
Stacksteads man back in prison six days after release
2:48pm Sunday 18th May 2008
A NEWLY-released prisoner burgled a pub within six days of gaining his freedom, as he had nowhere to live and needed cash, Burnley magistrates heard.
Tributes to Michael Goggins
8:20pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former soldier who died after crashing into the central reservation of the A56 at Haslingden.
Stacksteads loner's 'eight years' in cannabis-den bedroom
6:36pm Thursday 1st May 2008
A 'LONER' who has spent almost eight years virtually shut away in his cannabis-den bedroom and planned to deal drugs has been jailed.
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