Stories for 14 August 2007
Accrington
TWO men have been charged under new laws designed to protect endangered creatures after police seized 20 stuffed animals from an antiques store. more...
Athletics
The weather indicated that the summer had started, but on the warmest day of the year, the Northern Track and Field came to a finish. more...
Bacup
ROSSENDALE Council is looking for an innovative organisation to help deliver environmental improvements in Bacup and Stacksteads. more...
A PUB regular is facing prosecution after challenging the smoking ban by lighting up in his local in protest over the legislation and how it is policed. more...
Barrowford
BARROWFORD show is celebrating its 85th birthday this year but show organisers are warning that new members are needed to safeguard the show's future. more...
Blackburn
NATIONAL Express group has won the race for a prestigious rail route linking London and Scotland. more...
SECONDARY school pupils in Blackburn and Darwen have been congratulated by the government for being one of the country’s most improved boroughs for Key Stage Three results. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
A CRAZY canoe trip from Blackburn to Gloucester has raised over £2,000 for charity - despite horrendous floods threatening the route. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
A BLACKBURN car mechanic has told a court how the drunken best man "beat the living daylights" out of him at a wedding celebration. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
Blackpool News
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
A woman whose body was found washed up on the beach in Bispham has been named. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
After last year's success, the Ride the Lights event is back by popular demand this year. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
Bolton News
A WEATHER warning has been issued for the North-west of England, with heavy rain expected to sweep across the region from this morning. more...
A FATHER has welcomed a Government move to scrap exclusive deals tying schools to particular uniform suppliers. more...
A BOGUS bride has been jailed for marrying men to allow them to gain entry to the UK. more...
TWO thugs who attacked a couple as they walked home from a birthday party have been locked up. more...
BEST friends put their best foot forward for a gruelling 16 miles to raise awareness of the fatal condition, motor neurone disease. more...
A SUSPECTED graffiti artist arrested in connection with a spree of vandalism across Bolton has been bailed by police. more...
TO many music lovers, Elvis Presley was the greatest rock 'n' roller of all time. more...
MORE than 600 people have been warned about leaving their wheelie bins out at the wrong time as part of a crackdown by Bolton Council. more...
A TEENAGER has been jailed for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence just three days after it was imposed by Bolton Magistrates Court. more...
A mugger snatched a bag from an 18-year-old girl as she walked home with her boyfriend. more...
YOUNG people took their first steps to achieving their ambitions during an employment fair organised by Bolton Connexions. more...
PETS and their owners were both welcome when the charity, Pets in Need, held its annual garden party. more...
THE University of Bolton is investing £2.5 million to create a huge new social and study centre for students. more...
POLE dancing is growing up at the Bolton Arena - with the help of a national body-building champion. more...
A NEW office block has been given the go-ahead on a private car park on the outskirts of Bolton town centre. more...
THE family of a depressed man who died after feeling he had lost everything has set up a website to help other men in his situation. more...
A FORMER gang member is aiming to help stem the rising tide of knife crime by appealing to victims and perpetrators to help him make a documentary. more...
A WOMAN had a glass smashed over her head while another was punched in the face during a vicious attack. more...
A £9.8 million bill for the congestion charge bid, which has been met using council tax payers money, has come under fire. more...
A FATHER has welcomed a Government move to scrap exclusive deals tying schools to particular uniform suppliers. more...
A WEATHER warning has been issued for the North-west of England, with heavy rain expected to sweep across the region from this morning. more...
A father-of-two, who was four times over the drink drive limit, died after choking on his own vomit. more...
Car exclusion zones could be introduced around Bolton's school in a bid to cut childhood obesity. more...
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating victory in their fight to save a wood planted by schoolchildren to mark the new millennium. more...
A CAR garage and sales centre will be demolished to make way for 12 apartments. more...
A LISTED former old people's home will be turned into nine apartments after plans were backed by councillors. more...
THREE firefighters from Bury have seen their punishments for breaching new sleeping rules cut. more...
THREE firefighters from Bury have seen their punishments for breaching new sleeping rules cut. more...
Brierfield
DRINKERS have been warned not to be taken in by bogus charity collections. more...
A MAN convicted of two sex offences against a young girl has been given a suspended jail sentence. more...
Brunshaw News
Brunshaw Action Group Burnley, has launched a competition called Poetry Goes Crazy. more...
Burnley
A PUBLIC inquiry to decide the future of a proposed high school in Burnley is due to start today. more...
A BREWERY has launched a new product, which bosses are hoping will sell as well in America as in East Lancashire. more...
TWO people have pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer following an incident on August 4. more...
PLANS for one of Burnley's proposed new super schools would be thrown into chaos if Lancashire County Council loses at a public inquiry into the plans. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
A MAN is hoping to join an elite group of athletes who have swum the English Channel. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
Bury News
THREE firefighters from Bury have seen their punishments for breaching new sleeping rules cut. more...
STILL going strong after 60 years - that's the Doody family stall on Bury Market. more...
GRANADA TV is looking for Bury families to take part in a documentary on childhood obesity. more...
THREE firefighters from Bury have seen their punishments for breaching new sleeping rules cut. more...
Business
A businessman is urging those purchasing properties to keep hold of all their documents after he says he was forced to spend nearly £40,000 to prove a property was his. more...
Business News
NATIONAL Express group has won the race for a prestigious rail route linking London and Scotland. more...
Chipping News
One of Lancashire's oldest and smallest schools has won the David Bellamy Award for Environmental Cleanliness. more...
Chorley News
Officers from the British Transport Police are to wear special head cams this season in a bid to tackle football hooligans on trains. more...
Those interested in tracing their family history are invited to a free event with access to a database of a billion names. more...
The so called mind coach' of rugby league giants Wigan Warriors has revealed some of his secrets after relocating to a Chorley village. more...
A t-shirt decorating event at Chorley's Market Walk shopping arcade proved so popular last Thursday that organisers had to rush out and buy more t-shirts and paints. more...
A Chorley-born minister is set to move up the ecumenical ladder after being appointed chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn. more...
Plans for three 80m wind turbines in Mawdesley were due to go before councillors tonight. more...
Clarets News
STEVE Cotterill has revealed how new signing David Unsworth turned down approaches from Championship rivals Leicester City and Stoke City to join the Clarets. more...
A MUCH-CHANGED Burnley side couldn't break the deadlock before half-time at Blundell Park. more...
Clitheroe
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
Colne
DRINKERS have been warned not to be taken in by bogus charity collections. more...
Darwen
A DARWEN student is putting the building blocks in place for a successful future, having won the silver medal in a bricklaying competition. more...
SHOPKEEPERS have been warned to look out for a well-dressed couple of tricksters who used sleight of hand to steal from a trader. more...
Darwen Restaurant Reviews
THE promise of a new menu - and the fact that it was still serving food even though it was getting late - led us to Oakenhurst Farm this week. more...
Education
A PUBLIC inquiry to decide the future of a proposed high school in Burnley is due to start today. more...
PLANS for one of Burnley's proposed new super schools would be thrown into chaos if Lancashire County Council loses at a public inquiry into the plans. more...
Fence
Firefighters were called to a house in Wheatley Lane Road, Fence, shortly before 7.30pm on Monday, after an electrical fault in a dishwasher set fire to the kitchen. more...
Grassroots Sport
MARGARET Melia turned on the style to win the coveted Florrie Hargreaves Memorial Trophy. more...
ONE of the founder members of the East Lancashire League has returned ahead of the new season. more...
ANDY Stubbs and Paul Guinan may be the top performers in this year's Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix but they will both be ruing the one that got away'. more...
BEN Hobday has rubbed shoulders with Royalty, worked with the best in the business and dreams of one day competing in the Olympic Games. more...
A POPULAR Blackburn pub have set a four-midable' record in a prestigious pool tournament. more...
IT'S back and it promising to be bigger and better than ever. more...
JORDAN Theaker was the star of the show as Gallica Swim Squad were crowned National Age Group champions for the second successive year. more...
Great Harwood
A BUSINESSWOMAN'S plans for a swimming pool at her health club are in tatters after experts discovered a stream running below her business. more...
Health
LANCASHIRE will receive additional funding to improve mental health services for children. more...
A MAJOR effort to help people look after their health and welfare is reaping dividends with hundreds getting involved. more...
Education official Atefa Zaman has been named as a new non-executive director for East Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trust. more...
Health News
Car exclusion zones could be introduced around Bolton's school in a bid to cut childhood obesity. more...
Images From The Bolton Area
Belmont Road looking towards Manchester and the Pennines with Bolton in the foreground from Sylvia Ivory. more...
Belmont Road looking at the mast from Sylvia Ivory. more...
Paragliders off the edge of Winter Hill with views over Anglezark from Annette Dodd. more...
John Myles Column
WELL here it is already. A new Premiership season upon us and despite the absence of a World Cup or European Championship to help us addicts through the summer the wait doesn't seem to have been as long as usual. more...
Lancashire
LANCASHIRE will receive additional funding to improve mental health services for children. more...
County council leaders have hit back at claims that a major new initiative to safeguard Lancashire's environment is a waste of taxpayers' money. more...
AN INITIATIVE aimed at cracking down on nuisance behaviour during the summer months is enjoying success across Lancashire, latest figures show. more...
A WEATHER warning has been issued for the North-west of England, with heavy rain expected to sweep across the region from this morning. more...
A WEATHER warning has been issued for the North-west of England, with heavy rain expected to sweep across the region from this morning. more...
Lancashire Ccc
Tonight's NatWest Pro40 match between Lancashire Lightning and Sussex Sharks at Old Trafford has been abandoned. more...
BRAD Hodge has spoken of his frustration at a stop-start summer with Lancashire as he joins up with Australia. more...
Lancashire League
Todmorden paid man Darryl Scott was not the first Aussie to be impressed by Meet The Pro' night. more...
Latest Sport
TWO Bolton cricketers will realise a lifelong ambition when they play in a cup final at Lord's. more...
AMIR Khan will take on top British lightweight Scott Lawton in his next fight at Nottingham Arena on October 13. more...
DARCY Lever C&SC D won the Pike Shield, beating Impression Ladies 108(I)-100 in the final. more...
Letters
IN reply to Councillor Salim Mulla on the extension of the detention of suspected terrorist offenders. more...
WITH reference to the comments of Ian Woolley, a former local health trust chairman, regarding the hospital reorganisation, I can assure him that there is virtually total opposition in Burnley and Pendle to these awful plans. more...
IN the story on ambulances (August 8), Blackburn with Darwen Labour party leader Kate Hollern is quoted as saying: "It's a disgraceful situation". more...
IS not Harry Potter indicative of a larger deterioration of the moral fabric in man? more...
Steven Bate's inaccurate letter makes a number of untrue assertions about my view of how Blackpool should be regenerated. more...
Leyland News
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
Local Cricket
Blackpool will be welcoming some of the world's top women cricketers over the Bank Holiday Weekend, for the first time in 25 years. more...
Longridge
A CRAZY canoe trip from Blackburn to Gloucester has raised over £2,000 for charity - despite horrendous floods threatening the route. more...
Lostock Hall News
A Lostock Hall restaurateur is due to be sentenced this week for selling alcohol without a licence. more...
Margo
DO the people governing this country believe in it? more...
Nelson
A BLIND woman has hit out at a court's decision to return a licence to a taxi firm which was accused of refusing to let her and her guide dog travel. more...
DRINKERS have been warned not to be taken in by bogus charity collections. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
News
A six-year-old boy was left hobbling around in agony for four weeks after doctors failed to spot he had broken his leg. more...
A man has been jailed for battering his flatmate to death with a Sikh bracelet. more...
News Round-Up
A LARGE pile of rubbish was set on fire by arsonists. more...
AN abusive man who threatened people in front of police officers has been given a 12-month probation order by Bolton magistrates. more...
A CAR garage and sales centre will be demolished to make way for 12 apartments. more...
AN application to fell prune sycamore trees sparked a row between councillors before being refused. more...
A LISTED former old people's home will be turned into nine apartments after plans were backed by councillors. more...
Other Event
ONLY one major community event, taking place in Blackburn on August 17, has been organised in East Lancashire to mark the 60th anniversary of the independence of India. more...
Padiham News
TWO people have pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer following an incident on August 4. more...
Penwortham News
A man has been charged after an incident in which another man was stabbed in the back and head in Pope Lane, in Penwortham, last Thursday. more...
Pne News
Preston North End boss Paul Simpson is wary of the threat posed by Morecambe in tonight's Carling Cup tie. more...
Tonight's Carling Cup tie at Preston North End will be a special occasion for Morecambe boss Sammy McIlroy. more...
Pne Reports
Preston North End were humbled at home by league newcomers Morecambe in the Carling Cup local derby. more...
Poems
By M Tullet. more...
Preston News
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
Officers from the British Transport Police are to wear special head cams this season in a bid to tackle football hooligans on trains. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
STUDENTS at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) now have easier access to all libraries in Lancashire thanks to a new partnership agreement, which will also benefit the public. more...
A GANG of car thieves is believed to have been targeting Lancashire businesses in a major car ringing operation. more...
Prestwich Headlines
ST Margaret's Church is set to go on show next month giving the public a chance to view its fascinating treasures. more...
THE FATHER of a young cancer victim is urging people to take part in a Heaton Park to raise cash for the hospital unit that treated him. more...
Ramsbottom
A FATHER has welcomed a Government move to scrap exclusive deals tying schools to particular uniform suppliers. more...
A FATHER has welcomed a Government move to scrap exclusive deals tying schools to particular uniform suppliers. more...
Ribble Valley News
THE search has begun to find the best food producers in the Ribble Valley. more...
Ribblesdale League
BRINSCALL have made a big noise since arriving in the Ribblesdale League in 2006. more...
Ribchester News
A CRAZY canoe trip from Blackburn to Gloucester has raised over £2,000 for charity - despite horrendous floods threatening the route. more...
Rossendale News
ROSSENDALE'S community strategy is being updated to give a stronger focus on longer-term environmental and sustainability issues. more...
TRIBUTES have flooded in for Deputy Mayor of Rossendale Councillor Peter Gill, who died on Monday. more...
EMOTIONS ran high at a meeting between neighbouring communities which are at loggerheads over a proposal to introduce weight restrictions on a road. more...
Rovers News
ROVERS young gun Matt Derbyshire has personally thanked team-mate Robbie Savage for taking him under his wing at Ewood Park. more...
Rovers have also dismissed press speculation linking Morten Gamst Pedersen with a move to Arsenal. more...
Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy has been ruled out of the UEFA Cup match against MyPa on Thursday. more...
Rugby
SWINTON Lions is the latest club to benefit from the hospitality of Blackburn RUFC. more...
Stacksteads
ROSSENDALE Council is looking for an innovative organisation to help deliver environmental improvements in Bacup and Stacksteads. more...
Stanley News
STANLEY skipper Peter Cavanagh is relishing the chance to take on Championship side Leicester City tonight. more...
Stanley Reports
ACCRINGTON Stanley are trailing at half-time in their Carling Cup first round tie against Leicester City at the Fraser Eagle Stadium. more...
Stephen Cummings
WHAT'S this? A Brazilian-style samba band outside Turf Moor, Harry Potts Way done out in claret and blue bunting and a giant heliosphere hovering around the perimeter of the pitch. more...
Stephen Lowe
THE long wait is over! more...
Tell Us: Your Comments On Our Top Stories
POLE dancing is growing up at the Bolton Arena - with the help of a national body-building champion. more...
MORE than 600 people have been warned about leaving their wheelie bins out at the wrong time as part of a crackdown by Bolton Council. more...
Theatre
WILLY Russell's Blood Brothers is the next production to be tackled by Burnley Garrick Club, from September 26 to 29. more...
THE everyday story of one girl, one boy and his man-eating plant is coming to Preston Guildhall from September 4 for a week-long run. more...
Theatre News From The Bolton Area
TYLDESLEY Little Theatre's new season is a combination of laughs and chills with productions ranging from traditional comedy and pantomime to contemporary drama and a classic ghost story. more...
IT is all systems go for New Rosemere Amateur Operatic Society, which will be kicking off its rehearsal programme for next year's production at the beginning of September. more...
THE next production from St Vincent's Dramatic Society will be Holiday Snap, a comedy by Michael Pertwee and John Chapman. more...
Thornton News
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
Todmorden
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
LANCASHIRE shoppers have been reassured that they are not affected by the E.coli outbreak believed to have started in Morrisons stores in Scotland. more...
Tv Reviews
WE'VE had DIY SOS, How Clean is Your House?, How to Look Good Naked, Trinny and Susannah's What Not to Wear and dozens of other TV shows built around the premise that the public need help functioning as normal human beings. more...
Wanderers News
WANDERERS' new signing Andy O'Brien will play no part at Fulham tomorrow night. more...
WANDERERS boss Sammy Lee has urged El-Hadji Diouf to fight for his place. more...
WANDERERS boss Sammy Lee has urged El-Hadji Diouf to fight for his place. more...
We Say
FIGURES revealing that Bolton Council has lost a total of 21,000 weeks of work to sickness over the past year are, at the very least, worrying. more...
THE rising knife culture in Bolton needs to be tackled from a number of angles; a crackdown by police and increased vigilance from parents being two ways of curbing violence, especially among young people. more...
MANY parents in Britain are struggling to find affordable childcare for the long summer school holiday, a new survey has revealed. Gayle McBain looks at what Bolton has to offer in terms of childcare and how much it costs to keep the children occupied. more...
Thousands of students will get the good news they have been waiting for this week when their A-level grades hand them a ticket to university. more...
Westhoughton
A BURGLAR fled empty-handed after trying to ransack a house in Bolton. more...
TWO men received treatment for whiplash when a van was in collision with another van. more...
Whitefield Headlines
MORE than 50 people showed their support for a Whitefield youth group by taking a trip to a fun day at Elms Community Centre last Sunday. more...
Wine
RIVE Haute is unusual because it's a tasty single varietal branded wine - from France. more...
You Say
ANY chairman of a council planning committee needs vision, but even with that vision, Cllr Hornby cannot report on meetings at which the official records show he was not even present. more...
WITH reference to Angela Kelly's article regarding defiance of the law (August 8), how does she think that laws come to be changed or repealed if not by public dissent? more...
LONG before Fred Dibnah became known to us all, my father was a good friend of a steeplejack named Fred Mills who, in the 1930s, moved to Bolton and set up his own steeplejack business. more...
THE GOVERNMENT is always going on about the kids of today being unfit, obese and not doing enough exercise. more...
I REFER to Jacqui Griffiths's letter (August 6), with regard to council charges in respect of road closures. more...
I REFER to Alan Calvert's Diary (August 6) on the theme of holidays in which he stated that, according to a survey, many holidaymakers stretch the truth about their exotic breaks in order to impress friends and other people they know. more...
Your Haslingden News
"It will be a landmark similar to the Angel of the North at Gateshead", we were told. So off I went to Top O'Slate to have a look at what some local wags call Haslingden's very own flying saucer. However, lets not be frivolous, it's "Halo" a Panopticon (what?) to give the structure its correct and proper name. more...
After many years Haslingden Street Fair, Drama & Arts Festival, returns and will be held on Higher Deardengate, Saturday, 8th September between 9am and 4pm. The event is being organised by Frances Whitehead and Carol Duckworth who still need help with funding and staging. more...
Asian Image Business
A businessman is urging those purchasing properties to keep hold of all their documents after he says he was forced to spend nearly £40,000 to prove a property was his.
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Asian Image News
A six-year-old boy was left hobbling around in agony for four weeks after doctors failed to spot he had broken his leg.
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A man has been jailed for battering his flatmate to death with a Sikh bracelet.
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Bury Times News
THREE firefighters from Bury have seen their punishments for breaching new sleeping rules cut.
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Chorley Citizen News
Those interested in tracing their family history are invited to a free event with access to a database of a billion names.
more...
The so called mind coach' of rugby league giants Wigan Warriors has revealed some of his secrets after relocating to a Chorley village.
more...
A t-shirt decorating event at Chorley's Market Walk shopping arcade proved so popular last Thursday that organisers had to rush out and buy more t-shirts and paints.
more...
A Chorley-born minister is set to move up the ecumenical ladder after being appointed chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn.
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Plans for three 80m wind turbines in Mawdesley were due to go before councillors tonight.
more...
Officers from the British Transport Police are to wear special head cams this season in a bid to tackle football hooligans on trains.
more...
County council leaders have hit back at claims that a major new initiative to safeguard Lancashire's environment is a waste of taxpayers' money.
more...
Lancashire Telegraph Business
NATIONAL Express group has won the race for a prestigious rail route linking London and Scotland.
more...
Lancashire Telegraph Education
A PUBLIC inquiry to decide the future of a proposed high school in Burnley is due to start today.
more...
Lancashire Telegraph Features
RIVE Haute is unusual because it's a tasty single varietal branded wine - from France.
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Lancashire Telegraph Letters
IN reply to Councillor Salim Mulla on the extension of the detention of suspected terrorist offenders.
more...
WITH reference to the comments of Ian Woolley, a former local health trust chairman, regarding the hospital reorganisation, I can assure him that there is virtually total opposition in Burnley and Pendle to these awful plans.
more...
IN the story on ambulances (August 8), Blackburn with Darwen Labour party leader Kate Hollern is quoted as saying: "It's a disgraceful situation".
more...
IS not Harry Potter indicative of a larger deterioration of the moral fabric in man?
more...
In winter time the twisting lane grows cold and grey at night
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Lancashire Telegraph News
A MAJOR effort to help people look after their health and welfare is reaping dividends with hundreds getting involved.
more...
Education official Atefa Zaman has been named as a new non-executive director for East Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trust.
more...
ROSSENDALE'S community strategy is being updated to give a stronger focus on longer-term environmental and sustainability issues.
more...
TRIBUTES have flooded in for Deputy Mayor of Rossendale Councillor Peter Gill, who died on Monday.
more...
EMOTIONS ran high at a meeting between neighbouring communities which are at loggerheads over a proposal to introduce weight restrictions on a road.
more...
THE search has begun to find the best food producers in the Ribble Valley.
more...
Prestwich And Whitefield Guide News
MORE than 50 people showed their support for a Whitefield youth group by taking a trip to a fun day at Elms Community Centre last Sunday.
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ST Margaret's Church is set to go on show next month giving the public a chance to view its fascinating treasures.
more...
THE FATHER of a young cancer victim is urging people to take part in a Heaton Park to raise cash for the hospital unit that treated him.
more...
The Bolton News News
PETS and their owners were both welcome when the charity, Pets in Need, held its annual garden party.
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THE University of Bolton is investing £2.5 million to create a huge new social and study centre for students.
more...
POLE dancing is growing up at the Bolton Arena - with the help of a national body-building champion.
more...
CAR exclusion zones could be introduced around Bolton's school in a bid to cut childhood obesity.
more...
A £9.8 million bill for the congestion charge bid, which has been met using council tax payers money, has come under fire.
more...
A NEW office block has been given the go-ahead on a private car park on the outskirts of Bolton town centre.
more...
THREE firefighters from Bury have seen their punishments for breaching new sleeping rules cut.
more...
A BOGUS bride has been jailed for marrying men to allow them to gain entry to the UK.
more...
A WEATHER warning has been issued for the North-west of England, with heavy rain expected to sweep across the region from this morning.
more...
TWO thugs who attacked a couple as they walked home from a birthday party have been locked up.
more...
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating victory in their fight to save a wood planted by schoolchildren to mark the new millennium.
more...
BEST friends put their best foot forward for a gruelling 16 miles to raise awareness of the fatal condition, motor neurone disease.
more...
A SUSPECTED graffiti artist arrested in connection with a spree of vandalism across Bolton has been bailed by police.
more...
TO many music lovers, Elvis Presley was the greatest rock 'n' roller of all time.
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THE family of a depressed man who died after feeling he had lost everything has set up a website to help other men in his situation.
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MORE than 600 people have been warned about leaving their wheelie bins out at the wrong time as part of a crackdown by Bolton Council.
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A TEENAGER has been jailed for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence just three days after it was imposed by Bolton Magistrates Court.
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A mugger snatched a bag from an 18-year-old girl as she walked home with her boyfriend.
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A FATHER has welcomed a Government move to scrap exclusive deals tying schools to particular uniform suppliers.
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YOUNG people took their first steps to achieving their ambitions during an employment fair organised by Bolton Connexions.
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A FORMER gang member is aiming to help stem the rising tide of knife crime by appealing to victims and perpetrators to help him make a documentary.
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A father-of-two, who was four times over the drink drive limit, died after choking on his own vomit.
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A WOMAN had a glass smashed over her head while another was punched in the face during a vicious attack.
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UPDATE: SCRATCHES on a baby's chest may hold vital DNA clues that could help catch her would-be abductors.
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A LISTED former old people's home will be turned into nine apartments after plans were backed by councillors.
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DARCY Lever C&SC D won the Pike Shield, beating Impression Ladies 108(I)-100 in the final.
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AMIR Khan will take on top British lightweight Scott Lawton in his next fight at Nottingham Arena on October 13.
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