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Rossendale markets are to be revitalised under a new plan devised by Rossendale Borough Council. There will be finacial incentives to attract new and existing traders. Current markets are in Rawtenstall, Haslingden and Bacup.

Lee Quarry above Stacksteads is receiving an important piece of artwork to complement the new mountain bike trails. Robin Dobson has been commissioned by Mid Pennine Arts to produce three separate pieces of work to celebrate Rossendale's stone

There will be a Sophie Lancaster Memorial Crown Green Challenge at Haslingden Bowling Club on Sunday, 9th August from 9.30am. Entry is £10 with all fees paid out. Sophie was the teenager who died so tragically in Bacup recently.

A primary school which was given notice to improve has now been graded ‘satisfactory’. Ofsted inspectors declared that Knuzden St Oswald’s CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Stanhill Road, no longer requires signif-icant improvement follow-ing

LIKE most people I’ve always assumed that living somewhere hot and sunny, like say LA or Miami, would make me a better person. We’re all more laid-back and relaxed when the sun shines, aren't we? More confident with a tan, more sociable when the nights

The council’s area officer has reported that 90 new litter bins will be installed within the next few weeks in the borough. Bacup will get 20 new bins, 13 of which are additional, and seven are replacements. Stacksteads will get four new bins.

A RIBBLE Valley school is looking to set up links with Kenya following a trip by one of its pupils. Eleven-year-old Jasper Green has just returned from a third visit to the African country with his mum, who is involved with field studies in Kenya. He

Andrew Hood, 41, an accountant from Cassons, in Haslingden, helped raise £3,400 for charity by taking part in the Snowdonia Challenge, a gruelling day of cycling, running and kayaking. Andrew, second from right, was part of a four-strong team with

A NEW plan is in place to regenerate Bacup, previously described as ‘a place with no identity or role’. A council report for the future of the town four years ago slammed it as a remote location with a dead heart, a high level of social deprivation

A CHURCH in Rossendale played host to Valley dignitaries this week as it reflected on years gone by with local residents. St Peter’s Church, in Haslingden, was visited by the Mayor and Mayoress of Rossendale Coun Joyce Thorne and Luba Reeder

THE Parish Council Accounts for 2008/9 have been successfully audited internally and are ready for sending to the Indpendent External Auditor. Anyone who would like to see the Accounts or supporting information in order to make comments to the External

A YOUTH choir is celebrating after its members passed their singing exams with flying colours. Conductor Susan Eames, who runs Barrowford-based Arden Youth Choir, said all her students who entered their Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

I made it into this world only because I was in the right place at the right time. The Nazis had already started on their selective breeding by the time I was born but, thankfully, the English Channel kept them at bay. And as far as the right time

A FOUR-WEEK-OLD baby is critically ill in hospital after being ‘dropped’ when his mother was allegedly assaulted. Four-week-old Sebastian Reid suffered serious head injuries during an incident at a house in Revidge Road, Blackburn. Sebastian

A PLAN to open a £6million tyre recycling plant in Clayton-le- Moors could go ahead. The waste recycling centre, which would create around 45 jobs, has been recommended for approval subject to a long list of conditions suggested by planning officers

A MAN who attacked his partner in front of her children made the victim's life a living hell, a court was told. Bernard Paul Roberts, 38, was a bully and controlling according to Donna Bamber, but she had told the police:"Better the devil you know."

BLACKBURN Rovers may consider letting more players leave to raise funds - but only after they have a new striker on board. Rovers boss Sam Allardyce does not expect any more transfers, either in or out of Ewood, until he has secured the goalscorer

TODMORDEN skipper Jon Henderson is predicting a cricketing classic tomorrow as he takes his cup specialists to Haslingden in a mouth-watering Worsley Cup semi-final. The two in-form sides meet at Bentgate with much at stake – and Henderson can’t wait

IRATE Bacup Borough boss Brent Peters has fired a broadside at the spending culture in the lower levels of non-league football after his talismanic striker Tommy Turner doubled his money by quitting West View. Peters insists the only reason the 30-goal

Isn’t it time that Salim Mulla, vice-chair of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, ceased making pronouncements on behalf of “the community” because he is definitely not addressing the views of the majority of the community. In his most recent statement

MEMBERS of the new Darwen parish council seem determined to have a Darwen mayor instead of simply a chairman when they next meet. At least the For Darwen Party members and their new “best friend” Paul Browne seem hell bent on pursuing it. Nobody else

I share the same sentiments as Ms Bernadette Munro-Scott regarding Darwen town centre, and am at a loss to know what ‘the towns image’ is supposed to be. This is not Rome or Venice, where great empty squares are there to accommodate world tourists

HOPES of a £250,000 revamp of Darwen Town Hall have been boosted after the scheme was given planning permission. Councillors have hailed a “major step forward” for the scheme, which has been hit by a string of delays in the past. It will see a new frontage

UNDERDOGS Clitheroe and Earby aim to make the most of playing without pressure as they look to stun big hitters Padiham and Baxenden in the semi-finals of the Ramsbottom Cup tomorrow. The last-four ties are intriguing with Peter Dibb’s Clitheroe seemingly

BURNLEY spin star Bharat Tripathi is the Thwaites Original Lancashire League SS Skyer player of the month for June. The 19-year-old member of the town’s Tripathi cricket dynasty claimed 24 wickets in the month and is the leading amateur bowler

A SWINE flu cluster has emerged in East Lancashire, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. The Health Protection Agency has confirmed there are now five confirmed cases in Accrington. It said that all of those suffering from the condition are at home

THE memories of the final day of last season are still painful for David Edgar, but he’s looking forward to banishing them with Burnley. Newcastle were 1-0 down and chasing the equaliser they needed to stay up when the defender was sent off

POLICE will be using the long arm of the law to tackle burglaries in East Lancashire. Life-size pictures of a burglar’s arm are to be posted through insecure or unlocked homes which are found by police on foot patrol. When they find

ACCRINGTON Stanley believe John Mullin can shake off injury problems and complete another season of league football. The former Burnley midfielder joined Stanley last summer and automatically earned a one-year extension to his deal after making a total

MICHAEL Gomez tops the bill as boxing returns to the Colne Municipal Hall tonight. The ‘Irish Mexican’, who famously knocked down Amir Khan before losing their explosive Commonwealth lightweight title fight last year, takes on American Rob Newbiggin.

HUNDREDS of mourners bid an emotional farewell to a mum-of-two whose fight against leukaemia inspired 3,000 potential bone marrow donors to come forward. Around 500 people filled St Michael and All Angels Church, in Foulridge, for the funeral of Julie

A BLAZE engulfed a council bin wagon as it completed its rounds forcing three crew members to flee. The vehicle, which was collecting garden waste, was badly damaged by the fire in the incident in Marsden Hall Road, Nelson, yesterday.