A PUB chef is hoping her food can prove as popular with the people of East Lancashire as it did with the US President.

Laura Lubgane, 19, is running The Hordens in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, alongside partner and new licensee David Brown, 39.

And while David, who comes from Blackburn, hopes to get people back to the once popular venue by putting on live music acts at the weekend, Laura wants to start serving meals in a few months time when the pub gets going again.

The pair met when David was on holiday in the Latvian capital of Riga where Laura was working. After hitting it off, she moved to East Lancashire 18 months ago.