Apprentice engineer from Colne got drunk, then wrecked grandad's car

9:00pm Fri 17 May 13

AN APPRENTICE engineer who took his disabled grandad's vital motability car, smashed into two vehicles and wrote it…

Boy, 15, kicked in the head by Colne robbers

8:20pm Fri 17 May 13

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was punched and kicked while he was on the ground by robbers who stole his mobile phone.

Retiring Burnley mayor has 'unique year'

8:00pm Fri 17 May 13

THE retiring mayor of Burnley has looked back on a unique year after he announced that his civic appeal has raised…

Woman punched in Padiham handbag attack

7:58pm Fri 17 May 13

A 40-YEAR-OLD woman was punched in the face as she sat on a bench in Padiham.

Man grew cannabis in Accrington garage

7:00pm Fri 17 May 13

A MAN said to have been growing cannabis worth about £6,000 at a garage will have his case heard at the crown…

Man asked 9-year-old boy to get into his van in Oswaldtwistle

6:00pm Fri 17 May 13

A NINE-year old schoolboy was asked to get into a white van by a man as he walked home from school.

Apology call over Hyndburn councillor's 'offensive remark' on Facebook

5:00pm Fri 17 May 13

COUNCIL bosses launched an investigation after a councillor used an offensive remark on a social networking page.

Burnley man injured ex-partner with a coaster

4:10pm Fri 17 May 13

A DAD-of-two who threw a coaster and hit his ex-partner on the head, left her upset and with a cut, a court was…

Bacup conservatory firm to create 42 jobs

4:00pm Fri 17 May 13

A CONSERVATORY business will create 42 new jobs after agreeing a £500,000 funding deal which will see it move to…

Savage dog tore apart Bacup farmer's lambs

3:45pm Fri 17 May 13

A FARMER has spoken of his horror at watching a dog ‘rip apart’ ten young lambs.