Latest news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Burnley firms secures £850,000 museum contract

8:30pm Thu 9 Jul 09

A DEAL worth £850,000 is helping a Burnley ironworks to forge ahead despite the gloom gripping the ...

Nelson drugs minder ordered to repay £30,000

7:20pm Thu 9 Jul 09

A DRUGS minder caught with five-and-a-half kilos of cannabis when his car was torched outside his home has been ...

Clitheroe cinema stalwart dies, aged 81

6:24pm Thu 9 Jul 09

CLITHEROE’S well-loved “Mrs Cinema”, Barbara Rose Pearson, has died aged 81.

East Lancashire star Diana Vickers lands West End role

6:11pm Thu 9 Jul 09

DIANA Vickers has landed a leading role in a major West End musical.

Traders want increased police patrols in Nelson

3:24pm Thu 9 Jul 09

FEARS have been raised over town centre policing in Nelson just before the re-launch of a cafe once described as ...

Barlick police call for public backing to shut down 'party houses'

2:59pm Thu 9 Jul 09

PARTY animals in a Pendle town are being warned that they could face losing their homes unless they curb their ...

Chorley councillor's ‘Asian bullies’ e-mail probe

2:07pm Thu 9 Jul 09

A LEADING county councillor is to be investigated by a conduct watchdog after she sent an e-mail describing local ...

Man charged after armed raid at Blackburn jewellers

1:30pm Thu 9 Jul 09

UPDATE A man has been charged over an armed robbery at a Blackburn jeweller's yesterday.

Council bosses accused of 'killing' Blackburn festivals

10:30am Thu 9 Jul 09

COUNCIL bosses have been accused of “killing” Blackburn’s festivals after slashing the annual budget by 40 ...

Blackburn teen needs emergency op for brain tumour

9:00am Thu 9 Jul 09

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl is to undergo a lifesaving 10-hour operation today less than a week after being diagnosed with ...