Bid to speed up broadband connections in East Lancashire

10:30am Fri 12 Mar 10

ALL parts of East Lancashire will be linked up with high-speed broadband under proposals drawn up by regeneration ...

Live lobsters and duck eggs - council's vision for new Blackburn market

9:50am Fri 12 Mar 10

TRADERS have been told they will need to be ‘neatly dressed and well presented’ to be considered for a place in ...

Burnley heroin dealer told to pay back £46,500

9:30am Fri 12 Mar 10

A DEALER whose gang flooded the streets of Burnley with heroin has been ordered to pay back £46,500 of his ill ...

Smoggy streets a thing of the past in Lancashire

11:45am Fri 12 Mar 10

LANCASHIRE’S polluted air was once as familiar a sight as the chimneys that pumped fumes into the air.

Quartet plead not guilty to Blackburn house fire double murder

11:12am Fri 12 Mar 10

Four men charged with the double murder of a couple in a house fire have appeared at Preston Crown Court.

East Lancashire dogs going for glory at Crufts

10:33am Fri 12 Mar 10

DOZENS of dogs from across East Lancashire are hoping to take Crufts by storm this year.

New Darwen cemetery group launches

10:51am Fri 12 Mar 10

A NEW action group has been launched to restore Darwen Cemetery.

Man ‘critical’ after Ribble Valley bolt gun shooting

10:47am Fri 12 Mar 10

A 41-year-old man is in a critical condition following an incident with a bolt gun in Chipping.

Appeal after assault in Great Harwood nightclub

9:54am Fri 12 Mar 10

POLICE are appealing for information about a fight in a Great Harwood nightclub after a man was evicted by door staff.

Smoke alarm saves Hyndburn OAP

9:55am Fri 12 Mar 10

A PENSIONER was saved by his smoke alarm after collapsing while cooking his supper.