450 jobs to be axed at BAE Lancashire sites

6:00pm Thu 9 Sep 10

UPDATED: AROUND 450 jobs in Lancashire are to be axed by defence giant BAE Systems.

Darwen residents want cctv for churchyard

5:50pm Thu 9 Sep 10

RESIDENTS are trying to raise the money for a CCTV camera after claiming a churchyard was being blighted by yobs.

More than 100 Lancashire bus shelters smashed

5:45pm Thu 9 Sep 10

MORE than 100 bus shelters in Lancashire have been smashed in the past year.

Brothers reunited after 44 years

3:40pm Thu 9 Sep 10

TWO long-lost brothers have described their shock and emotion after being reunited after 44 years.

Armoured truck saves Burnley soldier from two bombs

9:00am Thu 9 Sep 10

A SOLDIER cheated death twice when massive roadside bombs exploded under his vehicle while on patrol in Afghanistan.

Blackburn enjoying 'busier than Christmas' retail boom

8:40am Thu 9 Sep 10

BLACKBURN is enjoying a retail boom as thousands of extra shoppers flock to the town's £66million new shopping ...

Burnley woman hit by car on M65 'stable'

12:20pm Thu 9 Sep 10

UPDATE: A woman hit by a car as she walked on the M65 remained in a ‘critical yet stable’ condition in hospital ...

Darwen nursery steps out for Madison fund

12:26pm Thu 9 Sep 10

MADISON Allan's former nursery school in Darwen is spearheading a fundraising drive – as her family said the ...

Call to halt Burnley's children's ward closure

12:11pm Thu 9 Sep 10

HEALTH secretary Andrew Lansley has been told hospital bosses are pressing ahead with plans to close Burnley’s ...

Lancashire firm to help make 2012 Olympic diving tower

10:50am Thu 9 Sep 10

A FIRM intends to make a splash at the 2012 Olympics after relocating from Accrington to Buckshaw Village.