Latest news from the Lancashire Telegraph

Blackburn town centre building works blamed for bus service cuts

10:17am Fri 10 Jul 09

BUS bosses have sparked fury by cutting more services – and have blamed the building work taking place in ...

Burnley Council 'stupid' for paying £290,000 for eyesore

8:30am Fri 10 Jul 09

COUNCIL bosses spent £290,000 of housing money on a dilapidated pub - and plan to replace it with a ...

Ribble Valley residents 'most satisfied in country'

11:00am Fri 10 Jul 09

A GOVERNMENT survey has revealed the country’s most satisfied residents live in the Ribble Valley.

Wasted Lives: It’s not too late to change course

10:59am Fri 10 Jul 09

THE Government has been told it is not too late to make a radical overhaul of the way young people learn to drive.

Blackburn churchman preaches from Trafalgar Square plinth

10:00am Fri 10 Jul 09

UPDATE Neil Sutcliffe made art history through his hour stint on the Fourth Plinth yesterday.

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 ...