A TAKEAWAY was closed after it was found to be infested with cockroaches. Blackburn magistrates heard there was a history of pest problems at the Bastwell Curry Centre and a history of non-compliance with environmental health directives.
COUNCIL taxpayers in Burnley could be left with a £30,000 bill after a holiday home site was refused permission for the second time. Members of Burnley Council’s planning committee voted eight to five to throw out a bid to build nine log cabins
A WOMAN was seriously injured after being stabbed, along with another woman, early this morning. The woman was rushed to Royal Blackburn Hospital with serious stab wounds following the incident at a house in Olive Lane, Darwen. Police
A QUAD bike was stolen from the home of a young farmer paralysed after a bail of hay tumbled on him. Thieves struck at the farm home of Robert Field, in Cornfield Grove, Burnley, early on Thursday, taking the 22-year-old’s treasured red Honda bike worth
A PENSIONER’S death sparked a gas leak scare which led to a road being shut off and the evacuation of several houses. The body of the unnamed elderly man, thought to be in his 80s, was discovered on Saturday at his home in Manchester Road, Baxenden.
It took a late, late goal from substitute Danny Nolan to rescue a point for the Magpies against Harrogate RA. Chorley, still smarting from Tuesday night's shambolic result at Trafford, took the lead on 10 minutes through Adam Farrell.
THE Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards are the area’s very own Oscars ceremony for local companies, according to its long running host. Dianne Oxberry, the BBC North West Tonight weather forecaster, has been the face of the awards for a number
AN Accrington landmark is set to become a restaurant and a function room, if planning permission is granted. Plans are set to be discussed at Hyndburn Borough Council planning meeting, on Wednesday, to transform Richmond Road’s former Methodist chapel
