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  • Rossendale writer pens first novel

    A PSYCHOTHERAPIST from Rossendale whose dad was a well-known GP has turned her thoughts to fiction writing. Maggy Robson, the daughter of the late Dr John Randall Archibald, known as 'Dr John' at surgeries in Rawtenstall and Edenfield, has just published

  • Games cancelled after metal thieves strike in Nelson

    SCRAP metal thieves left footballers in Pendle high and dry after a break-in at a sports pavilion in Nelson. Copper piping was taken during the raid on the changing rooms at Swinden playing fields, off Cravendale Avenue, overnight on Friday and Saturday

  • Accrington's landlord regulation scheme revived

    A SCHEME to stamp out rogue landlords in Accrington’s most deprived areas has been revived. The Landlord Licensing Scheme was first called for in 2006 in response to long term empty properties, deteriorating buildings and nuisance tenants. However

  • Haslingden man told police he dug up cannabis stash

    A YOUNG dad stopped for not wearing a seat belt had a cannabis stash in his car bur claimed he had dug it up, a court heard. John Pounder, 24, who had 30 bags of drugs in his vehicle, had run off when police had told him they were going to search it