Burnley MP to promote apprenticeships
8:00pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
BURNLEY MP Gordon Birtwistle is to chair a new Parliamentary group to promote industry apprenticeships.
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Future of Hen Harriers hangs in balance of the Ribble Valley
5:30pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
HEN harriers are ‘perilously close’ to being wiped out from their last remaining stronghold in the country — in the Ribble Valley.
Police launch ‘Farmwatch’ in East Lancashire
4:47pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
THOUSANDS of pounds of farm equipment, including a two-tonne generator, has been found by police just two days after the launch of a new crime prevention scheme.
4.15pm: Fire in Accrington town centre near 'Queen's route'
4:20pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE historic Accrington Conservative Club is on fire.
Blackburn MP Jack Straw gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry
4:22pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he often used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train.
Bishop of Blackburn hits out at Lords reform plans
4:10pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Nicholas Reade, has hit out against Government plans to reform the House of Lords.
Queen enjoys royal visit to East Lancashire
4:10pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
THOUSANDS of people turned out in Burnley and Accrington today to greet the Queen on her Jubilee tour of East Lancashire.
Thieves in swim suits hit East Lancashire stores
3:56pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
SHOPLIFTERS are using female swimsuits when they go out stealing in East Lancashire, a court has been told.
‘Well-off’ Bacup woman in M&S refunds scam
3:15pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A ‘WELL-OFF’ Bacup woman defrauded Marks and Spencer out of hundreds of pounds in a bogus receipts refund scam, a court heard.
Blackburn school head hits back at critics
2:20pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
BOSSES at a Blackburn primary school that had a £3million council funded expansion have explained their reasons to pursue academy status.
Live: The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles in East Lancashire
2:00pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles are in East Lancashire today - follow our reporters live throughout the day.
Junction fears as Co-operative supermarket is set to open in Rishton
2:08pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
TRAFFIC fears over a ‘nightmare junction’ have resurfaced after plans to open a supermarket at the site were announced.
End of an era for Longridge restaurateur Paul Heathcote
2:00pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
ONE of East Lancashire’s top restaurants, run by celebrity chef Paul Heathcote, has closed after 22 years.
Burnley homeless charity Emmaus to sell at ‘salon’ in Paris
1:55pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
PEOPLE being supported by Burnley homeless charity Emmaus are to cross the Channel – to sell their wares to the Parisians.
Queen praises Prince Charles for Burnley work
1:42pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE Queen has praised Prince Charles for the ‘considerable difference’ his charities have made to the regeneration of Burnley.
Communications firm Daisy creates 80 new jobs
12:28pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
NELSON-based communications firm Daisy has created 80 new jobs after its customer contact centre became a 24-hour operation.
Rossendale axe man jailed
12:19pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A DAD who set off for his ex-partner's home armed with an axe, has been jailed for 21 months.
Accrington family jailed for cruelty and violence towards relative with disability
11:30am Wednesday 16th May 2012
FOUR family members have been jailed for their ‘inhuman’ treatment of a relative who was subjected to a three-year campaign of cruelty and violence.