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Former Blackburn schoolgirl celebrates 10 years on Coronation Street
FORMER East Lancashire schoolgirl Helen Flanagan is celebrating a decade on the country’s most famous street. Over the last 10 years Helen’s character Rosie Webster has transformed from a sweet schoolgirl into a minx in the soap Coronation Street.
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Plane to spot Pendle homes losing energy
A SPY in the sky is set to zoom in on energy wasting hotspots across Nelson, Colne and West Craven. The spotter planes being deployed by Pendle Council will have high-tech thermal imaging cameras fitted when they swoop over the borough’s towns
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Stock from historic Accrington motorbike shop to be sold off
BARGAIN hunters are being offered discounted stock from one of Hyndburn’s most historic shops after it shut down. Items worth more than £60,000 are up for grabs following the closure of Clarkes of Accrington, a motorbike shop which traded in
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Darwen's Crown Paints seals £25million funding deal
CROWN Paints has sealed a new £25million funding deal which will help the 200-year-old firm to expand. The Darwen-based paints giant, bought by management from Dutch group Akzo Nobel in September 2008, hopes the new financing from the Royal Bank of Scotland
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Rawtenstall landlord fears trade will fall after cut in hours
THE landlord of one of Rossendale’s largest pubs fears trade will be badly hit after councillors reduced his opening hours. Police called for a licensing review of The Queen’s, in Rawtenstall, amid claims that 44 incidents, including bar brawls
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Nelson boy caught hypothermia after falling into lake
YOUNG people have been urged to stay away from icy reservoirs after an 11-year-old caught hypothermia in a Nelson lake. The schoolboy was playing with friends near Walverden Reservoir, around lunchtime on Saturday, when he slipped and fell in. Because
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Snow White & Friends
That's Entertainment the Helmshore drama and theatre group will be performing Snow White at Haslingden Primary School on Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th February at 7.30pm, with an additional performance on Saturday at 2.00pm.
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Crash closes lane of M65 near Blackburn
ONE lane of the M65 between Blackburn and Darwen was closed for around an hour this morning after two cars crashed into the central reservation. The accident happened westbound halfway between junction five at Guide and junction four at Darwen at around
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Top investor says Thwaites will go from strength to strength
A TOP investor has predicted East Lancashire brewery giant Thwaites will “go from strength to strength” - despite problems in the pub industry. Max Lesser, from the London-based Guinness Peat investment group, said the firm represented a good bet, even
