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Nelson schoolchildren learn about eco-school
A BUILDING site has doubled as a classroom for children to learn about the materials being used to reduce their eco-school’s carbon footprint. New classrooms at St John Southworth RC Primary in Nelson are being built by Rosslee Construction
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By-election as Blackburn councillor steps down
A VETERAN councillor has stepped down after almost 20 years following a long illness. The resignation of Conservative member Sheila Williams, who represented Beardwood with Lammack on Blackburn with Darwen Council, has triggered a by-election
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Blackburn raiders 'stole thousands of pounds' after threatening 'bound and gagged' mum
A GANG bound and gagged a terrified mum in her own home before escaping with thousands of pounds in jewellery and cash. The victim, in her 30s, was threatened, forced to the floor and dragged upstairs and held there while the gang searched
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Chunk of Sabden road collapses into brook
A HUGE hole opened up in a busy road in East Lancashire this afternoon. United Utilities said it believed the section of Padiham Road, close to the White Hart pub, collapsed into a brook at 3.30pm due to a heavy vehicle passing by. Seven
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Review: World’s Strictest Parents, BBC3
Troubled teenagers are always entertaining to watch and seeing them transform themselves into young adults in just a week is even better. The World’s Strictest Parents on BBC3 finds unruly British teenagers who are sent abroad to live with strict families
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Darwen girl's winning design for memorial garden
ELEVEN-year-old Hannah Jackson of Ashleigh Primary School, Darwen, has unveiled a new memorial in Darwen Old Cemetery. Hannah’s ‘Lancashire Rose’ design won a schools’ competition last year by the Friends of Darwen Cemetery (FoDC), to commemorate the
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East Lancashire scrap metal thefts have doubled
SOARING scrap metal theft in East Lancashire has seen the number of incidents double. A week-long Operation Starling has involved officers and other agencies attempt to bring the issue under control after police released alarming figures.
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Ashleigh are Darwen's best at spelling
ASHLEIGH Primary School has won the annual Darwen spelling championship for the third time in seven years. Their team of Amber Cameron and Lewis Ormerod scored 100 per cent, beat joint runners- up from St Barnabas’ Primary School and Turton
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Health champion of Burnley named
PUMPING Marvellous founder Nick Hartshorne-Evans has been named ‘Health Champion of Burnley’. Nick, 40, from Hapton, who set up the patient support group after he was diagnosed with heart failure, was nominated in Burnley Council’s Burnley Community
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36 Darwen projects to get funding
A COMMUNITY scheme in Darwen is to launch 36 projects including a timebank, a Glee club and an enterprise to renovate bikes. The Stand Out In Darwen project spent four weeks in May touring a portable living room around the town collecting over
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EDL founder denies Blackburn assault
THE founder of the English Defence League (EDL) today denied assaulting a man during a rally of the far-right group. Stephen Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, was arrested and charged with the offence this month following the alleged incident
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Blackburn play area 'infested with rats'
RESIDENTS battling to clean up a rat-infested children's playground have described the site as resembling a ‘jungle’. The play area in the Tenby Close estate in the Shear Brow, Blackburn, attracted the vermin because of tons of rubbish strewn
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Ribblesdale League Saturday previews
THE Ribblesdale League’s top three will look to further stretch clear of the chasing pack tomorrow – but leaders Baxenden, second-placed Barnoldswick and third-placed Read all face tests of their mettle. Baxenden were beaten at Whalley last time out
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Lancashire League Twenty20 previews
THE Lancashire League’s form teams collide tonight in a winner takes all Twenty20 showdown as the final round of fixtures throws up some gigantic clashes. Qualification from all three groups is still up for grabs – but most eyes will be turned
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Chorley face rivals Leyland
Chorley are enjoying a tremendous season and are riding high in third spot in the table – and they are involved in the league’s game of the day ar reigning Northern League champions Leyland. Andy Holdsworth’s side have already surpassed last season’s
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Darwen looking for a double dash
SKIPPER John Cordingley is looking for double delight as Darwen face two big games in 24 hours this weekend. Cordingley’s men lock horns with Leyland tonight in the Jamie Heywood Twenty20 competition knowing they will qualify for the showpiece finals
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Blackburn digital TV box fraudster ordered to pay back £23,390
A MAN who was jailed for six years for selling fraudulent digital TV boxes has been ordered to pay back £23,390. Imran Khansia, 30, of Livingstone Road, Blackburn, will be forced to pay the cash after a proceeds of crime hearing. He was jailed for six
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You can’t go wrong for a pound
As someone who hates to throw anything away I am constantly on the look-out for more unnecessary stuff I can bring home and put on the shelf. Understandably this kind of drives my wife crazy. She loves to throw things away whilst I will find reasons
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Festivals give Ribble Valley firms tourism boost
BUSINESSES in the Ribble Valley are getting a massive boost from the borough’s growing festival season, according to tourism chiefs. They said the area was fast becoming the capital of East Lancashire's arts and music scene. And two festivals are
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Don’t let us down, Accrington Stanley assistant tells duo
ACCRINGTON Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell says he will feel let down if star duo Jimmy Ryan and Terry Gornell have decided to reject new deals without informing the club. Bell and Stanley boss John Coleman have been away in Tenerife and Dubai
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Conservation area set to be extended in Great Harwood
A PLAN to protect the centre of Great Harwood from dev-elopment has been unveiled. Campaigners wanting to see large parts of the town centre designated as a conservation area had been frustrated by more than three years of delays. But bosses said the
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Hopes high with Lowe at Blackburn Rovers
BLACKBURN Rovers want to stay ‘top of the league’ as they step up their efforts to be the leading lights in producing home grown Premier League stars of the future. Rovers unveiled new head of youth development David Lowe at their Brockhall Academy yesterday
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Ribble Valley teenager returns to tennis after spinal problem
A TEENAGE tennis player has said she overcame a spinal problem that threatened to end her playing days with the help of a physiotherapy treatment. Stephanie Wood, 14, from Langho, was just 10-years-old when doctors discovered that she had scoliosis,
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Rare bicycle stolen from outside Blackburn shop
A RARE mountain bike was stolen from outside a shop in a daytime raid. The Scott Sportster P55, worth £350, was taken while chained up outside Blackburn Cycle and Scooter Centre in Northgate, Blackburn last Friday. The bike was attached to another but
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Nelson career criminal jailed for 25 months after mugging man
A DRUG addict who mugged a terrified man and tried to drag him to a cash machine has been jailed for more than two years. Burnley Crown Court heard Naheem Mohammed, 31, targeted Yasine Saleh, 40, stealing his mobile phone and bank card out of his hand
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Blackburn Rovers weekend debate
EVERY week throughout the summer, the Lancashire Telegraph will be posing a topical question to Blackburn Rovers supporters over the comings and goings at Ewood Park. This week's question is: Were you surprised by Steve Kean's suggestion
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Burnley look to boost income for salary cap
BURNLEY are planning to get a head start on salary cap proposals with the introduction of new money-making schemes. Turf Moor chiefs fear that unless they act now, the club could struggle financially when limitations on spending are enforced. The plan
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True cost of police cuts
Jake Berry MP has asked for an urgent meeting with the Chief Constable of Lancashire to discuss the closure of six police stations in East Lancashire. The Chief Constable made his views clear on March 29 in an interview on the Today programme when he
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Rossendale artist overcomes sight problems
A visually-impaired student has overcome his sight problems to pass an art and design course with flying colours. Despite being blind in his left eye and having limited vision in his right eye Zac Carr, 17, from Waterfoot, excelled at his level one art
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Burnley riots 10 years on: Locals split on whether problems persist
IN the second of our five-part look back at the Burnley Riots, we visit the two communities where the worst of the trouble broke out and found people split on whether such events could ever happen again. IN Duke Bar, the scene of the most
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Campaign launched to stop Nelson man being deported to America
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to prevent an American being deported from East Lancashire – to Los Angeles. Sam Wright, 23, has spent the past two years looking after his sick mum in Pendle. But on Monday officers from the UK Border Agency
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What's on: Jez Kerr
A Certain Ratio frontman Jez Kerr is bringing his new band to Blackburn for an exclusive gig on June 25. The bassist with the legendary Factory Records group has developed a brand new solo outfit, self--titled as Jez Kerr. The ‘Madchester
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Pendle food waste collection scheme set to be expanded
WEEKLY food waste collections will be rolled out to 7,000 more Pendle homes, if councillors agree to the proposed expansion. Binmen have been collecting waste placed in five-litre kitchen ‘caddies’ at 7,000 Pendle homes for just over a year. When
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Boy, 16, in violent escape from dock in Blackburn
A 16-year-old boy was last night being hunted by police after a violent escape from Blackburn Magistrates’ Court. Every available officer in the district was searching for the teenager from Blackburn, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
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I didn’t know whether to laugh, cry or run down the street...
Some of you may recall while searching for my birth mother, I turned up a couple of half brothers, Dale and Gerald, but when their birth certificates arrived it showed that they, like me, had been adopted. I renewed my subscription with a well
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£410k plan to transform part of Burnley
MAJOR regeneration plans have been unveiled to revive the fortunes of one of Burnley’s hardest-hit neighbourhoods. No fewer than 111 homes will be constructed by Doncaster-based Keepmoat Homes off Accrington Road if borough planners give the go-ahead
