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Teenage parties ban at Darwen social club
A CLUB at the centre of a teenage fracas has been banned from holding 18th birthday parties. But committee members at Highfield Working Men’s Club in Ratcliffe Street, Darwen, said a ruling will cost ‘thousands and thousands’ and want it overturned
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Campaign to remove Oswaldtwistle yellow lines
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to remove yellow lines causing ‘huge traffic problems’ in Oswaldtwistle. More than 100 people have signed a petition over the double yellow lines on both sides of Spread Eagle Street, which were installed because
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Major search after reports of missing man and child in Bacup
A MAJOR search operation was launched after reports of an adult and a child playing in a dangerous stretch of water last night. Police, fire crews and mountain rescue teams scoured the stretch of water in Bacup for over two hours. A
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Three sentenced over Rawtenstall pub violence
A LANDLORD and pub customers looked on in terror as rivals beat each other with pool cues at a Rossendale pub, a court heard. Judge Heather Lloyd has condemned an outbreak of violence which erupted at the Boar’s Head in Rawtenstall more than a
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Firefighters rescue Burnley teen from roof
A TEENAGER who climbed on to a church roof to retrieve his football had to be rescued by firefighters. The 14-year-old boy become stranded on the roof of St Cuthbert’s Church, Barbon Street, Burnley, at around 9pm on Saturday. His friends had to call
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Burnley carer admits stealing £21,000 from dementia woman, 82
A CARER who stole £21,000 from a pensioner with dementia is facing jail. Bernadette Launder, 40, was supposed to be looking after 82-year-old Mildred Rigby when she used 22 cheques to steal the money from her vulnerable victim, Burnley Magistrates’
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Blackburn man's canal death 'likely to have been accidental'
POLICE have today named a man whose body was found in the canal in Blackburn yesterday. Mark Atherton, 40, was last seen leaving the Infirmary Hotel in Bolton Road, Blackburn, where he had been drinking with friends until the early hours of
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Health campaign to stop one of East Lancs' biggest killers
A NEW lung cancer awareness campaign has been launched in East Lancashire to reduce the number of people who die from the disease. People, particularly those from the South Asian community, are being urged to be more aware of the early signs and symptoms
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Mountain team search for woman in Whitworth
A 41-YEAR-old woman was found collapsed at the bottom of a hill after taking a suspected drug overdose. Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue were called to find the woman who was eventually discovered at the base of Brown Wardle Hill, near Whitworth
