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Ribble valley road has more holes than an Aero claim
A BUSY roundabout on the A59 near Clitheroe has been branded as having ‘more holes than an Aero bar’. Borough and parish councillors met with representatives of Lancashire County Council to discuss the state of the roads in the area. The so-called
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Concern over disruption to Barnoldswick buses
BARNOLDSWICK residents are asking Lancashire County Council to put urgent contingency plans in place to ensure that bus services in the town are not disrupted. Several bus services, including school busses and the main bus to and from Burnley,
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Accrington Stanley trust to help young people
A FOOTBAL community trust is helping give young people the chance to experience adverturous activities after it launched a ‘National Citizen Service’ project. Accrington Stanley Community Trust will take 16-17-year-olds from across the area to
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Rishton post box campaign blow
CAMPAIGNERS battling to get a ‘well used’ Rishton postbox restored have been dealt another blow. The box was removed from James Street as part of a redevelopment in 2010, leaving more than 1,000 residents, many of them pensioners, with a steep
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Blackburn community cohesion chief looking at ways to prevent forced marriage
THE new chief in charge of community cohesion at Lancashire Police is looking at new ways to prevent forced marriage. It comes as children at a Blackburn high school tackled the sensitive issue by bringing it to light in a ground-breaking stage
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Romanian shoplifters saw Blackburn as 'easy target'
A GANG of Romanian shoplifters came to Blackburn because it was perceived as an ‘easy target’ a court was told. But two members of the gang found they were not going home with their friends after being caught in the act and sent to jail when they
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Darwen father to record song in daughter's memory
THE father of a bright 21-year-old who took her own life is set to record one of his own songs for the first time - with a little help from his friends at Blackburn College. Tony Harrison, from Darwen, hopes his song will raise awareness of young
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Blackburn parents jailed over child neglect
PARENTS who binged on alcohol as their baby boy lay dying have been jailed for neglecting him. Preston Crown Court heard Matthew Atherton and Anne Turnbull held an all-night party while their son, four-month-old Liam Atherton, succumbed to the
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Thieves attack sculptures in Blackburn park
THIEVES who used a saw to steal wooden sculptures from a park have been desribed as ‘selfish scumbags’. Mike Lee, Tory leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, said he ‘dispaired’ that someone had stolen and destroyed the much loved art work from
