DOG owners across Pendle are facing a crackdown when the borough introduces a control order. The regulations will replace the Dogs (fouling of land) Act 1996, which only allowed the council to designate certain areas in which owners could be fined for
A KIND-HEARTED schoolboy has died just five weeks after being diagnosed with leukaemia. But Christopher Smith's grieving family will tonight fulfill one of his last wishes and raise money to buy toys for children on the ward where he passed away. Christopher
AN EAST Lancashire man who fell seven floors from a hotel balcony in Thailand has died. Lee Middleton, 34, of the Skipton Road area of Colne, underwent two bain operations but has died in hospital in the Thai capital Bangkok. His mother Heather Britner
A FORMER nightclub in Bacup could be bulldozed to make way for a new supermarket. Rossendale Council has received an application to replace the old Horace's nightclub, off Lee Street, with a retail store with car park. It is not known who the owner
A NEIGHBOUR today paid tribute to a pensioner who died after a car skidded out of control and crashed into him on a pavement. Michael Toman, 78, of Primrose Bank, Stacksteads, was walking home from a family Christmas celebration when the accident happened
AN elderly couple have blasted parents who bought mini-moto bikes for youngsters at Christmas after claiming their lives were being made a misery. Pensioners Edward and Myrtle Martin said Christmas Day was the noisiest so far at Hapton recreation ground
THE Burnley riots of five years ago prompted Government advisors to draw up a list of other areas at risk of race trouble, it has emerged. Gurbux Singh, the then head of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) suggested that the Notting Hill Carnival
A DARWEN artist is thrilled at the success of his first major project - with an almost instant sell out. The 26-year-old designed and painted this year's Darwen Civic Society Christmas cards which were all gone within days. Billy Almond was commissioned
A 50-year-old man was left with minor injuries after leaping from the multi-storey car park in Lord Street, Blackburn. Police and ambulance crew were called to the scene following the incident at 8pm on Tuesday. The man was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital
A HOTEL owner is being driven batty by planning delays for a wind turbine that could bring green power to his business. Stuart McGlynn, who owns the Norwood Hotel, Whalley Road, Accrington, hopes to place a small turbine on the side of his detached house
MORE than 100 letters objecting to plans to build a Booths supermarket in Barrowford have been received by the borough council. Objections include fears over increased traffic, the threat to the existing business in the town and the impact on nearby
A MAN is recovering in hospital after being stabbed outside a Nelson pub. The 34-year-old local man was beaten then stabbed in the abdomen during the incident outside the Hour Glass, Leeds Road, at 8.20pm on Wednesday. Detectives said a number of Asian
AN East Lancashire policeman is heading the investigation into the Morecambe Bay helicopter crash, which left six people dead and one missing. Supt Mick Gradwell, who is on Lancashire Police's Force Major Incident Team, is co-ordinating the emergency
PLANS to promote better opportunities for people from all backgrounds in Rossendale have been backed by the council's cabinet which signed up to a Statement of Intent' on community cohesion. The move will give Rossendale Community Cohesion Partnership
The annual Ramsbottom Music Festival is to take place from March 9 to 11 at Woodhey High School next year, and all amateur musicians are invited to take part. Now in its 14th year, the festival primarily features classical music, with categories including
PENDLE Council is warning people to beware of rogue taxi drivers out in force due to the huge increase in demand over the festive period. Coun Marjorie Adams, Pendle Council's taxi licensing committee chairwoman, said: "Before you get into the car make
AT least one East Lancashire council is set to be chosen to receive government cash to help tackle anti-social behaviour. As part of the drive to crack down on louts, 40 local authorities in deprived areas are to become respect zones.' Although the
A CAT rescuer is urgently appealing for more food to feed a fast growing number of feline mouths. Maureen Savage, who runs Moggies Cat Rescue charity from her home in Stansfield Street, Darwen, has been inundated with unwanted cats and kittens. She
A DRUG dealer has been ordered to hand over £150,000 he made from his criminal lifestyle - or face another two years and four months in jail. Simon Day, 37, of Walmesley Street, Rishton, was jailed for eight years in October 2005 for being concerned
A DISABLED 79-year-old has slammed parking chiefs after being given three parking tickets in less than 24 hours. George Bretherton, of Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, was first ticketed after forgetting to display his disabled parking badge at the Waves
MUSLIMS across Lancashire have joined three million people on an annual once-in-a-lifetime religious pilgrimage. Pilgrims across the world have travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the most holy city in Islam, to perform a week-long holy pilgrimage (Hajj
A RIBBLE Valley farming couple have swept the board at a Christmas dairy cattle show. Chris and Erika Bargh, of Osbaldeston Hall Farm, Osbaldeston, came away from the Gisburn Christmas Dairy Cattle Show and Sale with a string of awards. It was the first
A LATE night football league aimed at giving the red card to anti-social behaviour will kick off in Burnley next month. The Midnight Football League has been organised by Burnley Council and community groups to try to reduce vandalism and teen nuisance
JOHN Coleman fears Accrington Stanley's poor disciplinary record has stretched his side to the limit. On the back of Andy Mangan receiving a straight red card for comments made to a Bristol Rovers player in Saturday's 4-0 defeat, defender Phil Edwards
A GROUP of neighbours are celebrating a court victory after representing themselves in a legal battle over a missing drain-pipe. Four households in Dill Hall Lane, Church, have won their appeals against enforcement notices served by Hyndburn Council
A RIBBLE Valley restaurant has taken on some of the best curry houses in England and come out on top. Longridge restaurant Victoria's India was named Best Indian Restaurant in Northern England for 2007, and listed in the top 100 of the 2007 Cobra Beer
PEOPLE whose homes are at risk of flooding have been urged to join an early-warning service. The Environment Agency has sent letters to houses in Lomeshaye, Carr Hall and Newbridge areas of Nelson and Barrowford offering them the free flood warning service
BLACKBURN Rovers will not be bringing former striker James Beattie back to Ewood Park. The 28-year-old had been linked with a January transfer-window move from Everton to Rovers to help finance a deal to bring Preston's David Nugent to Goodison Park.
ACCORDING to a report in the national press recently, earlier this year the all-party Commons transport select committee called on the Government to curb some of the worse excesses of town hall parking enforcement. In addition, Caroline Sheppard, chief
IN response to the recent letter from Mr A Hurst and regarding the proposal to change the Oak Tree Public House into a Co-op convenience store, please be aware of my feelings as a resident of some 15 years whose property directly adjoins the aforementioned
RE 'Many of us are in favour of a shop' (LT, December 13) with regards to the comments in the paper regarding the possible development of the Oak Tree Public House into a Co-op Late Shop, I would like to put forward a local resident's point of view.
MICHAEL Duff insists Burnley can shoot back up the Championship table with a couple of quick wins. After losing to Barnsley on Boxing Day, the Clarets slipped to 10th in the league, but are still well involved in a massive scramble for automatic promotion
INJURED Andy Gray admits life inside the oxygen chamber is not the most exciting. But the Burnley striker could soon be stepping out of hyperbaric therapy as he recovers from a triple metatarsal break to his right foot. Gray was initially scheduled
DO you think the Beeb has got shares in the latest production of The Sound of Music? Not content with taking up endless Saturday nights to find a new Maria, last night we got another hour on how said Maria (Connie, the one who was always going to win
SUPERMOTO star Phil Smithson is aiming to go top of his class in next year's British Championship. The former World Enduro front-runner has spent the last two seasons getting acclimatised to the new two-wheeled discipline, but reckons 2007 could be his
