BURNLEY will have to double its recycling rates if it is to meet targets of diverting waste from land-fill over the next eight years. Figures presented to a meeting of the Lancashire Local - Burnley committee this week showed that although Burnley was
A CONVICTED sex attacker told police who arrested him for sexually assaulting a young girl: "Oh no, have I been at it again?" Convicted sex offender Stewart Hargreaves, 61, is awaiting sentence after a judge decided to call for more psychiatric reports
AN inquest has been opened into the death of Geraldine Meggison, who was found by her husband with a gunshot wound to her chest on January 11. The 45-year-old self-employed gun maker was discovered by husband Leslie in the garden at their home in Hellifield
VIOLENCE and abuse towards staff and pupils in East Lancashire's schools has risen to a 'worrying' level, with 3,677 pupils suspended or expelled in a year. Children's behaviour has led to a rise in suspensions in Lancashire County Council-run schools
PARKING bosses have quashed a ticket which was handed to a fundraising Santa while he was paying charity cash into the bank. Funds collected by Blackburn Round Table have now swelled following the cancellation of the £30 fine and fresh donations as a
A BUS service set up to help people into employment has been given funding so it can run for another two years. Burnley Employment Shuttle Transit's cash from the Department for Transport was due to come to an end in March, but a surplus means it can
THE driver of a car that crashed into a tree, killing his 16-year-old cousin, has died in hospital. Samuel Lund's family had been keeping a bedside vigil since the accident on Saturday at Gisburn, in which James Mark Dewhurst died. James, of Fir
A NEW £500,000 public park with a sports pitch, cycle-ways and seating is being developed in Hyndburn. Work has started at the site, off Bradshaw Street, Church, and will see landscaping and tree-planting take place. The project is being led by the
A PERVERT who has been making unwanted sexual advances to women in Burnley may have struck again. And police said they needed to catch the pervert quickly as officers were worried what he might do next. A man in a silver car approached a 15-year-old
DARWEN MP Janet Anderson has challenged whether overpaid tax credits should be recovered. She has supported a Parliamentary motion on the issue and says she has met many people at her surgeries who have been overpaid but could not afford to give the
A DARWEN car park which became a "perfect crime den" after dark has become a safer place now the street lights have been fixed. The land, in Bank Bottom, has caused concern since October when the lights stopped working. United Utilities said an electrical
Accrington Road Runners' women are carrying their 2006 form into the New Year. Sarah Ridehalgh won the Garstang 10K Road Race on Sunday morning, and with Sarah Holden and Carole Morris the club took the team prize too. It was the first career victory
THE SCOUT who discovered Burnley's wanted striker Kyle Lafferty believes the teenager is best served staying put at Turf Moor. Lafferty was the subject of a bid from Scottish champions Celtic, reported to be in the region of £500,000, which the Clarets
THE owner of a teashop in Waterfoot has put up a cash reward to help find the vandals who smashed one of her windows. Margaret Acton owns The Teashop, Burnley Road East, and also the adjacent empty shop property. Last Friday the window of the empty
MORE than 4,000 parents in Pendle have taken advantage of free cash to give their children a helping start to life. The borough's MP Gordon Prentice said thousands of parents in the area had opened up a Child Trust Fund (CTF) since they were set up by
A GROUP of young men from the travelling' community launched an unprovoked attack on two Asian youths after drinking jugs of vodka costing £75 each. Blackburn magistrates heard the 17-year-old boys were attacked as they left the Vue complex, Audley,
THE development of Blackburn's Cathedral Quarter is as important to promoting integration as London's Olympics in 2012, according to regeneration experts. The Leeds-based Academy for Sustainable Communities has named the scheme, that will see a residential
A WOMAN was left shaken after she was mugged by three youths in Rawtenstall. The 36-year-old was walking along Holland Avenue at 5.05pm on Friday when she was approached by three Asian males aged 15 to 18. One of them grabbed her by the arm and pushed
HYNDBURN Council is urging residents to air their views on the amount of council tax they pay and how it is spent. As part of the consultation, a presentation on the budget will be given at a joint meeting of the area councils on January 25 at 7pm.
HIGHWAYS bosses have been accused of political bias after repeatedly turning down requests for a roundabout to improve safety on the A59. Ribble Valley Tory MP Nigel Evans has questioned the county council decision to give the go-ahead to a £650,000
IMPROVEMENTS to two open spaces in Britannia funded by Elevate are expected to start soon. Members of Rossendale Council's cabinet are due to back plans to improve the entrance to Britannia Primary School, and the grassed area at Whittle Street and
RESIDENTS will be able to have their say on £80,000 plans to transform a park in Nelson today. A consultation is being held at Woodlands Road Baptist Church, Woodlands Road, to show off proposals for the play area in Netherfield Road, known as Cat's
A 94-YEAR-OLD woman fell victim to a bogus builder who stole her purse. A man knocked at the door of her house in Castle Street, Hapton, at 1.30pm on Tuesday, telling her he was a roofer and he had spotted a fault in her slates. He continued to talk
DARWEN: A man was taken to hospital after swallowing a large amount of crack cocaine. Police wanted to speak to the 23-year-old Liverpudlian about a shoplifting offence. When they tried to stop the man in Nancy Street he allegedly fled and swallowed
A POPULAR East Lancashire hotel has new owners after it was bought for £3million. North West hotel operator Stefan Sikorski has taken over the Oaks Hotel, Colne Road, Reedley, from Shire Hotels. Shire Hotels, which has Blackburn-based Daniel Thwaites
BURNLEY MP Kitty Ussher helped more than 1,500 constituents across the borough last year. The Labour MP has released figures of the amount of advice surgeries she held and the number of constituents who visited them for help. Throughout the year she
TWO East Lancashire musicians have re-recorded a classic Pink Floyd track in a bid to win a session at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Kev Curtis, from Loveclough, and Warren "Woz" Taylor, from Crawshawbooth, formed rock band Downdog last year with
A DRUG-addicted house raider who wanted to put his life of crime behind him got a chance from a judge - but was warned there would be no more. New dad Daniel Allen, 30, who also had mental health problems and had come to Lancashire from Hampshire to
REAL-life Shirley Valentines are being asked to document their tales of love and lust abroad as part of new research. More and more women are breaking social conventions to travel to foreign countries looking for sex without the complications or stig-matism
FIRE bosses have blasted a hoaxer for wasting "vital resources" after they made a call claiming that people were trapped in a burning house. Three fire engines, two ambulances and three police cars were called to Whalley New Road, Blackburn, after a
I WONDER if you can help me regarding some research into the first Bob-a-Job week which ran after World War Two ended. I believe it took place in 1947, and as one of the members of the Eagle patrol of Blackburn Woodlands scout troop, we were lucky to
I FAIL to understand the hoo hah' that exists regarding the simple chastisement applied to a naughty child, notwithstanding the cruelty which existed and probably is still extant in parts of society. I remember in my childhood in the 20s, the local bobby
I MUST reply to Shuiab Khan's article (LT, January 12). In it, he decides to have a go at "people on the road who shouldn't be there." I wasn't aware that he owned the roads. He has a gripe about learner drivers in the rush-hour traffic, just because
So David Beckham will be getting £500,000-a-week when he moves to LA Galaxy in the summer. I think we all gasped at first when we heard the amount. Sounds a lot of money doesn't it, and of course it is, especially in a world where people are starving
A firecrew was called to a house in Accrington following a fire in a loft. The fire, caused by an electrical fault, was out by the time the crew arrived at the Owen Street property at 7am. They spent 30 minutes ventilating the property.
A 10-year-old boy had a laptop computer stolen from him in the street in Great Harwood. The theft happened as the boy was just meters away from St Bartholomew's School, Ash Street, where he was going for an after-school club at 4.20pm on Friday. The
A 22-year-old man who barged his way into a house in a drunken state attacked his former girlfriend with his fists and then with the hose off a vacuum cleaner, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Neil Anthony Robinson also assaulted his
CELTIC may defy Burnley's hands off' warning and make a second bid for highly-rated striker Kyle Lafferty. The Bank of Scotland Premier League champions had a reported £500,000 bid turned down for the 19-year-old Northern Ireland international. But,
KEVIN GALLACHER: "I think it's a great move by Blackburn to get David back. "Everyone knows the qualities that David possesses if you can keep him injury free. "Given Tugay's age, he's no longer capable of playing 50 games in a season so Mark Hughes
Bolton manager Sam Allardyce insists he feels let down by David Dunn's decision to join Blackburn. Wanderers appeared to be in pole position to sign the Birmingham midfielder after the player discussed personal terms and passed a medical on Tuesday.
DAVID Dunn today vowed to make the most of his second chance at Blackburn after admitting he's done a lot of growing up since he left the club in 2003. Dunn is desperate to make up for lost time after three-and-a-half injury-plagued years at Birmingham
LUCAS Neill could be heading to West Ham United after appearing to price himself out of a move to Liverpool. The Blackburn Rovers defender has agreed personal terms with Hammers boss Alan Curbishley, but his hopes of a move to Upton Park now hinge on
DAVID Dunn today said it's great to be back' after sealing a dream return to Blackburn Rovers. After weeks of speculation, Dunn's wish was finally granted last night when he rejoined Blackburn three and a half years after leaving the club for Birmingham
A NURSE burst into tears as she described how a teenage patient told her she had been touched intimately by a doctor. Naveen Shivan, who is an ENT doctor in the former Blackburn Royal Infirmary, is on trial at Preston Crown Court after denying sexual
PROPOSALS for a staggered speed limit on an East Lancashire danger road have been rejected - against road chiefs' and police advice. Councillors on the Lancashire Local - Burnley committee voted to introduce a 30mph zone on a stretch of the A679 Burnley
PIES have just got healthier - thanks to East Lancashire's major producer of the traditional favourite. Northern Foods, the parent company of Holland's Pies, Baxenden, has finished removing unhealthy "trans fats" from its Holland's branded food. The
DAVID Dunn's grandad has heralded the midfield star's return to Blackburn Rovers and said: "He should never have left in the first place". David Dunn Snr, 68, of Great Harwood, said his grandson's heart had always been at Ewood Park while he played for
DEAR oh dear, Channel Four what have you gone and done? Last year a nation was gripped - albeit against many of our better instincts - by the compellingly ludicrous goings-on in the Celebrity Big Brother house. We had George Galloway pretending to be
A retired police officer was knocked off his bar stool and kicked by another drinker in a Blackburn pub who felt he had been provoked. Magistrates heard former soldier Peter Fairbrother punched the other man on the cheek because of comments he made about
A BOARD set up to ensure the protection of children from abuse and neglect in Blackburn with Darwen has been officially launched. The Local Safeguarding of Children Board (LSCB) has been running since 2006. At the launch, Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen
A UFO-style sculpture is landing in Rossendale. Work has begun on Rossendale's panopticon - the latest of six planned for across East Lancashire. Haslingden's Halo' at Top O' Slate in Cribden End Lane is an 18-metre-diameter circular steel structure
