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Darwen mechanics rent out space to DIY motor buffs

ON THE UP: Darren Jones, whose new rent-a-bay vehicle scheme based in Railway Road, Darwen, allows DIY mechanics to work on and inspect their own vehicles

3:07pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A DARWEN garage has become the first in the North to introduce a new rent-a-bay scheme.

100 complaints over Blackburn priest’s huge flock of pigeons

UNHAPPY FLOCK: Stan Nash, Rose Wickham, Joyce Sandford, Andrew Smith, Patricia Mercer and Safia Islam with pigeons overhead

11:23am Tuesday 9th February 2010

RESIDENTS of a sheltered housing complex say their lives are being made a misery by a priest who refuses to stop feeding hundreds of pigeons outside their homes.

Former Darwen head reprimanded over sex offender job

8:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

A HEADTEACHER has been found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct for allowing a convicted pedophile access to images of children.

Who East Lancashire's MP have entertained at Westminster

FACILITIES: Houses of Parliament

12:11pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

EAST Lancashire MPs used plush Westminster facilities to entertain PR firms, Sky TV and a delegation from the Cayman Islands, it has been revealed.

Freezing weather set to return to Lancashire

A fresh blast of cold weather is set to hit Britain in the coming days, forecasters say

11:07am Tuesday 9th February 2010

RESIDENTS in Lancashire have been warned to be braced for more cold weather as forecasters predict freezing temperatures later on this week.

Rossendale cyclist seriously injured in A56 accident

8:30am Tuesday 9th February 2010

UPDATE: A cyclist suffered serious head injuries in a rush hour accident on the A56.

Probe after Blackburn car fire

2:44pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

POLICE and the fire service are investigating a car fire in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Dozens of jobs at risk at East Lancashire clothing stores

Ethel Austin store, Chorley

2:41pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

DOZENS of East Lancashire jobs are at risk after high-street retailer Ethel Austin was placed into administration for the second time in two years.










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