East Lancashire pupils uncover history of the Pendle Witch trials

Making the documentary. Photo: Huckleberry Films

9:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

YOUNGSTERS from two East Lancashire schools who have uncovered the history of the Pendle Witch trials are exhibiting their creations today.

Campaign to save Stanley Arms pub in Blackburn receives a blow

The Stanley Arms in Blackburn

6:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A COMMUNITY pub at the centre of a campaign to save it will be turned into a house if planners agree.

Little Harwood Slimming World members donate clothes to raise money for Cancer Research

Slimming World Members donate their  clothes

5:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

LIGHTWEIGHTS Members from Slimming World at St Stephen’s Conservative Club in Little Harwood found a great use for their clothes that are now too big for them after they shed the pounds.

£140k East Lancashire loan shark avoids jail

Stephen Fossey

3:15pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A LOAN shark who ran a £140,000 illegal money-lending business from his market stall over four years has been spared jail.

Rare 'Darwen' stamp in auction sale

The stamp with a Darwen postmark

AN extremely rare stamp posted from Darwen in the 19th century has been put up for sale.

Wife's tribute to Blackburn man killed in plane crash

Iain Nuttall

1:53pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

The wife of the Blackburn man killed in a plane crash in Wales on Sunday has described her husband as 'a loving and devoted family man'.

Bid to protect Darwen Tower from wind turbines

1:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

DARWEN Tower will be protected from ‘dominating’ wind turbine developments to preserve an iconic landmark for the borough, new council guidelines propose.

Hyndburn fire woman rescued

Firefighters arrive to tackle the house fire in Chapel Street

11:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A WOMAN was rescued after a fire broke out in a bedroom.

Blackburn MP Jack Straw questions lifting of Syria arms embargo

Jack Straw

10:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has warned that lifting the arms export embargo to Syria could benefit its ruler Bashar al-Assad more than the rebels fighting his regime.

Blackburn and Bacup to be linked to latest high-speed fibre-optic broadband

8:55am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

BLACKBURN and Bacup will be linked to the latest high-speed fibre broadband for the first time this summer.









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