News RSS Feed


Landmark former church could become restaurant

7:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A LANDMARK Accrington church could be occupied within months following interest generated by the nearby Tesco development.

Tony Blair: I was 'plain stupid' to axe Jack Straw

WRONG MOVE: Tony Blair

3:52pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

TONY Blair has admitted his decision to axe Blackburn MP Jack Straw as Foreign Secretary was ‘plain stupid’.

Blackburn Rovers bidder's firm IS suspended

INVESTIGATION: Ahsan Ali Syed

8:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010

FRESH concerns have been raised about an Indian businessman’s bid to take over Blackburn Rovers after it emerged his main Bahrain firm IS suspended from trading.

Hyndburn pubs blamed for dumping waste

WARNING: Coun Peter Clarke puts a sticker on a bin, with Roy Atkinson and waste officer John Duckworth

2:43pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

PUBS are dumping beer bottles and other waste in street litter bins in a bid to beat waste charges, a council said.

Reward to catch killers of dog drowned in East Lancs canal

CRUEL: The bag in which the dog was drowned

11:22am Thursday 2nd September 2010

ANIMAL rights group PETA has offered a £1,000 reward after a dog was drowned in the canal in East Lancashire.

What's on: 1940s Day in Darwen

WARTIME MELODIES:Singers Johnny Victory and Frances Belle at the ELR War Weekend

10:40am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A SPECIAL 1940s Day event is taking place on Saturday, September 4 in Darwen town centre.

Darwen Academy era about to dawn

OLD AND NEW: The Darwen landmark of St Peter’s Church reflected in the windows of the Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

9:10am Thursday 2nd September 2010

THE new £48million Darwen Aldridge Community Academy building will be officially opened today.

Blackburn teenager running her own hair salon

Blackburn teenager running her own hair salon

2:39pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A TEENAGER has shown she is a cut above the competition after taking over the running of a salon at the age of 19.

Darwen couple win new car

LUCKY DIP: Karen Barber picks out a ticket

1:51pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A DARWEN couple have won a brand new Mini First car in a fund-raising raffle in aid of East Lancashire Hospice.

Upside down rainbow spotted over East Lancashire

UPSIDE DOWN: The circumzenithal arc photographed over Queensgate, Burnley by Lancashire Telegraph reader Julie Walker

6:30pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

PEOPLE across East Lancashire could hardly believe their eyes when they looked up to see an upside down rainbow.










Local advertisers

Local Information

Enter your postcode, town or place name

House prices »   Schools »   Crime »   Hospitals »