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Darwen in Bloom festival plans announced

12:40pm Saturday 13th March 2010

DARWEN is set to become a floral haven after plans for a Darwen in Bloom festival were announced.

Blackburn firm says growth hampered by Government

11:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

A MAJOR Blackburn company says its growth is being hampered because of a lack of action by the Government.

Blackburn chemist clamped while delivering vital medicine

ANGRY: Pharmacist Riaz Hinglotwala with the

9:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

A BLACKBURN pharmacist has accused a clamping firm of holding him to ransom over the delivery of vital drugs for cancer-stricken patients.

‘Investor’ conned Lancashire people out of £640,000 in pensions scam

CRUEL: John Sheldon Williams never returned a penny to his 22 victims

8:50am Saturday 13th March 2010

A CONMAN has been found guilty of stealing £640,000 from elderly and vulnerable people in Lancashire.

Oswaldtwistle ‘L’ driver jailed after 11-mile M65 chase

JUMPED RED LIGHTS: Dwayne Baxendale went on an 11-mile chase

8:40pm Friday 12th March 2010

A DAD-TO-BE who led police on an 11-mile chase in heavy rain while almost twice the drink-drive limit is behind bars for a year.

MP backs councillor in Darwen refuse collection row

CALL: Janet Anderson

6:41pm Friday 12th March 2010

MP Janet Anderson has come out in support of the Mayor of Darwen about the refuse collection in the town.

Sexual assault on Accrington girl, 14

3:38pm Friday 12th March 2010

A 14-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted on a path used as a shortcut in Accrington.

Live lobsters and duck eggs - council's vision for new Blackburn market

FOOD DISPLAYS: Traders are being urged to ‘create a sense of theatre’, for example by using displays of live lobsters on food stalls. This is an artist’s impression of the new market.

9:50am Friday 12th March 2010

TRADERS have been told they will need to be ‘neatly dressed and well presented’ to be considered for a place in Blackburn’s new market.

Row over Darwen Conservative Party office sign

6:40pm Friday 12th March 2010

UPDATE: A Conservative Party office in Darwen breaches planning guidelines, Labour councillors have told borough planners.

Accrington woman jailed for dodging £18 taxi fare

4:10pm Friday 12th March 2010

AN ACCRINGTON woman has been jailed for dodging an £18 taxi fare.










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