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East Lancashire pupils uncover history of the Pendle Witch trials

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.

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Campaign to save Stanley Arms pub in Blackburn receives a blow

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.

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

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.

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£140k East Lancashire loan shark avoids jail

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

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

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Wife's tribute to Blackburn man killed in plane crash

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'.

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Hyndburn fire woman rescued

11:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

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

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Blackburn MP Jack Straw questions lifting of Syria arms embargo

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.

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