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Blackburn family members sentenced for violent bid to bring back sister

DIFFICULT RELATIONS: Lee Gilligan

3:10pm Saturday 20th March 2010

A TEENAGE woman, who had broken away from her family, was bundled into a car from a busy street and kept at a house for 90 minutes by relatives, a court heard.

Blackburn brothers guilty of terror offences

CONVICTED: Abbas Iqbal

7:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

UPDATE: Two Blackburn brothers who called themselves the Blackburn Resistance have this afternoon been sentenced after being found guilty of terrorism offences.

Blackburn girl, five, organisers fundraisers for charity that saved her grandma

6:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

A LITTLE girl is so grateful for her Grandma's recovery from cancer she is going to raise hundreds of pounds for the charity that helped to save her.

Caught on camera: Kids risk lives on Blackburn rail tracks

TRAPASS: Youngsters on the line

12:09pm Friday 19th March 2010

THESE pictures show youngsters risking their lives by playing on a railway line in Blackburn.

New venues aim to put Blackburn back on clubbing map

STAR ATTRACTION: Kelly Llorena

11:37am Friday 19th March 2010

BLACKBURN’S clubbing scene is set to receive a makeover as two new party venues are launched — cranking up the volume on the town’s nightlife.

VIDEO: 'Fagin-style' crime bosses sending ‘schoolboy’ gangs to Blackburn

ON THE PROWL: CCTV footage of the boys attempting to steal money from a woman at a cash machine at Blackburn’s Mall

8:30am Friday 19th March 2010

A GANG of 14-year-old Romanian children operated by ‘Fagin-like’ masters have been targeting Blackburn shoppers.

Bishop of Blackburn urges people to 'reject politics of hate'

MESSAGE: The Bishop has set out the issues to voters

6:10am Friday 19th March 2010

THE Bishop of Blackburn has urged East Lancashire people to vote and defeat ‘the politics of hate’ in the forthcoming General Election.

East Lancs colleges’ grants rise despite UK cuts

PLEASED: Stephen Carlisle

12:36pm Friday 19th March 2010

UNIVERSITIES in East Lancashire have been given extra funds — despite £500million cuts across the country.

Tell us about your Sport Relief events

LIMBERING UP:Rossendale actor Anthony Cotton, along with Corrie co-stars Tupele Dorgu, left, and Rachel Leskovac warm up outside The Rovers Return

11:30am Friday 19th March 2010

Are you doing something for Sport Relief? We want to hear from you.

Mephedrone is removed by Blackburn town centre shop

DRUG CULTURE: A supply of mephedrone

11:35am Friday 19th March 2010

A PARTY drug linked to the deaths of two teenagers has been removed from sale at a Blackburn tobacconist's — as teenagers claimed its use was 'rife' in the town.









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