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'Inspirational' Blackburn mum-of-seven dies, 34

8:20am Saturday 11th October 2008

AN ‘INSPIRATIONAL’ mother-of-seven has died from breast cancer aged 34.

One referral a day to Blackburn with Darwen child sex grooming team

7:40am Saturday 11th October 2008

ALMOST one girl a day is being referred to a special team set up to tackle sexual exploitation of young people, it has been revealed.

Darwen dad's asylum seeker death crash fury

7:20am Saturday 11th October 2008

AN IRAQI illegal immigrant who killed a 12-year-old girl in a road crash has still not been deported five years on, it has emerged.

More matrons in East Lancashire hospitals

3:37pm Saturday 11th October 2008

A NEW breed of nurses are handing the power back to patients at East Lancashire's hospitals.

Relief for Lancashire commuters as rail strike suspended

3:50pm Friday 10th October 2008

UPDATE A 24-hour strike by around 100 Northern Rail drivers scheduled for Monday has been suspended following talks.

Get your free 'Vote Diana Vickers’ posters

Fellow Westholme sixth former Chloe McAteer with the poster

4:50pm Friday 10th October 2008

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Credit crunch 'will not stop East Lancashire housing regeneration’

‘Credit crunch will not stop East Lancashire housing regeneration’

11:16am Friday 10th October 2008

IN 2003 Elevate was born and given millions to transform East Lancashire’s rundown housing market.

£24m of Lancashire taxpayers' cash in crisis-hit Icelandic bank

£12m of Lancashire taxpayers' cash in doomed Icelandic bank

10:50am Friday 10th October 2008

UPDATE 24 million pounds of Lancashire taxpayers’ cash is at risk after being invested in ailing Icelandic banks.


UK News

Blair 'intervened' on ads exemption

Ex-PM Tony Blair 'intervened' over tobacco advertising

Updated 1:12pm Sunday 12th October 2008

Fresh details about the Ecclestone Affair - New Labour's first sleaze scandal - have been revealed in Whitehall documents.


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