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Police chiefs outline 'safety first' derby approach

6:20pm Thursday 18th March 2010

EAST Lancashire’s top officers in charge of next Sunday’s derby clash have emphasised ‘safety first’ ahead of the eagerly-awaited fixture.

East Lancashire retail blow as chain closes five stores

Ethel Austin store, Chorley

2:47pm Thursday 18th March 2010

FIVE Ethel Austin stores in East Lancashire are set to close, it has been announced.

First look at East Lancashire's new birthing centre suites

ARTISTS' IMPRESSION: What the birthing suites will look like

11:08am Thursday 18th March 2010

A NEW generation of ‘home-from-home’ birthing centres are set to be opened for 2010’s crop of expectant mums in East Lancashire.

Colne walker finds ‘puma’ paw print in snow

TAKE CAT! Julie Penrose found the big cat prints while out walking with friends on Pen-y-Ghent

9:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

THE HUNT for a large wild cat thought to be prowling the Yorkshire Dales has been bolstered following a discovery by an East Lancashire walker.

Support pledge over Lancashire's lost tax jobs

QUESTION: Mr Hoyle

11:03am Thursday 18th March 2010

MORE than 150 workers at three doomed tax offices continue to be supported by the Government, a minister has said.

Lancashire police officer arrested on suspicion of money laundering

9:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

UPDATE: Two people have been charged by detectives investigating alleged money laundering that led to the arrest of a policeman.

Padiham sex offender goes on run

ARREST WARRANT: Dennis Bowskill

6:26pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

AN international appeal has been launched after a registered sex offender from Padiham went on the run.

Help to ease Blackburn, Darwen and Burnley repossessions

SUPPORT: Housing Minister John Healey

2:03pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

EXTRA help is being given to struggling mortgage payers in Blackburn with Darwen and Burnley after it was revealed the East Lancashire towns are ‘repossession hotspots’.

Ex-thief shows police that car crime in Burnley is 'too easy'

RICH PICKINGS: The former thief shows Insp Karen Edwards and PC Phil Buck how lax drivers’ security can be.

12:30pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

POLICE toured Burnley town centre with an ex-car thief who found 90 ‘easy targets’ in 90 minutes.










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