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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.

VIDEO: East Lancashire's The Hollies in rock hall of fame

HONOUR: The Hollies at their induction into the Hall of Fame in New York.

10:50am Wednesday 17th March 2010

East Lancashire band The Hollies have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Addict burglar raided 10 Burnley homes

EVIDENCE: John Barnes was caught after he asked a friend to store a stolen television.

2:09pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A PROLIFIC burglar who struck at 10 houses in Burnley in a thieving spree has been jailed for four years.

East Lancs derby rivals’ charity clash

BATTLE: Marc Fretwell’s mum Janice has cancer.

11:53am Wednesday 17th March 2010

EAST Lancashire’s big football rivalry will help to raise funds for a cancer charity this weekend ahead of the big derby match at the end of the month.

Burnley v Blackburn Rovers derby game arrangements revealed

FLASHBACK: Rovers coaches on the way to Turf Moor the last time they played

6:02pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

FANS will be taken into Turf Moor up to two-and-a-half hours before kick-off for the East Lancashire derby match later this month.

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