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Swamped hospital tells patients to 'go back to Burnley'
8:40am Thursday 28th August 2008
PATIENTS were told to drive to Burnley in the early hours if they wanted to be seen more quickly after the Royal Blackburn Hospital’s urgent care centre became overwhelmed.
Comments (7)Burnley housing scheme branded 'waste of money'
6:40am Thursday 28th August 2008
A COUNCIL scheme to renovate dozens of dilapidated Burnley homes has been branded a “massive waste of council tax money”.
Salterforth can keep phone box - at a price
3:30pm Thursday 28th August 2008
RESIDENTS in a Pendle village may have to pay extra council tax if they are to save their traditional red phone kiosk.
£1m set aside by GMP after Burnley PC shot dead
4:46pm Thursday 28th August 2008
POLICE chiefs have ear-marked a £1million fund to cover the possible repercussions following the death of a Burnley police officer who was shot dead by a colleague on a training exercise, it has been revealed.
Burnley safety day ‘a success’
4:25pm Thursday 28th August 2008
A CRIME prevention day in Burnley town centre has been hailed a success by police.
Revamp plans for Reedley ‘eyesore’
3:50pm Thursday 28th August 2008
PLANS will be brought forward to revamp an arson-hit site on an exclusive row in Reedley, council chiefs have been told.
Burnley station ‘rape’ woman won’t talk to police
3:40pm Thursday 28th August 2008
A WOMAN who claimed she was raped at a train station is refusing to co-operate with officers, police said.
East Lancashire blind service is going mobile
11:39am Thursday 28th August 2008
A PIONEERING service for people with vision problems is set to tour East Lancashire during September.
Nelson driver’s lie landed brother in court
3:30pm Thursday 28th August 2008
A MARKET trader has questioned how his son was found hanging inside a locked stall at Nelson market – and no one raised the alarm.
Bid to lower age of Pendle's taxi fleet
2:50pm Thursday 28th August 2008
THE average age of taxis in Pendle could be lowered in a bid to improve road safety.
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Network Rail told to cut disruption
Updated 4:36pm Thursday 28th August 2008
Rail regulators have set Network Rail (NR) a target of reducing disruption to passengers from engineering work by more than a third over the next five years.
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Fears few will take up new diplomas
The Government has defended plans for a new breed of school diplomas amid concerns that fewer teenagers than expected are choosing the courses.
Soccer fans face long Moscow delays
Thousands of Chelsea and Manchester United fans are pouring into Moscow for the first all-English Champions League final.
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