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• Darwen virtual pub quiz master Jay Flynn 'staggered and humbled' to receive an MBE

  09-10-2020 23:31
  
  QUIZMASTER and former pub manager Jay Flynn is being awarded an MBE for his services to charity during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus lockdown pub quizmaster Jay Flynn becomes MBE

  09-10-2020 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jay Flynn is honoured along with Asda's new owners, an England captain and Blackburn Council's leader.
  
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• Zuber and Mohsin Issa awarded CBE’s in honour’s list

  09-10-2020 23:30
  
  Blackburn brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa have been honoured with CBE’s in the new honour’s list.
  
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• Queen's Birthday Honours: Zuber and Mohsin Issa awarded CBEs

  09-10-2020 23:30
  
  Blackburn brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa have been honoured with CBE’s in the new honour’s list.
  
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• Fleetwood Town 4-1 Hull City - Tigers perfect league start ended by Cod Army

  09-10-2020 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hull City's perfect start to the League One season is ended with an emphatic 4-1 loss at Fleetwood Town.
  
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• Burnley woman arrested in connection with mother and daughter murders released by police

  09-10-2020 21:46
  
  A 44-year-old woman arrested on Thursday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and aiding and abetting murder has been released under investigation pending further enquiries.
  
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• Another 200 positive Covid cases across East Lancashire with Burnley recording biggest increase

  09-10-2020 17:52
  
  EAST Lancashire has recorded more than 200 positive coronavirus infections since figures were last updated on Thursday.
  
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• Former Clarets boss Stan Ternent fails in village bungalow bid

  09-10-2020 17:46
  
  FORMER Burnley Football Club manager Stan Ternent has failed in his second bid to build a bungalow on land he owns in a walled hamlet near the town.
  
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• Christmas 'officially cancelled' as guidance on prohibition of large scale celebrations issued

  09-10-2020 17:17
  
  Large scale celebrations to mark Christmas, Diwali, Bonfire night and many other events are to be cancelled for the rest of the year due to the coronavirus.
  
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• Breast cancer screening services return to normal in East Lancashire

  09-10-2020 17:01
  
  LANCASHIRE and South Cumbria breast screen services are fully operational as the NHS are hoping that women will make sure they attend.
  
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• 'We have been shaken to our core' - tributes to mother and daughter murdered in Burnley home

  09-10-2020 16:40
  
  The family of a woman and girl murdered in Reedley have paid an emotional tribute to them.
  
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• BGT final could see two Lancashire acts bidding for the prize

  09-10-2020 16:31
  
  STEVE Royle will be battling it out in the final of Britain’s Got Talent tomorrow for a prize of £250,000 as well as a spot in the Royal Variety Performance.
  
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• Padiham couple succeed in bid to extend historic weavers' cottage

  09-10-2020 16:01
  
  A COUPLE have won their battle to extend a historic former handloom weavers cottage in a conservation area so they can be near elderly relatives.
  
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• Public health boss speaks on reported extra restrictions

  09-10-2020 15:41
  
  Lancashire’s public health boss says lessons need to be learned from the way in which the North of England has been brought to the brink of tough new lockdown restrictions.
  
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• Scientists call for end to lockdown and a 'return to life as normal' using herd immunity approach

  09-10-2020 14:57
  
  Leading scientists from across the world have called for an end to lockdown policies in favour of a herd immunity approach to tackling coronavirus in order to allow ordinary life to resume.
  
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• Accrington Stanley sign Michael Nottingham and Nathan Baxter

  09-10-2020 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Accrington sign Blackpool defender Michael Nottingham for an undisclosed fee and Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter on loan.
  
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• Burnley riding arena approved as flooding objections drain away

  09-10-2020 13:46
  
  COUNCILLORS have approved plans for a new all-weather riding arena at a stables on the outskirts of an East Lancashire town despite neighbours' fears over drainage and flooding.
  
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• New Padiham Lidl gets green light

  09-10-2020 13:17
  
  A NEW Lidl supermarket on the outskirts of an East Lancashire town has been approved by councillors despite concerns about traffic and jobs.
  
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• Man appears in court charged with Reedley doctor and daughter murders

  09-10-2020 13:15
  
  A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates this morning charged with the murder of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi and her 14 year old daughter, Vian Mangrio.
  
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• Rossendale Hospice needs befrienders

  09-10-2020 13:05
  
  ROSSENDALE Hospice is seeking volunteer befrienders.
  
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• Blackburn and Burnley community coronavirus testing stations close in shake-up

  09-10-2020 12:15
  
  THE community coronavirus test centre at Blackburn's Corporation Park has closed and a similar site on Centenary Way in Burnley will shut on Sunday.
  
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• If Lennon was alive they may well have painted him as a 'do-gooder leftie-liberal' type

  09-10-2020 11:50
  
  Today we remember John Lennon on what would have been his 80th birthday. But I started thinking, how would he have been perceived if he was alive now?
  
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• Gannow Lane Resource Centre: Burnley health centre reports two coronavirus cases

  09-10-2020 10:35
  
  GANNOW LANE Resource Centre in Burnley has confirmed that two members of staff have contracted coronavirus and that a deep clean has been carried out as a result.
  
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• ‘Upmarket’ Asian Sweets brand now available in Blackburn

  09-10-2020 10:30
  
  An ‘upmarket’ Asian mithai (sweets) brand has launched its first store in Blackburn.
  
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• Lancashire leaders to meet with Government today amid rumours of tighter Lancashire lockdown

  09-10-2020 09:40
  
  LANCASHIRE leaders will be speaking with government today about Lancashire's coronavirus response.
  
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• Coronavirus rules: What you currently CAN and can't do

  09-10-2020 09:26
  
  Rules aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19 have been brought in and updated across the four nations of the UK over the last few months.
  
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• Blackburn charity awarded £10,000 grant to help those disadvantaged in Audley & Queens Park ward

  09-10-2020 09:20
  
  BLACKBURN charity Inspire Motivate Overcome (IMO) has been awarded a grant of £10,000 by the Canal and River Trust.
  
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• Fewer receiving cancer treatment as health system buckles under coronavirus strain

  09-10-2020 08:52
  
  LIFE-SAVING cancer treatment was received by fewer people in East Lancashire's hospitals as trusts across the country buckled under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus spikes in all East Lancashire boroughs

  09-10-2020 08:37
  
  EAST Lancashire has recorded the single highest daily rise in new coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic in March.
  
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• The latest coronavirus infection rates as stricter lockdown restrictions expected

  09-10-2020 08:25
  
  THE latest coronavirus infection rates show that Burnley is the only East Lancashire borough within the top 10 worst affected places in the country.
  
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• The latest coronavirus infection rates as new lockdown restrictions expected

  09-10-2020 08:25
  
  THE latest coronavirus infection rates show that Burnley is the only East Lancashire borough within the top 10 worst affected places in the country.
  
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• Lancashire’s Great Taste Award winners

  09-10-2020 07:00
  
  From top-rated Clitheroe coffee to tasty local gin- food and drink producers in Lancashire have managed to scoop some Great Taste awards.
  
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• Friends enjoyed cocktails, steak and beers - then did a runner from pub

  09-10-2020 06:32
  
  A MAN and his mates went to a pub for a slap-up lunch and then left without paying.
  
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• Lancashire man's brainwave for sweets treat in dementia fight

  09-10-2020 06:10
  
  A MAN from Lancashire invented a sweet solution that keeps the elderly hydrated after his grandma was hospitalised for dehydration.
  
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• Lee Mansfield: Burnley-based photographer's amazing image of moonlight bathed Ramsbottom

  09-10-2020 06:03
  
  Burnley-based photographer Lee Mansfield who has recently been submitting a series of lunar photographs to the Lancashire Telegraph has now captured this incredible image of the Peel Monument and Winter Hill Transmitter at night over looking Ramsbottom.
  
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• Landmark Business Group: Start-up advice in Burnley to people reticently made redundant

  09-10-2020 06:03
  
  PEOPLE who have recently been made redundant in Burnley may have more options open to them then they anticipated thanks to a business organisation’s drive to aid new start-up companies.
  
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• First look: The £14million plan for derelict hospital site

  09-10-2020 06:03
  
  A £14million project to transform the derelict parts of a hospital site into apartments with 90 units of extra-care accommodation and a community hub has been launched.
  
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• The Forgotten Forest: Former St John's Stonefold teacher unveils lost history of East Lancs landscapes

  09-10-2020 06:02
  
  A FORMER East Lancashire headteacher who turned his hand to historical writing has now published the first in a series of historical guides to the Rossendale Valley.
  
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• PM+M: Blackburn accountants record coronavirus era success story with new services

  09-10-2020 06:01
  
  A BLACKBURN accountancy firm has recorded a virus era success story with a sharp rise in demand for its services.
  
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• ‘I’m losing my mind working from home’ – doctor gives some guidance on what to do

  09-10-2020 06:00
  
  FORMER GP Zak Uddin focuses on mental health and here he answers some questions sent in by readers.
  
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• M to the B - the Blackpool grime MC behind TikTok's most popular video

  09-10-2020 02:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How an insult-laden track by a 16-year-old British MC became a sweet TikTok sensation.
  
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• Heritage sites benefit from government Culture Recovery Fund handout

  09-10-2020 01:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stately homes, theatres, heritage railways and cathedrals are set to benefit from the grants.
  
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• Reedley deaths: Man charged with murdering mother and daughter

  09-10-2020 00:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi and Vian Mangrio, 14, were found in a fire-damaged house.
  
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