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• New East Lancashire crackdown launched against fare dodgers

  19-08-2021 19:00
  
  EAST Lancashire's main train operator is launching a new crackdown on fare dodgers.
  
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• Hayden Carter: Blackburn Rovers defender signs new three-year deal

  19-08-2021 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defender Hayden Carter signs a new three-year contract with Championship side Blackburn Rovers.
  
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• Burnley: Uninsured car seized on Bank Parade

  19-08-2021 18:19
  
  A CAR bought just three days ago was seized today after its owner was stopped while driving without insurance.
  
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• Give all East Lancs teenagers Covid jabs, says health boss

  19-08-2021 18:00
  
  A PUBLIC health boss has called for coronavirus jabs to be extended to East Lancashire 13 to 15-years-olds.
  
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• Burnley: Man in clown mask exposes himself at Willowbank Nursing Home

  19-08-2021 17:37
  
  A MAN dressed in a clown mask exposed himself and performed an "extremely distressing" sex act at the window of a nursing home this week.
  
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• Blackburn plan for job-creating units welcomed

  19-08-2021 17:34
  
  A SCHEME to create 20 job-creating industrial units on disused land in a commercial estate has been welcomed by councillors.
  
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• Belthorn: Grane Road and Jackson Heights Junction cleared after car crash

  19-08-2021 16:49
  
  A CAR CRASH occurred earlier this afternoon which briefly led to congested traffic.
  
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• Ben Mee: Fans booing players taking the knee before Burnley-Brighton game 'disappointing'

  19-08-2021 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley captain Ben Mee says it was "disappointing" fans booed players taking the knee before his side's 2-1 defeat by Brighton on Saturday.
  
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• Two men charged over £1m Viking coins hoard

  19-08-2021 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The haul, recovered in 2019, is believed to be of major historical significance.
  
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• Pensioner from Loveclough charged after £1million worth of Viking artifacts found from undeclared hoard

  19-08-2021 15:45
  
  A pensioner has been charged after £1million worth of historically significant artifacts from an undeclared Viking hoard have been recovered.
  
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• East Lancs pensioner charged over £1million Viking coins and silver 'plot'

  19-08-2021 15:45
  
  A pensioner has been charged after £1million worth of historically significant artefacts from an undeclared Viking hoard have been recovered.
  
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• Lancashire Nando's closed doors as chicken shortage continues

  19-08-2021 15:05
  
  A Nando’s restaurant in Lancashire has closed as the restaurant is facing a chicken shortage.
  
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• Rossendale named as North West hotspot for period properties

  19-08-2021 14:55
  
  Research by property experts, Zoopla, has highlighted the UK areas with the highest percentage of period properties.
  
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• Rossendale named as hotspot for period properties

  19-08-2021 14:55
  
  Research by property experts, Zoopla, has highlighted the UK areas with the highest percentage of period properties.
  
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• Crash on M65 closes lane near Blackburn

  19-08-2021 14:23
  
  A crash has closed one of the eastbound lanes of the M65.
  
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• Manchester United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka charged with driving Lamborghini while disqualified

  19-08-2021 13:54
  
  He will also face a charge of driving without insurance.
  
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• Worker put phone in women's toilets in Home Bargains Farnworth

  19-08-2021 13:52
  
  A PEEPING Tom who put his mobile phone in the women’s toilets at discount store was caught after a member of staff found it.
  
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• The best places in Lancashire to see Jupiter tonight

  19-08-2021 13:40
  
  In ‘Jupiter at opposition’ the mighty gas giant will appear as a bright star but it won’t twinkle like the other stars in space. 
  
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• Denis Law reveals dementia diagnosis as Manchester United fans offer support

  19-08-2021 13:27
  
  Denis Law said: “You hope that it won’t happen to you, even make jokes about it whilst ignoring the early signs because you don’t want it to be true.”
  
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• Manchester United and Scotland legend Denis Law reveals dementia diagnosis

  19-08-2021 13:14
  
  Law is immortalised in the United Trinity statue outside of Old Trafford alongside the late George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton.
  
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• Sean Lock’s Tiger Who Came For a Pint to be published - If fans get their way

  19-08-2021 12:56
  
  In an 8 Out Of 10 Cats sketch, Lock announced that he had given Judith Kerr’s classic children’s book The Tiger Who Came to Tea a bit of a refresh.
  
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• Courtney Duffus: Morecambe sign forward from Bromley on two-year contract

  19-08-2021 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Morecambe sign forward Courtney Duffus from National League side Bromley on a two-year contract.
  
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• Coronation Street’s Sam Aston opens up about becoming a dad

  19-08-2021 12:18
  
  Coronation Street's Sam Aston said his first year as a parent has been “hard to put into words”.
  
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• Ribble Valley council fights to keep villages out of Hyndburn constituency

  19-08-2021 11:32
  
  Three council wards in Ribble Valley should be kept within the area and not be moved into Hyndburn, councillors have said in a report.
  
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• Disney On Ice show is skating into Manchester this year

  19-08-2021 11:10
  
  Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero will feature over 50 Disney princesses and characters who will take to the ice in Manchester.
  
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• Disney On Ice show is coming to Manchester this year

  19-08-2021 11:10
  
  Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero will feature over 50 Disney princesses and characters who will take to the ice in Manchester.
  
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• 'No more knives' event held in bid to crack down on knife crime

  19-08-2021 10:29
  
  A knife crime workshop was held on International Youth Day (August 12) as police bid to crack down on knife crime.
  
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• Private Blackburn hospital to expand after £3m investment

  19-08-2021 07:43
  
  A PRIVATE Blackburn hospital has secured part of a £3million investment to upgrade its facilities and services.
  
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• Family pays tribute to Blackburn father-of-4 who has died

  19-08-2021 07:35
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a ‘kind-hearted’ father-of-four who has suddenly died at the age of just 42.
  
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• Bank holiday Ska Fest will get St Mary's Chambers rocking

  19-08-2021 07:03
  
  A FULL-DAY Ska festival is to be held in Rossendale on Bank Holiday Sunday.
  
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• Were these East Lancashire's poshest public toilets?

  19-08-2021 07:02
  
  IT might look like a new bungalow albeit with rather small windows but in 1980 when this picture was taken Hyndburn Council was unveiling the latest public toilets in the borough.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen streets with the highest number of parking fines - Lancashire Telegraph

  19-08-2021 07:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen streets with the highest number of parking fines  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen streets with the highest number of parking fines

  19-08-2021 07:00
  
  In Blackburn with Darwen, 14,254 parking fines were issued between June 2020-June 2021.
  
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• Blackburn's new Turkish restaurant to be open by Christmas

  19-08-2021 06:47
  
  A NEW town centre Turkish eaterie is scheduled to open in time for the Christmas and New Year festive season.
  
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• Pub of the week: Swan with Two Necks, near Clitheroe

  19-08-2021 06:35
  
  AS we continue to put the spotlight on local pubs across East Lancashire, this time we have spoken to the landlord at an award-winning wateringhole.
  
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• Lancashire Science Festival returns after year hiatus

  19-08-2021 06:15
  
  A popular science festival is returning in October after a year hiatus.
  
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• Historic Great Mitton Hall opens up its gardens for charity

  19-08-2021 06:03
  
  ONE of East Lancashire’s most historic homes is to open up its gardens for charity this weekend.
  
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• These Lancashire councils have dished out more than £1million in staff redundancy payments in the last year - Lancashire Telegraph

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  These Lancashire councils have dished out more than £1million in staff redundancy payments in the last year  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Spar shop cash machine blown up in attempted burglary

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  An ATM at a Spar shop was badly damaged in an explosion during an attempted burglary.
  
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• Proper police presence for Lancashire's towns in bid to stop 'scourge of shoplifters and fraudsters'

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  Tackling the underlying problems of addiction and abuse, and employing a proper neighbourhood presence in towns across the county will help deal with the scourge of shoplifters and fraudsters, a police official has said.
  
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• Police release mugshots of wanted Lancashire men on run from the law

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  Domestic abuse, assault, and recall to prison - these are just some of the offences committed by Lancashire's most wanted men.
  
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• Man in critical condition following smash between Ford Ka and HGV

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a serious crash on a major Lancashire road.
  
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• Man has unknown substance thrown on him during attempted robbery

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  Police are appealing for information after a man had what officers suspect was acid thrown on him during an attempted robbery.
  
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• M6 moped rider thought it was ok to drive slow as he was 'following Google Maps'

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  A provisional moped licence holder was stopped after police clocked him travelling at very slow speeds on the motorway.
  
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• Letter: Leave me alone, I don’t want to use online banking

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  I AM a few months away from being 80 and I don’t like being told how to pay for goods or services ie by card or online banking.
  
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• Lancashire sees significant rise in outdoor office and bar fires

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  LOCKDOWN life has seen many Lancashire residents transform their sheds into offices and bars but the trend has also sparked a steep rise in outbuildings setting ablaze over the past year, figures suggest.
  
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• Lancashire councils staff redundancy payments revealed

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen council let dozens of employees go last year, costing hundreds of thousands of pounds in redundancy payments.
  
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• Haslingden charity supporting ex-forces affected by Afghanistan events

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  THE events in Afghanistan over the last few weeks have disturbed those who served there over the last 20 years.
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen health boss: winter wave for Covid unjabbed - Lancashire Telegraph

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  Blackburn with Darwen health boss: winter wave for Covid unjabbed  Lancashire Telegraph
  
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• Blackburn with Darwen health boss: winter wave for Covid unjabbed

  19-08-2021 06:00
  
  By Professor Dominic Harrison, public health director Blackburn with Darwen Council
  
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