An audit flags up concerns into the management and finances of Sure Start Hyndburn Children’s Centre - including a £216,000 black hole.

The Fylde borough councillor, 42, was selected on the first ballot after local party members heard from six approved candidates, at Oswaldtwistle Social Club.

Trader Gloria Ainsworth who runs clothes shop Cinderella on Union Road, says limiting the stay on a parking bay near the front of her shop to 20 minutes, is threatening her chance of passing trade.

We know there are some real gems across our patch, pubs that are true standard bearers and hubs of the community. And now we want your help to find the finest.

The Reds are still in charge of their own destiny as, if they win their four games hand, they will be in League Two’s top seven.

Earlier in the season it was a narrow 3-1 win to Church but Saturday was a completely different affair.

For the second game running a contentious penalty decision has cost John Coleman’s men vital points in their promotion push and left them down in the dumps with one win in seven games.

But when the majority of his team fail to find their form and come up against a striker like Lee Hughes, it spells trouble.

The Masters of Martial Arts competitor, from Great Harwood, won three gold medals to become once again British champion in the Veterans Over 40s class.

Declan Penaluna celebrated his seventh birthday by coming on Winstanley’s matchday club with his friends before becoming mascot for the Coca Cola League Two match.

We are having a bad run and the chances that were going in early on in the season, now aren’t and any mistakes we are making are getting punished. It is so frustrating as every game we think we can get out of this current blip and so every game that passes is disappointing.

Benjamin, of Paxton Street, Accrington, was featured in the Observer in January after pulling through open heart surgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

Economists forecast the region’s downturn will bottom out in the final quarter of 2010, nearly three-and-a-half years after first hitting Hyndburn.

The legislation, which will get underway on October 1, will cover 900 households and cost an estimated £122,000 per year, with landlords paying £100 a year to cover clerical costs.

Accrington CID examined whether funds claimed from an insurance company to refurbish the Coach House, after it was destroyed by a fire in 2004, could be properly accounted for.

At around 1.30am on Sunday February 28 a 24-year-old man from Church was assaulted in Soprano’s night club which resulted in him losing two teeth.

Jackson, 24, originally from Blackburn was sentenced in May 2008 to 18 months imprisonment for burglary at Preston Crown Court.

Samuel Dean Lang, 25, (pictured) was released from prison but failed to adhere to the terms of his prison licence.

And it was a complete surprise to the Rishton pensioner, who runs Lancashire Inter-Martial Arts and Kick-boxing club at Norden Sports College.

This week workers at Senator International in Altham and Express Gifts in Accrington were told by bosses that jobs were to be cut.

To mark National No Smoking Day on Wednesday, March 10, an NHS East Lancashire team will be parking up outside Acrrington town hall on Thursday, March 11 to offer its services.

Mother-of-two Susan Kay, was losing consciousness when she was pulled from her bedroom in Petre Crescent, Rishton, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day.

Blackburn magistrates heard Mark Lee Perry admaitted to police that he had taken property worth £2,720 but, without carrying out a full stock take, his bosses could only establish that he had stolen £1,072 worth of goods.

Gerald Lawson, of Royds Avenue, had run the dental surgery on Avenue Parade since 1961 and continued working there until last Christmas. He was 76.

Developers want to build a large supermarket which would join onto the Arndale Centre and help breathe life into the town centre.

Blackburn magistrates heard Mohammed Kesser slammed on his brakes and pulled back into the line of traffic, forcing other cars to take evasive action.

German-based wind development firm Energiekontor can now erect a dozen 400 foot high turbines, on Oswaldtwistle Moor.

He was suspected of both suspicious and anti-social behaviour when using his camera to snap the festive footage in Accrington town centre.

Dozens of fans answered a plea for heaters by the club after a section of the pitch became frozen.

The streets around St James Church, Accrington, were lined with the friends and well-wishers of Jackie Bloomer, 30 and her 18-month-old son Jayden who both lost their lives following the February 9 tragedy.

Coupled with the Lancashire County Council (LCC) freeze announced earlier this month, it means owners of an average Band D property will pay just over £1,548 for the year, which includes a £230 share for the borough council.

Administrators MCR publicly announced two weeks ago that the Arndale Centre store was among 129 outlets on the closure list.

Earlier this month, it was revealed the branch of HSBC, on High Street, would close on Friday, February 12 leaving the town with no bank.

Dawn Smith, from Oswaldtwistle, had not heard about hydrocephalus, or 'water on the brain', until she had her ninth child, Harrison.

Colin Western, 51, rescued the woman from an upstairs bedroom in her burning home in Petre Crescent, Rishton, in the early hours of last Sunday morning.

Hyndburn Council has marked some 90 graves in the picturesque St James’ Cemetery, off Burnley Road, Altham, after ruling them ‘unsafe’.

Jason Elhasham, 30, of Owen Street, Accrington, went over to Germany for the contest where he fought off tough competition to finish in seventh place.

Darren Bailey had earlier seen the aftermath of the tragic accident on Eastgate where an 89-year-old male driver had veered onto the pavement killing himself, a 30-year-old female pedestrian and her 18-month-old son.

The Local Data Company (LDC) report into retail and leisure premises found the town is thriving compared to Preston, Burnley and Blackburn, as well as Manchester and Liverpool.

Hyndburn Borough Council has made improvements to the bowling green, paths and drainage of Rhyddings Park in Oswaldtwistle.

Ernest Wray died last Tuesday when his green Range Rover crashed into Jackie Bloomer, 30, and her 18-month-old son Jayden in Accrington, Lancashire.

Eighteen-month-old Jayden Bloomer was being pushed in his pram by mum Jackie when a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into them.

Eighteen-month-old Jayden Bloomer was being pushed in his pram by mum Jackie when a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into them.

The victim, a 47-year-old man, was out drinking in the Bridge Pub, in Church on Saturday February 6, when he was hit in the head with what police believe was a glass bottle.

Witnesses reported seeing a dark coloured Golf parked near to the address around 7pm on Wednesday 10 February.

The High Street bank is set to close its doors today (Friday) after banking giant HSBC announced plans to close the branch.

St John's CE Primary School in Great Harwood has been placed into special measures after Ofsted inspectors reported that there still too few pupils attaining higher levels and overall results are below the national average.

Pupils from Spring Hill Junior School have created more than 50 drawings, paintings and sculptures of insects which will be displayed in the exhibition rooms.

Former Accrington and Church cricketer Stanley Johnson died in New Zealand on December 10 before day three of a test between New Zealand and Pakistan.

Stacey Elder, 23, is a volunteer with the St Peter's Eighth Girl Guides, Oswaldtwistle.