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Peter Britcliffe
18:48, 18 JUL 2016
Drivers warned over roadworks
Lancashire County Council
Lancashire County Council are set to start the works at the busy junction in Oswaldtwistle as part of the Pennine Reach public transport scheme.
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Drivers warned over roadworks
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Lancashire County Council are set to start the works at the busy junction in Oswaldtwistle as part of the Pennine Reach public transport scheme.
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Bosses told £1.5m revamp plans could ‘kill’ town
Hyndburn Council
Hyndburn council has voted to move forward with the £1.5million Accrington Townscape Heritage Initiative, which will see empty town centre properties brought back into use, and create a new town square which will commemorate the losses of the Accrington Pals.
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Thirteen councillors fail to pay bills on time
Hyndburn Council
A Freedom of Information request revealed that 13 members of the council have failed to pay their bills on time at some point over the last five years.
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£1.5m park facelift is another step nearer
Oswaldtwistle
The council, working with charity Newground Together, has moved to the second stage of a bid for £1,461,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out renovation works at the Oswaldtwistle park.
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Hundreds attend Oswaldtwistle Christmas lights switch-on
Oswaldtwistle
Pupils from St Andrew's CE primary school entertained the crowd on Wednesday night by singing carols, and the lights were switched on by Carnival Queen Stephanie Moore.
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Vandals target Oswaldtwistle Christmas tree
Peter Britcliffe
The offenders struck at the weekend at Jubilee Gardens and stole around a third of the festive lights from the tree.
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‘Disaster’ warning over £10m town plan
Accrington
The town is set to be transformed with £10m of investment after plans to move the bus station and revamp the town centre were approved.
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More than 100 illegal traveller encampments reported in Hyndburn
Hyndburn Council
The encampments totalled at least 261 vehicles with 11 legal notices and four court orders being issued to move some of them on.
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Council sets out timeline for revamp
Accrington Pals
The Observer revealed last week that the town has secured the major cash injection to create a new town square and revamp shop fronts - to be completed within five years.
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Concern over rats reports in park
Oswaldtwistle
Hyndburn Council received calls from residents concerned about the number of rats that had reportedly spotted in Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle.
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Olivia Diamond, 12, missed out on live-saving jab just two weeks before shock flu death
Accrington
Olivia Diamond died suddenly of acute myocarditis - a type of heart infection - earlier this month, just four days after falling ill with the flu.
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Shoplifting up by 25 per cent over five years
Accrington
The number has increased every year since 2009 with 483 incidents recorded in 2013/14 – a 25 per cent increase from the 382 figure in 2009/10.
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Market hall traders warned over opening
Hyndburn Council
Market traders received letters informing them that Hyndburn council had been monitoring their opening and closing hours over a period of eight weeks.
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Former home linked with claims of abuse
Accrington
Politicians have called for a thorough investigation of claims by a national newspaper that ‘members of the public were able to abuse children’ staying at the former Dyke Nook children’s home on Whalley Road.
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Town Hall flies the Saltire
Hyndburn Council
Conservative councillor Peter Britcliffe wanted the borough to show its support for keeping the United Kingdom together by raising the St Andrew’s Cross above the town hall building in the lead up to the historic vote on independence.
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MP hits out at watchdog over pay rise plans
Hyndburn
Hyndburn MP Graham Jones branded the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Ipsa, a ‘disgrace’ and said that MPs had not been consulted properly over plans to increase their pay.
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Top honour for Maundy patron Julie
Hyndburn Council
Councillors voted unanimously in favour of awarding the Accrington actress and Maundy Relief charity patron one of Hyndburn’s highest honours.
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Council pays tribute to 'father of the community'
Hyndburn Council
Sardar Ali suffered a suspected heart attack on Sunday, August 31, after collapsing in front of family and friends during afternoon prayers at the Raza Jamia Masjid Mosque on Grimshaw Street.
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Call to fly St Andrew's cross
Hyndburn Council
Conservative Councillor Peter Britcliffe wants the borough to show its support for keeping the United Kingdom together by raising the St Andrew’s Cross above the town hall building in the lead up to the historic vote on independence.
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Man's body pulled from canal water
Oswaldtwistle
Officers received a call at around 12.50pm on Sunday, September 7 reporting the body of a man in the water in the Leeds Liverpool canal near to Blackburn Road in Oswaldtwistle.
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Tributes paid to Con club stalwart
Oswaldtwistle
John Farrer, of Malard Place in Oswaldtwistle, passed away on Friday, August 22 after a long illness.
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Residents urged to support plan for new Oswaldtwistle parish council
Oswaldtwistle
Hyndburn council’s controlling Labour group decided to abolish area councils in the borough as a cost saving measure earlier this summer.
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£1 million fund for accident blackspot highways
Lancashire County Council
Highways bosses at county hall announced the fund last October but have now revealed their recommendations for where the money should be spent.
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