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450 jobs axed at BAE Lancashire sites

10:52am Thursday 9th September 2010

AROUND 450 jobs have been axed at defence giant BAE Systems in Lancashire.

Fears of massive defence job cuts across Lancashire

DEFENCE REVIEW: BAE Systems’ contract for the Eurofighter Typhoon accounts for thousands of jobs at the firm’s Samlesbury site,

9:00am Thursday 26th August 2010

DEFENCE bosses are preparing for thousands of job cuts across Lancashire, according to an MP.

Lancashire solicitor’s Facebook warning

COMMENTS WARNING: John Woosnam

11:34am Thursday 5th August 2010

A LANCASHIRE law firm says it's seeing a big increase in the number of defamation cases being brought due to comments posted on Facebook.

Tributes to Pendle nurse stabbed to death

TRIBUTES: Jane Clough

8:50am Tuesday 27th July 2010

UPDATE: Tributes have flooded in for the Pendle nurse who died after being stabbed to death on a hospital car park.

Blackburn brewer backs Blackpool FC

2:07pm Tuesday 1st June 2010

THWAITES have celebrated Blackpool’s promotion to the Premier League by bringing out a special beer.

Lancashire Robin Hood actor 'swore at police'

Jonas Armstrong allegedly tried to punch a taxi driver before abusing police officers

12:43pm Wednesday 19th May 2010

LANCASHIRE'S Robin Hood TV star Jonas Armstrong tried to punch a taxi driver before abusing police officers, a court has heard.

North West airports reopen after latest volcanic ash disruption

Parts of UK air space have been closed due to the ash cloud

1:40pm Monday 17th May 2010

UPDATE: Manchester Airport reopened this morning following another closure of its airspace due to volcanic ash.

Lancashire businessman named Enterprising Young Brit

PARK AND PRIDE: Businessman Antony Chesworth with two of his prize possessions

9:30pm Monday 12th April 2010

A LANCASHIRE businessman whose company is worth £20million has been crowned Enterprising Young Brit at a glittering event in London.

Peter is a towering talent in Legoland

Peter is a towering talent in Legoland

8:26am Tuesday 23rd March 2010

COMEDIAN Peter Kay towers above Blackpool in these mindboggling pictures.

Ribble Valley cricketer bids for longest run-up in history

OWZAT! Jason Rawson on a training ‘run-up’ past his office in Richmond Terrace, Blackburn

9:08am Tuesday 9th March 2010

A RIBBLE Valley cricket fanatic is set to take the longest bowling run-up in history – jogging 26.2 miles from Blackpool to Salesbury.

Conductor’s tricks liven up Lancashire train trips

HEY PRESTO: Dave Park uses card tricks and other magic to keep children busy on First’s TransPennine Express

4:54pm Friday 26th February 2010

TRAIN passengers in Lancashire could find they have a magical journey, thanks to conductor Dave Park.

Blackpool motorbike firm bidding to take over Clarkes of Accrington site

HISTORIC STORE: Peter Bleakley, outside Clarkes showroom

8:10pm Thursday 25th February 2010

ONE of Hyndburn’s most historic shops could be set to re-open after talks were opened on a £600,000 deal.

Former Lancashire town mayor jailed over knicker thefts

Former mayor Ian Stafford is to be sentenced for stealing women's underwear

7:00pm Friday 5th February 2010

UPDATE: The mayor of a Lancashire village who got his “sexual kicks” by sneaking into bedrooms to steal and violate women’s underwear has been jailed for two years after he was caught out by a secret camera.

Burnley's Shameless star to run Blackpool hotel

SHAME KIND OF PEOPLE: Alice Barry and Jeff Hewitt at their hotel – Barry’s – in Blackpool         Pictures: COLIN HORNE

4:41pm Monday 11th January 2010

‘SHAMELESS’ star Alice Barry is swapping the terraced streets of Burnley for the bright lights of Blackpool – to run a hotel.

Plane crashes into sea off Lancashire coast

RAF: Paramedic Sgt Ed Griffiths is winched down to the deck to the casualty. The aircraft took the pilot to Blackpool airport where an ambulance took her to hospital

6:20pm Wednesday 16th December 2009

A WOMAN pilot whose plane crashed into the sea off the Lancashire coast today has escaped unhurt.

Man held in Lancashire missing girl murder probe

Missing Blackpool girl Paige Chivers - garage searched

10:51am Wednesday 9th December 2009

A 51-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenage Lancashire girl who disappeared two years ago and is presumed dead.

Stowaway Lancashire cat makes 140-mile coach trip

5:09pm Tuesday 8th December 2009

A search is under way for the owners of a stowaway cat who travelled 140 miles from Blackpool to Nottingham lodged under the bonnet of a holiday coach.

Seaside thriller as Blackpool hosts TV's Strictly Come Dancing

Craig Kelly with partner Flavia Cacace

10:00am Saturday 7th November 2009

BALLROOM dancing is coming home tonight with a special one-off episode of Strictly Come Dancing at Blackpool’s famous Tower Ballroom.

Stoke City fan in court on charge of racial abuse of Blackpool player

11:25am Tuesday 13th October 2009

A FOOTBALL fan has appeared in court charged with racially abusing a Blackpool footballer during a match.

Blackpool rates high on holidays at home list

11:36am Monday 5th October 2009

Blackpool, Brighton and Bournemouth were the top UK holiday destinations for Britons this summer, according to travelsupermarket.com.

Burnley woman, 85, overjoyed to meet singing hero in Blackpool

MICHAEL’S MY MAN: Edna meets Michael in Blackpool

10:57am Wednesday 30th September 2009

AN 85-year-old woman has fulfilled her dream of meeting her idol, singer Michael Ball.

Missing Lancashire teenager found

Missing Blackpool girl could be in Burmley

3:20pm Monday 28th September 2009

UPDATE: A missing teenage girl with links to Burnley has been found unharmed, Lancashire Police have said.

Blackpool holiday park to close

11:18am Thursday 10th September 2009

PONTIN’S holiday park in Blackpool is to close at the end of the month.

First look at Blackpool's Illuminations

First look at Blackpool's Illuminations

11:27am Thursday 3rd September 2009

THOUSANDS of cyclists have had a first look at this year’s Blackpool Illuminations.

Lancashire's private schools record A-level results

Lancashire's private schools record A-level results

10:00am Saturday 29th August 2009

INDEPENDENT schools in Lancashire have seen their A-level results improve, accord-ing to newly compiled tables.

Probe into Blackpool Big Dipper crash

ACCIDENT SCENE: Cars on the Big Dipper are covered as a probe gets under way

9:25am Wednesday 12th August 2009

AN investigation is under way after 21 people were injured in a crash on a landmark Blackpool Pleasure Beach roller coaster.

Appeal over Lancashire train passenger's abuse

2:01pm Thursday 6th August 2009

WITNESSES to a verbally-abusive rail passenger are being sought by British Transport Police.

Blackpool exhibition to promote return of Wakes Weeks

Blackpool exhibition to promote return of Wakes Weeks

11:02am Monday 27th July 2009

THE Wakes Weeks holiday is being revived during a celebration of the annual mill town migration in which generations of families flock to the coast.

Four arrested at BNP 'victory' rally

10:40am Sunday 21st June 2009

FOUR people have been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated offences at the British National Party's Victory rally in Lancashire.

Hannah Montana and the Lancashire connection

TEEN DREAM: Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana

3:19pm Wednesday 20th May 2009

LANCASHIRE-born director Peter Chelsom may have seemed an odd choice to transfer Disney’s hit teen TV sitcom Hannah Montana to the cinema.






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