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142 Article(s) Found

Help set Councillors allowances!

Rossendale Council is looking to fill a number of vacancies on the 'Independent Remuneration Panel', and local people are being...

Date Online: 11/04/2008

Pride in Rossendale Budget 2008

Councillors have approved the Pride in Rossendale initiative, a key part of the 2008/9 budget. This will provide more floral...

Date Online: 11/04/2008

Whitworth Cycle Way is on the right track!

With work on the first section of the new Whitworth Cycleway nearing completion, there is eager anticipation that this major...

Date Online: 12/04/2008

Make your local vote count!

Voters in Rossendale are being encouraged to use their vote in the Local Elections on Thursday, 1st May. Between now...

Date Online: 12/04/2008

Whitaker Park - a jewel for Rossendale!

Rossendale Borough Council, working alongside Groundwork Pennine Lancashire and with the support Whitaker Park Action Group and the local community...

Date Online: 12/04/2008

Morris Men & Rushcart Volunteers Required!

Organisers are looking to form a new troupe of Morris Men to perform during the Rushcart celebrations in September 2008. Applicants...

Date Online: 13/04/2008

Special Dance in memory of Cancer Victim

A NOSTALGIC dance is being held in memory of a Stacksteads grandmother-of-eight who died from bowel...

Date Online: 13/04/2008

Olympic Theme for Street Fair

HASLINGDEN Street Fair 2008 will have an Olympics...

Date Online: 13/04/2008

Lib Dems New Candidate to be next MP!

At a special meeting of the Rossendale & Darwen Liberal Democrat Party Sunday 13th April the members selected Mr Dale...

Date Online: 14/04/2008

Home Fire Safety Check visits

The efforts of Lancashire firefighters in visiting homes and undertaking Fire Safety Checks, and installing free Smoke Alarms, have placed...

Date Online: 17/04/2008

New Fire Appliance for Moorland Fires

A remarkable all terrain fire engine, the Softrak, has joined the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service fleet. The vehicle is...

Date Online: 17/04/2008

Brave volunteers required for charity

The Anthony Nolan Trust, which is a national Leukaemia charity, is on the lookout for brave volunteers to abseil down...

Date Online: 18/04/2008

Benefit surgeries for visually impaired

Benefit surgeries are being held by Action for Blind People this week in Bacup and Haslingden. The sessions will be from...

Date Online: 18/04/2008

Care Home inundated with books

After a story appeared in the Lancashire Telegraph, appealing for a little light reading material at Haslingden Hall, Lancaster Avenue,...

Date Online: 18/04/2008

Mobile speed cameras in the valley this week

This week mobile speed cameras will be operating throughout the Rossendale valley....

Date Online: 20/04/2008

NSPCC Charity Fashion Show

Next Thursday, the Rawtenstall branch of the NSPCC will be holding a special fashion show at Crawshawbooth Primary School at...

Date Online: 20/04/2008

Best Ever Fire Stats in Lancashire

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue service has announced an amazing reduction in the number of fires and consequences of fires...

Date Online: 21/04/2008

Brookville application gets go-ahead

A planning application to convert the former old peoples home at Brookville in Whitworth into 42 extra care apartments, has...

Date Online: 22/04/2008

Two men charged with £300K Money Laundering

TWO MEN from Haslingden have been charged with Money Laundering offences by officers from Lancashire Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime...

Date Online: 23/04/2008

New Rossendale Tourism Guide available

The 2008-9 Guide detailing attractions and events in Rossendale is now available. The Rossendale Visitor Guide highlights everything about the...

Date Online: 24/04/2008

Chief Constable welcomes crime figure success

NEW figures show a fall in all recorded crime of 9% in the county for the full year 2007/2008 compared...

Date Online: 24/04/2008

Top Band for St Georges Day Prom

Haslingden and Helmshore Brass Band provided some storming entertainment for the St Georges Day Prom at St Marys Chambers, Rawtenstall...

Date Online: 26/04/2008

Unique dye helps catch thiefs

LANCASHIRE Constabulary has spearheaded a national initiative designed to cut the number of cash in transit robberies Lancashire Constabulary has collaborated...

Date Online: 26/04/2008

Walking Festival plans announced

DETAILS of the second annual Rossendale Walking Festival have been released - and some tasty treats are on offer. Walkers...

Date Online: 26/04/2008

Sophie - Battling for good citizenship

Sophie Lancaster, 20, and her boyfriend Robert Maltby, 21, were attacked in Stubbylee Park, Bacup, in August last year because...

Date Online: 30/04/2008

Facit Playgroup wants more children!

If you have children up to the age of 5, then St John's Playgroup in Facit, Whitworth, will welcome them...

Date Online: 30/04/2008

Conservatives take control of Council

Following yesterdays Local Council elections, the big winner in Rossendale is the Conservative Party, who won 3 seats from Labour...

Date Online: 02/05/2008

Adrenaline Gateway - July launch event

This July will see Rossendale hosting ‘Adrenaline Live!’ - the launch event for the Pennine Lancashire Adrenaline Gateway. This long...

Date Online: 03/05/2008

Joint Action in Rawtenstall to foil crime

SEVENTY businesses in Rawtenstall are joining forces to ban anyone who commits crime from all their premises. PC Phil Buck,...

Date Online: 03/05/2008

Helmshore Farmers Market flourishes

Meeting on the first Sunday of every month, this month the Farmers Market coincided with Bank Holiday weekend - and...

Date Online: 04/05/2008