County cricket stars on Blackburn brewery tour

Lancashire cricket stars toured Blackburn’s Thwaites brewery yesterday as a new season beckons

Kumar’s Lancashire switch in doubt

LANCASHIRE fear they may miss out on Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara – if a proposed Test series in India gets the green light.

Blackburn 13-year-old stole grans jewellery

A 13-year-old boy stole more than £6,000 worth of jewellery from his grandmother and then passed it on to friends who sold it to a Whalley Range jeweller.

Petrol station raider uses hammer

A masked man armed with a claw hammer threatens staff at a Lancashire petrol station, before fleeing on a bicycle.

Man is remanded on murder charge

A man from Blackpool appears in court charged with murdering a 45-year-old found dead in his Norfolk home.

Blackburn crack house closed

A CRACK house has been closed down after police were tipped off by resident complaining about loud music.

Blackburn MP calls for urgent action over council email scandal

JACK Straw has called for “urgent and firm” action to be taken against any council staff found guilty of circulating an email containing a shocking image of a naked child.

Extra train carriages for East Lancashire

EXTRA carriages are to be added to trains between East Lancashire and Manchester in a major boost for rail commuters.

Last chance for Sports Awards tickets!

The 5th Annual MWR Solicitors Preston Sports Awards 2010 is being held on Friday 12 March 2010 at The Guild Hall in Preston, and there are still some tickets up for grabs.

Court appearance this week for Bury North MP David Chaytor

BURY North MP David Chaytor is to appear before City of Westminster Magistrates in London on Thursday on three counts of false accounting.