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Lancashire rated one of best police forces

12:21pm Thursday 11th March 2010

LANCASHIRE has been hailed as one of the best performing police forces in the country.

Anger over plans to close 3 waste recycling centres in East Lancashire

12:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010

COMMUNITY leaders have reacted angrily over plans to close three waste recycling centres as part of cost-cutting measures by Lancashire County Council.

Volunteers needed to watch over rare birds in Lancashire

10:23am Thursday 11th March 2010

VOLUNTEERS in Lancashire are being called to help watch over the Ribble’s rarest wildlife.

Woman's 'lucky escape' in Samlesbury crash

4:10pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

UPDATE: A woman from East Lancashire had a lucky escape after the car she was travelling in flipped over on the motorway near Samlesbury this morning.

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North West anti-terrorism hotline launched

10:20am Monday 8th March 2010

A CAMPAIGN will be launched today to urge people in the North West to support the fight of terrorism at a neighbourhood level.

Lancashire County Council defends £748m pension deficit

8:50pm Sunday 7th March 2010

COUNTY council bosses have defended their pensions record after it was revealed their scheme had a deficit of £748million.

Lancashire's life-saving gift to Chile

2:46pm Friday 5th March 2010

A ‘TRAPPED person locator’ from Lancashire has been donated to firefighters in Chile.

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16,400 people with dementia in Lancashire

2:28pm Friday 5th March 2010

ALMOST 16,400 people in Lancashire are being treated for dementia, new figures have revealed.

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24,000 Lancashire civil servants to strike

12:36pm Thursday 4th March 2010

AROUND 24,000 civil servants in Lancashire are set to strike next week over proposals to cut redundancy payments.

2,700 drug abusers in Lancashire

6:50pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010

LANCASHIRE has more than 2,700 drug abusers, with one in nine of those addicted to cocaine, it has been revealed.

Longridge landlady takes put pubs crisis to the top

1:00pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010

A LANDLADY who claims the costs of running a pub are spiralling out of control is at the centre of a Government debate.

Complaints over Lancashire police 'bullying'

10:32am Monday 1st March 2010

A THIRD of all complaints lodged by Lancashire police employees about their colleagues are for bullying or inappropriate behaviour.

Lancashire thugs set dog on pregnant deer

5:19pm Friday 26th February 2010

Thugs in Lancashire set a dog on a pregnant deer and filmed the defenceless animal being savaged and killed on mobile phones, police have said.

Children in Need cash snub to Lancashire

8:20pm Thursday 25th February 2010

NO Children in Need cash has been given to Lancashire despite almost £1million being handed out in the North West.

Lancashire's coldest winter in 30 years set for more misery

3:00pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010

THE COLDEST winter for more than 30 years will be capped off with more miserable weather, forecasters have predicted.

Lancs water bills cut

11:28am Tuesday 23rd February 2010

EAST Lancashire water customers' bills will be cut by £16 next year and there will be further reductions over the next five years, utility bosses have said.

Council tax freeze by Lancashire County Hall

6:39pm Friday 19th February 2010

COUNTY Hall has voted to freeze council tax in the first Conservative budget for almost 30 years.

Lancashire drivers urged to lower CO2 for Lent

6:42pm Friday 19th February 2010

DRIVERS are urged to consider lowering their CO2 emissions for Lent.

Profits take a nosedrive at aerospace giant BAE Systems

4:34pm Friday 19th February 2010

DEFENCE firm BAE Systems, one of Lancashire’s biggest employers, has announced a dip in profits.

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Call for more ethnic minority organ donors in Lancashire

4:30pm Thursday 18th February 2010

THE secretary of the Lancashire Council of Mosques is backing a campaign to get more Asians and black people in the county to become organ donors.

Driver cut out of car after Longridge crash

4:38pm Thursday 18th February 2010

A DISABLED driver ended up stuck in a hedge after crashing her car into a roundabout.

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GALLERY: Heavy snow shower hits East Lancashire

4:18pm Thursday 18th February 2010

A gallery of the latest snow to hit East Lancashire is now online.

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The Ribble Valley family who made Michael Winner cry on TV

4:49pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

HE PULLS no punches in his acerbic restaurant reviews, but Michael Winner was reduced to tears by a Lancashire family.

'Friendly fire' probe after Duke of Lancaster Regiment soldier's death

12:40pm Tuesday 16th February 2010

UPDATE: An investigation has been launched into the death of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan amid suggestions he could have been the victim of "friendly fire", the Ministry of Defence said.

Former QLR chief: I knew nothing of alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees

5:20pm Monday 15th February 2010

A FORMER Army commanding officer insisted that he knew nothing about alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees by his men.

GALLERY: Lancashire troops prepare for Afghanistan

9:17am Monday 15th February 2010

HUNDREDS of Lancashire troops are in final preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan, where the war is now in a critical phase. Chief reporter David Watkinson joined soldiers from the 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment as they went through their paces.

Lancashire Police council tax bill to increase 3%

2:12pm Friday 12th February 2010

LANCASHIRE Police Authority has increased its precept by 2.95 per cent after setting its budget yesterday.

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