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.
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.
4:34pm Friday 19th February 2010
DEFENCE firm BAE Systems, one of Lancashire’s biggest employers, has announced a dip in profits.
1:43pm Monday 8th February 2010
A wine merchant is toasting success after scooping a prestigious award.
5:19pm Wednesday 27th January 2010
TRADERS in East Lancashire are pessimistic about 2010 despite Britain pulling out of recession.
9:00pm Friday 8th January 2010
ALMOST 100 BAE Systems workers have left the firm’s Samlesbury plant as part of massive job cuts — but another 100 redundancies still need to be found.
8:22pm Wednesday 16th December 2009
A BAE Systems fighter jet, on display at the firm's sprawling Samlesbury site, is under threat - from nesting birds.
3:13pm Thursday 10th December 2009
SIX men have been arrested as part of a “major investigation” into an alleged organised crime group in Lancashire.
2:54pm Monday 26th October 2009
THE Royal Lancashire Show has been axed indefinitely, bosses have announced.
3:35pm Friday 16th October 2009
A Lancashire man is to appear in court charged with terror offences.
10:55am Tuesday 13th October 2009
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in Lancashire under the Terrorism Act.
1:23pm Thursday 8th October 2009
A SCHOOLGIRL got more than she bargained for when she opened a bag of supermarket grapes - and found a mini copy of the Quran.
9:00am Wednesday 7th October 2009
UPDATE: Flash flooding saw cars abandoned and warnings issued yesterday as East Lancashire was hit will torrential down pours.
10:38am Wednesday 7th October 2009
HENRY VIII lookalike Ray Irving has abdicated from Samlesbury Hall after a row with bosses.
11:50am Thursday 1st October 2009
UPDATE: Lancashire business leaders have told of the difficulties in dealing with overseas firms after it was announced that BAE Systems could face corruption charges.
4:50pm Wednesday 23rd September 2009
AN MP has reassured BAE Systems workers about their jobs after suggestions that thousands could be axed under a Tory govern-ment.
8:20pm Monday 21st September 2009
A SAMLESBURY farmer-turned entrepreneur is defying the recession with plans for a new £3million hotel and conference centre.
4:55pm Wednesday 16th September 2009
UNIONS fear for more than 1,000 jobs after the Shadow Chancellor said a major defence contract could be axed if the Conservatives were elected.
10:58am Tuesday 15th September 2009
BAE Systems plans to axe more than 200 jobs at its Samlesbury site, it has announced.
11:30am Friday 11th September 2009
ACCRINGTON Stanley have organised a question and answer session with ex-Manchester City player and Scotland international Asa Hartford and ex-Liverpool and Villa star Tony Hateley in Leyland to raise extra funds.
1:41pm Thursday 10th September 2009
A HUGE aerospace plant that employs thousands of Lancashire people will be busy “for years to come”, a BAE Systems boss has declared.
10:46am Thursday 10th September 2009
A SOUTH Ribble councillor has defected from the Tories to the UK Independence Party.
3:45pm Friday 28th August 2009
THE family of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool at a family party today paid tribute to their "loving, comical child".
12:29pm Friday 14th August 2009
A WILDLIFE reserve is to be transformed in an £8.8 million scheme to create a new wetland and woodland visitor attraction.
9:27am Wednesday 5th August 2009
A SAMLESBURY man has been sent to prison for three years after failing to pay up a £250,000 confiscation order made by the court back in 2003.
8:00am Saturday 1st August 2009
THE Typhoon contract is excellent news for the whole aerospace industry in East Lancashire, according to experts.
1:25pm Friday 31st July 2009
OVER a thousand Lancashire aerospace jobs have been secured for at least five years after a £2bn defence contract was signed.
8:20am Monday 27th July 2009
A NOTORIOUS motorway junction is in line for a £2.6million revamp.
12:26pm Tuesday 14th July 2009
A GANG of five thieves stole a Land Rover and then a trailer containing a large amount of Stella Artois lager.
1:12pm Wednesday 10th June 2009
LAST orders have been called on a beer brewed in Samlesbury.
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