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Person ‘nearly hit’ after reports of kids throwing fireworks in gardens
Officers received reports of kids setting off fireworks on Gough Lane, Clayton Brook, at around 9pm on Friday, August 29
East Lancs MP hails government's 30 hours of free childcare
An East Lancashire MP has highlighted the new government offer of 30 hours of funded childcare as vital to help parents make ends meet.
County road signs get an overdue wash and brush up
Lancashire County Council has launched a drive to clean up dirty road signs to increase safety for motorists
Blackburn Rovers signing fuelled by doubters and Valerien Ismael relationship
Taylor Gardner-Hickman has reflected on his move to Ewood Park after signing on loan
Lancashire power station to extend its use for an extra year
Heysham 1 power station on the Lancashire coast will continue generating electricity until March 2028
New East Lancs Lidl store to open its doors on Thursday
Discount supermarket chain Lidl will open its latest East Lancashire store on Thursday
Northern Lights seen over East Lancs - and they could be visible again tonight
Nick Todd shared pictures of the Northern Lights above Colne
Blackburn Rovers squad rules and free agents they could sign after Dom Hyam sale
Blackburn Rovers could dip into the free agent market after Dom Hyam left for Wrexham on transfer deadline day
Body of missing 19-year-old tragically found in reservoir
The body of a 19-year-old man who went missing has been found at the bottom of a reservoir.
‘Avoid the area’ – Warning of traffic light issue at Blackburn four-way junction
There are issues with traffic lights at the Four Lane Ends junction of Shear Brow, Revidge Road, Lammack Road, and Pleckgate Road
CD Reviews : Pavlov's Dog, Molly Hatchet, Ashley Hutchings
Pavlov’s Dog, “Wonderlust” (Ruf Records)- This American prog rock outfit haven’t followed a particularly smooth career path since their formation in the Missouri city of St.Louis in 1972, with distinctive vocalist and creative mainstay David Surkamp remaining the only permanent fixture in a line-up which seems to have been in a state of constant flux for the past half century or so. The current incarnation of the band have found a sympathetic outlet for their musical flights of fancy in the shape of Germany’s excellent Ruf Records operation and the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2018’s critically acclaimed “Prodigal Dreamer” captures Pavlov’s Dog at their most direct and accessible, with “Canadian Rain,” “Anyway There’s Snow” and “Another Blood Moon” capturing the essence of Surkamp and company’s slickly crafted brand of music making.
Blackburn Rovers transfer narrative fuelled by biggest risk yet on deadline day
Analysis of Blackburn Rovers' transfer window and the shock sale of Dom Hyam on transfer deadline day
UK and World News from Sky News
Chinese, Russian and Indian leaders seek to show unity and push for new world order
Chinese, Russian and Indian leaders hope their meeting in Beijing this week projects unity and helps usher in a new world order.
Summer 2025 was warmest on record - and repeat is now 70 times more likely, Met Office says
The UK has just sizzled through its hottest summer on record, a phenomenon made 70 times more likely by climate change, the Met Office said today.
Former British heavyweight boxing champion Joe Bugner dies
Joe Bugner, the former British heavyweight boxing champion, who challenged Muhammad Ali for the world title, has died aged 75.
'Are they just waiting for something to happen?': Daughter of man killed in park attack criticises police
The daughter of a man who was killed by two children has told Sky News "there is a possibility" he could have still been alive if police had taken anti-social behaviour reports more seriously.