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  A teenager from Haslingden has been sentenced after driving in excess of 150mph on the M65 earlier this year.

• First Pride in Place funding approved as Burnley’s £20m regeneration plan moves into delivery

  Burnley has been awarded £20 million through the Government’s Pride in Place programme to support investment in the town over the next decade – and the first funding awards have now been approved.

• Accrington man jailed for six years for rape

  An Accrington man has been jailed for raping a young woman. 

• Burnley Council faces £1.7m budget shortfall

  Burnley Council still needs to find almost £1.7 million of savings over the next three years despite having already delivered £29.5 million of cuts and efficiencies since 2010, new financial planning documents reveal.

• Man sentenced for drug offences after being caught with cocaine in Nelson

  A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply, after being caught with 1kg of cocaine in his car in Nelson.

• Free bulky waste collection becomes ‘victim of its own success’

  An initiative to offer free bulky waste collections to Blackburn with Darwen’s 150,000 residents has become the ‘victim of its own success’, a council report has admitted.

• ‘Chop shop’ and vehicle parts found after police discovery in Accrington

  A vehicle ‘chop shop’ and a significant quantity of parts have been found after a police discovery in Accrington.

• Blackburn rogue roofer must pay £43,700 in compensation after 'shoddy, unnecessary' work

  A trader from Blackburn has been ordered to pay customers £43,700 in compensation after leaving customers across the North West 'significantly out of pocket' following unnecessary or poor-quality work.