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• Opponents given another nine months to leave Darwen travellers’ camp

  The occupants of a controversial unauthorised travellers’ camp near Whitehall Park in Darwen have been given another nine months to vacate the site despite losing a court case over their right to stay on the land which they own.

• Tributes paid to man who died in Blackburn collision

  A family have paid tribute to a man who died in a collision in Blackburn earlier this month.

• Darwen’s Library Theatre renovation given almost £1million funding boost

  Darwen’s Library Theatre renovation has been given an almost £1million boost by the government.

• New East Lancs free breakfast clubs begin

  Thirteen new East Lancashire free breakfast clubs are among 116 which have opened this week across the North-West as the government overhauls school dinners nationwide.

• Fresh demands for action on M65 flood problems ‘before more deaths or injuries’

  Urgent demands have been made for flooding to be tackled on the M65 in east Lancashire, ‘before any more loss of life or injuries’.

• East Lancs paedophile who sexually abused two young girls given lengthy jail sentence

  A predatory paedophile from East Lancashire who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for 26 years.

• Clash over Colne and village upgrades in new £1.5m Pendle fund

  Pendle Council’s leader says he ‘resents’ implications that public consultation about how a £1.5m government grant should be spent in towns and villages has not been robust.

• East Lancashire BT jobs plan revealed

  Hyndburn MP Sarah Smith and the council’s Labour group have backed a union proposal for the staff of the East Lancashire BT offices scheduled for closure in the Blackburn telephone exchange.