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The Hyndburn Lead is news that's on your side - a new voice to connect, enable and help find solutions. We will look to bring you a weekly newsletter filled with in-depth storytelling and our campaigning journalism. Our new newspaper will also be landing on doormats in 2024.

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Boots on the ground: Women’s grassroots football in Accrington

There are many success stories to come from Accrington Stanley Women - a club that still operates independently from the men's team

By Antonia Charlesworth Stack

New Hyndburn MP Sarah Smith's first weeks in Parliament with her four-month old son

"Unusually I have been undertaking this whilst bringing my 4-month old son Elijah with me..."

By Sarah Smith

Hyndburn's cultural revival gives its communities a voice

The idea that East Lancashire is lacking in culture just isn't true - and that's especially the case across Hyndburn

By Laura Davis

Labour candidate Sarah Smith unseats Sara Britcliffe in Hyndburn

In a battle that focused on local credentials, the national picture ultimately proved decisive

By Jamie Lopez

Project Great Harwood: Turning the town into a Lancashire destination

The aim is to turn Great Harwood into a town that rivals, or betters, Clitheroe, Whalley and Skipton as a place for people to visit

Swinging pendulum of Hyndburn likely key indicator of general election result

Sara Britcliffe benefitted from a huge swing from Labour to Conservative in 2019 - but Labour will see it as a key target this time around

By Jamie Lopez

Husband and wife police staff shared videos of dying man’s body sparking grave concerns over conduct

Two police staff at Lancashire Constabulary have been jailed while a third was given a suspended sentence

By Jamie Lopez

Coming home or parachuted? Hyndburn battle focuses on local credentials

The fight to be MP for Hyndburn & Haslingden is straightforward according to the polls - but both candidates have moved to stress their local credentials

By Jamie Lopez

Often hidden, often ignored: The woodland homeless of Hyndburn

Just eight were sleeping rough in Hyndburn according to an official count in the autumn. But what about those that no one notices? The Hyndburn Lead visits a woodland in Oswaldtwistle where people have been increasingly living in tents after failing to get the help they desperately need.

By Liam Milton

Hyndburn's Labour candidate decided as party officially replaces Graham Jones

Former candidate, and MP for the area, Graham Jones had his suspension lifted but was not chosen as candidate for The Labour Party

By Jamie Lopez

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