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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

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

The story of how Accrington's new Pals sculpture was created

The sculpture, made of the same material as the Angel of the North to give it a rusty brown colour, will sit in the newly-renovated Accrington Pals Memorial Garden

By Antonia Charlesworth Stack

Five years of canalside care from Hyndburn volunteers marked with new mural

Hyndburn Towpath Taskforce help keep the Leeds-Liverpool canal glowing - and May marks five years since they've been doing their work

By Antonia Charlesworth Stack

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

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

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

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

The two-child benefit cap is indefensible. It's got to go.

There is no excuse to retain Osborne's performative cruelty. Even electorally, keeping it can only alienate any Tories who might yet vote Labour—and it makes no social, moral or economic sense either.

By Dimi Reider

Lancashire Constabulary faces payout for treatment of Blackpool officer with PTSD, anxiety and depression

The woman had her PTSD likened to a broken leg by Superintendent Chris Hardy, one of the force’s most senior officers, documents say.

By Michael Holmes

Metropole asylum seekers need more than 'board and lodgings'

Blackpool charity share how they've organised trips out for those within the hotel - as one of the town's two MPs calls for the government to stop using the Metropole Hotel

By Ed Walker

Metropole Hotel 'wholly inadequate' to house refugees but has been their home for three years instead of three months

Webb believes more appropriate accommodation than the hotel chain named worst in the UK for 11 consecutive years should be found

By Shelagh Parkinson

Extension to Household Support Fund welcomed in Blackpool

It was set to be axed by the end of September

By Shelagh Parkinson

Funeral date set for murdered Blackpool toddler Damion Russell over a year after his death

Mystery still surrounds the reason for the 13-month delay in burying the infant

By Paul Faulkner

Why did Blackpool riot?

Some, but not all, in Blackpool chose to respond to a wicked act in Southport with violence instead of support. But the search for answers as to why isn't straightforward

By Michael Holmes

Young Blackpool man in balaclava threw chairs, bottles and cans into crowds during disorder

Ethan Miles, 21, has been jailed for 30 months for his part in the events of 3 August

By Luke Beardsworth

'Dad 1' sent to prison for ringleading role in far-right protest in Blackpool

Roger Haywood, who was described as a ringleader, was sent to prison for a total of 30 months.

By Luke Beardsworth

Blackpool Victoria Hospital staff failed to properly examine heavily pregnant woman before giving her drug

Giving the heavily pregnant mother the drug was proved to be negligent - but it was deemed insufficient to prove a connection between the negligience and complications suffered during birth

By Michael Holmes

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