Major retailer Sports Direct looks set to open a new store in Colne after plans for new signage were given the green light.

Plans to convert a derelict lodge in Nelson cemetery into a new multi-faith centre have been thrown out by the council after over 200 objections.

The Times, Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Independent all report Ms Siddiq quit after the ministerial standards watchdog said it was “regrettable” she was “not more alert” to the reputational risk ...

The film is loosely based on the Channel 4 documentary Dave Fishwick: Loan Ranger, which aired in 2014. The documentary will air on Netflix, on January 15. In the documentary, the viewer sees Dave ...

The crime rate in Blackburn with Darwen dropped by almost 10 per cent in November following successive months of increase. Data from police.uk shows there were 1,579 recorded crimes in the borough in ...

The Spinning Mule in Nelson Square, Bolton, and The Robert Shaw in Market Street, Westhoughton, will celebrate Burns Night.

Action has been ordered by a coroner after the death of a two-year-old Lancashire girl, who died after the antibiotics she was prescribed were ...

Rovers have a chance to gain ground in the play-off race when they host Portsmouth – but John Eustace is treating it like any other fixture. A win would see Eustace’s side climb into the top six – ...

There is a tennis court, bottom left, and what looks to be a bowling green in the middle of the picture. If you recognise the area leave your suggestions in a comment.

A Blackburn town centre restaurant has been re-branded following its launch two years ago. The 120-seater Saffron Street Restaurant, in King William Street, is now known as the Masala Fusion ...

Ruth Hodson (nee Huddleston), who was a primary school teacher at six schools across Bury, died suddenly on January 3 aged 75 at her home in Ramsbottom. Her husband Martin Hodson has paid tribute to ...

A stricken cygnet had to be rescued after becoming stuck in a frozen canal close to East Lancashire. The bird was spotted by a dog walker in the frozen Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Riley Green, ...