Accrington, England News

TWO drunken men who hurled a torrent of racist abuse at a family are being sought by police in Lancashire.

AN arts project by East Lancs pupils will tour Hyndburn following its launch by a Apprenticea finalist Alex Wotherspoon.

TRADERS in Accrington town centre will step back in time as part of a Victorian themed weekend.

A COUNCIL leader has said he is a oedisappointeda at brewery giant Thwaitesa decision to bar people from buying and taking over some of its pubs.

DOZENS of police raided six homes as part of a major investigation into a car crime gangs.

TWO friends who quit smoking together are the faces of a new campaign to help others kick the habit.

A DEDICATED student has been hailed as a role model to his peers after being crowned Ju-jitsu World Champion.

SEVERAL libraries in East Lancashire have been placed in limbo after it was revealed a A 935,0000 improvements programme has been put on hold.

A NEW patient league table shows East Lancashire's hospitals are in the bottom third - but NHS bosses say steps have already been taken to remedy the problem.

BREWERY giant Thwaites has put eight pubs up for sale across East Lancashire. But the Campaign for Real Ale has accused the Blackburn-based firm of imposing strict rules for would-be buyers which mean the sites can no longer be run as pubs.

THE head of Hollins Technology College, Accrington, celebrated an - excellent year for the school' at the annual prize night yesterday.

A BAND from East Lancashire shortlisted for the Grammy awards has been at the centre of a media whirlwind since being featured in the Lancashire Telegraph.

CAMPAIGNERS have urged planners to protect their village when a new strategy for the next 15 years is drawn up.

SIX women wrongly given the all-clear in the East Lancashire breast cancer screening blunders scandal have launched a legal fight for compensation.

LONGRIDGE residents have been praised for their role in securing the convictions of two violent bank robbers who carried out a terrifying A 6,000 raid at the town's agency of the Halifax Bank on Berry Lane.

A FUNFAIR boss who left a teenage girl seriously injured after he was said to have a throwna her off his ride has walked free from the court.

A POLICE officer left permanently disfigured after a 13-year-old boy attacked him a hammer has told of his ordeal.

HUNDREDS of Accrington residents braved fierce winds at the towna s Christmas lights switch-on last night.

THE site of Accrington bus station could be turned into a car park when the transport facility moves to a new site, it has been revealed.

A 26-year-old cancer victim has been hailed an inspiration after launching a fundraising campaign just five weeks after being diagnosed.