Local Councillors have launched a clampdown on litter louts and irresponsible dog owners, who have been picking up after their dogs but then throwing the bag in the woodlands, instead of putting it in the dog waste bins in Spout House Community...
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Congratulations to the Hyndburn Green Spaces Forum, a group of volunteers based in Hyndburn, who have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The Hyndburn Green Spaces...
More infoA taxi driver who failed to renew his private hire driver’s licence on time but continued to use his vehicle for private hire, has pleaded guilty, at Blackburn Magistrates court, to driving a private hire vehicle without having a current licence...
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Animals, birds, and all things natural are being carved into new entrance features for Woodnook Vale Local Nature Reserve, inspired by the ideas of local school children. Working alongside local residents, children and young people from the local...
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Welcome to Hyndburn’s new Mayor, Cllr June Harrison, whose Mayor Making Ceremony took place on Saturday, 25 May, at Accrington Town Hall. Cllr Harrison, a Barnfield ward Councillor for the past eight years, moved to Accrington from Burnley fifty...
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Historic Rhyddings Park in Oswaldtwistle was officially reopened by Hyndburn’s Mayor, Cllr June Harrison, on 19 May 2019, one hundred and ten years after it was first gifted to the people of Oswaldtwistle. Crowds flocked to the park throughout...
More infoWithin the 185,000 sq. ft. recently completed warehouse unit on the new 90-acre commercial development at Frontier Park, the #AmazingAccrington business leaders meeting was full of facts and figures stating Hyndburn’s rapid growth. Professor of...
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Hyndburn Council is bidding for a share of the Government’s £675million Future High Streets Fund, to help transform Accrington Town Centre. Council Leader, Cllr Miles Parkinson, said; “A share of the Future High Street Fund will allow us...
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A team of agencies including Hyndburn Council, Lancashire Constabulary, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the Environment Agency, HM Revenue and Customs (Red Diesel), and Lancashire County Council worked together on an operation to...
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The East Lancashire Actives Lives project is a scheme funded through Lancashire County Council, providing the Up & Active Programmes including physical activity, weight management and much more. A recent drive encouraged local workplaces to...
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Plans for a brand new play area in a historic Accrington park have been revealed today. Plans for the is £120,000 play area in Accrington’s Milnshaw Park were created with the help of local children and include an aerial runway, basket swing...
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New facilities added to a popular play area in Baxenden have proved a hit with local children. The new facilities, which local school children helped to choose, have been added to Baxenden Recreation Ground play area and include an aerial runway...
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