The full list of candidates for the forthcoming European Parliamentary Elections has now been published. Nine political parties and two individual candidates will contest the elections on Thursday 23 May to elect the North West of England’s eight...
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PROTECT IT AT THE MAY LOCAL ELECTIONS A campaign to help prevent electoral fraud ahead of May’s local elections has been launched by Hyndburn Council with the support of the Electoral Commission and Crimestoppers, the independent crime reporting...
More infoCouncil Applies for Future High Street Fund
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...
More infoHYNDBURN WASTE CRIME OPERATION SUCCESS
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...
More infoAre You Registered to Vote in the May Local Elections?
On Thursday 2 May residents in Hyndburn will go to the polls to have their say on who represents them at a local level. Local government elections select Councillors, who are responsible for making decisions on running services in your local...
More infoCouncil achieves Gold Award for Up & Active Workplace Health Programme
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...
More infoPLANS REVEALED FOR NEW PLAY AREA
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...
More infoCOUNCIL APPEAL AGAINST ACCRINGTON TAXI DRIVER DECISION UPHELD BY CROWN COURT
A taxi driver whose licence was revoked for inappropriate conduct has had his court appeal against the Council’s Judicial Committee decision overturned by Preston Crown Court. Hyndburn Council’s Judicial Committee last April revoked Shabir...
More infoRISHTON UNITED’S NEW GROUND NEARS COMPLETION
With support from Proffitts – Investing in Communities, work to create Rishton United Football Club’s new £306K home ground at Norden Recreation Ground is nearing completion. The work will help to improve and protect Norden Valley Playing Fields...
More infoLOCAL PLAY AREA IMPROVED
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...
More infoSTOLEN STREET NAMEPLATES BACK WHERE THEY BELONG
A number of Victorian cast iron street nameplates stolen from the side of terraced houses across the Borough last year are now back in Hyndburn where they belong. The street name plates were among 20 reported as stolen last autumn and recovered...
More infoMORE HYNDBURN FOOD BUSINESSES AWARDED 5 HYGIENE RATING
Four more local businesses have started 2019 with a food hygiene rating of 5, the highest possible rating. The Sandwich Shack, Accrington, Smokehouse 138, Clayton Le Moors, West End Fish and Chips, Oswaldtwistle and Woodnook Chippy, Accrington...
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