Accrington is gearing up for a Big Christmas Weekend with the return of the much loved Dickensian Evening Market on Saturday 14 December, along with lots of festive fun, food and drink for all the family on offer in the town centre from Friday 13...
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Visitors flocked to Accrington Town centre on Thursday evening to enjoy a packed programme of festive entertainment, including a spectacular firework display and of course the big switch on of the towns Christmas lights. There was lots of festive...
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Monday 25 November is White Ribbon Day and Hyndburn Borough Council will be helping to raise awareness of physical and mental abuse throughout the campaign. White Ribbon is an international campaign established to raise awareness about violence...
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The Mayor, Cllr June Harrison, presented certificates to three Hyndburn voluntary organisations at Thursday’s Council meeting in recognition of their Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK...
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Slip and slide … the downpour didn’t dampen the day in #AmazingAccrington for the Soapbox Challenge. Saturday 31 August saw over 9,000 people come to Accrington Town Centre; over 30 soapbox challenge entries, 40 classic, sports and super...
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Accrington’s Town Square was buzzing with the crowds who flocked there over the Bank Holiday weekend to enjoy a packed programme of events in the sunshine at Amazing Accrington’s Big Weekend, bringing fun and excitement into the heart of...
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Several green fingered Accrington Academy students have been visiting Dyke Nook community garden each week, where they’ve been busy collecting litter, weeding, pruning the fruit trees and planting new flowers, as part of their Duke of Edinburgh...
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Community-spirited Bea Clarke of Great Harwood, met with Cllr Paul Cox, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, to talk about her litter picking activity around her local area recently. Sixteen year old Bea, who attends Queen Elizabeth Grammar...
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A new play area is now open in Milnshaw Park, Accrington ready for the long summer school break. The £120,000 playground includes an aerial runway, basket swing, large rotator, swings and a ‘skynet’. The ‘skynet’, the first of its kind in...
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Four colourful new planters have been unveiled in Oswaldtwistle and Knuzden. Two planters have been installed at Rhyddings Street in Oswaldtwistle with another two on Windsor Road, Knuzden, after Oswaldtwistle Councillors, Cllr Glen Harrison and...
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Oswaldtwistle’s newly refurbished Rhyddings Park has been recognised as one of the UK’s very best green spaces, collecting the prestigious Green Flag Award and not only swelling the number of Green Flag spaces in the Borough to nine, but also...
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Two long serving Hyndburn Councillors have received awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for their political service. Congratulations to Council leader, Cllr Miles Parkinson, who was awarded an OBE and Councillor Munsif Dad who received a...
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