Lancashire Telegraph | Rossendale

1. Happy memories of Edenfield retiring teacher
   AN EDENFIELD teacher will say goodbye to colleagues and pupils this summer after 23 years with the same local school.
2. Haslingden hit and run driver urged to come forward
   A DRIVER involved in a hit and run incident in Haslingden is being urged to come forward by police.
3. Haslingden sex offender arrested in London
   A SEX offender on the run from his Rossendale home has been arrested in London.
4. Rossendale sex offender goes on the run
   A SEX offender is being hunted by police after going on the run from his Rossendale home.
5. Music and boxing festival plan for former Haslingden FC ground
   A NEW music and boxing festival could be staged at a former football ground in Rossendale, if plans are given the go ahead.
6. Haslingden boy wins athletics championship for dwarves
   A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy has swept the board at a prestigious athletics championship for dwarves.
7. £1.5million bid for Bacup town centre facelift
   COUNCIL bosses are bidding for a £1.5million windfall to develop Bacup town centre.
8. Football ace Michael Owen helps Helmshore skydiver
   A CHANCE meeting with football star Michael Owen helped Helmshore girl Lauren Bolton conquer a fear of heights – and boost her fundraising efforts.
9. Helmshore residents compromise in fight over 200-year-old tree
   CAMPAIGNERS in Helmshore have reached a compromise with property developers who want to chop down a 200-year-old tree to build houses.
10. ‘Well-off’ Bacup woman in M&S refunds scam
    A ‘WELL-OFF’ Bacup woman defrauded Marks and Spencer out of hundreds of pounds in a bogus receipts refund scam, a court heard.
11. Rawtenstall cafe is one of the top cupcake shops in the country
    A RAWTENSTALL cafe is having its cake and eating it – after being labelled as one of the top cupcake shops in the country.
12. Rossendale axe man jailed
    A DAD who set off for his ex-partner's home armed with an axe, has been jailed for 21 months.
13. Collapsed Stacksteads church is ‘a danger’
    CONCERNS have been raised over a ‘danger’ abandoned church in Stacksteads.
14. Homes evacuated after blaze in empty Rawtenstall home
    NEIGHBOURS were evacuated after a immersion heater caught fire in a vacant Rawtenstall house this morning.
15. Man jailed for Haslingden metal theft raid which led to house flood
    A MIDDLE-aged raider who targeted an empty house for copper piping, has been locked up for a year.
16. Rossendale protesters have to battle against wind farm
    CAMPAIGNERS fighting the proposed development of a wind farm in Weir must object to the plans AGAIN.
17. Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School staff ‘fight’ academy move
    STAFF at one of East Lancashire’s top schools are ‘fighting’ moves by bosses towards making it an academy.