WORK has begun on a £335,000 project to transform a derelict, cleared housing site at Within Grove, Huncoat.

RESIDENTS are being invited to give their views on a major new project to improve the Peel Park area in Accrington.

St. Christopher’s Church of England High School has won its district final in the 2008 maths challenge.

The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Hyndburn will be held in the Springhill Community Centre, Exchange Street, Accrington on Monday
19th May 2008 at 7.00 pm.

A meeting of the Cabinet will take place on Thursday 8th May 2008.

A meeting of the Cabinet will take place on Thursday 3rd April 2008.

NEARLY £50,000 was approved last night (Monday) to support voluntary activities across Hyndburn.

HOT new band Royworld has announced a unique Get it Loud in Libraries tour of UK libraries this spring including a performance at Accrington Library on 26 March and Lancaster Library on 12 May.

STREETLIGHTS, expansions to children’s centres, grant applications and waiting restrictions will be debated at Monday’s (10 March) meeting of Hyndburn Lancashire Local.

PEOPLE in Hyndburn will have the chance to quiz some of the county’s top decision makers at a special event next week.

A meeting of the Cabinet will take place on Thursday 28th February 2008.

The Full Council will meet on the 14th February 2008.

SEA cadets, cheerleaders and scouts were among the winners when members of Hyndburn Lancashire Local met on Monday 21 January.

BRITANNIA crossroads, Accrington bus and rail interchange and the East Lancashire Rapid Transit Scheme will be discussed at Monday’s meeting of Hyndburn’s Lancashire Local.

A meeting of the Cabinet will take place on Wednesday 23rd January 2008.

The Full Council will meet on the 13th December 2007

A meeting of the Cabinet will take place on Thursday 6th December 2007.

TRAFFIC enforcement on school “zig-zag” lines, services and Council Tax, and a proposed school-building and refurbishment programme will be debated at next week’s Hyndburn Lancashire Local.

A meeting of the Cabinet will take place on Thursday 8th November 2007.

THE finishing touches have been applied to a nature reserve’s pond-dipping platform – thanks to a £500 county council grant.

As bonfire night approaches here are some handy tips to make sure you enjoy yourself safely

REPORTS on new mobile speed-camera sites, highways improvements, highways maintenance and Accrington’s planned £40m bus and rail interchange are to be discussed at the Monday 8 October meeting of Hyndburn Lancashire Local.

INCONSIDERATE motorists are being warned to watch where they park along a Hyndburn bus route.

CLIMATE change, congestion on the way to and from school and improvements to disabled parking in Accrington centre are just a few big topics of debate at the next Lancashire Local (Hyndburn) on Monday 13 August.

COUNCILLORS and other interested people from Hyndburn and other parts of Lancashire will be meeting in Chorley on Monday to discuss issues relating to probity in public life, on how local authorities can work together to do so and also to agree questions that need sending in an upward direction to people who understand the issues that may recur elsewhere in the country.

A POND-DIPPING platform, garden improvements, an allotments project, toilets for young footballers and equipment for a bowling green have all won funding from Hyndburn Lancashire Local.

ONE of Hyndburn’s busiest roads is to be upgraded by Lancashire County Council.