MORE than 50 shop bosses were asked to keep an eye out for the "unusual" during an anti-terror talk at the Reebok stadium.

THE OWNER of an Indian restaurant has been targeted by burglars four times in the past year, police have revealed.

A MUM-TO-BE was told she had miscarried - only to be informed almost two weeks later that her baby was still alive.

BURNLEY-born Coronation Street favourite Julia Haworth, 27, made some sweet music as she swapped her role in the soap for that of a breakfast radio DJ.

A CROOKED timeshare businessman who has refused to disclose his assets has been ordered to hand over more than £205,000 he made from crime.

A COUNCIL which was once rated the worst in the country is celebrating being given a good' rating in an independent Govermnent audit.

PARAMEDICS and firefighters were called to Rossendale Avenue in Burnley this morning after a car overturned.

Motorists are being invited to make a clean getaway from Bury Fire Station on Saturday.

A FORMER British National Party election candidate has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for possessing explosives.

THIS violent attack on a youth in Bolton town centre is part of a growing tide of bullying and fighting videos being posted on the internet.

Mason Jones, who died in a freak accident while playing with his young sisters, was laid to rest today.

A CRIME-fighting scheme inspired by the Maori people is being launched in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.

AN accounts worker has appeared in court accused of stealing almost £63,000 from her cancer-striken boss.

A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy waited in pain for 23 hours before his broken wrist was treated by busy hospital staff.

SHE'S plagued by tinnitus, a bad eye, a swollen jaw and the usual aches and pains of old age.

A MOTORIST had a car door repeatedly slammed into his leg in a road rage attack.

CAMPAIGNERS have lost their battle to safeguard a 40-year-old agreement allowing their children guaranteed access to Turton High School.

TWO businessmen have had their lives wrecked' by a three year police investigation which only ended when a judge ordered a jury to clear them.

BAD weather took its toll on the three-day Burnley Balloon Festival, but visitors were still treated to spectacular scenes.

A Clitheroe farm-owner has lost her latest court fight against plans to burn animal waste at a cement works next to her farm.