Cllr Smithson News Today

Hyndburn councils deputy leader and the boroughs Conservative MP have welcomed an extra £123,000 in the final local government finance settlement.

Hyndburn Council has rejected the latest devolution deal for Lancashire at a meeting in the borough.

A CAMPAIGNING councillor has highlighted parking problems at a junction on what he has dubbed the most dangerous road in an East Lancashire borough.

Hyndburn Council is to employ a new dog warden as part of its plan to make parks safer for all, and particularly women and girls.

A derelict mill building has been sealed off by a local authority to stop vandalism and arson.

WEEKEND burials are to be introduced at an East Lancashire boroughs cemeteries for the first time.

An exciting new play area and recreation space is underway in Knuzden, and it should be ready for spring.

A councillor representing St Andrews Ward Oswaldtwistle is making one of his top priorities tackling fly tipping and littering in Hyndburn.

A LOCAL authority environment boss has promised to look at developing a new allotment site in a township.

A number of people are furious over domestic rubbish being dumped at a historic nature reserve in Oswaldtwistle last weekend.