Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the borough for the first time in 44 years on Wednesday where they were greeted by a crowd which had lined the streets around the historic Market Hall and Accrington Town Hall.

Smoke was seen billowing from the derelict building on Paradise Street, which used to be Churchill's nightclub, shortly after 2pm.

Crews from Hyndburn Fire Station were called out to York Street at 1.30am on Tuesday.

The family of four were sat down eating bacon butties when they noticed smoke coming from the kitchen at around 8.30pm.

Ten firefighters tackled the blaze on Medina Close shortly before 8am.

Khan, who saved the club in 2009 helping to pay off a £306,000 tax bill after the club had been served with a winding up order, made the shock announcement at tonight's AGM at the Crown Ground.

Police said about 50 bricks fell down after a third of an external wall collapsed on Blackburn Road in Church on Wednesday lunchtime. Hyndburn council has issued a notice declaring the Phoenix Work site dangerous and in need of urgent repair.

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Residents in Knuzden are being warned about the problem after a series of thefts were reported to the neighbourhood police team.

Gambling addict Matthew Hayhurst, who worked for Lloyds TSB in Accrington, was jailed for 18 months for targeting the pensioner’s bank accounts over a 16-month period.

Firefighters were called to Oak House Dental Centre on Church Street at 8.25am on Thursday.

The uniformed police officer was stood next to two stationary police cars near the bus stop across the road from the West End Post Office on the A679, Blackburn Road when a car hit him.

In the last two months, three 50cc mopeds were stolen from Chapel Street, Station Road and The Esplanade. On each occasion the mopeds had been left locked but had not been chained.

No one was injured during the incident on Plantation Road at around 8.30pm on Monday, April 16.

The two-day event was held in and around Accrington Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday April 14 and 15, with hundreds of people sampling tasty treats on both days.

Regeneration chiefs are now inviting businesses to come forward with their ideas on how the money should be spent. Town hall bosses will also consider cutting business rates.

Developers say that up to 250 new jobs would be generated under the scheme by Peel Holdings as part of the refurbishment and modernisation of the site.

Council planning officers have recommended the bar be approved despite campaigners handing in a 1,500 signature petition against it.

The Tories have made way in the traditionally Labour-held seat as sitting candidate Wendy Dwyer is challenged by Independent in Hyndburn’s Paul Brown.

The pair, both 19 and from Huncoat, had been riding through an alley before the scooter hit a stationary car.

Copper piping was taken from a home on Arthur Street at around 2.15am.

The Cashback Challenge will reward 40 lucky households by waving the borough's council tax precept if an extra 400 tonnes are recycled across the borough over the next 12 months.

Five vehicles were destroyed in just two hours in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving residents and business owners fearing for their properties.

Leader of the Opposition Coun Peter Britcliffe led his colleagues out of the town hall less than halfway into the meeting in protest at a raft of tabled Labour motions bashing government economic and health policies.

UK Borders Agency (UKBA) officials raided Baxenden Autowash on Manchester Road at around 5pm on Friday, March 23.

Whinney Hill tip bosses had to close the site as there was no more room in their skips for recycling items.

Police said the steel has covered both sides of the road, close to the roundabout between Haslingden and Rising Bridge.

Observer reporter Stuart Pike sent live updates from Accrington Town Hall. Items on the agenda included a review of councillors’ allowances, the Northern Rail hub and the health reform bill.

Events have included runs and walks in aid of people living in some of the poorest countries in the world.

The charges relate to the alleged fraudulent payment of cheques to a value of almost £700,000. Those charged include Victoria Quinn, 39, of Manchester Road, Accrington.

Firefighters discovered a burning Peugeot on Goldacre Lane at 11.25pm. No-one was in the parked car.

But police said the shop re-opened last week and was illegally selling booze without a licence.

Detectives believe the 25-year-old local male was stabbed once by a female outside the Volunteer Arms at around 12.30am.

The torch route will come into Oswaldtwistle via Harvey Street and is due to start its journey down Union Road at 10.19am. it has been announced.

Gary Shaun Roberts, 63, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident.

The incident happened shortly after 8am this morning on Manchester Road in Accrington when the boy was hit by a Citroen C2 car.

Firefighters were called to the allotment on Merlin Drive in Oswaldtwistle at around 7.20pm on Friday, March 9.

Offenders broke into an allotment site and cut a barbed wire fence before climbing into a duck pen and shooting the ducks. They then made off with six of the ducks and a small amount of scrap metal.

Firefighters were called to the detached garage on John Street, Oswaldtwistle at around 6.40pm on Thursday and spent 20 minutes putting out the fire.

Two fire crews from Hyndburn were called to the fire between junction six and seven of the M65 at around 2.45pm on Thursday.

Rowland drove off and the car was later found abandoned. But police were able to trace him after his fingerprints were found on 14 wraps of the Class A drugs that were left in the car.

The land is owned by charity Only Foals and Horses based on Redshell Lane. Firefighters, including two specialist crews, were called out at 9.50am on Monday.

Kyle Broadhurst was attacked by a group of men in the early hours of Saturday morning as he and some friends made their way through Accrington town centre after a night out.

Police discovered around 500 plants in two shipping containers at the premises on Haslingden Old Road yesterday afternoon. Equipment, worth an estimated £10,000 was also seized from the unit.

The incident happened on Thursday, just after 8.15pm.

As one of the town’s most famous sons, Lloyd has been an unstinting supporter of both Stanley and Accrington Cricket Club for many years.

The increase equates to an extra 1p per day for an average Band D property, or £3.66 a year, and will generate an income of £1.7 million. Of every £1 in council tax, 10p goes to the police.

Her mum Romi-Jane Young, a former Accrington Carnival Queen, has been at her daughter’s bedside since her birth two weeks ago. Members of the Hyndburn community have rallied around to help the family during their troubled times.

The 24-year-old fell in love with the club after watching the mighty Stanley beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the Carling Cup on the internet in 2006.