The female driver of the car was taken to hospital with minor injuries. It is thought black ice caused the vehicles to collide.

The Mercedes was marked with circular patterns on the bonnet and boot and had deep scratches down the door and wing.

Last week we launched a bid to create 100 new positions in 100 days in conjunction with Jake Berry MP to get young people in the Valley into employment. And, at a launch event, at least 10 companies signed pledges to say they were interested in taking on recruits.

A spokesman for Bacup Fire Station said the cab of the digger was severely damaged.

Reporter Pete Bainbridge filed live updates from the council chamber.

They have voted for 'discontinous action' over a three-month period to put pressure on bosses.

The man came to the door and was treated at the scene on Hutton End Lane for smoke inhalation.

It is believed three people, all in their 50s, were in at the time the fire started.

Fire chiefs said a faulty immersion heater caused the blaze at 9.45am on Springhill Avenue.

Firefighters say an investigation has been launched but an electricity generator connected to the caravan could have started the blaze.

He raped one of the girls after she began screaming and crying as he had pushed her towards a bedroom. Later he forced himself on another girl and raped her before having sex with a third girl against her will.

Sean Fell, 25, is accused of murdering 17-year-old Declan Eastwood during an attack at a house on Princess Street, Haslingden.

Heat from the blaze, which firefighters fought for three hours, cracked windows of homes on Queensway in Newchurch. The fire started in rooms underneath the stand and spread rapidly.

Khloe, who is 20 months old, suffers from life-threatening conditions which affect breathing and insulin levels.

No substantial amounts of cash were taken but cards and other items were in the purse and wallet.

Crews entered around six houses and used a special piece of equipment which detects flammable atmospheres.

Water covered Whitworth Road and fields around Gandy Brow Wood around Healey Corner.

It was a rare treat for the Haslingden couple, who spent 22 years feeding hungry Valley locals at the The Bacon Butty Shop, on Hud Hey Road. They even won a reputation as having the ‘best bacon butties in the country’.

There would also be external alterations to the building, car parking alterations and a new vehicle entrance.

Theo, of Fallbarn Crescent, suffers from cerebral palsy which makes it too painful for him to walk without the use of a frame.

The long distance lorry driver, 64, has also given up his post as a town councillor after warnings over his high blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Emily Stringer and Tony Waller donated gifts to poorly patients at the Manchester Children’s Hospital from money raised to pay for treatment for Ella before her death earlier this year.

Patrick Gallagher, 64, collapsed outside his home after an iPod playing music was placed outside his front door in August. He was taken to hospital but pronounced dead later. A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive.

One of the men selected two bottles of spirits and they both then left without paying.

Margaret Harrison’s bungalow became engulfed in flames after a lit candle spread to Christmas decorations. Firefighters said it was one of the worst house fires in the Valley in recent times.

The tremor on Saturday afternoon measured 2.2 on the Richter scale and reached Ramsbottom, Haslingden, Darwen and Blackburn.

The action by public sector workers on November 30 saw thousands of workers across Rossendale take to the picket lines over their pensions.

Council leader Alyson Barnes had proposed a decision should be delayed until the budget meeting in February.