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A free family fun day to mark national Armed Forces Week was held at Towneley Park on Sunday the 19th of June. Commenting on the event Antony Higginbotham MP...

Rail passengers will be hit by major disruption on 21, 23 and 25 June as the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers plan to strike after talks...

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing an investigation by a Parliamentary watchdog over alleged breaches of the rules relating to financial interests worth...

With celebrations having took place all across Burnley and Padiham last week to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, local MP Antony Higginbotham MP looks back...

Last month in Doncaster, the Northern Research Group met for its very first conference. Whilst some may not have heard of this group, it is becoming one of the...

Local MP Antony Higginbotham’s School Tour is continuing at pace with yet more pupils benefitting from his new “mock Parliament” idea. It sees pupils recreate...

The site of a new technique using recycled car tyres to resurface roads has been visited by Antony. Lancashire County Council has been trialling an innovative...

The Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire and The Dean of Blackburn led a special service of Choral Evensong at 4:00pm on Sunday to mark Her Majesty The Queen becoming...

Unemployment figures released today by the ONS and House of Commons Library show a dramatic drop in the number of people out of work within Burnley and Padiham...