EXPANSION of a government funding scheme has seen Bacup shortlisted as one of 100 towns which could get a share of a £1 billion funding pot to… ...

SPORTING legend Sir Everton Weekes is to have a permanent memorial in the middle of Bacup, where he played Lancashire League cricket for seven seasons. Rossendale Council has agreed to commemorate ...

The hub, in Irwell Street, Bacup, will be open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, and offers a counter service operated by the Post Office for customers of all major banks to carry out regular cash ...

Bacup produced the eye-catching result in the weekend's Vodkat games at the Brian Boys Stadium after ending Newcastle Town's unbeaten league run. Newcastle, who arrived on the back of a 30-match run ...

In 1941, mothers and children were evacuated out of London because of the heavy bombing. We went by train to Manchester for a stopover and then to Bacup, a small town - which was very old ...

RESIDENTS who live in the real-life Brassic town say fans who visit are always baffled by how different it is. The Sky comedy-drama follows the lives of a group of working-class friends in the fict… ...

Filming took place in Bacup on Monday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 11. Michael Almond, from Bacup, spotted film crews in the town as he returned from work and said there were a lot of ...

A "lasting memorial" to a West Indies legend is to be created in the town where he played league cricket. Test batsman Sir Everton Weekes, who died on 1 July, played for Bacup in Lancashire ...

A teenager has been charged with disorder after an incident in Bacup.. On August 20, Rossendale Police were made aware of reports involving large groups of youths in the town centre. Attending the ...

A 26-year-old man has been stabbed in Bacup town centre. Police and paramedics were called to the junction of Burnley Road and Yorkshire Street near to Bacup library at around 2.50am this morning.