Bill Jacobs, Lancashire Telegraph

Bill Jacobs

Lancashire Telegraph

United Kingdom

Contact Bill

Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.

Start free trial

Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • Lancashire Telegraph
  • The Bolton News
  • Telegraph and Argus
  • The Northern Echo

Past articles by Bill:

Blackburn with Darwen roads branded 'second worst in country'

AN analysis of the state of England's roads by an insurance website reveals that Blackburn with Darwen has roads in the second worst condition in… → Read More

Clayton-le-Moors schoolchildren to help design new park play area

CHILDREN at an East Lancashire primary school will help design the refurbishment of a play area at their local park. → Read More

Burnley town centre subject to new work to make it clean and safe

A BUSINESS group has launched an initiative to 'deep clean' the streets of a town centre. → Read More

Darwen Labour councillors advice surgery

LABOUR councillors in an East Lancashire town will hold an advice surgery on Saturday. → Read More

Ex-Hyndburn MP and veteran Rossendale councillor chosen by Labour

A CONTROVERSIAL former MP has been selected to by Labour to fight the seat he lost by 2,951 votes in 2019 at the next general election. → Read More

Accrington's potholed roads concern Hyndburn Tories

TWO Tory politicians have highlighted the state of potholed streets on the outskirts of a town centre. → Read More

Blackburn with Darwen residents to get cost of living cash help

HARD-up residents of an East Lancashire borough are get millions of pounds of support to weather the cost of living crisis. → Read More

Burnley residents warned to use their alley gates or lose them

A LOCAL authority is to review its policy on gating alleys to deter anti-social behaviour as it prepares to bar off six new back streets. → Read More

Edgworth children's home would overstretch services rule planners

A BID to turn a large village house into a small children's care home has been rejected after 19 objections. → Read More

Burnley Catholic community centre set for charity shop approval

A FORMER Roman Catholic social hub is set to become a charity shop. → Read More

Three Blackburn schools set for expansion to meet growing demand

EAST Lancashire biggest borough is to create 345 new secondary school places for 11 to 16-year-old pupils. → Read More

Blackburn with Darwen £8m plan to improve roads and buses revealed

A LOCAL authority has revealed it is to invest more than £8million in improving roads and travel across and East Lancashire borough in the coming… → Read More

East Lancashire wins grant to keep offenders from rough sleeping

FIVE East Lancashire boroughs will share a £232,808 government grant to keep convicted criminals from living on the streets and returning behind… → Read More

Burnley MP support appeal after visit to war-torn Ukraine

AN East Lancashire MP has said Britain must stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with Ukraine after visiting the country on the anniversary of Russia's… → Read More

Knuzden pub name to live on in new housing estate street

A DEMOLISHED pub is set to live on in the name of a street on a new housing estate. → Read More

Darwen bottleneck road junction to get £1.3m improvement scheme

A COUNCIL has revealed plans to reconfigure the roads at a long-standing traffic bottleneck linked to a major new housing estate. → Read More

Burnley Council plans to keep on keeping homes cosy and warm

AN East Lancashire local authority is to extend is participation in scheme that helps its residents save money on gas and electricity bills while… → Read More

Construction of Burnley £11m commercial estate to start in June

WORK will start this summer on an £11 million commercial estate. → Read More

Lower Darwen homes on paper mill site set to go on sale

HOMES on a new flagship multi-million pound development are set to go on sale soon. → Read More

Burnley MP condemns politicians for blocking deportation of killer

BURNLEY Conservative MP Antony Higginbotham has condemned politicians who called for the return of 50 offenders to Jamaica to be blocked after one… → Read More