A young couple who succeeded in getting a bailiff bill scrapped are urging others not to give in to ‘bullying’ tactics. Kerry and Kieran Hanson made every effort to sort out their council tax arrears after a bank mistake left them owing Rossendale Council....
A church that has been transformed into a busy community hub is celebrating after winning a Lancashire wide award. St Anne’s Church, Edgeside, won the Lancashire Environmental Fund Best Practice in a Community Building and as part of the contract with Rossendale...
A national charity for veterans is seeking to open a drop-in centre to serve ex-soldiers from around the north west. As part of the PR contract with REAL, Catherine Smyth Media produced a news article and photograph about Helmshore ex-soldier Steve Carr who is helping...
Two teachers from Fearns Community Sports College, in Stacksteads, found an impact holiday to Uganda led them to life changing experiences. Emma Sweeney and Charlotte Walsh spent 10 days in Uganda encoutering the hardships and savouring the rewards as they helped to...
A dedicated residents’ association has been awarded nearly £50,000 of lottery cash to create a new play area. As part of Catherine Smyth Media’s ongoing contract with REAL, a PR piece was written to help promote the cash and also to assist in publicising...
Horror story writer Tommy Donbavand captivated children from Fearns Community Sports College when he spoke to Year 7s. His series Scream Street were books several of the children had already followed and his latest and last book in the series Flame of the Dragon was...
Street Dancers from Bacup’s Dansworks Dance Academy wowed the judges and scooped top honours in a national competition. The duo, Jacob Ainsworth and Heathcliff Howard, performed at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool in the prestigious UDO National School’...
A CARING team from Haslingden High School has won through to the final of a national competition for schools who raise money for charity. The group will enjoy a VIP trip of London before receiving their award at The Treasury from Nick Hurd MP Minister for the Civil...
LITTLE Alex Wilson is notching up a vocabulary of 200 words – aged just two years old. The Helmshore youngster took part in a pioneering new project which teaches babies aged from just seven months old how to communicate using sign language. And it has had such a big...
A team from Haslingden High School are in the national football final, Read More http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Lancashire/Rossendale/BB4/News/Local-News/162053-Haslingden-High-School-Girls-Score-Again
After losing his sight, Graham Helm refused to allow him to stop conducting 2nd Rossendale Scout Group Band. He led them on a nine-day 13 concert tour in July and August, The freelance news story made page 3 of the Rossendale Free Press. Read...
Catherine Smyth has written a book about the brutal murder of Sophie Lancaster. This was a crime that shocked the small town of Bacup, the borough of Rossendale and through the global Internet became an internationally known crime. The book raises questions that...
A game in memory of murdered Haslingden High School student Sophie Lancaster has been launched at her former school. The game, SOPHIE – standing for Stamp Out Prejudice, Hatred and Intolerance Everywhere was, aims to teach children to not judge a person by how...
When businesswoman Julie Ryder became deaf she turned her disability into ability and pioneered a baby signing business. TalkFirst now has franchisees all over the country who run classes using the colourful Dexter jester character to help children learn to...
