The big stories in the Noughties
BBC Radio Lancashire News Editor Chris Rider has got news for you...and it is very Noughties news!

Where's Thomas Pollard's diary?
Anne Grimshaw has been looking for the journal of a soldier who fought in the Peninsular War for eight years and needs your help.

Massey's: Burnley's brewers
Alan Gall tells us more about the history of the famous Burnley brewing family, Massey's founded in 1750.

Lancashire's golfing history
Journalist David Birtill from Withnell Fold has spent the last three years writing the history of the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs.

India Mill still standing tall
India Mill chimney in Darwen was the tallest and most expensive in the country when it was completed in 1867.

Handless corpse case uncovered
Gangland murders, drugs and bribery; the Handless Corpse case had it all. Thirty years on and it's still one of Lancashire's biggest police investigations.

Solving the Witton Park rape
Chris Rider reflects on the Witton Park rape case and how DNA enabled the police to bring the attacker to justice 11 years on.

Families Reunited: The Rimmers
Gladys Rimmer Armstrong 'rimmernisces' on the inspiration for her family reunion and a BBC Radio Lancashire documentary.

100 years of flying from Blackpool
As Blackpool airport celebrates its centenary this October, we look back at the history of aviation in the town.

Detectives uncover Allen Clarke
The Reading Detectives unearth the work of writer Allen Clarke who moved to Blackpool to live in 'Windmill Land'.

Winton's train: Milena's story
BBC Radio Lancashire's News Editor Chris Rider talks to one of Nicholas Winton's evacuees, Milena Grenfell Baines who escaped the Nazis 70 years ago.

Freckleton air disaster of 1944
On 23 August 1944, an American Liberator bomber crashed into the Holy Trinity Church of England School during a violent storm, killing 38 children and six adults.

John Robb on Punk Rock and Roll
He discovered Nirvana, has toured with bands since 16 and is the ultimate authority on punk rock. John Robb talks about his old stomping ground, Blackpool, and his life as a rocker.