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A MEET ‘n’ Match Halloween party for adults with learning disabilities will be held at the Civic Arts Centre on Union Road in Oswaldtwistle on Friday, October 28 from 6.30pm-10pm. Tickets for the event are £5 and carers go free. The Civic will also be hosting a children’s Halloween party on Saturday, October 29 from 1pm-3pm. Tickets are £7 and adults go free. For more information call 01254 398319.

THE Dog Inn Community Pub at Belthorn will be hosting a children’s Halloween party on Saturday, October 29 from 6pm-8pm. Prizes will be awarded for the best outfits. Tickets are £3 per child.

COMMUNITY Solutions North West will be holding its Christmas celebration event at Elmfield Hall in Gatty Park in Church on Saturday, November 26, starting at 11am. The event will include food outlets, family games, live entertainment and a visit from Father Christmas. Tickets are available at www.csnw.co.uk.

MEMBERS of the Rotary Club of Church and Oswaldtwistle have teamed up with students from Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School to plant crocus bulbs in areas of grassland around Church and Oswaldtwistle. Funding for the project came from the Prospects Foundation. The autumn crocus planting project is now in its sixth year.

President Jim Hargreaves said: “With the help of the Prospects Foundation and students from Rhyddings High school we are pleased to help bring some colour into the town when spring appears and is a further example of what Rotary can do for residents.”

A PLANNING application for the construction of a front and rear dormer extension to create two new bedrooms at 30 Hawthorn Avenue in Oswaldtwistle has been submitted to Hyndburn council.