BURNLEY are still seeking a magic formula to end their six-game losing streak. Yet despite recent results, the training ground philosophy has remained the same in preparation for two home games in five days . A little tinkering is all the Clarets management
AN ex-soldier attacked his regular cabbie after an early hours dispute over a fare, Burnley magistrates heard. Edward Paul Walsh, 42, who suffered post traumatic stress syndrome after service in Northern Ireland, punched victim Mohammed Shaffi in the
A PENSIONER faces having a leg amputated after his motorcycle collided with a car in Briercliffe. John Wilkinson, 66, of Halifax Road, Nelson, was taken to Burnley General Hospital with a severe compound fracture to his right leg after the accident on
DEVELOPERS will be told what colour to paint their buildings, signs, benches and lampposts as part of the regeneration of Burnley. Council bosses want to introduce a colour palette' so that new developments in Burnley Wood fit in with the area's history
A raider said to have taken £600 from a Nelson club with an acomplice, has been given a 12-month community order. Burnley magistrates earlier heard how Darren Sherratt, 20, of Halifax Road, had a record for burglary and theft. He pleaded guilty to burglary
A GRIEVING Burnley father today slammed heartless debt collectors for sending him a £10 bill for his dead daughter. Devastated John Murdoch, who is himself battling bowel cancer, said he was "disgusted" when the letter from a debt management company
RAMSBOTTOM UNITED face a blank weekend after their game against Atherton Collieries was shunted back two days - on police advice! Atherton LR are also at home on Saturday afternoon, forcing Collieries to shift their kick off to Monday evening and avoid
I don't think I'll ever fully understood the reason why season tickets go on sale before the current season is over. Technically, we still don't know which division we will be in next season. However, the prices unveiled this morning at least show real
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has set his side a target of winning five of their last seven games. The Reds missed the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Conference table to 14 points after suffering their first defeat in 21 outings
Burnley striker Gifton Noel-Williams, 26, has joined Brighton's relegation scrap for a reported five-figure loan fee, with the promise of a long-term deal should he impress in the closing weeks of the season. Albion boss Mark McGhee said: "We're not
ALAN Mahon is one of three Burnley players expected to make their home debuts tonight after sealing a deadline day move from Premiership Wigan. The Republic of Ireland midfielder has joined on loan until the end of the season, when a £200,000, three-year
BEATING Manchester United and Arsenal is all very well but games against the likes of Sunderland are the really big ones. Games against teams at the bottom of the table are your bread and butter, that's where you can pick up the points, and it's where
MARK Hughes insists Blackburn Rovers have learned their lesson as they face a potential banana skin' at Sunderland tomorrow. Hughes knows the pitfalls of playing teams towards the bottom of the table after his team's dismal showing at West Bromwich Albion
Mark Hughes has revealed why he feels Tugay still has another year left in him at the top level with Blackburn Rovers. The Turkish midfielder, who is back in training after missing last week's win over Middlesbrough with a calf injury, is close to agreeing
MARK Hughes reckons the pressures of the Premiership run-in will work in his team's favour. The Blackburn boss has split the campaign into sections to help the squad focus on immediate targets, so the remaining Premiership fixtures hold no fear as they
FOOD lovers are getting ready for a mouth-watering April Fools Day in Accrington at the ninth annual Lancashire Food Festival. Organisers are promising that this year's event will be bigger and better than before with an exciting selection of culinary
STONE the crows a strange-looking white version of the bird has been spotted in the Ribble Valley. An amateur photographer sent in this picture of the white crow perched on a Clitheroe rooftop after being puzzled by its unusual colouring. But before
A PUB blighted by drunken yobs has become the first in Lancashire to have its hours revoked under new 24 hour drinking laws. However, the Royal Hotel, Waterfoot, will remain open after police and owners Punch Taverns agreed to a three-month trial period
A MAN given a fixed penalty for parking in a pelican zone ended up being arrested after staging a police car protest. Blackburn magistrates heard that Arif Bapu, 28, of Brookhouse Gardens, Blackburn, became "hostile and belligerent" in the back of the
AN East Lancashire library, condemned to closure as part of council budget cuts, could be saved for public use as a community centre. Church library in Library Street is set to close at the end of April. Now the owner of the building, Lancashire County
WE have just received our council tax demands for the period 2006/2007 for a staggering £2,487.90. This for a two-bedroomed semi-detached bungalow in band C. I feel certain that this must be a record for such a Burnley property. Council tax for 2005
I FULLY endorse the points made by Mr Frankland (LET, March 7) about the threatened closure of "The Lewis Textile Museum." My late father presented a beaming machine to the museum in memory of his grandfather who had invented the "drop pin top motion
YOUR correspondents write in strong terms and with justification, regarding the closure of the Lewis Textile Museum (LET, March 7), but nothing has been mentioned in reference to the upstairs exhibition gallery there. We, along with other societies and
A TEENAGE student who went blind in a weekend today told of the miracle' that his sight was returning. Michael Harrison was struck down with a rare and devastating disease last year when he was told he would probably never see again. Experts said he
A 69-YEAR-OLD man who died after a hip replacement operation was later found to have extensive heart disease, an inquest heard. The hearing was told that Mohammed Saeed had appeared to be making progress after surgery, but a post-mortem examination revealed
THE planned £35million Darwen Academy will go ahead as planned despite the resignation of Capita boss Rodney Aldridge. The multi-millionaire has said he wants to concentrate on his educational projects such as the Academy, which will be funded through
HUNDREDS of people are expected to say farewell to an East Lancashire hotel owner who has died following a stroke. Frank Hargreaves, 66, owner of Mytton Fold Hotel and golf course in Langho, died on Saturday after a short illness. Friends, hotel staff
THE new merged police force will be known as the Cumbria and Lancashire Constabulary, it has been confirmed. The amalgamation will come into effect in April next year after both forces voluntarily agreed to the move. Yesterday, police authority members
A LABOURER who stole from a garage and then tried to get a refund was warned that custody awaited if he struck again. Burnley magistrates heard how one-time drug addict Jason Jeremiagh O'Leary, 29, had previously been diagnosed with kleptomania but medics
EAST LANCASHIRE is set to welcome the Irish leader next month to mark the death of a radical humanitarian who once lived in the area. Irish President Mary McAleese will unveil a plaque and attend an exhibition in honour of Michael Davitt in Haslingden
A GANG of youths launched an unprovoked attack on a Darwen teenager which left him in hospital for three nights. Today the 18-year-old victim appealed for help to catch the thugs before they target someone else. The youth, of Blackburn Road, is too
A PENSIONER died in a house fire which was started by an electrical fault after his bath overflowed. Stanley Blackburn, 74, was found dead in the bedroom of his terrace house in Burnley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, yesterday morning. A fire chief said the
Vanishing Point returns tomorrow, at the Graffiti Club, behind Marks and Spencer in Burnley, for its monthly residency. Admission is £4 and the evening runs from 10pm until late, with a drinks promotions. The night boasts a wide and eclectic mix of
DON'T let the name fool you. George Evelyn, the man behind Nightmares On Wax, purveys ambient and orchestral tunes which flows over you and instils a sense of mellowness and warmth. It's mostly instrumental and almost like a film score in parts.
TICKETS are on sale for comedian and TV presenter Jimmy Carr who will be bringing his Gag Reflex Tour to Blackburn on November 11. Carr, the host of Channel Four's Eight Out Of 10 Cats, will play King George's Hall. The show is recommended for the over
FRANK Sidebottom, who is coming to Darwen on April 7, was a legend in his own lunchtime an optimistic superhero spawned from the Madchester scene of the early nineties. Trying to explain the appeal of the paper-mache headed hero to those who are either
A YOUNG dad went out stealing as it was his son's birthday and he had no cash for a gift, a court was told. Kraig Mellor, 25, helped himself to two bottles of expensive whisky so he could sell them. Mellor, who also pinched £15 from a stall, had 44
A DRINK-driver was almost four times over the limit the afternoon after the night before, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Nigel Anthony Sutcliffe, 43, told police he had not had a drink that day. Prosecutor Andrew Robinson told the magistrates
A PROLIFIC shoplifter has been banned from Burnley town centre after being given an Anti Social Behaviour Order. David Cliffe, 20, of Barden Lane, is no longer allowed into the town centre or retail parks including the Anchor retail park, Asda on Princess
A BY-ELECTION is set to be fought in Rossendale after one of the borough's councillors stood down. Eden ward Tory member Barbara Marriott has resigned from the council through ill-health. Barbara, of Bury Road, Edenfield, had served for two years but
A BURNLEY man has been jailed for 10 years for his part in the abduction and beating of an Edinburgh businessman. Stephen Snape, 29, was among three men who snatched newsagent Tahar Javaid from outside his Scottish home, bundled him into the back of
A VISIT to the jobs night at Pendle Training, Nelson, paid off for a teenage apprentice who won an X-Box 360 computer games console in a prize draw. Matthew Simm, 15, was chosen from 500 young people who attended the event and he also applied for an
A PENDLE vicar who visited Uganda and saw first hand the shocking poverty is set to launch a fundraising drive for a shanty town. The Rev Richard Adams, vicar of St Anne's Church, Fence, has just returned from his African fact-finding mission. The
DISABLED people and the over 60s who use buses to get around Pendle will be able to claim free bus travel from April 1. From next month, NoWcard, the area's concessionary travel fare scheme, is to be improved, offering better travel discounts. The changes
ELVIS fans are being invited to take a step closer to their hero at a Burnley exhibition. The Elvis exhibition which includes paintings by artist Malcolm Stead and fans' memorabilia is on display at Towneley Hall museum. Susan Bourne, Towneley Hall's
BOUNDARY Mills have announced plans to build a new £30million flagship store and create 100 more jobs in Colne. The firm was to apply for planning permission today to build the store on land at Vivary Way which would replace its store in Corporation
FORMER Burnley winger Marc Pugh has signed a deadline day deal with League Two strugglers Bury. Pugh, recently released from the third year of his apprencticeship by the Clarets, has spent the past three weeks on trial with the Shakers. And after scoring
BURNLEY Football Club have put families at the forefront of their season ticket campaign for the 2006/07 season. The Jimmy McIlroy Upper Stand is to be relaunched with a bright new concourse and a host of pre-match activities aimed at attracting families
RAFFAELE De Vita hit a fine brace as Rovers reserves beat title-chasing Manchester United 3-2 at Ewen Field last night. The man from Rome struck twice in the first half, but the home side pegged Rovers back before Eddie Nolan headed the eventual winner
SUNDERLAND hero Kevin Ball won't be surprised if he is one of two villains on show at the Stadium Of Light tomorrow. Former Newcastle United striker Craig Bellamy is already assured of an afternoon of stick from Sunderland fans. And the fact that he
A RIBBLE Valley farmer has been chosen to fight for the rights of Britain's livestock farmers. Thomas Binns, 43, of Hecklin Farm, Downham, has been elected chairman of the National Farmers' Union livestock board. Mr Binns, who has 2,500 breeding and
It may come as a shock to some people but modern man is a softy. Not the kind of softy that starts to cry at the end of Titanic but the type that allows his other half to control his life. Hey, I'm not saying it's wrong for your partner to control your
Huncoat residents are being urged to throw their support behind the newly formed youth club. A public meeting about Huncoat Youth Club is being held at the village's Methodist church hall, in Marshall Avenue, on Monday, at 7.45pm. The church and St
WELL done Blackburn with Darwen Council for chopping off another piece of Blackburn's heritage the Lewis Textile Museum, which was reported as a "sad" day for the town. Sad? It's downright disgusting. So far in the "moving on process" we have lost
CRIME on the railways in Darwen has fallen by 50 per cent following a year-long crackdown, it was revealed today. Network Rail launched its No Messin'! campaign at Avondale School in March 2005 to spell out the serious consequences of playing on the
A MALE stripper plunged into despair by the death of his wife ended up dying in a drug-induced sleep. An inquest heard that Ian Marshall and his wife were running a bar in Benidorm when she was killed in a road traffic accident. The 36-year-old then
TICKETS have gone on sale for Curious Hi Fi, the new trendy House night being planned for the King George's Hall in Blackburn on Saturday, April 8. DJs Anthony Probyn, Lee Ellis, John Bennett and Paul Calvy will be taking over the decks for a night of
THE voice sounds like fingernails on a blackboard - but it works. She's been doing the round of chat shows and now you know why. This is a greatest hits package with a difference they've all be redone in a semi-acoustic way with a number of special
BARGAIN isn't a term often applied to a takeaway but having spent just £8 on two very tasty curries I think it's fair to apply it to the Park Chippy. Offering everything from curries and pizzas to traditional fish and chips and kebabs, you'll be spoilt
