A KING of positive thinking who helped England to rugby World Cup glory is returning to Blackburn to make our business bosses winners. Israeli Yehuda Shinar will be sharing his winning ways with around 100 businesses from across the region at Blackburn
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill is looking forward to another glorious cup run. But he admitted the Clarets can't afford to dream of the big guns before overcoming lowly League Two side Hartlepool. Turf Moor has been the setting for some memorable moments
DUTCH defender Andre Ooijer could be a Blackburn Rovers player in time for the visit of champions Chelsea on Sunday. Mark Hughes has already had two failed bids for the 32-year-old PSV Eindhoven player. The Dutch club are reportedly looking for up to
PENDLE Council has a new ruling body which will save the borough almost £500,000 a year. Council leader Alan Davies announced the new line-up of the executive and their responsibilities with a slimmed-down structure of nine service areas, rather than
AMBULANCE response times for seriously ill patients are increasing because of a surge in calls, with weekend binge-drinkers party to blame. The number of highest priority calls answered in eight minutes has steadily fallen in Lancashire during the last
A PARANOID amphetamine addict who subjected an Accrington postman to a terrifying ordeal has been jailed. Daniel Dwyer, 22, forced his way into Kenneth Haworth's Lydia Street home and accused him of being a police informant. Mr Haworth was confronted
Neil Tattersall, the most prolific winner in the history of the Blackburn 10K Road Race, added another one to his list, but this time with the added bonus of the county title. The Lancashire AA 10K Championship returned to the popular Blackburn Road
STEVE Cotterill could shuffle his pack ahead of tonight's cup clash with Hartlepool. The Burnley boss expressed his delight that, after three years in charge of the Clarets, he finally has enough players in his squad to choose from. And after losing
GOAL hero Paul Mullin is eyeing a meeting with brother John in the next round of the Carling Cup after scoring the goal that knocked Nottingham Forest out of the competition at the first hurdle last night. The Accrington Stanley striker couldn't have
Blackburn Rovers have submitted a claim for wrongful dismissal with the Football Association in relation to Andy Todd's sending-off at Portsmouth on Saturday. Todd was one of two Rovers players red carded in the 3-0 defeat, his dismissal coming after
THE footballing histories of Accrington Stanley and Nottingham Forest entail romance and tragedy beyond the wildest imagination of William Shakespeare himself. Forest - two-time European Champions and winners of the old First Division - now find themselves
RESIDENTS are set to be handed a £300,000 boost after funding was announced to repair housing in Clayton-le-Moors. Improvement work will see private properties being re-roofed, re-pointed, cleaned and painted and having their gutters repaired or replaced
AN MP today called for an international cricketer to be extradited to Britain to stand trial for allegedly fondling a girl at a match. The move came as hopes of former Blackburn Northern pro Jai Prakash Yadav ever returning voluntarily faded, with his
POLICE in Blackburn are appealing for witnesses after burglars broke into six houses in Mill Hill in one night. The crimes happened between Wednesday and Thursday, August 15 and 16, and officers said in most incidents, thieves got into properties through
MORE than 40 people are to lose their jobs at a Lancashire NHS call centre - because the Government said they should be paid more. A total of 41 full and part-time posts are to go at the commercial wing of the new North West's ambulance authority, based
IS THERE ever a good time to play your bogey side? I only ask the question because if ever there was a good time to play Wolves, it should have been Saturday. Wanderers pitched up at Turf Moor a side in transition. A new manager, an indifferent start
FORENSIC experts have been called to catch the hit and run driver who mounted the pavement and struck a pedestrian. Dramatic pictures in yesterday's Lancashire Telegraph showed how close John Hill, 50, came to death in Blackburn. Webcam footage captured
RESIDENTS want a judicial review to decide the future of the controversial Redearth Triangle. The move was revealed as the High Court issued an interim injunction preventing Blackburn with Darwen Council carrying out any more demolition work in the area
THE county's parking enforcement services did not break even last year - despite collecting around £4.6million in fines. The figures add weight to the argument that wardens have deliberately targeted motorists in order to generate revenue. And today
