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  • Forest win was just business as usual

    THE win over Nottingham Forest was just another game for us. Obviously we're made up with the result but not any more than we were when we beat Barnet. I think the boys got a bit of a lift and gave a little more with the game being shown live on television

  • Clarets 'stuck in comfort zone'

    BURNLEY'S players have fallen into a comfort zone according to manager Steve Cotterill. And as the Clarets boss continued to pick through the bones of their shocking Carling Cup exit at the hands of League Two minnows Hartlepool United, he admitted his

  • We're back on track

    BLACKBURN Rovers boss Mark Hughes said 'we're back on track' after Rovers picked up their first point of the new season against Everton last night. After Saturday's dismal showing at Portsmouth, Hughes was pleased with the way his players bounced back

  • Clocking on to a centre tower riddle

    A STEEL and glass staircase will replace Blackburn shopping centre's clock tower - but whether it will have a clock remains a mystery. Bosses at London-based The Mall and Blackburn with Darwen Council planners are close' to concluding negotiations on

  • Driving ban for skateboarder

    A MAN has been banned from driving after police caught him doing 20mph on a motorised skateboard - in the first case of its kind in the country. Magistrates heard how Kevin Starkey, 26, of Cemetery Road, Darwen, had to accept the skateboard was a motor

  • Watch your home via mobile phone

    A MOBILE phone software firm has developed a system to allow people to keep an eye on their property via their mobile telephones. OTAMate has developed a cutting edge system, Phonewebcam, which lets customers log on to their home or office web cameras

  • TV review: Brian Conley’s Let Me Entertain You, BBC2

    DEARY me. With every deluded wanabee worth their salt currently making a prat of themselves in the opening rounds of X Factor, you'd have thought we'd reached the depths of how far people are willing to go to show themselves up. But BBC2's all-new Brian

  • Anniversary couple celebrate diamond day

    A CHANCE meeting outside a cinema led to 60 years of marriage for a Blackburn couple. Harold Smith met his lifelong partner Dorothy in 1945 while they were waiting outside the former Royal Cinema in Ainsworth Street. Mr Smith walked his bride-to-be

  • Series to start

    Pendle Forest Orienteers will shortly be starting their popular Autumn Series of events which are suitable for all abilities including novices, children and families. The format is the same for each, with meetings on Saturday mornings, which are open

  • Ian proves he’s top of the class

    SINGLE seater star Ian Parkington has every right to be feeling just champion. Because the 40-year-old Barrowford businessman has finished top of his class in the North West Formula Ford Championship. And Parkington, who races a Reynard in the pre-90

  • Blackburn Rovers 1 Everton 1

    BLACKBURN Rovers are up and running thanks to Mark Hughes' new smiling assassin Benni McCarthy. The South African international paid the first instalment on his ÂŁ2.5 million transfer fee from Porto with a typically instinctive finish on his home debut

  • Ooijer paraded on pitch

    Blackburn Rovers' latest signing Andre Ooijer was paraded on the pitch before last night's game and manager Mark Hughes said he was thrilled to have finally got his man. "I'm absolutely delighted. We've followed him and tracked him for a while now.

  • Workers share in ÂŁ1m bonanza

    STAFF at an East Lancashire company are celebrating after being given a ÂŁ1million windfall. Workers at Azzurri Communications have received between ÂŁ300 and ÂŁ20,000 each as part of the firm's employee share trust scheme after the company was sold to

  • Clocking on to a centre tower riddle

    A STEEL and glass staircase will replace Blackburn shopping centre's clock tower - but whether it will have a clock remains a mystery. Bosses at London-based The Mall and Blackburn with Darwen Council planners are close' to concluding negotiations on

  • Pay-back time for crook lawyer

    A CROOKED solicitor has sold his luxury ÂŁ595,000 farmhouse to avoid a further three years in prison. Shamed Philip Pressler, 53, of Higher Whittlestone Farm, Darwen, was jailed for five years in August 2004 after admitting 36 counts of theft and asking

  • Steve’s mission accomplished

    A SOLDIER who was seriously injured in the Falklands War has scaled the UK's highest peak to raise money for a memorial to those who died in the conflict. Stephen Llewellyn served with the Welsh Guards during the campaign and was on the Sir Galahad troop

  • ÂŁ4.5m drug-run court claim

    FOUR East Lancashire men are due to stand trial for their alleged involvement in an international drugs smuggling conspiracy. They have been charged, along with a Brazilian woman and three Dutch men, with cocaine importation after ÂŁ4.5million worth of

  • MP joins fire crews in fight against cuts

    HYNDBURN MP Greg Pope has joined the fight against plans to reduce the number of firefighters in his constituency. The MP, who has already visited crews at Haslingden Fire Station, which is facing closure, met crew members in Accrington to listen to

  • Priced out of Ewood claim TV pub fans

    "THIRTY SIX quid to watch Rovers? Last season I only paid ÂŁ32 to watch them against Arsenal in London." The price of a ticket persuaded Matt Briscoe, 25, of Ewood, to enjoy a pint and watch the 1-1 draw with Everton in the Ewood Arms, Bolton Road, about

  • Woman 82, died after fall at home

    AN 82-year-old Clayton-le-Moors woman died nearly two months after falling at home and breaking and dislocating an ankle, an inquest was told. The hearing heard that Gladys Hindle under-went surgery on her ankle but subsequently developed a chest infection

  • Windmills of Wayne's mind

    EAST Lancashire fashion designer Wayne Hemingway has praised controversial wind turbines as mesmerising structures of beauty'. The Blackburn-born founder of the Red or Dead fashion chain, now known for his house building and architectural work, has stepped

  • Blackburn to pilot wills register

    BLACKBURN has been chosen to help pilot the launch of the UK's first national wills register. The system has been set up to tackle the problems caused by the one in four wills found to be missing or damaged when someone dies. The register, called thewillplace.com

  • ÂŁ40,000 benefit fraudster jailed

    A Padiham mum of three who claimed more than ÂŁ40,000 of state handouts she wasn't entitled to was starting a nine-month jail term today. Anita Kelly, 40, deceived the Department for Work and Pensions for about eight years, getting income support, housing

  • Biking tragedy inquest opened

    AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a Bacup teenager who died in a motorcycling accident. Matthew James Entwistle, 15, died following an accident at the 4X4 Cowm Quarry Centre at Whitworth, Rossendale, a fortnight ago. The youngster, a pupil

  • Eleanor makes her Mark

    Pendle's Eleanor Markendale has won the North of England under 17s heptathlon Championship at Stoke. She scored a personal best 4425 points, which also gave her fourth place in the AAAs Championships which were held concurrently. Eleanor set personal

  • Harriers’ trip

    For the second year, Rossendale Harriers have taken a group of young athletes to the Lake District for a week of fun and training. This year, 29 youngsters and five leaders left for five days to stay at Grasmere Thorney Howe Youth Centre. Anthony Gotts

  • Youth shines in Barley

    Many of England's brightest prospects gathered at Barley Village last Sunday when Clayton-le-Moors Harriers hosted the fifth round of the English Junior Fell Championships and the fourth round of the English Under-20 Championships. Ten Lancashire Championships

  • Nelson 1 Colne 2

    COLNE came out on top in a thrilling derby encounter last night at Victoria Park. The visitors took the lead on 37 minutes when Anthony Murt fired low past keeper Bobby Harris. Nelson equalised just three minutes later when Paul Barrett worked in

  • Parkinson faces high-speed test

    AT JUST 17 years of age, Lancashire's Hayley Parkinson faces the test of her short career so far on Bank Holiday Monday in the rough and tumble, high-speed world of Formula One Stock Car Racing. Not only is Hayley unique in being the only female racer

  • Forest win was just business as usual

    THE win over Nottingham Forest was just another game for us. Obviously we're made up with the result but not any more than we were when we beat Barnet. I think the boys got a bit of a lift and gave a little more with the game being shown live on television

  • Homes are left without power

    RESIDENTS and businesses in Oswaldtwistle were left without power for much of the day yesterday. Underground electricity cables developed faults at around 9am hitting properties in Union Road, Albert Street and Haworth Street. United Utilities said

  • Death charge

    A man accused of causing death by dangerous driving has had the case against him adjourned. Stuart Callaghan, 26, of Derby Road, Longridge, was bailed until November 13 by Preston Crown Court. He s accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of

  • Lancashire hope rain stops

    Lancashire will hope the Stanley Park ground in Blackpool is in fine condition for next week's county cricket game against Warwickshire on 30, 31 August, 1 and 2 September. Warwickshire make their tenth visit to Blackpool, a sequence that began in