MANY mums complain that it feels like they spend their lives slaving over a hot stove. Now research has shown it's more like three years, or 17 full days each year, in which time they will create a staggering 45,990 meals. Despite advances in technology
A WOMAN with an extremely rare disease that has left her with legs weighing 11 stones has spoken of her dream of helping other people. Mandy Sellars, 32, suffers from Proteus syndrome, the same condition that affected 'Elephant Man' Joseph Merrick.
A BURGLAR who raided a disabled 97-year-old man's home has been jailed for more than four-and-a-half years. Career burglar Brian Furlong, 43, also struck at two more properties in Padiham as he tried to fund his £30-a-day heroin addiction. Burnley Crown
A HUGE crop of prizes is on offer in Pendle Council's annual Green Fingers competition. £50 cash and other prizes are waiting for the best kept gardens. Entries will be judged on best use of available space, design and planting. The competition is
A WOMAN whose mother was affected by a brain haem-horrage has organised a charity network event to raise awareness about dealing with disability. Susanne Ingham's mother Anne Peers fell ill six years ago and has battled ill health ever since. The 59
Measures are being put in place in a bid to stop lorries from using a narrow village lane. Residents of Chatterton have had to endure months of problems with HGVs using the village to access the former Chatterton Mill, which is now occupied by a home
A £1.3million sports expansion scheme loo-ks set to fall at the first hurdle. Planning officers at Pendle Council are recommending refusal of Pendle Forest Sports Club's application for six pitches, a large pavilion and a car park because it would encroach
PUB, club and off-licence owners have been invited to a seminar to discuss who tackle under age drinking, anti-social behaviour and how to deal with the smoke free laws. More than 400 people have been invited to the event at Ewood Park on Tuesday which
STAFF at a "vital" special school have launched a campaign to save it from closure. Crosshill in Blackburn is earmarked for closure as part of the borough's £150million Building Schools for the Future shake-up of education. Under BSF, Blackburn with
A FORMER soldier with a passion for Army vehicles was killed when was thrown from a military truck after its brakes failed as it was being towed, an inquest heard. East Lancashire coroner Richard Taylor heard Gary John Wood, 48, of Mansion House Buildings
A MAN who looked after a haul of cocaine in return for cannabis has walked free from court. Jason Alston, 35, was paid with cannabis with a street value of £540 for minding the Class A drugs. Police found £2,500 cash in a handbag when they raided his
Concerns about a caravan site prompted an emergency meeting of Eccleshill Parish Council. A planning application from Mr J Young asks for Oakhill Caravan Park in Lower Eccleshill Road to continue as a caravan site with new fencing and landscaping.
A DEVELOPER'S failure to buy a town centre pub as part of a £10m flats scheme will mean a 'vital' pedestrian link to a shopping quarter will be lost. Talks between pubs supremo Margo Grimshaw and Thwaites brewery over the sale of the Sun pub, Higher
THE licensees of a pub discovered that £1,500 was missing just hours after they threw out a customer they found in the living quarters of the property. Police said the thief swooped on the Dog Inn, Market Place, Longridge, while staff were serving customers
AND so our roads have claimed another casualty. The news that a 46-year-old man was killed when his motorbike collided with a car on Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, at the weekend was depressingly familar. It seems that not a week goes by without
TWO pieces of machinery worth about £60,000 were stolen from an industrial unit. A green John Deere tractor and JCB telescopic handler were taken from the Tarmac quarry, based in the Pimlico industrial estate, Clitheroe. Insp Mark Porter of Clitheroe
THE brother of a man who died when his high-powered car span out of control has backed the Lancashire Telegraph's Wasted Lives campaign. Faizal Burya said: "There is definitely a problem with young drivers behaving irresponsibly behind the wheel - driving
THE JURY in the inquest of a Burnley teenager found hanged at a detention centre will return to court tomorrow after a day of legal argument today. Earlier the hearing was told Adam Rickwood sent an emotive letter to his mum saying he would take his
THE DOG which attacked a two-year-old girl and left her with serious facial injuries has been destroyed. The toddler was savaged by what has now been confirmed as a Staffordshire bull terrier as she visited friends in Borrowdale Avenue, Shadsworth, Blackburn
SUMMER is cancelled for Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman. While others will be looking out their buckets and spades, sun tan lotion and swimming costumes, Coleman, who has been shotr-listed for the April manager of the month award, has revealed he
A MENTAL health hospital research and development manager - sacked for taking too many unauthorised early finishes - has lost his claim for unfair dismissal. Former Calderstones Hospital worker John Lobley, of Barrowford, claimed he was axed from the
SPECULATION about a possible move for Craig Bellamy this summer appears to have divided Blackburn Rovers supporters. There are some who believe it would be a major coup if Mark Hughes manages to lure him back from Liverpool, but others insist you should
BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder Steven Reid is using Michael Owen's comeback as inspiration in his own personal battle to overcome a serious knee injury. Reid is currently working around the clock in his bid to recover from the cruciate knee ligament injury
A PENSIONER committed suicide after becoming distressed about the alleged theft of her cash, an inquest heard. Hilda Robinson, 79, was found hanging from a silk scarf secured to her kitchen door handle. She also named the thief' in notes left before
A THIEF with more than 100 previous convictions struck while on a suspended jail term. Burnley Magistrates heard how Daniel Allen, 30, had 98 offences for dishonesty on his record and had offended 46 times while on bail. Allen had earlier been given
STEVE Cotterill appears not only to have been a victim of timing, but also the old pals act'. At any other point of the season, the Burnley boss would no doubt have walked away with the manager of the month award for April. After five wins from seven
FIGURES for serious crime in Hyndburn are falling - but a recent increase in vehicle break-ins is slowing the downward trend. Community initiatives and higher visibility policing are behind a large drop in the number of crime victims in Hyndburn borough
A MAN is to face another trial charged with killing a former Gulf War veteran. Matthew Bourne is accused of murdering former Rossendale resident William Prosser, after an incident in a Colchester High Street sandwich shop. Bourne, 22, denied the murder
A SHOP assistant from Darwen will be taking part in a ten kilometre run for a children's hospice. Beryl Thomas, 56, of Hesketh Close, has twice run the London Marathon. But this year she has decided to take part in the Great Manchester Run on May 20
ACCRINGTON Stanley captain Peter Cavanagh has said he would be "delighted" to stay with the club after helping to secure their league status for next season. Cavanagh, who has been with the club since August 2001, is one of a whole host of Reds stars
BLACKBURN bike ace Carl Fogarty has joined forces with MV Agusta for a planned assault on the Superbike World Championship next season. The four-times World Superbike champion has been looking for a route back into the sport since his sponsorship deal
A DOCTOR is facing a jail sentence after groping two nurses while they worked in a Blackburn hospital . And it has also been revealed that one of Dr Patrick Chanda's victims has named him in a sex discrimination case along- side his former employers
A COUNCIL-sponsored police car has been involved in its first arrests just days after hitting the streets. The bright yellow Ford KA, sponsored by Whitworth Town Council, was flagged down by a woman who witnessed a street assault in New Line Road, Bacup
SEVEN people stole £5,000 by distracting a Darwen shopkeeper. The five men and two women, described as Asian or Eastern European, entered the shop in Sough Road around 12.50pm on Saturday. Several distracted the shopkeeper and led him away from the
A PERVERT who abused a little girl over a six-year period has been jailed for four years. Burnley Crown Court heard that Michael Burrows' victim, a previously talented student, was so traumatised by what had happened to her she was left struggling at
A man who was seriously injured in a fatal car accident is slowly improving in hospital. Christian Gillibrand, 20, of Ramsgreave Road, Blackburn, remains in a stable condition in the Royal Blackburn Hospital after internal injuries in a crash involving
LOVERS of traditional music are in for a treat on May 3 when The Tannahill Weavers come to Burnley Mechanics. This colourful quintet are known as one of the most versatile bands on the Celtic music scene. The band reflect the diverse nature of Celtic
THE parish council has received £1,000 via the police. The money is to help pay for improvements to youth facilties in the parish.
YOU suspect that Channel Four decided that How To Look Good Naked would be a winner just because of its title. Somehow, the programme has gone to a second series which began last night. In it, the improbably named Gok Wan encourages shy, retiring wallflowers
YOUTH nuisance and vandalism in and around the churchyard is still occurring. The vicar has reported all incidents to the police, and their advice to anyone affected is always to report incidents so that the facts are properly recorded. The gate at
GAS consumption at the church is down in the first quarter of the year by 18 per cent compared with the same period last year. Nick Aves, Treasurer to the Parochial Church Council, reported that following Gordon Brown's cut in the basic rate of income
DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after two men were robbed in the street at knifepoint. The two victims, aged 21 and 25, were at the junction of Hind Street and Colne Road, in Burnley, when they were approached by two Asian males. The robbers
LANCASHIRE soldiers cleared of mistreating civilian prisoners in Iraq are facing a fresh probe into their conduct. Chief of the General Staff and professional head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, announced the further inquiries after
THREE schools in Haslingden are launching a pioneering theatre company in Rossendale. Haslingden High School, Tor View School and Haslingden Primary School, have been working with London's world-renowned theatre company Chickenshed, to bring a socially
BURNLEY Football Club's place at the centre of the community is going from strength to strength - both on and off the field. While Steve Cotterill's men have started to deliver on the pitch, the club has become the focal point of a range of initiatives
SOMETIMES I think to myself where have all the workers gone?' I suppose by workers I mean those who actually produce something, as oppose to those who fill in forms. We have so many departments, so many tiers, quangos, and government officials,
PLAYERS at Ribchester Amateur Theatrical Society (RATS) entertained audiences with three plays in one night. The group presented Café Society by Ayshe Raif, Shoppers by Jean McConnell, and Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram, at Ribchester
BLACKBURN-based Inter Link Foods plc has appointed a new chief executive less than five months after the previous boss took up the job. Ian Croxford, 49, replaces Chris Thompson, who had only been in the post since December and had failed to turn the
SHOOT The Crow, Pendle Borderline's next play, is nothing to do with guns or birds, but in fact Irish slang for "let's go". The play is about a day in the life of four Belfast tilers speaking to each other in their dialect, similar to Cockney rhyming
A 23-year-old man appeared before Burnley magistrates accused of child sex offences. Alan Morton, of Duke Street, Colne is charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child and two of giving a drug with intent to commit a sexual offence. His case
SHOPKEEPERS and businesses are warned to be on their guard after a spate of fake £20 notes in Burnley. Police say they have had a number of reports of the counterfeit notes being used to pay for goods in shops and pubs over the last few days. The notes
David Brown was on the scoresheet last night as Accrington Stanley beat Clitheroe 4-2 in a friendly. Brown, Joel Shelmerdine and Robert Grant put Stanley into a comfortable lead before Sam Heap pulled one back. Leighton McGivern made it 4-1 for
MOTORISTS and shoppers are being encouraged to show their support of free parking by honking their horns at traffic wardens. Free Blackburn Parking, which is led by a businessman who goes under the name of Mr Meteroff said it was part of his week-long
A BURNLEY teenager travelled to Blackburn to buy cannabis because he said it was in short supply in his home town. Blackburn magist-rates heard that when police searched Foster they found 14 bags of the drug. Lee Foster, 18, of Colville Street, pleaded
BLACKBURN Rovers stars of the past and present turned out in force last night to support Jason Roberts as he launched his new charity. The Jason Roberts Foundation will work with children and young people to use football as a route to becoming healthy
A Clitheroe farmer who is challenging plans to burn animal waste at a cement works next to her farm must wait for the Court of Appeal verdict on her challenge. After a second day of legal argument in the case, the court reserved judgment and will give
I READ with interest some time ago, in Jack Straw's weekly Lancashire Telegraph column that he respected politicians who were able to admit that they had made mistakes and admired ministers who were prepared to say sorry for making wrong decisions.
DAVID Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, has made it clear that he will oppose a European constitution. Conservatives from Britain and the Czech Republic have tabled a formal written declaration in the European Parliament, demanding the right
IT is so sad to read of young people, who have everything to live for, dying. Why oh why has speed to be the cause? Remember - the tortoise won the race against the hare. If only one could learn from that. I am afraid some never will learn. ADA GIBSON
I AM a Pendle man, Lancashire man, an English man, a British man and a European. I also happen to be a Muslim and my parents were born in Pakistan. I have my own "story". It is not only "certain fringe minority groups" who would argue that I cannot
A TEENAGER hanged himself in a detention centre after sending an emotive letter to his mum saying he would take his own life, an inquest heard. Adam Rickwood was upset because he had been moved 150 miles away from his family and his mother had warned
LANCASHIRE seamer Glen Chapple goes into today's LV County Championship match with Surrey confident the team can bounce back from the disappointment of Sunday's Friends Provident Trophy defeat to Warwickshire. Chapple was the stand out performer in the
A "drug addict" who attacked his pregnant partner as her little boy slept in his bed could be facing jail. Burnley Magistrates was told how jobless Darren Atkin, 27, hit frightened victim Michelle Gledhill, squeezed her cheek, pinched her thigh and then
Barrie Holden took this atmospheric picture of Pendle Hill rising from the mist from Downham church yard.
AN environmental campaigner took centre stage in a TV broadcast with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown last night. University student Nizamuddin Yusuf, 20, of Shear Brow, Blackburn, is concerned about the potential impact of global warming. So when he spotted
WORK has begun on the construction of a new dental school for East Lancashire - which should ease a traditional NHS headache. Lack of NHS dentists has been identified as a growing problem nationwide - and local patients have borne the brunt of it in
A 24-year-old Oswaldtwistle man went on a wrecking spree during a late night row with his girlfriend, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates were told that John McLean attacked three cars causing over £600 damage. McLean, of Holly Street, pleaded guilty
