Polling stations have closed, and the Lancashire Telegraph website will bring you the local election results from across East Lancashire as soon as they are announced. Votes in the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Pendle Borough Council, Ribble
RUSH hour traffic was brought to a standstill last night after a four car crash on the M65 motorway. Police and paramedics were called to the accident at junction three eastbound at Hoghton at about 4.30pm. One lane of the motorway was closed for around
A CHARITY which takes disabled youngsters on an annual holiday to France, raised £1,710 in a street collection outside Ewood Park, Blackburn. Volunteers from Group 72 of HCPT The Pilgrimage Trust were joined by children and families on Saturday before
The two-hour running time flies past almost as rapidly as Spider-Man swings on his web through the skyscraper-lined streets of New York. So it seems churlish to complain that the third Spider-Man movie is too much of a good thing: too many villains
A TAXI customer tried to use an unofficial credit card "cashback" method to pay his way when he couldn't afford a fare, a court was told. Paul Cartlidge, 30, of Hertford Street, Blackburn, tried to pay to fill the taxi with petrol in return for getting
FOOTBALL stars of the future showed that they cared about their local community by completing a decorating challenge to help a charity for the homeless. Fourteen teenage hopefuls from Blackburn Rovers Academy went head to head in a seven-a-side contest
WRITERS are being challenged to win £200 by penning new words to a tune written nearly 100 years ago by celebrated Colne musician Luther Greenwood. The contest will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the annual Luther Greenwood Memorial Festival of
A CRISIS meeting over the future of a family centre which says it is threatened with having to close due to a £30,000 funding shortfall will take place tomorrow. Health professionals, school and children's centre representatives, councillors and other
BEING a big Liverpool fan I've watched Everton flirt with relegation and I've always laughed at my mates. When they stayed up on goal difference on the last day of the season I remember thinking that if I ever had to go through anything like that then
FUNDRAISERS are getting a wiggle on for charity - with an evening of belly dancing! Sisters Greera Norse, 35, of Hoddlesden, and Roshni Clarke, 33, of Ewood, Blackburn, set up their own dance group two years ago. They became hooked on the Arabic style
SMALL businesses in Rossendale are being urged to prepare for new laws that work places must be smoke free from July 1 this year. Smoke-free legislation will not just affect pubs, restaurants and clubs, it affects all work places, according to Dave Pierce
A BLACKBURN car dealer became one of the most trusted members' of an Al-Qaeda cell which plotted to kill thousands of people, a court heard. Junade Feroze, 31, and the rest of the group were only weeks away from trying to emulate the 9/11 and Madrid
A RETIRED teacher died after contracting a hospital superbug following a hip replacement operation. An inquest heard that Jenny Holroyd contracted clostridium difficile colitis and died of septicaemia 13 days after she was admitted to Royal Blackburn
PEOPLE are dicing with death by crossing a railway line to get to a nearby beauty spot, an inquest heard. Dawn Hilton, whose long-term partner Andrew Jackson Warner, 41, was found dead on the tracks near Church last December, told a Blackburn inquest
TRADERS have reacted angrily after they were mistakenly sent questionnaires asking about their religious beliefs and sexual orientation. Pendle Council distributed hundreds of forms quizzing business owners for personal information including whether
A HEARTLESS thief has robbed two youngsters of the chance to play with pals after snatching their bikes from outside their houses. Jodie Eatough, five, and a friend had left their bicycles outside their homes in Danvers Street, Rishton, on Saturday evening
A man who is suffering from asbestos related cancer has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £200,000. Lesley Ford, 73, has developed the disease malignant mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues surrounding his lungs or abdomen, according
A SIGN language school is using free iPod video downloads to encourage people to talk to the deaf. The School of Sign Language, Bolton Road, Blackburn, came up with the idea in a bid to break down barriers and encourage communication between the hearing
A TEENAGER who took part in a midnight gang attack on an asylum seeker is behind bars for 12 months. Daniel Brown, 19, set upon the victim after taunting him while he was in his house in Blackburn. The victim, said to have armed himself with a knife
A NEW community resource for the Kashmiri community looks set to be approved by councillors. An application to build a mezzanine floor for office space at Hussain Buildings, Lonsdale Street, Nelson, has been recommended for approval in a report by council
A SUPPORT worker at a Darwen housing scheme was racially abused and threatened by a teenager who had already been banned from the complex. Blackburn magistrates heard that Nathan David Caley was on bail for that offence when he again confronted the worker
POPULAR Burnley veteran Graham Branch admits he is going to find it hard to leave Turf Moor. The 35-year-old is set to sign off his Clarets career in style after over eight years at the club with a testimonial on Bank Holiday Monday, kick-off 3pm.
A LUXURY car stolen in Turton turned up in Poland - and an international theft ring is thought to be responsible. The £52,000 Porsche Carrera 911 was recovered more than a month the owner was tricked into accepting a fake banker's draft in return for
COLNE-based Macadam Racing had an eventful weekend in the third round of the British GP125 Championship. The Team, Appleyard/Macadam, celebrated a third placed finish with driver Ashley Beech, but watched in frustration as Stewart Finlay ran onto a dirty
TEENAGER Ross Worswick began his second single-seater season with a sixth place finish at the opening event at Donnington Park last Sunday. The 18-year-old from Blackburn is taking part in the Formula Renault BARC FR2000 Championship. And after taking
KEITH Farmer enjoyed a mixed weekend of racing as he crossed over to the Emerald Isle for the Irish Supermoto Championship. The opening two races at Kartworld in Cork ended in frustration as the Altham flier crashed out and then battled back from last
ACCRINGTON'S Heather Johnson swaps seats when she makes her rally driving debut this weekend competing in the Wigan & District, PROCARE Stages Rally at Three Sisters race circuit. The 20-year-old is the daughter of SD34 champion Steve and normally sits
THIS weekend sees Nelson driver Jonny Lang contest the opening rounds of the FIA GT3 European Championships. The 26-year-old is driving for the Liverpool-based Tech 9 team that will see him team up with Phil Keen, one of last year's main rivals to race
THE Track and Field season has started for real with the first league fixture of the summer - the Mid Lancs at Stanley Park, Blackpool. This competition gives our local athletes a rare chance to go head to head as it features most of the East Lancashire
Bingley Harriers Rob Jebb and Mary Wilkinson were the winners of the 53rd Three Peaks Fell Race, the annual 24-mile trek through the Yorkshire Dales taking in Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough. Jebb took the men's title for the third consecutive
A schoolgirl is hoping to be crowned a world champion kick-boxer once again. Pint-sized pugilist Shannon Priestley, 10, from Ramsbottom, will travel to Karlsruhe in Germany this summer to take part in the amateur World Kickboxing Championships. It is
Tony Riley of the Earby Clarets presents Captain Steven Caldwell with Best Newcomer Award.
Adam (9) and Rebecca (14) Stubbs of the Colne Clarets present Wade Elliott with the Player of the Year Award.
Janice Fretwell of the Burnley Football Supporters Club presents Kyle Lafferty with the Young Player of the Year Award.
Accrington Clarets present Captain Steven Caldwell with Best Signing of the Season award.
Rachael Hutchinson (10) of the Accrington Clarets has her shirt signed by Joey Gudjonsson (l) and Kyle Lafferty (r).
Robert Leach (14) of Central Lancs Clarets presents Michael Duff with the Player of the Year Award.
Dylan Todd of the Rossendale Clarets presents Wade Elliott with the Player of the Year award.
Jordan Allen (9, l) and Bradley Allen (9, r) of the Accrington Clarets present Brian Jenson with Player of the Year award.
Joyce Haluk of Burnley Football Supporters Club presents Steve Jones with Goal of the Season (his second at home to Preston).
Glynis McGough of the Boundary Clarets presents James O'Connor with the Player of the Year Award.
Barnie Oliver of the Burnley Football Supporters Club presents Michael Duff with the Player of the Year Award.
Kate Marney of the Burnley Football Supporters Club presents Brian Jenson with the Away Player of the Year award.
Janice Fretwell of Burnley Supporters presented Graham Branch with a special award for Service at the end of the evening.
Burnley Manager Steve Cotterill presents a Special Achievement Award for Long Service to Arthur Bellamy, groundsman and former player.
STRIKER Matt Derbyshire says he's not bothered where he plays - just as long as he is playing in the beloved Rovers shirt. With speculation rife that Rovers are preparing a swoop for former Ewood favourite Craig Bellamy, competition will be fierce to
AMY Greenhalgh and Caroline Holtom, of Blackburn with Darwen Council's health and fitness team prepare tasty but healthy recipes as part of an obesity awareness event. A cook and taste session at the Carers service in Oakenhurst Road, Blackburn, gave
A MOTHER-of-three has vowed to take on Blackburn Ice Arena over its policy of charging parents to drop off and pick up their children. Angela Lee, 44, of Beaumont Way, Clearwater Village, Darwen, was outraged when staff at the busy venue said she had
The old man in the flat below me had a Hoover What made a loud din, It sounded like someone with a hammer was banging on a battered old tin. Now he has left and a lady has taken over The flat is as nice and pleasant as can be, I went down to her
I've spent quite a lot of time with teachers recently. Which is both surprising and not: considering I've been married to one for approaching 30 years! Off she tootles around 7:30am, not to be seen again till about 6pm. It's not unusual for her to be
MORE than 20,000 postal votes were due to be cast at today's Blackburn with Darwen Council elections - but officials say it is set to be one the most secure. Graham Burgess, chief executive of the council and returning officer, said there had been 20,500
A council is trying to trace the owner of a dead sheep which was dumped on the side of a road. The animal is believed to have been dumped in Moss Lane, Knuzden, in the early hours of last Friday. Lancashire County Council's animal health team were called
ACCRINGTON Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell has revealed the club needs at least eight new players before the start of next season. And he is hoping two of those will be Liverpool loan stars Godwin Antwi and David Martin, although he also admitted
WADE Elliott was the toast of Turf Moor as he scooped the club's official player of the year award last night. Burnley supporters gave their star man a rapturous reception at the glittering awards ceremony, hosted by Bet TV's Andy Hodgson. The 27-year-old
POLICE have been given extra time to question a man arrested on suspicion of sending a dangerous package to a Blackburn councillor. It means that Greater Manchester Police now have until Monday to hold a 42-year-old who was arrested by the force's
NOT one for the easily offended: An evening of erotic, gender-bending, sexually charged comedy hits the stage of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre with a major new production of Marivaux's The Triumph of Love. Newly translated and adapted by Braham
FREE entertainment is on offer tonight at the Thwaites Empire Theatre in Blackburn when The Fireside Fusiliers present an evening of poems and pints in the theatre bar. The Fireside Fusiliers provide a unique mix of styles, combining traditional songs
MY mother used to despair of me as she tried to find her way into my bedroom amid the piles of books, records and magazines. "You're a hoarder," is a phrase I must have heard on an almost daily basis - and still do! But having seen The World of Compulsive
AS you look forward to your summer holidays, can you remember the very first time you went abroad? Today sun bathing on a continental beach is the norm, but it's not so long ago when Blackpool and Fleetwood were our main destinations. Sheila and Colin
A TEAM of blood experts, under threat because of hospital cuts, has earned a reprieve from bosses. The phlebotomists section, which works across a range of medical disciplines at both the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General Hospitals, faced the axe as
YOU might wonder what folk got up to on company outings back in 1914. Well, here's what one chap did - he put pencil to paper and drew the scene and characters, so everyone would know, even 93 years later! The event was the annual trip for workers of
MORE than 500 postal voters have dropped off the register of electors for Burnley Council's election today - but this was expected, according to chiefs. Electoral officers at the council have only received 7,542 postal vote requests - the figure is
A DRUG addict who attacked his pregnant partner as her little boy slept nearby could soon be facing a prison sentence. Burnley magistrates had been told how jobless Darren Atkin, 27, hit frightened victim Michelle Gledhill. He squeezed her cheek, pinched
BURGLARS who broke into a carpet factory used a forklift truck to ram their way through to the next-door firm. Staff at Rolfe Carpets and Aurora, in the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, arrived at work yesterday morning to find the shutter doors
POLICE and housing officers joined forced for an anti-social behaviour blitz on Burnley's Brunshaw estate. During the week-long crackdown, alcohol was confiscated from youths and two were warned for using off-road bikes illegally. Nuisance tenants were
ONE OF the country's longest-running school sport competitions has celebrated its 60th anniversary in Blackburn. Footballers from St Mary's College in Shear Brow took on their counterparts from St Mary's College, Middlesbrough, in a bid to win the Thorpe
A thief who stole copper piping from a house was given a chance by magistrates to get off drugs. The Burnley bench had been told how Brian Thompson, 30, knew the occupant had vacated the premises as he used to babysit for her. The defendant, of Herbert
YOUNGSTERS will have a new place to hang out when a new play bus lifts off later this month. The £170,000 SPACE bus is a specially designed double decker which is packed full of equipment to entertain youngsters from across Burnley and Padiham. Onboard
ENGLAND striker Michael Owen could make his international return in Burnley after Turf Moor was chosen to host England B's match against Albania on Friday, May 25. Owen made his comeback for Newcastle last week after almost a year out with a cruciate
MORE than 50 people spent the day learning about Islam at a special event hosted by Building Bridges. The community cohesion group is holding a series of seminars on different religions, aimed at increasing understanding and tolerance. On Monday, at
A man attacked his pregnant partner after she went through his text messages and accused him of having an affair. Burnley Magistrates heard how David Brown, 37, pushed victim Victoria Hey's head to one side and slapped her face once. Miss Hey was left
IT was third time lucky for car salesman Adam Hosker, 27, who survived eviction in last night's cult TV show The Apprentice. Adam, from Blackburn, saw his group lose the task set by Sir Alan Sugar, to sell market produce in France and was taken into
It wasn'T the count at the King George's Hall, nor the record majority, that made it finally sink in that our life had changed in some fundamental way. It was something that happened in the middle of the night - ten years ago, in the early hours of
WE need your help this week in identifying these photographs. They have come from the archives of Burnley Library, who want to find out more about them, and be able to caption them correctly. Staff in the reference library know that the photograph showing
NEWS that a brand new, £65million university/ college campus is to be built in Burnley took Looking Back to 1966 when similar plans were also discussed. For more than 40 years ago it was revealed by Burnley Corporation that a university was one of
BACK in 1966, today's fortnightly refuse collections would have been branded rubbish'. For when Barnoldswick's only two refuse vehicle drivers went down with spring flu, ambulance drivers rushed to the rescue. And it was a case of first (class) aid
A man who was badly injured in a fatal car accident is slowly improving. Christian Gillibrand, 20, of Ramsgreave Road, Blackburn, remains stable at Royal Blackburn Hospital after suffering internal injuries in a crash involving a Honda Civic Type R
AROUND the turn of the last century my grandmother Annie Kenyon moved from Blackburn to Widnes where later she married Richard Wycherley, my grandfather. At the time of their deaths in 1949 and 1952 in their obituaries, a Richard Wycherley from Blackburn
THE number of letters appearing in the LT expressing disquiet about the calibre of our elected representatives is growing. Perhaps it is time for the Government to act by introducing an NVQ for councillors. This would be a two-year course. In the first
REGARDING what Coun Charles Warkman said about speeding traffic being made worse once BAE Systems development starts, I have to totally agree with him. I am a resident of Branch Road and have attended many meetings at BAE regarding their development
THIS letter goes out to all you idiot drivers (and you know who you are) who use the roundabout at the bottom of Shadsworth Road, Blackburn. When are you going to take notice of the sign which states that the left hand lane traffic must turn left to
A WOMAN was rescued from a canal boat after it became wedged in a lock and started filling with water. Fire service and British Waterways workers rescued the woman from the boat which became stuck in Barrowford Locks on Tuesday afternoon. The canal
Jason Roberts has won the performance of the week in the Actim Index after his two-goal salvo against Charlton Athletic at the weekend. The 29-year-old hitman scored 56 points for his performance against the Addicks, which is calculated on a player's
Burnley have designated Sunday's final game of the season as 'Claret and You' Day. As the club approaches its 125th anniversary, officials are urging fans to turn Turf Moor into a sea of claret for the visit of Coventry City (kick-off 1pm). Burnley's
DETECTIVES in Burnley are hunting two robbers after a raid at a town centre jewellers. Two thugs burst into David Marsden jewellers, Kierby Walk at about 11.20am yesterday and confronted a female member of staff. Officers said she was told to get out
A NEIGHBOUR rescued a man who was trapped in his burning home early today. The man, thought to be in his 30s, shouted to his neighbours for help as he could not open a latch on his living room window. His next door neighbour and a neighbour living across
A DRIVER was taken to hospital after his car left the road just before 2am today. Emergency services were called to Shuttleworth Hall Link Road in Padiham where firefighters rescued the man, who was trapped in his vehicle.
A man who burgled five houses in Darwen in the space of an hour has been given an 18-month community order. Jason Talbot will be on a three months long night time curfew - from 9pm to 7am - while he lives at a flat on Woodvale, Darwen. Preston Crown
THREE buildings used by youngsters as drinking dens and for other anti-social behaviour have been demolished. Up to 40 youths were reported to regularly gather at the brick buildings in Towneley Park, Burnley at the weekends, drinking, causing a nuisance
PUPILS at Westholme Middle School achieved feats of strength they didn't think possible when scientist Philip Rose visited. Mr Rose, of SciTech, went to the Blackburn school to do a number of workshops, one of which saw a group of year 5 and 6 youngsters
