URGENT repairs are needed to preserve some of Burnley's most historic landmarks, which are in danger of collapse, according to town hall conservationists. Several sites in the Weavers’ Triangle, including a number of grade II and locally listed buildings
NEW signing Jonathan Lund starred for Burnley Reserves against Liverpool Reserves tonight, but couldn't prevent a late defeat. The former Leeds and Grimsby goalkeeper made three solid first-half saves and looked set to inspire a well-earned
A PIECE of wire could hold the key to an investigation into a huge fire which gutted an historic hotel. Forensic experts have been scouring the charred remains of the Swan and Royal Hotel for almost five weeks in a bid to discover the cause of the blaze
A ROSSENDALE councillor has slammed the ruling group for “neglecting” grass cutting in the Valley. Almost two years after grass cutting problems were discussed in the council chamber, bosses have requested more time to work out how best
Ann Kenyon of Kenyon Taxis says that at the last count there were 23 fast-food takeaways in Haslingden town centre. That's an incredible number for such a small town and Ann says it just shows how the town has been neglected and "is going to rack
A 16-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Padiham football coach Adam Rogers. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons app-eared before Preston Crown Court in connection with an incident in Blackburn town centre which led
THE father of a 43-year-old man whose body was found at the bottom of a remote ravine nine months after he went missing believes a single phone call could have saved his son’s life. Geoffrey Benton was known to have been taken by ambulance
A WORLD transplant games champion, described as a ‘wonderful, inspirational, and caring’ person, has died after a two-year battle with cancer. Lynn Hindle, 40, from Blackburn, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007 and later given the all
A STOLEN taxi smashed into police vehicles in Accrington like a ‘dodgem car’, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. The incident, which happened around 8.45pm on Saturday, caused an estimated £30,000 of damage, with the taxi, a Volkswagen Golf
WE HAVE to go back more than a century to trace the origins of the intense rivalry between Blackburn Rovers and Burnley. Rovers were founded in 1875 and in the years that followed, football was passionately taken up by the area, spawning the
A FIVE-week-old baby left sleeping between his parents at their Pendle home died just hours later, an inquest heard. Sol Mackenzie Smith had been given a 5.40am feed by his mother Jodie at their home in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, when it was noticed that
WHEN it comes to significant dates in the recent history of East Lancashire football, there is one this month that surpasses them all. And it isn’t derby day. It is a date more significant than May 25, 2009. A date more important than May 14
BURNLEY have completed the signing of young goalkeeper Jonathan Lund - and he will make debut alongside boss Owen Coyle in tonight's reserve match at Liverpool. The Clarets take on Liverpool in Barclays Premier Reserve League (North) at Tranmere's
A MAN named The Scary Guy visited a school in the Ribble Valley and showed that appearances can be deceptive. At 6ft 5in, completely covered in tattoos, sporting many piercings and with a bright red mohawk, he looks intimidating. But
JIMMY McIlroy’s testimonial celebrations get in full swing on Friday, with a golf day held in the Burnley legend’s honour. Clitheroe Golf Club is staging the event, which is sponsored by local company Citrus Office Solutions. Former Clarets players
JIMMY Bell may attempt to persuade Accrington Stanley to bring back Peter Cavanagh once the former skipper has served an eight-month ban from football. Cavanagh was banned during the summer after being found guilty of placing a £5 accumulator on Bury
CAMPAIGNERS who have fought to save a row of Victorian homes from the wrecker’s ball in Nelson are celebrating its rebirth as Pendle's latest ‘des res’. Traditional terracing in Every Street, which remained derelict while the threat of demolition hung
THREE minutes of clinical finishing by Solihull was enough to defeat the Raptors. The Midlanders came into the game undefeated and found themselves five goals up inside seven minutes. Bobby Caunce got the Raptors back into the game with a solo effort
CRUMBLING pavements have been left with ‘dangerous’ potholes just days after being laid by highways officers. Parts of the pavement in Brogden Lane and West Field Road, Barnoldswick, around kerbstones, have been ‘patched up’ recently.
A Chorley man convicted of staging a one million pound heist of his own lorry, ‘bound and gagged’ himself in a failed bid to blame others. Brian George Fogg, 47, of Draperfield, fabricated a chain of events, stating he had been threatened at
North Manchester record label Rocksector Records, in association with Rock Radio Manchester 106.1FM, are excited to confirm the line-up for the 2009 Helloween Ball. The event takes place at The Met Theatre, Bury, on Saturday, October 31, featuring
IAN Rush, the player forever synonymous with the Accrington Stanley milk advert, has pledged his support to the club’s survival bid. The former Liverpool striker has been announced as the guest of honour at a sportsman’s dinner at Dunkenhalge Hotel in
ARE you a Blackburn Rovers or Burnley fan with a derby story to tell? We want to hear from you. The Lancashire Telegraph is counting down to the fierce rivals' first top-flight meeting for over 40 years with stories every day - and we want to hear
FAMILY and friends of Chorley stab victim Jessica Knight have condemned a compensation offer as ‘an insult to her bravery’. The 15-year-old Euxton girl was left with life-threatening injuries while she was walking in Astley Park when she was stabbed
BLACKBURN Hawks suffered back-to-back away defeats at the weekend, after twice throwing away winning positions. Hawks led 3-0 against Sheffield Spartans and 4-2 at Kingston Jets, only to lose 5-3 and 5-4 respectively. The town team now lie bottom of
BLACKBURN Rovers' Premier League trip to Birmingham City has been selected for live screening by Sky Sports. The date of the match remains the same, however, with the game due to be played on Tuesday, December 15.
THREE of Burnley's fixtures during December have been switched for television reasons. The Clarets' trip to Portsmouth will now kick off at 12.45pm on Saturday, December 5 after being selected for live screening by Sky Sports. Their
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has been told he has no case to answer after his comments towards referee Peter Walton in the wake of Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal were reviewed by the FA. Allardyce was furious after Mr Walton missed a blatant foul
THE Accrington Stanley Supporters’ Fund have vowed to carry on trying to save the club following an emergency meeting on Monday night. The fund had offered to pay off all of the club’s debts last week but the group’s status was thrown into doubt over
‘Galactic robot battles set in the future ’ The most exciting line from the Lego Group returns in the form of this inter-stellar epic from Universal Pictures and to celebrate the release on October 5, we have five copies to give away. Bionicle:
Wolves have reported Bolton to the Premier League for an alleged illegal approach made to academy player Mark Connolly. The 17-year-old, capped by the Republic of Ireland at youth level moved to Bolton on transfer deadline day after the north-west club
Everton striker Jose Baxter was released on police bail after he was arrested for possession of cannabis and fake cash. Baxter, 17, from Bootle in Merseyside, and two other men, aged 29 and 34, were arrested in the Kirkby area on Monday.
Sunderland have handed a trial to former Liverpool and Chelsea midfielder Boudewijn Zenden. Zenden is looking for a new club after leaving Marseille in the summer. The 33-year-old said in August he was hoping to move back to the Premier League with
HOSPITAL staff have relaxed restrictions on Royal Blackburn Hospital’s baby unit after tests showed no new cases of MSSA bacteria. Seven children contracted MSSA – methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus – last month, leading to admissions being
Tomas Rosicky has revealed he has not held talks with Arsenal over extending his contract beyond the end of the season. The 29-year-old started his first Premier League game of the season in the 6-2 win over Blackburn on Sunday and, although the midfielder
Gabriel Agbonlahor claims he is in the best form of his career and is determined to convince Fabio Capello he should be part of his World Cup finals plans. The Aston Villa striker has been recalled to the England squad for the qualifiers with Ukraine
Why has the media suddenly gone silent on the MPs’ fraudulent expenses claims and bogus mortgages? Benefit cheats get brought to justice for robbing the taxpayer so why not MPs for doing exactly the same thing? I have not read of any of them being
The recently announced closure of EDC and the news that Microtech Solutions has gone into administration and declared staff redundant have both been explained as the result of changes in consumer needs. They take place, however, in a context where redundancies
THE decision to increase the ‘unduly lenient’ sentence of a ‘dangerous predatory paedophile’ is to be welcomed. Craig Joseph Bennett lured a 12-year-old boy to a field in Darwen on the pretence of helping him find his dog, before binding him and subjecting
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has defended the investment levels of the current regime and suggested fans should look to manager Rafael Benitez, rather than the club’s owners, if the Reds are failing to progress. Last weekend's 2-0 loss at Chelsea
COFFEE wars could be looming for Burnley town centre after another major player was given planning permission. Bosses representing Costa Coffee have been allowed to convert the Textiles Direct, premises, in Fleet Walk, into a new coffee house
Saudi businessman Ali Al-Faraj has completed his takeover of Portsmouth. Former owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim sold 90 per cent of the shares in Portsmouth to Falcondrone Limited, a company owned by Al-Faraj, freeing up funds to pay players and executives.
A WOMAN was sexually assaulted by three ‘drunken bullies’ in an Accrington street, who asked her if she had ever been gang raped, a jury was told. Burnley Crown Court heard the woman was held around the neck, groped and verbally abused before she was
THE trust which runs East Lancashire’s hospitals has revealed a £3.1m budget deficit in the first five months of the financial year. Health bosses have revealed that further unexpected strains on their resources such as another swine flu outbreak this
A RIBBLE Valley school has been given a £100,000 cash boost. Bowland High School has been given a share of £1.3m, which has been allocated to educational establishments across Lancashire to improve their extra-curricular activities. The county council
ACCRINGTON Stanley hope last night’s postponement of their Johnstone’s Paint Trophy second round tie against Shrewsbury will not affect their attempts to pay off a £308,000 tax bill before October 28. Stanley had been due to face their League Two counterparts
HENRY VIII lookalike Ray Irving has abdicated from Samlesbury Hall after a row with bosses. The grandfather-of-five, who has roamed the famous Tudor hall as the red-headed king for nearly five years, has decided to quit. The 60-year-old doubled up as
NEW proposals could round off the development of Colne’s North Valley retail and business park – and create around a dozen new jobs. Land agents Savills have put forward plans to the borough council for three new trade counter units in one of the few
A lasting tribute to late Darwen headteacher Lynn Dunning is being planned. Bosses at Darwen Vale High School are in talks to create a permanent memorial for when the new, rebuilt school opens in 2012. Mrs Dunning, who was instrumental in helping
BLACKBURN Cathedral has a proud new addition – an 18ft flag pole with a hand-carved bishop’s mitre on top. A crane put the £2,000 pole and finial piece in place on top of the Cathedral tower this week. And the addition means the flag of St George can
ACCRINGTON Stanley will play Blackburn Rovers in a bid to raise survival cash less than two weeks before their tax bill deadline. The date for the fundraising fixture has now been announced as taking place on Tuesday October 13 as part of the club’s
PAUL Robinson is facing a race against time to be fit for the first top flight East Lancashire derby for more than 40 years after pulling out of the England reckoning with a hip injury. Blackburn Rovers’ in-form goalkeeper was withdrawn from Fabio Capello
BURNLEY captain Steven Caldwell was delighted his comeback from injury coincided with the Clarets’ becoming Premier League record breakers. But timing his return for the hotly anticipated East Lancashire derby has come as an even bigger boost
SWEETS, crisps and fizzy drinks have been banned from a Burnley super-school. Martin Burgess, head of Shuttleworth College, Padiham, made the decision to improve pupils’ behaviour and concentration as well as encourage healthy eating.
TWO balaclava-clad thugs armed with machetes robbed a family in front of their five-year-old daughter. Police said the victims had been left terrified after the raid in Little Harwood, Blackburn. The couple were targeted by two white
PREGNANT Abbie Drinkwater was left stunned when she looked at her baby’s ultrasound scan – because she believes dead singer Michael Jackson’s face was captured in it. The 18-year-old said she was amazed when she saw the King of Pop’s image
CCTV footage is being studied after thieves stole six tonnes worth of components, valued at £108,000, from a Pendle engineering firm. Police believe intruders at KRH Engineering, in Ravenscroft Way, Barnoldswick, would have needed a van or lorry to remove
BURNLEY’S reserve team make the trip to Tranmere’s Prenton Park to face Liverpool in Barclays Premier Reserve League (North) tonight at 7pm.
FLASH flooding saw cars abandoned and warnings issued yesterday as East Lancashire was hit will torrential down pours. Some roads were closed temporarily, flood watch warnings were issued by the Environment Agency and cars had to be recovered
AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a blaze which saw flames reaching 20feet high at a cooking oil refinery. CCTV cameras at PDM Group, in Bridge Street, Church, showed the fire started in a heat room around 3.30am yesterday. More than 30 firefighters
ACTRESS Hannah Hobley, who stars in ITV1’s hit comedy Benidorm, is going back to her roots by appearing in her hometown panto. The former Fisher-More High School pupil’s role as Fairy Liquid in Sleeping Beauty will be her debut in front of a Colne audience
