EAST Lancashire has been handed a massive cash boost after regeneration leaders secured up to £200million of funding. The agreement will see the area’s six boroughs share up to £20million from next year of North West Development Agency (NWDA) money for
Visit Helmshore Mills Textile Museum during half term and experience lots of ghost related arts and craft sessions and learn all about the spooky history of the Mill. From Monday 26th to Friday 30th October, the museum will be running a range of craft
GPs are due to start being immunised against swine flu next week – but not all health workers in East Lancashire will receive the vaccine. GPs are one of the first priority groups in the nationwide vaccination campaign against the H1N1 virus. Some primary
Ski Rossendale is offering snowboard tasters from Tuesday October 27th to Friday October 30th as part of their half-term programme. This is a 45 minute introduction to snowboarding and is a great way to experience snowboarding for the first
ONE OF the most “exciting and important” Roman finds for two decades has been discovered in Ribchester. The man’s finger ring, shaped like a snake and made out of bronze, was found by the River Ribble. It is the first time a piece of
IMAGING equipment at the Royal Blackburn Hospital has been improved. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has bought three Acuson S2000 ultrasound systems from Siemens Healthcare. Two of the systems are for abdominal, musculoskeletal,
I DON’T think there was a lot of difference between Blackburn Rovers and Burnley on Sunday. Burnley had as many chances as Blackburn but they just let in bad goals again. There were schoolboy errors for two of the goals, although I have to say that
TOWN Hall bosses in Burnley and Padiham are aiming to pull 350 people off the jobs’ scrapheap before next April, according to council leader Gordon Birtwistle. Staff from the authority's employment development team have been asked to work closely with
PUPILS and staff at St Augustine's RC High School, Billington, completed a 10K sponsored walk around Billington and Whalley. The event, which was organised by deputy headteacher Chris Horrocks, had around 1,100 youngsters aged from 11 to 16 take part
The FSS announced it is to reorganise with the site closing by early 2011. Around 200 jobs are set to be lost in Chorley at The Forensic Science Service, it was confirmed today. There has been a four-month consultation on plans to close
CHERRY Tree have signed Paul Turner as their professional for next season. Turner replaces New Zealander Darren Broom at the Ribblesdale League club.
TEN Burnley players are coming to the end of their current contracts this summer - but whether negotiations will begin at this early stage of the season remains to be seen. Brian Jensen, Steven Caldwell, Clarke Carlisle, Robbie Blake, Stephen Jordan
REAL ale enthusiasts are being urged to visit the Roebuck Inn, in Burnley Road East, Waterfoot. The pub, run by Steve and Liz, sells Theakston’s Best Bitter, Copper Dragon, Golden Pippin and a changing guest beer, often from the Three Bs brewery.
A BURNLEY brewery is aiming for record-breaking sales this Hallowe’en. Moorhouse’s is hoping to bewitch cask ale enthusiasts with its Pendle Witch-themed beers. Supplying the Wetherspoon Beer Festival, which starts on October 28, the cask brewer
POLITICAL leaders had to think on their feet to answer a range of challenging questions from youngsters at a Burnley sixth form. The Thomas Whitham Sixth Form pupils took full advantage of the opportunity to quiz two coun-cillors and a would-be politician
Volunteers are needed to help with eco-projects around the borough. Environmental charity Prospects want to clear up neglected woodland and remove rubbish and invasive weeds. Call 01254 380675 for dates.
HELMSHORE Mills Textile Museum has been rewarded for providing ‘excellent food and local produce’ to visitors. The cafe at the venue was accredited with the prestigious Taste Lancashire quality assurance award for its commitment to investing in food
IT’S nearly 40 years since DJ Jimmy Savile fronted a campaign telling people to use car seatbelts and ‘clunk click every trip’. And it was more than 25 years ago that it became a legal requirement for people in the front seats of cars to fasten them.
A CROWN court trial has been ordered following a 10-person brawl, involving weapons, which allegedly took place along one of Rossendale’s main shopping streets. Nine men and one woman were detained by Lancashire Police after violence erupted in Bank
HISTORIAN and author Jack Nadin, of Hapton looks back at yesteryear, with his grandparents, Joe and Amelia Pickard, with tales of old-time cures and early recycling. HOME remedies were the order of the day in many homes in the past, remembers Jack
Work on the reconstruction of the towpath and bridge on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal running through the vilage is likely to start in November, it has been announced through British Waterways.
TWO East Lancashire women are preparing to embark on the adventure of a lifetime to raise money for charity. Debbie Reynolds and Emma Bury from the School of Sound in Blackburn have decided to trek 60km across the Talamanca mountain range in Costa Rica
STEVEN Burke launched his new season in the best possible fashion, snatching the national one kilometre time trial for the first time. Runner-up to British team mate Matt Crampton 12 months ago, Burke set a new lifetime best at Manchester’s National
If history lessons were anything like this at school, you wouldn’t be able to close the classroom door for everyone clamouring to get a piece of the action. Taking a lead from the successful series of Horrible Histories books, the main plot of Ruthless
Okay, so it’s not the platform-packed scrolling action that many of us love Mario for, but these action RPGs are building a real reputation. Bowser’s Inside Story is an absolutely fantastic advertisement for the genre, drawing on the fab characters
THE future of a junior football team has been secured following a cash injection of £500 from Lancashire County Council. County Coun Sharon Wilkinson, who represents Padiham and Burnley West, secured the Lancashire Local Grant for Padiham Saints
Supporters of the Royal British Legion’s remembrance appeal will run their Poppy Shop at the parish rooms, Victoria Road, from November 2 to 7. A fundraising raffle for the organisation is also planned.
THIS is one of those rare programmes that manages to be enjoyable as well as informative. In this week’s episode Ken McCloud wanders through the amazing architecture of Greece and Austria, taking in the Acropolis and the Alps along the way.
Pendle Community Credit Union is now holding collections at the town’s market hall, after moving from its previous base at the Co-op store, Albert Road, following a refit there.
A TOTAL of 70 pupils from St Christopher’s CofE High School in Accrington were presented with their Bronze or Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at the Grand Arts Centre in Clitheroe.
Local residents and volunteers from the Prospects Foundation are set to create a wave of kindness across the town this Saturday. The group will be tackling litter hotspots in Peel Park to make it a brighter, tidier place to be. The event forms
Extra help is wanted to help run the WRVS library service for the housebound in West Craven. People who can spare a couple of hours per week are being asked to call Lynda on 01282 854967.
SAM Allardyce believes his Blackburn Rovers side have given themselves the perfect platform to defy the odds at Chelsea and Manchester United over the next fortnight by seeing off their neighbours Burnley. Rovers travel to Stamford Bridge on
Lancashire County Council has agreed to supply a further £64,000 of funding to the Green Brook Extra Care housing scheme, due to open in March 2010 on the site of a former council care home.
A planning application for a football pavilion, new car park and redraining works at Heys Playing Field has been submitted by Lancashire County Council to Hyndburn Council.
A bid to erect stables on land off Burnley Road has been submitted to Hyndburn Council. Plans for six stables with tack room, covered midden and access alterations and landscaping will be decided by the planning committee.
Fifty pupils from St Wilfrid’s Primary School learned from top chefs at Stanley House on a visit to the boutique hotel in Mellor this week. Head Cathy Thomas said: “The trip was a fantastic opportunity for the children to gain first-hand experience
MONEY-saving electric vans are being used by a borough council in their bid to save the planet. Hyndburn Borough Council – the country’s top recyclers – have bought two vans for their area caretakers to use on their rounds cleaning streets and open spaces
Blackburn Air Cadets are looking for new members aged 13 to 18. Parade nights are on Tuesdays and Fridays from 7pm until 9pm. For details telephone 01254 680 435.
Three organisations have been awarded BT Community Connections Awards. Gongs were given to the Blackburn and District Kidney Support Group, Circle of Friends and Youth Action. Winners received a laptop and free broadband for a year.
A BURNLEY Wood housing scheme for elderly residents has achieved the national standard for well-designed homes and neighbourhoods. Calico’s £4million scheme at Hirst Gardens has qualified for a Building for Life standard, which is judged against 20
A DARWEN Royal Navy nurse has been handed an ‘illustrious’ assignment - serving on the ship of the same name. Wendy Fradd, a former Moorland High School student, has joined the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious as medical assistant, running the clinic
AUCTION lots worth thousands of pounds have been donated to Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn, in the run-up to its centenary celebrations in 2010. The theatre asked for sponsors to provide auction prizes, resulting in offers ranging from a new kitchen
Staff at a factory raised £1,700 for a charity after some ran in the Belfast marathon and others cycled the Mary Towneley loop. The employees at Crossland Tankers, in Shuttleworth Mead Industrial Estate, raised the money for the Multiple Sclerosis
A Pendle Witches Trail, taking visitors across Lancashire, has been launched in time for Hallowe'en. The trail follows the witches' journeys from their homes in Pendle to Lancaster Castle, where they stood trial in 1612. It can be followed by car or
The number of theatre and musical events at Padiham Memorial Park is to increase next year, after this year’s season was hailed a success – despite bad weather. The friends of the park group’s suggestion for more ticketed events was supported by the
Police will closely monitor vehicles travelling through the ward after reports of speeding. Officers will carry out speed checks as part of Operation Pathway over the coming weeks.
Warning posters enforcing a 30mph speed limit have been displayed in King's Causeway, Brierfield. The warning comes as part of a police campaign to tackle dangerous drivers.
Market traders are staging a pumpkin-carving competition for the under-11s. Pumpkins bought from the venue’s two fruit and veg stalls can be entered in the event before Saturday, with a £15 voucher as one of three prizes on offer.
Police in Blackburn want to set up a ‘youth PACT’ meeting in a bid to stop trouble around the Green Lane estate. Vandalism and anti-social behaviour have been reported.
MATURE cannabis plants worth £20,000 have been taken off the streets of Darwen following the latest police raid in the town. Officers carried out a drugs warrant in Olive Lane on Tuesday evening. Detective Sergeant Ian Geogarty confirmed police seized
A CLARETS-mad raffle is being staged by members of the Samaritans in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. The top prize is tickets for Burnley’s home game against Fulham on December 12. Other prizes include a signed Premier League shirt. Tickets are
POLICE are looking for a man who attacked a 21-year-old in the street. CCTV cameras show Christopher Hudson, of Great Harwood, being approached by a man in the middle of Blackburn Road, in the town. In the unprovoked attack, the victim was knocked to
SINGLE yellow lines will soon be laid outside a Whitworth chapel to stop buses using the site as a waiting area. The decision to introduce time restrictions outside Shawforth Chapel was taken at a recent general purposes committee. Councillors also
'You must be Burnley in disguise,’ the fans around me in the Blackburn end suddenly started chanting during one of the few slack periods in Sunday’s game. Almost without thinking, I was about to join in. Then everyone realised it wasn’t any
WITH the cotton industry hanging by a thread, a throng of textile workers flew out to a new life and new jobs in South Africa in 1963. They sold their East Lancashire homes and furniture to fly out with their families to a new future in Cyril Lord’s
COUNCIL moves have begun to remove horses from public land close to a travellers’ camp in Blackburn. The action comes as an animal lover highlighted the plight of ponies and dogs she said were being left tethered alongside an Ewood car park. Two Shetland
A NEW series of children’s books chronicling the adventures of Jimmy the Jinty, have been published by the East Lancashire Railway. Written by Michael Moore, a volunteer at the railway, the books aimed at children aged from three to eight feature the
A DARWEN man was left with a badly broken leg following a row at a petrol station. The 30-year-old was walking on the forecourt of Bolton Road service station shortly after midnight on Sunday, when he and his partner became involved in a row
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a boy who been missing for more than three weeks. Thomas Bank, 14, was last seen on Sunday, October 4, at his address in Bolton-le-Sands, near Carnforth. Police believe Thomas is in the Darwen
I would like to thank all staff on ward 10 at Burnley General Hospital for their excellent care and attention I received during my recent stay, when I was having treatment for a hip replacement. I was at all times treated and looked after with total
It’s great to see Justice Secretary Jack Straw flying the flag for a common-sense approach to health and safety (‘Safety: some have gone too far’, LT, October 8). As chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), I wholeheartedly agree with Mr Straw
With Beneath a Steel Sky last week and the release of Monkey Island in the Summer, there’s been something of a point-and-click adventure renaissance. The vast majority of them, however, have been remakes or revamps of old franchises so it was with some
A STORE at the M65 services will be allowed to sell alcohol, despite residents’ fears that it will fuel drunken behaviour. Bosses from Somerfield were granted a new licence after assuring councillors that the mini-super-market used by motorway drivers
A play area which benefited from a multi-million pound government scheme has been officially unveiled in Pendle. Friends of Brierfield and Reedley Parks chairman John Bradley, and Coun Tonia Barton, chairman of Pendle Council’s Brierfield and
THE Red Lion is the most popular pub name in this country. In fact, there are more than 600 of them. Sue Bourne’s excellent Cutting Edge documentary looks at the lives of some of the people who are regulars in these pubs. At this moment
Although I agree it is good news that the likes of TJ Hughes are interested in returning to Blackburn and large outlets like Primark and other major stores are also showing interest in our town, I feel it will be a sad day if our market should disappear
Can anyone explain why two democratically elected MEPs have been banned from entering our Parliament? I thought we lived in a democracy with freedom of speech. This government is a disgrace, from the expenses debacle which, if we are being honest, is
In response to Neil A Yates’s letter (October 13) in relation to comments made in my previous letter (October 6) I would like to pose the following question: Has Mr Yates even benefited from enhanced Terms & Conditions negotiated by a Trade Union? Outdated
Running time: 108 mins. Starring: Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, John C Reilly, Jessica Carlson, Patrick Fugit, Ken Watanabe, Salma Hayek, Michael Cerveris, Ray Stevenson, Willem Dafoe, Don McManus, Colleen Camp. Director: Paul Weitz. Paul Weitz
Jeremy Piven, Kathryn Hahn, David Koechner, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, Jordana Spiro, Rob Riggle, Ed Helms, Alan Thicke. Director: Neal Brennan. Greed is good in Neal Brennan’s raucous debut feature about the exploits of four car salespeople
AS East Lancashire recovers from the biggest game for 42 years, the sports team reflect on the teams, the goals, and the errors made by both Blackburn Rovers and Burnley and look ahead to their weekend games. The Derby. The Fall-out. Dunny. Beast
MIKE Ferguson has suffered in silence for almost half a century, blamed for acting alone when Accrington Stanley’s survival was dependent on the efforts of the collective. Ferguson had scored Stanley’s last Football League goal, weeks before
ACCRINGTON Stanley were remaining tight-lipped yesterday on whether they had yet reached their fund-raising target. Stanley must return to the High Court in London on Wednesday to face winding up proceedings if they are unable to pay off a
ROBBIE Blake is eyeing a new Burnley contract after admitting he wants to end his career at Turf Moor. The 33-year-old is loving his second spell with the Clarets, particularly since promotion via the play-offs gave him another shot at the Premier League
THOUSANDS of drivers and passengers in Lancashire are not wearing seatbelts, shock new figures reveal. Lancashire Constabulary has fined 7,902 motorists in a single year for a variety of seatbelt offences including children under three not being strapped
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is confident his thriving young guns will only get better as he calls for his derby day heroes to ‘end our away pain now’. Frenchman Steven Nzonzi has stunned everyone at Ewood Park with a string of mature
TRADERS want answers after being left in the dark over whether Pendle Rise shopping centre will get Christmas lights this year. Coun Eileen Ansar said a number of shopkeepers had contacted her after failing to get a response from shopping centre bosses
BAILIFFS who had clamped a car fled in terror when an angry householder charged out of his home waving a 10-inch kitchen knife, a court heard. Recovery agents locked themselves inside their van when Nofar Ali emerged from his Helmshore home “foaming
TWO teachers are set to learn about life as astronauts and scientists working for NASA as they head off to the USA on a fact-finding mission. Catherine Lamb and Jenny Wisedale, who teach at St Leonard’s Primary School in Padiham, will depart on Saturday
A MAN who tried to smuggle heroin into prison in a crisp packet has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. Christopher John Andrew Woodrup, 40, of Branch Road, Burnley, pleaded guilty at Bolton Crown Court in January this year to supplying heroin and
THE managers of a historic pub believe they have a spooky new customer — a ghost called Albert who died there hundreds of years ago. Simeon Noble, landlord of the Quarryman’s Arms, Blackburn, and partner Lucy Jackson said there was no other explanation
THE grieving family of a woman who died in a crash in Kelbrook have paid tribute to her. Renowned community campaigner Winifred Hoyle, 73, from Barnoldswick, died following a collision on the busy Kelbrook Road on Monday afternoon. Mrs Hoyle was a passenger
A GRANDMOTHER who died in an M65 crash had taken her seatbelt off after suffering chest pains as she was driving, an inquest heard. Dee Johnson, 63, of Snow Drop Close, Haslingden, died after her car left the motorway and flipped on to its roof. But
