A TERROR suspect said he wore camouflage face paint and bought a machete to copy Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ilyas Iqbal said he spent hours poring over war and action films including Predator, Rambo and Blackhawk Down to learn about weapons he would then
Burnley's home defeat to Portsmouth means the Clarets are still second from bottom and on a run of one win in their last 16 league matches. Manager Brian Laws said: "I felt we deserved something out of it, but inexplicably you can't give
The East Lancs Railway is offering special fare deals on the weekend of March 27th/28th. Any resident living in the Valley can travel at a reduced fare of £4 for adults and £2.70 for children and concessions.
Jimmy Cricket the legendary Rochdale comedian is making a guest appearance at a concert organised by the Second Rossendale Scout Group Band. Tickets are £6 and £5 for the event which takes place on Saturday, March 6th at 7.30pm. Contact 01706 875819
Edenfield Methodist Church is hosting the ever popular Radio 4 show, Gardener’s Question Time. The show has been running for over 60 years and will be broadcast on Monday, March 1st from 6.30pm.
Fearns Community Sports College in Stacksteads is running taster sessions on its climbing wall from 7 to 8pm on Thursday 4th March. Entry is free - clean trainers and no jeans.
Darran Kempson's own goal in the fifth minute of added on time sent Accrington crashing to a shock League Two defeat at struggling Torquay. It was heartbreak for Stanley on their mammoth trip after in-form striker Michael Symes had cancelled
A COUNTERFEIT coinmaker who was part of a multi-million pound fake money scam has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Yasin Patel, 45, of Glenfield Close, Blackburn, had earlier admitted three charges in relation to the conspiracy to supply counterfeit
Burnley have been beaten by fellow strugglers Portsmouth in a match they simply had to win. The Clarets had only themselves to blame for the defeat after gifting the bottom-of-the-table side two second-half penalties. It was a successful
THE deputy leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council says he fears a major £45million transport scheme will “never happen” – after a snub by a Government minister. The flagship Pennine Reach project, designed to link up Darwen, Blackburn and Accrington
Martin Paterson’s fine finish has brought his side level with fellow relegation battlers Portsmouth after an enthralling first half at Turf Moor. Frederic Piquionne got his Portsmouth side ahead half-way through the half but the Scottish striker's
Holy Trinity Church in Barnoldswick is planning a procession through the town to mark its 50th anniversary. Holy Trinity held the first service at its new building on Skipton Road on March 28 1960, and, to mark the occasion, parishioners held
Countdown hero Clarke Carlisle captains his Clarets side for today’s visit of bottom of the table Portsmouth. Manager Brian Laws is hopeful of putting the defeats at Craven Cottage and Villa Park behind him and has called on the fans to recreate the
PUPILS at a school that is set to close as part of a reorganisation are to be transferred up to a year early, it has been announced. Beardwood Humanities College will close in July 2012 but Year 8 pupils will be transferring to new schools
RESIDENTS desperate to protect greenbelt are campaigning to transform ‘eyesore scrubland’ into a new housing estate. Huncoat councillors Paul Gott and Dave Parkins are appealing to planners at Hyndburn to look at allocating land for up to 400
AS Liverpool were left grinding out a dull 0-0 draw with Champions League challengers Manchester City last weekend, a watching Sam Allardyce couldn’t help but reflect on the irony of the situation. Ever since Reds boss Rafa Benitez and Allardyce
WORK on one of Burnley’s new ‘superschools’ is so far ahead of schedule that cash set aside for work later in the year has been released early. County Council bosses have released £8million from their Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme
THERE was no third party involvement in the death of a Haslingden teenager found hanging from a tree close to his home, a coroner has found. Chad Irving, a ‘popular and lively boy’, was discovered in Pit Pocket Park, near Wells Street, Haslingden, the
PENDLE and Rossendale councils have voted to freeze council tax. Councillors in Pendle spent five and a half hours discussing the 2010/11 budget at the full council meeting in Thursday before setting the council tax rate at around 12.30am.
BURNLEY’S Premier League game at home to Stoke has been put back 24 hours to Wednesday, March 10. It is because of the Potters’ involvement in the FA Cup.
Blackburn Hawks are on the hunt for back-to-back wins for the second weekend running. The local ice-hockey aces are hoping to pick up maximum points from today’s trip to Coventry Blaze and tomorrow’s home clash with basement club Kingston Jets. Should
SAM Allardyce believes Blackburn Rovers are run the right way after seeing Portsmouth become the first Premier League club to enter administration yesterday. The Rovers boss sympathised with the financially-stricken South Coast outfit, managed
FOR a man who remains Burnley’s highest post-war goalscorer, Ray Pointer is remarkably modest. Few players have greater claim to legendary status at Turf Moor than Pointer. The forward scored 133 goals during the Clarets’ golden era,
A TEENAGER is set to stand as a councillor in Burnley at the next local elections. Eighteen-year-old A-Level student Tyrell McGowan will attempt to win over voters in the Whittlefield with Ightenhill ward. The Nelson and Colne College student, of Westwood
A BROTHER and sister have become a mean fighting team after kicking their way to the top in the National Jujitsu Championships. Tom and Zoe Allen from Brierfield have both taken part in the British Championships in Birmingham. Seventeen-year-old
MICHEL Salgado insists Blackburn Rovers can pull off a Premier League surprise at Anfield tomorrow – just over 10 years after helping Celta Vigo condemn Liverpool to one of the biggest ever European shocks. Rovers’ Spanish full back was a member of the
MICHAEL Duff insists Burnley are determined to pile more misery on Portsmouth by steering themselves out of the relegation zone. This afternoon’s opponents are relegation certainties after becoming the first Premier League club to go into administration
A MAN is “lucky to be alive” after he became trapped in his house during a blaze. Firefighters from Blackburn and Darwen found a man trapped in his house in Audley Range, at just after 4pm yesterday. They broke down the front door and found a man
A UNION chief and ex-county councillor from Burnley is calling for an investigation into whether exposure to chemicals at his former workplace could have caused his bladder cancer. After being diagnosed with the disease five years ago, Terry Burns,
RSPCA inspectors saved a dog from starvation in Burnley after being alerted to reports of an abandoned pet at an empty terrace house, a court heard. Veterinary experts believed the black and tan cross-breed dog, discovered at a home in Queen Victoria
A SPORTS-mad dad-of-two has died after suffering a heart attack just minutes after a gym session. More than 1,000 people are expected at the funeral of property developer Paul Taylor, 42, on Tuesday. Mr Taylor was fanatical about boxing and as
Beijing medalist Steven Burke of Colne will be one of 80 riders in the 43rd running of the popular Clayton Spring Classic Road Race tomorrow. Burke is the big attraction at the race, which takes place over 14 laps of the testing four-mile circuit near
