Sheila and Lavinia, who live at 3 and 1 School Court, Stubbins are to play host to garden enthusiasts throughout the country. Their gardens are going on show as part of the National Garden Scheme. In this project gardens are open to the public and visitors
EAST Lancashire is facing far bigger spending cuts than most of the rest of the country, it has been revealed. A breakdown of the cuts announced so far reveals Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle are facing the joint-highest reduction in the country
At the top of the table, Haslingden head to Nelson and welcome back professional and new father Phil Hayes for the testing clash at Seedhill. Second-placed East Lancashire play their last game before the return of paid man Brendan Nash when they go
DAVID Bracewell says he intends to help Enfield fire up the Lancashire League – and hopes to start enjoying his cricket more now that he has stepped down as Dill Hall Lane captain. The 30-year-old, who led Enfield to Twenty20 glory in 2007, has taken
BLACKBURN Rovers star David Dunn has become an ambassador for the town’s multi-million pound new youth centre. And the hometown hero visited the site of the project in Blackburn town centre yesterday afternoon for a kickabout with youngsters
DETAILS of a suspect in the Saheel Ahmed murder inquiry have been circulated to all ports. Detectives hunting Naeem Majid Butt, 37, from Johnston Street, Blackburn, said they believed he may try and travel to Pakistan. After taking the
MR Blackburn Rovers Tony Parkes has tipped Ewood Park’s young guns for future World Cup glory - but warns their best route to success is to remain in East Lancashire. Parkes, who enjoyed a 34-year career at Rovers as player, coach and caretaker
BOSSES at Burnley Cricket Club are yet to agree a deal to sell the club’s land next to Turf Moor. Cricket club chairman John Stubbs, who is also vice-president at the football club, said he backed the Clarets' ground redevelopment plans, but any deal
POLICE believe they have smashed a teenage burglary gang after a series of raids on homes in Burnley. Detectives investigating seven break-ins arrested four boys aged between 15 and 17 and a 20-year-old man in late-night swoops. Police
A MOTHER-of-two from East Lancashire who died at the age of 38 will act as a ‘guardian angel’ to her two teenage children, her husband has said. Former bank worker Paula Bury, from Simonstone, suffered a brain aneurysm and lost her life in
A TEENAGER who has cystic fibrosis has triumphed over adversity to be crowned one of Europe’s champion cheerleaders. Lucy Broughton, 18, was part of the 20-strong, mixed, Leeds-based Aviator Allstars team which beat more than 50 other groups to scoop
Clarets boss Laws has taken steps to push his squad to the peak of its powers as he plots a Premier League return. Pre-season training doesn’t officially start until Thursday, but manager Laws has put his Clarets through their paces in advance
POLICE are literally showing the yellow card to World Cup yobs in a violence crackdown. Anyone causing trouble in five East Lancashire town centres are being hit with 48-hour bans from the area. But, in the spirit of the footballing
BLACKBURN Rovers skipper Ryan Nelsen will ponder his international future in the next few weeks after describing New Zealand’s unbeaten World Cup campaign as ‘an amazing achievement’ – even though they failed to make it to the group stage. The Kiwis
INDUSTRIAL fireworks, which could be ‘lethal’ in the wrong hands, have been found on a Barrowford allotment, sparking a row between parish councillors. Lancashire County Council’s Trading Standards arranged for qualified pyrotechnicans to remove the
NEW Accrington Stanley goalkeeper Alex Cisak could be a big success at the Crown Ground, accord-ing to his former Leicester team-mate Billy Kee. Kee, who spent last season on loan with Stanley but has since opted to signed for Torquay rather than join
SAM Allardyce believes it would have cost Blackburn Rovers almost £6million to replace Morten Gamst Pedersen – insisting his contract renewal was a priceless piece of summer business. The Norwegian midfielder ended months of spec-ulation
BURNLEY target Billy Sharp is set to decide where his future lies this weekend. The Sheffield United striker is looking to move away from his boyhood club after falling out of favour with manager Kevin Blackwell, but has a choice of Championship
BLACKBURN Rovers skipper Ryan Nelsen will ponder his international future in the next few weeks after describing New Zealand’s unbeaten World Cup campaign as ‘an amazing achievement’ – even though they failed to make it to the group stage. The Kiwis
