ACCRINGTON Stanley's hopes of ending a 49-year wait to beat Stockport County disappeared last night in an enthralling battle at Edgeley Park. The Reds looked to have hit back from Saturday's disappointing defeat at Port Vale in winning style, when
A COUPLE who were robbed at knifepoint on holiday have spoken of their nightmare as they get ready to face their attackers in court. And John and Mary Fielding, of Vincint Street, Burnley, have hit out at Spanish authorities over delays bringing
RAMPANT Burnley maintained their unbeaten home record by ruthlessly beating a below-par Hull in their npower Championship fixture at Turf Moor. Chris Iwelumo and Chris Eagles both scored twice as the Tigers, who had not conceded in 279 minutes
ANDY Procter's 20-yard drive has given Accrington the interval lead in their League Two match at Stockport tonight. Procter struck five minutes before the break to give the Reds the edge. And it could have been more by the break as both Jimmy Ryan and
GOALS from Chris Iwelumo and Chris Eagles have given Burnley a two-goal lead at half time in tonight's Championship fixture at home to Hull City. Iwelumo headed home Tyrone Mears' cross to put the Clarets ahead in the 14th minute, and 10 minutes
A 40-year-old dad of four has died just days after suffering a massive stroke. Lee Young, the former landlord of the Broadway pub in Accrington, died last week and leaves four young sons, two of them aged just three and 18 months. His
NEARLY half of 36 new allotments created in Darwen are not being used due to fears over asbestos contamination. Overgrown land off Rose Hill Street was transformed into Roseberry Park after three years of campaigning by resident Tracy Jones
DEAN Marney has been handed a starting role against his old club for Burnley's Championship clash with Hull City at Turf Moor tonight. Marney comes into the side in place of Graham Alexander in the only change to the side that drew 0-0 at home
RESIDENTS have formed a not-for-profit company in a bid to re-open a historical house and raise cash for their community. Though the grade II-listed Mercer House was gifted to the people of Clayton-le-Moors 100 years ago, the house has been shut up
A JILTED teenager who was 'embittered by rejection' bombarded his ex-girlfriend with hundreds of calls and text messages before murdering her, a court heard. Gulamyr Akhter, 19, made more than 600 calls and texts to A-level student Asha Muneer
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Clarets fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. And this season our online readers can get their views published in the newspaper too. A
EAST Lancashire's 'little star' Alex Bain has won a top soap award. The Coronation Street star took the accolade of Best Young Actor at the Inside Soap Awards for his portrayal of seven-year-old Simon Barlow. It was the second year running
POLICE are hunting a wanted criminal who has gone on the run after being released early from prison. Jamie Wright, 24, was released early in July eight months in to a 16-month sentence after he was convicted of breaking in to a church building
THIS is the ‘family’ police are trying to trace over the theft of a two-foot Virgin Mary statue from a hospital. Officers have released CCTV footage of the three people they are looking for in connection with the theft from Royal Blackburn Hospital
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Blackburn Rovers fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. And this season our online readers can get their views published in the newspaper too.
So we do like to be beside the seaside – and the Rovers fans’ day out on the coast ultimately proved a success. The Pleasure Beach kindly offered half-price wristbands to Rovers fans intent on making a day of it, but the game itself proved enough
We should perhaps have known that it wasn’t going to be our day when Graham Alexander missed his spot-kick midway through the first half. Alexander has forged a well-earned reputation for being consistently lethal from 12 yards. Since joining the
All good things must come to an end and so it was on Saturday that our unbeaten start to the season ended away at Port Vale. It did help a little that Chelsea also lost their unbeaten record this weekend to big spending Man City. Now
AN Accrington church has opened its doors to worshippers once again, led by the Rev John Binks, left. St John the Evangelist Church, Addison Street, home to the Accrington Pals Chapel, closed in 2007 after concerns over electrical wiring.
Jack Straw was given a standing ovation as he addressed the Labour Party conference for the final time as a frontbencher. The Blackburn MP is on the verge of bowing out of frontline politics after 30 years, and today in Manchester he made his
Beckie Taylor has won an individual bronze medal at the British and Irish junior fell running championships at a wet Glendalough in County Wicklow. The Blackburn Harrier also helped England’s U18 women to team gold while the U16 boys struck
THE discovery of a ‘badly decomposed’ body at a flat is being treated as murder. Two men from Blackburn are being held by detectives as they continue to investigate the circumstances of the death at Rutland Close, Clayton-le-Moors. Police
REGARDING the recent comment by Councillor David Foster (LT, September 21) regarding the two For Darwen councillors who have withdrawn from the coalition – this really takes the biscuit. Where was Councillor Foster’s condemnation when Martin McCoughran
The previous government’s equality act comes into force next month and Burnley College has already shown that they intend to treat staff and visitors, both male and female, equally with regard to facial recognition. Does the reaction of the other colleges
When you think about it, running the country is really quite simple. First, get yourself voted into government – pretty simple, really, as the other inept lot are on their way out. Announce and implement loads of radical changes (funny how nothing
IF financial prudence off the pitch was rewarded with luck on the field, Burnley rather than Hull City would be starting tonight’s match on the back of a weekend win. While the Clarets dominated at home to Bristol City but could only draw 0-0, two late
BURNLEY MP Gordon Birtwistle has pledged to support the NSPCC by passing on its helpline numbers to as many constituents as possible. Mr Birtwistle met staff from the charity at the Liberal Democrat conference to find out more about their services.
THE University Centre at Blackburn College has now teamed up with the police and launched a new degree. Community Policing and Justice Management will be a two-year Foundation Degree. It will be open to anyone wishing to pursue a career
A MUM-of-four cut short her career in hairdressing and retrained as a plumber to fulfil her dad’s last wish. Kelly Adamson, 33, enrolled on a plumbing course with Blackburn-based Training 2000 following her father Terry’s death. She said her dad
RETAIL bosses are planning to widen a controversial new store in Barrowford. North West-based Booths supermarket wants a number of changes to the plans for the site of Park Mill and the former Pendle Brook House care home, Halstead Lane, off
THIS image of a man wanted for indecent exposure has been released by police. Police issued the evo-fit picture of the suspect after a middle-aged woman was targeted in Albion Street, Burnley. He is described as white, aged between 35
THE former defence secretary has warned of the impact of defence cuts on East Lancashire’s economy. Bob Ainsworth said defence chiefs were ‘very worried’ about the possibility of Tranche 3b of BAE Systems’ Eurofighter Typhoon project being cancelled
BURNLEY boss Brian Laws is confident that he does not need to add to his squad with loan players at the moment - but he will continue to monitor the market for hidden gems. Laws held back a small portion of his summer transfer budget in an attempt to
FOUR pages of detailed rules have been produced about grave maint-enance at a Ribble Valley cemetery after it was criticised for banning artificial flowers. After months of debate, councillors in charge of Whalley and Wiswell Burial Ground have produced
IN May there was criticism of those in charge of Whalley and Wiswell Burial Ground after they banned mourners from laying artificial flowers on graves. Since then the committee has undertaken months of debate on policy. And it shows. They have
I READ somewhere, or I perhaps heard someone talking, about child allowance and it was said they thought it should be curtailed. So I mulled this over and thought that if it’s done properly, with careful planning, it could kill several birds with one
THE woman who wants to turn a Darwen Victorian manor house into a drink and drugs rehab centre has criticised the 'outrageous' decision to reject the plans. Catherine Floyd, of Oswaldtwistle-based The Station Project, accused councillors of
A DOCTOR-turned property developer has begun a battle with Lancashire Police to win back firearms and shotgun certificates. Ahmed Khashaba, who owns land near Crown Point in Burnley, wants to upgrade to a .243 rifle, the minimum calibre required
EDGWORTH Eagles ‘B’ have long been the strongest team in the Darwen Bowls League having propped up the lowest division for the last three years! However, non-playing captain David Innes is amazed that his young side keep on coming back for more. But
RON Hill may be a world record breaking runner but he was nearly caught in the blocks at his own birthday race. Hill, who won Common-wealth Games and Euro-pean Championship gold medals in the marathon during a glittering career, was late for
Blue Star Aces Under Nines are learning to play football the right way. The newly-formed team has yet to win a game but manager Paul Newsham is just happy his side are enjoying playing. “My focus with them is getting them to play nice football as opposed
CLITHEROE travelled to Tyldesley looking to make it back-to-back wins but things just did not go their way. The Maroon and Golds will see this as the one that got away as they let victory slip through their grasp. The game started brightly enough for
ST MARY’S College has long been known for its academic rather than sporting achievements - but perhaps that is all about to change. While classroom credentials remain the top priority, what is happening on pitches and courts has given the college
A depleted Blackburn side travelled to Cumbria with no fewer than six changes from the side selected in midweek. But a patched up Burn started well and, in particular, looked strong in defence right across the park. However, Blackburn’s defences were
DANNY COLLINS was at his rampaging best as he scored two tries as free-running Rossendale ran in five touchdowns. On a day where fast flowing rugby, and not defence or kicking was the order of the day, Dale and Waterloo shared a total of eight tries.
IT is fair to say that neither Worsthorne or Stackstreads St Josephs have yet to get their seasons going - so a point was not really what either side were looking for. But, in the end, both sides will look back at missed opportunities to get
RODGER Wilkins has capped off a memorable year be winning a bronze medal at the World Triathlon Age-Group Championships. Blackburn-born Wilkins clinched third place to go with the bronze medal he won at the European Championships in July.
THRILLS and chills will be on offer at Ski Rossendale when winter sports enthusiasts from across the UK showcase a new jump. Last year, during a period which saw the Rawtenstall leisure facility blighted by theft, criminal damage and arson,
A WOMAN from Darwen has been arrested in Jamaica on suspicion of trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cannabis out of the country. Debbie Kehoe, 45, is set to appear in court this week in the Caribbean country after she was arrested at the island
ALAN Bennett’s latest play, The Habit Of Art, will make its North West debut at The Lowry, in Salford Quays, from October 5 to 9. Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death In Venice, seeks advice from his former
A 10-YEAR-OLD arrested after a fire that razed a row of Burnley homes to the ground last month will not face any charges, police said. The girl was arrested after the blaze destroyed nine under-construction homes, in Accrington Road, in just
