TWO Burnley men have tonight been charged with double murder. Kenneth Howson, 25, of Williams Road, and Daniel Waddington, 22, of Pine Street, are due to before magistrates in the town tomorrow morning. They are accused of murdering
NORTH West soldiers returned home from Afghanistan to a hero’s welcome today, but were devastated to learn on the parade ground that a comrade had been killed. The 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment soldier was hit by an explosion while on
A MANHUNT has been launched after a would-be thief tricked his way into a 97-year-old woman’s home and searched it for valuables. Police said the man confused the pensioner by claiming he was one of her friends called John and had come to check on her
TICKETS for Burnley’s Carling Cup fourth round tie at Aston Villa on October 27 go on general sale via postal application on Monday. Fans will be in the Doug Ellis Stand upper tier and tickets cost £10 for adults and senior citizens, and £5 for juveniles
NINETY staff at Burnley Council are facing the axe as part of a bid to save the town hall £2million. Council bosses have said redundancies 'will hit services'. But opposition councillors said frontline services must be protected, including
FOUR taxis were taken off the road in Colne after random spot checks found them to be unsafe. Officers from the road policing unit teamed up with Pendle enforcement officers and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency to run the operation in Colne town
LABOUR has won two by-elections in Rossendale, taking one of the seats from the Tories. Helen Jackson won the Irwell seat from the Conservatives after claiming 37 per cent of the votes, with turnout down from 56 per cent in May to just 17 per cent.
A PROLIFIC burglar who broke into a bingo hall in Burnley has been jailed for over eight months. Andrew Woodrup, 29, of Lindsay Street, Burnley, broke into Gala Bingo Club, Centenary Way, early on September 17, but after an investigation by
A LEGAL test case over the asbestos-related death of a Clitheroe man has suffered a major blow. A victory for the family of Arthur Eddleston could trigger millions of pounds worth of payments from insurance companies. But Appeal Court
A THREE-car smash in Clitheroe caused traffic chaos for motorists this afternoon. The vehicles collided in busy Whalley Road, near the Primrose garage, at 2.55pm. The road was closed both ways while police and fire crews attended the scene.
A DAD-of-two and has died in a motorbike smash in North Wales. Stephen Allan Williams, 52, of Robert Street, Waterfoot, died when the Triumph 675cc bike he was riding collided with a car on the A547 near Prestatyn. His family described
A DUKE of Lancaster’s soldier was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan today, the Ministry of Defence said. The serviceman, from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died while on a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has saidThe serviceman, from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died while on a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province on
FULHAM captain Danny Murphy has taken a swipe at Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce's tactics. The ex-England player accused Allardyce, Wolves manager Mick McCarthy and Stoke City's Tony Pulis of 'pumping up' their teams too much and of stopping
WHETHER they like it or not, most parents with children under the age of five will have come across the CBeebies programme Show Me Show Me. Kids are mesmerised as the stars of children’s TV, Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee, sing dance and act their way
WITH 200 live dates a year around the world, and brand new supergroup in rehearsal and a reputation as one of the finest guitarists in the world, guitarist Joe Bonamassa tells us he has no time to take it easy. EVER since he was a child
A Best Of Blackburn variety show is being put on at the town’s Thwaites Empire Theatre tonight in aid of charities. The event, which sees performances from singers as young as seven, bands, comedians, a boys’ hip-hop group and bellydancing,
Tom Wrigglesworth gets away with far too much. His jokes about people with disabilities, old people and short people may sound callous, but Wrigglesworth is really mocking society’s inability to treat everyone equally. The main butt
DESCRIBED as the UK’s only ‘stand up mountaineer’ Andy Kirkpatrick is very much one on his own. He has scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan — one of the hardest walls in America — more than 10 times, including two solo ascents in temperatures of minus 30 degrees
RYAN Nelsen admits it was the right time to hand over the Blackburn Rovers captaincy as he concentrates on his new role of club skipper. The New Zealand international was replaced as Rovers captain on the field by centre back partner Chris
Zac Efron has become a teen pin-up around the world thanks to the phenomenally successful High School Musical franchise. Having bid a tearful farewell to his all-singing, all-dancing role as Troy Bolton, the 22-year-old actor has continued
ACCRINGTON Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell hopes Terry Gornell can continue his fine form by giving former Reds defender Tom Lees a torrid time at Bury tomorrow. Lees spent last season on loan at Stanley from Leeds, impressing as a regular
KEVIN McDonald has been told by manager Brian Laws that he has a future at Turf Moor, if he wants it. But the Clarets midfielder is set for a spell away from the club first. Laws has made the young Scot available for loan, after being
The Club Penguin online world is something of a youngster’s social-media phenomenon, and here in Game Day, players can experience the fun and creativity of the snow-covered virtual world on Wii for the first time. In this outing, based around
Remember the days when Guitar Hero was king? You know, before Rock Band appeared and increased the number of instruments you had to throw into your newly expanded toybox? Warriors Of Rock appears to hark back to those days with a focus on single
AN EX-army ambulance technician has started his own service to provide private medical cover at county events. Ben Burrell, of Penrith, founded The Cumbria Aid Ambulance Service to offer patient transport, business training services, organ and tissue
With Pro-Evo heading for a Leeds United style fall from grace, it is left to FIFA 11 to kick on and provide the ultimate football experience. Some pundits felt Electronic Arts would never have advanced on the beautiful game that was FIFA 10 and while
Can everyone shut up about the Commonwealth Games? The huge outcry over the state of the organisation of the games kind of ignored the culture of doing things at the very last minute. Indian timing normally means things will get done in
A VIRTUAL marketplace which will help businesses in the borough network is to be set up. Hyndburn’s Local Connect website will go online shortly after the idea of a team of enthusiasts was awarded £5,000 to connect people, businesses and organisations
BLACKBURN Rovers starlet Frank Fielding has declared ‘this is the biggest night of our careers’ as he and team-mate Phil Jones look to fire England under 21s into next year’s European Championships. The home-grown duo have come through Rovers
POLICE were called to the emergency care unit at Royal Blackburn Hospital by staff who were being abused and threatened by a drunken patient. Blackburn magistrates heard Abdull Basit was escorted from the premises but struggled violently when
POLICE will join forces with councils in an attempt to prevent crime, anti-social behaviour and traffic problems around Pendle Hill this Hallowe'en. Officers will work with Pendle and Ribble Valley councils to put traffic arrangements in place
PLANS to improve bus services in Rossendale over the next 12 months have been revealed by Lancashire County Council. The plan is one of a number of improvements that have been earmarked for the borough in a new report. Council bosses
NEIGHBOURHOOD pride will ensure that eyesore scrubland in Bacup is finally made useful for residents. People living in Pine Street had asked Rossendale Council for permission to restore spare land next to a block of 12 garages. Funding has now been
TWO men who organised an illegal rave which attracted revellers from throughout Lancashire have been fined and had their music equipment seized. Graeme Mizon, 43, of Mark Lane, Todmorden, and Paul Aughton, 45, of Long Butts, Penwortham, set
FIRMS in Pendle are able to part-exchange faulty ladders for new ones as part of a scheme to improve health and safety. Pendle Council's environmental health officers are joining with the Health and Safety Executive to promote 2010’s ladder exchange
BURNLEY manager Brian Laws has begun talks with Jay Rodriguez over a new contract. The homegrown striker is in the last year of his current deal, but Laws is keen to secure his services for longer after seeing the 21-year-old make an impression
A CONVICTED sex offender from Pendle has been given one last chance by a judge to stop dodging a treatment programme. Judge Andrew Woolman said he would give Jason Bullas, 39, a final opportunity to comply with the probation service’s sex offender
I DO not perceive myself as a right winger but it does seem as if the authorities favour Muslims over those who deem themselves to be English, as in the English Defence League. There is no doubt at all that Halal meat is being sold in more and more
MAY I through, the letters page of the Lancashire Telegraph, apologise most sincerely to Mrs Dot Waring. The original article in the newspaper made it sound as if she and Councillor Huggill were setting up a rival organisation to Darwen Civic Society
I would like to follow up the recent letter ‘No point in six-day market’ (LT, October 5) in which Mrs Lawrence asked, ‘Where are the traders waiting to take stalls in Accrington market?’ I was a new trader wanting to take a stall on the outside market
JONATHAN Vass was ‘freed to kill’. That is the forthright view of Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson over the murder of nurse Jane Clough. And it is hard to argue with it. Vass had been charged with repeatedly raping Jane. Astonishingly
Okay, I have actually seen it all now. A bunch of folk jumping up and down outside a fast food store because they don’t want it to be halal. Shock, horror! The Muslims are taking over and are about to make your lives horrible.
PAUL Colgan has been given the role of Rossendale United caretaker manager after Mickey Graham decided to follow John Hughes out of the Dark Lane club. Hughes was dismissed after the Stags’ 2-0 home defeat to East Lancashire rivals Bacup Borough in the
STAR all-rounder Steve Dearden has become the second big name to quit Haslingden since the end of the Lancashire League season. Just a fortnight after spinner Chris Read left Bentgate to become professional at Ribblesdale Leagie outfit Edenfield, Dearden
NEARLY £500,000 in unclaimed benefit has been taken up after a campaign to encourage pensioners to apply for benefits they may be entitled to. Lancashire County Council said it has secured a total of just over £459,000 in pension credit for
A DATE has been set for the trial of a former Ramsbottom MP accused of fraud over his parliamentary expenses. David Chaytor, who represented Labour in Bury North from May 1997 to May this year, is due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court on December
A DAD-of two who spiralled into hooliganism and depression has told of how he transformed his life thanks to a sports-based programme. Steve Dickinson, 38, from Rosegrove, Burnley, said he was almost driven to suicide by the breakdown of his
A MOTHER carrying her baby has had her mobile phone snatched. The 28-year-old Blackburn woman was walking along Warrington Street, at 10.20pm on Wednesday, when two youths ran past. One of them grabbed her £400 iPhone from her hand and
A CONTINENTAL Christmas market is set to run in Darwen this year for the first time. It is expected that permission will be granted next week for the event to run from Tuesday, December 21 to Thursday, December 23, with stalls selling food,
THERE will be four British cycling champions on show in Ramsbottom on Sunday at Lancashire Road Club’s annual time trial up The Rake. Ben Kellett, James Dobbin, Matt Clinton and Lynn Hamel will all be in pursuit of glory amongst the field of 70 competitors
ARTIST’S impressions have been unveiled for a new centre pledging to help tackle homelessness, unemployment and to support struggling businesses. Preston-based Recycling Lives has submitted a planning bid for a purpose-built recycling centre
A BURNLEY councillor has resigned from the Liberal Democrats after growing ‘disillusioned’ with the party. Queensgate Coun Arif Khan, who was elected in 2007, said he had left the borough’s ruling party to join the local Labour contingent.
BURNLEY have cast their scouting net further afield by appointing Perth-based coach Paul Wozny as their new Head of Youth Australisia. The Clarets, who have established ties in America, are now looking to the Yorkshire-born UEFA ‘A’ licence
A MURDER victim had been arrested over the death of his partner just weeks before he was killed, it has been revealed. But the police found no evidence and said he would have been released without charge. Police yesterday said they were looking
AN 'evil' killer murdered his ex-partner when he was released on bail after being charged with repeatedly raping her. Yesterday the parents of nurse Jane Clough told of their anger at the judge's decision to free Jonathan Vass. And an MP said that
A MAN who worked as Blackburn Rovers’ Roar the Lion mascot has been arrested on suspicion of sexual activity in the presence of a child. The allegation has prompted Rovers to relieve Scott Henderson, 22, from the Wensley Fold area of Blackburn
A BURNLEY man arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a 37-year-old was found in Nelson was yesterday released by detectives. Police said the 48-year-old man, who had been quizzed over the death of Dean Beardsworth, was released without charge
