A FATHER of three who attacked his wife for a second time has been spared jail. Joiner Sean Whalley, 33, had subjected victim Samantha Whalley to a prolonged attack in which he was said to have punched her repeatedly and dragged her around the house
FILTHY takeaways in Pendle could be named and shamed as part of a ‘scores on the doors’ scheme. If Pendle Council goes ahead with plans to sign up to the national scheme, its environmental health officers will inspect takeaways, cafes, restaurants
NHS bosses have been urged to return vital eye testing equipment which was ‘pinched’ from Rossendale’s new £12million health hub. Health campaigners in the valley were outraged when it was discovered field eye tests had been halted at Rawtenstall’s
PARENTS will be forced to pay up £40 per month to pay for school travel despite 98.5 per cent opposition to the proposals. According to one school, Lancashire County Council has ‘railroaded’ parents in the face of 4,401 objections from 4,472 responses
A 91-year-old war veteran who was savagely beaten by burglars has died, two years after the attack. Bob Schofield, who made the headlines when he was viciously assaulted in his Salterforth home the night before Armistice Day, 2008, died at
A SHOPPER has claimed he found a pornographic film inside a children’s computer game he bought from a Blackburn store. Craig Sunter said he was shocked when the copied DVD fell out as he opened the box containing the hit Wii Sports Resort game.
MASKED men have robbed a father and son in their own home. The 54-year-old man received cuts and bruises as the men entered his house and made threats in Oban Drive, Blackburn, at 10.10pm on Wednesday. His 18-year-old son was not injured.
Warton Stock Car Club’s 2010 Championship came to a close last Sunday with the final meeting of the season, the Grange Cup, deciding the outcome of a closely fought series. Pre-event favourite Stephen Hogarth soon scored the 10 points he needed to clinch
LOCAL crews had a night of mixed fortunes on last weekend’s Illuminations Rally but one thing they all agreed on was that Morecambe Car Club put on a fantastic event. Starting from and finishing at the Vale of Lune Rugby Club in Lancaster the rally included
HUNDREDS of shoppers were evacuated from The Mall in Blackburn town centre this afternoon when the building’s fire alarm sounded. Loraine Jones, general manager of The Mall, said: “The Mall Blackburn experienced a false alarm this afternoon due to
It was another very good weekend for the Blackburn and District CTC racing squad with them taking both of the three-rider team awards in the two hill climbs based on Pendle Hill although in each of them they were just pipped for the individual top spot
COUNCIL chiefs are hopeful a deal can be struck with the Post Office to allow the redevelopment of Rawtenstall's ill-fated Valley Centre. Post Office bosses confirmed that the branch will remain open beyond Sunday when the current subpostmaster’s cont-ract
HUNDREDS of pensioners rallied outside the Houses of Parliament yesterday to protest at cuts to local services and changes to their pensions. Some wore masks of Nick Clegg and David Cameron at the rally organised by the National Pensioners Convention
ROGUE jackdaws caused a magistrates court sitting in East Lancashire to be abandoned yesterday. Three wild birds managed to get into the main hearing room at the Rawtenstall courthouse, in Oakley Road. Court staff suspended hearings in the upstairs
EAST Lancashire technology giant Promethean has won its biggest ever European deal, worth up to £12million. It will see the firm, based in Lower Philips Road, Whitebirk, supplying 8,000 Italian classrooms with its high-tech interactive whiteboards.
THE boss of a Blackburn jeweller’s is celebrating the return of stock stolen in a £250,000 armed raid. Jewels, gems, watches and rings were scattered over Blackburn town centre when a gang of four men raided Ancient and Modern, in New Market Street
EAST Lancashire’s arts organisations are counting the cost of funding cuts following the government’s spending review. Arts Council England has announced a four-year plan to cut spending, after having its budget cut by £100million. Blackburn-based
BLACKBURN bus maker Optare has appointed two Indian businessmen to its board. Dr V Sumantran and R Seshasayee join as non-executive directors after Indian-controlled firm Ashok Leyland took a 26 per cent share in the Lancashire company earlier this
A SEX offender described as ‘high risk’ breached a Sexual Offences Prevention Order by having children in his house. Blackburn magistrates heard that Robbie Lee Cavanagh didn’t think he was in breach of the order because the children were there with
THIS is an image of a man police want to speak to after a woman was slashed during an attempted robbery. The e-fit has been released after two men wearing hooded tops demanded cash at Arietta music shop, Bridge Street, Darwen, at 9.10pm on Wednesday
NOT long married and with a baby on the way, a young Albert Whinston was somewhat shellshocked at the war he was asked to fight against the Germans. For after being called up in 1940, the 23-year-old Blackburn joiner became part of a new bomb
A CAMPAIGNER has taken his feud with Hyndburn Borough Council onto the streets. Tony Hindley spent yesterday driving around the borough with a trailer bearing a banner criticising the council. But his behaviour was dismissed by council officials
ALL three of Lancashire's bids for economic partnerships to tap into a new £1.4bn regional growth fund have today been rejected by the Government. The county was notable by its absence from the list of 24 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs
BLACKBURN Rovers’ prospective new owner has confirmed that historic Ewood Park could be renamed to raise funds. In an exclusive interview with the Lancashire Telegraph, Venky’s chairperson Anuradha Desai revealed that the Indian poultry giants are
A WATER giant has been praised for hitting leakage targets despite losing 460million litres per day last year. United Utilities lost an equivalent of 184 Olympic swimming pools through leaky pipes every day and even enforced a hosepipe ban
Mobile phones have been banned from Chorley’s council chamber amid concerns that members were posting Twitter updates during meetings. The Mayor of Chorley, councillor Ken Ball, has announced to all members that they would be required “to switch
A PENSIONER was subjected to a serious sexual assault in her Nelson home early today. Neighbours called police after screams were heard at around 1.30am. Police are now appealing for anyone who saw an Asian man, in his 20s, between midnight and
EXTRAORDINARY tales about ordinary men and women during the Second World War have been collected in a new magazine out today. To commemorate the 65th anniversaries of Victory in Europe Day and Victory in Japan Day, ‘World War II The Tears,
IMPROVEMENTS will continue to be made to parks in Burnley and Padiham over the coming years. Coun Charles Bullas said investment would continue to make the parks an enjoyable place to go for residents living in the borough. Around £500,000 has been
KENDAL Jazz Club’s next offering at Staveley Beer Hall on November 10 (8pm) features the redoubtable team of singer Debbie Wilson and tenor saxophonist Simon Spillett. Backed by the powerhouse Tom Kincaid Trio, Debbie is a vivacious interpreter
MY wife and I spent our honeymoon in India. It was the late seventies. Our family thought we were being very adventurous – and I’m not sure that we would even have made the trip if we had not had friends living in New Delhi at the time. We went
HISTORIAN Steve Chapples remembers a dark day on Black Hameldon Hill 65 years ago. It was in February 1945 when a B24 American bomber crashed into the hillside, close to Worsthorne. That day Lieutenant Charles Goeking was flying his
AS pressure on budgets becomes stronger and stronger every aspect of NHS spending is put under close scrutiny. It should be too because as resources get scarcer and demand greater needs have to be prioritised because there simply isn’t enough cash to
'SEXY' is a much over-used adjective. But, along with 'stylish', 'slick' and 'superb', it is well-used to describe Craig Revel Horwood’s production of Chess. As a show, it’s got potential to be dated; set amid the Cold War as two of the world’s
GERARD Houllier did not want to be added to Burnley's list of Premier League scalps in this competition and warned the Clarets he would take this fourth round tie seriously. But it wasn't until the second-half introduction of Emile Heskey and Stewart
I know we are in difficult economic times, but there is one easy decision that could spare a lot of the ‘tough ones'. A tax on the banks could raise £20 billion in the UK to help those hit by the financial crisis in this country and around the world
I read with concern and dismay over the weekend that Lancashire Police are planning to slash the number of Police Community Support Officers from the neighbourhood policing arm of the constabulary in the coming months. Let's be honest: not many of us
A CONTROVERSIAL pub which has had three owners in less than two years is back on the market. Since the former Victoria Hotel, in Gisburn Road, Barrowford, was brought back into use in December 2008, the Punch Taverns establishment has had three
A RUNDOWN chapel is having a £50,000 revamp to bring spiritual harmony to a school after four years of upheaval. For more than 40 years, pupils have celebrated mass in the chapel at the former St Theodore’s High School. The school merged
HOLDERS Colne will begin the defence of the Lancashire League's Worsley Cup with a Horsfield tie against Lowerhouse. Matt Wilson's men, who beat Ramsbottom in the final last season, will face Charlie Cottam's outfit in the first round on Sunday, May
FLORAL campaigners in Colne are in the pot to win a national award after scooping three regional prizes. For the third year running, the Colne in Bloom committee romped to victory in the Large Town category for the North West. The committee also
IF March 6 will forever be an infamous date in the history of Accrington Stanley, October 28 so nearly joined it last year. Having already gone out of business once before, in 1962, the club came within a whisker of folding for a second time
ASTON Villa boss Gerard Houllier praised the impact of substitutes Emile Heskey and Stewart Downing as his side overcame Burnley 2-1 in extra-time to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup. Heskey opened the scoring in the second
ONE of English football’s most iconic figures Nobby Stiles made more than £400,000 yesterday by selling his treasured medals gained during his most distinguished playing career. And at least Manchester United proved there is a little bit of the corporation
A 32-STONE man says his life is being made hell because of cruel taunts over his spiralling weight. Steven Pulford, 31, has severe mobility problems because of the impact haemophilia has had on his legs. Unable to exercise properly,
ALEX MacDonald’s stunning 30-yard strike clinched this top of the totesport.com League West clash for leaders Burnley. The 20-year-old had put the unbeaten Clarets in front in the 49th minute with his third goal of the season, only to see it cancelled
BURNLEY manager Brian Laws branded football “cruel” after their Carling Cup fourth round exit at Aston Villa last night. The Clarets forced extra time at Villa Park, when Clarke Carlisle’s header cancelled out substitute Emile Heskey’s late
Justin Birchall crowned his British Cross Country Champion-ship campaign with his maiden win of the series on last weekend’s final round in South Wales. Birchall was co-driven by his wife Louise, as regular co-driver Ross Butterworth was unable
BLACKBURN ROVERS’ prospective new owner aims to turn the club into a top four side — and India into a nation of Rovers fans. Anuradha Desai told of her family's plans in an exclusive interview – the first given to British media – with the Lancashire
Notts County have confirmed former Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince as their new manager on a three-and-a-half year deal. Ince, who resigned as MK Dons manager in May, replaces another former Rover Craig Short, who was sacked on Sunday after
The cross country season start-ed in earnest with the Red Rose League holding the first meeting at Wilson Playing Fields at Clayton-le-Moors. The athletes were clearly happy to see it back with high attendances throughout including 214 in the
* Blackpool midfielder and captain Charlie Adam is at loggerheads with his employers over an unpaid £20,000 payment in his contract and could walk out on the club for nothing. * Barcelona's 39-year-old coach Josep Guardiola is in line to take
