VINNY Mukendi equalised in stoppage time to deny Accrington Stanley victory at Macclesfield Town tonight. Hamza Bencherif put the hosts in front in the 22nd minute when he got the last touch to deflect Tyrone Barnett's header past Alex Cisak
AN 83-year-old woman died in a house fire in Rossendale today. Police said it was a tragic accident as it appeared a cigarette was to blame. The ‘smouldering cigarette’ is believed to have set fire to the chair in which the woman was sitting.
MICK Rathbone will never forget the shame of suffering relegation to the Third Division with Blackburn Rovers after a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle United at Ewood Park in April 1979. It marked one of the lowest points in the club’s proud history with the
A BLACKBURN woman left her three-year-old daughter home alone while she visited a friend in the middle of the night, a court heard. Her boyfriend discovered what had happened when he returned from a night shift, intending to collect a suitcase
A HOMES giant in Burnley is in the running for a national award for its work in helping trainees and apprentices into work. Calico’s skills and enterprise department is on a shortlist of six for the ‘groundbreaking service team of the year’
HUNDREDS of mourners joined cricket star Graham Lloyd today to bid a tearful farewell to his wife and mother of his two sons. Sharon’s casket, covered in pink rosies, lillies and gerberas was carried into Accrington Crematorium as Ave Maria
A MAN left paralysed after he jumped off a motorway bridge never recovered his health and died at Christmas, an inquest heard. Paraplegic Steven Perry, 45, suffered serious head and spinal cord injuries during the fall onto the M61 in 1995. An inquest
Elkie Brooks is one of Britain’s most revered singers. See her in Burnley on April 9 and Barrow on June 2. The Salford-born singer has had numerous hit singles, million selling albums and awards. Performing some of her classic hits, blues,
A MAN has been accused of possessing two dangerous dogs after a teenager suffered horrific injuries in a savage attack. Mark Rowland, 24, of Hill Street, Baxenden, was charged today after police said an examination had found his dogs to be
A MAN died in hospital yesterday two weeks after suffering a fractured skull in a vicious unprovoked attack in Burnley. Darren Atkinson, 48, of Brierfield, died at the Royal Preston Hospital. The 6ft 6ins man, described as a ‘gentle giant’, had been
This is a lovely stroll especially in the spring when curlews and lapwings call from the moors with chiff chafs and willow warblers sing from the trees to celebrate their arrival in East Lancashire from their African wintering grounds. 1
WOULD Benidorm be any good without Johnny Vegas? That was the question on nobody’s lips as this new series based on the frolics of a couple of families on holiday in said resort got under way. To be honest, the lack of JV didn’t really make much difference
COMING from “God’s Own Country”, I was bound to be interested in this, although I’m not sure why anyone would need Adrian Edmondson to point out the obvious delights of England’s best county. Edmondson hasn’t done much of note since The Young Ones way
THE words “Afghan war” and “comedy” aren’t usually ones you would associate with each other, but that’s exactly what stand-up poet Matt Panesh set out to do with his one-man show, Welcome To Afghanistan. The show is based on the true-life memoir of
Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn, Jon Hamm, Gerard Plunkett. Director: Zack Snyder. In the boxing ring, a sucker punch is a devastating, unexpected blow that sends an unwary
91 mins. Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Alyson Michalka, Danneel Harris, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Tomas Arana, Matt Lanter. Director: Christian E Christiansen. Higher learning can seriously damage your health in Christian E Christiansen
89 mins. Featuring the voices of Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling. Director: Simon Wells. As children, it’s easy to take mothers and fathers for granted. At that age, our needs are purely selfish and aside from
95 mins. James Marsden, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Kaley Cuoco, Tiffany Espensen, David Hasselhoff, and the voices of Russell Brand, Hugh Laurie, Hank Azaria. Director: Tim Hill. The next time you tuck into the creamy chocolate of an Easter egg, spare
103 mins.Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis, Deniz Akdeniz, Phoebe Tonkin, Chris Pang, Ashleigh Cummings, Andrew Ryan, Colin Friels. Director: Stuart Beattie. Based on the series of seven books by John Marsden, which have sold more than
HUNDREDS of brass and swing lovers are expected to descend on Blackburn on April 9 as ‘Singing Swinging Brass’ makes a return to King George’s Hall. The annual event, now in its 15th year run by The Rotary Club of Accrington, will feature the renowned
CANADIAN rocker Bryan Adams has announced a new UK concert tour at the end of the year, including gigs in Liverpool on November 28 and Manchester on November 30. The tour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Waking Up The Neighbours album.
IT will be a sad week next week, when we must bid farewell forever to the shoutiest man on TV. Yes Waking the Dead, that most most confusing, implausible, ridiculous and thoroughly compelling of drama series will be screened for the final time
BURNLEY band You Animals are hoping to take the music scene by storm when they release their debut album in April. Guitarist Stuart Samuels shared his hopes for pop stardom. You Animals has six members coming from Burnley and Derby. How did you all
RISING stars of the indie world Toy Horses open their UK tour in Blackburn on April 8 with further North West dates in Liverpool on April 14 and Manchester on April 15. Toy Horses, an unlikely pairing of Adam Franklin and his stepfather Tom WIlliams
Running time: 95 mins. Featuring the voices of: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez, Will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, Carlos Ponce. Director: Carlos Saldanha. Carlos Saldanha, director of the phenomenally
MELLOR’S Brogan Townend got her 2011 campaign off to a stunning start by eclipsing a top class field to win the Formby Leveret Trophy. The 16-year-old junior England international from Pleasington took the honours with a five-shot victory on Saturday
CORISANDE Lee is determined to overcome an early disappointment to 2011 and make a huge impression in her second season on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Regarded as Lancashire’s top lady professional, the 25-year-old from Blackburn has come a long
Clitheroe have defied expectations this season and are now managed by former chairman Carl Garner, who stepped down from his boardroom role to take over in the dugout after Peter Smith quit. Garner started with a 2-2 draw against Warrington last week
Chorley’s recent dip of form has hit their Evo-Stik League First Division North promotion hopes hard. They face another test of their mettle when second-placed Skelmersdale visit Victory Park. Garry Flitcroft’s men have seven games to play but are
Barnoldswick Town face a stiff test when they host runaway Vodkat League Premier Division leaders New Mills. Bacup Borough play their third game in eight days when they entertain St Helens Town, while Rossendale United take their relegation fight to
Colne head on a Mersey mission tomorrow as they aim to follow up their midweek Vodkat League Premier Division exploits at Formby. Nigel Coates’ men were in sensational form on Tuesday night as they crushed St Helens Town 8-4 in one of the most remarkable
THE battle for the goalkeeper’s gloves is an ongoing one, according to Burnley boss Eddie Howe. Brian Jensen played his first competitive game in almost six months when he featured for the reserves against Morecambe’s second string on Tuesday night
In-form Ramsbottom United are second in the table and will look for another three points when they face a quick re-match with Stone Dominoes. The Rams beat the Staffordshire outfit 3-0 in midweek with co-manager Anthony Johnson very much the man of
On May 5, a referendum on what voting system the country should use will take place alongside the local council elections. The national referendum will ask whether the existing first-past-the-post system for electing MPs to Westminster should
THE omens could not be better for Burnley on what will be their sixth visit to Leicester’s Walkers Stadium tomorrow. They have never lost or even conceded a goal there. As Eddie Howe bids to arrest a slump in form with eight games remaining
LABOUR has its eye on Hyndburn Borough Council, which has has been controlled by the Conservatives for 11 years, in the elections on May 5. Independent mayor Malcolm Pritchard, dubbed the 'kingmaker' in the delicately-balanced political makeup, is
The racing genre can surely only go so far with the current generation of gaming technology. With graphics, processors and audio all pushed to the limit, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? One word — experience. It's something that Shift
It shows just how far Tiger Woods' reputation has fallen when you look at the box of this brand new iteration of his popular golf game. The great man himself doesn't appear with the cover instead devoting its space to a huge Masters logo and
A BID to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run in Blackburn has today been thrown out by the Court of Appeal. Two High Court judges threw out a verbal appeal by the UK Border Agency to overturn a decision allowing
Promising to deliver one of the greatest rosters ever assembled in a wrestling video game, WWE All Stars pulls the most renowned WWE Legends into the ring with today's most prominent Superstars. From a hardcore WWE fan's perspective, this is the opportunity
TEENAGER Jon Kadic stunned onlookers at Accrington Golf Club by landing a hole-in-one – despite playing the course for just over a month. Kadic, 14, a student at Witton Park High School, achieved the ace at Accrington’s 165-yard par three fourth
EAST Lancashire will bask in glorious sunshine this weekend with forecasters saying that spring sun is expected to last right through into Sunday. After a fine day yesterday, more of the same is predicted for the area. The Met Office
A woman found stabbed to death at her Edgworth home yesterday has been named. Police say Sue Workman, 55, was found with a single stab wound to her chest at the isolated property in Plantation Road at around 1.50pm. Paramedics treated
LANCASHIRE police is to auction off parts of its £166million property portfolio in a bid to plug the final funding gaps. The force has already identified £38million of the £42million budget shortfall over the next four years through reductions
ACCRINGTON Stanley finally moved into the play-off places in midweek, but manager John Coleman knows that the hard work still lies ahead if they are to secure a dream promotion to League One in May. Stanley have never previously occupied
LEICESTER forward Paul Gallagher says he is ready to face the Burnley boo-boys head on, because he’s been through it all before. The former Blackburn Rovers striker is keen to reignite the Foxes’ top six push at the expense of Eddie Howe’s
FREE bowel cancer home test kits are available as part of bowel cancer awareness month. Bowel Cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK. NHS Blackburn with Darwen Care Trust Plus is supporting the event, part of the national ‘Be Clear on
AN East Lancashire charity for vulnerable people, and their carers, has been given a £55,000 cash boost. Care Network Limited, in Blackburn, was one of three local charities to benefit from £1.6million government funding handed out to 21 organisations
DOGAN Mehmet is a man on a mission. The young songwriter and performer, who appears with his band The Deerhunters at Mellor Brook, admits he is out to change people’s perceptions. Born in Brighton to Turkish Cypriot parents, Dogan is ideally placed
MARC Almond, the voice of Soft Cell, is to play an intimate gig in Darwen on October 13. Almond, with Dave Ball, enjoyed a string of international hits, including Tainted Love and Say Hello Wave Goodbye. His solo career includes working
Proposals to grant grandparents legal rights to maintain contact with grandchildren after family breakdown are welcome. Grandparents play an increasingly important role when so many couples both work. But if divorce or separation happens, they
UNTIL we can afford to deploy a police officer on every street corner, we should support fellow citizens who volunteer to be PCSOs. Their value lies in what they see, know and report. Unlike the taxpayers’ alliance (LT, March 28), I don’t care
Has our elected council nothing better to do than upset grieving families, with their proposal to strip graves of some very beautiful and meaningful tributes? I know from personal experience how much comfort these can bring. I would prefer it
THERE is clearly something seriously wrong at Darwen Vale High School. It’s very unusual for staff to go on strike in protest at a lack of support from above when they are dealing with unruly pupils. That’s why the dispute made national headlines
All grave owners at Pleasington should have been made aware of the regulations at the time of grave purchase, and probably many would have respected these rules – until they saw the additional and varied items placed on graves, items which did not conform
A TEENAGER who attacked a man and stole his phone after a pub confrontation has been fined. Michael Bannister, 19, had earlier swung a punch at Daniel Clark and pushed him out of the Burnley pub. Mr Clark was outside when a taxi carrying Bannister stopped
POLICE are investigating a suspected suicide after a man was found hanged in woodland today. Officers investigating a missing from home report discovered a body hanged from a tree in Norden Woods, Rishton, at 5.45am. Inquiries are ongoing to confirm
A FINAL hurdle has been removed which should enable a new £3.6million Nelson primary school to go ahead. Heritage Trust for the North West (HTNW) had lodged an objection to the demolition of a property it owned, at 3 Appleby Street, which was to make
A COUNCILLOR who is concerned about the number of cut-price stores in Burnley has branded the town ‘pound land’ land. But another councillor has instisted that discount stores have always formed part of the fabric of Burnley’s shopping streets
A NEW £1.7million project to cover platform four at Blackburn Railway Station has been unveiled. The platform was the only one that did not have a roof, following a major £5million refurbishment 10 years ago. The new project will include
DEPUTY mayor of Burnley Coun David Heginbotham has led councillors in their “get well soon” messages for the borough’s first citizen. Coun Tony Lambert, who represents Trinity ward, was unable to attend this week’s full council meeting due to serious
AN aspiring West End star from Burnley is to spend six months performing on a cruise ship around the Mediterranean. Stephanie Morville, 21, will perform twice a night as the lead singer on the ship. She leaves on May 23, and hopes the
EVENTS taking place in Blackburn, Burnley, Darwen, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley and Rossendale for Friday, April 8 and the days ahead. What's on today 10am - Hyndburn and Haslingden MP Graham Jones will hold a surgery at 50 Abbey
THE main road through Darwen is ‘absolutely filthy’ and giving a bad impression of the town, a town councillor claims. Brenda Cronshaw has called on the borough council to improve cleansing along the A666. She said: “What’s the point of putting
WHAT a difference a bit of sun makes, and what a difference seven days make. This time last week you could have been forgiven for thinking some major catastrophe was about to hit town. Now we can look forward to the world’s media descending upon
JAMMY schoolchildren have been trying to make money out of raspberries and vanilla as part of a school project. Working alongside preserve and chutney specialists Reedys Naturally, in Blackburn, Lammack Primary School pupils discovered how to make jam
A TROUT farm is set to expand after being bought out by management. Bosses Philip Mart and David Jones have acquired Dunsop trout farm, at Dunsop Bridge, near Clitheroe, from the Birtwistle family for an undisclosed fee. The farm is one of the oldest
NO Liberal Democrat candidates are standing in Rossendale’s council elections next month. Local party leader Coun Catherine Pilling has announced she will not be seeking re-election in her Haslingden Greenfield seat, but has not explained the
DARWEN actress Rebecca Hutchinson has been receiving rave reviews for her part in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. The 24-year-old is cast in the title role in the play at The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, which is directed by fellow former St Cuthbert
LANCASHIRE’S bid for a first County Championship since 1934 begins this morning with a Mersey mission as all roads lead to Liverpool for the Red Rose. But instead of soaking up the atmosphere of Ladies Day at Aintree, the county’s cricket heroes
ACCRINGTON Stanley have defended the decision to raise season ticket prices for the 2011/12 campaign. Stanley, who are currently challenging for promotion to League One but had financial problems prior to Ilyas Khan’s takeover of the club last week,
A LONGRIDGE businessman has died aged 64. Roy Houghton, who owned Ribble Valley Coaches for the last 27 years, died just a month after being diagnosed with cancer. The chairman of St Wilfrid’s Club was well known for patrolling the town’s streets as
A CANDIDATE has withdrawn from upcoming council elections after claims he used ‘innappropriate language’ in a Chorley pub. Colin Denby, 72, who was set to represent the UK Independence Party, has withdrawn from the fight for Chorley North East ward
SAM Allardyce believes Blackburn Rovers would not be fighting against relegation this season had he been left in charge at Ewood Park. The former Rovers boss was surprisingly sacked by Venky’s in December, with new owner Anuradha Desai claiming he wasn
A HIGH profile East Lancashire judge is in hospital after suffering a punctured lung in a rugby match. Judge Simon Newell, who regularly sits at Burnley Crown Court, was taking part in the annual Northern Circuit versus Irish Bar rugby game
BRITAIN’S king of top trumps has taken delivery of the new royal wedding top trumps cards — four days ahead of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s visit to his home town. Sam Penkethman, 11, got to grips with the new pack at St Barnabas Primary School
STEVE Kean believes Gael Givet has a “massive part to play” in Blackburn Rovers relegation scrap after backing him to block out his off-field issues. Rovers’ French defender returns from suspension for tomorrow’s crucial visit of Birmingham with boss
PARENTS of Darwen Vale pupils have condemned yesterday's strike by teachers. Around 69 teachers manned a picket line outside the school yesterday, claiming a lack of support from top management in dealing with troublemakers. But parent
A GANG shocked police by stealing a whole cash machine from a petrol station — a week after a crime crackdown was launched at the garage. Detectives said ‘professional criminals’ had carried out a ‘very unusual’ and ‘audacious’ burglary.
ANGRY staff at a crisis-hit school where teachers yesterday went on strike in a dispute over unruly pupils are calling for the headteacher to quit. Around 69 teachers manned a picket line outside Darwen Vale High School, claiming a lack of support from
