A ‘HAZARDOUS eyesore putting children at risk’ has been cleared up thanks to help from the Lancashire Telegraph. An abandoned caravan had been left to go to ‘rack and ruin’ and piles of rubbish built up around it, on land in Harwood Street,
A 22-YEAR-old Blackburn man, who was left fighting for his life after he was attacked in a car park, has died. Police said Ryan Livesey died this afternoon as a result of the head injuries he sustained when he was assaulted on Friday.
PREMATURE babies have been isolated at East Lancashire Hospitals after an outbreak of chickenpox. A member of staff and a visitor in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre were found to have developed the virus.
Tom Smith and Gareth Cross shared a century partnership to put Lancashire in control of their County Championship match with Somerset. The Red Rose ended day two on 361-7, a first-innings lead of 93, despite a devastating spell of bowling from
FIFTY firefighters used several thousands of litres of water to prevent a fire spreading across the moors off the Grane Road. Darwen firefighters were first sent to the scene around 1.55pm today but called for assistance due to the scale of
Captain: Craig Fergusson Professional: Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) Ins: None Outs: Saggi Hussain (Enfield), Sam Holt, Ammer Mirza (Undercliffe), Ryan North Last year: 5th Did you know? Church created an unwanted record by winning just two games in each
LIKE Morse before him, Lewis doesn’t do good luck. Yes, he’s made it to the top of his tree, but the falls from his particular “special branch” seem to come from great heights. Kevin Whately doesn’t quite have the gravitas of John Thaw
FOR a moment I thought I had inadvertently swallowed a mind-altering drug and entered a surreal yet even more rubbish world than this one. As if Saturday night television, with its seemingly endless and pointless “talent” shows, wasn’t bad enough as
There’s always a danger that taking a successful show out of its familiar surroundings might fail to hit the same heights. So, here I was confronted by a bunch of sheep normally confined within the technological boundaries of a home-based flatscreen
Captain: Simon Newbitt Professional: Qaiser Abbas (Pakistan) Ins: Jonathan Cooper (Orrell), Paul Senior (Mytholmroyd) Outs: Ibra Ali, Tom Marsh, Paul Marrow Last year: 4th Did you know? In 1938 Todmorden became the first club to win back-to-back
Captain: Jimmy Bibby Professional: Cameron Delport (South Africa) Ins: Nasser Malik (Edgworth), Afaq Ali Sartaj (Clitheroe), Jennifer Laycock (Read), Scott Greaves Outs: John Seedle (Settle) Tiarnan Hamill (Settle), Barry Hamilton (retired) Last year
Captain: Tom Lord Professional: Burton de Wett (South Africa) Ins: Khurram Nazir (Barnoldswick), Peter Dibb (Clitheroe) Outs: Rizwan Hussain Last year: 6th Did you know? Professional Pat Morfee and amateur Alf Pollard bowled unchanged
Captain: Mark Bolton Professional: Ockert Erasmus (South Africa) Ins: Sankesh Waghray (Reading), Matt Egan Outs: Abdul Biswoodall, Chris Chambers, David Redhead and Darryl Redhead Last year: 3rd Did you know? East Lancs have won the Lancashire League
Captain: Jimmy Hayhurst Professional: Ashar Zaidi (Pakistan) Ins: Ashley Whittaker (Burnley), Marley Ali (Cockburn, Western Australia) Outs: None Last year: 10th Did you know? Alan Worswick (83) and Eddie Robinson (75) took 158 wickets between them
Captain: Vinny Hanson Professional: Malinga Bandara (Sri Lanka) Ins: None Outs: John Hayman Last year: 7th Did you know? Club legend Peter Wood batted 497 times for Rawtenstall - and made 99 50s and 12 tons. Vinny Hanson: We progressed last year
Captain: Jon Fielding Professional: Shannan Stewart (South Africa) Ins: Tim Le Breton (Clitheroe), Ryan Massey Outs: Andrew Caunce (Baxenden), Charlie Hamilton (Haslingden), Ross Brown, Toby McLean (retired), John Chapman (Woodbank) Last year: Champions
Captain: Charlie Cottam Professional: Francois Haasbroek (South Africa) Ins: James Young (Burnley Belvedere) Outs: None Last year: 9th Did you know? Lowerhouse won the Worsley Cup for the first time in their history when they beat Haslingden in 2004
Captain: Graham Knowles Professional: Phil Hayes (England) Ins: Garry Sudworth (Baxenden), Eddy Shah (Radcliffe), Oliver Rigby, Charlie Hamilton (Ramsbottom) Outs: Steve Dearden (Woodbank), Chris Read (Edenfield), John Pemberton (Mossley), Alex Coleman
Captain: Adam Bracewell Professional: Werner Coetsee (South Africa) Ins: Ashley Gowers (Elton), Saggi Hussain (Church) Outs: Kurt Robinson (Padiham) and Amar Ullah (Great Harwood) Last year: 11th Did you know? Playing at Bacup in June
Captain: Matt Wilson Professional: Mansoor Amjad (Pakistan) Ins: Saleem Quereshi (Steeton), Tayyib Jamil (Burnley) Nathan Whitehead (Burnley) Outs: Ryan Procter (retired), Martin Kegg (Earby) Last year: 13th, Worsley Cup winners Did you know? Colne
Captain: Steve Brunt Professional: Imad Wasim (Pakistan) Ins: Nasir Iqbal (Edgworth), Umar Nasir (Edgworth) Outs: Tayyib Jamil (Colne), Nathan Whitehead (Colne),Ashley Whittaker (Accrington) Chris Swift, Bharat Tripathi (Liverpool) Last
Captain: David Warren Professional: Jon-Jon Smuts (South Africa) Ins: Jack Edwards, Jack McGregor (Middlewich) Outs: Paul Gallagher (Edenfield) Last year: 14th, Worsley Cup semi-finalists Did you know? Between August 4, 1922, and August 11, 1923,
A MUM-of-three with a rare genetic disease that left her on crutches for three years has won a silver medal in a paralympic-style contest. Sandra Kenworthy, 41, only discovered she had Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease in 1996, while seven months
The Sporting Courses (SPOCO) series continued in South Lakes on Saturday with Great Harwood’s Ian Stott our best local rider in fourth slot. Stott, of the Blackburn and District CTC, would relish this event as it included the steep two-mile climb of
BUDDING motorsport competitors can get their first taste of rally driving at a unique ‘tester’ event in Blackburn next month. Steve Johnson, from Accrington MSC, has organised a production car autotest at Witton Country Fair on Sunday, May 8. But it
Daniel Barritt took time out from his globe-trotting co-driving duties with Irishman Alastair Fisher in the World Rally Championship Academy series to contest an event closer to home last weekend. Barritt, from Barrowford, made the most of an early
THE remarkable Graeme Ballard has completed an 18-mile run for charity after being given only a week to prepare. The 31-year-old Paralympic sprinter suffers from cerebral palsy, which affects both sides of his body, and because he usually doesn’t run
PHOTOGRAPHER Tim Hetherington, who died in a mortar attack in Libya, was a former pupil at Stonyhurst College, it has been revealed. Liverpool-born Tim was a pupil at the Hurst Green college from 1984 to 1989. The school today issued a statement
A PENSIONER who had a haul of bestiality porn stashed away at his ‘derelict’ house in Rishton has walked free from court. John Taylor, now 73, claimed he’d had the images, showing male and female adults having sex with horses, ponies and dogs
USERS of Padiham Leisure Centre can get fit while enjoying the sun after some outdoor exercise equipment was installed. Fresh-Air Fitness outdoor exercise equipment is professionally designed and can be used by beginners and experts. Instructions are
UNION chiefs have slammed the decision to award a 100 per cent pay increase to non-executive directors at Airedale Hospital, which serves people in Pendle. Around 80 job losses are in the pipeline at Airedale, which employs 3,000 people, as it battles
GA MANUFACTURING firm has been honoured at a national awards ceremony. Hapton-based Wykamol Group, which makes specialist treatment products for the building industries, was highly commended at the Property Care Association awards, held in Newcastle.
NEARLY 400 children have been spoken to in the past year as part of an operation run by Rossendale’s Community Safety Partnership. They have run six Stay Safe operations which aims to ensure the safety of vulnerable children. A spokesman for the partnership
A FARMER who produced a knife at the marital home and also assaulted his wife has walked free from court – thanks to the victim. Father-of-one Paul Latham, 36, banged Amy Latham’s head repeatedly on the tiled bathroom wall after grabbing her
A FATHER-of-two from Chorley, who has been missing for more than a week, has been found in London. Phillip Brodrick, 45, of Buckshaw Village went missing after leaving his home address on Tuesday, April 12. Officers said he was found
EAST Lancashire traditionally prides itself on its close-knit communities. In recent years, it is often said, that neighbourhood ties are not as close as they used to be. That may be the case in many respects. But the sheer number of royal
The Epilepsy Society would like to congratulate Adam and Alexa Wilcock, of Old Langho, who ran the London Marathon. The husband and wife team crossed the finishing line together in a time of 4hr 39sec. We would also like to thank the many local
I read your article (LT, April 18) regarding an ornament stolen from a grave at Burnley Road cemetery. Unfortunately the family are not the only ones. Our baby son is buried in the children’s garden; a few weeks ago, on visiting Anthony
I know what you're all thinking this week. 'Yahoo, it’s local election time again.' At this time of the year I am in my element as I am a big supporter of one of the teams (well not so big as I used to be, but that’s another column). More correctly
THIS column must have some very powerful readers. In recent weeks I have been chuntering on about the Utilities companies and the way they carry on for a few weeks now. Well, blow me down, pressure is being put on the government by local authorities
A WOMAN who turned up at a young mum’s house in Colne armed with a ‘fierce looking’ knife has been spared jail. Burnley Crown Court heard that Sheree Morgan, 21, threw the weapon towards a bedroom window at the Thomas Street home of terrified Stacey
WEIRD and wonderful designs were on show at Nelson and Colne College’s annual beauty therapy competition evening. Models were made up to look like Pinocchio, a tree covered in butterflies, and Tim Burton’s creation Beetlejuice, as entrants bid to wow
PENDLE’S largest retailer has launched a campaign to raise thousands of pounds for the North West Air Ambulance (NWAA). Bosses at Boundary Mill have revealed that the firm’s chosen charity for this year is the NWAA, which flies life-saving
Rolls-Royce, the largest employer in Pendle, has been hailed by the borough’s MP for its role in the community. Andrew Stephenson this week visited the firm’s Bankfield site in Barnoldswick, where he met head of manufactur-ing Ian Burgess and other
A TAKEAWAY owner who failed to make his shop accessible to disabled people has been fined £525. Hassan Malik, 26, the owner of Freddy’s Chicken and Pizza, in Bury Road, Rawtenstall, was fined for breaching Rossendale Council planning conditions
ENGLISH Heritage is appealing for help to find out how much of the country’s industrial heritage is at risk of decay or demolition. The organisation is urging people in Lancashire to research what significant local buildings are crumbling. Henry Owen-John
BED firm Silentnight is to ask creditors to renegotiate its debts after a double blow to its finances. The company, which employs 650 at its Barnoldswick head office, has entered a formal company voluntary arrangement (CVA), it announced yesterday
BAE SYSTEMS’ contribution to Lancashire’s economy has been laid bare in a new report. The defence giant, which employs about 10,000 in the county, is the key player in ‘counterbalancing’ the concentration of high-tech jobs in the South East, according
THE smell of cannabis led police to find a £17,000 drug farm in a woman’s bedroom. Police acting on intelligence from residents in Shaw Street, Blackburn, raided a terraced house and found 44 mature plants in two upstairs rooms. A 46-year-old woman
EXACTLY a fortnight today the country will be voting about voting. It will be referendum day to decide whether we stick with the existing ‘First Past The Post’ system for deciding the winners of elections, or move to the ‘Alternative Vote’ (AV). The
A KEY employment site in Blackburn could be part of an East Lancashire bid for enterprise zones. Regeneration bosses could include Whitebirk in an application to the Government, said Blackburn with Darwen Council chief executive Graham Burgess. Land
FORMER Lancashire County Council leader Louise Ellman has questioned the county’s new local enterprise partnership (LEP). The Government has demanded that the LEP, agreed last week, must be chaired by a business boss. But Mrs Ellman, now Labour
A 37-YEAR-OLD man failed to turn up at court to apply to vary bail conditions because he had only his boxer shorts to wear. Hyndburn magistrates heard a condition of John Taylor’s bail was that a friend could go to his home address and collect his clothes
Blackburn Rovers striker Mame Biram Diouf is refusing to think about his long term future after insisting the Premier League relegation fight is all that matters. The Manchester United loanee is facing an uncertain Old Trafford future when
PUPILS from an Accrington High School have reached the final stages of a national environmental competition. The group of year eight pupils at St Christopher’s High School have started a ‘Pledge 4 Veg’ campaign which has seen them give away
GRAHAM Alexander says another Wembley win would be the perfect way to complete his milestone celebrations, but he wouldn’t be prepared to bow out on a high. The 39-year-old has seen Burnley’s play-off push revived since becoming only the second outfield
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Jake Berry has welcomed the Prime Minister’s controversial promise to control immigration. David Cameron pledged to bring net migration down levels seen in the 1980s and 1990s. To do this he proposed measures such as capping
THREE men appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with violent disorder following an incident at the Vue cinema complex on December 27. Mohammed Danish Junaid, 22, of Taylor Street, Brierfield; Hassan Waqqar Malik, 25, of Pringle Street, and
A 53-YEAR-OLD man who flouted a suspended jail term imposed for breaching a sexual offences prevention order has been jailed. Burnley Crown Court heard how Brian Campbell went out shoplifting and also ignored a curfew while on bail. He had been
POLICE investigating up to 40 suspected bogus weddings in Accrington have arrested a woman they suspect is behind the scam. The details were revealed at a crown court hearing where a married mother-of-four who wed an illegal immigrant was sentenced
A FISH and chip takeaway has come up with a charity winner that cannot be battered. The Oyster & Otter in Blackburn has agreed to donate 50p from every portion of fish and chips it sells tomorrow to the Lancashire Telegraph's Raise the Roof
A SCHOOLGIRL is back in “top gear” after her stolen racing bike was found. Ellie Morgan, aged 11, was devastated when a gang of youths took the mini-motorbike from her home in Ramsbottom. Her heartache attracted several offers of support
HOLLY Bleasdale has achieved more at 19 than any other female British pole vaulter – but she is hell-bent on delivering even more records as she sets her sights on next year’s Olympics . Bleasdale, a Blackburn Harrier, turned her hand to gymnastics
A MAN had an amazing escape when a chimney fell 20ft from a roof on to the car he was sitting in. Mohammad Asghar, 34, was left severely concussed after being struck on the head by masonry that came through the sunroof of his Honda Accord. He was sat
Michael Owen says MANCHESTER UNITED winning the Premier League will silence the NEWCASTLE UNITED boo-boys who abused him on Tuesday night. Matt Taylor has told BOLTON WANDERERS to get over their Wembley hangover ahead of Sunday's Premier League
A POLICE worker who cancelled tickets for his friends has been jailed for 10 months. Zaheer Patel, 22, of May Street, off Audley Range, Blackburn, was told by a judge he had committed a ‘gross breach of trust’. Patel, who was also a
SARAH Ridehalgh shattered the three hour barrier in Sunday’s London Marathon, clocking 2:56:39 to break her own Accrington Road Runners’ women’s record by a whole four minutes. Two years ago she missed her target by a tantalising 47 seconds
EVENTS taking place in Blackburn, Burnley, Darwen, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley and Rossendale for Thursday, April 21 and the days ahead. What's on today 11am-8pm - The annual Witton Country Park Easter fun fair takes place featuring
