STEVE Kean says he intends to stay positive, despite seeing Blackburn Rovers losing to Manchester City tonight. Rovers were unlucky to lose to a late Edin Dzeko goal at Ewood Park and have now gone 11 games without a win. And Kean said: "We're bitterly
BLACKBURN Rovers’ bad run continues after Edin Dzeko came off the bench to score his first Premier League goal and give Manchester City victory at Ewood Park tonight. City came close to taking an early lead when David Silva fired an effort
Gritty Blackburn survived an early scare to end the first half strongly against Manchester City at Ewood Park. City were looking to close in on a top-four finish in the Premier League, while Rovers were hoping to end streak of 10 games without a win.
ALMOST every area of Hyndburn is to receive a share of £2million government regeneration cash, it has been announced. The windfall will see cash for sports facilities, parks, charities and improvements to two town centres and four neighbourhoods
A DARWEN couple are to be rewarded for looking after 200 children during 40 years as foster parents. As well as dedicating years looking after youngsters on a temporary basis and having a child of their own, Fred and Audrey Wearing have also
Junior Hoilett misses out through injury as Steve Kean looks to move his Blackburn side away from the relegation zone at Ewood Park tonight. Kean is hoping to end a run of nine league games without a win and made two changes with strikers Jason Roberts
STEVE Kean may not be suffering from sleepless nights just yet, but the Blackburn Rovers boss admits he has spent many hours sat at home pondering ways to improve the club’s recent run of results. Kean is fulfilling a long-held ambition to manage in
AN INTERNATIONALLY-renowned opera star will return to Colne to headline a musical society’s 125th anniversary concert. Baritone maestro John Rawnsley first cut his musical teeth with the Colne Orpheus Glee Union at the tender age of 14.
A FORMER restaurant is set to be turned into a children’s day nursery with room for 100 youngsters. Plans to transform Coal Clough House are set to go before Burnley Council’s development control committee next week. The scheme would see the now vacant
CHRIS Samba hopes friend Mario Balotelli will not cause him too many problems at Ewood Park tonight – even though he has been handing out advice to the Manchester City striker. Balotelli has become good friends with the Blackburn Rovers defender since
A CRIME crackdown on the area around a shop in Burnley has been hailed a huge success. Neighbourhood police officers have worked closely with staff at the Spar shop, in the Pike Hill area of Burnley, to tackle complaints of shoplifting and
BURNLEY'S play-off hopes have taken a huge dent after dropping two points at home to Portsmouth. Former Clarets striker David Nugent fired Pompey into the lead with a shot into the top corner on 57 minutes. But Chris Eagles dragged Burnley level
RELATIONS between Thomas The Tank Engine and bosses at East Lancashire Railway are now firmly back on track. Two years ago Thomas and his pals were withdrawn from the Rawtenstall to Bury line after a dispute between the heritage railway and
ACCRINGTON Stanley extended their unbeaten run to 11 matches with a draw at automatic promotion challengers Shrewsbury in League Two this afternoon. Stanley had the best chance of the first half when Ben Smith had to make a fine double save to deny Luke
BURNLEY have dominated the first half of this Easter Monday game but have nothing to show for it yet. Chances have fallen to Wade Elliott, Jay Rodriguez, Chris Eagles and Chris McCann but they have either mis-fired or been denied by goalkeeper Jamie
EAST Lancashire coalition MPs are split down party lines on whether the country’s voting system for general elections should be changed. According to national reports, the issue is threatening to open a damaging rift between Conservatives and
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe keeps faith the side which twice came back from behind to beat Derby County as Steve Cotterill returns to Turf Moor for the first time as an opposition manager. And it is fitting that the Portsmouth boss is back for what has
PHIL Jones has urged his Blackburn Rovers team-mates to ignore the Premier League table and the results of their relegation rivals – insisting only they can save themselves from the drop. Rovers host Manchester City tonight having remaining
IT IS just three days until the big day and royal wedding fever is strong in East Lancashire with 71 street parties planned. But there are also many who have no interest in the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and are simply looking
Blackpool players have voted on their player of the season - and it's not Charlie Adam but fellow midfielder David Vaughan. Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has notched up nearly £10,000 in parking fines and had his car impounded 27 times since
Colne fought out a creditable draw against high-flying Bootle. The Merseysiders dominated the opening stages and took the lead after 19 minutes through Jamie Hay. The Reds came more into the game and got a deserved equaliser on the stroke of half time
BACUP had to settle for a share of the spoils in the final home game of the season. Brent Peters’ side started positively with Tommy Turner twice going close early on before the Bacup striker was denied by the visiting keeper just before the break.
BARNOLDSWICK ended their worst run of the season in emphatic fashion with a thumping 4-1 win over Squires Gate. Despite fielding an understrength side, Town proved to be too strong for the Blackpool outfit. It ended a run of three straight defeats and
RAMSBOTTOM clinched runners-up spot in the Vodkat League Premier League and have already set their sights on going one better next season. The Rams secured the point required to finish behind newly crowned champions New Mills in an entertaining clash
CHRIS Brookes tried his best to save Rossendale from the drop but admitted relegation was inevitable from the moment he took over. The Stags’ 4-2 defeat at Runcorn and Alsager Town’s point against Formby condemned them to back-to-back relegations
EDDIE Howe heralded an exciting end to the season after Burnley twice came from behind to beat 10-man Derby County and boost their play-off chances. The Clarets are currently kept out of sixth spot on goal difference, sharing 66 points with Nottingham
PADIHAM maintained their recent good form to climb over Colne in to sixth place in the Vodkat League Premier Division thanks to head boys Stuart Telfer and Martin Parkes. The Storkes got the better of their Yorkshire rivals thanks to two goals in the
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe has labelled his side’s powers of recovery a “special” quality as the race for the play-offs hots up. The Clarets have come from behind to secure two of their last three consecutive wins, and have now accrued a total of 29
ACCRINGTON Stanley travel to Shrewsbury this afternoon knowing victory could make them late contenders for automatic promotion, but boss John Coleman is keen to concentrate on results rather than the league table. Stanley moved back into the play-off
CHRIS McCann made a goalscoring return to action and thanked his manager and team-mates for helping him out of his injury hell. After being sidelined for 15 months following a succession of knee injuries, which culminated in him needing reconstructive
BLACKBURN Rovers co-owner Venkatesh Rao has asked supporters to only judge the club’s new regime after they have completed a year in charge. Venky’s took over Rovers in November but the club have since slid into relegation trouble, sitting just one point
THE demand on emergency services is higher than ever over bank holidays, and many people, unable to get a GP appointment, turn up at A&E with non-critical conditions. Health chiefs say it is important East Lancashire’s residents ‘Choose
PARAMEDICS are ‘gravely concerned’ that ambulance cost-cutting plans will hit the front line, according to unions. More than 70 jobs are to be cut by the North West Ambulance Service Trust (NWAS), which has to save £10.5million from its budget
A STORE manager who fled to Benidorm for two months with £9,500 from the till has avoided jail — and does not pay any of the money back. Marc Atherton, 29, had only just been promoted at PoundWorld in The Mall shopping centre, Blackburn, when
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MORE than £3million has been slashed from charity and voluntary groups’ budgets by councils, a Lancashire Telegraph investigation has revealed. Some local authorities in East Lancashire have been accused of taking the ‘easy option’ by cutting
AN elderly man was fighting for his life last night after being knocked down as he crossed a road. Police said the man, named locally as Alec Quinn, was hit outside the Last Orders pub, Duckworth Street, Darwen. The man, in his 60s,
