A SENIOR member of Whalley Chamber of Trade has resigned after claiming he had been worn down by ‘constant moaning’ from shops. Stuart Ainslie took up an unpaid position as social secretary for the village chamber of trade three years ago,
MORE than 50 visitors from Singapore will visit The Ribble Valley later this month, boosting hopes it will become a ‘blue riband’ destination for Far East tourists. On the back two successful tours from China and Singapore in 2010, several more group
JAY Rodriguez swept the board at Burnley Supporters' Clubs' player of the season awards. The Burnley-born striker, who had earlier been named in the initial 40-man England Under 21 squad for this summer's European Championships, scooped 10
A THUG who attacked his ex-partner after turning up at her grandparents' house on Christmas Day is behind bars for four years. Former soldier, Kelvin James Cornwell, 32, also set about Stacey Lloyd months earlier when the pair lived in Burnley with their
A NEW car showroom has been granted planning permission, despite traffic concerns from residents. Croft Trade Centre opened last year in Bottom Croft mill, a former home of plastic bag manufacturer Europlast, off Blackburn Road. Residents said the arrival
TWO pubs have been charged with illegally broadcasting live football matches. Linda and Thomas Fox, who run the Golden Cup pub in Blackburn Road, Darwen, are being prosecuted by Media Protection Services on behalf of Sky for allegedly showing
“It’s a time to look forward on a day I though I’d never see.” Those are the words of Jessica Knight, who has celebrated her 18th birthday, four years after being stabbed more than 20 times by a stranger and left for dead in Astley Park, near Chorley
LANCASHIRE County Council sent nine staff to an awards ceremony in London at a cost of more than £2,500, it has been revealed. County Hall was nominated in three categories for the annual Local Government Chronicle Awards, but did not claim top spot
BLACKBURN’S new market will open as planned on May 28, bosses have pledged – but an opening ceremony will not take place until two months later. Traders cast doubt over the opening date, already delayed after one of the contractors went into administration
Burnley boss Eddie Howe has offered new contracts to Wes Fletcher, Dominic Knowles, Alex-Ray Harvey and Alex MacDonald. The four young prospects have all been offered 12-month deals to stay on at Turf Moor. But second-year professionals Chris Lynch
NEIGHBOURS have complained about railway workers removing trees at the back of their homes in a Blackburn close. Carolyn Feast has lived in Bethesda Close, off Whalley Banks near St Wilfrid’s High School, for five years. At the bottom of her garden
THE ancient courtyards at Hoghton Tower echoed to the sounds of the Second World War over the holiday weekend. Crowds were wowed by a display of 16 parachutists, a six-wheeled armoured car, and relics from the war. Organisers also set up a German
BLACKBURN Rovers teenager Phil Jones has been included in England under 21s provisional 40-man squad for the summer European Championships. The 19-year-old defender is expected to be a key member of Stuart Pearce's squad for the tournament in Denmark
Is anyone keeping track of all these bank holidays? Today I woke up in a blind panic, convinced I should be at work. “But wasn’t last Monday a bank holiday?” I asked my husband. It is by far the most confusing time of year, when you find yourself
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Burnley fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. And this season our online readers can get their views published in the newspaper too. A selection
A hairline fracture after re-enacting the Superman movie, still radiated with pain, be it psychological, years later. This weakness of mind resonated with clarity of how trauma effects the body. A physiological reminder of past mistakes. The
The sizzle, popping, spitting, sent pillars of smoke from under the cooking meat, and as each drop from the marinade fell onto the burning coals, the scent grew with intensity. Mouths salivated with the anticipation, and the Saxoned, dreadlocked,
The rain hadn't stopped for three days, but impacted, I could smell the chard flesh engulfing the air, violating the mouth. Within seconds I could see the scrambling arms, pushing away debris, exposing butchered wounds, and reaching out for some sign
Evaporating droplets of water bounced their way into steam and the kettle with a sharp flick severed the connection of power. Eyes unfocused, blank, vacant, I poured the waterfall of hot liquid over the granuals of cheap instant coffee. The tiles
Thwaites Wainwright Lancashire League Sunday scorecards for Sunday, May 1. Colne v Burnley Colne innings JS Ellis b Hayman 39 L Rimmer b Capstick 33 Malan c Kali b Kelly 112 MJ Wilson c Burton b Kali 17 N Whitehead b Kelly 23 T Jamil not out
Farting and lifting the leg at the same time, I felt happy to be free from the constrains of the office. Paperwork had become laborious, and my colleagues had been away most of the day: paintballing was not my style. Browsing through the local
In and out We trample about Without a doubt It's simple! Wind in our hair Stood on a chair Without a doubt It's simple! Life is worth living Even when drilling Without a doubt It's simple! But
RECORDS tumbled in the summer sunshine as Accrington put their name into the Lancashire League history books and to the joint top of the table on Sunday – but skipper Jimmy Hayhurst insists there is still a long way to go before anyone can think
Burnley Supporters’ clubs hold their player of the year presentation at Turf Moor tonight. The event starts at 7.30pm in the James Hargreaves Suite.
Through the nicotine bruised window, agog, with a mouth wide open, a deflated football for a head, eyes looking in with horror at my lack of clothing. I had awoken from a deep sleep, groggy, and needed a little shock therapy to start my day
Burning of punk We turned to funk Exprssions in voices from plenty It saves us the plight Of repeating the fight In chains we eat sushi like gentry
A youthful Accrington Stanley reserve side was beaten 2-0 by Preston in the totesport.com League West Division yesterday.
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Blackburn Rovers fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. And this season our online readers can get their views published in the newspaper too.
STUDENTS from St Christopher’s CofE High School have made it though to the next round of an energy saving competition. And as a congratulations for their latest win they have been awarded an energy saving consultation for their school and ten Netbook
BOSSES at Accrington’s main shopping centre have said they are close to filling all shopping units after a difficult few years. At the height of problems with store closures, difficulties finding tenants saw as many as 12 empty units at Accrignton Arndale
AN amphetamine dealer who had a £1,500 ‘relatively pure’ haul stashed away in a garage in Barrowford had a ‘police-style’ asp baton in his car in case of trouble, a court heard. Addict Wayne O’Gara, 26, also had naphyrone and ‘bubble’ to the tune of
A BUDDING chef showed his culinary flair and expertise by creating the winning dessert at a national contest. Level two professional cookery student Steven Amos came up with an apple suet dessert from a mystery box of ingredients. The Blackburn
NELSON’S Charlie Martin was named boxer of the night as Sandygate ABC put on a fight night at Fence Gate Inn. The 13-year-old was up against Congleton’s C Keeler and dominated the three round contest to earn a unanimous decision. Reece Jackson was fighting
THE inaugural Paul Hunter day was held in Sheffield during the World Snooker Championships. The day was delivered and organised by the Paul Hunter Foundation Team and saw representatives from it’s Disability Snooker Championships, Daniel Blunn and Aslam
AMY Stevens has always been surrounded by netball so it was inevitable she would one day pull on an England vest. For as long as she can remember, Amy would be courtside watching mum Gail play in one of the local netball leagues. And
Rossendale went down 38-14 at Sandal at the weekend in what proved to be a game too far. Dale went in to the game with the slim chance of making the end of season play-offs had results gone their way. But, in truth, Dale never really looked like winning
Saturday was a day punctuated by cheers. The first roar from the Clayton End was for Jack Barrett, who was made a freeman of Hyndburn on the pitch before kick-off for his efforts in raising Stanley from the dead back in 1969. I know Jack very well
CLIFTON won the Blue and White Rosebowl for the first time thanks to two first half goals from Gary Smith. The Clifton number nine produced the game’s outst-anding piece of skill with a stunning overhead goal to bring the final to life.
FRIENDS of mobility scooter campaigner Geoffrey West paid a special tribute to him at his funeral. Mr West died of a suspected heart attack at home in Hempshaw Avenue, Loveclough, on Friday, April 15. At his funeral other mobility scooter users
SHANNON McGinty swapped pool power for pool poise after making her debut in the British Gas Synchronised Swimming Championship. The 16-year-old, who is a member of the successful Pioneer 79 Swimming Club, competed in the solo event alongside Commonwealth
A NEWLY formed football team, backed by a host of professional footballers, has won the league title at the first attempt. Pro-Future Football Club, which has been endorsed by Matt Derbyshire, Brett Ormerod and Accrington Stanley captain Andrew
SPONSORS of the Grass Roots Heroes awards are delighted with the pub-lic’s response but have urged them to keep on voting for their stars. Nominations have been flooding in for the awards which were launched last month to find East Lanca-shire’s sporting
BLACKBURN Rovers were yesterday linked with Freiburg’s Senegalese striker Papiss Demba Cisse. The 25-year-old has scored an impressive 22 goals in 30 matches in the Bundesliga this season to propel Freiburg to seventh place, and he also has
JASON Roberts believes Blackburn Rovers have to keep the winning mentality after helping them end their longest winless run for more than 30 years on Saturday. The Rovers striker admitted the squad were buoyant after Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Bolton
HOPSTAR Brewery, based in Darwen, has announced a new beer is in the fermenter. Knob Duck’s Citrus Spring is a blonde session beer on a light malt base. When ready, it will be on tap in pubs across Blackburn with Darwen.
ROLLS-ROYCE has won Government backing to hire a foreign chairman or chief executive for the first time in its history, it has been reported. The engine and aerospace giant secured a change to strict rules designed to prevent a foreign takeover of
TWO men involved in the commercial dealing of cannabis in Accrington to clear debts have both been locked up. Burnley Crown Court heard how drug users Mohammed Akhtar, 28 and Shaban Hussain, 27, had been arrested after undercover police kept them under
CHORLEY'S Nick Dougherty, yet to make a single penny in nine European Tour events this year, has pulled out of this week's Spanish Open and flown to Florida in the hope that his father can help bring an end to his nightmare. The 28-year-old former
I had intended to talk only about THE Royal wedding of William and Kate and how much I enjoyed its pageantry and pomp as a piece of great British theatre. We were doing other things till around 10am, then the royal sons William and Harry set off for
TICKETS are now on sale for Barnoldswick Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s latest production from May 19 to 21. G&S classic, Trial By Jury will be performed with the Court Of Make Believe – a selection of music from Camelot, Spamelot, A Connecticut Yankee
HEALTH bosses have been praised for the way they responded to a crisis list, including bomb alerts, chemical spills, and the airborne ash cloud that grounded thousands of flights. An emergency planning review for Lancashire has been published for the
THE cartoon-like characters of Damon Runyon’s New York fables come to Blackburn’s Thwaites Empire Theatre from May 9 to 14. Blackburn Musical Theatre Company will stage the classic 1950s’ musical Guys And Dolls at the theatre. The show features
AN EARBY doctor who treated thousands of patients across Pendle during his career has died aged 90. Dr Gordon Dick, of School Lane, Earby died in Airedale Hospital from a chest infection, with his wife Kathleen by his bedside. The GP
A CAMPAIGN for a Chatburn soldier who was robbed of fatherhood by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan is gathering pace. More than 1,000 people have signed an online petition supporting Sergeant Rick Clements who saw his compensation slashed by almost £60,000
MORE children then ever have secured a place at their first choice primary school despite increasing birth rates and a new admissions policy. School admissions bosses at Lancashire County Council revealed almost 90 per cent of the 13,130 pupils
YOU know what makes our country different, better, admired and more democratic than lots of other countries? It’s our royal family. This family gives us our most unique system of government. We have the Queen, who leads, inspires, sets an example
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe says he will have some tough choices to make this summer as he looks to build his squad for next season. The Clarets boss is keen to rebuild after their Championship play-off push fell at the penultimate hurdle on
MICHEL Salgado is still in with a chance of featuring at West Ham United on Saturday with his knee injury not as serious as first feared. Salgado was stretchered off in the closing stages of Blackburn Rovers’ 1-0 home win against Bolton at
AN entrepreneur who set up a company to help vulnerable people has reached the final of the National Extraordinary Women Awards. Sarah Goodall, from Sabden, was nominated for the prestigious award after establishing a training and consultancy
BURNLEY and Pendle residents can now enjoy the walks and countryside around the Yorkshire Dales without taking the car after a new bus service was launched. The 872 DalesBus service will connect Burnley, Nelson, Colne and Barnoldswick with
How fantastic to see the millions of Union flags cheerfully waved and displayed all over the country for the Royal Wedding. It gladdens the heart to see such an outpouring of pride in our country, its traditions and our Royal Family. It is easy
How can Jack Straw justify taking a part-time job for £30,000 when there are almost two million unemployed? Is his £65,000 salary, plus expenses as an MP, not sufficient? I note that he was ‘appointed’, which is code for ‘not advertised, but awarded
acA comment on the Rev Kevin Logan’s column (LT, April 23): Yes, indeed, those Good Friday walks and conventions lasting many years were a real treat for all the church family. A big church in East Lancashire was selected which you’d take your picnic
FIREFIGHTERS in East Lancashire have experienced one of their busiest weekends ever tackling moorland blazes. Huge stretches of our beautiful countryside have been left charred after the fires spread rapidly. Attempts to control the blazes were
A THREE car accident saw traffic slow to a crawl on the M65 this morning. The accident, in which no one was hurt, is now on the hard shoulder on M65 Eastbound between junction nine and ten. Matrix signs on the motorway were set to 20
ROB Heys has heaped praise on boss John Coleman after Accrington Stanley reached the League Two play-offs – and the chief executive hopes the club can continue to stave off interest in their manager with Port Vale the latest club to plan an approach
A £15,000 cannabis factory has been stumbled upon by firefighters called to a flat fire in Bacup. Three fire engines from the town were called to the blaze at a three-storey building in Rochdale Road at 5.10pm on Sunday and officers evacuated the ground
A PETITION has been raised to prevent a dangerous dog roaming the streets in Burnley. Residents in the Church Street area said the animal had been aggressively wandering the area and attacking other animals. One dog owner was bitten as she tried
THE annual Burnley May Day Festival has been held in Towneley Park. The festival, one of very few in the country that has been held every year since the May Day bank holiday began, featured a fun fair, donkey rides, and stalls in a marquee. New
DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has cancelled a visit to Burnley for the second time in six weeks. The Liberal Democrat leader had been due to come to the town yesterday, to help with his party’s campaign ahead of Thursday’s local elections. But
FIREFIGHTERS from across Lancashire have had “one of their busiest ever weekends” fighting moorland blazes. Tens of thousands of pounds have been spent tackling the huge fires across the county over the Bank Holiday weekend. More than 300 firefighters
STAR Wars fans travelled from far, far away – and some quite close by – to meet their movie heroes at Turf Moor yesterday. Hundreds of families from across the country were able to see famous characters such as Chewbacca at the Star Wars Family Fun
NORWICH CITY boss Paul Lambert won’t hang around in the transfer market and will make a bid to sign BLACKPOOL’S Charlie Adam after the Canaries clinched promotion to the Premier League. Lambert is also keen on striker Jason Puncheon, who is on loan at
A MOTHER and her four-year-old son had to be rescued from a blaze after petrol was thrown at her door and set alight. Carly Armstrong and her family were asleep in the house in Oswaldtwistle when it became engulfed in flames and smoke in the
CHORLEY will host AFC Fylde in Friday’s Evo-Stik First Division North play-off final after victory over Curzon Ashton in front of an ecstatic crowd of 1,515 yesterday. A strong, gusty wind made constructive football difficult in a tense tie
A LANCASHIRE collapse proved costly as Ravi Bopara and James Foster guided Essex to a seven-wicket triumph in yesterday’s Clydesdale Bank 40 clash in Chelmsford. Lancashire had got off to a good start in their second Group C fixture, a week
A FORMER religious building has been gutted in an arson attack this morning. The three-storey former Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall meeting house on St Peter Street, Blackburn, was set on fire at 5am. A passing ambulance crew saw smoke
