STEVE Kean insists Blackburn Rovers will do everything they can to keep hold of the next generation of stars after seeing the second string narrowly lose the national Premier Reserve League final. A youthful Rovers reserves were defeated
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Steve Kean has been charged with drink-driving after failing a breath test just hours after the draw with Manchester United. The 43-year-old Scot was stopped by officers from Cheshire Police while travelling along the
REPAIRS to Darwen Tower’s dome have moved a step closer, seven months after it blew off in a gale. Frustrations have been mounting that plans are still at the drawing board stage, as engineers wait to be told whether designs have been approved
A YOUNGSTER diagnosed with a rare form of cancer has had a successful operation to remove 95 per cent of a tumour from her spine. For little Ella Stringer, five, the future is looking brighter after an operation and regular sessions of radiotherapy
THE mother of a murdered Barrowford nurse says she is ‘not surprised’ at footage revealing his lack of remorse from inside his prison cell. Jonathan Vass was filmed for ITV1 documentary Strangeways and appeared briefly speaking about his victim
FIRE crews tackled a car fire on the M65 at just after 9am today. The car set alight on the hard shoulder on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway between junction two and three. No-one was injured.
AS Burnley FC build for the future under Eddie Howe, five young players are preparing to make the step up from youth team to senior squad. Here, Director of Youth Development Martin Dobson gives his verdict on the up and coming Clarets. JOE JACKSON
ESTABLISHED and emerging South Asian artists are taking the limelight in the first exhibition of its kind, in Blackburn from July 9 to September 17. ‘Light, Passion and Darkness’ has been put together by three galleries to showcase the work of artists
THE BOSS of a Burnley firm renowned throughout Hollywood said the town must concentrate on promoting its engineering and manufacturing. Mark Crabtree, managing director of audio-engineering firm AMS Neve, said: “This country is intensely snobbish about
REAL ale drinkers had barrels of fun at the sixth Clitheroe Beer Festival. Restaurateur Paul Heathcote got proceedings under way on Friday at the St Mary’s Centre. Hundreds of people sampled ales from 53 breweries, including Thwaites, Moorhouse’
ONE of the longest-serving councillors in Todmorden has announced she has decided to retire after her shock defeat in last week’s elections. Olwen Jennings has served as mayor of both Todmorden and Calderdale during a 25-year career, which also saw
A BUS service between Nelson and Colne has been saved. The number 16 service was facing the axe as part of Lancashire County Council’s progr-amme of cuts. But bosses at Pendle Council and the county council have come to an agreement to maintain
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy set to undergo a life-changing operation in America this week is looking forward to his first game of football. Earby youngster Robin Carter suffers from spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy, and is due to undergo
A PARISH council in Pendle has been upgraded to a town. Earby Parish Council was formed in 1974, but members have now decided it should be reborn again as a town council. Coun Chris Tennant, chairman of the council, said: “In practical terms, there
DRIVERS were caught using their mobile phones, failing to wear seatbelts and driving without insurance during a police operation. Officers seized one vehicle and issued 33 fixed penalty notices as part of the crackdown in Whalley Road, Accrington
FASHION students from Burnley weaved their magic on the catwalk. Students on the Extended Diploma in Fashion course at Burnley College worked with young fashion designer Sarah Hussain to create a range of clothing based on the county’s textile heritage
A MAJOR ‘white-collar jobs’ firm has pulled out of East Lancashire dealing a ‘grievous blow’ to the area. Financial services firm HML has axed more than 100 jobs and switched another 158 to Skipton. It has blamed ‘under capacity’ at its Padiham
Captain Marcus Trescothick hit a 69-ball century as Somerset made it maximum points from five CB40 games with a seven-wicket Group C win over Lancashire. The home side powered their way to a target of 249 with eight overs to spare, with Trescothick
Darwen remain unbeaten but went ever so close to what would have been a second win of the campaign against reigning champions Leyland at Birch Hall. The home side made 135-7 in their 38 overs, skipper John Cordingley making a hard-hitting unbeaten
Barnoldswick Town joint manager Ben Hall says Barlick are already seeing positive signs regarding targets. Town want to strengthen ahead of their second season in the North West Counties League Premier Division. Hall said: “It is very early days
Chorley went within one wicket of recording a third Northern League win of the season as they were foiled by Carnforth’s last man on a day when the home side’s veteran professional Mel Whittle rolled back the years. The locals were ultimately foiled
HERE are the permutations for the final round of matches - do you think Blackburn Rovers will stay in the Premier League? Win at Wolves: Rovers are safe. Draw at Wolves: Wolves will finish below Rovers. All of Birmingham, Blackpool
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.
AN art student is appealing for her coursework to be returned after she left it on the bus by accident. Annemarie Taylor, of Bluebell Way, Huncoat, has two weeks to find her A3 black portfolio or she will fail her Level Two BTEC Art and Design at Blackburn
WITH the iconic Monkeemobile parked outside, a timewarp enveloped the Apollo as Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davy Jones reminded a sell-out crowd just exactly what Monkeemania was. We were all back in the sixties as – following an overture
PLANS for an independent university in Blackburn have moved a step closer as college bosses apply to validate their own degree programmes. Blackburn College, which runs higher education courses at its University Centre, currently offers degrees validated
POLICE investigating a petrol bomb attack on a young family’s home have made three more arrests. Carly Armstrong and her son Keenan had to climb down the porch of their house in Cherry Crescent, Oswaldtwistle, when petrol was thrown at her door and
A TROUBLED man said to have been part of a gang that torched a lorry while the driver was in his cab could be facing jail. Burnley Crown Court heard how Lee Bennison, 20, set fire to cardboard within the wagon, before driver Ian Gemmell was alerted
AN English Defence League supporter attacked a police horse, punching it eight times during last month’s demonstration in Blackburn. Robert Gavin Tromans was one of five people to appear at the town’s magistrate court on Friday in connection
VULNERABLE and isolated people in Blackburn with Darwen will soon be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables direct from a mobile food co-op. A total of 84 projects across the North West are sharing in a £670,000 kitty of good cause funding from the
A MAN armed himself with a machete and knife during a siege in Blackburn. Scott Haworth locked himself in his partner’s home with their 22-month-old child and brandished the weapons as police tried to negotiate an end to the stand-off.
THERE were ‘no significant arrests’ between fans at the Blackburn Rovers clash against Premier League champions Manchester United. Lancashire Constabulary increased police presence before, after and during Saturday’s match and reported no
A MAN who worked as Blackburn Rovers’ Roar the Lion mascot has been charged with sexual offences against children. Scott Henderson, 22, from Blackburn, was one of several volunteers who dressed up in the Roar costume for Ewood Park games. He is
SICKNESS absence among staff at East Lancashire Hospitals has fallen by more than 11 per cent in just 12 months. A series of innovative initiatives helped reduce the number of staff off work at any one time from 5.6 per cent in 2008/09 to 4.4 per cent
IWRITE these notes in the second week of May with bluebells and other spring flowers blooming early following the hot April. Horse chestnuts are also reaching their peak early and this is also the case with hawthorn now looking like snow drifts.
ROSSENDALE is set to be Labour-run after the group received the backing of two Liberal Democrat councillors. Tim Nuttall and Jim Pilling have backed Labour’s s to become leader of the authority at Friday’s annual council after the election left no
Two weeks ago, my eldest daughter joined the rat race. Abandoning school, she caught the bus to work, clocking in, working a seven-and-a-half-hour shift, then clocking out. “I’m absolutely exhausted — I’ve been on my feet all day,” she exclaimed after
SUPER-fast broadband is now available in Ramsbottom. More than 7,000 Ramsbottom residents and businesses have joined the high-speed revolution as BT engineers complete the local upgrades. People living and working here are among the first in the UK
EDDIE Howe has vowed to work through his summer break to ‘make his own stamp’ on the Clarets. Burnley fell at the final hurdle in the race for the play-offs, but Howe feels a summer of change will give his side a great chance of promotion next season
THE boss of a leading technology business has reassured staff and investors after a dramatic share price slide. Tim Jackson-Smith, chief executive of stock market-listed Bglobal, said the drop may be down to a lack of communication with investors
A DEFIANT Steve Kean has vowed ‘we will finish the job on Sunday’ after a gutsy 1-1 draw with Manchester United left Rovers’ Premier League lives still hanging in the balance. Wayne Rooney’s debatable 72nd minute penalty earned the visitors
TWO men were injured after a road smash in Dent Street, Colne yesterday. The pair were pulled out of their BMW after it hit the kerb and crashed at 3.30pm. The men’s injuries were not thought to be serious. Police are investigating.
It’s holiday time again. Where will many people go? One popular country is Spain. To all those making for Spain, I would urge them never to go to a bullfight. It is the cruellest “sport”. The bull is drugged, then stabbed with lances until, weak
On behalf of all Labour candidates in the recent local elections in south west Blackburn – Maureen Bateson [above] in Ewood, Carl Nuttall in Meadowhead, Damian Talbot in Mill Hill and Jamie Groves in Livesey with Pleasington – can we thank all those
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman has insisted that the Reds can still reach the play-off final despite a 2-0 defeat at Stevenage in the first leg of the semi final last night. Stanley have never won at Stevenage and that run continued as
IT takes an awful lot of determination and sheer guts to turn out on a cold, windy and very wet Sunday afternoon and run five kilometres – especially if you are not any kind of serious athlete. But that’s what more than 1,500 women aged from teens and
I read about the young idiots being made to clean up the mess they made (LT, May 9) and agree that it might instill some sense into them not to do it again. But this case should be taken one step further and the law should allow them to be named and
I wish to comment on the report (LT, May 12 about the young girl accused of knife offences being sent on a residential course at a riding school at a cost of £300. After retiring from twenty years service on the magis-trate’s bench, and a good deal of
A blue plaque has been unveiled at the Nelson house where cricketing legend Lord Learie Constantine lived when he played for the town’s team. The West Indian, pro at Nelson between 1929 and 1937, was knighted in 1962 and in 1969 became the
HUNDREDS of residents took to the streets of a quiet village yesterday to protest against plans by a hostel to house paedophiles and sex offenders. Organisers said about 500 people protested in Edenfield over the proposals by Chatterton Hey
THE pensions watchdog is to investigate the Silentnight takeover because of the way a £100million pension black hole was offloaded. The probe will focus on the deal secured by US private equity group HIG Capital that rescued the bed firm from collapse
SIR Alex Ferguson has promised Blackburn Rovers fans ‘we won’t be doing Blackpool any favours’ as Steve Kean’s men prepare for a tense final day relegation shootout. Rovers travel to fellow strugglers Wolves on Sunday knowing a win would
MORE than 1,500 women braved the rain and blustery wind to raise money for cancer research in this year’s Burnley Race for Life. The big-hearted fundraisers, many of whom had their own personal stories to motivate them, took to Towneley Park
THE doctor who failed to identify cancer in 61 East Lancashire women has been formally charged with 'deficient professional performance'. Dr Glenn Anthony Kelly will face a General Medical Council (GMC) Fitness to Practise Hearing on June 6
Striker Carlos Tevez says the prospect of trying to wrestle the Premier League title from Manchester United's grasp is "a great motivation" for him to stay with Manchester City. Craig Bellamy wants to stay with home town club Cardiff City next season
