A FUTURE Andy Murray or Serena Williams could be served up by Burnley Tennis Club. Lawn Tennis Association officials have officially declared the Belvedere Road club ‘ace’ after recognising the efforts made by coaches to encourage youngsters
A RUN-down homeless shelter in Rossendale is set to undergo a massive £350,000 refurbishment. The dilapidated Clare House in Queens Street, Rawtenstall, is being given a makeover to cope with the hundreds of homeless people aged 16 to 25 in Rossendale
AN 81-year-old grandfather who had a triple heart bypass just two years ago is diving in at the deep end — to do a 10k charity swim. Grandfather Jack Houghton is donning his swimming shorts to raise funds for a new scanner at Royal Blackburn
A FULL set of autographs signed in Darwen by The Beatles are set to fetch up to £3,000 when it goes under the auctioneer's hammer next week. The autographs were written on the back of a 1962 publicity card, which also features Pete Best, the
BAE Systems workers are operating ‘under a cloud’ amid swingeing defence cuts by the Government, union leaders have said. Hundreds of jobs were axed at the firm’s Lancashire plants after the strategic defence and security review (SDSR) grounded
A BUDDING movie maker is offering a chance to become a film producer by investing in his latest project. Kevin Robinson, 21, of Barnoldswick, has completed the pre-production for ‘A Fall From Grace’, a thriller set in the 1940s. He, along with Dale
PRIMARY school pupils will brighten up Nelson’s new town centre by adding plants and herbs to the area. The youngsters, who go to Whitefield Infant School will create the garden in front of Admiral’s Market. Debbie Taylor, from Pendle Council, who had
A DRUNKEN flasher from Haslingden who walked around in just a T-shirt in front of children has been placed on the sex offenders’ register. Burnley Crown Court heard how neighbours saw John Robert Warburton half-naked with his front door or curtains
A WOMAN who got more than £3,400 in benefits she wasn’t entitled to was on a suspended jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard how Kathryn Browitt, 45, was claiming incapacity benefits while working at a taxi office, but told investigators she went there
TRAVELLERS have pitched up on the playing fields of a junior football club just hours they were forced from an Accrington beauty spot. Several caravans are on the pitches at Huncoat United JFC on Bolton Avenue, leading to fears that newly reseeded
BURNLEY are shaping up for the new season with a new indoor training facilities and gym. Clarets boss Eddie Howe has already overseen the start of upgrades to the club’s training headquarters at Gawthorpe this summer, and now he is pushing
UPBEAT and bang in-form Whalley had a double reason to cheer over the double header weekend – but skipper Richard Palmer is keen to talk down his side’s chances. The villagers stunned Ribblesdale League leaders Baxenden on Saturday to further cement
THE rain wrecked Read Cricket Club’s girls open day on Sunday - but they will try again this weekend as they bid to unearth the next women’s stars. The ambitious Ribblesdale League outfit, who already have a women’s team, want to increase awareness of
Opener Paul Horton fell one short of his first hundred in the County Championship since April 2010 as title-chasing Lancashire closed to within 33 of Nottinghamshire’s first-innings total of 326 at Trent Bridge. The 28-year-old right-hander was one of
Valencia winger Vicente Rodriguez is understood to be a potential target for Blackburn Rovers after admitting he expected to join a Premier League club this summer. Rovers were believed to have been interested in the 29-year-old in the January
'ARRY told it the way only ‘Arry can. “Deals now, they all go to agents and then it goes to the player before it goes to the football club they’re trying to buy from,” said the ever candid Redknapp, on the subject of player transfers.
ACCRINGTON Stanley look set to benefit from the Football League’s decision to reduce the League Two salary cap – with their own wage bill expected to be unaffected. It was recently decided that from next season League Two clubs would only be
A County Council is appealing for more black and minority ethnic people to become school governors. In county schools, latest figures show 12.9 per cent of pupils but only 2.6 per cent of school governors across Leicestershire are from black
EAST Lancashire has some of the highest rates of home repossessions in the country, a survey revealed yesterday. The research by homeless charity Shelter found three boroughs were in the top 50 worst places to live when it comes to tenants being evicted
IT’S a real puzzler. Last week we had a report blaming parental habits for turning increasing numbers of youngsters on to alcohol. On the same day police and trading standards revealed how a Friday night crackdown in one area of Accrington led to police
PUSH up bras for nine-year-olds, ‘WAG’ slogan T-shirts for pre-schoolers and high heeled shoes for toddlers. These might sound like ludicrous concepts, but over the past year a string of high street retailers have been criticised for selling such items
Whitworth’s outgoing mayor Coun David Chorlton raised £9,600 for various local charities during his mayoral year. The money was presented to representatives of a total of 24 charities and organisations that work to benefit the Whitworth community
A PIECE of medieval art found by a metal detector in the Ribble Valley is to take its place among the relics of saints and martyrs. The scrap of twisted silver was found by Paul King, an aspiring archaeologist. And the 'unique and exciting
JACK Cork has been left in limbo with Chelsea’s financial demands currently pricing Burnley out of a deal for the midfielder. Southampton had an offer accepted late last month but I understand Cork is not keen on a move to the south coast club
EVERY year police think of new ways of trying to hammer home the stark message that drink-driving wrecks lives. Today with the Lancashire force’s summer campaign under way a front-line officer tells of the horrific accidents he has had to deal with
Samaritans of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley would once again like to express our thanks to Marks and Spencer’s Blackburn for allowing us to carry out bag packing at their store on the 17th and 18th of June 2011. The generosity of
I wondered how long it would be before the tories let their nasty mask slip. When a Tory MP stands up in the House of Commons and suggests a disabled person should work for less than the minimum wage it shows the contempt they have for these people.
A 10-YEAR-old girl was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire last night. Two young adults and the girl were in the property on Harold Avenue, Burnley, at 5.45pm. Crew manager Kieron Ogden said the cause was accidental
A LEADING Church of England official visited East Lancashire to see community cohesion work. The visit of the Rev Andrew Davey, a national adviser for the church on community and urban affairs, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Burnley
A HOAX caller claimed a person was trapped inside a burning house in Burnley this morning. 15 firefighters, police and paramedics rushed to the property in Grey Street, Daneshouse, at around 3am. The caller reported that a person was
TAXI fares in Blackburn with Darwen could be set to rise after a campaign by drivers’ associations. Costs for a tariff one fare, which will be 24 hours a day, seven days a week, could increase more than nine per cent. This would see
THE developer behind dozens of landmark East Lancashire building projects is set to lead the £100million transformation of Burnley’s Weavers’ Triangle, it can be revealed. Barnfield Construction is in talks with council chiefs over spearheading
A STUDENT who left his wallet in the gymnasium changing rooms at Blackburn College had his wallet returned by police who had found some unusual contents. Inside the wallet officers found that there were seven wraps of cocaine. Adam Hughes, 19,
SUNSHINE will be the order the day as council bosses plan to cut carbon emissions by using green energy. Solar panels, voltage controls and infrared camera's are all being considered as part of proposals to help Ribble Valley council take a
Brierfield councillors appealed for residents to stay calm and help police with their investigation into a sledgehammer attack on a 38-year-old man. Police said the man suffered a fractured skull, punctured lung and two broken legs during the brutal
BENJANI is relishing another season at Blackburn Rovers after insisting he has never considered looking for a fresh challenge elsewhere. The former Zimbabwe international’s Rovers contract expired at the end of last campaign but, despite being
A DISTRICT judge has slammed police for not prosecuting a convicted drink-driver despite him giving a positive road side test. Aaron John Pendlebury claimed he was over the limit because he had drunk vodka after the crash in Blackburn. Despite giving
THERE will be a new name engraved on the Harold Ryden Championship trophy tonight after the two former winners in the semi-finals of East Lancashire golf’s most prestigious prize were beaten in the last four. On yet another soaking wet night
A MAN was brutally beaten by a gang armed with baseball bats, a sledgehammer and a knife. Police said the 38-year-old suffered a fractured skull, punctured lung and two broken legs during the brutal assault by three men in Colne Road, Brierfield
