A HEADTEACHER has been praised for 'raising the bar' at a primary school now rated good after coming out of special measures. Government education watchdogs have said that St Aidan’s CofE Primary School in Blackburn has been improving overall. And
Police have admitted they are taking longer to answer phone calls, following a switch to only one control room for the whole of North Yorkshire. Superintendent Glyn Payne, the officer in charge of the York control room, said it was impossible
KEITH Treacy made a goalscoring start to life at Burnley to rescue a point on the opening day. The Clarets were trailing to Craig Forsyth's 45th minute opener when the Republic of Ireland international came off the bench to replace Wade
ACCRINGTON Stanley picked up a point at Northampton Town on the opening day of the League Two season. Stanley handed debuts to four new players - Sean Murdoch, Kern Miller, Kevin McIntyre and Kurtis Guthrie - and produced a solid display at
BURNLEY have paid the price for missed chances as they go into the break a goal down. Watford struck on the stroke of half-time when Ross Jenkins' pass found Marvin Sordell, and the lively forward picked out Craig Forsyth, who beat goalkeeper Lee Grant
DAVID Goodwillie scored a debut goal as Blackburn Rovers beat Kilmarnock 4-1 in this afternoon's pre-season friendly. Rovers' new signing from Dundee United came off the substitutes bench in the second half to complete the scoring after Rovers
JUNIOR Hoilett makes a welcome Blackburn Rovers return from a hamstring injury for today's pre-season friendly at Kilomarnock. Rovers fans will have to wait a little longer to see new signing David Goodwillie in action, with him named as a substitute
CRAIG Fergusson says Church are relaxed and ready for their colossal Worsley Cup final clash with Ramsbottom and are determined to make it a day to remember by lifting the famous old trophy. Church have only won the Worsley Cup once in their history,
JONATHAN Fielding is backing his men to help him get his hands on the one piece of silverware that eluded him last season and believes Ramsbottom can lift the Worsley Cup tomorrow in “one of the biggest finals ever”. Ramsbottom won the league and Twenty20
CONCERNS have been raised over the future of Darwen’s police station after it was revealed that the town’s patrol teams are reporting from Blackburn. At a meeting with Darwen Town Council, Lancashire Constabulary Chief Superintendent Bob Eastwood said
A drug-dealing couple who were selling heroin in Accrington after threats from their supplier, have been jailed. Burnley Crown Court heard how chemical firm worker Peter Raith, 52, and his partner of 25 years, Jane Beardsworth, 44, fell into the grip
A COMMERCIAL skip containing used car parts was set on fire last night. Fire crews were tied up for an hour as they had to put out the flames and empty the skip of its contents. The blaze, at 10pm in Abinger Street, Burnley, was next to a row of derelict
A MAN lost control of his car and smashed into a wall on last night. The 20-year-old was driving a Vauxhall Astra in East Park Road, Blackburn, at 9.30pm on Friday, when the accident happened. No other vehicles were involved. One fire crew attended
ACCRINGTON Stanley have set a tentative aim of moving into a new stadium by the 2014-15 season. Chairman Ilyas Khan, who completed his takeover of Stanley in April, is keen to move the Reds away from the Crown Ground and into a more modern facility as
A collision between a roadsweeper and a van was the second time a member of the same family has been involved in a serious crash with a Hyndburn Council vehicle. Both vehicles were heading in the same direction when the incident happened in Harwood
SUPPORTERS are reminded to arrive early for today’s Burnley game with Watford in order to see Clarets legend Jimmy McIlroy’s MBE presentation at Turf Moor. The 79-year-old, who won the First Division title with Burnley in 1960, was awarded the honour
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Steve Kean believes new signing David Goodwillie will give his side the X factor this season. Goodwillie joined Rovers earlier this week for a fee of around £2.8m, with the 22-year-old signing a four-year deal at Ewood Park. The
ONLY 6,000 tickets have been sold for next weekend’s Towneley Live music festival. Organisers LiveWyre had hoped to attract up to 30,000 people to the event in Towneley Park, the first of its kind to be held in Burnley, when it was first announced in
Join Suzanne Geldard for live updates as the Clarets take on Watford in the season opener. The game kicks off at 3pm. Live updates will begin with team news and will run until after the full-time whistle.
Join Andy Cryer for live updates as Blackburn Rovers take on Kilmarnock. The game kicks off at 3pm. Live updates will begin with team news and will run until after the full-time whistle.
