Jay Rodriguez struck four goals to help Burnley see off the challenge of battling Burton after extra-time in a nine-goal Carling Cup thriller at Turf Moor. Following a goalless first half, Burnley seemed on their way through to the second
POLICE caught 26 motorists during a crackdown on road-related crime on the Rossendale border. Officers set up check points along rural roads between Rossendale and Bury and used Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) equipment and a police dog.
ACCRINGTON Stanley conceded two late goals to exit the Carling Cup at the first-round stage tonight. Chris Dagnall converted a penalty with eight minutes left after Kern Miller had pushed Andy Barcham, who added a second with a curling 20
A FORMER builder died from lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, an inquest was told. The inquest heard that John Sutcliffe, 77, of Francis Avenue, Barrowford, came into contact with asbestos sheets every day as he made corrugated roofs
AN ELDERLY man was rescued from a house fire in Bacup last night. He was taken to Rochdale Infirmary and treated for smoke inhalation as a precaution. He was given a check-up and later released. The house fire in Newline started at 8pm. Crews
ACCRINGTON Stanley are level at half time in tonight's Carling Cup first round tie at home to Scunthorpe United. Kurtis Guthrie was denied by Josh Lillis when clear through inside 20 seconds and Craig Lindfield also saw a shot saved, although
A FOLK-rock band has released a single to raise money for an appeal set up by the family of former Claret Gary Parkinson. Gary, who played more than 130 games for Burnley, has locked-in syndrome after suffering a major stroke last September
ACCRINGTON Stanley have named an unchanged line-up for tonight's Carling Cup first round game at home to Scunthorpe. Jimmy Ryan is in the Scunthorpe side on his return to Stanley, while fellow ex-Red Bobby Grant is on the bench. Stanley
DEFEATED Church star Sam Tucker believes he and his team-mates can bounce back stronger after suffering the deflating experience of Worsley Cup final pain. The West Enders went down by six wickets to Ramsbottom in Sunday’s showpiece and Tucker admitted
CUP winning skipper Jonathan Fielding nursed a sore head yesterday morning – but reckons the feeling of lifting the Worsley Cup on Sunday was worth it after Ramsbottom ended their mini-slump with a comprehensive win over Church. Rammy had lost four
A ROAD safety initiative, which will see police rewarding children for wearing cycling helmets, is set to be rolled out across Lancashire. The scheme involves officers speaking to youngsters about the importance of wearing a helmet and giving out special
Two men have been charged after banners were erected on Blackpool Tower to protest against a method of gas extraction, police said. Lancashire Police were called at 7.25am on Saturday following reports that two men had erected banners up the south side
Lancashire Lightning are through to Twenty20 Finals Day after an impressive bowling performance suffocated Sussex Sharks last night. The visitors' total of 152 for eight was slightly below average total in t20 at Hove this season but it proved
MORE than 50 dedicated volunteers left Ski Rossendale in peak condition after a clean-up. They joined forces with Ski Rossendale’s Gryffin Ski Club for the work.
A LONG serving teacher has retired from a Rossendale school. Nick Subasic joined Alder Grange Community Technology School, Rawtenstall, in 1979 and has decided to call it a day. Nick, who lives in Rawtenstall, was the school’s special educational
A TEENAGER who broke his friend's jaw in two places, has been spared jail at Burnley Crown Court. Jordan Allan, 19, of William Street, Colne, had admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and had been committed for sentence by Burnley Magistrates.
A BLACKBURN primary school has been given the go-ahead to extend its age range. Audley Infant School held a consultation in the local area over plans to include an early years section. This would allow children aged three and four to attend the
Lancashire County Councillor Bob Mutch has died, aged 77. Conservative Councillor Mutch, who represented Wyreside, passed away on Saturday following a battle with cancer. Originally from outside Lancashire, Bob lived in Knott End with his wife.
AS Billy Bragg observed, “There is no real substitute for a ball struck squarely and firmly.” Following a summer bereft of the methadone substitute of either a World Cup or European Championships to tide over the claret and blue faithful, one might have
A ROGUE landlord who failed to make a property safe has been ordered to pay almost £1,500. Pendle Council served Mario De-Santis with an improvement notice after he neglected the house in Colin Street, Barnoldswick. He was summoned to Reedley Magistrates
HOLLY Lam-Moores might look to be all-but sure of her 2012 berth – but with the Olympics a year away she insists it’s the fear of missing the party that still drives her on. Both the women’s and men’s handball teams were handed a spot at 2012 in January
AN Accrington charity shop is appealing for help as the recession empties their stockroom. Age UK staff in Accrington’s Blackburn Road say the store is struggling to keep up with customers demands donations of clothes, cookware and books have plummeted
YOUNG Scott Walker stepped into the ring for only the second time in his career – and stepped out of it as the proud holder of the full contact kickboxing junior English title. The 13-year-old from Blackburn only took up the sport of kickboxing around
BLACKBURN Rovers have today secured a work permit for Serbian international Radosav Petrovic. The 22-year-old has signed from Partizan on a four-year deal and becomes the club's second signing of the summer following the arrival of striker
BLACKBURN Rovers have revealed their squad numbers ahead of the start of the Premier League season. 1: Paul Robinson 2: Michel Salgado 3: Martin Olsson 4: Chris Samba 5: Gael Givet 6: Ryan Nelsen 7: Brett Emerton 8: David Dunn 10: Mauro Formica
ONE of Lancashire’s longest established children’s charities is celebrating after receiving a £39,200 grant. Child Action Northwest in Wilpshire was given the award by the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out a community project to preserve, digitise and
Burnley and Pendle could pilot a new local TV service, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. 65 locations across the country, chosen because they have the appropriate transmitter coverage, will be whittled down to around 20 by the
UNISON officers in Hyndburn have arranged an urgent members’ meeting to fight pension cuts. The meeting this week at Accrington Town Hall comes as fundamental changes are proposed to pension schemes and state pension benefits. UNISON is currently in
Ramsbottom United will hope to bounce back from their opening day defeat when they host Glossop North End tonight in the North West Counties Premier Division. Meanwhile East Lancashire rivals Colne travel to Squires Gate. In the First Division,
IAM so glad football is back. I could not have survived another month of transfer speculation. The exodus of Stanley players was in part to be expected as most seem to have a lack of any real loyalty to the fans and clubs. I was expecting Jimmy Ryan
CHARLIE Austin is aiming to improve his goalscoring celebrations after admitting his first goal for Burnley took him by surprise. The former Swindon Town striker bashfully raised an arm after breaking his Clarets duck in fortuitous fashion on Saturday
I have read with some interest and anger the disgracefully lenient sentence handed out to the person who set fire to a trailer whilst the driver was asleep in the cab (LT August 6). I hope the judge concerned realises what message has been sent out
Just when we thought it was dead and buried, the controversial LCC Rapid Transport Scheme is up and running again! Thousands of frustrated motorists will soon be giving way to speeding buses. Parking restrictions and double yellows will appear
On Tuesday Jake Berry MP welcomed the localisation of business rates by repeating verbatim the announcement made by the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. What was not mentioned was that councils don’t get to keep all the business rates they collect
THE M65 has made a huge difference to travel across East Lancashire in the 14 years since it was fully opened. Being able to connect directly to the rest of the country’s motorway network via the M61 and M6 has great benefit to businesses based in
HEALTH bosses have been allowed to increase the size of a temporary overflow car park at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. Members of the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust applied to Blackburn with Darwen Council for permission to up the usage of the
A ROGUE landlord who failed to make a property safe has been ordered to pay almost £1,500. Pendle Council served Mario De-Santis with an improvement notice after he neglected the house in Colin Street, Barnoldswick. He was summoned to Reedley Magistrates
COMMUNITY projects in Burnley will continue to benefit from the council’s Ward Opportunities Fund next year. Under the scheme each of the borough’s 15 wards is allocated £10,000 a year to be spent on community projects. The elected ward councillors
A MAN has today been cleared of murdering his girlfriend by intentionally strangling her during a sex game that went wrong. But Daniel Lancaster, 25, has admitted the manslaughter of Anna Banks and will be sentenced next week. Lancaster told the
England under 20s, featuring Blackburn Rovers duo Jason Lowe and Josh Morris, face Nigeria in the quarter-finals of the Under 20 World Cup in Colombia tomorrow.
Chorley entertain Blackburn Rovers’ reserves at Victory Park tomorrow night, with a 7.30pm kick-off. It is the Magpies’ final work-out before the start of their Evo-Stik Premier Division season.
A ROAD safety initiative, which will see police rewarding children for wearing cycling helmets, is set to be rolled-out across Lancashire. The scheme involves officers speaking to youngsters about the importance of wearing a helmet and giving out special
AN amateur dramatics group which was facing rehearsing in hard hats due to a leaking roof has won £44,000 for repair work. The Summerseat Players received the grant to carry out work at the Theatre Royal, in Smithy Street, Ramsbottom.
Eddie Howe is hoping for more joy against Burton Albion in Burnley’s Carling Cup clash at Turf Moor tonight. A 2-0 win over the Brewers helped Howe clinch promotion to League One with Bournemouth in 2010. Then he celebrated his first
FAMILY and friends of a teenager who died after a long battle with illness are to undertake a 170-mile charity bike ride on what would have been her 18th birthday. Brave Chloe Oldfield defied doctors’ predictions to battle hepatacellular carcinoma
A CAREER crook who has finally managed to kick his long-standing drugs addiction was congratulated by a judge. Stephen O’Callaghan, 37, had been a heroin addict and prolific shop-lifter for ‘years and years’, but was now clean. He had
RESIDENTS are celebrating after their campaign to stop a mobile phone mast from being built in a conservation area was successful. Residents started the petition against the Vodafone and O2 mast proposed for land on the Accrington and Baxenden
RESIDENTS living near a Blackburn pub have hit out at plans for an early-hours live music licence. Managers at The Lord Raglan Hotel, in Kings Road, have applied for a licence for live music until midnight Monday to Thursday, and and until
WORLD superbike champions Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson are fronting a new drive to get children into the sport. The racing heroes have joined the likes of other world champs like Mike Hailwood, James Toseland, Nicky Hayden and Troy Corser
A COLLEGE student has secured a graduate role despite not having a degree. And Lewis Garforth has urged other teenagers to improve their range of skills to succeed in a tough job market. Projects throughout Lewis’s graphic design foundation
WHAT a week! Seems all the meetings have come at once. I went to a meeting of the Chamber of Trade — what we need to be a really strong group is for all independent shopkeepers to join. Then there was another for the YMCA, which helps
BURNLEY boss Eddie Howe has said speculation about Southampton's interest in Jay Rodriguez is 'not ideal'. A national newspaper reported that the Saints had made a joint £4m bid for the Burnley-born star plus left-back Danny Fox. Although
Tomorrow's friendly international between England and Holland at Wembley has been postponed because of the outbreaks of disorder in London.
A former actress has died just weeks before a concert was due to take place to celebrate her 100th birthday. Winnie Shaliker, nee Oates, appeared in lead musical and drama roles with local theatre companies including the former Accrington Amateurs,
VANDALS have caused hundreds of pounds of damage to a hair salon after smashing the front window of the property. Emma Cushion, 35, spoke of her horror after discovering the wreckage of her business yesterday. Divas, based in Railway Road, was targeted
CHURCHES have been urged to be on the lookout for a missing cross belonging to the Bishop of Blackburn. An appeal has been issued on the Blackburn Diocese website for the gold cross and chain, on behalf of the Right Rev Nicholas Reade. Diocesan
STANLEY old boys Bobby Grant and Jimmy Ryan return to the Crown Ground for the first time tonight, warning their Scunthorpe team-mates to expect a real test in the first round of the Carling Cup. Stanley host League One side Scunthorpe having secured
A POSTMAN opened greetings cards because of money worries after he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash, a court heard. Defence solicitor Janet Sime told Reedley magistrates that Thomas Fairburn, had effectively become homeless while working
COUNTY council bosses are to look at ways of extending the M65 from Colne to Yorkshire to ease traffic congestion. A £100,000 feasibility study is to be carried out by Lancashire County Council between 2012 and 2014. But the decision
BURNLEY striker Martin Paterson is facing a further three months out, at least, after suffering his third thigh injury in nine months. Scans last night revealed the 24-year-old had suffered a ‘grade 2’ muscle tear – similar to the problem that
A ROSSENDALE taxi driver who has been caught speeding seven times in 10 years has had his licence revoked by council bosses. Brian Whitworth, 59, of Barnes Street, Clayton-le-Moors, racked up 12 points on his DVLA licence for speeding offences
SERBIAN international Radosav Petrovic faces his Blackburn Rovers D-Day today – as Steve Kean looks for the Home Office to give his Premier League preparations a major boost. Partizan Belgrade’s 22-year-old midfielder has agreed personal
A FORMER police community support officer in Burnley claims he was victimised by the county’s force bosses because they failed to acknowledge his Asian ‘culture and heritage’. Zahid Ahmed alleges when he asked one of his bosses, Supt Sarah
A WOMAN who accused Blackburn Rovers’ new striker David Goodwillie of rape may now sue the player for damages. Rovers’ £2.8million summer signing was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a house party in Scotland in January, while he was
AN actress from Pendle has her sights set on silver screen success after making an encouraging start to her TV career. Amy Strange was signed up by agent Fiona McLoughlin, who represents movie stars Daniel Craig and Orlando Bloom, after impressing
AN historic listed building in Blackburn that costs more than £20,000 a year to maintain is up for sale to generate some money for the cash-strapped council. Griffin Lodge and its coach house, in Griffin Park, are back on the market for a second
RIBBLE Valley leaders have blasted plans being considered by police chiefs to relocate Clitheroe CID. The proposals to move the detectives investigating serious crimes from their base in King Street are being considered as part of Lancashire Constabulary
A FAMILY were left fearing for their lives when arsonists torched their car — trapping them in their home. The family, of Largs Road, Shadsworth, Blackburn, who have asked to remain anonymous, watched in horror as their Peugeot 307’s ignition
