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BLACKBURN Rovers have been drawn at home to Sheffield Wednesday in the second round of the Carling Cup. Rovers will host the League One side during the week commencing August 22.

BURNLEY will be at home to League Two opposition once more in the Carling Cup second round after being handed a tie against Barnet. The Clarets defeated League Two side Burton Albion at Turf Moor on Tuesday and will now entertain the Bees during the

STEVE Kean has likened Blackburn Rovers new boy David Goodwillie to a ‘young Wayne Rooney’. Ahead of Saturday's Premier League opener against Wolves, the Rovers boss was adamant Goodwillie was his top young target as he bids to find the right

A TALENTED group of performers have been wowing audiences at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival and have been nominated for a top award. Following the overriding success of St Mary’s College’s debut appearance at the festival last year the youth

A DISABLED toddler’s family have vowed to keep on searching for treatments after hopes of a breakthrough US operation were dashed. The family of two-year-old Finley Rosbotham had pinned their hopes that the toddler, who has cerebral palsy, would

In the North West Counties Premier Division, Ramsbottom United recovered from opening day defeat. Rammy, regarded as one of the title favourites, came back from a goal down at half-time to defeat Glossop North End 3-1 at the Riverside. Lee Pugh

Colne registered a 2-1 away victory at Squires Gate. Mark Threlfall and Neil Stansfield netted first half goals for the Reds.

Nelson, who returned to the North West Counties after dropping out for a season, are at the bottom of the North West Counties First Division having conceded 14 goals in their opening two games. Crushed 9-1 at home to Irlam in their season’s opener

BLACKBURN Rovers have confirmed Nikola Kalinic has completed his move to Ukraine outfit Dnipro. The Croatian international is understood to have cost them in the region of £6million.

A HERO soldier who fought in one of history’s bloodiest battles will be honoured with a military funeral next week. John Love, 97, was one of the last surviving veterans of the Battle of Monte Cassino, a turning point in the Second World War. A

BURNLEY have said the offer for Danny Fox, who has joined Southampton today, was 'too good to turn down'. The left-back departed Turf Moor in a £1.8million transfer to the big-spending Saints. Fox joins Chris Eagles, Tyrone Mears and Chris Iwelumo

THE PARENTS of Haslingden teenager Declan Eastwood have paid tribute to their “one-in-a-million” son. The 17-year-old former Haslingden High School pupil was stabbed to death at a terraced house in Princess Street early on Saturday morning.

AN architect who designed Blackburn market in the 1960s will be presented with a plaque that was placed in the original building he designed. Tom Brennan will be given the plaque that hung in the old market which marked its opening in 1964 today. The

HEAVY rain has caused flooding in East Lancashire today. Homes in Ribchester were flooded after Boyce's Brook overflowed. Ribblesdale Road residents Christopher and Judith Freeman woke at 6am to a torrent of water running down their street.

A SCHOOLGIRL with a rare, incurable condition celebrated her 13th birthday in style yesterday – thanks to generous Lancashire Telegraph readers. Offers of party venues, limousines, money and equipment flooded in after Carol Halligan pleaded for help

A RETIRED chauffeur from Rossendale is leading a campaign to get free transport for all pensioners. Leonard Wells, 70, is aiming to collect 100,000 signatures calling for a scheme similar to London's Free Pass to be rolled out across the country

THE criminally stupid and unforgivably violent and destructive behaviour of hundreds of yobs over the past few days will not be forgotten. Scores of people have seen their homes or businesses literally burnt to the ground or ravaged by looters. Many

Lieutenant John Chard, Royal Engineer, was the commanding officer at Rorke’s Drift, South Africa, on January 22, 1879, where 3,000 Zulu warriors, fresh from wiping out the British 24th regiment at Isandlwana, surrounded and attacked a small British force

BUILDER Darren McGaughey is the proud owner of what is believed to be the cheapest house in Britain. It may look like a run-down wreck of a property - but to Mr McGaughey it is a not-to-be-missed opportunity. Mr McGaughey paid £10,000

On August 6 I visited Blackburn Cemetery to place flowers and pay my respects to a friend’s grave. I had read previously on your letter page that a skip had been placed in the cemetery. Nothing could have prepared me for the monstrosity that met

Despite endlessly watching footage, adding to and reading Facebook and Twitter posts on the rioting across our country, I can't help thinking that, out of the whole scenario, we are perhaps presented with a golden opportunity. I have been struck most

A COMPROMISE has been reached over a popular visitor attraction’s plans to sell booze and stage events into the early hours. Christopher and Sandra Harrison, of Thornton Hall Farm, wanted to stage live events until 2.30am and serve alcohol until 3am

AN EMPTY industrial unit was set on fire in the early hours yesterday. The detached derelict building in Bank Top, Blackburn, had been broken into and a small rubbish fire started. A motorist spotted smoke and called the fire service at 5.15am

Another eight people have been fined a total of £2,500 for anti-social behaviour in Burnley. The council is among the top five in the country for prosecuting those who drop litter, fly-tip or don’t clean up after their dog as part of its zero tolerance

BURNLEY left-back Danny Fox has joined Southampton for £1.8million. After losing Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears to Bolton Wanderers, and Martin Paterson to a recurrence of the thigh injury which kept him out for much of last season, manager

AN East Lancashire firm of solicitors has gained a mark of excellence. Watson Ramsbottom Partnership, which has offices in Blackburn, Darwen and Great Harwood, has been granted membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme, the mark of

Cash-strapped Blackburn with Darwen Council has bought a bus depot site, it has emerged. A deal was struck with Transdev, which runs Lancashire United buses, for the site in Manner Sutton Street in the Eanam area. The council, which

A DARWEN mum says her fledgling business is booming, even during tough financial times. Daniela Romano, who was previously in sales and marketing at Thwaites, set up Epic Sales and Marketing earlier this year in an Entrepreneurshuip POD at Darwen Academy

WEC Group Ltd have announced the launch of a new division, WEC Cooling. Based at the company’s head office in Junction Street, Darwen, the new division specialises in the manufacture and installation of vacuum coolers for the food industry. Vacuum cooling

FESTIVE cheer is to be injected into Nelson this year in the shape of a real Christmas tree in the town centre. The large tree, which will be given pride of place near the post office in Place De Creil, will be adorned with lights and decorations.

A FORMER licensee has proved she is a cut above the rest after securing a outstanding achievement award. Gillian Campbell, 52, was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award and 100 per cent Attendance Award for her hard work on Blackburn College’s level

BURNLEY'S Championship fixture at Crystal Palace on Saturday WILL go ahead as scheduled. The Football League have confirmed that all their weekend matches in London have been given the green light, despite recent civil unrest in the capital. A Football

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2011. Thousands upon thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square and other parts of London to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics. Fast forward a few weeks and it was a very different scene in the

CHRIS Samba is rated as touch and go to be fit in time for Saturday's Premier League opener against Wolves. Blackburn Rovers' skipper is still struggling with a groin injury and will face a late fitness test. Boss Kean said: "We will do everything we

A MUSIC festival due to take place this weekend has been cancelled due to severe adverse bad weather. Frankie and the Heartstrings, Tom Vek, Mr Scruff, Emmy the Great, Toddla T and Willy Mason were all due to entertain revellers at the Beacons Festival

TRADERS have hit out at a controversial residents’ parking scheme they say will ‘ruin’ business in Clitheroe. The move to handover parking spaces normally reserved for shoppers to local residents has outraged town centre traders who say they

Hayley Longton, 10, who attends Whittle-le-Woods Primary School, Chorley, has won the grand final of Silentnight’s Book at Bedtime competition. Hayley’s story, “Hippo and Duck Visit the Queen” tells the fun tale of what happened when Silentnight's

A MAN who strangled his girlfriend at his flat in Colne has today been jailed for four years. Daniel Lancaster, 25, of Hawley Street, was charged with the murder of Anna Banks, but was found not guilty by a jury who reached a majority verdict

UNION leaders raised concerns about 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

FURNITURE company Senator International has announced a sharp reduction in profits but says it is ‘encouraged’ by its overseas growth. The company, based at Altham Business Park, employs more than 1,000 staff, making it the largest private employer

IF you listened to most of the football pundits this summer then Blackburn Rovers may as well not even bother to turn up this season. They are doomed to Championship football and then the abyss. At least three national newspapers have

Burnley and Blackburn Rovers will find out their opponents in the Carling Cup second round tonight. The draw will take place on Sky straight after Sheffield Wednesday’s game against Blackpool, which kicks off at 7.45pm. Blackburn Rovers enter the

A SERIAL arsonist who struck again in Nelson, causing an explosion risk, is behind bars for three years one month. ‘Drunken’ Andrew Leeper, 29, had torched a car outside homes on a residential street in the early hours and also set fire to combustible

Burnley are expected to find out today whether Saturday’s Championship fixture at Crystal Palace will go ahead. Palace’s Carling Cup game at home to Crawley Town on Tuesday was postponed on police advice because of this week’s riots in London

HYNDBURN Council is giving away 10 tonnes of compost today for free. The Big Heap is a ‘thank you’ to residents who regularly compost their garden waste. People can bring a maximum of three bags to be filled at Wilson’s playing fields car park

FURIOUS residents slammed the axeing of bin collections at hundreds of rural homes at a packed public meeting last night. Almost 700 households across Rossendale now have to take their rubbish up to two miles to designated collection points. People

The Red Arrows have confirmed they will put on a display over Darwen. The midday flyover by the RAF's aerobatic team will wow the crowds during the town’s 1940s Day on Saturday, September 3. It has been arranged by the Soldier’s Support Group who

ACCRINGTON duo Steve Johnson and Steve Butler are due to compete in the Richard Burns Memorial Rally this weekend after being controversially excluded from the event last year. The rally takes place at RAF Marham near King’s Lynn in Norfolk and raises

A NELSON police officer has sniffed out more than 4,000 cannabis plants with an estimated value of around £1.5million across Pendle since the turn of the year. PC Hazel Richardson, community beat manager in Cloverhill and Walverden, has seized a total

ALMOST 9,000 tickets have now been sold for this weekend’s Towneley Live festival. Organisers said there had been a flurry of sales this week as half-price tickets sparked a late rush. At the end of last week 6,000 tickets had gone. They also

THE Government has been urged to ‘re-think’ cuts to the police force in light of mass public rioting. Lancashire has so far been virtually untouched by the violent scenes witnessed across the UK, though it did send over 100 officers to help

VICTIMS of a vandalism spree in Bacup said the yobs were ‘copycats' trying to replicate the behaviour of those rioting in London, Birmingham and Manchester. Petrol bombs were thrown and windows were smashed by a gang of up to 50 yobs, some

WORSTHORNE'S Harry Hartley finished 10th in the latest round of the British 125GP Championship at Brands Hatch on Sunday. Hartley climbed seven places from his qualifying position of 17th to pick up six points at the Kent circuit and move up to 10th

MARNIE Shirtcliffe is the new North of England Champion in the U15 girls’ javelin. The Hyndburn club member won her title on Saturday at Cudworth in Yorkshire with a best distance of 33.14 metres which classes as a Grade 1 Standard. The 14-year old

Venky’s have distanced themselves from reports claiming that Blackburn Rovers are on the brink of signing Leicester City defender Sol Bamba.

DARWEN’S top time trialist Ian Cox smashed a 28-year-old record at the weekend – and it was my own record that he beat! The on-form Cox clocked up a new 50-mile record for the North Lancashire Road Club of one hour 46 minutes 42 seconds – at a speed

NASCAR enthusiast Simon Johnson is enjoying success in the English version of the series after securing victory at the British Championship in Skegness. Johnson has long been a big fan of oval racing and is in his third season in the Miniature American

Holly Bleasdale has been nominated for the European Athlete of the Month for July. The 19-year old pole vaulter achieved the best ever mark by a teenager in the world when she cleared a National Record 4.70m in Mannheim. The Blackburn Harrier went

JAY Rodriguez believes he can better last season’s tally of 15 goals as he bids to build on his remarkable four-goal haul against Burton in the Carling Cup. Rodriguez was Burnley’s joint top scorer during the 2010/11 campaign, along with the

In the 25th anniversary year, there will be a new name on the list of Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix winners as Jayne Butter-worth of Skipton has sealed the women’s title with a race still to go. Gary Shaw is the red hot favourite to be the men’s winner

Life has not been easy for Darwen manager Kenny Langford, whose side shipped half a dozen goals in a 6-1 loss at Abbey Hey on Tuesday. That followed Saturday’s 4-0 reverse to Ashton Town at the Anchor Ground.

Newly-released MoD files tell for the first time how three Blackburn police officers reported spotting a glowing UFO above the town. The report includes a sketch of the saucer-shaped object by one of the witnesses. It details how the

MARTIN Olsson has warned Premier League defences ‘watch us fire this season’ - but insists a new look Rovers won’t forget the ugly side of the game. Rovers’ Swedish international admits he can’t wait for the big kick off against Wolves at Ewood Park

Lancashire Police has issued a warning to residents not to spread false rumours online. Assistant Chief Constable Peter White said unhelpful rumours ‘are causing unnecessary concern'. He added: "Social media sites are routinely monitored

BLACKBURN Rovers players will wear the name of the Prince’s Trust charity on their shirts this season, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. The club has announced the unique partnership for the 2011-12 Premier League campaign, replacing its last deal