OLDER people in the borough could be left short changed following cuts to services, according to Hyndburn’s mayor. Funding to Hydburn’s Citizens Advice Bureau and Help Direct have been reduced and charities like Age Concern Hyndburn and Hyndburn
AMBITIOUS plans have been drawn up by a Lancashire arts collective to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witches trial. An exhibition at Clitheroe Castle and treks from Pendle to Lancaster are among the £154,000 proposals drawn up by
Ramsbottom United go in search of a win that could take them top of the North West Counties League tonight when they host Nigel Coates’ Colne at The Riverside.
I welcome the decision by the government not to provide support for the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership because this would have in effect been supporting BAE Systems. I am aware that BAE is a major employer in the north west of England at a time when
THIS year the Great British R&B Festival is celebrating its 22nd anniversary. While other festivals have fallen by the wayside or struggled to find sponsors, Colne’s annual event continues to attract big names and large crowds. As well as blues stars
COUNCIL chiefs have been in talks with energy bosses about plans to put up a chain of giant pylons in Lancashire beauty spots. The huge structures are being planned to transfer electricity from a new generation of low carbon power plants.
A TEENAGE boy had his mobile phone stolen in a street robbery on Thursday afternoon. He was walking with four friends in Hyndburn Road, near to the Matalan store in Accrington, at 12.10pm. He was approached by a man who threatened him, grabbed his Samsung
Baxenden can secure a second Ribblesdale League title in three years with victory in their penultimate senior league game at Padiham on Saturday. Bash bounced back from the shock of Saturday defeat to Whalley on Sunday as they beat Great Harwood at Back
Accrington Stanley have signed young Colchester defender Tom Bender on loan. The 18-year-old can play at centre half or left back and has represented Wales at youth level. The defender will stay at the Crown Ground until the end of the
ANDY Holdsworth's Chorley maintained their amazing fight for honours on Saturday as they enjoyed a convincing Northern Premier League win at Fleetwood after restricting the home side to 122-8 in a game reduced to 41 overs. Chorley, who finished bottom
THE BODY of a man thought to be in his early 20s was discovered in a van parked in a country lane off Colne Road, in Sough, this afternoon. A walker made the discovery at around 12pm on Tuesday and police were called to the scene. Detective Inspector
Ramsbottom United continued their run of good form as they defeated Stone Dominoes 2-0 in a typical game of two halves. The Rams bossed the first half but only had Ryan Moore’s 35th minute strike to show for their dominance – although Phil Dean hit the
RECENTLY I mentioned the recovery of the badger and the fact that it has caused great concern among farmers who are worried about the spread of bovine TB. Also during the 1970s, the otter was almost extinct due to persecution and water pollution
A HIP group of old-aged pensioners have been busting some moves to raise awareness about the potentially devastating effects of a stroke. The pensioners, led by 69-year-old Shirley Wareing, are performing their version of the iconic 70s hit YMCA for
A CONMAN who duped his Clitheroe girlfriend out of £1,700 by claiming his mother had died has been ordered to pay her back. Peter Wall, formerly of Victory Avenue, Southport, claimed that he needed the cash to pay for air fares to Australia
PADIHAM played out an entertaining draw at Glossop where both keepers were in top form. Storks stopper Sean Davis and North End number one Jo Boyle both produced fantastic saves. while Damion Morrison hit the bar.
BARLICK made it five wins of the six to go to the top of the NWCL Premier League. Runcorn led through James McShane’s 29th minute opener but Barnoldswick hit back with an Aaron Hollin-drake goal (58). Ashley Alderson netted the winner two minutes
BACUP were guilty of their own downfall after letting a two-goal lead slip when Alsager nicked a last-gasp equaliser. Alsager had led through Liam Rigby’s 15th minute strike but Bacup stormed back with Daniel Cocks levelling on 20 minutes with a well
COLNE got back to winning ways following defeats in the league and cup with a four star show. Michael Cruz (11) and Sam Hayes (15) but the Reds 2-0 up before Ashton levelled through Kris Branasko and Lee Barratt. But an own goal and a late Mark
AFC Darwen made it back to back wins to climb off the bottom of NWCL Division One. Having beaten Holker Old Boys on Tuesday, Darwen stormed to a 4-0 lead thanks to goals from Karl Turner (9), Bobby Langford (21), Steve Lee (60) and Kiel Lonsdale (66)
CLITHEROE picked up their first win of the season after surviving a late fightback from Garforth Town. The Blues opened up a 2-0 lead thanks to two goals in the space of 10 minutes by Alex Brees either side of half time. Ashley Parillon appeared to
An injury-time retaken penalty sunk Nelson hearts in a game they should have won comfortably. Chadderton took a 12th second lead through James Curley before Nelson hit back through Jason Powrie onthe half hour mark. The visitors hit their hosts on the
Matt Jansen showed once again that he has the Midas touch when he preserved the Magpies’ unbeaten record with a stoppage-time goal to keep them top of the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The former Blackburn Rovers striker came on in the
MARL Pits swimming pool in Rawtenstall was closed today after the air condition unit failed and needed repairing. Bosses at the facility were hoping it would reopen sometime tomorrow but users were being advised to check before setting off
On Saturday Lowerhouse were beaten at Accrington despite a seven-wicket haul from pro Francois Haasbroek. He helped bowl out Accy for 155 – but a classy 55 from Graham Lloyd was pivotal. And then Ashar Zaidi defied the pain from a knee injury to claim
LOWERHOUSE took a big step towards the Lancashire League title on Sunday as young guns Paddy Martin and Matt Walker got them home in the gathering gloom against Ramsbottom. The House, who were beaten on Saturday, needed 15 off the final two overs to
Accrington Stanley have not been renowned for com-ebacks in recent history, but produced a high quality response after going behind to Burton to take all three points. The last time the Reds turned a deficit into a victory was back in
CHARLIE Austin has credited his early goalscoring form on his blossoming partnership with Jay Rodriguez. The Burnley striker shot to the top of the Championship goal charts after his brace ended Derby County’s unblemished start to the
OLD stagers and future legends summed up why Colne remains Britain’s capital of the blues this holiday weekend. Ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce and guitar hero Steve Cropper ensured it was standing-room only at The Muni on successive nights.
THE widow of honeymoon shark attack victim Ian Redmond joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral of her husband today. Primary school teacher Gemma Redmond, 27, followed his coffin into her family's local church. A lone bagpipe player
AN East Lancashire husband and wife are the proud owners of what is believed to be the UK’s oldest working shower - at 35 years old. Tony and Margaret Jackson installed the Mira 8b shower with a Kelta shower head shortly after buying their bungalow
EIGHT years ago, I was at Ewood one sunny August morning for the first game of the season. Damien Duff had become one of the first recruits at Roman Abramovich’s new multi-million pound war machine, and we were preparing for life without
While all the interest of late has focused on Burnley’s home-grown centre-forward, with interest from Southampton, Newcastle and just about anybody else with £6million to spare, his striking partner has been quietly and effectively going about
OUT-OF-FAVOUR Clarets defender Leon Cort has joined League One Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan. The 31-year-old became former manager Brian Laws’ first signing during the January transfer window of Burnley’s Premier League campaign,
Burnley defender David Edgar has met up with the Canada squad for their World Cup qualifying games with St Lucia and Puerto Rico on September 2 and 6. Republic of Ireland winger Keith Treacy and Scotland Under 21 Alex MacDonald are also on
AN 18th century coaching inn has become the latest to feel the pinch among the licensed trade in Hyndburn. Bosses at Enterprise Inns have temporarily shut the Roebuck Inn on High Street, Rishton, while new publicans can be secured. The
CHURCH leaders in Rishton are on the lookout for eagle-eyed photographers for their 2012 calendar. The theme of the competition, being run by St Peter and Paul’s in Blackburn Road, is ‘Rishton Through The Seasons’. Promoters say entries could focus
MONEYLENDERS and pawnbrokers could be about to do a roaring trade in Darwen over the next couple of months. Lincolnshire-based Cashbrokers are set to open premises between The Wine Shop and the former amusement centre in Duckworth Street.
DARWEN Leisure Centre will receive more than £220,000 in funding over the next 12 months. An executive board meeting of Blackburn with Darwen Council was told the facility would receive the amount of council and PCT re:fresh money. Darwen
TICKETS for Burnley Light Opera Society’s production La Cage Aux Folles go on sale this week. With many ticket enquiries already made, the company is putting tickets for the musical at Burnley Mechanics on sale a month early, from Monday, September
VENTURES linking businesses and the community such as the Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards are vital for the success of the region’s largest college, its principal said today. Blackburn College principal Ian Clinton was speaking in support
LOWERHOUSE are firmly in the box seat to claim only their second Lancashire League title – and could well claim the silverware on Saturday. Charlie Cottam’s men have three games to play, while Accrington and Todmorden will play four more as their abandoned
Colne FC Commercial Old Boys will return to the field on Sunday against a team of Vintage Clarets at Colne FC’s XLCR Stadium. The game kicks off at 3pm and admisson is £5 for adults and £2 for concessions.
Young East Lancashire seam bowler Danny Chester was called into action at Old Trafford yesterday. He got the chance to bowl at the England squad in nets ahead of tomorrow’s T20 clash with India.
EAST Lancashire have re-signed their popular South African professional Ockert Erasmus for next season – and skipper Mark Bolton says he couldn’t be happier at the news. The 23-year-old, who plays for Boland back home, has impressed at Alexandra Meadows
DEVELOPERS are being sought for a £100,000 project to overhaul the play area at Victoria Park in Haslingden. Council leisure bosses and the park’s friends group secured a £50,000 lottery Awards for All grant in June for the upgrade.
THE All Stars have lived up to their name after they were crowned champions in the Blackburn and District Amatuer Cricket League. The team took the B Division title to add to the cup they won earlier in the season. Now the double winners will have eyes
A BUDDING young ballerina from New Hutton has danced her way onto a top classical training course. Leah Hunt, 10, has been awarded a junior associate on the Royal Ballet School pre-vocational programme after beating off more than 1,000 hopefuls
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe has been forced back into the market to boost his attacking options before the transfer window closes at 11pm tomorrow. New signing Danny Ings joining fellow striker Martin Paterson for a lengthy spell in
YOUNG fighters at Sandygate Amateur Boxing Club had been taking part in pre-season training with a difference. Coach Nik Tucker decided to take the youngsters out of the ring to taste a wide range of different sports. Coach Nik Tucker had boxers from
LANCASHIRE Wolverines are chasing national glory on two fronts following a dramatic weekend of American Football. The Blackburn-based club has reach the national semi finals in both the senior and colts competitions – the first time the club has achieved
IT MAY be one of the smaller clubs in East Lancashire but Feniscowles Tennis Club can boast two national champions. The Livesey Branch Road club only has around 30 members but two of them have recently returned from Wimbledon with the silverware. Eric
BURNLEY Tennis Club has put in another marathon effort after completing 24 hours of tennis – with fun both on and off the courts. For the fourth year, junior and senior members were joined by friends and family for the knock around the clock
Former World and UK Snooker Champion, Shaun Murphy, visited North Lancs Training Group’s new Vocational Centre of Excellence recently. Murphy was in East Lancashire in his capacity as an ambassador for the Paul Hunter Foundation – one of many
LOCAL amateur football leagues kicking off their seasons at the weekend will have a new discip-linary system. From this year, leagues will adopt a ‘match base’ procedure rather than the previous ‘term base’ which brings level seven football
OUTGOING Aussie Brett Emerton insists Blackburn Rovers have enough leaders in the dressing room to drag the club out of their early Premier League predicament. The 32-year-old midfielder played his final game for Rovers in Saturday’s 1
FOLLOWING the success at the Liverpool long course meet, Pioneer 79 swimmers were among the medals again in Manchester. A team of 14 swimmers, aged nine to 20-years-old, took part in the Salford Summer Spectucular – and the results were equally as spectacular
A FRESH cohort of teenagers has ‘passed-out’ from a pioneering military course offered in Lancashire. Candidates from across the North West are attracted to the course, supported by the Army office in Yorkshire Street in Burnley, Training 2000 and
A nationwide hunt continued today for a serial sex attacker with Lancashire links who is wanted in connection with the murder of a pensioner. Graeme Jarman, 47, who has been described an evil, cunning predator, is on the run following the brutal murder
VEDAD Ibisevic's proposed move from Hoffenheim to Blackburn Rovers has been called off, according to his German club. The Bosnian striker was Steve Kean's main striking target ahead of tomorrow night's transfer window deadline. A fee
WEIRD and wonderful creations were on display during the weekend's Higham Scarecrow Festival. The huge collection designed and built by local residents included Shergar, Bob the Builder at a bus stop, a monk on a bench, a chimney sweep and
A SOCIAL media masterclass led by a local business ‘guru’ has been held at Nelson and Colne College's Business Centre. The project is part of the Aim Higher scheme and has proven very popular with a range of local enterprises, all looking to take advantage
A CAT which was watching tropical fish in an aquarium fell off and got trapped behind a cupboard. The 12-year-old feline called Tiddler had been sitting on top of the fish tank in a house in Hawkswood Gardens, Brierfield, when it slipped off. It
A TEENAGE mourner found lying on the ground drunk after a funeral started trouble when police called an ambulance, a court heard. Lauren Sweeney became argumentative and unco-operative and shouted and swore at officers and the ambulance crew
BREWERY bosses called time on a popular music venue in Colne - just before the town's rhythm and blues festival. The Derby Arms, New Market Street, Colne, has been a fixture of the August bank holiday gathering, as one of the unofficial fringe
A FORMER army and navy store in Burnley has closed suddenly in another blow for the town centre. Around half a dozen staff are thought to have been affected by the closure of the Yeomans Outdoor Stores branch in Parker Lane. The shop
THE Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu is visiting Blackburn in October and will deliver a sermon at the Cathedral. The Diocese of Blackburn has announced that the Archbishop will call at several churches and communities in the area during
THE Urban Culture Jam Festival returned for a second year at Accrington Skate Park yesterday. The youth art, music, fashion and sport event was entirely organised by youngsters from Clayton-le-Moors Youth Club. This year, an extended programme
A FAMILY are raising funds to make their seriously ill baby’s homecoming special this Christmas. Oswaldtwistle toddler Carson Hartley was born with tetralogy of fallot, known as blue baby syndrome or ToF, a hole in his heart and unformed
LANCASHIRE Police’s new Assistant Chief Constable had to start his role early because of the London Riots. Peter White was due to be promoted to the rank of Ass Ch Con on September 1, after Wendy Walker retired, but due to over-stretched resources
A TEENAGER had the tip of his ear bitten off in an unprovoked attack in Blackburn at the weekend. The 16-year-old boy from Blackburn had been walking from his home to a friend’s house around 4pm on Saturday. He was on the canal towpath
THE new £21million community health facility in Blackburn town centre is to be called Barbara Castle Way Health Centre. Building work in Simmons Street is on schedule with services due to start moving in next month and its doors set to open
A TON of gravy sloshed left, right and centre as an East Lancashire wrestling contest took place yesterday. Costume clad men and woman competed for their chance at this year's Gravy Wrestling champion title, which saw the likes of cowboys,
STEVE Kean insists he’s untroubled by Blackburn Rovers’ position in the bottom three of the Premier League. Rovers suffered their worst start to a league campaign in 60 years after Saturday’s gut-wrenching 1-0 loss to Everton. Mikel
NELSON and Colne College hairdressing student Lauren Gaskell had a taste of television glitz and glamour working on the set of a new comedy. Lauren gained work experience as a hairdresser and make-up artist for the new channel four show.
Regarding the sentencing of Jacqueline Yorke and Kenneth Laird (‘Nelson couple who grew cannabis for arthritis spared jail’, LT, Aug 26), this has been a tragedy of injustice! After being arrested for growing cannabis in their own home to ease the
IT is well known that East Lancashire has more than its fair share of problem drinkers. Both Blackburn and Burnley are in the top 10 worst areas in the country for alcohol related admissions to hospital and around 30,000 people are categorised as having
A YOUNG man and woman are being treated for serious injuries after their car crashed last night on the M65 in Blackburn. Police closed the westbound carriageway near junction five at Guide, Blackburn, for three hours after the incident at 10.15pm
ALL but one East Lancashire higher education institution still have openings despite the scramble for university places after this year’s A-level results. Colleges and university centres in the area still have spaces on degree-level courses
A ‘GANG leader’ and his son are both behind bars after mob violence in which a man was knifed and another victim left with a head wound. Burnley Crown Court heard between 50 and 60 people were involved in the incident in Montague Street in
TROUBLEMAKERS at Burnley FC games who have been making a nuisance of themselves for nearly six years have been banned from Turf Moor. Football intelligence experts from Lancashire Police mounted two successful civil actions against Thomas Pritchard
THEY were once on the brink of extinction but otters have made a dramatic comeback in Lancashire. The playful semi-aquatic mammals have reappeared in places where they have not been seen since the industrial revolution including the River Ribble
DEFENDER George John will not be signing for Blackburn Rovers just yet after his American club announced the deal was off. But there is still hope that a move could be revived with the player still understood to be keen on a move to the UK
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe is ready to regroup over the international break, despite recording a first Championship win on Saturday. The Clarets will have to wait until the visit of Middlesbrough on September 10 to see if they can capitalise
ONE of East Lancashire’s most senior clergymen is supporting plans for a new system of independent counselling for women seeking abortion. The Right Rev John Goddard,is backing plans by the Department of Health to give pregnant women more ‘
I watched the news about the uprising in Libya and I dread to think how long it will be before the country is stable. My desperate wish is that we don’t send any of our soldiers there to ‘assist’. I hope that lessons will have been learneed
WINE drinkers living in the wealthiest parts of East Lancashire are among the highest-risk boozers in the North West, health chiefs have revealed. Binge drinkers in the poorer parts of Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington regularly prompt health
