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  • Thieves in third raid on Bacup horse riding school

    THIEVES have raided a Rossendale riding school for the third time in 12 months. Staff at Fearns Equestrian Centre, in Fearns Road, Stacksteads discovered the centre had been ransacked on Tuesday morning when they arrived to open up.

  • Brierfield man jailed for attack on pair with epilepsy

    A LOUT who attacked two men, one of them for the second time, has been locked up for 23 months. Burnley Crown Court heard how both of Wayne Turnbull's victims, set upon in separate assaults, were epileptics and each suffered a seizure soon

  • Extra training for prison officers in wake of Barry Morrow death

    EXTRA training is being offered for staff at a prison where an alleged double killer from Burnley was found hanging. Prison inspectors have blasted HMP Manchester, formerly known as Strangeways, for their ‘fatalistic’ approach to inmate deaths. Burnley-born

  • Blackburn chippy 'batters' opposition to win chip award

    A CHIP shop has battered the opposition to win a Choice Chip Award. Holly Tree Fish and Chips, Pinewood, Blackburn, has the Best Chippy Chips in the North West, as voted for by the public in the Choice Chip Awards for Chip Week. Chip fans voted in

  • 43 arrests in crackdown on East Lancashire burglaries

    FORTY three people have been arrested and hundreds of suspected criminals have been visited as part of a crackdown on burglary. The operation, which started at the beginning of February, has seen £7,000 of suspected stolen property recovered

  • Former Rossendale MP is new Grand Master of Freemasons

    A FORMER Rossendale MP has been appointed as the highest ranking Freemason in East Lancashire at a ceremony King George’s Hall. More than 1,000 people were expected to watch Sir David Trippier receive the title of The Provincial Grand Master

  • Peacocks shops to close in East Lancashire

    TWO East Lancashire budget fashion stores are set to close, it has been announced. Peacocks shops in Charter Walk, Burnley, and The Mall, Blackburn, will be shutting down following a company buy-out. It is understood a branch in Accrington

  • Housing plan for Great Harwood crime-hit pub site

    AN AGREEMENT has been reached on the future of a derelict pub plagued by drugs and crime. The Merrie England pub in Great Harwood has stood empty for several years and has been a magnet for vandalism and anti-social behaviour, making it a frequent

  • Clitheroe charity says meteor challenge is making a difference

    A RIBBLE Valley store has announced which charity it will be supporting this year. The Original Factory Shop, in Shawbridge Street, Clitheroe, has announced it will continue to fundraise for the Meteor Club, a charity which supports people with learning

  • Blackburn council given £200k to tackle extremism

    BLACKBURN will be given a six-figure windfall to help the area deal with right wing extremism. The council has been chosen to lead the way with tackling community integration issues following its response to the English Defence League protest

  • Is grit mixture not for roads?

    Regarding the letter ‘Gritting staff do a sterling job’ (LT, February 18), no doubt Coun Ashton is correct with his statement and most people would agree with him. But is he serious when he states that the mixture of salt and sand in the grit bins

  • Still waiting for road repairs

    I read the report on the £500,000 allocated for but not spent on road repairs in Blackburn with interest, and the Executive Member for Regeneration, Dave Harling’s reply, with despair (LT, February 15). How can he come up with the feeble excuse that

  • Pendle sports coach to volunteer at the Olympics

    A VOLUNTEER sports coach from Pendle has landed the opportunity to work for one of the world’s biggest companies at the Olympics in London. Arianna Sachet, 18, will be an apprentice for drinks giants Coca-Cola for four weeks during this summer

  • 4,635 crashes for East Lancashire young drivers

    YOUNG drivers in East Lancashire are some of the most likely in the UK to have accidents, a new report has revealed. The report, by Road Safety Analysis, was based on Department for Transport figures between 2006 and 2010, which revealed there

  • Non-league: Bacup foiled by the rain

    TONIGHT'S North West Counties League Premier Division clash between Bacup Borough and AFC Blackpool has been postponed due to a waterlogged West View pitch. Borough had been hopeful of the game going ahead but heavy rain has fallen for much of the last

  • Burnley Blues Festival to feature 'blues walk'

    THIS year’s expanded Burnley Blues Festival will feature a ‘blues walk’ for the first time this year. Trail of Blues – The Jewel Walk, will be led by blues star Paul Waterworth, who has a 40-year career in the music industry, and will feature history

  • Rovers fixtures rescheduled

    BLACKBURN Rovers have had two of their April Premier League fixtures rescheduled due to being selected for live TV broadcast. The Easter Monday visit of Liverpool has been pushed back a day to April 10, kick off 8pm, while the trip to Spurs

  • Rossendale residents’ anger at turbines plans

    ANGRY residents who are fighting plans to erect four giant wind turbines less than 350m from their homes protested at a council meeting last night. Dozens of Weir residents descended on Rossendale Council’s Futures Park venue in Bacup last

  • Dancing on Ice blog 2012: Week seven

    The Ultimate Skills Test has arrived and this will sort out the men from the boys! With two leaving the competition the pressure is on to produce the goods as the three stars with the lowest combined scores will face a unique skate off – each will

  • Nelson man's £35,000 cannabis habit leads to prison sentence

    A 62-YEAR-OLD man, said to have a £35,600-a-year cannabis habit, has been jailed after he was caught growing the drug again. John Patrick Corbett, who is also an alcoholic, had 24 large cannabis plants, which could potentially have yielded 630 grams

  • Man arrested in Blackburn after two hour operation

    DOZENS of bystanders watched as a wanted man was arrested after a two-hour police chase. Undercover officers swarmed the Highercroft area as part of a ‘chase and containment’ operation after reported sightings of a teenager being hunted for

  • Ribble Valley cyclist will go the full Monte Carlo!

    A RIBBLE Valley student will be swapping sums for the saddle when he cycles almost 1,000 miles to raise money for charity. Andrew Heesom, from Grindleton near Clitheroe, and a team of nine other students are trying to raise £40,000 for Cancer

  • Pendle family-run bakers forced to close

    A FAMILY-run bakery firm has blamed the closure of four of its shops on competition from national chains. Whiteside’s shut bakeries in Dockray Street, Colne, Market Place Clitheroe, Gisburn Road, Barrowford, and Scotland Road, Nelson, along

  • CCTV may be necessary to fight crime

    WE should all be thankful that we are not being forced to suffer the painful and depressing hardships that face the average citizen of Greece. But that doesn’t mean that there are not difficult decisions ahead as the economic situation here shows little

  • You name it...TV has got it!

    I can remember, can I, having to wait a full day to see bits of overseas cricket games. I'm talking back in the days of black & white. Little snippets flown in from far afield. The only live footie was the FA Cup Final. Curtains drawn, pots

  • Answers needed at hospital

    SINCE we are not in the grip of a freezing winter or a disease epidemic, the apparent situation at Blackburn Royal Hospital A&E department is both puzzling and worrying. A patient’s description of elderly people ‘queuing on stretchers waiting to be

  • Accrington man facing 12 child sex charges

    ABDUN Noor, of Richmond Hill Street, Accrington, has appeared at court on a dozen child sex offence charges. The 44-year-old is accused of 11 counts of sexually touching a young girls between 2008 and 2011, and inciting an underage girl to engage in

  • Blackburn A&E patients left to lie on stretchers

    AN ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ rush of patients has caused ‘chaos’ at hospital emergency departments, patient watchdogs and unions claim. Health chiefs admitted patients had to queue on ambulance stretchers on Monday night as A&E departments and urgent

  • Shock death of four-month-old Padiham tot Layla-Mai

    A FAMILY has been left stunned after the shock death of a four-month-old baby girl. Little Layla-Mai O’Malley-Shearer was with her devoted mother Georgina O’Malley shortly before 9.40am on Saturday when she started to suffer breathing problems

  • Bus station info important to us

    IN relation to your article (LT, February 13) about the electronic notice board in Burnley bus station, this information board is of paramount importance to bus users to enable them to check on the times of their buses and what stands they depart from

  • Putting a freeze on cold-calling

    Tea time: phone rings. “Do you get your gas from British Gas or E-On, Mr Pratt?” “Why do you need to know?” I replied. She rang off. Of course, they are not selling you anything but they do work for other people who do want to sell to you. I

  • Accrington Stanley boss Cook: We must stop the rot

    ACCRINGTON Stanley manager Paul Cook admits his side must 'stop the rot' after their play-off chances took another big dent at Crewe Alexandra last night. Late goals from Railwaymen duo Max Clayton and Luke Murphy condemned the Reds to their

  • Blackburn Hawks enjoy goal frenzy at Spartans

    BLACKBURN Hawks produced a final period goal frenzy to thrash Sheffield Spartans 5-0 and keep pace with the teams at the top of the English National Ice Hockey League. Hawks scored five unanswered goals in the third period to stretch their unbeaten run

  • Nelson phone stalker who terrorised woman jailed

    A CHRISTMAS phone stalker who terrorised a woman he had never met with silent calls and a sexual threat, has been jailed for nine months. Burnley Crown Court heard the victim, who lived alone, had earlier got the wrong number and rung Neil

  • Clitheroe boss Garner makes three new signings at Shawbridge

    CLITHEROE boss Carl Garner has signed three players as he looks to steer his side to a strong finish to the Evo-Stik League First Division North campaign. Garner has snapped up AFC Fylde striker Ben Waddington, who scored 20 goals last term for AFC Blackpool

  • Ramsbottom United striker Robinson has to call it a day

    NON-league hotshot Jon Robinson has shocked North West Counties League Premier Division leaders Ramsbottom United by quitting the game at the age of just 30. The former New Mills man, who moved to the Riverside Stadium in 2009, has decided to call time

  • Burnley woman sexually assaulted whilst walking home

    A 30-YEAR-old woman was sexually assaulted as she walked home in Burnley. Police said that hours later a second woman was also targeted in the area and officers are now hunting the attacker. The first woman was assaulted after she was pushed against

  • Resident flees fire at Darwen flat

    A FLAT in Carr Road, Darwen, was severely damaged by fire after the occupant dropped cigarette lighter fluid on a sofa. When firefighters arrived at the scene at 4am yesterday, the living room was well alight, and the rest of the property had

  • Historic Tockholes church celebrates 350th anniversary

    AN historic church is set to kick off celebrations for its 350th anniversary next month. Tockholes United Reformed Church was first built in 1662, and despite being rebuilt 218 years later, it still stands on its original site to this day.

  • Blackburn businessman fined for fly-tipping

    A BUSINESSMAN has been fined £865 for fly-tipping. Haroun Patel, of Tradesmart Upholstery, of Navigation Way, Blackburn, was prosecuted at Blackburn Magistrates Court after bin bags of rubbish from his business were found dumped in bushes in Challenge

  • Police appeal for witnesses following Blackburn robberies

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses following two robberies in Blackburn. The first incident happened on Saturday, February 11, at around 2.30pm in St James Road. Two men, believed to be Asian, entered the property through the front door

  • Accrington 'bubble' dealer jailed

    A COMMERCIAL "bubble" dealer who had a stash and drugs cash in his van is starting an eight month jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard how Tom Kennedy, 29, was in possession of mephedrone, £500 and a mobile phone which had text messages with

  • Woman knocked down in Blackburn in stable condition

    A 31-YEAR-old woman is in a stable condition after she was knocked down. Police said the woman, from Blackburn, suffered serious head injuries when she stepped out in front of a car in Sett End Road, Shadsworth, Blackburn, at 6am yesterday. She had