AN EAST Lancashire band are releasing a hard-hitting single with lyrics based on interviews with soldiers. Grammy-nominated Shakey’s Brother, from Burnley and Sabden, are releasing a four track EP called ‘A Soldier’s Tale’ on March 26. The band hopes
A LIME tree planted in East Lancashire to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee has been ripped in half by vandals – a little more than two months before the day of celebration. Environmental campaigners are furious after the specimen – one of four planted
BURNLEY season ticket holders can get free entry to the FA Youth Cup semi-final second leg against Blackburn Rovers, to be played at Turf Moor on March 28. All season ticket holders have until 5pm on the day of the game to swap voucher 1 in their books
A HYNDBURN primary school has been named as one of the 50 top performing schools in the country. Rishton Methodist Primary School has been congratulated by the Department for Education for last year’s key stage two results and for its consistent
A HERO neighbour came to the rescue when flames engulfed a house in Burnley. The father-of-two used knowledge gained saving his own family from a fire nightmare just five weeks ago. Teacher Sadiq Miah, 34, and his two brothers raced into action after
UNEMPLOYMENT continued to rise in East Lancashire last month, according to new figures. There were 14,104 people claiming job seekers’ allowance in the area in February, up by 317 more than the previous month. The biggest rise was seen in Burnley,
A RIBBLE Valley gym could be facing closure after its funding was withdrawn. The gym, in Calder Avenue, is funded and run by Ribble Valley Council, but from the end of this month, will be closed down and left empty. But Longridge Social Enterprises,
THIRTEEN dogs have died after an outbreak of a virus in East Lancashire. A top vet has warned owners to get their puppies vaccinated against the deadly parvovirus. Claire Batty, senior veterinary surgeon at Myerscough Veterinary Group, said there had
A THIEF with an ‘appalling’ record of 235 convictions has been jailed after stealing laptops from Haslingden High School. Peter Everall, 38, a gambling addict, also raided a bandit machine at Clayton-le-Moors Conservative Club and had burgled Crewe Workingmen
There’s no better way to learn how to do something than to be able to spend time alongside someone who’s an expert at it. That way you are not just able to observe at first hand but you can also pick up the enthusiasm of the person you are working with
ACCRINGTON Stanley have released goalkeeper Sean Murdoch from his contract at the Crown Ground. Murdoch made 15 appearances after joining the Reds in the summer but recently dropped to third in the pecking order following the loan arrival of Lee Nicholls
TEENS who start fires are meeting their victims face-to-face as part of a new scheme by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service. The Restorative Approach (RA) is aimed at stamping out arson by getting high school pupils to realise the consequences of their
They have been getting people up and about post-op within the first 24 hours since the 1990s (Health, LT, March 8). I’ve personally got folk up and walking after hip replacements within the first 48 hours – usually amidst protest because they don’
I have read Jon Livesey’s article where Councillor O’Keeffe claims that Hospedia are profiteering from TV, internet and phone services in hospitals (LT, March 8). May he be reminded that the service originally run by Patientline, who had to sell out
DO I understand from Jack Straw’s column (LT, March 8) that he is about to turn the other cheek and indeed love those who hate him? Will he don the habit of a Capuchin Franciscan and teach us by example? The spectacle of a senior Labour politician
Just when you thought this government couldn’t sink any lower, they close the Remploy factories. The minister for the disabled, Maria Miller, says the money could be better spent on getting these people jobs in the private sector. Currently there are
I am absolutely disgusted with this goverment’s latest cost-cutting measures, following the distasteful hounding of genuinely disabled people on disability allowance with its ludicrous qualifying points system. Their latest ‘cull’ is on many Remploy
A BURST water main tore a road apart as residents watched hundreds of gallons gush down the street. Lynwood Avenue in Darwen was plunged into chaos after the burst this morning. The road surface rose almost a foot, leaving a scene ‘like an earthquake
A DARWEN mum has praised her three-year-old son who helped ‘dad’ with an unexpected delivery at their home. Jeni Rigby, 31 gave birth to daughter Meghan Hope on the floor of her son’s bedroom in Prospect Avenue on Monday morning. Husband
IMPROVEMENTS to Clitheroe Castle have helped visitor numbers to the town more than treble in three years. The rise in people visiting the town has been put down to the revamped castle, which welcomed almost 54,000 people through its doors last year
A MAN who shot himself in the head had an array of illegal firearms, an inquest heard. Both the Burnley coroner and a senior police detective expressed ‘serious concerns’ about how David Read came to be in possession of a Enfield .38 revolver, a Beretta
WHEN the great British sporting moments of our day are debated, one is often overlooked. It was the moment in 2008, at a rainy Interlagos in Brazil, when Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 world championship. He did it on the last corner of the last
EAST Lancashire trainer Kevin Maree has warned George Groves that he will lose respect in the boxing community if his fight against Kenny Anderson is not rescheduled. Anderson, who trains with Maree at Stirk House in Gisburn, had been set to
NORMAL service was resumed for Blackburn Hawks, who produced a professional away performance to beat Nottingham Lions 3-0. After their 11-game unbeaten run came to an end with a disappointing 4-3 defeat at home to Telford Titans last weekend, Hawks were
CHRIS McCann believes the Turf Moor production line is getting stronger, with the next generation of Clarets knocking on the first team door. Burnley are preparing to take part in the FA Youth Cup semi finals for the first time in over 30 years, after
A PROSPECTIVE borough councillor has apologised after being arrested at a Rovers match. Blackburn Rovers fan Stephanie Brookfield, who is standing for Labour in the Earcroft ward of Darwen in May’s elections, was arrested at Wolverhampton Wanderers
A FAMILY firm with a 90-year history in Nelson has been devastated by a major fire. Walter Lambert and Sons, a well-known coffin makers based in Edgar Street, was engulfed in flames. Parts of the historic former mill site were so badly
THE nightmare mother-in-law may be one of the oldest cliches when talking about families. But Jayne Hunter and her mother-in-law Vera have overcome tragedy to form the closest of bonds. Just over six years ago, Jayne’s husband Christy died from complications
