SOME of Burnley’s most famous landmarks could help give the town a tourism boost after 50 influential tour operators visited the area on a fact finding trip. The familiarisation visit, organised by Burnley Council’s Visitor Economy Team, took guests
RIVAL fairgrounds are set to spring up all over the Burnley and Pendle area in the run-up to Easter. Today sees the opening of a new fairground attraction on the site of the former Cloverbrook site off Gannow Lane, Burnley. Promoter say they will be
A TV WILDLIFE presenter has turned to a Burnley firm to provide solar panels for her Monmouthshire farm. Kate Humble, star of Springwatch, Lambing Live, and Wild in Africa, and her husband Ludo Graham, are currently converting a Welsh farm to teach rural
PART of a coffin makers in Nelson that was ravaged by a fire was demolished yesterday morning. Diggers moved in to Walter Lambert and Sons to pull down a large section of their unit in Edgar Street, off Leeds Road. It was also revealed yesterday that
A WOMAN who fell 90 feet to her death from a multistorey car park told police losing a custody battle over her daughter had “taken away the only thing she needed in her life.” Blackburn Coroners Court heard that Sharon McKenzie, 32, of Ravenswood, Preston
A FOUR foot bird reported ‘missing from home’ was found wandering round a Waterfoot warehouse. A Rhea was discovered by workers at Buckhurst Plant Hire on Warth Lane as they arrived to start their shifts at 7am on Thursday. The long-legged creature
REGARDING the story on rail ticket office closure fears (LT, March 14), the idea that people should be able to buy tickets from shops and garages is five-star stupidity and typical of someone who has no grasp of the way public transport works. Garages
Tony Nicklinson has been coping with his ‘locked in’ condition for over seven years. It’s a heartbreaking situation but I back his ‘right to die’ application 100%. He has the mental capacity to make his own choices. I wish Gary Parkinson the very best
I was very interested to see the photograph (LT, March 8) of the girls of the Parish School in Great Harwood 1935. Although I did not attend that school – I attended the council school in Rushton Street – I did remember some of them and was friendly
AT last, common sense prevails: a transport select committee is recommend-ing that elderly drivers should have a retest. But targeting elderly drivers alone though, surely doesn’t go far enough. Illness (alcoholism, obesity, dementia, multiple sclerosis
IS the House of Lords actually achieving anything currently? It seems when they vote against the Commons decisions, they are simply overidden. Yet another example of how true and real democracy doesn’t exist. W Morton (Mr), Lammack Road, Blackburn
From time to time we see in the Lancashire Telegraph pictures of community-spirited people getting together to do a neighbourhood clean-up. Nothing wrong in that. But I ask myself, is Blackburn with Darwen Council going about this in the wrong way in
A DAD twice raided his little boy's nursery in the middle of the night. Drug addict Phillip O'Dea, 33, had targeted Oscar Bear Children's Nursery in Accrington, because he knew where cash was kept. O'Dea, said to owe money to dealers, broke in by smashing
POLICING visiting supporters at Blackburn Rovers matches will be ‘a lot harder’ as they will no longer be able to congregate at a pub close to the ground, police said. For years, The Fernhurst, in Bolton Road, has been the main gathering point for visiting
IT’S a real family affair for a Retail Factor finalist at The Mall, Blackburn. Entrepreneurial teen couple Alex Cunliffe and Amy Dunn were just 14 when they set up printing and embroidery company Inkthreadable, with Alex’s twin brother Aaron and sister
Accrington Stanley have completed the loan signing of Wigan Athletic's Rob Kiernan until the end of the season. The defender joined up with his team mates this morning and could make his debut against Northampton tomorrow subject to Football League
A 29-YEAR-OLD shop manager collapsed and died from a rare, undiagnosed heart problem. Emma Louise Greaves was found collapsed at her home, in Fitzgerald Drive, Darwen, on Saturday, December 3, by her fiance. She was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital
A MAN who sexually abused three young girls in East Lancashire has been jailed for a total of six years and eight months. Preston Crown Court heard that Christopher Charnock carried out his offending over a four-and-a-half year period. His conduct mainly
Police figures show that there has been a 48.3 per cent increase – or an extra 1,546 crimes – in metal thefts in the county. Two Lancashire people have been arrested on the back of evidence gathered as part of Operation Starling – a national crackdown
BLACKBURN is the north of England’s shisha cafe capital, according to the British Heart Foundation. The number of cafes in the borough has risen from four to 14 in the past five years, topping Manchester, Bradford and Leeds per head of population. Leading
A YOUTH centre in Darwen has been closed for ‘half the week’ because of council budget cuts, it has emerged. Only two years after Knott Street Community Centre got a £400,000 facelift, and reopened as Darwen Youth Centre for 13 to 16-year-olds, cuts
DO flowers actually make a woman happy? This was question posed to me by a friend who then answer it himself by stating it was impossible to make any woman truly happy and flowers were generally a waste of time and money. The reason for this was simple
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss Paul Cook has admitted that injury could yet rule out Dean Winnard and Sean Hessey for the rest of the season. Winnard has been forced on to the sidelines in the past couple of weeks after it was decided that the skipper could
COMEBACK kid Danny Ings feels Burnley’s home draw with Crystal Palace could be a turning point in the business end of their season. The Clarets defied a run of three straight defeats to get off to a flying start against the Eagles, in what was Ings’
Blackburn Rovers owners Venky’s have told the Indian nation they are in football “for the long haul” after having their message delivered monthly to 22,000 households across the country. The poultry giants have teamed up with India’s only
FIREFIGHTERS leapt into action to tackle a fire — just 50 yards away at the new Blackburn Community Fire Station. Officers working from the current building in Byrom Street, got a shock when the alarm came through from the new state-of-the-art £3million
A 16-YEAR-old boy will not face prosecution for his involvement in a Blackburn street dispute in which an 18-year-old died following a fall, police and the Crown Prosecution Service said. Zeeshan Khan, of Dartford Close, Audley, died on Monday. He had
A TALENTED swimmer will be making a splash on the international stage after she made the final cut to compete with team GB. Kerry Holding, 16, has been chosen to represent the nation at this year’s World Catholic Schools’ Student Games 2012
STEVE Kean insists Blackburn Rovers’ forgotten duo are still in his thoughts after backing both to grab their chance when it next comes along. Former Barcelona B striker Ruben Rochina and Montenegrin international Simon Vukcevic have found themselves
AFTER seeing his former team-mate find the right answers on television’s leading political programmes, Danny Coid will be hoping Accrington Stanley can pose a few defensive questions of Clarke Carlisle tomorrow. Carlisle technically remains
STONYHURST Park’s new lady captain Janet Halfpenny struck a tremendous drive to ceremoniously mark the start of her year. The ladies of Stonyhurst enjoyed a afternoon of golf to celebrate the event, with Linda Ashworth taking first place with
PLEASINGTON golf teen Brogan Townend enjoyed a better second round yesterday in her Faldo Series Grand Final campaign. The Royal Clitheroe Grammar School Sixth Form student registered a seven-over-par 79 at China’s Mission Hills Golf Club. It was an
RAMSBOTTOM United have just 10 games left to clinch the North West Counties Premier Division title after regaining top spot in midweek – but they face stiff competition in an exciting finish to the season. The Rams jumped back to the summit on Tuesday
CHORLEY’S Nick Dougherty admits he’s taken huge encouragement from his first appearance on the Challenge Tour as he embarks on resurrecting his golf career. The 29-year-old Shaw Hill professional finished tied fourth at last week’s Columbian
JAY Rodriguez is currently rated as ‘50/50’ to feature in Burnley’s match at Cardiff City on Sunday as he continues to battle a groin injury. The Clarets’ star striker was forced off at half time in the weekend draw at home to Crystal Palace and is yet
THE family of a teenager found dead in the street have told of their anguish because they still don’t know how he died. Burnley College student Ryan Anderton, 18, was found by police on patrol lying dead in the street in Rawtenstall.
A 26-year-old man dumped over the phone while working in Sierra Leone made threatening phone calls to his ex when he returned home to East Lancashire. Blackburn magistrates heard that Kevin Richard King threatened to ‘put a bullet’ in Chloe Goodber and
A 22-year-old man left in charge of his parents’ pub assaulted three of the regulars in one night. Blackburn magistrates heard Harley Clayton Whitehead dragged one female drinker out of Hemingway’s, in Longridge, because she asked him to play a record
A POLICE sergeant from Blackburn who visited Buckingham Palace to receive an MBE has spoken of his pride. Sgt John Rigby, who works as part of Eastern Division’s Community Cohesion Unit, has spent more than 19 years with Lancashire Police.
A TERMINALLY-ill Blackburn boy has experienced a ‘fairytale holiday’ in the USA, where he swam with dolphins. Six-year-old McCauley Riley of Bolton Road, Ewood, suffers from Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), which affects one in 30,000 children in the UK.
A CHIEF executive who turned around a failing East Lancashire council has been given a top NHS job. Owen Williams, former head of Rossendale Council, was responsible for turning around the valley authority after a damning report by the Audit Commission
