BACUP residents are being asked to come up with ideas on how to create a lasting legacy for the town with £50,000. When Bacup Leisure Hall was sold, it was agreed that the proceeds from the sale would be reinvested into the town. Following consultation
BURNLEY defender Ben Mee could be out for the rest of the season after suffering a slight back fracture. The defender, who has been playing at left back, came off in the 5-1 win over Portsmouth last weekend and did not feature against Birmingham
A GRADE Two-listed building in Bacup will be going under the hammer at a Manchester auction later this month. Property auctioneer Pugh & Co will auction 178 residential and commercial lots from Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle –
‘WE’LL keep fighting until it’s mathematically impossible,’ is a sentiment that has spilled out from the Burnley camp for at least the last month or so, regarding the play-offs. But there comes a point when a dose of realism must be administered, and
A COMMUNITY champion is supporting the search to find Rossendale’s most inspirational woman of 2012. Former Rossendale Woman of the Year Jose Walker is backing the campaign by Rossendale Hospice to honour the achievements of the borough’s most
ANYONE watching Blackburn Rovers lose to United on Monday night would have to admit it was a brave effort from the 11 players out there. There was no lack of effort, guts or desire as they got to within 10 minutes of picking up a crucial point against
A RISHTON schoolboy will get his 15 minutes of fame tomorrow when he appears on BBC1 as part of the Easter coverage. Lucas Burridge, eight, of Ullswater Close, Rishton, will be appearing in one of three 15 minute pre-recorded productions as part of
A CRACKDOWN on burglary in Lancashire has been hailed a success after 350 people were arrested. Officers seized almost £30,000 of stolen property and visited other burglary suspects as part of the Lancashire-wide Operation Julius, which was launched
A BATTLE between a council and a former kitchen fitter over a Rossendale petting zoo is set to go to trial. Council environmental health bosses allege Terence Anthony Bork, 50, who runs Animal Quackers in Bacup, exposed visitors to a potential E-Coli
PENDLE is the most affordable rural location to buy a home in Britain, a new property survey has revealed. The borough came top in the Halifax Quality of Rural Life survey which saw an average house price to annual gross earnings ratio of 3.5. The
BLUEPRINTS are being formulated to restore Burnley’s ‘people’s park’ to its former glory – with the help of a lottery grant. Work is set to begin on a Heritage Lottery Fund bid to overhaul the grade II listed Thompson Park, it has been confirmed.
A PAKISTANI national who claims his Accrington relatives beat him after his arranged marriage collapsed, wants to stay in this country, a jury was told. Ghalib Hussain, who said he wished to live in the town, applied for political asylum last November
SNOW and sleet hit parts of East Lancashire as the weather took a dramatic turn. But a local weather expert has said conditions will improve by the Easter weekend, although some rain is expected. Temperatures plummeted on Tuesday night with rural
This time, it’s been the Conservatives in the frame, with allegations of seeking large donations from rich people in return for favours. I’ve enjoyed the sport. But I also know that my party has faced similar charges in the past. In any event
AN 11-year-old girl has suffered burns to her torso, arms and legs after her dress caught fire. Firefighters said the youngster had been stood close to the gas fire doing her hair in the living when her clothing set alight. Her father took the dress
LIVE auditions have been announced for a music tribute to a rising star from whose life was cut tragically short. Bands will be subject to a public vote if they want to perform on the Jessica Foxley Stage at the Great British R&B Festival in Colne
BURNLEY was a world of cotton mills and gas lights when little Alice Ingham was born in 1894. She played whip and top and hopscotch after school and organ grinders were a familiar sight round the streets, often with chained monkeys. Queen Victoria
A NINETY-year-old great grandad has set down his life story as a permanent record for his family. Stan Yates, who lives in Lower Darwen, took just six weeks to write his book The Potato Eater, titled after his favourite food. Stan was born in Pleckgate
GAEL Givet is set to return from a hamstring injury when Blackburn Rovers travel to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. Givet has missed the last two games but Steve Kean has revealed this afternoon that the defender has been declared fit for the weekend
DARWEN Town Council is offering cash rewards for information leading to a prosecution after vandalism at Darwen Tower and the town’s cemetery. The new dome on the tower had names and obscenities scratched into it last week, just two months after it
A HOST of celebrity chefs will be giving demonstrations as Nigel Haworth’s food show returns to Ewood Park. Around 5,000 visitors are expected at this year’s The Fantastic Food Show at the home of Blackburn Rover, which is being hosted once again by
THE Ribble Valley has topped the tables after being voted the rural area with the best quality of life in the North West. The valley scored 84 in the Halifax Rural Areas Quality of Life Survey for 2011 – the second highest of all areas in Great Britain
Would Z Ahmed (‘Our shameful colonial past’, Letters, March 28) confirm that the Mau Mau Land and Freedom Army are the same Mau Mau who burnt crops, killed cattle and murdered white farmers and their families? Not so much an army but a terrorist
Thank you, Mr Cameron and the Chancellor, for the 5% increase in my old age pension. After paying my dues for 49 years you have given me £7 extra a week with which I would have hoped I could buy just a few pints with my old friends. But alas, my
Will the day ever come when we are all equal under the law? I doubt it! Once again we have suffered an invasion by travellers in Meadowhead ward, this time on St Wifrid’s playing fields. They apparently broke the lock off the gate and set up camp
THE entertainment industry has changed hugely in the last few years. Electronics, computers and the internet mean today’s youngsters have an enormous array of excitement and stimulation at their fingertips. The fantastic popularity of games and
POLICE have launched a campaign aimed at reducing the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on East Lancashire’s roads. Bikewatch is a six-month campaign, with Lancashire Constabulary, the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety and RideSafe
I AM sure that most of us feel that there has been a shortage of activity in repairing our often seriously damaged roads but our recent Sporting Courses events have found such action in abundance! Every event from the Circuit of Pendle and Circuit of
EASTER is traditionally the time for all the fun of the fair. Its arrival in town is set by the calendar and steeped in history. And despite massive rises in fuel costs and the lure of computer games and the internet it’s no different this year
LATE-night bus services along a popular route in East Lancashire have been saved – for now. Four services on the 464 line were placed in jeopardy in February when county councillors withdrew subsidies. Rossendale Council stepped in with temporary
BURNLEY defender Ben Mee will have a fitness test ahead of the Good Friday game with Brighton (kick-off 3pm). The 22-year-old, who has been playing a left back, missed Tuesday night's defeat at home to Birmingham City because of a back problem. But
Rovers Ladies came from behind to beat Blackpool Wren Rovers 3-1 and retain the Lancashire Womens Challenge Cup. A Katie Anderton own goal had given Blackpool a surprise half-time lead, but Scott Rogers’ side were always on top and second-half strikes
A BRIDEGROOM with terminal cancer said ‘I do’ in a £20,000 dream wedding thanks to the generosity of Burnley people. Tammy Dale and Tom Cooper got married yesterday, in a lavish ceremony at Burnley’s Towneley Hall – just four weeks after launching
A BLACKBURN man has died after his motorbike hit a lamppost in Liverpool. Police said John McLeish, 22, who grew up in Highercroft, was not wearing a helmet. He suffered fatal injuries in the crash in Wheat Hill Road, Huyton.
A 23-YEAR-OLD cage fighter intentionally ingested poison in the presence of his girlfriend, an inquest heard. East Lancashire Coroner Richard Taylor opened the inquest into the suspected poison death of Rossendale father-of-two Christopher
BRADLEY Orr believes the Premier League survival scrap will “separate the men from the boys” but is adamant Rovers’ squad have the desire to see them to safety. Blackburn Rovers’ right back expects the fight to stay in the top flight to go
ROSSENDALE Harriers and Blackburn Harriers both secured safe passage to the men’s 12 Stage Relay National Championships after solid performances at Sefton Park. The competition was tough with 59 teams on the starting line-up at the Northern qualifier
GREAT Harwood’s Dave Holden claimed victory in the sidecar category at the Hoghton Tower Sprint on Sunday. Holden recently got 2012 off to a winning start with three race triumphs at the Wirral 100 Motor Club Championship’s meeting at Anglesey
A MAN who ransacked a house was cold and hungry and wanted to go back to jail, a court heard. Burnley Crown Court was told how Wesley Andrew, 35, had only been let out of prison two days before, but fancied bed and board behind bars again as
EAST Lancashire will be represented by riders Harry Hartley and Tom Carne as well as the FPW Racing team when the new British 125GP Cham-pionship season starts this weekend. The first race of the season takes place at the Brands Hatch circuit
CHOCOLATE must have been the only lure for athletes young and old who crossed the Yorkshire border to brave the blizzards in Tuesday night’s Bunny Run opener. A record field of 302 started the fast, yet exceptionally cold three-mile ‘fell’ race on Penistone
THE annual SD34 Motor Sport Group Brian Molyneux Award has gone to Margaret Duckworth. The award – named in memory of Molyneux, who helped to set up the prestigious Tour of Mull event on behalf of the Blackburn-based 2300 Car Club but died in 1996
GREAT Harwood brothers Jason and Glenn Lord will be racing alongside each other at Warton Stock Car Club’s 40th anniversary meeting on Sunday. Jason was the club’s silver top champion in 2009, while Glenn was victorious in 1996 and will be racing in
CHARGES against the former licensees of a controversial town centre bar which was closed by police have been dropped. Joint licensees Fajul Patel and Gino DiFilippo had been charged with stealing a 'Hot as Hell' gaming machine worth £3,000 belonging
ACCRINGTON Stanley’s squad will benefit from the hospitality of the Crown pub after ending their stay at Blackburn Rugby Club. Stanley had used the rugby venue as a training base for meals and meetings in recent times, but the pitches were not ideal
COLNE’S Steven Burke admitted he felt in better shape than he had done for a long time after helping Great Britain to a gold medal and a world record at the Track Cycling World Champion-ships yesterday. Burke will bid to secure further honours
DANNY Ings admits he doesn’t want the season to end after making a goalscoring start to his Clarets career. The striker had a frustrating six-month wait to kick a ball as a result of the cruciate knee ligament damage he suffered days after making the
HALF of all taxis stopped by police in a safety crackdown were too dangerous to be on the road. Officers said that 11 of the 22 stopped in Blackburn were temporarily taken off the road due to ‘serious defects’. They included broken lights, illegal
Pssst! Wanna hear a secret?! The Easter Bunny has been laden down carrying his scrumptious Easter Eggs and has left a huge stash of them in Smyths Toys Superstore at the Middlebrook Retail Park, 57 The Linkway, Horwich to help lighten his load!
A RELIGIOUS leader believes 'costs have replaced compassion' within the NHS. Preaching at his Easter Sunday service, the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Nicholas Reade, is to raise ‘questions of concern’ about recent social and political controversies
THE NSPCC is calling for action to reduce the number of children who become victims of sexual assaults. The children’s charity has made the plea after new figures show more than 400 offences were reported to police every week from 2010 to 11 and less
Gawthorpe Hall at Padiham has opened an exhibition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pendle witch trials. It will feature rare items, including an original copy of the book ‘The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster’, which
LANCASHIRE’S youngest landlord is toasting success after celebrating becoming the youngest landlord in Britain. Thomas O’Toole, 20, has been at the helm of Madisons Wine Bar, in Burnley Road, Rawtenstall for six months, after working as a barman
