AS a late winner from Andy Carroll tipped Liverpool on to a 3-2 win at Ewood Park, Steve Kean insists a crucial decision in the run-up to the goal cost Rovers a point. Just before Carroll's 90th minute winner, an altercation between Grant Hanley
BURNLEY’S football university is giving prospective students a VIP taster session. University and College of Football Business, or UCFB, based in Turf Moor, has enlisted the help of former FA chief executive and the centre’s advisory board member Brian
FIRE crews were called to the scene of an intense house fire in Blackburn this evening. Two crews from Blackburn attended the blaze at Scotland Bank Terrace, off Livesey Branch Road, where the first floor of the property was well alight. The blaze
An injury-time winner from Andy Carroll seals three points for Liverpool in a dramatic 3-2 clash at Ewood Park tonight. Two early goals from Maxi Rodriguez and a return two from Yakubu saw a battling fixture. But with the Nigerian scuppering
A £6.5MILLION sports village could be created in Blackburn, it has been announced. Investment for the proposed £2million complex in Witton Park is set to treble as Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses are trying to secure additional funding to expand
THE Ribble Valley village of Downham is to appear on the BBC’s Countryfile as part of the programme’s feature on the trials of the Pendle Witches. The BBC got in touch with Simon Entwistle, who leads tours around the valley, to give viewers an insight
Two early goals from Liverpool could well be cancelled out as Blackburn begin to fight back against a now ten-man Reds. A double in the opening fifteen minutes from Maxi Rodiguez looked to see the Reds safe from a struggling Blackburn. But
Blackburn Rovers face Liverpool tonight with only two alterations from the side defeated 3-0 by West Brom on Saturday. Marcus Olsson and Mauro Formica come in-place of Jason Lowe and Morten Gamst Pedersen as Steve Kean looks towards a heavy
A SUBSTANTIAL amount of cash was stolen from a supermarket in Burnley after thieves broke in through the roof. Thieves forced their way into the cash office of the Asda store in Princess Way at around 1.10am on Easter Sunday taking the high
DARWEN MP Jake Berry has welcomed the launch of the National Careers Service. The new scheme makes highly-trained advisers available via an interactive website, webchats and over the telephone. For adults aged 19 and over, there will be a
Netbusters, silky team efforts and individual brilliance – Blackburn Rovers’ 2011-12 ‘Goal of the Season’ award is sure to prove as difficult to choose as ever. The club launched the competition (The Peter White Memorial Trophy) in conjunction
THE Mayor of Darwen Town Council is to stand down from the role ‘to ‘give someone else a chance’. Coun Paul Browne campaigned in favour of originally setting up the town council, despite his party, the LibDems, being against it. Coun Browne, 70, said
THE dad of a Blackburn teenager who injured his back in a fall has thanked two passers-by who took care of him until medical help arrived. John Holden said his son Adam, 14, lost his balance and fell from a bridge wall he had been sitting on
TV screenwriter and producer Paul Abbott has agreed to become one of the patrons of a national bipolar charity. Burnley-born Abbott has spoken before about living with the condition, once known as manic depression. Now the creative mind
A UNIVERSITY student is firmly in the reckoning for a dream role in New York after reaching the final ten in the search to find the country’s top undergraduate. Laura Crymble, 21, from Cliviger, will be attending a lavish event at Canary Wharf in London
YOUNG voters have chosen Blackburn College student Danielle Wallace to be their new youth MP. The 16-year-old promised she would represent young people in Blackburn with Darwen to the best of her abilities after being elected. Over the next year, she
TRIBUTES have been paid to a florist and ‘driving force of the retail community’ who died suddenly at the weekend. Gail Usher, 53, who ran House of Flowers, in Frank Street, Barnoldswick, died in her sleep at her home in Whalley on Friday night. Miss
A LANCASHIRE-based art gallery has been awarded a £100,000 grant by the Arts Council to help them mark the 400th anniversary of the trials of the Pendle Witches. Sue and Pete Flowers, who run Green Close Studios, in Melling in the Lune Valley area of
PLANS for a merger of West Craven’s ambulance station with its police headquarters have been given the go-ahead. Paramedic chiefs say the proposals, which will see the closure of the ambulance station in Brogden View, Barnoldswick, will save the North
ONE hundred and thirty-three posts are being axed by East Lancashire’s ambulance chiefs as part of a £13.4 million savings programme. Union chiefs say the lost positions for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust have been achieved without the need
MARSDEN Building Society saw profits fall last year to £310,000 after tax, from £450,000 in 2010, new figures have revealed. But the Pendle-based firm said it had targeted lower profitability to ensure a great return of value to its members. The firm
A THIRTY-year campaign to provide a proper access route to an isolated Rossendale village appears to have ended in success. Residents living in Strongstry, near Stubbins, have had to rely on the potholed Stubbins Vale Road for access to the outside
A MAD-CAP comedy filmed across East Lancashire will receive its ‘world premiere’ in Blackburn. Low-budget film, Tash Force, was created by a team of independent film makers and producers. It has received a lot of attention online which led to it securing
AN East Lancashire couple have spoken for the first time about surviving a huge storm which overturned their yacht in 115mph winds – and praised the man who saved their lives. Non-swimmer Norma Probert was trapped beneath the submerged catarmaran Sanyassa
A SOLDIER who died more than two months after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan has been remembered by friends in Todmorden. Jack Stanley, who lived in the Todmorden area and was originally from Bolton, had been in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A FORMER mayor has savaged council bosses for missed opportunities over an environmental health outrage at a popular Burnley cafe. The Lancashire Telegraph revealed earlier this year how inspectors had found a number of failings with The Stables, in
A FORMER top amateur footballer in Burnley who played professionally in Australia has lost his battle with a rare form of cancer. Burnley United’s James 'Jimmy' McBreen lost his battle with Cholangio-carcinoma – cancer of the bile duct aged 58. He suffered
WHEN I was little, I recall vividly leaving the Boulevard, gripping my mum’s hand and tugging her to walk faster and then — magic! For, as we turned the White Bull corner, we could hear the hurdy gurdy music that is synonymous with fair grounds. These
Blackburn Rovers striking legend Alan Shearer delighted young fans on a surprise visit to the town’s £8million Youth Zone. The striker-turned-pundit had a kick around on the facility’s roof-top pitch with youngsters when he arrived for talks
TWO lecturers have joined record breaking ‘roll of honour’ as the world’s fastest wallpaperers. Phil Burgess and Simon Whitaker, from Accrington and Rossendale College, gave the competition a real ‘pasting’ in a challenge at a trade show. They smashed
CHILDREN in Lancashire missed 4,482 school days during the last school year, latest figures have revealed. According to the Department for Education, 575 were down to truancy from Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council schools –
Blackburn Hawks will play Billingham Stars in the two-legged England National Ice Hockey League play-offs after the North Easters outfit beat Telford 5-2 on aggregate.
SO now it’s official. Burnley really are a better side when playing away from Turf Moor. Everybody’s been saying it all season. But yesterday’s thoroughly deserved 2-1 victory against Doncaster made it a statistical truth. The Clarets have now picked
HELPLESSNESS was the overriding emotion for Scott Dann last season as he was forced to watch his Birmingham City side suffer Premier League relegation from the sidelines. A hamstring injury kept the centre back out for the business end of the season
EDDIE Howe celebrated a ‘top ten’ after Burnley reached double figures for away wins in the Championship this season. But the Clarets manager remains frustrated that his side have not been more of a hit this year. The gap to the play-offs has shrunk
Colne stylist Shayne ‘The Pain’ Singleton makes his return to the boxing ring on May 18 for his 12th pro fight. The 22-year-old will fight in Oldham on a fight screened by Box Nation after four months out through injury.
RECENT calls from national newspaper columnists to hand Steve Kean the Manager of the Season trophy were pretty laughable. Granted, he did handle himself well when given a hefty amount of abuse from the Rovers fans, but when you're earning the money
The Scouts have developed the first uniform for Muslim girls as the organisations aims to attract youngsters from different cultures. The move has been welcomed by Muslim leaders in East Lancashire who believe it will lead to more girls joining the
