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  • Pendle visitors go wild for feathered friends

    YOUNGSTERS got the chance to get up close to birds of prey at a special Easter event. A display of eagles, hawks, falcons, owls and vultures took place on Easter Monday at Thornton Hall Farm, near Barnolds-wick. Bosses said some of the UK’s largest

  • Thieves in Edenfield snatch nine metal grids in a week

    A SPATE of metal grid thefts are being investigated in Edenfield. Nine grids were stolen in a week – four from the Rochdale Road area and five from Burnley and Bury Roads. Daniel Herbert, Rossendale’s highways manager, urged people to report missing

  • Dog owners in East Lancashire urged to tag their pets

    PENDLE Council’s dog wardens are reminding dog owners of the importance of putting a collar and tag on their pets. Dog warden Laura Robinson said: “By law, all dog owners must make sure their pets wear collars and identification tags. “But it’s just

  • Preparations for Whalley Live in full swing

    PREPARATIONS are underway for a summer music festival in the Ribble Valley. The Whalley Live 2012 festival, which will take place at venues throughout the village, will coincide with Whalley’s celebrations for the Queen’s diamond jubilee. The weekend

  • Rawtenstall primary school to be expanded

    THE buildings at a Rawtenstall primary school are to be expanded to cater for more pupils. The admission number at Rawtenstall St Anne's Church of England Primary School was expanded to 30 last year and it is now planned to increase the buildings to

  • Read man to run London marathon for kidney charity

    A READ man is going the extra mile to help people with kidney problems. David Sagar, 38, is being sponsored to run the London Marathon to raise £2,000 for Kidney Research UK. David’s dad, John Sagar, 67, of Wiswell, suffers from kidney disease and,

  • Acrrington father and sons admit harassment campaign

    A FATHER and three sons said to have put a "vulnerable" man in fear of violence in a three year harassment campaign, are all awaiting sentence. Nek Alam, 72, Janghir Alam, 29, Zahir Alam, 33 and Zahoor Alam, 32, yesterday all pleaded guilty to putting

  • Cross country: Cliviger pupil is doulble winner

    NATALYA Irvine underlined her reputation as one of the best young runners around after being crowned a double cross country champion. The St John’s Cliviger pupil was crowned Burnley Primary Schools girls champion in a record-breaking turn out at Towneley

  • Racketlon: New club set to open

    BLACKBURN is set to get its own racketlon club and join the increasingly popular and exciting sport. The aim is to get more people in the borough playing the sport that combines the four racket events after another ‘no show’ at the recent Lancashire

  • Rugby: Burnley and Pendle RLC take part in Tough Rugby league

    BURNLEY and Pendle Rugby League Club have been warming up for the season ahead by taking part in an exciting new scheme that is taking the game by storm. The club is currently taking part in the Play Touch Rugby League programme which is a Sport England-backed

  • Football: Blackburn Eagles soar to win league title

    BLACKBURN Eagles U13s have clinched the league title without losing a single game. The newly crowned champions won the East Lancashire Football Alliance Yellow Division, winning 13 of their 16 league matches and drawing three. The Eagles scored 94

  • Clitheroe war hero's pals step out for charity

    FRIENDS and family of a war hero maimed in an Afghanistan bomb blast have organised a seven-mile walk as part of a bid to raise £100,000 for charity. Sgt Rick Clement, 32, a former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil, lost his legs and part

  • Football: Padiham power to top spot

    PADIHAM FC U17s will be rewarded with a place in next season’s FA Youth Cup after winning silverware for the third successive year. The talented young Storks team played up an age group to win the East Lancashire Football Alliance with a near perfect

  • Basketball: Raptors ready for play-off glory bid

    ROSSENDALE Raptors will look to seal the most successful year in their 50-year history by being crowned national champions. The Raptors take on Worcester Wolves in the English Basketball League Division Four national play-off final in Medway on Saturday

  • Stars on their way to Turf Moor for celebrity football match

    A STAR-STUDDED celebrity line-up has been announced for this year’s Soccer Six tournament at Turf Moor, in Burnley. World champion boxers, soap stars, and reality TV badboys, are among the stars supporting this year’s event, on Saturday, June 2. More

  • Accrington lap dancing club given the go ahead

    PLANS for a controversial lap dancing club in Accrington have been given the go-head by Hyndburn council today. The decision to allow the iCandy bar in Blackburn Road split the council down the middle, with the deciding vote being cast by chairman of

  • Big win a delight for Langford

    AFC Darwen bounced back from a 5-0 defeat at Ashton Town to thrash Irlam 6-1 in some style on Easter Monday – and that win delighted manager Kenny Langford. But while Langford was cheered by the stunning win, he remains frustrated with the ups and downs

  • Todmorden soldier was 'one of the Army's finest'

    A SOLDIER who died more than two months after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan has been described as ‘one of the Army’s finest’. Heartbroken family and friends of former Todmorden High School pupil Jack Stanley have paid tribute to the Queen

  • Mum gave up police career to launch Barrowford toy business

    IT’S a dilemma familiar to many parents; where do you find a toy that doesn’t appear to be either a computer game or run on batteries. Beth France took matters into her own hands when it was son Harry’s second birthday in 2010, and it has proved a huge

  • Legal bid to move caravans from Blackburn site

    AN ILLEGAL travellers site in Blackburn could see legal action taken today to move them on. Around a dozen caravans are at the Green Lane site, on council-owned land at Greenfield Community Centre. The site is thought to have begun with a few vans arriving

  • Blackburn Rovers win Modeste appeal

    BLACKBURN Rovers have won their appeal against Anthony Modeste's red card at West Bromwich Albion. Modeste was sent off for violent conduct on Saturday and was ruled out of last night's defeat to Liverpool as he started a three-match ban, with an appeal

  • 'Alarming' rise in race crime in East Lancashire

    THE number of reported crimes in Lancashire has fallen – but figures show an ‘alarming’ rise in racially-aggravated crime in East Lancs. Overall, crime has reduced by 3.1 per cent in the county, which equates to 3,160 fewer victims of crime last year

  • Moores happy with Lancashire defence plans

    LANCASHIRE head coach Peter Moores is confident a winter of focused and dedicated work will ensure last season’s County Championship triumph is no flash in the pan. The Red Rose ended a 77-year wait to claim English cricket’s most coveted prize outright

  • Blackburn Rovers Ladies 2 Portsmouth Ladies 1

    BLACKBURN Rovers Ladies enjoyed further cup success by beating Portsmouth in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Premier League Cup. Fresh from lifting the Lancashire Cup in midweek, Scott Rogers’ side produced another impressive performance, this time

  • Haslingden firm hopes to take on 12 extra workers

    AN extra 12 jobs have been promised at one of Haslingden’s largest private employers if plans for an extension are approved. Proposals for a 42.6 metre-long addition to Solomon Commercials, on the Knowsley Road industrial estate, have been submitted

  • Jobs under threat at Clitheroe chemical plant

    JOBS are set to be axed at one of Clitheroe’s largest employers. International chemical company Johnson Matthey, which has a base at the former ICI factory in Pimlico Industrial Area, Bradford Road, has entered into consultation with workers on the Ammonia

  • Disgust after Knuzden woman's care funding is refused

    THE family of a woman paralysed from the neck down are appealing against a decision by health bosses to refuse funding for her continuing care. The children and husband of Jean Hannon, who was left paralysed following an operation last August, said they

  • HAVE YOUR SAY: Should lap dance club be allowed in Accrington?

    MORE than 1,500 people have signed a last-ditch petition to stop a lap dancing club opening in Accrington. Hyndburn councillors will meet today to decided whether to give planning permission for the iCandy bar in Blackburn Road. Officers have recommended

  • 750 kids go on East Lancashire 'fire pests' scheme

    A SCHEME to stop children starting blazes has dealt with 750 youngsters in two years, some as young as four. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service launched the FIRES scheme in a bid to stamp out deliberate fires and attacks on firefighters. So far, of

  • East Lancashire priest celebrates his own diamond jubilee

    A WELL-known priest is celebrating his ‘Diamond Jubilee’ this year. The Rev Brian Stevenson, 78, who has served communities across East Lancashire, is marking his 60th year preaching, alongside the Queen’s own landmark. The former magistrate and councillor

  • LOCAL ELECTIONS: East Lancashire candidates announced

    KEY head-to-head election battles will determine whether Labour’s lead in national opinion polls translates into success in the Blackburn with Darwen council elections. Voters go to the polls on May 3, and Labour are defending an 11-seat majority over

  • Domestic violence crimes rocketing in Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

    DOMESTIC violence workers said resources were stretched to the limit as figures for the crime jumped almost a third. The Hyndburn And Ribble Valley Domestic Violence Team – HARV, based in Accrington, provides specialist services to help vulnerable domestic

  • Column: Tower vandals should be locked out overnight

    NOT a lot that happens in East Lancashire comes as a total surprise these days. But part of what occurred at Darwen Tower a couple of weeks ago was unexpected. It wasn’t the fact that the tower dome was damaged by vandals – just two months after it

  • Howe's praise for brave Burnley squad

    BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe admits he is encouraged by the character his depleted squad has shown in the run-in, even if it doesn’t result in a late play-off charge. The Clarets boss was forced to send out a number of walking wounded for the Easter Monday

  • Former Blackburn postie wins race row case

    A FORMER postman who was at the centre of a race row at an East Lancashire sorting office has won his unfair dismissal fight. Abdul Musa told a Manchester employment tribunal that there was a ‘climate of fear’ at Blackburn’s Canterbury Street postal

  • Parcelforce could create 400 jobs in Lancashire

    MORE than 400 jobs are set to come to Lancashire as Parcelforce reveal plans to build a huge depot. The proposals are for a ‘North West processing centre’ for the firm cons-isting of two buildings with a combined size of 29,000 sqm at Revolution Park

  • Chapple lands Wisden gong

    Lancashire's County Championship-winning captain Glen Chapple has been selected as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year in the 2012 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, published tomorrow. Also named alongside Earby's Chapple are England's