AN EAST Lancashire MP has pledged to continue ‘pushing’ for a new health centre. Hyndburn’s MP says constituents had contacted him over concerns Great Harwood's new health centre had been ‘shelved’. Graham Jones says his enquiries with the Department
BURNLEY Council is through to the second stage of a funding bid to the Homes and Communities Agency. The programme, entitled ‘Clusters of Empty Homes’, has funding of £50 million to help local authorities bring large areas of empty homes back into
A BRITTLE bone disease sufferer is taking on the challenge of a lifetime as he prepares to wheelchair the length of the Leeds Liverpool canal in 48 hours. Hairdresser Simon Townley, 25 is gearing up for the 70 mile trip with his colleagues at Burnley
AN East Lancashire manufacturing firm has been bought – with bosses saying the deal secures the future of the company locally. Option Technologies Europe Limited, based in the Carrs industrial estate, Haslingden, has been bought by Warwickshire-based
EDDIE Howe has thanked loanee Josh McQuoid for his Clarets contribution. The Northern Ireland forward returned to parent club Millwall after making the last appearance of his loan spell from the bench during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Blackpool. Howe
Blackburn Subs Bowling Club is holding Bowls 4 Free sessions on Saturday, May 12, Monday, May 14, Thursday May 16 and Thursday, May 24 from 10am-12 noon. Anyone interested in attending sessions at the Shear Bank Road club, should ring Ray Smith
COLOURFUL comedian Freddie Starr has pulled out of six gigs, including one in East Lancashire, after being taken ill. The I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here star was aiming to reignite his career after leaving the jungle early last year, with
Burnley Tornados enjoyed a hat-trick of pre-season victories at Chester Romans. Tornados improved as the day wore on, opening up with a 24-14 win which was followed by a 24-6 victory. The most convincing success was left until last,
George Drinkwater remains on course for a second national ABA title after reaching this year’s quarter finals. The Roche Boxing Club fighter, ranked number one in the country in the 57-60kg class, beat number two Trent Smith of Worcester ABA
THE dream is still alive and kicking for the Year 10 Football Team from Ribblesdale High School as they continued their outstanding run in the English Schools Under 15 Cup. After knocking out the highly-fancied RSA Academy from West Bromwich
BLACKBURN ended the season as they had started – with a victory over St Benedicts. The scoreline suggests a closer game than it really was Burn let the Saints off the hook after racing to a 29-0 lead before allowing the visitors three unanswered
BURNLEY ended the season in style with a five-try victory to seal a remarkable escape from relegation. The Holden Road club appeared to be odds-on for the drop down in to North Lancs Two when Simon Finnan took over as coach back in January.
ROSSENDALE will be ready for the ‘biggest game in the club’s history’ despite limping in to the play-offs. Experienced forwards coach, Tim Fourie, says his side will be up for it when they travel to take on Dudley Kingswinford for the winner-takes-all
Blackburn Eagles are looking for new U14 players and are holding trials on Sunday, April 29, from 11am to 1pm, at St Peter’s C of E Primary School, in Darwen. They are also looking for players for their U10 and U11 teams. Contact Simon
PAUL Coote got the goals at one end, Danny Woodhead kept them out at the other and in between, Langho, to a man, battle to county cup success. The big striker scored with the last kick of the first half while his second was equally as well
The Blackburn Sunday League have vacancies for new adult teams for the 2012-2013 season. The establised and well respected league, which plays at venues in the Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn areas. Any teams interested in joining should
Mill Hill face New Farington House in the LFA Sunday Trophy final at the County Ground tomorrow night (7pm ko). Mill Hill are chasing the ‘treble’ but are battling New Gardeners for Blackburn Sunday League honours; they are tied at the top
The long-awaited Bird Cup final will take place at Colne FC’s XLCR Stadium on Thursday night (April 26). A Padiham FC XI will play East Lancashire League side Rock Rovers in the final of the competition introduced after the Hospital Cup ended
FARAKH Ajaib, defending champion of the Moorhouse’s Golden Cue, is safely through to the semi finals. The Padiham Snooker Club player beat Dave Howe of Ighten Leigh 3-1 in their quarter final clash. He was up against Mark Salmon of Colne
ROSSENDALE Raptors Basketball Club produced the greatest feat in its 50-year history after they were crowned national champions. The Valley side pulled off a shock 91-87 win to beat the highly-fancied Worcester Wolves in the English Basketball
MULCHING is such a useful process and so simple. You spread a layer of something or other on top of your soil, around your plants, and it stops the weeds coming up and keeps the existing moisture in. It also reduces soil temperature,
RED Rose Drylining came out on top in the showdown between the two sides who have dominated the Orphanage Cup in recent years. The cup holders, aiming for a fourth win in five years, beat three-time winners East Lancs Teachers ‘A’ 6-0 in the
WHILE tea may be the traditional British brew of choice, the high street tells a different story. Coffee houses dominate, with national and international chains opening branches at an incredible rate. But holding its own in East Lancashire is the
A SCHEME, which will involve 500 community groups, has been launched to provide free training to help more people get online. Funding has been awarded to launch the Hyndburn-wide project, which will see schoolchildren and volunteers pass on internet
A RAIDER who was convicted of a ‘third strike burglary’ after stealing a man’s £200 PlayStation and games has been jailed for two and a half years. Burnley Crown Court heard how Simon Vincent, 19, owned up to what he had done and revealed where the
FEWER children in East Lancashire have been given the first choice place in primary school, it has been revealed. Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire County Council have seen a slight dip in the numbers of children gaining the preferred
FORMER Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage has been cleared by a watchdog over his Strictly Come Dancing pelvic thrusts. His dancing did not breach "generally accepted guidelines" but part of the routine was at "the margins of acceptability
FORMER Blackburn Rovers striker Paul Gallagher and his wife Hayley are mourning the loss of their “precious” baby son – while his tiny twin sister fights for her life in hospital. The couple, who are both from Blackburn, announced that their
Bobbi Brown Cleansing Oil. The Bobbi Brown make up range is coveted by many. It looks fab on the shelf; simplistic white packaging and the 200ml bottle (£27) would last. The oil, a two-in-one cleanser and makeup remover, contains olive oil, ginger
A WATERFOOT youngster has designed a pair of wellies fit for Glastonbury. Courtney-Lea Reader, a Year 8 pupil at Fearns Community Sports College, Stacksteads took part in Bacup’s Wynsors World of Shoes Design a Welly competition’. The
By Peter Woodaman. We had the place, with its tasty food and welcome shade, to ourselves. It was a quiet restaurant in the Sicilian town of Castelbuono, where my wife and I happily tucked into a local speciality — pasta alla norma. It comes
Ouch! I have been lulled into a false sense of security. I had planned to do two weeks in the Yorkshire Dales over Easter but instead I watched snow falling and spent one day strolling from Witton Park to Pleasington. 1.Start from the Witton Park
ON Mariyah Mahmood’s column (LT Asian Image, April 21), I am a Christian but I fail to see why anyone should object to the wearing of the hijab. It is an attractive form of head-dress unlike the facial veil which I find most unfriendly and
Why all the hysteria about a tragedy that happened 100 years ago? As for selling artefacts from the Titanic, to me it is no better than grave robbing. Mavrick (via website).
How much more of this do residents of any town in Britain have to put up with? It’s every week. The mess left behind on Green Lane, Blackburn, recently was incredible. If you are reading this, you are paying for all the legal work involved in moving
REGARDING the travellers taking over a recreation ground in Burnley (LT, April 20), they did the same last year and the council need to be doing more to stop this. All they have to do is place a three-ton rock in the way to stop them. They will
Every year there are two potato crops to look forward to, and the first — known as the ‘early’ or ‘new’ season — is almost upon us. New potatoes can be used to create an endless choice of quick and tasty dishes. Be sure to try this delicious recipe
The Abu Qatada saga rolls on and on, a never-ending source of news for the media. This country has been trying to get rid of this man for eleven years without success. It is reckoned that he and his family have cost the British taxpayer over £500,000
All public sector services are being cut. The NHS is going through another reform and so are the police – the frontline staffing in both professions is truly shocking and in the NHS lives are at risk. As for the police, they spend their time looking
RE ‘Darwen thugs let dogs savage deer in cruel attack’ (LT, April 20), I regularly walk in this area and to be honest I don’t think this is the first occurrence. This is absolutely disgusting and just shows what kind of society we live in these days
Quincy Oscar Brillant 2009, £5.98, Morrisons. A dry white that's nothing to do with a long-gone TV series about a US coroner. This Quincy is a small appellation in the Loire region producing lovely crisp Sauvignon Blanc wines with grapefruit and
Dark Star Sunburst pours a very pale golden or bright straw colour. It’s a medium-flavoured summer ale, with a mouthfeel which is quite smooth throught but not boring. A nicely balanced and tasty beer, of which one might find it hard to resist
La Vielle Ferme 2010, £6.99, Morrisons. A brand that’s been around for many years with only slight label changes from the Roman town of Orange in the Ventoux area of the Southern Rhone Valley. Long-term success comes from the skill that makes this
I’D been impressed with the new-look Fernhurst on a few late evening visits with a large group. And needing a speedy dinner between work and a show at Thwaites Empire Theatre, it seemed a convenient choice for myself and a colleague. The car park
A BACK alley in Darwen has been branded the ‘dirtiest in the borough’ by a councillor. Sudell member Roy Davies claimed the alley between Preston Street and Lloyd Street, off Greenway Street, was being used as a dumping ground. He also called for people
THE availability of intensive care beds for head injury patients is a nationwide concern, according to the charity Headway. On Saturday the Lancashire Telegraph reported that father-of-six Bill Brown from Hollin Bridge Street, Blackburn, died after
A Blackburn man who trained to be a shoe bomber said Osama bin Laden told him shortly after the September 11 2001 attacks that he believed a follow-up terrorist attack could doom the American economy. Saajid Badat recounted his meeting with
THE battle of the sexes at Blackburn Arts Club will close the season in favour of the fairer sex. After the male-dominated Four Nights In Knaresborough, the Gibraltar Street-based club returns to end its 2011-12 season with The Odd Couple (Female Version
A DRIVER banned for five years after a death crash has got his licence back early after telling a court he needs it for work. Steven George, now 36, had been jailed for three years in January 2008, after the motorist he was racing died in a
We have a builder round just now, doing a few of the jobs that should have been done a while ago. He's out there busy now, weighing things up, working at a steady pace to some kind of intuitive pattern. Ever so often he stops, takes a breather
THOUSANDS of pounds in cash belonging to a Blackburn pensioner blew down Blackpool prom after his life savings in a Quality Street tin were stolen. Walter Morris, 75, had £26,000 taken as he was playing a slot machine at the destination’s Coral
A TEENAGER is set to undergo a major operation to try to save her from a painful, crippling condition which could eventually kill her. Thirteen-year-old Jessica Ingham suffers from scoliosis, otherwise known as curvature of the spine and has to spend
SUPPORTERS of a special needs swimming club are taking part in a 180-mile sponsored cycle ride. Ten parents of child members of Rossendale Rays Special Needs Swimming Club will be riding the 180 mile Lochs and Glens route, right through the heart of
A FORMER East Lancashire MP has published letters she wrote to the Queen from her time as the Palace’s ‘official gossip’ at the House of Commons. Janet Anderson, who held the post of MP for Rossendale and Darwen from 1992 until 2010, has released
FORMER teacher, sportsman and comedian William Shaw has died aged 84. Mr Shaw, who had lived in Blackburn and was an English teacher at Bangor Street School and Shadsworth High, died after an illness. A keen cricketer, Mr Shaw was a spin bowler
THE Ewood Park wedding show is set to take place this weekend, featuring 40 exhibitors. The event, organised by the Lancashire Telegraph, will see two catwalk shows as well as information and stalls on photography, entertainment, jewellery, wedding
A MAJOR road in Nelson is to be closed for another four weeks after United Utilities fell behind in work to replace sewers. It was hoped that Scotland Road would reopen on April 27, but bosses at the water giant have now confirmed they expect it to
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson was welcomed a fall in the number of people out of work in the borough. The number of unemployed claimants in Pendle in March 2012 was 2,237, 47 lower than in February. Mr Stephenson said: “Following the Pendle Jobs Fair
SHOPPERS at a Blackburn store were treated to a performance from one of the stars of BBC’s hit singing show The Voice. David Julien gave a performance at TK Maxx in Blackburn as part of a charity fundraising day for Cancer Research taking place at
AN EAST Lancashire nature reserve has picked up two prestigous environmental awards. Brockholes, in the Ribble Valley, has been awarded the living wetlands prize from the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. Reserve manager
A LIFE-sized bouncy castle version of Stonehenge has been unveiled, thanks to three East Lancashire firms. The interactive artwork is on show in Glasgow as part of the city’s International Festival of Art. So far hundreds of youngsters have taken
AT lunchtime on Saturday I stood in the town centre giving out roses to celebrate St George’s Day. We played great patriotic music, the public were pleased and pleasant and our splendid ‘St George’ was a hit with the children. We English seem to
A ‘FOOLISH playground squabble’ led to a 17-year-old youth being murdered by a frenzied knife attack at a house in Haslingden, it has been claimed. Declan Eastwood punched a man called Sean Fell – and the older male allegedly went on to take a knife
THREE people from Pendle have been fined more than £500 for letting their dogs foul. The two women and one man, from Laneshaw Bridge, Colne and Nelson, failed to appear in Reedley Magistrates’ Court and the cases were proved in their absence. Claire
THERE was no St George’s flag flying above Accrington Police Station yesterday — with the force citing health and safety concerns for the decision. The pole above the Manchester Road building remained flag-less while the St George’s cross flew at all
A PEDESTRIAN was knocked down in Haslingden. The man was crossing Manchester Road outside Haslingden Health Centre when he was hit by a Ford Fiesta about 11.40am yesterday. The North West Air Ambulance was called but the man, thought to be suffering
BURNLEY Council is to spend £275,000 replacing fitness equipment and refurbishing a well-used leisure centre. The work, at St Peter’s Leisure Centre, in Burnley town centre, aims to increase participation among members of the local community. The
IN response to the story about hairdresser Jeff Stone being run over by a car in a pedestrian zone (LT, April 20) – we have a pedestrian only zone in Nelson and when I suffered the same fate as Jeff, I complained to the council. I found out that (
If the parents were confronted by the police on their doorsteps, you can bet they would say their children would never do any thing like that. They will claim he was at home doing his homework for the school he last went to last year. I hope the
Re the story about children tormenting the 102-year-old Burnley lady (LT, April 19). It is absolutely disgusting that respect, discipline and common decency do not exist in these kids. The problem is their parents don’t have it. They leave their kids
Re ‘Blackburn’s landmark mill to be demolished’ (LT, April 18). The Sappi paper mill chimney is the last of Blackburn’s great mill chimneys to go (even in its currently reduced height form). It would be a nice nod from the developers to keep the chimney
I travel about a lot on buses and can honestly say that the bus station in Burnley is one of the best. It is clean, modern and well-lit. The toilets are free and in summer there are lovely floral displays. It is also safe and dry – there is no scurrying
A motorcyclist died in a road collision at Blacko yesterday. The incident took place around 4.35pm on the A682 Gisburn Road, when a Ford Transit travelling towards Gisburn was in collision with the motorcyclist, who was travelling in the opposite
GRAHAM Knowles believes his Haslingden youngsters can learn the lessons from last season – and has banished mobile phones from the Bentgate dressing room in a bid to keep his young players’ minds on the game. Knowles has taken the step to throw out
LANCASHIRE League legend Keith Roscoe says a Twitter account claiming to be him is false. The account appeared on the eve of the season on the popular social networking site under the title @KesRoscoe and poked fun at a host of players from across the
Bacup Borough are in action tonight when they welcome AFC Blackpool to West View in the North West Counties League Premier Division. Brent Peters’ men are also at home to Winsford tomorrow and travel to AFC Liverpool on Thursday.
Ramsbottom United will have their eyes on events at Barnoldswick tonight. They will be crowned as North West Counties League Premier Division champions if Barlick beat Runcorn Town.
EX-CLARET Martin Dobson believes Jay Rodriguez is in for an “interesting summer” after being named among the Championship’s top two strikers by his peers. The Burnley-born striker was already expected to be hot property during the transfer window after
MODEST Jay Rodriguez said he was shocked but honoured to be included in the PFA Championship team of the year. The 21-goal striker was voted into the select XI by his fellow professionals, and named alongside Southampton top scorer Rickie Lambert. “
STEVE Kean has hailed Steven Nzonzi’s progress at Blackburn Rovers as “sensational” after insisting recent criticism of the midfielder has been “very harsh”. Rovers’ 23-year-old Frenchman was axed from Steve Kean’s line-up for the first
BLACKBURN Hawks’ general manager Graham Lomax insists his side will travel to league champions Billingham with “no fear” after taking an early advantage in the English National Ice Hockey League North One play-off final. Goals from Jordan Bannon and
Accrington Stanley’s Lancashire Senior Cup semi-final with Wigan takes place tonight (7pm) at the Crown Ground. Admission is £8 for adults, £5 for concessions and £1 for U12s. The winners will play Manchester United or Blackpool in the final.
A fast-expanding Pendle company has announced its support for Nelson Cricket Club this year and next. Businesswise Solutions Ltd, which specialises in cost reduction and purchase management, has agreed to be a principal sponsor for both the 2012 and
TODMORDEN’S first game of the season at Ramsbottom was a victim of the rain on Sunday – but they did manage to get some action in over the weekend. And it was a sweet day for Andrew Sutcliffe’s men as they put one over their close rivals Walsden. The
Maybe it was because Burnley were at the seaside that they turned in a performance that suggested they were already on the beach. Losing to Blackpool always hurts, but that goes double when the team doesn’t bother turning up. The cliché regarding mid-table
The promotion champagne was left on ice for the Shrewsbury fans who made the trip to the Crown Ground. Their team needed to beat the Reds to secure promotion but the Stanley team had other ideas. The second half performance from the Stanley boys was
WHEN will national journalists who write about Rovers actually take some notice of what has gone on at the club this season? I read two separate reports of Saturday’s game with Norwich City in the Sunday nationals, and both of them were written
ANIMAL cruelty is on the rise in East Lancashire, according to new figures released by the RSPCA. The statistics have been released during the charity’s annual fundraising push, RSPCA Week. Figures for the North of England show a 12.3
