WITH qualifications for the fire service, football coaching, personal training and sports massage – not to mention stints in the RAF and the PE department of a local school, as well as a modelling contract – it’s fair to say Gareth Seddon is keeping his
A TUBE slide, a two tier playground with mini hills, an indoor-outdoor football pitch on the second floor and steps to reception that double up as an amphitheatre are just some of the innovations in at a new £7million primary school. St
Barnoldswick v Settle Barnoldswick 141-7 Settle 138 Barnoldswick won by three wickets Edenfield v Salesbury Edenfield 173 (Gallagher 94) Salesbury 176-8 Salesbury won by two wickets Great Harwood v Earby Match
Blackpool v Leyland Leyland 110 (A Furniss 7-50) Blackpool 112-5 (Deeb 45) Blackpool won by five wickets Carnforth v Morecambe Morecambe 264-9 (Amin 175no) Carnforth 180-3 (R Nelson 80no) Winning draw to Morecambe Chorley
ACCRINGTON Stanley slumped to a heavy defeat as Bristol Rovers ran riot with a 5-1 romp at the Memorial Ground. Matt Harrold headed the home side in front in the 11th minute and doubled the advantage with a 22nd minute penalty after Mustapha
THE key witness in the Burnley lodger double murder case said she feared she would become his ‘next victim’. Jayne Pickard, 52, said she was she was ‘horrified’ to discover her former Hargher Clough Junior School classmate Barry Morrow, was the lodger
TWO hundred tickets for Blackburn Rovers last home game of the season will be given to community volunteers. The football club donated the tickets to Blackburn with Darwen Council so the local authority could thank people who have come forward as part
RAMSBOTTOM United are celebrating their biggest result in their history after a thumping of Winsford United saw them crowned as North West Counties League Premier Division champions this afternoon. The Rams, who knew that a win would see them crowned
CHORLEY'S dreams of a place in the Blue Square Bet North were ended this afternoon as they were beaten 2-0 by FC United of Manchester in the Evo-Stik League Premier Division play-off semi-final. A crowd of more than 2,700 turned out at Victory Park to
A WIND FARM construction site is expected to cause weeks of disruption on the roads as ‘abnormal loads’ are delivered. Deliveries of the different tower sections and blades will be put together to make the 12 turbine Hyndburn Wind Farm on Oswaldtwistle
A TEENAGER couldn't resist a joyride in a flash stolen Jaguar when it was driven to a house he was at in Burnley. Craig Wilkinson, 18, was not used to cars of that class and reckoned it would be fun to go for a spin in the vehicle with his friends,
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe expressed his disappointment at not ending the season with a win. The Clarets went ahead against Bristol City in the 76th minute through Danny Ings' third goal in 12 games. But substitute Ryan Taylor equalised
THE recent explosion in digital photography, which has enabled virtually anyone to record a snapshot of their everyday lives, is to be celebrated at a two-day event at Accrington and Rossendale College next week. Overexposure will see talks
A LEADING hedgehog preservation society is calling on East Lancashire to help give the species a boost. With hedgehog numbers declining by 25 per cent in the UK in the last decade, The British Hedgehog Preservation Society is asking neighbours to get
A FORMAL complaint is to be made over claims on a Conservative election leaflet that a wind turbine application was backed by Labour councillors. The leaflet refers to a controversial proposed turbine at Pleasant View Farm, Cranberry Moor, which was
AN elderly disabled woman was saved from serious harm in a house fire thanks to her smoke alarm. The 81-year-old, who has a visual impairment and mobility problems, left a pan of oil on a burning oven hob at her home in Wordsworth Street, Burnley, at
CHILDREN from a Ribble Valley school have been chosen to advise other pupils on crime prevention and safety after some of them became the victims of theft. Members of the school council at Grindleton Primary School established links with Farm Watch
A FEROCIOUS ferret attacked a 10-month-old baby girl as she was being pushed in her pram in Burnley. The foot-long animal ran up and jumped into Lola-Mae Knowles' pram and bit her finger. Her frantic mum Chloe Knowles, 21, shouted for help and two
BARRY Kilby's last game as Burnley chairman ended all square, after Danny Ings' excellent strike was cancelled out by substitute Ryan Taylor. There was nothing to separate the two teams in a largely uneventful first half. Long-serving goalkeeper Brian
A YOUNG couple whose baby died from a rare heart condition are aiming to set up a support group for parents affected by similar tragedies. Rebecca Commissiong, 21, and her 28-year-old partner Kenny Haslam were devastated when their son Finley Luke died
BLACKBURN Hawks’ player assistant coach Danny Brittle believes winning Sunday’s play-off final at Billingham could be “just the start” for the club – after tipping them to go from strength to strength. Hawks travel to the north east with a slender 2-
CHARLIE Austin missed a golden chance to give Burnley the lead on the stroke of half-time. After Junior Stanislas fed Daniel Lafferty down the left channel the left back squared for Austin, but the striker fired wide of the far right post. There was
A YOUNG crook came clean about a catalogue of crime when police went to see him in jail, a court was told. Cy Holt, 20,had owned up to 10 undetected crimes when he was visited as part of Operation Clean Slate. He told police he wanted to put his past
GOALKEEPER Brian Jensen returns to the Clarets line-up for the first time since September, and striker Jay Rodriguez is named on the bench after recovering from a groin injury. Burnley's top scorer has missed the last eight games, but worked hard to
STEVE Kean isn’t planning on playing the blues this summer, after insisting relegation has not even been seriously discussed with all thoughts on staying in the Premier League. The Rovers boss, who revealed he plays the guitar most nights to help him
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe has urged Burnley to ‘win it for Barry’ as the curtain comes down on the Clarets’ season today. The visit of Bristol City in the lunchtime kick-off (12.30pm) is Barry Kilby’s last game as chairman. The 63-year-old
JOHN Francis could be forgiven for not remembering which foot he used to clinch the old Fourth Division title for Burnley. It was 20 years ago after all. But other recollections of that famous night in York are as fresh now for the former Clarets pace
A UNIQUE consortium designed to bring charities together as part of David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ has been launched. The Families, Health and Well Being Consortium hopes to act as an umbrella organisation bringing together smaller charities delivering
FIREFIGHTERS were forced to abandon their engine and dash 200 yards to rescue a man when parked cars blocked their way. Crews were responding to an automatic fire alarm in a flat in Viking Place, in Cronkshaw Street, Burnley, at 9.10pm on Thursday.
CHAMPIONS Lowerhouse face a stern examination of their 2012 credentials tomorrow as they make a belated start to the defence of their prized Lancashire League crown. Charlie Cottam’s men were one of 10 sides left splashing their heels in the
ACCRINGTON Stanley are set to invest in their Crown Ground pitch again this summer as Paul Cook looks for a playing surface to suit passing football. The Reds spent £70,000 on the pitch two years ago in a bid to make big improvements to the
THIS afternoon's Ribblesdale League game between Great Harwood and Earby has been called off due to an unfit pitch at Lowerhouse CC. The game was switched from The Cliffe to Liverpool Road due to ongoing works but heavy rain yesterday and overnight
A SOLEMN ‘ride out’ of around 200 motorcyclists will take place tomorrow in tribute to a dad-of-two killed on a notorious East Lancashire road. Jeremy White, known to his hundreds of friends as ‘Jez’, was travelling home from work last Monday afternoon
BARRY Kilby says it will be a “poignant moment” as he takes his seat for his last Burnley game as chairman. The 63-year-old will assume his usual position in the Bob Lord Stand, alongside wife Sonya, to watch the Clarets take on Bristol City in the final
GREAT Harwood continue their nomadic start to the Ribblesdale League season tomorrow as the first double header of the campaign seen them at home at the seaside. Harwood have carried out improvement works on the playing surface at The Cliffe but the
VERNON Philander claimed three wickets for six runs in eight overs before rain washed out most of the second day of the County Championship match between Somerset and Lancashire at Taunton. The South Africa seamer helped reduce Lancashire from an overnight
A BIN man helped prevent a serious flat fire, after spotting smoke billowing out of the letter box. Mark Scott, 43, usually a green waste loader, was covering bin loading duties in Darwen, when he became aware of a problem on the second floor of a block
STEVE Kean believes Blackburn Rovers still hold their Premier League fate in their own hands after insisting a winning end to the season would secure top flight safety. Rovers will travel to Spurs tomorrow at least three points away from safety but Kean
A PET shop owner has said she is closing down her business as children were more interested in 'cyber pets' than real animals. Barbara Ingham has run Pets Corner in Bank Street, Rawtenstall, for 22 years. But she said internet shopping and cut price
I wonder about science sometimes as it gets stuck up cul-de-sacs for years before reversing to try another avenue. As a kid I lived in a dead-end with a little roundabout at the top, and we circled it forever on skates, bikes and pumps, and I sometimes
JAY Rodriguez is set to make an end of season comeback this afternoon. The Burnley-born striker has missed nine out of the last 10 games with a groin problem. The 21-goal top scorer attempted a comeback at Ipswich in March after going off at half time
THE Queen has sent a message of goodwill to the organisers of a Ribble Valley jubilee celebration. The village of Chatburn’s Diamond Jubilee committee wrote to Her Majesty to let her know what they had planned to mark her 60 years on the throne. She
A "drunken" man who raped a woman has walked free from court after a judge said the case was " wholly exceptional”. Lee Maddock, 25, had been arrested after the victim had gone into an East Lancashire police station and had told officers what
