FOR Peter Marsden, his rise to chairman of Accrington Stanley has come by accident rather than design. His involvement could have been over before it had even begun, had it not been for a curiosity about the club that refused to die. Born and raised
Fosters Lancashire League Bacup v Lowerhouse Bacup 122-7 Lowerhouse 123-0 Lowerhouse beat Bacup by 10 wickets Church v Rawtenstall Church 167-8 Rawtenstall 108 Church beat Rawtenstall by 58 runs Haslingden
A RIBBLE Valley musician is being tipped for stardom - by his MP. Joe Martin, who is one half of the band the Mirrortones, has even been invited to perform at the House of Commons by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. Joe, who lives in Chipping,
RIBBLESDALE League leaders Barnoldswick take their first step on the road towards Lancashire Cup glory tomorrow as they face a minefield of a clash with Palace Shield big hitters Penwortham. Matt Nutter’s men, who have made a fine start to
PEOPLE living in a Darwen street have hit out at the state of grass verges outside their homes. Some of the verges have been transformed into parking spaces for residents. Twin Valley Homes carried out ‘hard landscaping’ outside a number of properties
SPIN star Jonathan Fielding is backing Ramsbottom to kick on this season as they bid to regain the Foster’s Lancashire League crown. After Rammy’s first two games were washed out, they were rocked last Sunday at Rishton as home pro Dan Salpietro
A SOLDIER who was badly injured in Afghanistan bit the nose of a peacemaker in an attack in Clitheroe. Dominic Giles has been told by a judge he must pay £2,000 compensation to his victim, who had tried to stop him arguing with another man on a night
TONY Parkes believes Jack Walker ‘would be turning in his grave’ at Blackburn Rovers’ current plight – and fears owners Venky’s have now reached the point of no return. The man known as ‘Mr Blackburn’ fears Rovers’ Premier League game at Chelsea tomorrow
NEIGHBOURS in an East Lancashire street have spoken of their relief that an ‘eyesore’ house with a grisly past is to finally receive a facelift. Residents living close to 29 Stockbridge Road, in Padiham said the street had never ‘recovered’ from the
A 54-YEAR-old farmer who had gone missing while he was on his way to see his brother has been found. David Gott, 54, set off from Higher Edge Farm in Slaidburn before 11.30pm last night (Friday) to visit his brother at nearby Harrop Lodge Farm
WILDLIFE experts are hoping East Lancashire can help to boost the UK’s wild grey partridge population. With the numbers of the bird taking a tumble over the last 40 years, the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust is appealing for farmers, landowners
A WOMAN from Nelson who works as a dog walker has been ordered to pay £290 for allowing two dogs in her care to foul. Julie Roach, 47, of Percy Street was walking six dogs at the time in Colne. She appeared in Reedley Magistrates’ Court this week
BLACKBURN Rovers co-owner Anuradha Desai is coming under heavy pressure to axe Steve Kean – but the under-fire boss remains confident he has her backing. Club matriarch Desai has the final say on all Rovers decisions and has been the one to keep the
FORMER Accrington Stanley chairman Ilyas Khan says he would be ‘honoured’ to help a local consortium take control of Blackburn Rovers – if Venky’s decide they want to sell. Khan provided the funds to rescue Stanley from winding up proceedings over an
BURNLEY are understood to be weighing up a move for highly rated non-league right back Luke O’Neill. The 20-year-old Mansfield Town defender is on the radar of a number of Championship clubs, with play-off semi-finalists Birmingham City and Cardiff City
POLICE have launched an investigation into voting at this month’s local elections. Labour officials have made a complaint about irregularities concerning proxy votes in Hyndburn. A proxy vote is when votes are placed at the polling station on somebody
DARWEN'S Northern Premier League game at Morecambe has been called off after heavy rain through the week left the Woodhill Lane pitch under water. Officials from the seaside club called in umpires last night and with large areas of the ground still under
Bacup v Lowerhouse David Warren has a full strength Bacup squad to pick from for their home clash with the reigning champions. They lost last Sunday to Church but bounced back to form on Monday in their derby with Rawtenstall. Lowerhouse
PROLIFIC car number plate thieves are being targeted by police after it was revealed one cross-border raider had struck repeatedly in East Lancashire. Thieves in West Yorkshire are increasingly targeting vehicles in Burnley, Nelson and Colne
CORPORATE finance and capital raising company Seneca Partners are formulating a proposal to buy Blackburn Rovers from under-fire owners Venky’s. Seneca, operated by lifelong Blackburn Rovers fans and prominent East Lancashire businessmen Ian Battersby
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash which closed a Blackburn road for up to three hours. The rider of a Honda motorbike was in collision with a Land Rover on Montague Street at around 8pm last night. A Lancashire
A MOTHER who robbed a ‘vulnerable’ and ‘timid’ man in his home has been locked up for five and a half years. Heroin drug addict Catherine Nicholson was sentenced yesterday at Preston Crown Court after targeting the man in his bedsit, at Shadsworth
The two years that preceded my breakdown in the mid-nineties was a high-spending time. Not so much a spree, more a loan on an old banger which then got extended to buy a later model, and then further stretched for household repairs. Suddenly and frighteningly
