STEVE Kean insists he is ready to fight to keep the nucleus of his Blackburn Rovers squad together – but last ditch talks with Junior Hoilett will prove fruitless. The Rovers boss travels to India to speak to owners Venky’s on Tuesday and
Foster's Lancashire League Burnley v Colne Burnley 258-9 (Q Ali 114, van Schalkwyk 5-74) Colne 74 (Rasool 8-23) Burnley beat Colne by 184 runs East Lancashire v Haslingden East Lancs 123 (Erasmus 57) Haslingden
A YOUTH club project for disabled teens has been expanded to offer better facilities and activities after a £20,000 funding windfall. The Accrington-based SNAP, or Special Needs Activity Programme project at New Era centre will be able to continue for
STEVE Kean has hailed Blackburn Rovers debutant Jake Kean after this afternoon's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea. The 21-year-old made his first start for the club after Paul Robinson was ruled out with an ankle ligament injury and his boss was pleased with his
BLACKBURN Rovers ended their relegation season on a low after slipping to defeat to Chelsea. Rovers held out for half an hour against the Champions League finalists. But John Terry gave Chelsea the lead with a close ranger header. Just a few
GOALKEEPER Jake Kean will make his Blackburn Rovers debut this afteroon at Stamford Bridge. The 21-year-old starts with both Paul Robinson and Mark Bunn injured, with Rovers already condemned to Premier League relegation. Fellow youngster
A ‘SOPHISTICATED’ cannabis farm worth around £30,000 has been uncovered in Blackburn. Police swooped in Dyson Street, Blackburn, on Saturday morning after reports from residents of suspicious activity from the address. Officers secured a misuse of
A MIDDLE-aged raider who targeted an empty house for copper piping, has been locked up for a year. Anthony Burnett, 45, had been found coming out of the back of the property on Piccadilly Street, Haslingden, and had had a "wrestling match" with a police
NELSON professional Shahzaib Hasan has returned home for family reasons after playing just three games for the Seedhillites. Neil Thompson's men turned to Morecambe pro Umar Amin for yesterday's Foster's Lancashire League defeat to Rishton
FIREFIGHTERS are urging people not to cook following a night out after a man had to be rescued from his flat. A passerby had heard a smoke alarm from the man’s flat in Spring Bank Terrace, Blackburn, going off around 3.20am this morning.
EDDIE Howe admits he is looking forward to his first taste of a real Lancashire hotpot, after the youth team cup clash whetted the appetite for derby fever. Burnley will face a double header with Blackburn Rovers next season, after their bitter
THE chairman of the Lancashire branch of the National Farmers’ Union has said supermarkets selling milk at low cost prices could ‘mean curtains’ for some farmers. Graham Young, county chairman for the National farmers’ Union, said the group would be
NEWLY-installed stonework has been stolen from almost every house on a street. The thefts happened amid reports of gangs touring back streets in trucks and vans, on the lookout for targets. And it follows a recent incident when paving stones were ripped
Burnley v Colne Burnley chairman Michael Brown drops out of Steve Brunt’s squad for the visit to Turf Moor of Colne. Burnley are othersise at full strength. Matt Wilson will be hoping for better luck on his latest visit to Turf Moor
