AFTER showdown talks with Anuradha Desai in India under fire Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean was still in situ this evening. It is understood Kean met with Desai and her fellow co owner Balaji Rao at their Pune HQ for between two to three hours to discuss
A FLATS fire saw residents trapped in their homes. The blaze in the lobby of the Troy Street building in the Bastwell area of Blackburn broke out at 5pm. A number of rescues by firefighters took place and everyone emerged with one woman needing medical
A NATIONAL charity hopes to use some of its £750,000 of funding to turn youngsters from Blackburn and Burnley away from hate-related offending. Anne Frank Trust UK aims to roll out the Anne Frank ambassadors programme to 12 cities and towns across
CONSTRUCTION consultancy business, Driver Group, has expanded its global presence by acquiring Trett Consulting. Driver paid £3 million for Trett Consulting, a dispute resolution and contractual advice business which has its headquarters in Leeds.
A STEP-by-step guide has been created to help people make sense of a 555 page document detailing development plans in Clitheroe. The help sheet has been put together by Clitheroe Residents’ Action Group, who claimed it would make Ribble Valley
YOUNGSTERS have been encouraged to add splashes of colour to the shutters of shops on their Burnley estate. Local artist Mark Cameron, New Palace House and members of the Woodbine Tenants’ Association worked together to help them put positive graffiti
A SUPPORT group has been set up to help raise funds for Derian House, a Chorley children’s hospice. Derian House is renowned throughout the region as being at the forefront of children’s palliative and respite care. The Friends of Derian House support
THE new mayor of the Ribble Valley has been inaugurated at a ceremony in Clitheroe. Coun Ian Sayers has taken over the role from Simon Hore and his first official engagement was to meet the Queen when she visited Hyndburn yesterday.
A CHANCE meeting with football star Michael Owen helped Helmshore girl Lauren Bolton conquer a fear of heights – and boost her fundraising efforts. Lauren’s dad, Paul, met the Man Utd striker outside Old Trafford after a match, and secured a £100 donation
AN inquest into the death of a retired labourer has found that he died from exposure to asbestos. James Noble, who was 77 when he passed away, was a former employee of the North West Water Board. The inquest heard how Mr Noble, who was living at
A PENDLE charity held an event this week to celebrate 18 months of working with women and families in Brierfield. The action has been an extension of the work that the charity carries out in Nelson. In Nelson, AAWAZ has been supporting women and
UP TO 70 teaching staff in Blackburn have been issued with their final redundancy notices. Jobs from Beardwood Humanities College and Crosshill School, both Blackburn, have been made redundant under the council’s Building Schools for the
AN ACCRINGTON artist said he was delighted by the Queen’s reaction to a portrait he presented to her during her visit. Nature and wildlife artist Peter Sherburne was asked to create a special portrait featuring a ‘working dog’ and local scenery especially
‘JUST fantastic’ was the Queen’s verdict on her visit to Accrington yesterday. Her Majesty was clearly bowled over by the rapturous welcome she received from thousands of people who had lined the towns streets. And as she stepped out
THE sun came out and lit up a sparkling royal day for Burnley. Thousands lined the town’s streets to give the Queen the best of Lancashire welcomes. And she responded in turn by praising the people of Burnley for their ‘astounding warmth
A “PROLIFIC” drug dealer who played a major part in the supply of heroin on the streets of Pendle has been locked up. A police raid in Chapel Street, Nelson, back in February this year found around 500 individual street wraps worth around £10,000.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Ramsbottom councillor who was the first leader of Bury Council. Albert Little, 96, who was awarded the OBE and made an honorary freeman of the borough, died at sheltered accommodation in Holcombe Brook. Following
‘RESIDENTS’ at a Ribble Valley caravan park have expressed their concerns over a new licence for their site. Beacon Fell View Holiday Park, in Longridge, is owned by Hagan’s Leisure, which is applying for a new licence to run the site as a holiday
A PROLIFIC car thief is back behind bars after being caught by police in a stolen luxury car. Adam Ashworth, 21 was jailed for six weeks by Burnley magistrates after driving off in a Jaguar X-Type worth £7,000 on April 19 in Burnley.
A LONG-serving councillor is to be honoured for his work in the community by being made an Honorary Alderman. The honour is being given to veteran Oswaldtwistle politician Brian Walmsley, 73. The former Scots Guardsman lost his seat in the recent
PLAY-OFF finalists Blackpool are Wembley bound this weekend, for the second time in two years. Burnley fans can only look on and wonder, why them and not us? Why have the Seasiders, with their equally modest budget, been able to mount
I ALWAYS thought the term ‘recycle’ meant turning waste into something that could once again be used. Indeed, my trusty Oxford dictionary lists the meaning as: ‘return to previous stage of cyclic process, especially to convert waste to reusable material
CAMPAIGNERS in Helmshore have reached a compromise with property developers who want to chop down a 200-year-old tree to build houses. Plans for 74 houses on Holcombe Road had caused uproar in the village after fears that Taylor Wimpey would
After the recent elections, I congratulate Harry Grayson on his well earnt victory in Rishton but wonder how he might improve the turn-out in the area. It appears that it was not Labour that won the election, but the ‘Apathy’ party. My wife
RE the letter saying we have to fight community cuts (LT, May 11). What do you propose? We carry on borrowing and spending money we can’t afford to pay back, like the last Labour government did? I don’t think the Labour Party caused the recession
A TERRIFIED antiques dealer was left desperately clinging on to the bonnet of a car after an East Lancashire motorist drove at him, carrying him down the street. CCTV captured the moment Simon Webster was left spreadeagled on the car being
A MAN who armed himself with 13 kitchen knives before driving almost 25 miles in a rage threatening to kill his boss has been jailed for two years. Gary Darwen, 44, was intercepted by police on the M55, before he was able to confront his then-manager
A DRIVER who killed a 62-year-old as she was crossing a town centre road has been jailed for three and a half years. Daniel Turner, 21, of Great Wood Close, Chorley, was driving a Peugeot 106 which hit Irene Salmon as she crossed the town centre bypass
JUNIOR Hoilett will leave Blackburn Rovers this summer after the club's Premier League relegation, according to sources close to the player Rovers boss Steve Kean said last weekend last ditch talks would be held to keep the in demand winger
THE family of a man from Blackburn who died in Dorset is being sought. Henry Bolton, 55, of East Street in Weymouth, died at Dorset County Hospital earlier this month The coroner is making enquiries into the death, but it is not being treated as suspicious
PENDLE’S new first citizen is to dedicate his mayoral year to raising funds in memory of a colleague and friend who died two months ago. Coun Asjad Mahmood, 35, takes over the role of mayor today and will support Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, the
UNEMPLOYMENT fell overall in East Lancashire last month, and four of the region’s boroughs saw a decline in out-of-work benefit claims. Figures released yesterday showed there were 134 fewer people claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance in the region in April
A 23-year-old man became abusive and threatening when his ex-girlfriend refused to give him money he claimed he was owed. Blackburn magistrates heard that when the girl’s mother got involved, Andrew Pickup turned his attentions to her car and caused
BLACKBURN and Darwen Mayor, Coun Karimeh Foster, will hand over the mayoral chains to Coun Zamir Khan at the annual council meeting on tonight, at Blackburn Town Hall.
I’m not sure how many Blackburnians there are in Glasgow, but for sure there are plenty of Glaswegians in Blackburn. Even the leader of the borough council, Kate Hollern, hails from that fair city. As these exiled Scots travel north to see their
FIFTY people were involved in a street brawl in Blackburn, police said. The fight is believed to have started after a dispute between two men got out of hand and extended family members joined in. The incident happened in Chester Street in the Audley
WHAT a season Darwen’s Ian Cox is enjoying! In April he had three wins on the run in 10 mile time trials and on Sunday he stepped up the distance to 50 miles and again came out on top. The event was the Lancaster Cycling Club promotion on a course
CLAYTON'S Andy Brown was first past the post at the Mearley Cloughs Fell Race, in 31 minutes and 28 seconds. His club-mate Ivan Whigham finished 10th, with Rossendale’s Scott Hitchen seventh.
CHORLEY teenager Emily Taylor looks to be East Lancashire’s best hope of winning the English Women’s Close Amateur Championship after a determined second round at Royal Birkdale. The 17-year-old England international is in a group of golfers
BLACKBURN Harrier teenager Beckie Taylor was the leading female at the Belmont Winter Hill Fell Race on Saturday. The 18-year-old completed the 4.5-mile race in 41 minutes and 33 seconds, three minutes ahead of Radcliffe’s Donna Cartwright. Chorley’
CLAYTON duo Andrew Stubbs and Ian Livesey took second and third place respectively at last Friday’s Pinhaw Fell race. Over 100 runners, including almost half from East Lancashire, took part in the event near Earby, which was won by Stephen Chew of Wharfedale
A HOUSING association is assessing the future of two sheltered accommodation facilities in Darwen. Bosses at Twin Valley Homes said Ashton House, in Ashton Road, and Elizabeth House, in Sudellside Street, were now ‘outdated’. The company bought
WORSTHORNE'S Stephen Irvine lies third in class B of the Cockshoot Cup after the second event of the year on Anglesey. Irvine, the son of former Burnley and Northern Ireland striker Willie Irvine, is competing in his first full season in the championship
EAST Lancashire clubs amassed a mammoth total of 81 individual medals at last weekend’s county track and field championships at a very windy Stanley Park. It proved a special two days for Blackburn Harriers, Pendle and Hyndburn, the three clubs
WILPSHIRE rally driver Matt Griffin is back in action at the Plains Rally in Welshpool this weekend. Griffin recently finished second in class in the Somerset Stages Rally. Meanwhile, Accrington’s Paul Buckel was forced to retire from the Altratech
CARL Fogarty’s mini European tour continues when he makes his long-awaited return to the North West 200 in Northern Ireland at the weekend. The 46-year-old four-time former world superbike champion will end an absence of 19 years at the event when he
John Stone took fourth place in the Manx National Rally at the weekend. The Blackburn businessman was taking part in his second event of the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship and claimed a respectable finish in his Skoda Fabia WRC alongside co-driver Rob
SIMON Robinson and Hazel Johnson were the winners of the latest production car auto-test events at Blackburn With Darwen Services. Robinson, from Blackburn, won his class at the M65 venue in December to claim the inaugural ANWCC Junior Production
PEOPLE are being urged to get involved in clinical trials as part of an international week. Next week East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s research and development team will be having stands at the Royal Blackburn Hospital on Monday, May 21, and Tuesday
BURNLEY are set to start the bidding for Leeds United midfielder Adam Clayton, and are also weighing up a move for Portsmouth right back Joel Ward. Clayton has been transfer-listed by Neil Warnock after failing to sign a new deal, with 12 months
THE Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles were given a real East Lancashire welcome yesterday. Thousands of people in Burnley and Accrington lined the streets waving their flags, cheering and clapping as the royal party arrived. The
