HE has never even visited Africa before, but boxer Suz Member could be set to become a star in Zambia after being offered an incredible five-fight contract in the country. A relative unknown in England, Member is due to fly to Lusaka next week for a
Houldsworth Solicitors Ribblesdale League Baxenden v Ribblesdale Wanderers Baxenden 169-7 Ribblesdale Wanderers 168 Baxenden won by three wickets Cherry Tree v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel Cherry Tree 171-2 Oswaldtwistle
IT wasn’t that long ago that the words ‘science’ and ‘football’ would not be heard together. Now there is hardly any part of the game where the two words are not interlinked. The ‘scientific revolution’ in football has gathered pace over the past two
RED, white and blue products have been flying off the shelves across East Lancashire as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee approaches. Old favourites such as union jack flags, broaches and tiaras have been as popular as ever. However, anything and everything
PLANS to open an Islamic school in Blackburn have been turned down. Blackburn with Darwen Council decided against plans to convert an industrial unit in Leamington Road into a madrassa after school teaching centre where children learn the Koran
ONE in five women in East Lancashire smoke while pregnant, new figures show. According to statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), the region is doing worse than the national average of 13 per cent - or one in eight expectant
AN ACCRINGTON man has draped his home in St George’s flags to show his support for his country. Catering manager Joe Flannery began his Jubilee weekend on Thursday by hoisting ten foot by six foot flags around his Whinney Hill Estate home with friends
A FLASH mob tour of East Lancashire by the English Defence League ended in an Asian teenager being floored in the street and another being run over. EDL supporters have been accused of running a series of unnannounced demonstrations in Blackburn, Accrington
Hundreds of football fans have attended the Blackburn Rovers Supporters Investment Trust first public meeting. The event was held in the packed Windsor Suite at King Georges Hall. BRSIT founders were on hand to answer questions about
JON Fielding hailed Pieter Malan as immense after the Ramsbottom professional smashed his way to what is understood to be a world record Twenty20 score against Rawtenstall. The South African batsman bashed his way to an astonishing 165 not
COLNE skipper Matt Wilson says his men will benefit in the long-term from the input of professional Shadley van Schalkwyk – and believes the South African’s impact will pay dividends this season for the Horsfielders. Wilson takes his men to Rawtenstall
FROM a Birmingham boys’ club to Burnley to the brink of League One, Mark Yates and Steve Davis have trodden similar paths. But tomorrow they will very much be in opposite camps, as the two ex-Clarets go head to head in the League Two play-off
COUNCIL bosses have slammed ‘idiotic’ drivers using bus lanes after a second vehicle smashed into a raised bollard. Video footage of motorists running into the fixed barrier in Blackburn at speeds of more than 30mph have been released in a bid to prevent
GAEL Givet could be forced to quit Blackburn Rovers this summer – due to a clause in his contract that would cut his wages in half. The Ewood Park favourite could be tempted to stay at Rovers next season, despite their Premier League relegation
Bacup v Haslingden Haslingden 199-3 (Boam 88 not out, L McIntosh 46 not out) Bacup 133-6 Haslingden won by 66 runs East Lancashire v Rishton Rishton 96-9 (P Kelly 3-10) East Lancashire 98-1 (P Kelly 43 not out) East Lancashire
TOP two rivals Accrington and Lowerhouse collide today in a red-hot LCB Lancashire Cup clash – just a week after a spicy meeting in the Foster’s Lancashire League. The sides, league runners up and champions last season, went into last Saturday’s clash
AN East Lancashire builder paid to have sex with a 14-year-old schoolgirl, a court heard. He gave the money to a woman who had plied her with drink and crack cocaine. Michael Booth handed over £60 to Leanne Gilder, 26, who is alleged to have set up
UPDATED: BURNLEY have confirmed that both Mike Garlick and John Banaszkiewicz will take over as chairmen of the football club, following the end of Barry Kilby’s 13-and-a-half-year reign. The duo were voted in to succeed the 63-year-old on
A GROUP of concerned Blackburn Rovers fans have come together to form ‘Blackburn United’ in an attempt to co-ordinate the growing frustration at events at Ewood Park. The brainchild of Sir Bill Taylor, it is a co-ordinating group drawn from
CLITHEROE skipper Paul Gaskell is hoping his men can play catch up with the other leading lights of the Houldsworth Solicitor’s Ribblesdale League after they were left kicking their heels by last weekend’s abandonment at Great Harwood. The
NELSON is celebrating after being announced as a ‘Mary Portas Pilot’ town. The town is one of 12 in the UK to have been selected out of 370 applicants, and will now receive £100,000 in funding, as well the expertise necessary, to transform
