A SKIP hire firm has warned it may have to make 18 people redundant after a new waste tax was introduced. Environmental Waste Recycling, which has a base at the Moorfield Industrial Estate, in Altham, has said the new taxation rules would cost the company
A REAL ale lover has turned his hobby into a money spinner by setting up a brewery – in his kitchen. Jason Wakeling has followed in the footsteps of Darwen micro-breweries Hopstar and Fallon’s, by setting up Blue Buzzard. Mr Wakeling’s set-up is little
AN off-duty police officer called in uniformed colleagues after seeing a car doing handbrake turns on a pub car park at 4am. Magistrates heard that shortly afterwards, Imogen Wolfendale was seen standing by the car. And when she was
A MAN was seen acting suspiciously near two young girls in Darwen. Police went to the scene after a report that a man had approached two girls aged five and seven on the park area between Hope and Vale Street and asked them to help him look for a ball
A 4x4 and trailer flipped and landed on its side while travelling along the M65 this afternoon. The trailer, containing several fencing panels, was seen to swerve violently and then tip, taking the dark grey Toyota with it, on the eastbound carriageway
A SIX-week-old kitten was rescued with specialist earthquake search and rescue equipment after it became trapped in a wall cavity. Six-inch-long, tortoise-coloured Curious George got stuck in the the bathroom in a house in Abraham Street, Blackburn,
THE M65 had to be closed this afternoon when wooden panels were spilled across the carriageway after a four by four vehicle flipped onto its side. The trailer, containing wooden panels, was seen to swerve violently and then tip, causing the
MELLOR BROOK sidecar driver John Holden insists shadowing Tourist Trophy legend Dave Molyneux is the only option as he eyes another memorable trip to the Isle of Man. Holden, 55, made personal history last year by bagging his first ever TT win having
A FLASHER who exposed himself to a female dog walker in a Clitheroe park is being hunted by police. The man, believed to be in his 40s, approached his victim in Brungerley Park shortly after 3.45pm. PC Ian Dickinson said that the man was described as
Georgia Davis weighs 63 stone and requires medics, engineers and firemen to move her after a seizure at her mother’s house in South Wales. She needs a crane to lift her out of her bedroom. I say leave Georgia in her bedroom. She began over- eating
I mentioned the drowning tragedy (LT, May 29) to my own son who was off to a reservoir to play with his mates. He looked at me with an air of invincibility. And therein lies the problem. However many times you tell young people of the dangers of swimming
Where I would differ from Robina Knewstrub (‘Gay marriage is unfair on kids’, Opinion, May 24), is that I feel marriage is a lifetime commitment between two people who are attracted or love each other. Then I would stop. Many people marry and don’
REGARDING the story ‘Joy for Nelson as it is named as a Portas Pilot town (LT, May 26), Nelson town centre has improved markedly in recent years in terms of streetscape. But it’s the range of shops which is poor because of the low-income base of the
MOVING Blackburn bus station to the old market site is pandering to shoppers but not to true public transport users who link with the train as well. There are bus stops outside the shopping centre, so why move the entire bus station away from the
FIREFIGHTERS have gone to great lengths to illustrate how much of a nightmare grass fires can be. At a time when moors are most at risk, crews have completed a major exercise to show the huge resources needed to tackle the fires. A combination of
Most of my free time I spend walking the country lanes. The hedgerows and verges are beautiful. It’s a pleasure to see and smell the wild fennel and to watch the cowparsley swaying in the breeze. Last week, while walking, I noticed that somebody had
BREWERIES in East Lancashire are joining in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations with some special tipples. Microbrewery Three B’s, in Blackburn, has produced a one-off 50 barrel brew to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee called Ju BEE lee. The 4.2% ABV ruby
A FARMER who was paralysed by a falling bale of hay is fronting a campaign to improve safety on farms. Robert Field, from Padiham, was paralysed at 21 while stacking silage bales on a farm in Hapton with a workmate in 2007. The bale grab on the vehicle
Yvonne Swaries entered Newsquest Northwest’s Golden BMW Brighten Up Your Day competition asking for a special lift for her daughter Chrystal, who was due to sit her GCSE Science exam on Wednesday, May 30. Chrystal, a keen hockey player who
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with sexual assault on a boy, 14, and abuse of his position of trust. The charges against Christopher Midgley, of Brookside, Coppull, Chorley, involve a pupil at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
A PRIMARY school’s bosses are to fight ‘disgraceful’ government plans to force it to become an academy. Walverden Primary School, Nelson, is the first school in Lancashire to be ordered to convert in a bid to improve results. But governors
WHAT do York, Preston North End, Luton, Port Vale, Crewe, Stockport, Bradford, Swindon, Tranmere, Grimsby, Sheffield United, Portsmouth and Bury have in common? It was a question posed by a media colleague following Barry Kilby’s last day in office.
FIGURES released by a leading sports business group have highlighted the financial impact relegation from the Premier League had on Burnley. Deloitte’s findings showed the Clarets’ generated £28.2million in revenue in 2010/11, but that was 38 per cent
ACTIONS speak louder than words, they say. Sadly, Venky’s have provided few words and even fewer actions since Blackburn Rovers’ relegation from the Premier League. So it has been left to supporters to actually try to do something about
A MAN had to run from his home in the middle of the night covered in blood after being attacked by armed thugs. Four men believed to be armed with hammers and crowbars broke into a house in Branch Road, Blackburn, and viciously assaulted the 43-year-old
AN amateur astronomer called 999 after spotting a fire with his telescope this morning. Firefighters said the man from Foulridge had been stargazing around 1.35am when he saw the fire over a hill. He rang the fire service stating there
CRICKET matches and concerts, fireworks and fairs, were all on the agenda when the people of East Lancashire mirrored a nation’s joy at the crowning of Queen Elizabeth ll. The streets and parks became alive with red, white and blue, as Coronation Day
THE Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, prompted joyous celebrations across every town and village of East Lancashire. Bunting, balloons and bonfires helped mark the royal occasion for cheering townsfolk and brought a welcome respite from
PARTY-GOERS are being urged to carry on the community spirit after the event by ensuring the streets are left tidy. Councils across East Lancs say road closures should not cause many disruptions over the weekend but urge organisers to clean
Make a Diamond Jubilee tea towel at a free workshop at Blackburn’s Mall on Saturday. Blackburn’s Action Factory Community Arts is running the session in a stall by the Church Street entrance, from noon to 3pm. Items can be taken home or picked up
A DARWEN paint company is flying the flag for the Jubilee by emblazoning the Union Jack on the side of their building. The flag, which is 26ft high and 45ft long, is Crown Paints way of saying ‘Happy Jubilee’. Children from St Cuthbert
FLAGS will be flying and bunting will be hung from lampposts across East Lancashire as the region celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Party organisers have been busy behind the scenes buying bunting and calling caterers to ensure the events go smoothly
BLACKBURN Harrier Gary Priestley is celebrating another international call-up after turning in a superb run at the Inter-Counties Fell Race at Goyt Valley. The 23-year-old, who represents Horwich RMI Harriers but trains at Witton Park, was among many
CHILDREN from St James The Less Primary School, in Rawtenstall, have enjoyed a jubilee-themed ‘decades disco’. Youngsters from the Unity Way school have each been studying a decade during the Queen’s reign and were invited to dress for their era. There
MOORLAND experts are teaming up to help save East Lancashire’s rare wildlife habitats being destroyed by fire. Lancashire Fire and Rescue is working with the Moorland Association and other environment agencies as it starts a summer-long education campaign
TEENAGER Aidan Holgate of Burnley scored his first ever road race success at the weekend and what a super win it was. Aidan, 19, who is a member of the North Lancashire Road Club, has only recently moved from the junior ranks to a senior third category
The UK’s elections watchdog is taking up Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson’s allegations of ‘family’ postal vote fraud. The Electoral Commission has called in the Tory MP to discuss his claims in the House of Commons that members of the Asian comm-unity are
TWO helicopter riders, two ferries and two grand – that’s the measure of Fiona Baker-Milligan’s 2012 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy commitment. The Mellor Brook primary school teacher’s participation at her ninth TT was cast in doubt earlier this year when
THIS week the Lancashire Telegraph is launching our Clarets Hall of Fame, and we want your nominations. Readers will be given the opportunity to vote for their best ever Burnley team, position by position, with the nominees featured in the newspaper
THIS week the Lancashire Telegraph is launching our Blackburn Rovers Hall of Fame, and we want your nominations. Readers will be given the opportunity to vote for their best ever Rovers team, position by position, with the nominees featured in the newspaper
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending following raids in Rossendale yesterday. The 44-year-old suspected loan shark was arrested after an operation by the England Illegal Money Lending Team. The unit, which works in partnership
A ‘HIGH-risk’ sex offender from Nelson failed to tell police where he was living, Burnley magistrates heard. Leon Slattery, now 25, who was convicted of sex offences when he was about 14, should have registered a new address with police within three
A Blackburn Rovers supporters group feel optimistic that real progress was made at a meeting with Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore yesterday. Five fans, four from the Blackburn Rovers Action Group, met with Scudamore in Doncaster
AN online trader in East Lancashire has denied selling counterfeit Ralph Lauren polo shirts after a raid by consumer watchdogs. More than 600 fake tops and a hoard of wallets and key fobs were seized from the Hapton home of Angela Carus, who trades as
BURNLEY could have another international on their hands, after young defender Kevin Long received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland Under 21s. Long has been drafted into the squad for their European Championship qualifying tie against Italy
A HEARTBROKEN mother who had a laptop stolen with the precious photographs of her daughter, killed in a car crash, is now leading a groundbreaking project to help other victims of crime. Margaret Foxley has been selected to chair a community justice
A MAN was left with a slash type injury to his arm during an attempted robbery in Padiham. The 31-year-old victim was walking home along the railway path close to Shuttleworth Mead when he was approached by two men with shaved heads. They tried to punch
A 77-year-old woman was found wandering in Rossendale, police said. She left her home in Top Barn Lane, Staghills, about 10am yesterday and was found in Bacup Road near to Cobden House flats at noon. Her black leather handbag was missing. Officers are
A DISQUALIFIED driver who sped through the streets of Brierfield before crashing into another car has been jailed for 16 months. Khalil Hussain, 20, of Colne Road, Brierfield, appeared before Burnley Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving
THE final tree in a new Jubilee Wood in Victoria Park, Nelson, will be planted by Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson on Saturday. Mr Stephenson will plant the Royal Oak tree, which has come from the Queen’s estate, at 2pm. The park was given 430 trees by the
RAWTENSTALL’S bid to be a Portas Pilot town may have been unsuccessful, but campaigners are still optimistic about the town centre’s future. Nelson was awarded £100,000 by the government’s High Street Innovation Fund announcement last week, the only
IMPROVEMENTS are being made to a footpath in Colne after the issue was raised by a councillor. One of Coun Ian Tweedie’s first tasks since being voted in at the start of this month was to try to find a solution to problems over the state of the access
CHRIS McCann’s future could be up in the air, with Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers today set to be confirmed as Kenny Dalglish’s successor at Liverpool. Rodgers was understood to be considering a summer swoop for the Clarets captain, after
A ROCK climbing enthusiast has completed a gruelling 24-hour endurance rock climb to help an East Lancashire teacher who is battling terminal cancer. Andrew Smalley, 32, carried out the challenge at Malham Cove, Yorkshire, to pay for state-of-the-art
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Steve Kean is in talks to add club legend Colin Hendry to his staff. Kean is starting to make plans for next season after remaining as manager following meetings with Venky’s in India two weeks ago, even though Venkatesh Rao
How about a ‘People’s President’, a popularly elected politician, in place of an hereditary monarch? We’re a democracy, after all. How is democracy compatible with the idea that our Head of State is there because she’s her father’s daughter, not chosen
A SPATE of road closures this summer for sewer works will be ‘devastating’ for traders, according to a businesswoman. St Mary’s Way, Bank Street and Bacup Road in Rawtenstall will be closed on various dates throughout June as trial holes are dug by water
A GREAT atmosphere is expected early tomorrow as the Olympic Flame is held high in Lancashire for the first time. Thousands of people are expected to line the route that will see the iconic symbol of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games make
AN 18-year-old woman has been killed in a road crash last night. Police said the local woman was driving a silver Peugeot 206 when she crashed into a wall in Lower Road, Longridge, near to the Spade Mill reservoirs at 11.15pm. She was
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending following raids in Rossendale yesterday. The 44-year-old suspected loan shark was arrested after an operation by the England Illegal Money Lending Team. The unit, which works in partnership
ALCOHOL costs the East Lancashire economy £273million a year, a new study has revealed. The figures, released for the first time in a report, commissioned by North West Employers and Drink Wise North West, were put together to show the cost of alcohol
