A CARING Blackburn girl is off to Africa for ten weeks to work in a remote Tanz-anian village. Former Our Lady and St John pupil Kimberley Anderson will leave for Tanz-ania in October and, while she does not yet know which rural village she will
RENEWED calls have been made to improve road safety in a Colne ‘rat-run’ after a pensioner was left fighting for his life in hospital. Police said the 79-year-old was unpacking his Peugeot 307, in Harrison Drive, at 5pm on Thursday when he was
A SCHOOL for boys with behavioural difficulties, which had prompted repeated complaints from neighbours, is set to close. The operators of Applegate, which provides education for six youngsters from adjoining properties in Albert Road, Colne, have
ENGLAND and Manchester City footballers have been pictured wearing memorial wristbands for a Whitworth lifeguard. England midfielder James Milner and goalkeeper Joe Hart are amongst the MCFC players to have worn the wristbands in memory of 21-year-old
A MAJOR road has been closed for an hour following a collision. Police and fire crews were called to an accident at 6pm involving one vehicle at the A56 at Edenfield after an incident on the slip road towards Haslingden and Helmshore. The collision
THE long-serving principal of a Blackburn school is set to retire at the end of the school year. David Whyte will step down from his role at St Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy more than 24 years after joining as a deputy headteacher. Mr
A CYCLING scheme aims to reduce traffic in a town through free bike lessons, cycling festivals and a cycle map. Environmental Great Harwood Prospects Panel has launched a new initiative for the town encouraging people who don’t cycle to get on
ELECTRONIC giant LG paid a visit to Burnley renewable energy firm Solarlec to launch a new partnership between the two companies. Solarlec is now an official partner of LG and will be one of a limited number of approved UK suppliers of a ground
An Asian woman is behind a bid to ‘spice up’ the town after launching her own sexy lingerie shop. Blackburn resident Uzma Ahmed opened Uzi’s Undies for business in Blackburn’s market on July 8 after seeing a gap in the market for a more affordable
A ROSSENDALE marketing agency has branched out into PR and social media management. Red Hen Creative, founded by Sarah Duffy last year, has taken on two freelance specialists. She said: “Since I launched Red Hen Creative just over a year ago
RAWTENSTALL’s JEI Solutions has won international deals after receiving help from Regenerate Pennine Lancashire’s LEAP programme. The company specialises in manufacturing, supplying and technical support of a wide range of drilling and metal working
LANCASHIRE Constabulary carried out the fifth highest number of searches for offensive weapons out of all 43 forces across the UK, a report has revealed. Compared to other forces, the figures, in a report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, show
RETIRED Lancashire policeman Wayne Howard will tell the story behind his ‘big bloke’s Tour de France’ at Blackburn Central Library on Thursday, July 25 at 2pm. On leaving Lancashire Constabulary he wanted a challenge. Although not a competitive
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a retired supervisor, aged 89. Freda Hoyle, of Laund Road, Baxenden, died at Accrington Hospital on Sunday. She was diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago and recently fractured her arm in a
A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with possessing a stun gun and drug-related offences. Mark Andrew Wall, 47,of Heys Lane, Darwen, was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court charged with producing cannabis, possession of the
AN EARLY morning visitor to Asda paid for his cereal but stole the milk and sugar to go with it. And the fact John Crabtree was a ‘serial’ offender earned him a prison breakfast for at least the next three weeks. Crabtree, 60, of George Street
A TRADE union leader has expressed ‘anger and sadness’ over the blacklisting of East Lancashire construction workers. Five unknown workers from Blackburn and four from Chorley were among 224 on the national list used by a subsidary of construction
A HEALTH trust is looking for partner organisations to have a say in the future of its services. Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s affiliate membership scheme is designed to allow organisations which are linked with the trust to benefit from
A 42-YEAR-OLD man turned to crime to try and keep a roof over his head. Blackburn magistrates heard Paul Shaw had been made subject to a benefits review and had been unable to pay his rent. Gareth Price, defending, said in the past Shaw had
TOWNELEY Hall staff have been given reason to celebrate after the Arts Council announced it was to maintain its full accreditation. The museum and art gallery, in Towneley Park, Burnley, met the criteria set down by the scheme, which rates governance
HOMELESS young people who missed out on education have been offered places on training courses to prepare them for a bright future. The three teenagers, who live at a Nightsafe sheltered housing project in Darwen, will start year-long courses at
HUNDREDS are expected to protest in Clitheroe tomorrow over Ribble Valley Borough Council’s decision to pull out of the Waddow View housing appeal, which will see 345 houses built. The group have told police that they intend to stand outside the
BROCKHOLES Nature Reserve is set to host its first extreme adventure weekend on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11. Activities, including mobile high ropes and ‘spider mountain’, where you make your way up a series of elasticised spider
A CHARITY is calling on people in Clitheroe with an overflowing wardrobe to join its summer clear- out and donate unwanted clothes. From today to Saturday, July 27, anyone donating a bag of pre-loved clothes to the Shelter shop, in Moor Lane, will
A PENDLETON pub has been named the Lancashire Pub of the Year for the second time in three years. The Swan With Two Necks previously won the Campaign For Real Ale award in 2011, and will now go forward to compete for the national prize. The
A LAW firm Woodcocks, Haworth and Nuttall, based in Blackburn, raised £5,250 for Rossendale Hospice through an annual golf tournament. The proceeds will go towards providing free palliative care for people diagnosed with cancer and other degenerative
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Darwen’s ‘Square Meadow’ for sport and open space are to meet with council bosses to try and strike a deal for its future. Council leader Kate Hollern offered the summit as the borough’s executive board approved the
TODAY’S figures showing the rising number of social housing tenants in rent arrears are a graphic illustration of the financial problems facing many people in East Lancashire. They also highlight the dilemma facing politicians and a significant
I’D forgotten how bad it can be. It was as if I’d smeared a handful of chilli seeds on my eyes. All day they itched and I would have needed handcuffs to keep from rubbing them. I rarely suffer from hay fever, but when I do it brings it all back
Does anyone work in Medical Records at Royal Blackburn Hospital, I wonder? As a minister of three churches there is usually someone in hospital needing a visit and I usually ring the hospital to check which ward the person is on and that the person
Whilst the figures tend to suggest the efficacy of the 20mph limit, it has been my experience that there remains a hardcore of drivers who blatantly ignore the signs. What measures, if any, are being implemented to enforce the limits? Or are
Had a study been set up, selecting some areas at random for 20mph zones (LT ‘Twenty is Plenty’ campaign) and leaving others as before, a proper controlled statistical assessment could have been made. The great bugbear with statistics and road safety
English Heritage did not have to pick Darwen as an example of good practice in refurbishing historic buildings and bringing them back into use (‘Town centre is a winner, says heritage team’, LT, July 10). They could have chosen any town in England
I don’t want to be political, but if this present government would get real and instead of blaming the people for being out of work and helped more with job creation, then maybe we wouldn’t need all these foodbanks. It is a very sad and degrading
With reference to the article on the poaching of fish from local rivers and still waters (LT, July 6), I do not accept that the stealing of such fish is caused by hunger. Many of these offenders abuse private fisheries and stretches of river where
SO bus fares are going up in East Lancashire (LT, July 9). It actually is, and has been for some time, less expensive to take a taxi for many journeys in Rossendale. Why should a person have to walk because they have been priced out of public
CLITHEROE Castle offered people the chance to experience first-hand pike and musket drills, 17th century code breaking, and artefacts from the Battle of Preston, at the weekend. The castle, which was garrisoned by the royalists in 1643 and slighted
THE Pendle Walking Festival will take place from Saturday, August 31 to Sunday, September 8, and will include 70 walks. There will be free guided walks every day to suit walkers of all abilities, ranging from easy canalside strolls, to tough excursions
NURSES at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust have launched a new self-referral service to help patients reduce the risk of developing chronic swelling in their limbs. The trust, which cares for people from Pendle, said it will help lymphoedema and chronic
AGE UK Lancashire has launched a new basic computer course for the over-50s at libraries in Pendle. The six-week course costs £12, with classes running from 10am to 11.30am. Sessions will be held at Barnoldswick on Mondays, Colne on Wednesdays,
THE ACE Centre, in Cross Street, Nelson, hosts a belly dancing class at 6pm this tonight. For more details, call Age UK on 0300 3031234.
CHILDREN aged between five and 12 are invited to play games, and create art, at the Monday Club, at Hodge House Community Centre, in Regent Street, Nelson, at 6pm tonight. For more details, call Kathryn on 07784 509773.
THE Ambulance Hall, in Midgley Street, Colne, hosts a boys-only streetdance class, at 6.30pm, tonight. The session is for boys aged five to nine, and admission is £3. For details, call Helen Green on 07967 831661.
A SECOND-HAND book fair will be held on Sunday, August 18, at Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford, from 10am to 4pm. Admission is free. For more information, call 01282 677154.
VANDALISM in Walverden Park, and dog fouling in Nelson Cemetery, are among complaints set to be tackled. Pendle Council jointly funds Police Community Support Officers, and draws up regular ‘task sheets’ for the team. Current issues in Nelson also
A FLOWER arranging event, with international floral designer Craig Bullock, will be held at the Boundary Mill Store, Colne, on Tuesday, September 10, from 4pm. A raffle will be held at 6.30pm in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. For more details,
ANEES Javed, 30, of Whalley New Road, Blackburn, was fined £700, with £95 costs, and banned from driving for 12 months, by Blackburn magistrates after admitting driving while disqualified, and without insurance.
CLITHEROE Country Market takes place every Tuesday, from 10am to 11.30, in the United Reformed Church. Locally-made cakes, pies, and crafts are on sale, alongside plants and cut flowers.
THE Blackburn Age UK shop is appealing for more stock. The store, in Northgate, is asking for any unwanted items to be donated as soon as possible. For more information, call 01254 665556.
A SINGING session for people living with dementia, and for carers, will be held at Haslingden Library, on Wednesday, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The session will be hosted by REAL for Rossendale and Crossroads Care for East Lancashire. For more
A SERVICE for the armed forces will be held on Wednesday, at St John the Evangelist Church, Accrington, starting at 7.30pm. The non-denominational service is open to all to pray for all affected by service in the armed forces. For more information
MORE than 100 riders from across Britain got revved up for the 34th running of the annual Hoghton Tower Sprint yesterday. Motorcycles of all ages sprinted up the driveway of historic Hoghton Tower to be first past the chequered flag. The event
A PLAN to revamp shop frontages in Accrington has been approved. It will seen new shop frontages and entrance doors, plus the relaying of pavement at the front of Fern Gore Avenue shops at numbers 23 to 45.
A PLAN to use a warehouse for pet care services has been approved by planners at Hydnburn Council. The bid to use of part of retail warehouse at United Carpets, Eastgate Accrington by Companion Care Services Ltd was approved under delegated powers
HYNDBURN Sport Centre is hoping to take the hassle out of holiday childcare this summer with its special School Holiday programme. It is offering activities for £16 a day from 7.30 am to 6pm. The programme boasts a wide range of activities
A POLITICIAN is calling for immediate action to help the economy recover faster. Hyndburn MP Graham Jones, pictured, said action should be taken now to boost growth for the next 12 months. He said: “However we stil have seen no action from the
A HYNDBURN group promoting social inclusion for older and disabled people is raising funds this month. The Accrington-based My Life my Way group are holding a charity raffle to raise funds for the 2014 North West Regional Forum conference.
FRACKING giant Cuadrilla will be invited to give a presentation to Hyndburn Borough Council, it has been announced. Leader of the Council Miles Parkinson and Hyndburn MP Graham Jones have been inundated with requests for more information since
MORE than a third of East Lancashire’s social housing tenants are currently in housing debt, new figures have revealed. And campaigners are warning the situation could become worse as the full implications of the bedroom tax are felt. In some
THE decision to scrap plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes has been slammed by the Lancashire Telegraph’s health expert, Dr Tom Smith. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the delay and said the Government wanted to see how a similar
PRIMARY schools in East Lancashire are being encouraged to take part in a new campaign aimed at teaching children about bike safety. The scheme, which was launched by the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust, involves children designing their own bicycle
A HARD-hitting film which warns teenagers about the potentially fatal consequences of swimming in reservoirs during hot weather has been backed by emergency services. The film, made by United Utilities, is being supported by Lancashire Fire
A PUSH on a set of stairs led to a Blackburn man falling on to a piece of glass which lodged in his face. Michael Harries had been invited back to a flat in Fawcett Close, Blackburn, prior to the incident taking place. A group of people, including
FIRE crews were called to Richmond Hill Street, Accrington at 10.10pm on Friday after a resident started burning rubbish. Firefighters made sure the scene was safe.
THE annual Ribchester Roman Festival took place at the weekend and saw re-enactments and demonstrations about everyday and military life.
A CALDERSTONES patient who assaulted two members of staff and a fellow resident was ordered to pay each £100 compensation. Dwaine Thomas, 23, pleaded guilty to three charges of assault. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs.
TWO men have appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with robbery at an off-licence in Bolton Road on Wednesday. Gary Alderson, 26, of Albert Street, Clayton-le-Moors, and Paul Smith, 23, of Selous Road, Blackburn, were sent in custody to
A 70s and 80s night, at Bridge Street Social Club, organised by the Friends of Darwen Cemetery, raised £412 for the group.
DARWEN Leisure Centre hosts a seated exercise class on Mondays, from 10.15am to 11.15am. For details call 01254 874900.
PLANS to change a former shop, at 10 Cranberry Lane, Darwen, into a ground floor flat will be considered by councillors on Thursday. There has been one objection to the scheme, submitted by Prince Lee Meadows resident Sally Halliwell. Blackburn
THE third Darwen Flower and Vegetable Show takes place at Four Seasons Garden Centre, in Ashton Road, on Sunday, September 8.
PUPILS at Avondale Primary School, Darwen, came 40th out of 313 schools nationwide in an online maths challenge. The school took part in ‘SumDog’, with 262 pupils answering 94,838 questions correctly. Nationwide, 21,407 pupils answered 5,858,245
BOSSES at Darwen Cricket Club have asked people to take their rubbish home with them. A club spokesman said: “It was very disappointing to see some fly-tipping by supporters at the last Twenty20 game against Chorley. If people are bringing food
DARWEN Aldridge Community Academy has teamed up with a start-up firm based in the academy’s ‘entrepreneurship bridge’ for a free showcase event. Bright Cloud Education, which puts together teacher resource packages for primary schools, is looking
DARWEN librarian Mary Painter is leaving to take up a new post in charge of community history at Blackburn. Mary has worked for the library service in Blackburn, Darwen, and Accrington, since 1983, and has held a variety of posts, including senior
KEVIN Long couldn’t help but pinch himself. He’d played just 15 games for Cork City, yet was on the verge of a move to the Premier League. It wasn’t just Burnley that had shown such keen interest in the teenage defender either in 2009. The Clarets
THE Ribble Valley is preparing itself for an invasion of food lovers next month for the Clitheroe Food Festival. This year’s event – on Saturday, August 10 – promises to be the biggest and best so far with over 100 local producers taking part and
Iain Steele, the man responsible for training the next generation of chefs at Blackburn College Your restaurant/title Head of catering, Blackburn College and Scholars Restaurant there. The essential ingredient (s) in any kitchen ....
Jean Kay reveals what it is like to be responsible for the garden of her historic home, Great Mitton Hall, which dates to Medieval times DESCRIBE YOUR GARDEN There are several levels to the garden although I wouldn’t exactly call it terraced
Presenting Big Brother has made AJ Odudu a household name ... but her broad Blackburn accent has come in for criticism. She told Simone O’Kane that she thinks viewers will get used to it LOOKS like a model, sounds like a farmer!’ That’s just one
TWO men were left lying in the road after being ‘beaten up’ in Intack, Blackburn, residents said. Police cordoned off a section of Accrington Road for several hours on Friday night, after neighbours saw the aftermath of the attack, and called paramedics
AN inquest has been opened into the death of Brian Whittaker, a retired sales representative of Portland Road, Langho. Mr Whittaker, who had a history of kidney disease and a urinary infection, was admitted to Royal Blackburn Hospital after a fall
THE annual Ribchester Roman Festival took place at the weekend and saw re-enactments and demonstrations about everyday and military life. The event, which was held at Ribchester Playing Field, involved Legio Secunda Augusta, one of Europe’s pre-eminent
Pensioner Bruce Winterbottom wowed his fellow care home residents when he brought in three large models which he made entirely out of matchsticks. The great-great-grandfather, who lives at Highfield Hall, in Haslingden, said he had been telling
LANCASHIRE firefighters are to be balloted for strike action this summer over planned changes to their pensions. The secretary of Lancashire’s Fire Brigade Union (FBU) said the union had ‘been left with no choice’ but to put industrial action to
TODAY we launch the Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards 2013 – the premier event in the area’s business calendar and the leading showcase for East Lancashire enterprise. The awards celebrate the very best of the area’s business and firms and individuals
THE CATEGORIES DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM: Business of the Year The premier award in East Lancashire’s business year. Open to any business that can demonstrate a successful track record of excellence and achievement. We are looking for firms
VANDAL attacks on playgrounds in Blackburn have been branded a ‘tragedy’ for youngsters after four were permanently shut because the council cannot afford to repair them. The closures have prompted community leaders to warn that damage to equipment
ACCRINGTON Stanley headed to Altrincham with a 100 per cent pre-season record and came home with that run intact, though they needed a late Peter Murphy header to beat the Conference North side. James Beattie named nine contracted players in the starting
A ‘SHOW OFF’ uninsured learner driver who seriously injured a pensioner after smashing into her going twice the speed limit has been jailed. Grandmother-of-five Jean Gribble was flung into the air when she was struck by Akif Hussain’s Honda Civic
CHARLIE Austin says there are no guarantees he will remain a Claret following the collapse of his Premier League move to Hull City. But the club’s player of the year insists it will not stop him from preparing for the season with Burnley. Austin admitted
LEON Best hit the winner as Blackburn Rovers saw off Portimonense 1-0 in a friendly in Portugal on Saturday. Former Portimonense man Fabio Nunes set up the 14th minute winner on his return to the Estadio Municipal when he broke free and set up Best to
TEACHERS, residents and councillors have urged people to come forward after a primary school was left without a lollipop person. Children who attend Lower Darwen Primary School in Lower Darwen have been without a roadside watch since the end of
CRAIG Short believes Alan Judge has a point to prove on his return to Blackburn Rovers – backing his former Notts County star to shine in his second spell at Ewood Park. Gary Bowyer has brought Judge back to Rovers this summer – two years after Sam Allardyce
A NOTORIOUS former football hooligan from Burnley has died. Norman ‘Knuckles’ Jones, who was in his early 60s, passed away on Thursday. Mr Jones, a former jiu-jitsu instructor and football coach at Paradise FC, was a leader of Burnley’s ‘Suicide
A DECISION not to allow the old Ridgewood School building in Stoneyholme, Burnley, to be used by community groups has been criticised by a county councillor. Coun Misfar Hassan said that over the past few years he has made represent-ations on behalf
ARCHITECTS behind Burnley’s iconic new railway station have gone bust. But town hall bosses insist that the new Manchester Road interchange will be constructed before the fledgling Manchester-bound services are operational next May, with work starting
