JORDAN Rhodes scored his ninth goal in seven games as Rovers made it back-to-back victories by beating high-flying Watford at Ewood Park tonight. There were 65 minutes on the clock when red-hot Rhodes thumped home a header to secure a thoroughly
CLARETS fans are in for a treat when an old favourite makes a return to Burnley’s covered market tomorrow. Burnley Memorabilia, run by Clarets fanatic Peter Shirtcliffe, will re-open at unit 57 of the Curzon Street market hall after a two-and-a-half
PENDLE councillors have given a stark warning to residents about the financial crisis facing the borough. The council needs to save almost £5million over the next two years and £7million over three years as it comes to terms with a reduction in
BURNLEY moved to the top of the Championship table with a 2-0 win at Doncaster Rovers. Sam Vokes’ penalty and a late second goal, credited as an own goal by Rob Jones, gave the Clarets a fifth successive win for the first time since 2002. It put them
SAM Vokes’ penalty has put Burnley in front at half time in tonight’s Championship fixture at Doncaster Rovers. The first half produced few chances, with Tom Heaton saving an early effort from Federico Macheda. Michael Kightly miskicked a volley from
DOMESTIC violence victims in the Ribble Valley may be left without a support network after a leading charity was told their funding could be withdrawn. The Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Domestic Violence Team (HARV) was told at the end of last week
A SECOND time cannabis peddler who kept a £1,200 stash at an Accrington house used just to store and prepare the drug for supply, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Burnley Crown Court heard that all that was in the property in Park Road
DAVID Edgar has replaced the suspended Dean Marney in the Burnley starting line-up for tonight’s match at Doncaster Rovers. Marney serves a one-match ban, so Edgar starts in central midfield in the only change to the side that won 3-0 at home to Charlton
A BURNLEY pervert who had a stash of more than 25,000 internet child porn images has been warned to expect jail. Burnley Crown Court heard how David Mark Worrell, 30, downloaded indecent pictures of youngsters and also distributed photos, by making
A WAR medal, gold jewellery worth £4,000, family heirlooms and football trophies were stolen during a house raid. The thief forced open a window and searched the house in Fence, taking a war medal awarded to a family member by the French Government
DANESHOUSE made it back-to-back victories in a football tournament that attracted teams from across Lancashire. The Burnley team beat Galaticos 1-0 in the final thanks to a stunning strike from Ibby Khan to win the event organised by Head Start
RISHTON United Under 12s didn’t have to wait long to get their revenge against top of the table Greyhound – exactly one week! Following their 3-1 defeat to the Greyhound in the league, the two teams met again in the cup and this time it was a different
A ‘GUNMAN’ who pointed a weapon at a man’s forehead as he tried to mug him and threatened to kill police has been jailed for more than six years. Burnley Crown Court heard how both the victim, Vincent Yelland, and officers - one with military experience
FRANCESCA Barrientos has capped a remarkable netball season that started with trials for the North West squad and ended by being named British Colleges’ player of the year. The 18-year-old from Accrington helped the British College team win a national
AROUND 3,250 people in long- term unemployment in East Lancashire could be forced to work for their benefits under legislation unveiled by the Conservative Party. From next April, anyone who does not find a job after two years enrolment on the
COLLEGES have welcomed news that disadvantaged students in further education will be eligible for free school meals. Free meals are currently available only for eligible students at school sixth form. But deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced
A SCHOOL has smartened up after pupils voluntarily ditched casual dress for school ties. Norden High School said it was inspired to introduce school ties for Year 11 after its student council approached them with the idea. Headteacher Tim Mitchell
ALTHOUGH best known as the long-running musical of the same name, Blood Brothers the play delivers the same hard-hitting and heartbreaking tale of twin brothers seperated at birth. Blackburn Drama Club is staging the play at Thwaites Empire Theatre
PLANS to expand one of Clitheroe’s churches have been seen by the congregation. Church bosses tabled a proposal to add an extension to St Mary Magdalene’s Church, which would be used by parishioners and the wider community, after the sale of the
BOSSES at the Whalley Community Hydro are set to sell off shares in the project to raise money to start construction. Around £750,000 needs to be raised before building work can start in April next year and the directors are hoping that the share
A NEW sexuality support service has launched in Clitheroe and Longridge. Lancashire LGBT will host the ‘Outposting’ and support service sessions on the first Thursday of every month at Clitheroe fire station in Princess Avenue, and on the first
THE rollout of green wheeled bins for the collection of uncooked food and garden waste in the Ribble Valley is set to begin at the end of October. Households will shortly receive letters advising them of the date their bin will be delivered and
A COMMUNITY room could be built on the side of Nelson Fire Station. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has sent an application for the extension at the Bradley Road station as part of a county-wide programme to provide improved services to the
I’M beginning to think this is one of the best summers we have had in a long, long time, and isn’t it lovely! Windows are open, we are wearing lighter clothing and people are walking about with their heads held up and smiling. There is no doubt
MOST people would consider cautions to be only a very small step away from a complete let-off for criminal behaviour. They don’t involve an appearance in court or any kind of punishment in terms of custody, financial penalty or community work.
I READ with interest that style guru Wayne Hemingway is sharing his business ideas to improve Blackburn’s ‘brand (LT, September 26). I have sent many letters to the Lancashire Telegraph over the past 30 years about how Blackburn needs to revitalise
DR Ford should look closer to home over problems on getting an appointment. You have to ring in the morning on average 10 to 15 times to get through, if you’re lucky, and when you do get an appointment they are often running late by up to one and
I wonder why the walk- in centre at Accrington Victoria Hospital has overspent due to the increase in patient numbers (‘GP services Hyndburn under review’, LT, September 28). Could this be anything to do with people being unable to get an appointment
MY response to news that a third of Blackburn teenagers have smoked shisha is: Why do kids want to? Do they think it won’t cause them any harm? Surely they must know it’s as bad or even worse than regular tobacco smoking. I can’t understand why, with
HAVING read the story ‘£40,000-a-year’ Lancashire County Council officer was paid £½m for two years’ (LT, September 26), how are we even surprised that this kind of thing goes on? Last year the housing benefits department, in a self-confessed error
YOU quote that the ‘majority of pupils will be walking, due to the ‘walk to school scheme’. This I can say is not really the case. With already four schools in the locality – Shear Bank Road, Eldon Road, Wellington Street St John’s and Clarence
RE: ‘Legal challenge over new Blackburn school’ – in a society already seeing rising tensions over race and religion, children should not be separated on the grounds of their parents’ religion at such a formative time in their lives. Research shows
A HOUSEHOLDER took a tumble drier outside when it started smoking. Two fire engines were called to Garnett Street, Barrowford at 5.40pm on Sunday. The occupier, an ex-retained firefighter, noticed a smell of burning coming from the dryer and
COUNTY councillors are set to agree to expand their representation on Lancashire's health and wellbeing board. Under the current rules, the authority already has Coun Azhar Ali, cabinet member for health and wellbeing, as the chairman, and Coun
A GROUP of tree-planting volunteers are appealing for more people to help them. The Trees for Burnley group works with the Forest of Burnley project and carry out tree planting, woodland management and rhododendron clearing in Towneley and other
A SCHOOL is celebrating as 20 per cent more pupils are getting an A* to C pass in GCSE maths. Blessed Trinity College in Burnley said its maths department was continuing to go from strength to strength. The Catholic school can now brag a 69
HISTORIANS are now looking to preserve the story of the Rossendale Valley’s footwear industry before it is too late. For nearly a century-and-a-quarter, companaies from Haslingden to Rawtenstall, Cloughfold and Bacup were synonymous with shoe and
PEOPLE will be given the chance to ‘scope out’ Airedale Hospital’s new endoscopy unit this weekend. Staff will offer a tour of the unit on Saturday, between 10am and 4pm, while offering advice about bowel cancer screening, Crohn’s disease and general
A TEAM of inspectors from Burnley police are gearing up for a 146-mile coast-to-coast charity bike ride. A team of seven officers will swap police helmets for cycle helmets and ride from Whitehaven on the Cumbrian coast to Tynemouth, near Newcastle
STRICTLY dancer Natalie Gumede, from Colne, will be hoping for plenty of votes on Saturday. No contestant is safe from eviction without the backing of public vote. From Saturday, viewers will be able to vote for their favourite couple online for the
A CAMPAIGNER who battled to get a Haslingden building back in the hands of the community has spoken of his joy after it was handed over to the Veterans in Communities charity. Agapao International agreed to let the veterans’ group take over the
BROCKHOLES Nature Reserve will welcome cyclists on Sunday for a Sky Ride instructor-led bike ride. Open to fairly confident riders, this steady ride will go at a comfortable pace, with only modest hills along the way. Starting at one of Lancashire
A TEAM of ‘snow angels’ will grit and clear footpaths this winter. Volunteers are being recruited to take to the streets in Pendle when ice and snow hit, to make them safer for residents. In the first scheme of its kind in East Lancashire,
CHILDREN at a nursery in Clitheroe have access to ‘stimulating’ indoor and outdoor facilities, Ofsted inspectors have found. Inspectors who visited Ribblesdale Raindrops and Cascades Daycare, in Queen’s Road, said educational programmes at the
NHS chief Dr Chris Clayton said additonal funding to improve accident and emergency care should also be used to ensure patients are treated in the right place. The government recently announced that East Lancashire would get £1.4 million to bolster
The search has begun for at least 120 graduates to join HM Revenue and Customs as tax trainees. The graduates will join a specially-designed four-year tax professional development programme, gaining skills across all of HMRC’s activities, including
A REPLACEMENT cricket square is being sought by sports development chiefs for a popular ground in Nelson. Recreation officer Kieron Roberts has told councillors that the wicket at Swinden playing fields is around 15 years old and needs replacing
A COUPLE who each fought cancer and organised a fundraiser for the medics who helped them beat the disease have raised £2,200 for the cause. Howard and Christine Warren, of Stanley Mount, Bacup, held a ‘onesie-themed’ family fun day at the town
STAFF and students at a Rawtenstall school donned bright pink clothes and accessories on Friday to raise money for a children’s cancer charity. The fundraising day at Alder Grange Community and Technology School was organised by year 11 student
LIFE at a Stacksteads high school was explored by hundreds of pupils and members of the community who attended a series of open events over recent weeks. Parents were invited to tour the premises of Fearns Community Sports College during the working
A POST Office in Helmshore is set to move to Haslingden and double its opening hours. The centre at The Parade will move 350 metres to the Select and Save at 9-11 Broadway Crescent. When the Post Office changes premises, it will be open for
THE Mayor and Mayoress of Hyndburn welcomed mayors from across Lancashire to their annual ‘At Home’ event. Coun Judith Addison and Coun Kathleen Pratt treated the visitors to a guided tour of Haworth Art Gallery’s Tiffany glass collection.
RESIDENTS have been reminded they could win an Apple iPad 4 if they sign up to Hyndburn Council’s e-billing scheme before the end of November. The council hopes the paperless method will save paper, time and money. And it has offered several
POLLING districts and locations in Hyndburn are to be reviewed, the council announced. Residents will be asked where they vote and for their opinion on the elections, Hyndburn Council said. Returning officer, Jane Ellis, is responsible for
MORE than 5,500 extra court cases could be heard in Lancashire next year after plans to scrap cautions for ‘serious offences’ were announced. The cautions for cases, which can only be heard in a crown court, will no longer be handed out, Justice
A FORMER teacher has fulfilled her lifelong dream after buying a post office in Rishton. Saima Iqbal opened the doors at the High Street post office for the first time on Wednesday morning to the shock and surprise of locals, who were unaware of
AWARD-winning garden designer and TV presenter Chris Beardshaw will give a talk at the Barlow Institute, Edgworth, tomorrow. Mr Beardshaw hosts talks all over the country, most of which have sold out. Tomorrow he will speak to the Edgworth and
COUNCILLORS have praised the efforts of a school that was told it was ‘inadequate’. Darwen Vale was told it needed to improve after inspectors visited in June. But Coun Mike Johnson said the number of A* to C passes including English and maths
police have noted a drop in ‘high-impact acquisitive crime’ – burglary, robbery, theft of vehicle and theft from vehicle – in Darwen. In his weekly report, published via the ‘In The Know’ service, watch liaison officer PC Tony Ford said there were
SUDELL councillor Paul Browne has demanded the borough take a more active approach to promoting Darwen town centre. At the recent council forum, the veteran Liberal Democrat reacted angrily to an item praising the success of the Blackburn Beach
A PAIR of Darwen scout leaders were nominated in the Pride of Britain Awards after volunteering with youngsters for almost four decades. Valerie and Jack Baron, of Philip Street, first got involved with the Highfield Scout Group in 1974. And
HEALTHY Living, a Blackburn-based charity is looking for volunteers to help carry out a community research project in Highercroft between October and December. The researchers will be required to talk to residents to find out how they think the
KIND-hearted solicitors are giving their time free of charge this month to offer a will writing service. Lawyers from Forbes, Roebucks, Farleys, Chenery Maher and Watson Ramsbottom will offer the service during East Lancashire Hospice’s ‘Will Week
A TEENAGER from Clitheroe quizzed MPs at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. Anna Marshall, 14, of Victoria Street, was one of about 100 scouts from across the country who attended the Scouts Speak Up event. Scouts were given the
EAST Lancashire Sailing Club has been forced to end its season early after Rishton Reservoir dropped to its lowest level for years. Over the past few weeks, the reservoir has been slowly drained to top up the Leeds to Liverpool canal after emergency
A SELF-TAUGHT hypnotist who put a woman under his trance, telling her he was her master and she was his sex slave, has been jailed for degrading her. Instead of helping his vulnerable victim with weight-loss and anxiety issues, ex-RAF man Timothy
HASLINGDEN and Hyndburn MP Graham Jones has launched a new scheme aimed at getting young people into work. Mr Jones said the scheme would provide young people with a work experience placement in a local firm in order to gain the experience needed
MORE than 50 people attended a health summit to discuss ways to improve NHS services. The event at the Rossendale Borough Council offices saw issues such as heart and cardiovascular disease, mental health, suicide and access to services discussed
A PEDESTRIAN was approached in the street by a man who offered to sell him something before stealing his laptop and mobile phone. The attack happened at around 3pm on Wednesday as the 35-year-old victim was walking in Clarence Street, in Blackburn
A COLLEGE is teaming up with a brewery to hold a ‘Lancashire tapas’ event. Accrington and Rossendale College has joined forces with Moorhouse’s Brewery to deliver a special gourmet evening. Accross and Burnley brewery Moorhouses are to hold
BLACKBURN Hawks maintained their perfect start to the season at the weekend. Jared Owen’s side made it three wins from three in the NIHL Moralee Conference with a 10-0 triumph at Telford Titans on Saturday. They then won 2-1 at home to Billingham
SEAN Dyche says Burnley will bide their time before entering talks with Danny Ings over an extended deal – with the club reluctant to distract the striker from his current fine form. Ings goes into tonight’s match at Doncaster Rovers hoping to
A PROMINENT church leader has called on the government to do more to help people who are currently forced to rely on foodbanks during the present squeeze on holusehold budgets. The President of the Methodist Conference, Reverend Ruth Gee, was in
THE ‘£40,000-a-year’ council executive at the centre of a pay probe was actually paid more than £600,000 for his two years half-time work rather than £507,000, it emerged yesterday. Last week a report revealed that David McElhinney, the former
PEOPLE from East Lancashire who campaign on behalf of older members of the community met last week to discuss how they can get better at influencing key decision-makers. The annual general meeting of the North West's older people's champions took
A BURNLEY-BORN banker is being tipped to take over the hotseat at the new-look Lloyds Banking Group. Martin Taylor, who went to the former Sunny Bank Preparatory School in Manchester Road, is on the shortlist to become the bank’s new chairman,
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has challenged Leon Best to be the best striker in the Championship. The 27-year-old marked his return to the starting line-up with a goal and an assist in Rovers’ 3-1 win at Bournemouth on Saturday. But ahead
A TEENAGER claimed she was raped because she did not want to admit she had consensual sex, a jury was told. A defence barrister told a jury the 16-year-old student made up the allegations because she was worried she would get into trouble.
GENEROUS six-year old Fergus Peter decided to do something heroic with his army-themed birthday party and told his school friends to give a donation to Help for Heroes, instead of giving him a birthday present. Fergus’s parents, Melissa and Nigel
THE independent investigator to look into the events leading up to the suspension of Lancashire County Council chief executive Phil Halsall has been appointed. The unnamed senior barrister was chosen by the authority’s employment committee yesterday
THE achievements of older people will be celebrated in Blackburn with Darwen today. Events are taking place across the borough to mark Older People’s Day including several activities at council residential homes. Feniscliffe Bank hosts a prize
A MAN has been jailed for at least 18 years for battering his terminally-ill father to death following a family reunion. Anthony Hughes moved in with his dad Brian in Darwen just a week before the ‘savage attack’ in which his father’s skull was
A HIGH-FLYING sales executive caught speeding in his Jag was allowed to keep his licence after magistrates heard a ban would cost him his £150,000 a year job. Blackburn magistrates heard David John Woodcock was clocked doing 78 mph in a 50 mph
A MAN who was bitten by an ‘out-of-control’ dog says he is dismayed at the lack of police response. Joe French, 41, of Clayton- le-Moors, was walking near Whalley Road, Hurst Green, when a pack of Weimaraner dogs circled him, with one biting the
TEACHERS are patrolling the streets to prevent parents causing congestion at home time. Traffic affecting Preston New Road after the opening of the redeveloped Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School saw parents complain of disruption adding to problems
A WOMAN was taken to hospital with serious multiple injuries after being hit by a lorry on the M61 this morning. The northbound side of the motorway was closed between junctions six for Horwich and eight for Chorley at around 7.15am. The woman
