BOSSES have defended the sickness absence rate at East Lancashire’s hospitals after new figures showed almost 60,000 working days were lost last year. The newly-published Financial Statement for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust showed more than
A DISABLED Darwen family are disgusted that their wheelie bin hasn’t been collected for a month. Brian Peel, 44, who wears two hearing aids and is short-sighted, said his bin had been out in the alleyway awaiting collection from Blackburn Road
PLANS have been unveiled by leisure chiefs for a bridge that should help to unlock a Burnley beauty spot. Council engineers are looking to create a link from Netherwood Road to the Brun Valley Forest Park, over the River Brun, to give walkers,
THREE 13-year-old boys have been arrested after a couple’s home was torched with a firework on the day they moved in. The teenagers were held in custody by Burnley police after an incident in Robinson Street, Daneshouse. Three crews and 15
THE FORMER husband of a woman ‘violently murdered’ died from a drugs overdose, an inquest was told. Damien Smith, 36, was found at home in Derby Street, Nelson, by his half brother John Jenkins on July 23. Mr Smith’s former wife, Debra Walsh
A NEW community sports hall could be built in Whalley after residents banded together to get the project off the ground. The new sports facility would be built on part of the Queen Elizabeth Playing Field, in Mitton Road, and organisers are aiming
MPs and schools have responded to Nick Clegg’s calls for tighter controls on free schools. Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Mr Clegg said only qualified teachers should be employed and must teach the national curriculum. As
A CARE home in Burnley was broken into by thieves as staff were checking on elderly residents. The offenders climbed into the staff room of Sun Hill Residential Care Home after forcing open a window. They got into the centre in Manchester Road
A SIX-week trial has been pencilled in for two Pendle men who are accused of threatening to blow up an airliner in mid flight. Forty-nine witnesses are expected to be called by prosecutors in the case of supermarket employee Tayyab Subhani, 30,
POLICE are appealing for information after a Nelson mosque was targeted by burglars last night, Tuesday 22nd October. The burglary took place around 7.45pm at the Islamic Mission Madina Mosque on Forest Street. Police believe the offenders have
A SOLICITOR accused of passing information to drug dealers about investigations into them has categorically denied the alle- gations. Basharat Ditta, who worked for law firm Forbes, in Blackburn, told a jury that had he known the now-convicted
IT is generally agreed that our inns and taverns originated in the tabernae or rest houses built by the Romans along the line of their military roads. As such, they survived until the Middle Ages, with a holly or ivy bush suspended over the door
BYGONES reader Phyllis Bradley has shared photos from her family album. She has stepped back into history to send us images of her mum as a young school girl, her father at work and herself as a child. The first image, below, left, shows her
A THEATRICAL tribute will be paid by members of Ribchester Amateur Theatrical Society – RATS to entertainment magazine the Radio Times as it celebrates 90 years since its first publication. Written and directed by RATS’ member Keith Flood, the
AS Hallowe’en approaches there’s definitely magic in the air for Burnley Light Opera Society as members rehearse its next production The Witches Of Eastwick. The story, best known for the Jack Nicholson and Cher movie, sees three desperate housewives
OLDER drink drivers are on the decrease in Lancashire according to the latest data. The number of over 50s charged with the offence dropped in the county from 299 people in 2011 to 245 last year. The information, which was revealed in a freedom
ZOMBIES will be crawling the streets of Colne during a 'thrilling' fancy dress walk for charity. The spooky goings-on, inspired by Michael Jackson's all-time best selling album Thriller, will see dozens of fans head up and down Albert Road and
TODAY the Lancashire Telegraph launches a fantastic competition for children to design a Christmas card. The fabulous first prize is a £100 shopping voucher. Two runners up will each win £25 vouchers. The competition is open to children aged
BUSINESS boss Mike Damms has welcomed the announcement that a new nuclear power plant will be built as good for Britain and East Lancashire firms. Mike Damms spoke out after Energy Secretary Ed Davey confirmed he had given the go-ahead for the
ROSSENDALE’S distinct dialect will be the subject of a poetry and story-telling evening in Rawtenstall. Dialect expert Sid Calderbank will be performing his show, A Lancashire Garland, in the town’s library, in Queen's Square, from 7pm on November
TEENAGERS are hoping the site of former council offices in Rossendale can be transformed into an ad-hoc skate park. Demolition is scheduled for Rawtenstall’s town hall annexe in early 2014, after the one-stop shop there relocated to Bacup’s Future
A RAWTENSTALL primary school is set to launch a ‘forest pre-school’ and it’s thanks to an £18,000 grant by the Lancashire Telegraph St Mary’s CE Primary School has teamed up with regeneration charity Newground to offer a year of free environmental
A DESIGNER T-shirt and babygrow company has launched in the Ribble Valley. Inkrowd is aimed at football fans and was launched after local men David Crawley and Steve Ireland struggled to find tees they wanted to wear. David said: “A lot of
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has welcomed the Prime Minister’s comments on the proposed closure of the Slaidburn County Practice ahead of his meeting with NHS bosses. Mr Evans brought up the subject last week in the House of Commons and asked if
COUNCIL officials, police and the RSPCA will be in Colne town centre next week to launch a new dangerous dogs campaign. From concerns about a dog’s behaviour, to what to do if they witness a dog attack, a new leaflet pulls together all the contacts
PROPOSALS from traders to raise cash from town centre businesses to pay for extra CCTV and an additional PCSO have been backed by police and council bosses. A portion of any money raised by a levy on business properties in Blackburn’s main retail
A LOUT who flouted a suspended jail term imposed after a Colne pub brawl by getting in trouble again, kept his freedom. Shane Hammerton, 20, had been given a five-month suspended term with 100 hours unpaid work in June last year after he, his mother
RE: Burnley poppy field to commemorate First World War (LT, October 18). This is a thought-provoking idea, and I, for one, would like to see this done, nationally, on an even larger scale, perhaps. I mean, every hamlet has its very own War
My Uncle, in Leyland, had his LOCKED shed broken into 4 times. He then decided to leave it UNlocked with a sign on it ‘Please help yourself to anything inside the shed but please leave it tidy afterwards’. Potential thieves must have thought
RE: Plans to boost Blackburn Market (LT). Now we are scraping the barrel to get people to come to the market. I think the best way ahead is let the market go it alone if it fails then so be it, just turn it into something else. Increase
RE:Accrington traders worried about new bus station (LT, October 18). Take note councillors and planners of Hyndburn. You will never listen to the people and what they want. It is their town not yours. All your costly improvements by all
Re ‘Ribble Valley Hallowe’en experience bosses defend attraction’ (LT, October 19). Everyone has different tastes in ALL things, whilst this isn't something I'd go to, I'm quite sure it serves its purpose for those that do and that's fair enough
THERE was jubilation almost two and a half years ago when victory came after a lengthy campaign to re-instate the Todmorden Curve and speed up rail travel between Accrington, Burnley and Manchester. Work has carried on apace. A new Burnley Manchester
A HOMELESS charity is looking to branch out with the appointment of a new retail guru. Emmaus Burnley, which provides accommodation for 24 homeless people at the former Booth Court in Daneshouse, is on the hunt for a new retail manager. Former
TWO hairdressers have received celebrity training in the art of professional wig cutting to support people through medical hair loss. Joanne Wright and Leona Loftus, owners of Colourbank for Hair, went to London to complete the course, led by celebrity
NELSON Swimming Club had a whale of a time celebrating its 100th anniversary — and now the fight is on to keep the club alive. More than 50 people turned out to mark the club’s landmark at Pendle Wavelengths, in Nelson, with a night of inflatables
BUSINESSES in Great Harwood are teaming up to raise money for Neave Evans. Six people, representing businesses from across the town, will complete the Rotary Club of Accrington Swimathon next month. The money they raise will go to the family
A MISS Great Britain finalist from East Lancashire has defended the pageant industry against critics’ claims. Darwen resident Cheryl Jepson, 26, was one of 55 women picked to take part in the final stage of one of the UK’s oldest contests next
A FORMER hot food takeaway in Darwen is to be turned into a family home. Jeremy Hanshaw of Emsworth in Hampshire wants to turn the vacant premises into a single residential house. Blackburn with Darwen Council planners have approved his application
FLYERS are being distributed by Blackburn with Darwen council to ensure passengers know which bus stops in the town centre can be used. This includes those to travel to and from the new temporary bus station after the closure of the old one on
A SPECIAL event has been held in Blackburn to mark an initiative which works to ensure the right help and support is offered to children and families facing problems. More than 70 key representatives from the council, the Early Intervention Foundation
THE old Great Harwood Health Centre will be demolished to make way for a car park, health chiefs confirmed. A replacement £3.1m health centre is to be opened in Water Street by the end of this month. A car park for the new facility will be built
CRAFTERS and artists are wanted to showcase their talents to help create a unique Christmas shopping event in Clitheroe. They are invited to demonstrate how they make their art at the Platform Gallery and Clitheroe Visitor Information Centre in
SOLAR panels have been installed at Burnley General Hospital’s new urgent care centre. Martin Morgan, director of estates and facilities at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “I am pleased to report that the trust’s first solar panels are
VOTES for Natalie Gumede were pouring in over the weekend but it seems they were not all for her dazzling quickstep on Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing. Television lovers up and down the country were also voting for Natalie for the Inside
AMBULANCE stations across East Lancashire are at risk of closure as part of a cost-saving review. North West Ambulance Service(NWAS) has launched a review of all 109 bases in the region, saying many are in a poor condition and cost too much to
HEALTH commissioners will continue ‘monitoring’ East Lancashire’s hospitals after a second major report made wide-ranging criticisms of the way they have been run. Former Burnley MP Peter Pike and patient champion Russ McLean have called for resignations
A MASTER butcher is inviting people to submit their recipes to his competition to find The Quintessential British Sausage. Kevin Berkins, the owner of The Fence Gate at Fence, near Burnley and The Eagle at Barrow, near Clitheroe, is offering the
THE new £8.8million rail service from Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley to Manchester will be delayed by at least six months because of a lack of trains, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. Town hall leaders are bitterly disappointed that a proposed
A WOMAN who tried to smuggle cocaine with a street value of around £900,000 into the UK has been jailed for five years. Jacqueline Millar, of Livingstone Road, Blackburn was arrested by Border Force officers after she arrived on a flight from Toronto
WITNESSES saw a car mount the pavement of a town centre street and watched as police chased a man down the road. The incident happened on Church Street, Blackburn yesterday afternoon after police stopped a blue Nissan at around 1.30pm. The
The route of the 2014 Tour de France, which begins in Yorkshire will skim parts of East Lancashire it was confirmed this morning. The 2014 Tour de France includes five mountain finishes and just one individual time-trial. The Grand Depart is due
A FORMER East Lancashire builder ‘lost everything’ and was left living in a makeshift tent after his luxury home was devastated by an earthquake in the Philippines. David Carter, who has lived in Clitheroe, Great Harwood, Burnley and Nelson, was
IT’S very likely that Joycelyn Neve was one of those smart and beautiful girls who unintentionally instilled terror in feckless, spotty youths when she was younger. Now, at 27, the hospitality entrepreneur is on a mission, and woe betide any “fat
I'M not sure if it's the return of Strictly Come Dancing to our TV screens or the impending promise of glitzy Christmas parties, but it's that time of year when everyone seems to want one thing. Sequins. Sequins can also be referred to as spangles
A FATHER-of-two died after falling 80ft into a disused Darwen quarry. Ian Thomson, 25, had been camping with his girlfriend and her family and was fatally injured after being separated from the group in the early hours of July 7, an inquest heard
A 45-YEAR-old man who conned his way into a church by saying he wanted to pray for his dead grandmother actually went in to steal from charity boxes. Blackburn magistrates heard Peter Kevin Williams had been into the same church a week earlier
Rovers starlet Georgia Stanway has been called up to an England Women’s U15s training camp. Stanway, who plays for Rovers’ Centre of Excellence U15s side, will join up with the 20-player squad at St George’s Park on Sunday ahead of two friendly
Rovers star Jordan Rhodes has been shortlisted in the Championship Player of the Year category for the 2013 Northwest Football Awards. The prolific striker will be battle it out with Blackpool’s Tom Ince and Bolton’s Jay Spearing for the prize.
JASON Lowe believes he is beginning to reap the benefits of the extra work he has put in on the training ground to make him a more complete midfielder. The 22-year-old felt he played within himself last season and has been working overtime at Brockhall
COLNE’S new management team will look to continue their impressive start when their side welcome Abbey Hey to the XLCR Stadium tonight (7.45pm). Steve Pickup and Dixon Lambert have been placed in caretaker charge of the Reds after Nigel Coates
England seamer James Anderson insists he is rested and ready to go again in another Ashes battle. Burnley’s pace ace played a key role in helping Alastair Cook’s side retain the miniature urn on home soil this summer, taking 22 wickets in the series
Barnoldswick Town claimed an impressive 3-1 win over AFC Blackpool in the North West Counties League Premier Division last night. Nelson were also celebrating. They beat Atherton LR 3-2 in an entertaining game at Crilly Park.
New Clitheroe manager Simon Garner got his Evo-Stik League First Division North career off to a winning start last night as a Danny Smith goal five minutes before half-time and a late Lloyd Dean effort earned the Blues a 1-0 success over the manager
STRIKER Sam Vokes has urged Burnley not to get distracted by the hype surrounding Saturday’s top of the table clash, and risk letting their guard down. The Clarets go head-to-head with second placed Queens Park Rangers, with the return of last
PARENTS are being urged to take up the offer of free childcare places being made available to help disadvantaged families in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. It was announced earlier this year that the county council had secured £27m over two years
A TEAM of talented teen songstresses have formed a girl group to raise funds for a childhood cancer charity. In X Factor-style auditions, a trio of sixth formers from Alder Grange High School in Rawtenstall were selected by David Heywood, the school
