THE bridge connecting a £50million business park development to the M65 is now complete. It links the 70-acre Burnley Bridge Business Park, developed by Eshton, directly to the motorway by crossing the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Once fully
NEW figures showed an increase in the ‘suicide rate’ of mental health patients in Lancashire over the last eight years. And it is feared the on-going financial crisis could be to blame. There was a three-fold increase in the number of patients
AN East Lancashire woman who claims she was raped by Coronation Street star Bill Roache suffered from depression after the alleged attacks, a jury has heard. The woman, now 62, said she was ‘humiliated, disgusted and ashamed’ after two alleged attacks
BUILDING work on Colne’s long-awaited new health centre is nearing completion. NHS bosses said the multi-million pound facility in Craddock Road was ‘progressing well’ and services will start moving into the building next month. The £4.2million
The M65 was closed near Brierfield after a three-car accident at 5.20pm. There was queueing traffic on the eastbound carriageway between junction 11, Burnley centre, and junction 12, Brierfield. Tailbacks were reported back to Junction 10 because
LIFE will be a beach in Rawtenstall this summer when the town square is transformed into a seaside resort-themed attraction. For two weeks of the summer holidays, the site of the former Valley Centre will feature sand, deckchairs, fairground rides
AN Age UK group in Chatburn meets for tea and computer games, at 1.30pm today, at Crow Trees Community Centre. Call Stuart Collins on 01200 453077 for details.
PLANS to build an extension at 21 Moss Gate, Blackburn, have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council by Mohammed Sidat.
A PRAYER meeting will be held at Christ Church, in Blackburn, on Sunday. The session will take place in the lounge of the Mosley Street venue from 9.30am.
THE Rotary Club of Blackburn will meet on Wednesday at the Ribchester Arms, in Ribchester, from 6.30pm.
LOCAL councillors Maureen Bateson, Jamie Groves and Florence Oldfield and borough officials will attend a ward solutions meeting for Ewood tonight. The meeting is scheduled to be held at Ivy Street Community Centre.
THE Quit Squad will be at Accrington Victoria Hospital tomorrow from 9am to noon, offering advice and support to people who are trying to give up the smoking habit.
CALLS for recycling bags to be replaced by heavier wheelie bins have been rejected. Heavy winds have caused the bags to empty their contents, leaving litter strewn across streets and neighbourhoods. Angry residents bombarded Hyndburn Council
INDIE group The Wrangling will be performing tonight at The Hare and Hounds pub in Whalley Road, Accrington.
AGE UK runs a ten-pin bowling session at Blackburn Super Bowl today, from 2.30 to 4pm. It costs £6 and you need to book by calling 01254 266620.
A WEDDING fair is to be held at Brockholes Nature Reserve on Sunday. It will take place at the Samlesbury venue from noon to 3pm.
A TALK entitled Cotton Men and Their Machines is to be given at the next meeting of the Blackburn Local History Society. It will be given by Dave Lewis at Blackburn Central Library at 7.30pm on January 28.
ONE in three dieters in the North West have failed to lose weight while following their regime, according to a survey by Bupa.
A DARWEN Community Flood Watch meeting takes place next Wednesday from 7pm at New Methodist Church, Blackburn Road. People can go along and learn about volunteering opportunities in their area.
PROPOSALS to trim protected trees on land opposite 27 The Crescent, in Blackburn, as the branches overhang the footpath and highway, have been given the go-ahead.
SOCCER fans in Darwen can watch their home-town football team in action tomorrow when AFC Darwen take on Daisy Hill at the WEC Group Anchor Ground in the North West Counties League First Division. Kick off is at 3pm.
ANDY Musgrave will be special guest medium at tonight’s meeting of Darwen Christian Spiritualist Church. The service, from 7.30pm, in Hawkshaw Avenue, will be followed by an open circle. Entry costs £2.
YOUNGSTERS at St Barnabas Primary School, Darwen, have been tasked with designing a cross to be made for the school hall. Wood from the spare St Barnabas’ church pews will be used to make the cross.
POLICE and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, Clive Grunshaw, was at Accrington Library yesterday, discussing proposals to increase council tax to cover the cost of policing.
FIREFIGHTERS from Hyndburn Fire Station will give a presentation at a council meeting later this month. Community protection manager Ben Norman, and his colleagues, will talk about fire prevention work and protecting vulnerable people. The meeting
FIREFIGHTERS from Hyndburn Fire Station will give a presentation at a council meeting later this month. Community protection manager Ben Norman, and his colleagues, will talk about fire prevention work and protecting vulnerable people. The meeting
POLICE and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, Clive Grunshaw, was at Accrington Library yesterday, discussing proposals to increase council tax to cover the cost of policing.
POLICE are preparing to strike against suspected lead and stone thieves in Rishton. A number of empty houses have been stripped of boilers and pipework, the council said, and there has been a recent spate of stone thefts. Police are building cases
VOLUNTEERS are needed to join the East Rural Network, the group which works for the community in and around Hoddlesden and Blacksnape to make it a cleaner, safer place and to put on community events such as the scarecrow festival and street parties
THE Spanish region of Extremadura will be in the spotlight during a talk at the next meeting of the Blackburn and District Bird Club. The session will take place at St Silas’ Church hall, in Preston New Road, Blackburn, on Monday, February 3, at
MINISTERS met the drinks industry dozens of times before shelving plans for minimum alcohol pricing, an investigation has found. It has prompted health experts to accuse the Government of ‘dancing to the tune of the drinks industry’ and putting big
AN advertising campaign for the drink Lucozade Sport has been banned following complaints about its central claim that the product ‘hydrates and fuels you better than water’. The television advertisement and a poster drew 63 complaints, including
ONE-to-one help to quit smoking will be offered at Whitworth Medical Centre on Tuesday, from 1.30pm to 5pm. For details call 01254 283370 or 0800 3286297.
BLACKBURN with Darwen doctors have stressed the importance of drinking plenty of fluids to fight norovirus, the winter vomiting bug.
RESIDENTS in the Worsley area of Haslingden can meet their neighbourhood police at a PACT meeting, on January 28, from 11am, at Haslingden Community Link and Children’s Centre, in Bury Road.
GREEN Lane, in Blackburn, will be closed to vehicles in a south-easterly direction for 70 metres from a point 140 metres south of its junction with Preston Old Road, from Monday, February 3 to Monday, February 10, for bridge repairs.
MARGARET House care home in Manchester Road, Burnley, met all the essential standards during a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
MAYOR of Blackburn with Darwen Salim Mulla will attend a Citizenship Ceremony in the Council Chamber of Blackburn Town Hall at 11 am on Tuesday, January 21.
THE New Era centre in Paradise Road, Accrington will have a gentle exercise class at 10am on Monday. It costs £3 per session. Call Nazreen on 01254 871010.
A SCRABBLE club for adults meets every Friday at Bacup Library, in St James Square, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. The club is a chance to meet new people while enjoying a game of Scrabble.
A FREE knitting class for all levels of ability takes place at Crystal Rocks, in Bridge End House, Bacup Road, Waterfoot, every Monday from 7pm to 9pm.
AN aqua tai chi class is held at Whitworth Leisure Centre on Fridays from 9.15am to 10am. The sessions cost £4.20 and include an optional swim. For more information, call 01706 852694.
A WORK club takes place every Tuesday at Rawtenstall Library in Queen’s Square from 10.30am to 12.30pm, offering employment advice and support.
A WHIST and dominoes night will take place at Knowle Green Village Hall on January 27. The event will be held from 7.30pm and includes tea and biscuits. Admission is £1.50 and for details call Jean Procter on 01254 878447.
THE Southfield Area Residents’ Association holds a community lunch every Wednesday at Nelson Baptist Church, in Woodlands Road, from midday. The lunch costs £3 and includes pudding and a hot drink.
A KNIT and natter social event takes place today at Nelson Library, in Market Square, from 2pm to 4pm. New or experienced members are welcome to attend the group.
EXTRA helpers are needed at Billington and Langho village hall to help organise social events. Call Anne Rogerson on 07772 790954 for details.
AN all-weather outdoor fitness session takes place opposite Marsden Park, in Nelson, every Monday from 6.30pm. Participants should arrive 15 minutes early for a briefing.
THE charity shop at the Salvation Army base in Stanley Street, Nelson, will be open today, 10am-1pm.
THE Ribble Valley Visually Impaired Group meets on Monday evenings. The group holds its sessions at the St Michael and St John’s Parish Centre, Lowergate, Clitheroe. For more information call 01200 426822.
PLANS are being put in place for a historical walk about Clitheroe by the town’s civic society. The last ‘town trail’ to take in historic buildings in the town was held in 2003. The group is waiting for the final details to be confirmed.
CONCERNS have been raised over the recording of minutes taken at a Rishton Area Council meeting. The council’s chair, Ken Moss, said he had summarised main points because some of the 11 questions asked by residents at a meeting in July were ‘of great
THE footpath linking St Albans Road and Shawbrook Close, in Rishton, has been improved. Coun Ken Moss said the old footpath ‘had fallen into serious disrepair’. The replacement cost £6,000, he added.
BARBARA Castle Way, in Blackburn town centre, will be closed on Sundays, between 8am and 5pm, between its junction with Preston New Road to where it joins Montague Street, from February 2 to March 9. The closures are for carriageway resurfacing
VOLUNTEERS from the Age UK charity offer free advice at Blackburn Market on Fridays. You can find them opposite Butler’s Cafe between 10am and 2.30pm, for information about the charity’s services and insurance products.
ABOUT 50 staff at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have been following a leadership development programme in recent months, as part of the organisation’s improvement plan.
BINGO will be played at Sacred Heart RC Church, in Blackburn, on Thursday, January 23. Games will start at the Preston New Road church at 7.30pm.
WORK has been finished at the Salford end of Railway Road, Blackburn, after 70-year-old iron tram rails and a 10ft by 6ft underground chamber were discovered. Cathedral Quarter development manager Clare Turner said the temporary traffic lights
THE new £7million low-secure facility at Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is now fully occupied, after the final group of patients moved in last week.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new access road to East Lancashire’s largest prospective employment site have been passed by county councillors. Campaigners had lobbied for an alternative route to the Samlesbury Enterprise Zone, closer to the junction
BARNOLDSWICK History Society’s meets next Thursday at the library in Fernlea Avenue, at 7.30pm.
A CLOTHING and accessories fair takes place at the Rainhall Centre, in Barnoldswick, from 10am to 3pm on February 1. You can book a stall to sell items by calling 01282 818250.
SOME men with prostate cancer should be offered ‘surveillance’ rather than treatment, according to new NHS guidance. Doctors treating sufferers deemed to have ‘intermediate’ or ‘low’ risk prostate cancer should consider offering monitoring rather
MEADOWHEAD ward Conservative councillor Konrad Tapp holds a surgery at the Blackburn’s Greenfield Community Centre between 9.30am and 10.30am every Wednesday. Any resident wanting to speak to him but unable attend can contact him on 07736 029278
LOCAL councillors Maureen Bateson, Jamie Groves and Florence Oldfield and borough officials will attend a ward solutions meeting for Ewood tonight. The meeting is scheduled to be held at Ivy Street Community Centre.
THE health and adults overview and scrutiny committee of Blackburn with Darwen council meets on Wednesday at the town hall to receive a report from borough social care boss Mohammed Khan and discuss the take-up of vaccinations and immunisations in
THE health and adults overview and scrutiny committee of Blackburn with Darwen council meets on Wednesday at the town hall to receive a report from borough social care boss Mohammed Khan and discuss the take-up of vaccinations and immunisations in
CLARETS defender Luke O'Neill has today signed a one-month emergency loan with League Two Southend United. The 22-year-old right back spent the first half of the season with York City, making 16 appearances for the Minstermen. And it was during this
CAMPAIGNERS who have been fighting for safety measures to be introduced on a notorious Colne ‘rat-run’ are celebrating victory. Residents in the Birtwistle Avenue and Harrison Drive areas had faced years of traffic misery as motorists used the
SKATE park equipment taken from a disused facility in Belmont and brought to Darwen has been scrapped. Youngster Michele Melia started the project to bring the skate park in Ryecroft Lane, which had been closed due to anti-social behaviour, to
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer was delighted to give teenager Connor Mahoney the opportunity to write his name into the club’s history books. When Mahoney stepped off the bench in Wednesday’s FA Cup third-round replay defeat at Manchester City he
MINISTERS met the drinks industry dozens of times before shelving plans for minimum alcohol pricing, an investigation has found. It has prompted health experts to accuse the Government of ‘dancing to the tune of the drinks industry’ and putting
CONCERNS have been raised over the recording of minutes taken at a Rishton Area Council meeting. The council’s chair, Ken Moss, said he had summarised main points because some of the 11 questions asked by residents at a meeting in July were ‘of
SOME men with prostate cancer should be offered ‘surveillance’ rather than treatment, according to new NHS guidance. Doctors treating sufferers deemed to have ‘intermediate’ or ‘low’ risk prostate cancer should consider offering monitoring rather
PUBLIC booking for Clitheroe Parish Church AOADS’s production of Jekyll And Hyde opens on Tuesday. The dramatic musical runs at St Mary’s Centre, Church Street, from February 15 to 22. Tickets will be on general sale at St Mary’s Centre on Tuesday,
A CRIME conference was held for A-level social science students at Nelson and Colne College Sixth Form. It gave them an opportunity to gain further information on the range of social sciences and sorts of degree programmes they could study at university
HYNDBURN MP Graham Jones has posted shocking photographs showing the Syrian conflict on his blog. The images show dead and badly injured children and adults. Writing on his blog, Mr Jones said: “After much thought I decided these photos were worth
HYNDBURN Council is set to grant planning powers to officers at Rossendale Borough Council, it was announced. In a report for councillors, executive director of legal and democratic services Jane Ellis said the council hopes to save money by sharing
SHOPPERS in Pendle have voted the Green Chimney, in Colne, as the borough’s best independent shop. Residents nominated and voted for their favourite shop in a competition started by Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson. He said: “It’s fitting that so many people
PENDLESIDE Hospice’s annual Light up a Life event has raised £105,000. Almost 8,000 lights shone at the hospice over Christmas as people remembered loved ones no longer with us by dedicating a coloured light to their memory. Lights were displayed
A CREATIVE writing course is aimed at supporting both experienced and new writers who want to improve. The course, which will start at Accrington Library on Wednesday, will be run by the Workers’ Educational Assocation. Class tutor Maureen
A PRE-school in Nelson has been recognised for promoting the ‘Smoke Free Homes’ initiative, which aims to reduce the harmful effects of second-hand cigarette smoke. Staff have been raising awareness with parents and carers about the damage second-hand
THE deadline for responding to a consultation which could see Barnoldswick lose some of its late bus services is today. Councillors in the town have set up a petition calling on the existing bus routes and timetables to be saved. They said:
NOMINATIONS for the this year’s Burnley Community Sports Awards are now open. The event will be hosted by Mark Foster, England’s most decorated Olympic male swimmer. All shortlisted nominees will be invited to the prestigious ceremony to hear the winners
MID Pennine Arts is appealing for people’s memories of Gawthorpe Hall for a new project. Portraits of the Past wants to know ‘what does Gawthorpe mean to you?’. A spokesman for the project said: “Is it the place you walk the dog every day, did you
EAST Lancashire MEP Sajjad Karim has welcomed the news that Lancashire-based Westinghouse has invested around £100m in three new nuclear plants in Cumbria. Expected to come online from 2024, when fully operational the Moorside site will provide
A LONG-TIME drug user collapsed in the street after taking a powerful form of amphetamines around an hour before, an inquest heard. Duncan Stuart Cameron, 48, had used the drug for some time, alongside a cannabis habit, Burnley Coroner’s Court.
BLACKBURN Rovers did as well as they could be expected to at a Manchester City side who I believe are the best in the country. The FA Cup replay at the Etihad Stadium was always going to be a very tough ask. You could ask any number of Premier
A BLACKBURN childminder has recommendations to improve her care provision – but was praised for creating a ‘happy and settled’ environment. Childminder Ann Gallagher was said to be successful in engaging with children as they play at her home off
BURNLEY MP Gordon Birtwistle has won an apology from Labour over an attack on his senior LibDem colleague Vince Cable’s voting record. Shadow work spokesman Rachel Reeves accused the business secretary of ducking votes on the creation of the minimum
FOOTBALL’S a funny old game. It’s a well-worn saying, but it’s true. You only need to look at Sheffield Wednesday’s result and scoreline against Leeds United last week. It’s not too long ago that Wednesday were struggling around the bottom and Leeds
THE Unite union’s local authority members are forming a ‘war cabinet’ to help fight job and service cuts across the North West councils. Representatives from the region will come together today at the Liner Hotel, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool.
A FORMER MP and ex-council leader has voiced support for the creation of a single authority to govern East Lancashire’s affairs. Ex-Burnley MP Peter Pike has supported his Labour colleague Blackburn MP Jack Straw’s call for a combined ‘super-council
A NATIONAL charity which supports young disabled people to get independent and active in Lancashire is celebrating its volunteers – and calling for more local people to get involved. In 2013, volunteers raised thousands of pounds for Whizz-Kidz
GP surgeries in Blackburn with Darwen are being paid for thousands of ‘ghost patients’ who appear on their registers, despite having died or moved away. The number of patients registered with doctors exceeds the borough’s population by about 20,000
TECHNOLOGY students from Bacup and Stacksteads who visited The University of Manchester carried out experiments using cutting-edge technology and spent time with engineers. Year 9 Fearns Community Sports College pupils who were considered as having
GREAT Harwood Farmers’ Market has raised more than £4,000 for charity. The market was launched last March and now has around 30 local traders hosting stands on the first Sunday of every month. Each trader pays a small sum to charity and the
THE minimum percentage buy in on shared ownership properties in the Ribble Valley could be raised by 10per cent. Councillors on the health and housing committee are set to vote on Thursday on whether or not to increase the minimum buy in from 25per
PENDLE Council is once again pledging its support to help residents save money on their energy bills. It follows the huge success of the People Power scheme last year, which saw over 10,000 people register across Lancashire, and 71 per cent of
Curtains and second-hand goods donated by a local factory have helped raise more than £2,700 for local children in need. Darwen-based John Lewis company Herbert Parkinson are supporting Child Action Northwest as their charity of the year and donated
A SELECTION of books on the First World War has been bought for Darwen Library by the friends’ group. They will be displayed shortly and become available to the public from mid-February. Among them is an impressive photographic narrative of
HISTORY and heritage group Darwen Days is looking for a keen photographer to help build up its archive. As well as collecting and preserving old pictures and artefacts from the town’s history, the group has been busy cataloguing pictures of the
A WOMAN helped by mountain rescuers after falling near Entwistle Reservoir has thanked her heroes. Bolton Mountain Rescue Team was called to help the 60-year-old who had fallen on the path next to the beauty spot and injured her leg on Saturday
JACK Hobbs looks set to miss Nottingham Forest’s clash with Blackburn Rovers tomorrow with a hamstring injury. Hobbs, who is on loan from Hull and is also wanted by Reading, was forced off in last weekend’s draw at Bolton Wanderers. The defender will
BURNLEY's Claret and Blue army of fans are being 'approached' to help the battle against prostate cancer. Former chairman Barry Kilby is spearheading the new ‘My Club Lottery’ app which will enable fans to show their support to the Prostate Cancer
RE ‘Row brews for coffee shop bid in Mellor Brook’ – I pass there on my way to and from work and the coffee would taste great on my way in the cold weather. I would give it a ‘yes’ if I had a vote. billy32 (via website). . . .WHY not have
I WISH to write regarding Richard Heys who starved his beautiful dog to death without any care at all. How on earth do people do this and sleep at night? It’s barbaric and as regards the punishment he received, it is unbelievable. We need far
A QUEUE of traffic on a motorway often signals the start of tailbacks in the opposite direction. But it’s rarely because there have been two accidents at the same time, in almost exactly the same place. More often than not, the second queue
IN 10 years at Turf Moor Michael Duff has pretty much seen it all. There have been good times and bad times, and some indifferent times. But Duff has seen enough in the five months since the start of the season to believe that the former is well and
BLACKBURN Rovers may have seen their unbeaten start to 2014 come to an unceremonious end. But Gary Bowyer is adamant his young team’s play-off push will not be affected by their 5-0 FA Cup defeat at Manchester City on Wednesday. Instead he believes
SHEFFIELD Wednesday will welcome back former Turf target Connor Wickham for tomorrow’s trip to Burnley. Wickham, who was a target for the Clarets before joining Sheffield Wednesday on loan, was not allowed to play in the midweek FA Cup clash with Macclesfield
A POLICE officer who fired a Taser at a blind man after mistaking his white stick for a samurai sword is to face a hearing in front of an assistant chief constable. Colin Farmer, 64, said that after being hit by the taser he was violently manhandled
JACK Straw has warned David Cameron current compensation offers to councils and communities to accept fracking are not enough. The Blackburn MP told the Prime Minister at Commons Question Time: “As someone who strongly supports shale gas extraction
NORTH West Counties League Division One leaders Nelson will bid to extend their advantage at the top of the table when they travel to Ashton Town tomorrow. Free-scoring Nelson have hit an astonishing 85 league goals in 25 games – including four in last
As chief executive of a £100 million turnover company, Andrew Graham could be forgiven for only being interested in the finer things in life. But as Diane Cooke found out, the 43-year-old has a much more altruistic motivation to his life – helping
THE search is still on for two Stonyhurst students who fled to the Caribbean. The college’s headmaster yesterday said a full security review was to be carried out after the safe return of the two teenagers, who were captured on CCTV at Manchester
FA TROPHY heroes Chorley have the chance to make a huge stride towards promotion when they welcome title-rivals and current Evo-Stik Premier Division leaders Skelmersdale United to Victory Park tomorrow. The Magpies, who were knocked out in the last
A COUNCILLOR has described an knifepoint robbery on a shop in Barrowford as ‘terribly disturbing’. Police have released more information about the incident which happened at Maguires Off Licence in Gisburn Road on Wednesday at 7.15pm. The masked
LANDLORDS in Pendle could be hit with a 50 per cent increase in council tax if their properties are left empty for more than two years. Pendle Council’s executive committee will consider introducing the Empty Homes Premium at their meeting next
Former BURNLEY defender Tyrone Mears is set to move to Blackpool on loan from Bolton Wanderers. Premier League giants MANCHESTER UNITED, CHELSEA and MANCHESTER CITY are all prepared to fight for Southampton defender Luke Shaw, who is valued at £20m
THE new chairman of East Lancashire’s troubled hospitals has been urged to end their ‘top down culture’. Professor Eileen Fairhurst, formerly of NHS Greater Manchester, has been announced as the new chair of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
TOM Cairney believes Blackburn Rovers can send out a message of intent to the rest of the Championship with victory at his hometown team Nottingham Forest tomorrow. The Nottingham-born midfielder knows it will be a tough task given Forest’s fine form
BIRD watchers from across East Lancashire have been gathering on car park to catch a glimpse of a rare bird. Four Scandinavian waxwings could be seen on Blackburn’s Weir Street on Tuesday and have been caught on camera over the past few days, feeding
BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche said he is not setting his players a points target in the hunt for promotion, because he doesn't want to put a ceiling on what they can achieve this season. The Clarets have averaged two points per game, after hitting the
ACCRINGTON Stanley had the club coffers boosted by an ex-player’s debut for his new team in midweek. Now manager James Beattie is hoping for a boost to their league position against in-form Cheltenham tomorrow. Connor Mahoney made six appearances for
BRADLEY Orr could be on his way out of Blackburn Rovers. The right back is understood to be in talks over a loan move to Toronto, who are managed by former Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen. But yesterday Rovers boss Gary Bowyer said there had been no developments
FORMER Burnley striker Chris Iwelumo has left Scunthorpe United by mutual consent. The target man had a contract with the Iron until the end of the season but reached an agreement to end the deal early. Scunthorpe boss Russ Wilcox, formerly Brian Laws
MOTORISTS are facing tailbacks this morning after a car overturned in Rawtenstall. Police said the incident, which happened between the Edenfield Bypass and Bury Road, happened just after 7am when a Peugeot 106 hit a lamppost. Paramedics were
A COUPLE who neglected their three children, keeping them in horrific squalor in a filthy and stinking house in Accrington, have been spared immediate jail. Burnley Crown Court heard how the two bedroomed home was full of bags of rubbish and the
AN East Lancashire woman who claims Coronation Street star Bill Roache raped her twice said his TV appearance on the Piers Morgan Life Stories show ‘made her skin crawl’. She told the court she was disturbed by his boasts about the number of women
RUBEN Rochina is a target for a number of Spanish sides with Rayo Vallecano leading the chase for the Blackburn Rovers midfielder. Not so long ago it was suggested that Rochina, then injured with a dislocated shoulder, could be an integral cog in the
THE third annual Lancashire Telegraph Grassroots Heroes Awards took place last night where the great and the good of amateur sport were honoured. Teams, individuals, unsung heroes and hard-working coaches packed in to Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho
TRAFFIC and parking disruption is set to hit Rawtenstall as a £7million sewer scheme gets under way. New underground storm water chambers, and new sections of sewer, will be built on land off the A682, in Bank Street and St Mary’s Way, in Bacup
