MORE than 1,000 worshippers poured out onto the streets for celebrations in East Lancashire marking the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Streets around central Blackburn were thronged as a Milad procession departed from the Madina mosque in Oak Street
MEMORIES of loved ones spurred on many of the scores of runners who raised money for East Lancashire Hospice. Around 300 people took part in a 10k run in Great Harwood yesterday to raise vital funds for the hospice. Several running clubs from
AN investigation is underway after trouble flared between Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday fans after yesterday's game. Supporters clashed inside Burnley Miners’ Club, at around 6pm, after the two clubs fought out a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor. Today
A WOMAN suffered burns to her face after adding fuel to her living room fire before it had gone out, firefighters said. Crews were called to the incident in Mayfield Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, just before 9pm on Saturday. They said the woman only
BLACKBURN Rovers reporter Paul Wheelock gives his ratings for yesterday's 4-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest. Do you agree with his ratings? Have your say using the comment facility below. Paul Wheelock's ratings: Simon Eastwood 8: Blameless for Forest
CANCER battler Sam Shaw’s £250,000 immunotherapy treatment in the US is working, scans have revealed. The four-year-old, of Hoddlesden, who has been in Philadelphia since October, is fighting against childhood cancer neuroblastoma. After his
BURNLEY reporter Suzanne Geldard gives her ratings for yesterday's 1-1 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Do you agree with her ratings? Have your say using the comment facility below. Suzanne Geldard's ratings: Tom Heaton 7: Burnley bossed it but
A CAMPAIGN is being launched to improve safety on one of East Lancashire’s ‘most dangerous roads’. It comes after a crash in Roundhill Road, Haslingden, in which a man had to be cut from the car he was travelling in. He was taken to hospital
BLACKBURN College welcomed car dealers, governers and building workers to a ‘ground breaking’ event to officially launch the construction of its new £5.5m Motor Vehicle Centre. The two-storey state of the art motor vehicle building in Fielding
A RELIGIOUS teacher who denies sexually touching a young girl told a court he never had ‘any bad intentions’. Suleman Maknojioa, 40, of Audley Range, Blackburn told a jury at Preston Crown Court he had patted the primary school pupil’s head, arm
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy alerted his family to a fire in his bedroom this morning. Firefighters believe the small blaze in Burnley Road, Bacup, could have been sparked by a faulty electrical item. They also said the boy’s mum ‘did exactly the right
A ‘DRUNK’ man was taken to hospital this morning after falling 20ft from a bridge in Barrowford. Fire crews were called to the scene near the Old Bridge Inn, in Gisburn Road, as paramedics struggled to reach the man, thought to be in his 40s.
