THE new £2.3million community athletics facility in Blackburn’s Witton Park has been unveiled. The indoor arena, which opens on April 28, will be the new home for Blackburn Harriers Athletics Club. It includes a 60-metre six-lane warm-up and
A NURSE who frequently smoked cannabis hanged himself after a battle with depression, an inquest heard. Daniel James Hall, who worked at Calderstones Hospital in the Ribble Valley, had previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act before
AN ALTHAM firm has announced expansion plans after it landed a share of a £23million government funding pot. North West Logistics (NWL) Ltd, based at Altham Business Park, in Shorten Brook Way, plans to build a bespoke 80,000 sq ft warehouse after
BURNLEY is ‘leading the way’ in Britain’s economic recovery, Business Minister Michael Fallon has said. Mr Fallon addressed the borough’s business and political leaders during their ‘trade mission’ to London on Wednesday evening. Burnley Council
SEVERAL improvement schemes in and around Burnley’s Weavers’ Triangle development area are scheduled to take place before the end of the year. Work will begin with an upgrade of the traffic signals at the junction of Westgate and Trafalgar Street
THOUSANDS of well-wishers from all over East Lancashire will line the streets of Blackburn when the Queen visits next week. The route Her Majesty and Prince Philip will take through the town has been announced, and drivers have been warned to expect
HE’S been shouting about all that’s great in Clitheroe for 30 years – and the town’s longest-serving town crier celebrates his milestone in the post next month. Roland Hailwood, 69, became the Ribble Valley market town’s first town crier in 74
A LECTURE on the young men from in and around Ribchester who enlisted on the same day to fight in the First World War will take place at the weekend. The talk will be given by Roy Skillbeck at the Longridge Heritage Centre on Sunday at 2pm.
A ‘MUSIC in the Afternoon’ concert is set to be held in the Ribble Valley next month. The event will be staged at Christ Church, in Berry Lane, Longridge, and will see the return of the South Pennine Singers. Tickets for the concert, which
THE second in a series of walks led by the RSPB is set to be held aimed at revealing the moorland wildlife at the United Utilities Bowland Estate. The seven walks, which will be led by Jude Lane from the bird charity, will take place over the next
PEOPLE with photos, documents, stories or family history of Bacup during the First World War are being encouraged to come along to the A, B and D Centre on Saturday. The Bacup Time Travellers event has been organised by people involved with the Bacup
A VANDAL has been tagging park furniture in Hyndburn. The word ‘Trane’ has been spraypainted on benches, bins and signs in Rishton’s Cutwood Park. Police believe it may be the vandal’s ‘tag’ and have appealed for the public’s help in catching
MORE than 150 competitors took part in a charity horse show in Accrington. Riders of all ages took to the arena in Croft Top to raise money for Margaret Haes Riding Centre in Bury, which supports riding for the disabled. The show, which raised
A LIB Dem Euro MP will be in Pendle this weekend to talk about his visit to Israel and Palestine. Chris Davies MEP will speak at a public meeting organised by Pendle Liberals on Saturday. The meeting will be held at the ACE Centre, Nelson,
A FOOTPATH in Barrowford is set to be diverted to avoid going near the garden of a house with an electric fence set up. The footpath will be diverted around Lower Ridge Farm, if councillors agree to the proposal. Tom Partridge, Pendle Council
STUDENTS from Colne Primet Academy have raised £535 for Sport Relief. Students took part in a variety of different events and activities to raise the money. Youngsters from years seven and eight joined thousands of people in completing the
A SUPERMARKET set to open in Barrowford is seeking to extend its opening hours. The Morrisons ‘M Local’ store, at the former petrol station in Gisburn Road, currently has permission to open from 7am to 11pm Monday to Saturday and from 10am to 5pm
POPULAR computer game Minecraft is the hub of a free ‘tech camp’ this Easter at Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio. The event is aimed at 11 to 16-year-olds who love digital technology and gaming. Minecraft, where gamers create their own world
CHARITY Age UK will hold a free information event for over-50s tomorrow at Darwen Health Centre. It will feature lots of information about Age UK’s services in the town and also aims to inform people about the entitlements and services they may be
NEIGHBOURHOOD police in the Marsh House area have received complaints about anti-social behaviour, damage and litter around the former Highfield Working Men’s Club in Ratcliffe Street, Darwen. The club, which closed in 2012, was badly damaged after
What areas of the field to do you think Rovers have to try to address in the summer? GARY Bowyer has done wonders to reduce the age of the squad and increase its quality, yet there’s still work to be done to ensure we are a force in the Championship
A VICIOUS thug who set about his love rial with a fencepost after invading a house in Nelson in the early hours, has been locked up for five years. Kraig Mellor, 33, had turned up at the property in Highfield Crescent at 4.30am, after his former
Who is your Burnley player of the year, and why? I KNOW Danny Ings and Sam Vokes have scored the goals, but I have already gone for Scott Arfield in the club’s official vote. He was getting a bad press from Huddersfield fans when they let
DARWEN Library launches an exhibition with a difference this week with a display of old photos from Darwen Days’ local history collection. And there is the added interest of a competition. A dozen of the photos ask Where? When? What? or Which?
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed news the Government is taking action to tackle nuisance calls. The plan sets out measures being taken by Government, regulators, consumer groups and industry to tackle nuisance calls. New measures include
EDNA Harrison was surprised’ to be celebrating her 100th birthday after surviving two world wars and a string of serious illnesses as a child. Edna Harrison, who lives at Brandwood sheltered housing in Waterfoot was born just a few months before
A DOG chipping and dog fouling awareness event at Mill Hill Community Centre, resulted in 24 dogs being micro-chipped. Several residents also showed interest in attending a dog solution course. The event came as Blackburn with Darwen Council
A FATHER and son team are to ride from London to Paris to raise money for good causes. Michael Crompton, 52, and his son Jonathan, 22, will take part in the bike ride in July, in aid of the Children with Cancer charity. The Samlesbury pair
POP rock covers band Alibi will perform tomorrow night at The Plough pub in Pall Mall, Chorley. Entry is free. All are welcome.
THE next Police and Communities Together meeting for residents in the Hapton area is on Wednesday, May 7, from 6pm at Padiham Town Hall.
SIRAJ Patel has submitted a planning application to build an extension at his home in Buncer Lane, Blackburn.
ST Leonards Church in Padiham and St Margaret’s church in Hapton now both offer recordings of sermons on CD. The discs can be collected from the churches themselves or contact Eddie Bobrowsk at edwardp. bobrowski@ntlworld.com if you wish to regularly
ACCRINGTON Stanley have confirmed that defender Adam Buxton has extended his loan from Wigan Athletic until the end of the season. The 21-year-old full back has made eight appearances since joining Stanley last month.
A DAFFODIL and spring flower show, organised by Colne Horticultural Society, takes place on Saturday, from 8.30am, at the North Valley Community Centre, in Birtwistle Avenue.
THE Royal Court Theatre, in Rochdale Road, Bacup, will hold an open day, featuring a performance by morris dancing troupe The Britannia Coconutters, on Easter Saturday, April 19, from 10am until noon.
THE Witton Inn, in Redlam, Blackburn, is hosting a ‘big screen’ quiz from 9.30pm tonight.
THE Sun Hotel, in Astley Gate, Blackburn will host a karaoke and disco today, from 4pm. There wil also be a draw, with a cash prize.
A JUMBLE sale will be held at St Oswald’s Church Hall, in Fecitt Brow, Blackburn, on Saturday, from 11am.
KING George’s Hall, in Blackburn, is hosting an indoor car boot sale on Sunday, in support of Age UK Darwen. Doors open to the public at 8.30am.
A ‘TOUR de Pendle’ challenge is to be held on Saturday, May 4, in aid of the Sabden Live music festival, and the North West Air Ambulance. Riders can choose between a 25-mile, or 45-mile course, in and around Pendle Hill, and surrounding villages
COMMUNITY leaders and charity campaigners from East Lancashire will be honoured at a glittering ceremony. Recipients of the BEM, British Empire Medal, include Bill Honeywell, 61, from West Bradford, who was recognised for raising more than £60,000
A MIDDLE Earth Beer Festival is set to be held in the Ribble Valley. The festival will be staged at Hurst Green Memorial Hall from April 24 to April 27. It will include 20 live bands, a chainsaw artist, glass blowing demonstrations, and craft
LANCASHIRE County Council are offering families special passes to explore the county’s museums. The ‘Xplorer’ ticket offers a year’s unlimited entry for two adults, two concessions and accompanied children, to 10 local museums for just £20.
EAST Lancashire residents are being encouraged to hit swap four wheels for two feet for National Walking Month in May. National charity Living Streets are encouraging people to walk to school or work during May, while raising awareness of the benefits
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans said 'nothing will ever be the same again' after being cleared of a string of sex assaults. The MP had wept in the dock as he was found not guilty of nine charges after a five week trial at Preston Crown Court.
NIGEL Evans is not the first politician to end up in court. Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne was jailed for eight months in March last year for perverting the course of justice. The Liberal Democrat had admitted asking his then wife Vicky
NIGEL Evans was born on November 10, 1957, in Swansea, and educated locally at the Dynevor School, original planning a political career in Wales which never took off. His initial attempt to revive it in East Lancashire started badly when he lost
Late 2002/early 2003 - Alleged indecent assault of openly gay 27-year-old man at London bar. 2003 - Alleged indecent assault of a 24-year-old man in a hotel bar during the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. 2009/2010 - Alleged sexual
MORE than £90,000 has been handed out in one-off grants to support the efforts of unpaid carers in East Lancashire. But another £110,000 is still on offer from Lancashire County Council and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
MORE than £800,000 is to be spent carrying out vital repairs to four bridges in the Valley. The bridges at Irwell Vale, Lumb near Edenfield, Ogden, and Whitewell Brook in Water will be made made safe following a ‘frustrating’ two-year wait for
ONE of Burnley’s largest private-sector employers has begun building a new German site. The firm Aircelle, which employs around 900 people at its Bancroft Road site, has laid the first stone at its new facility in Hamburg, where staff will will
PEOPLE in East Lancashire are being asked to help look after their local waterways by joining volunteer teams. The call comes from the Canal & River Trust — the charity that cares for 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales — which is
FIRE crews from Burnley were called to a bungalow in Burnley after a pan caught fire. The fire broke out at around 2pm in the kitchen of the Chelburn Grove property, after the pan had been left unattended on the oven. Neighbours were alerted
CARD retail giant Clintons will be opening a redesigned store in Burnley town centre this weekend. The store will open on Saturday, and will be located in The Mall. It has been redesigned removing the previous orange branding and replacing
A POORLY little boy left home alone in Nelson by his father was found by a police community support officer who discovered the back door wide open, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how the unwell child had only a mattress on the floor
ONE of the most influential female artists of the ‘new wave’ country music in the Nineties will be making a special appearance in the North West next week as part of a brief UK tour. Suzy Bogguss was one the biggest names on the country scene,
BURNLEY’s business and political leaders embarked on a ‘trade mission’ to London yesterday in a bid to attract investment. A delegation, including representatives from almost 30 employers from the borough, met Business Minister Michael Fallon at
"ONE of the biggest jobs when you take over a club is to get rid of the rubbish. The players who don’t have any value, whether that’s financially or to the team. That is the hardest job of any manager these days to offload the players you don’t want
DOG fouling has become ‘an ongoing problem all over Whitworth’, according to a ward councillor. Coun Alan Neal has requested the issue be made an item on the next full town council meeting agenda.
ROSSENDALE Climate Change Group are planning to hold a Lancashire evening in Bacup on Tuesday, September 23, and are looking for musicians that would like to perform. Organisers are also planning to host poetry readings, comic sketches and monologues
AWARD-winning author Robert Williams will launch his third book, Into The Trees, at Blackburn Library on Wednesday, May 7, from 7pm. Robert Williams was born in Blackburn in 1977 before moving to Clitheroe, where he grew up and went to school.
CHORLEY star Ryan Bennett got his British Swimming Championship campaign off to a solid start as he qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m backstroke in Glasgow this morning. Bennett, 23, will be back in the pool tonight for the semi-finals having
A CHILDMINDER has been praised for providing a ‘good’ level of care. Blackburn childminder Sharon Anne Middleton was described by Ofsted as helping children develop vital skills. The minder, who cares for children at her Bolton Road home, had
A SIX-metre extension could be built at a house in St James Road, Blackburn, if planning permission is granted to Mahmood Chishti, who has written to Blackburn with Darwen Council.
TEACHERS from an Accrington school will put themselves through a gruelling assault course to raise money for a hospital which saved their friend’s son’s life. Six teachers and a teaching assistant from Peel Park Primary School in Alice Street,
SINGERS Tim Chu and Ian Bailey will perform covers of Simon and Garfunkel songs in a celebration of their career on Friday at Euxton War Memorial Club, Wigan Road, Chorley from 7pm. Tickets are £10.
THERE were traffic delays in Blackburn yesterday at 11.20am after an Arcade taxi hit a blue Nissan Micra at the Montague Street traffic lights at the junction of Barbara Castle Way. Nobody was injured in the incident.
BURNLEY striker Sam Vokes has undergone surgery to repair the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament which has ended his season. And manager Sean Dyche has reported that yesterday's operation went well. "It's all good so far," said the Burnley
SINGER Jane McDonald will perform at King George’s Hall in Blackburn later this year, it has been announced. Tickets for the gig on Sunday, July 6, have gone on sale and cost £29 or £27 with concessions. Call the box office on 0844 8471664.
SHOPAHOLICS could win a high street spree – and help a good cause in the process. Pendleside Hospice’s Girls’ Night Out event, on July 11, will see every woman signed up by May 19 entered into a draw to win a £300 Love2shop voucher. The event
DARTS players across Nelson, Colne and West Craven have been praised for being on target for Pendleside Hospice. Members of the Pendle Darts League have raised £450 for the Reedley organisation. Donations were made in lieu of trophies by both
PLANS to build three new houses on land adjacent to Park Avenue, in Salterforth, have been submitted to Pendle Council.
A YARD in Brook Street, Nelson, could be turned into a taxi base for 12 vehicles, including the siting of a portable cabin as an office, after plans for the work were submitted to Pendle Council.
A ROD Stewart tribute act will be performing in Burnley tomorrow. Rod Stuart will be at the Burnley Miners Club, in Plumbe Street, from 7.30pm. Entry is £2.
Pedal power will take over Chorley town centre on Saturday. Activities will take place between 11am and 3pm on the Flat Iron, with some fun activities for children in Astley Park. There is also the chance to take part in a eight to 12
ONE of the UK’s leading Queen tribute bands start their UK tour this month, stopping off in East Lancashire with their brand new show. Living up to the standards of the main man himself is Rob Comber, whose outrageous stage antics and personality
A BREASTFEEDING group for mums called Bosom Buddies meets at the South West Burnley Children’s Centre, in Tay Street, tomorrow from 1pm. The group includes trained staff to offer support as well as events for the little ones.
THE Labour Party has announced it would appoint a regional Minister for the North West to support its city region growth agenda. If the party wins the next election, a minister would be appointed for each region of the UK, and their job would include
BURNLEY Cricket Club is appealing for businesses to sponsor its annual and popular fundraising golf day. The event, which will be held at Burnley Golf Club on June 27, is expected to attract 88 players, including England’s former Burnley CC bowler
PENDLE County Coun Paul White has provided a £500 grant to the Friends of Favordale. The money will be used to improve the garden area at Favordale Home for Older People. Coun White said: “Amenity space is so important for our older generations
EXTRA parking restrictions are set to be employed on a busy Burnley industrial estate in a bid to make access easier for businesses. Plans had been drawn up by Burnley Council for ‘no waiting’ restrictions at the entrance to Farrington Close, off
PLANS to convert 235 Accrington Road, Blackburn, from a domestic dwelling into a shop, with a new shop front, have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council by Babar Tawasin. The application will be considered by the borough’s planners.
A TAI chi class will be held on Monday at Mill Hill Community Centre in New Chapel Street, Blackburn. The session will begin at 11am.
A CHARITY ball will be held in aid of the East Lancashire Hospice tomorrow. There will be food and entertainment at the black tie event. It starts at 7pm at the Adelaide Suite, Adelaide Street, Accrington. Tickets are £30 per person and
THE new interim manager at Haslingden Sports Centre has pledged to do more to engage with users. Writing in his blog, Ken Masser said: “I’m trying to spend more time on the ‘shop floor’ and have launched a customer survey.”
NINE new houses could be built behind a picturesque countryside vicarage, if councillors approve plans. The Blackburn Diocese Board of Finance wants to build the houses on land behind St Michael’s Vicarage, in Skipton Road, Foulridge. Residents
HASLINGDEN-based Veterans in Communities is asking for donations of used Douwe Egberts coffee jars for a project volunteers are working on. They can be dropped off at the VIC Centre, in Bury Road, or call 01706 833180.
A DOUBLE siege man who held his ex-partner hostage and made terrifying threats to slit her throat, while on bail for another police stand-off, has been jailed. Luke Entwistle, 21, kept Emma Brown, 20, prisoner for 24 hours, some of it at knifepoint
THE licensees of a Darwen pub have received a special present as they celebrate their first anniversary in charge. Matt Worden and Zoe and Martin Evans joined forces to take over The Crown in Redearth Road 12 months ago and embarked on an ambitious
CLITHEROE Mountaineering Club will be fell walking in the Dales later this month. The club will set off at 8am on Sunday, April 27, from the council offices car park. For more information, call Allan Cookson on 01254 248221.
CLITHEROE’S Grand Theatre has announced its summer season with Scots’ rockers Big Country and singer songwriter Thea Gilmore topping the bill. Big Country produced classic hits Fields and Fire and Harvest Home, and the Dunfermline band, led by
THE two people arrested in connection with the death of 11 month-old Ava-Jayne Corless, who was killed by a dog in Blackburn on February 11, have been re-bailed. Ava-Jayne’s mother Chloe King, 20, and her partner, Lee Wright, 26, both from Blackburn
BUYING something for a pound is some people’s idea of fun. I mean just look at the number of pound (or even 99p) shops that have sprung up around East Lancashire over the years. Most of them are pretty much packed to the rafters pretty much most
FAST, flash, sci-fi styled and on another planet, the Rezillos flew into punk’s slipstream like a flying saucer from a faraway universe. Their mash-up sonic sound of scything guitars, stabbing vocals and Marvel Comic lyrics found them instant fame
ST MARGARET’S Church in Hapton is hosting a Maundy Thursday meal with a difference. The church, in Manchester Road, will serve up fare based on a Jewish Passover meal. Joe Pendley will explain the significance of what is eaten and how it relates
A BLACKBURN girl used her charm and enthusiasm to win a place on a board of executive Little Leaders for a national play centre. Phoebe Reast-Jones, eight, was one of 10 children between five and eight selected to help create a new children’s menu
THE firefighters at Longridge Fire Station are holding a charity car wash on Sunday. The event will be staged at the Whittingham Road station from 10am to noon in aid of the Fire Fighters Charity.
IMPRESSED Blackburn boss Gary Bowyer hailed his in-form side’s rousing 2-0 home victory over high-flying QPR as their best and most complete performance of the season. Rovers made it back-to-back wins and stretched their unbeaten run to seven games
A TRAINEE chartered accountant is following in the tyre tracks of Jeremy Clarkson after deciding to prove the outspoken Top Gear presenter wrong. Dan Woods, who works for chartered accountants and business advisers Cassons, has had a lifelong passion
CLARETS keeper Tom Heaton said a wall of noise at Oakwell helped Burnley move a step nearer the Premier League. Almost 3,500 travelling fans swelled the away end at Barnsley, cheering their side to a 1-0 win and a 10th away game unbeaten. Heaton
DAVID Lloyd Health Club in Chorley will host several stalls and family activities on Saturday in aid of the NSPCC. The event will run from 10am to 3pm and is open to all. Entry on the door by donation.
A FORMER East Lancashire nurse has been accused by his professional watchdog of searching for indecent images of children online while he worked for a learning disability unit — despite being cleared by a crown court jury. Peter Dennis Davies,
Mark Briggs has been a real ale connoisseur for over 35 years. A self-professed ‘beer geek’, Mark visits East Lancashire’s pubs for his weekly column. Read of Mark’s adventures in ale at his blog realaleupnorth.blogspot.com or follow him on Twitter
A BALLET designed for young audiences comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre at the end of the month. The English National Ballet and the English National Ballet School will be presenting Coppelia as part of its My First Ballet series. The show
A CHORLEY man has used a Government scheme to turn dreams into reality after starting his own business as a chocolatier. Paul Williams, 42, started his own chocolate firm two years after he was made redundant from his 20-year career in the finance
THE austere words etched on Martin Hannett’s headstone read, ‘The Creator of the Manchester Sound.’ Two decades after his death, the mysterious and extraordinarily prolific Factory Records producer is to be remembered with a book, documentary and exhibition
LEADING Delta blues musician Corey Harris will be making a rare visit to the UK in May including a date in the Ribble Valley. He will be performing with his band at the Grand in Clitheroe on Saturday, May 17 as part of Arts Council England’s strategic
FRIDAY night live, an initiative to reinvigorate Blackburn’s night- time economy, gets under way on April 25 with a host of bands and solo artists playing in venues around the town centre. Northside, key members of the Manchester scene of the early
LEGENDARY folk rockers The Levellers will kick off the 2014 Ramsbottom Festival, headlining the popular Friday night slot. The Levellers are huge favourites on the British festival scene and their album, Levelling the Land, provided the Brighton
MILLWALL are set to cancel the loan spell of Blackburn Rovers striker DJ Campbell. The 32-year-old has scored two goals in nine appearances for the Lions since signing on loan until the end of the season from Rovers in January. Campbell was
JURORS in Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans' trial for rape and other sexual offences were due to return to Preston Crown Court today to continue considering their verdicts. Mr Justice Timothy King sent them out yesterday afternoon to decide whether
Applications for community funds from South Ribble Partnership can now be made. Voluntary, community or faith based groups in South Ribble may be eligible for a grant of up to £500. Since 2010, South Ribble Partnership has provided funding
MANY mums-to-be face the prospect of going through labour on their own, without a partner, or family member. But Amanda Chinery, of Bute Road, Shadsworth, Blackburn, works tirelessly to ensure women have someone to depend on. Now she has been
A SERIOUSLY slimmed-down council for Burnley is on the horizon once cuts worth £3m come into play, town hall bosses have warned. Council functions could be ‘out-sourced’ to the private sector and job losses have not been ruled out as the authority
A WOMAN who died after undergoing knee replacement surgery may have survived if medical staff had intervened earlier to treat a resulting infection, an inquest heard. Mary Agnes Goodwin, known as Agnes, died after developing abscesses following
A WOMAN seen with a Black-burn man an hour before he was killed on the M61 could hold vital information, police said. Officers investigating the coll- ision, in which 30-year-old Gary Wood died on his way home from a Tinie Tempah concert in Manchester
MATCH-WINNER Ashley Barnes declared it is down to Sean Dyche that Burnley have not lost their focus in their quest for automatic promotion. A win on Saturday at home to Middlesbrough could be enough to secure Premier League football next season
JASON Lowe has urged his Blackburn Rovers team-mates to keep a lid on their play-off expectations now they have clawed their way back into the race for the top six. Revitalised Rovers head to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday on the back of a seven-match
It is rare to have a race where all in the field won their previous race but that is what we have in the BetVictor sponsored 12f Handicap at Kempton Park this evening and all four have a realistic chance. Anglo Irish, who made it third time lucky
WICKETKEEPER batsman Liam Bedford has left Houldsworth Solicitors Ribblesdale League outfit Barnoldswick and moved into the Foster's Lancashire League with Enfield. The 23-year-old class act has returned to Dill Hall Lane after playing for Enfield
CHORLEY boss Garry Flitcroft is calling on the Magpies fans to roar them to promotion – starting with the Victory Park clash against Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday. The Magpies drew 2-2 with title rivals FC United on Tuesday night despite
ACCRINGTON Stanley have announced a four per cent rise in season ticket prices for the 2014/15 season. Stanley slashed prices dramatically to £192 for the current campaign and season tickets for next season will cost £200 before the early bird
Every day we test your sporting knowledge with our just for fun 10 to tackle... 1 Who was the last European player to win golf’s Masters tournament? 2 At which club did former Norwich boss Chris Hughton finish his playing career in 1993?
BLACKBURN Rovers kicked off a run of three under 18 Premier League home games with an impressive 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Tuesday. Scott Wharton and Stuart Callaway notched their first goals at under 18 level before Remirez Howarth netted
BLACKBURN Rovers are waiting to discover whether Dickson Etuhu has suffered a fresh injury setback. The midfielder limped off at the end of Tuesday’s 2-0 home win over QPR after his introduction as an 85th-minute substitute. Etuhu, who also
IT was a usual wild and windy day for the 150 entrants in the Nelson Wheelers’ Circuit of the Dales time trial on Sunday. The last rider to start James Gullen – who last year rode for the now defunct Barnoldswick based Hope Factory Racing road
IAN Wilkinson hopes Team Raleigh’s strong early-season form can help them claim overall victory in the two-day Tour of the Reservoir which takes place this weekend. Barnoldswick’s Wilkinson is a new recruit with the team for 2014 having joined
RAWTENSTALL’S Thomas Hamer is on world-record pace in the pool – as he bids for a medal in the British Championships this week. The 15-year-old is an S14 category swimmer – for athletes with learning difficulties – and smashed the 200m freestyle
RYAN Bennett will be targeting a medal when he gets his British Swimming Championship campaign under way today. The Chorley ace begins his bid for glory in the 100m backstroke heats this morning with a potential semi-final tonight. Bennett
A FORMER Blackburn Rovers footballer has been found guilty of making a homophobic gesture at a match while playing against one of his previous clubs. In the first case of this kind to reach court, Colin Kazim-Richards, 27, claimed he was bantering
One of the season's darker horses for top honours gets his campaign under way as Festival Theatre makes his seasonal reappearance in the Follow BetVictorRacing On Twitter Handicap at Kempton. Sir Michael Stoute's impeccably-bred colt was seen just
A man is in custody pending trial after an incident on the M65 which brought traffic to a standstill on Friday night. Kieran Joyce, 36, of Bolton Road, Abbey Village, is accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault of a constable
Lord Mayor of London Boris Johnson delighted fans when he visited Lancashire on a whistle-stop tour of the county. The blond beacon, who was in the area to bang the drum for the Tories, visited Shackerley (Holdings) Group, Euxton, which makes
TWO ‘massive’ Clarets fans survived an horrific three-vehicle motorway smash - and still saw the end of Burnley’s victory over Barnsley. The sisters were taken to hospital, along with three others travelling in the car, and despite whiplash injuries
Chorley Community Housing has recently funded uniforms, equipment and kits for the Chorley’s Angels community group through the neighbourhood fund. The group, all former members of St John Ambulance, was created due to the centralisation of St
