A GREAT HARWOOD man will be forced to pay for damage to his home because he tried to repair the damage himself. David Holden, 54, cut away part of his living room carpet at his Lewis Street home after a leak caused it to smell. Hyndburn Homes
THE owner of a site controversially approved for the building of 133 homes said work would ‘definitely’ start before the end of a two-year deadline. Blackburn with Darwen Council approved the plans for the site between Pole Lane and Spring Meadows
AN ambitious community project is finally set to start construction after a four-year struggle. The Whalley Community Hydro project has now officially secured enough money to start building work on the River Calder to provide energy for the surrounding
A ONE-TIME prolific crook went back to his old ways and raided his own doctor's surgery as well as a charity shop and a firm of Accrington solicitors, a court heard. Addict William McCann, 42, had gone 12 years without drugs after a year-long spell
Chorley Football Club will stage its annual Golf Day on July 15. Magpies manager Garry Flitcroft, and head coach and fellow Blackburn Rovers legend Matt Jansen will swop studs for spikes to help boost the club’s finances. The event will see
TEN-year-old Enola Halleron, like other girls her age, is already thinking about leaving primary school behind and embarking on a life of double maths and school proms when she starts high school. But for Feniscowles primary school pupil Enola, the
All the scores from the opening day... Brinscall v Brooksbottom Brooksbottom 104 (Lee Burgess 6-29) Brinscall 105-2 Brinscall won by eight wickets Cherry Tree v Baxenden Baxenden 184-8 (Mark Hadfield 5-32) Cherry Tree 136 (Mark
A FORMER Blackburn Rovers defender whose Alzheimer’s campaign was backed by a host of celebrities has died, aged 65. Frank Kopel player for Rovers from 1969 to 1972 and went on to become a legend for Dundee United. But six years ago, the former
All the scores from the opening day... Chorley v Preston Chorley 161 (W Moulton 41, S Dukanwala 4-33) Preston 116 (Sh Patel 50, K McCullagh 3-13) Chorley won by 45 runs Lancaster v Darwen Darwen 166 (A Mirza 72, J Cordingley 44,
COUNCIL officers will tackle dangerous parking near Pleasington Playing Fields after a new car park for 40 to 50 vehicles is built. It is to cope with growing numbers of people attending sports events there. As Blackburn with Darwen planning committee
A ‘MUSCULAR’ man crept under a pool table before launching an attack on a police officer. Blackburn magistrates heard burly Peter John Clark rugby tackled the officer to the floor and was saved from a ‘beating’ when a man came to his assistance
RIBBLESDALE High School pupil Adrian Daykin has been selected as the Ribble Valley’s youth MP. The 16-year-old from Clitheroe was chosen at a recent election event involving young people from local schools and colleges, elected members, parents and
A look at the opening day fixtures Accrington v Ramsbottom Accrington play their third game of a busy weekend as they begin their defence. Pro Ockert Erasmus has made an impact on the training field. Stuart Crabtree leads a team including Graham
King Of The Picts has performed admirably in top-class hurdle races this season and is fancied to make a winning return to the Flat in the totepool Musselburgh Gold Cup. Pat Shanahan’s five-year-old shaped well enough during a previous spell on
MAKING the decision to have her breasts and ovaries removed was the hardest thing Rachel White has ever done. Especially as the mother-of-two wasn’t suffering from any form of cancer or illness that needed a prompt reaction to save her life.
