THE family of Declan Edwards have thanked the ‘wonderful people’ of Burnley for their ‘truly amazing’ help in searching for the 16-year-old. Declan went missing on Sunday, May 4, after he was last seen by a friend in Towneley Park. During the
TOUGH new penalties for dog owners whose pets attack people have been welcomed by East Lancashire MPs. They follow a string of child fatalities involving canine savaging, including the February death of Blackburn toddler Ava-Jayne Marie Corless
A BUILDER from Darwen died after taking large amounts of paracetamol in a short space of time, an inquest heard. Raymond Terrence Baron, of Hilton Road, Darwen, was found dead at his home on January 4 by his friend, Patricia Brindle. Paramedics
FEARS about technology addiction should not overshadow the chance to learn, according to experts and teachers. However, parents are advised to take tablet computers away at bedtime in the wake of concerns that children are developing dependencies
THE BATTLE for Blackburn’s skies between a 72-year-old model aircraft enthusiast and the borough council was stepped up yesterday when he served legal papers on the town hall. Michael Parkinson is seeking injunctions against the council and Blackburn
A YOUNG footballer whose shining talent dwindled weeks before he was diagnosed with leukaemia has been told his dreams of playing for Manchester United are still intact. Joshua Almond, 11, is in remission, having undergone extensive treatment for
EAST Lancashire can look forward to some sunny and warm weather this week after days of torrential downpours and squally winds. The Met Office is predicting more settled weather for the region in the coming days, which should provide some respite
A PERVERT downloaded child porn on the day he was released from prison after serving a sentence for sex offences. Blackburn magistrates heard Patrick William Blackie admitted to police he fantasised about what he would like to do to the children
A DRIVER had a ‘lucky escape’ according to motorway police following a crash on the M65. The motorist only suffered scratches despite the red Fiat Punto leaving the carriageway and crashing into a fence. A panel on the fence missed smashing
EAST Lancashire’s museums will be offering late-night opening to encourage more people to step inside. Visitors can get close to beetles, pythons and fire-eaters at this year’s Festival of Wonders. The annual event, part of the Museums At Night
COLNE Dramatic Society has packed its Baggage for 2013-14, and is now inviting would-be actors to a party for its next season of plays. The Little Theatre-based company closed its season with the comedy Baggage last week and is now preparing for
Mellor Juniors FC Under 12s have been awarded the East Lancashire Football Alliance Sportsmanship Shield for the 2013/14 season. Each player received a medal at the presentation night held at the Canberra Club in Samlesbury, with the shield being
Blackburn Northern will be hosting a Sport England initiative at their clubhouse on Saturday morning. Juniors, girls and boys, of all ages will be able to watch and try hockey, tennis and squash. Youngsters are invited along to the taster sessions
Richard Taylor, the chairman of the Forty Club cricket team has presented a player of the match trophy to Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School. The Arthur Kerfoot trophy, named after the former groundsman of the East Lancashire Cricket Club, was given
ST Bede’s High School’s under 15s girls’ team will travel to Reading’s Madejski Stadium on May 21 to face Fullbrook School in the final of the PlayStation Cup. The Blackburn team have won a total of seven matches to reach the final of the national
GOLDEN eye Joe Grayson played through the pain barrier to fire Moorland School to a sensational cup double. Proud dad Simon Grayson, manager of Preston North End, saw Grayson junior keep his nerve from the penalty spot as the Clitheroe-based school
A CYCLIST was seriously hurt after being knocked off his bike during last evening rush hour. The man, 55, suffered serious head injuries after a collision with a silver BMW in Syke Street, close to Tesco in Haslingden at around 5.45pm last night
ST BEDE’S nearly made it a clean sweep of victories when the annual Blackburn and Darwen schools cup finals were held at Blackburn Rovers’ training base at Brockhall. The super Saints won four of the five finals in the end of season showpiece,
Local guide dog puppy walker, Mr and Mrs, Fred and Doris Milligan and their latest puppy Wyn, came in to College receive a cheque for the grand total of £976, on behalf of Guide Dogs. Funds have been raised through various efforts in the College
The Mill Lodge Hyndburn Bowling League Doubles Competition took place at Globe BC on Saturday – and despite the dreadful weather the competitors turned on the style. Gary Stevenson and Steve Townley took on Michael Opie and Steve Anderton in the
THE big semi final clash in the Orphanage Cup between Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council B and Great Harwood Windows fell victim to the weather on Friday night – and now they face a hectic schedule this week. The tie, scheduled to take place
Rimington 3 Ingleton 0 Craven Cup Final Rimington made it a hat-trick of Craven Cup wins and their ninth in 13 years, with a solid display at Skipton Town. The locals struggled to find any rhythm, over-hitting passes or looking the ‘glory
TOP Premier League referee Neil Swarbrick will grace Darwen’s WEC Anchor Ground on Sunday when he takes charge of a boys cup final. The Preston-based official, who was a late starter to life in the middle having not taken up the whistle until he
UPBEAT professional Chris Holt is sure Burnley will turn the corner soon – but admits there is a sense of frustration around Turf Moor after the pre-season title favourites lost their opening four Foster’s Lancashire League games. The 25-year-old is
Blessed Trinity 2 Unity 1 Keighley Cup Final TURF Moor heroes Marley Byrne and Jaydon Kenyon produced a late, late show to seal another Keighley Cup success for trophy kings Blessed Trinity. The Blessed Trinity pair left it late after opponents
TURF Moor staged another end of season celebration as Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School, based at Ightenhill, landed a stunning double. Wellfield boys carried off the historical Under 11 Hartley Cup while the girls also got in on the
Lancashire Wolverines celebrated their first win under head coach Simon Purcell with a 19-12 victory against Birmingham Bulls at Blackburn Rugby Club. Both teams traded early blows but it was the visiting Bulls who opened the scoring with a touchdown
Burnley Bobcats’ 15-year-old S14 swimmer Thomas Hamer, has been chosen to represent England at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Hamer, who is a Year 11 student at Alder Grange Community Technology School, Rawtenstall, competed during
Blackburn Centurions ASC were represented at the recent British Championships Swimming competition in Glasgow by a number of current and past members. The current member who represented the club was Anna Hopkin who trains in the Sprint group for
MORE than 20 Pioneer 79 Swimmers were in action at the Bolton Metro Easter Sprint Meet at Horwich Leisure Centre - and they shone with a host of personal bests. The Level 3 competition proved to be an excellent opportunity to produce some fine
After a busy winter of training, sailor James Grummett has been rewarded for all his hard work with a place on the RYA 29er UK Youth Squad and a place in the GB squad for the World Championships. By the end of October Grummett and his crew sealed
A FOUR-year-old from Clitheroe has been selected to represent the North West at the Face of the Globe annual beauty pageant in October. Poppy-Mai Dalby was crowned the Mini North West Face on Saturday at the heats in Chester. The Brookside Primary
A RIBBLE Valley charity shop has been made permanent following its success since being set up last year. The Longridge YMCA shop, in Berry Lane, was set up on a temporary basis six months ago but has now been told that it will remain open in the
THE Ribchester Museum Trust has organised a charity walk to mark its centenary year. ‘Operation Florian Cross Bay Walk 2014’ will take place on Sunday, June 8, from 1.30pm and will see walkers trek across Morecambe Bay from Arnside Promenade to
A FOOD poverty conference held at the weekend has been hailed as ‘extremely successful’. The conference was organised by the ecumenical group of Christians in Clitheroe, Clitheroe Christians in Partnership (CCP) and the Christian Aid and CAFOD
A LIGHT-hearted comedy about the complicated private life of a bookshop owner will be the next play performed by the Summerseat Players. The group will stage Haywire, by Eric Chappell, at the Theatre Royal, in Ramsbottom, with a preview show on
THE Britannia Coconutters will be performing at the annual Crown Affair, at the Crown Inn, in Greave Road, Bacup, on Sunday, July 6. The famous morris dancers will be beginning their dance at noon, and will perform alongside such groups as the
BLUEPRINTS have been unveiled for a new kitchen extension at a Ramsbottom school to meet new government legislation. Education officials say they need extra space at St Andrew’s CE Primary, in Nuttall Street, to meet the extra demand for free school
A BEER produced by the multi-award-winning Irwell Works Brewery, in Ramsbottom, is being served to MPs, and their guests, at the Strangers Bar, in the Palace of Westminster. The pale ale, called Britannia’s Best, is a renamed version of The Britannia
A FASHION designer with royal credentials has started her own clothing range for children after being inspired by the baby prince. East Lancashire’s Carrie-Ann Kay has designed her own selection of dungarees for little ones, after Prince George
ROSSENDALE and Pendle Mountain Rescue team is offering thrill-seekers the chance to abseil face forwards from Peel Tower. Volunteers can make the 122ft abseil on Saturday, July 12, and people can also meet the team, and explore their specialist
A TALENTED young artist, from Helmshore, has won a national colouring competition. Seven-year-old Theo Braithwaite beat thousands of other entries with his colourful Easter scene after his mum, Deborah, spotted a call for entries at Patricia’s
A NEW board member is being sought to oversee the affairs of one of East Lancashire’s busiest sporting organisations. Not only does Pendle Leisure Trust look after Wavelengths at Nelson, Pendle Leisure Centre in Colne and West Craven Leisure Centre
A PERFORMER dubbed ‘The Welsh Springsteen’ will be performing in Barnoldswick later this month. Martyn Joseph has recently returned from a tour of North America and Canada and on May 22 he will be in the Merlin Suite at Rolls-Royce Leisure, Skipton
CARLO’S Restaurant in Colne was forced to close on Friday evening due to a power cut. Joint owner Lesley Lionti, said: “The electricity was off all evening, so it was an absolute nightmare because we’ve obviously lost all those earnings. There
JUNIOR gardeners in Barnoldswick are joining members of the town’s In Bloom group to mark the organisation’s 2013 regional success. Barnoldswick in Bloom’s schools project won the category for Best Feature in a Public Place at the movement’s north-west
FRIENDS of a Colne man who died in March are taking on this weekend’s Manchester 10k in his honour. Peter Dutton, 60, died in Reedley’s Pendleside Hospice in March after battling a lung tumour. Now his son, Mark, has entered the race along
A UNIQUE designation for Pendle could be lost unless campaigners and traders rally round, council bosses have warned. Back in 2003 the borough is said to have become the first in the UK to be given Fairtrade accreditation. In the early days
AN interactive training seminar aimed at helping East Lancashire companies to consider expansion, diversification or new products takes place next month. Vision Into Action will be held at The Inn at the Station, Clitheroe, on Thursday, June 26
INCREASED fees for some adult learners in Lancashire are set to be cut after the higher fees were said to have led to a near-20 per cent drop in their numbers. Proposals endorsed by Lancashire County Council will see the charge for its community
EAST Lancashire residents have been reminded of an appeal to help research and record the history of county’s textile industry. Staff at Queen Street Mill are looking for budding archivists to assist in the task. The museum, at Harle Syke,
IAN Wilkinson’s bid for a fourth Tour Series triumph gets under way tonight when the 2014 series starts in Stoke. Barnoldswick’s Wilkinson was in the winning Team UK Youth squad last year having previously won the title with Halfords BikeHut in 2009
BLACKBURN Rovers will complete their pre-season preparations with a home clash against Mark Hughes’ Stoke City. Former Rovers boss Hughes will bring his Premier League outfit to Ewood Park on Sunday, August 3 for what will be Gary Bowyer’s side's
GARY Bowyer has expressed his delight after former Blackburn Rovers star Phil Jones was named in England’s World Cup squad. But Jones, who rose through the Rovers ranks under Bowyer before making a £16.5m move to Manchester United in June 2011,
SEAN Dyche knows he may have to be patient to get the players he wants for Burnley’s Premier League campaign – as he prepares himself for a busy summer. Dyche has started making recruitment plans after the Clarets secured their place in the top
A FUNDRAISING football match has been arranged to support the family of Burnley teenager Declan Edwards. Friends and family have continued to support Declan’s mum and dad Mandy and Christopher and have now arranged the charity game to raise funds
EAST Lancashire-based charity Child Action Northwest is gearing up for an annual fundraiser which dates back more than a century. Pound Day takes place at Oswaldtwistle Mills on June 8 from 10am to 4pm. The Blackburn-based charity restarted
A TEAM from a Burnley high school is to take on a 10k obstacle challenge in memory of a colleague. The Blessed Warriors, from Blessed Trinity RC college, will run for the Cliff Duerden Memorial Fund, which was set up after the sudden death of the
THE arrival of the Tour de France in Calderdale is set to be the central theme of this year’s Todmorden Carnival. Later this summer the route of the famous bike race will skirt around the edge of town, at Cragg Vale, and tourism chiefs have been
VISITORS to Thompson Park were treated to a glimpse of a model Burnley Corporation Tramways tram. Mayor of Burnley Frank Cant rode the model train, which was given the number 74. The last tram, the number 73, stopped running more than 79 years
EXTRA bus services have been pledged by an East Lancashire bus operator as a rival is to withdraw a well-known service through Burnley and Pendle. Skipton-based Pennine Motors will no longer trade as a bus company from Friday, blaming increased
I once attended a wedding reception in this fine old church back in 1966 and the place was beautiful inside and out and when l see this cruel theft of an historic organ from 1804, it is heartbreaking and it can never be replaced and the thieving beggars
re: Blackburn metal thieves strip gothic church organ When I was a little girl I lived on Mount pleasant and our front door faced the church. Very sad that these historic items were stolen but why was the church not either protected or in use?
RE: Blackburn Museum's special First World War exhibition. Around 800 000 British service personnel died in the First World War, along with more than 200 000 from other parts of the British Empire. Overall, around 15 million people are thought
RE: Next stage of pothole work in Blackburn and Darwen unveiled, what has happened to the money for the roads upkeep? Where has it gone? The roads are in this state from before the recession. And what happens in the future when this debt
RE Burnley councillor calls for clampdown on speeding, I would like the police to demand the council and councillors deliver on their promises, I think I'll sue. Mikeee47 20 mph speed limits are ignored all over. Nobody seems to care – 80 per cent
Having just spent a few weeks in Blackburn Royal Hospital undergoing major surgery I would like to say that I have not got a single complaint about my treatment. Each member of staff from surgeons, doctors, all nursing staff, auxiliaries and cleaning
OUR railways and roads are the arteries which pump East Lancashire’s economic heartbeat which, in turn, brings trade and creates jobs. So to have an improved train line with enough rolling stock to transport commuters to and from a major urban
RESIDENTS have been reminded that access to instructor-led Swimfit sessions is now included in all Burnley Borough Council’s health and fitness ‘CLEAR’ memberships. The programme provides units with laminated session cards to allow users to choose
MORE than 100 people took part in the first Pendle parkrun on Saturday. The event, to take place each Saturday at 9am, involves two laps around Alkincoats Park, in Colne, which total 5km. The run starts at Holt House and is free. Anyone wanting
A NURSING team which provides support to families in East Lancashire has won national recognition for offering ‘excellent placements for students’. Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s children and family team for Pendle North scooped a national
RESIDENTS are being warned not to turn washing machines on while in bed or out of the house after police attended a house fire involving electrical goods. A spokesman for Colne and West Craven Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “West Craven police
A 21-Year-old man is facing jail, after admitting a string of child sex and porn offences at Burnley Crown Court. Robert Gyles Court, of Salterforth Road, Earby, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault by penetration and one count of sexual activity
POLICE are reminding people that canvassers for the Air Ambulance Lottery will be recruiting new members in Ramsbottom this week. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police’s Bury North Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “This week there are going
PLANS to convert an 18th century mill, in a Ribble Valley village, to a hotel are expected to be voted on by councillors in the next few weeks. The application, which was submitted to the borough council earlier this year by Stephen Chicken, from
AN introduction to sacred images, symbols and crystals is set to take place in Bacup early next month. John Quigley will be hosting a workshop at the ABD Centre in Burnley Road, on Saturday, June 7, giving an insight into a number of ancient crafts
HAPPY Mondays star Bez will be playing an intimate gig in the Rawtenstall on Friday. Bez will be playing a DJ set at Cafe Artisan, in Bury Road. The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, who recently announced his intention to stand for MP
PARENTS with children at Casterton Primary School have been reminded about uniform discipline. A spokesman for the school, in Thames Avenue, Burnley, said a growing number of children had been arriving for class in trainers and other ‘unacceptable
A LAPTOP holding irreplaceable family photographs has been stolen from a home in Colne, leaving the owners ‘devastated’. The computer was snatched in a burglary in the Langroyd area overnight on Thursday. Police have launched an appeal to retrieve
WORK has begun on a £4m development to build 46 new homes in Pendle. Developer Mulbury Homes said the mix of two and three-bedroom houses would ‘revitalise’ a vacant 2.3 acre site, off Valley Road, Barnoldswick. The scheme was granted planning
A RISHTON resident is being terrorised by stone-throwing yobs. ‘Unknown offenders’ are targeting the resident, in Bridgefield Close, said police. They have been throwing items, including stones, at the home, which has had one of its windows
A ‘VULNERABLE’ pensioner was burgled after he was duped into letting conmen inside. Two men called at the elderly resident’s home, in Moss Street, Great Harwood, at around 3pm on Friday. After claiming they were workmen there to repair his
TRADERS and businesses in Hyndburn are being urged to join the Chamber of Trade in a bid to improve trading conditions in the borough. Any trader in Hyndburn can join the Chamber, which holds meetings at Scaitcliffe House, in Ormerod Street, Accrington
PLANS for a wind turbine in Green Haworth have been submitted to the council. The 14.75-metre mast will be installed at Victoria Cottage, in Friar Hill, if planners give the go-ahead. The Ministry of Defence has previously objected to plans
IT only takes the appearance of a few rays of sunshine to make us assess our perceived beauty deficiencies. Too pale, too flabby, too dry, too peaky – we really are too brutal with ourselves. For beauty maybe in the eye of the beholder, but it’
AN ‘affordable housing’ development on the site of an old church in Great Harwood has moved a step closer. Following consultation with residents, MCI Dev-elopments has lodged plans with Hyndburn Council to build nine two and three- bedroom homes
AUTHOR Maggie Grimshaw, who recently released her debut novel Surf Over Sand, spoke to year seven and eight students at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy during a visit. Mrs Grimshaw, who is originally from Darwen, talked about her experiences
EXPANSION plans at two properties in Hoddlesden have been knocked back. Neighbours Simon Rackley and Carol Hobson, of O’er The Bridge, both put plans in to Blackburn with Darwen Council, but the plans were refused by planning officers under delegated
CAT rescue charity Moggies hosts its May fair at Derwent Hall in George Street, Darwen, on Saturday, from 10am to 2pm. There will be a host of stalls selling items such as handbags, silk scarves, hand-knitted items, cushions and more. There
TWO new courses will be on offer to students at Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio School from this September. Each equivalent to two GCSEs, the BTECs in business and in creative media production are designed around the needs of employers and fit
THE football season is all but over - but fear not - it's nearly time to watch Roy Hodgson's men battle their way to glory in Brazil. We hope... 1. STREET PARTY! When Wills and Kate got hitched, the whole nation came together to celebrate
A LOCAL councillor has welcomed the news that roads in the Sunnyhurst area of Darwen are to be resurfaced. Coun Dave Smith was responding to an announcement from Blackburn with Darwen Council that Earnsdale Avenue had been added to roads set to
AFTER six years of raising cash for cancer charities in memory of her dad, Caitlin Jones has a new cause to get her teeth into. The 18-year-old fundraiser hosted a tombola at Saturday’s Darwen Day event in the town centre to help dental charity
BLACKBURN and District Model Aircraft Club has given another £630 to Derian House Children’s Hospice. Several committee members visited the Chorley centre for youngsters with terminal and life-limiting illnesses to hand over the cheque. Derian
BLACKBURN Rovers Ladies’ final game of the season away to Preston will now take place tomorrow. The Women’s Premier League Northern Division clash is at the UCLan Sports Arena (7.30pm).
aBLACKBURN Market this month adds live music to live cookery demonstrations in a bid to boost visitor numbers. After the successful spring launch of its kitchen and cooking shows, there will now be a regular musical entertainment showcase.
BLACKBURN Rovers Ladies rising star Keira Walsh has been selected for a three-day England Women’s U19s training camp. The 17-year-old, who has scored three goals in nine appearances for Rovers this season, will join up with the Three Lions squad on May
I AM quite surprised, amazed even, at the very many times when in conversation, people start their sentence with 'Do you remember when...’ I hear it so often that I am beginning to think that it is an age thing, and it made me wonder. Could it
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has announced the dates of his surgeries for this week and next. On Friday they will be from 3pm to 4pm at Ivy Street Community Centre and from 4.30pm to 5.30pm at Audley Community Centre. The surgery on Saturday will
A FESTIVAL of poetry will take place in Blackburn at the weekend. The Gujurati Association UK is holding a grand mushaira on Sunday at the Bangor Street Community Centre. The event is free to attend and begins at 7pm. Guest of honour will
A LECTURER hopes her research will help the battle against obesity after presenting her dissertation at The British Psychological Society Conference. Audrey Spencer, 42, studied at University Centre at Blackburn College and found that food labelling
A CHARITY that works with disabled children is hoping to raise funds with a table top sale. The AllTogether Club has organised the sale to be held on Saturday, May 31 from 10am to 2pm at the West End Club in Clayton Street, Blackburn. They
A SHADSWORTH man has been ordered to pay a total of £445 after failing to dispose of rubbish properly. Andrzej Jazef Heleniak, who lives in Brodick Road, Blackburn, was fined £125 for dumping his rubbish in black bags in a pathway off nearby Rothesay
FORMER Burnley star Jay Rodriguez has congratulated three of his Southampton team-mates on selection for England’s World Cup squad – as he makes his recovery from the injury that ended his own dream. Rodriguez made his England debut in November and had
LAURA Massaro believes she is not under any extra pressure as she bids to become the first British woman to defend the Allam British Open in 55 years. The world number two from Chorley lifted the title last year – ending 21 years without a home winner
AN academic has been awarded a prestigious international fellowship. The University of Central Lancashire, which has a Burnley Campus, is celebrating after a member of staff was named the winner of the ninth annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship.
A SCHOOL in Haslingden is opening a teacher training course for talented graduates choosing a career in the classroom. Tor View Community Special School is calling for applications for its latest teacher training programme from the most able graduates
TWIN Valley Homes apprentice painter and decorator Kyle Catterall has scooped another top award at the Regional Skillsbuild finals. The Accrington and Rossendale College student came first in the senior painting and decorating section regionals
AN apprentice at a prestigious hotel in the Ribble Valley has been crowned Lancashire Young Chef of the Year. Danny Young claimed the title after a cook-off against four other rising culinary stars. The 20-year-old, who has been at Michelin
A 24-YEAR-OLD man who could not accept the relationship with the mother of his children was over became violent towards her as he tried to take her mobile phone. Blackburn magistrates heard as Steven McDougall was attacking his former partner one
A 15,000-signature petition to ban ‘cat killing’ anti-freeze has drawn the support of the RSPCA and TV vet Marc Abraham. It is estimated that tens of thousands of cats die in agony each year after ingesting the poisonous liquid and campaigners
SINGER Diana Vickers hit the red carpet at the weekend for the premiere of the latest Hollywood blockbuster. The 22-year-old former pupil of Westholme School, Blackburn, attended the European premiere of Godzilla at the Odeon Leicester Square in
PLANS to convert an 18th century mill, in a Ribble Valley village, to a hotel are expected to be voted on by councillors in the next few weeks. The application, which was submitted to the borough council earlier this year by Stephen Chicken, from
THERE are four more free NHS Health Checks available for residents of Blackburn with Darwen this month. They are at: Waves Water Fun Centre, Blackburn, on Thursday, from 9.30am-3.50pm The DW Sports and Fitness Club, in Haslingden Road, Guide, on
VOLUNTEERS from Haslingden Civic Pride cleared six bags of litter from the town on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the group said: “It was very wet and windy. I was not sure if anyone would turn up, but two folks surprised me. We mainly did The Orchard
THE search is continuing for a 51-year-old man missing with his pet terrapin for more than a month. Trevor Whitehead was last seen in Accrington on April 9. Mr Whitehead, who works as a customer adviser at the Barnoldswick branch of the Skipton
A RIBBLE Valley primary school’s admissions policy has been branded ‘unduly restrictive’ by a leading borough councillor. Coun Terry Hill criticised Whalley CE Primary School’s position to favour children who attend the parish church over other
A FATHER-of-three who has defied doctors and lived with bowel cancer for two years has begun an ambitious attempt to run six mar-athons in six months. Ben Ashworth, 35, is in the middle of chemotherapy for the terminal disease, having already surpassed
A FUNDRAISING family fun day will be held for ‘Lolo’s wheels’, a campaign launched to buy an electric wheelchair for a 10-year-old girl with a rare enzyme disorder. Charity Whizz Kidz has promised Enola Halleron, who has mucopolysaccharidoses (
DEMOLITION of St Mary’s House will begin later this week in preparation for work starting on the Clergy Court, the next stage of Blackburn’s Cathedral Quarter development. Borough regeneration director Brian Bailey will tell Blackburn with Darwen
A GUIDED walk though Blackburn based on a best selling book set in the town returns this weekend. Tour guide and local historian Simon Entwistle has organised Nab End tours based on the book The Walk To Nab End, by William Woodruff. It will begin
HUNDREDS of people attended a ‘Lads v Dads’ charity football match at Old Blackburnians football ground, in Lammack Road. The match was a draw at 5-5 with man of the match awarded to Daryl Dean. Proceeds of the event, held over the weekend, are
LANCASHIRE County Council leader Jenny Mein has rejected claims the authority’s attempts to lose 2,500 staff through voluntary redundancy are doomed to fail. A union official has claimed compulsory job losses are inevitable. So far only 300
HASLINGDEN High School is linking up with Rossendale Valley Junior FC to bring junior football camps to Lancashire in the school holidays. The camps will be open to girls and boys, aged between 4 and 14, and be run by qualified coaches at the school
BURNLEY will put season tickets back on sale this morning – with a rise in price of up to 50 per cent for those who missed the early bird deadline. The Clarets initially froze prices when they put season tickets on sale in late February, when it
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was left with cuts and bruises after he was attacked by a driver as he walked home from school. The youngster was walking in Manchester Road, Hapton, when a black BMW sped past him and overtook another vehicle. When the Shuttleworth
A ‘PREDATORY’ man has been jailed for abducting two teenage girls and sexually assaulting one of them. There were dramatic scenes in court as the father of one of the victims stood up during the hearing and shouted: “He has destroyed my family.
A SIX-month wait for a train after the completion of a long-awaited railway line has been labelled ‘absurd’ by critics. Work to reinstate the 500-metre Todmorden Curve is almost complete but regular rail services are not due to start until at least
It would be a disappointment if Mattmu (2.30) couldn’t go one better at Beverley than when runner up at Doncaster last month on debut for Tim Easterby although the yard, at the time of writing, have only had one winning juvenile so far this term.
Every day we test your sporting knowledge with our just for fun 10 to tackle... 1 Which US city has an NFL team nicknamed the Rams? 2 How old was Luke Shaw when Ashley Cole made his England debut in March 2001? 3 Which two teams will compete
Alan Swinbank and Ben Curtis teamed up for a four-timer at Thirsk on Saturday and hold strong claims of another good day in Yorkshire with Stanarley Pic at Beverley. Having shared the Irish apprentice jockey title with Joseph O'Brien and Gary Carroll
BLACKBURN Rovers captain Grant Hanley has been called up to the Scotland squad for their international friendly with Nigeria at Fulham’s Craven Cottage on May 28. But there is no place in Gordon Strachan’s 28-man squad for Hanley’s Rovers team-mates
A 'HIGH-risk' paedophile got a job in a Nelson town centre shop and groomed children, after keeping his sordid past a secret from the owner, a court heard. Gavin Shaw, 54, has served a string of jail terms for attacks on youngsters, going back
