TEN-MAN Accrington Stanley slipped to the bottom of the League Two table after a heavy defeat at Shrewsbury Town. Stanley, who had already lost their opening two league matches, were behind in the seventh minute when keeper Luke Simpson saw his
BLACKBURN Rovers have made once change for tonight’s Championship clash at Norwich City. Lee Williamson has been brought back into the side at the expense of Josh King who drops to the bench. Williamson’s recall means Tom Cairney will switch from
A NEW £3.5million community hub is to be built at Blackburn’s Shadsworth Estate. Twin Valley Homes (TVH) has announced plans for the new Shadsworth Enterprise Centre, on and area of Ballantrea Road, Ayre Road and Rothesay Road. It will remove
BLACKBURN Rovers’ attempts to give their supporters the chance to watch tonight's Carrow Road clash from Ewood Park have been rejected by Norwich City. As part of a new broadcasting initiative by the Football League supporters have been offered
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital following a collision. The incident on Coal Clough Lane in Burnley saw a collision between a motorbike and a car just after 4pm today. Police say the biker was taken to hospital following the incident
FIGURES show girls are still in the minority in physics and maths in spite of the subjects becoming more popular. Education and political figures show girls’ A Level choices locally reflect the national problem of only 20 per cent female physics
MARKUS Olsson’s twin brother may play for Norwich City but there is no chance the in-form Blackburn Rovers defender will be privy to insider information ahead of tonight’s Carrow Road encounter. That is because Martin Olsson, who left fellow left back
Burnley & Pendle 36 Runcorn 10 Burnley and Pendle’s final game of the summer season ended in a well-deserved victory against Runcorn. The much bigger Runcorn side started strongly with the forwards carrying the ball with purpose into the
SYDNEY Street claimed the glory of the Great Harwood and District Bowling League’s Leonard Whittaker Cup as they edged past Mercer Park to take the crown. The Division One strugglers had just enough to see off the Division Two promotion hopefuls
BARRY Bolton is a purposeful, friendly and energetic man. The handshake is firm and talking to him you sense a huge enjoyment of his career which he wants to share. Born and bred in the village, he was the greenkeeper at Stonyhurst Park Golf
BURNLEY United continued there good start to the season with a 2-1 victory over Fleetwood Hesketh. United remain among the early season pace setters as goals from Steve Riley and Danny Russell secured all three points against Hesketh who replied
IN the year East Lancashire look back and celebrate its 150th anniversary, the club’s talented young Second XI showed the future also looks bright. The Alexandra Meadows club has arranged a series of events to mark the special occasion - now they
THE pupil takes on the master when the Foster’s Golden Cue competition reaches its climax on Sunday. The winner of the large table and small table events will battle it out at Ighten Leigh Social Club for the right to be crowned overall champion
THE Lancashire Football Association has started a scheme to attract the next Rachel Brown-Finnis to the game. The county governing body has launched a ‘Girl’s United’ Mini Soccer programme in the hope of developing new talent. The programme
COLNE swimming star Philip Croxhall was left flying the flag for East Lancashire when the 15th FINA World Masters Championships took place in Montreal, Canada at the Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex. The two-week event synchronized swimming and
JOSE Mourinho allowed himself the briefest of fist pumps, then calmly turned and retreated to his bench. He had just witnessed brilliance, but perhaps that was what he always expected from this Chelsea team. In an instant the visitors had put
You wouldn’t find them knitting at the Nou Camp or a how about a ball hitting a sheep at Lords – but that is why I love amateur sport so much. I’ve just returned from two weeks holiday and was presented with these two cracking photos from our snappers
A GINNEL that runs close to two national supermarket chains in Darwen town centre has been labelled a ‘health risk’ after a resident saw a rat nearby. Piles of rubbish has built up in Back Market Street, which runs between School Street and Union
A DAD who brandished a foot-long carving knife at the mother of his child has been spared jail. Burnley Crown Court was told how part-time window cleaner Martin Carroll, 32, told his on/ off partner Jordan Greenwood that he would stab her if she
A TEENAGER is reaching for the skies with her ambition to become a pilot – and has already clocked up hours at the controls of several planes. Rachael Bottomley, 19, from Feniscowles, is determined to break into the traditionally male dominated
ATTICUS Finch, Harper Lee’s fictional hero in To Kill a Mockingbird, never delivered a pre-match pep-talk to a dressing-room full of Premier League stars, but his words on courage suggest he might have made a decent fist of it. “It’s about when you’
MEMBERS of the Lancashire Young Farmers group cycled a 300 mile round tip to visit all 18 club rooms in the county in three days. The youngsters were raising money for research into Alpers Syndrome, a progressive neurological disorder. The
BLACKBURN’S Linden House Care Home is set to almost double in size if councillors approve a major extension on Thursday. Owner Krista Khistria wants to turn the 20-plus year old premises in Shadsworth into a complex with 22 specialist dementia
ACCRINGTON Stanley may be suffering a repeat of last year’s slow start to the season, but assistant manager Paul Stephenson hopes one win will again transform the club’s fortunes. The Reds had been determined to commence the new campaign in strong fashion
A RAILWAY bridge is affecting the tourism industry in the Ribble Valley because it’s too low, a community campaigner says. Simon Entwistle, 58, from Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe, says coaches can’t fit under the 11ft 6in bridge over Waddington Road
A SERIES of new shelters are currently in the pipeline to protect an animal sanctuary’s equine friends – come rain or shine. Proposals have been drawn up by trustees for four new horse shelters for Bleakholt, off Bury Road, Edenfield, to replace
HITMEN Danny Ings and Jordan Rhodes will go head to head for one of the big prizes at the 2014 Northwest Football Awards. Blackburn Rovers striker Rhodes and Burnley forward Ings have been nominated for the Championship player of the year award. Rhodes
SUPPORTERS of the Yorkshire Dales Mining Museum at Earby fear it will close and its unique collection scattered following the ending of an annual grant. The museum, housed in the listed former Earby Grammar School or Robert Windle Free School,
I HAVE just eaten a beautiful bacon butty. Is beautiful the right descriptive word, or should it be tasty, or succulent? No, definitely not, because the way I feel about my bacon butties is that they are definitely and always beautiful! And
EAST Lancashire’s first death cafe has organised a trip to a crematorium for people who want to know more about how they work. Geoff Cheeseman, who started the Pendle death cafe in November last year, said that there were still a lot of myths around
PROMOTERS of one of Burnley’s largest-ever dance music events have promised to come back bigger and better after impressing crowds at Towneley Park. More than 1,000 people braved temperamental weather conditions to watch K-Klass, Rob Tissera and
GARY Lineker used his Twitter account to offer some consolation to the Clarets. “It will get easier after this game, Burnley,” he wrote sympathetically. With a trip to Swansea on Saturday and Manchester United up next at a Turf Moor there would be plenty
THE Clarets were welcomed back to the big time last night as fans declared to the world their pride in ‘Our Turf’. As the players made their way on to the pitch for the first Premier League game of the season against mighty Chelsea, supporters
THE chief executive of Nelson communications giant Daisy Group has indicated he could make a £466million bid to take over the company. Matthew Riley, who founded Daisy Communications Ltd in 2001, has formed a consortium with fellow shareholders
SONGS connected with the First World War will be performed in Accrington today. The Truce Choir will perform them at the town’s library in St James' Street from 10am to 11am. For more information call 01282 421986.
BUDDING artists will have the chance to design their own Bollywood poster this week. Haworth Art Gallery in Manchester Road, Accrington, will host a design event on Thursday from 1pm to 3pm. For more information call 01254 233782.
A SCHOOLGIRL from Milnshaw used her skill of making loom bands to help raise money for a local charity. Cori Whittaker, 11, contacted local councillor Paul Cox after reading he had completed a charity cycle ride in aid of the Accrington Blind Society
COUNCILLORS in the borough will walk around Accrington wearing blindfolds to experience being blind. Coun Jenny Nedwell, a blind councillor representing Labour in the Overton ward, arranged for a team from Guide Dogs to do an information session
HYNDBURN’S Labour MP has accused Israel of becoming ‘dangerously right wing’. Graham Jones said he was on a UN trip in 2012 when he saw Palestinian homes being bulldozed for ‘no reason’, how Palestinian farm land had been stolen, and how people
Comedian Freddie ‘Parrotface’ Davies will top the bill at the next afternoon variety show at Darwen Library Theatre, it has been announced. Davies, who this year published his autobiography 50 years after first appearing on BBC’s ‘Opportunity Knocks
PUB licensee Matt Worden has responded to comments from Darwen councillor Paul Browne. Coun Browne told the Lancashire Telegraph that pub closures were inevitable as people’s drinking habits changed and added that the pubs that were good enough
NEW Methodist Church in Blackburn Road, Darwen, is staging a summer fair on Bank Holiday Monday from 10.30am to 1.30pm, featuring stalls, refreshments and food.
NEIGHBOURHOOD police in Earcroft have announced the date of their next Police And Communities Together (PACT) meeting. It will be at Earcroft Children’s Centre in Monton Road on Thursday, September 4 from 6.30pm.
RESIDENTS in Accrington met local police officers in Perth Street to discuss crime. PC Wilson and PCSO Skoczen braved the rain to attend Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting.
ASBESTOS has been left on the site of a flattened Rishton mill. The substance, which can be extremely harmful if inhaled, is ‘not understood to be harmful unless it is disturbed’, Coun Ken Moss said. “However, this constitutes a blighted site
DARWEN Tory MP Jake Berry will meet local entrepreneurs in North Turton at 5pm today. Then from 6.30 to 9pm he will hold a ‘Meet Your MP’ session at the Chetham Arms in Chapeltown. Meanwhile, Thursday sees Mr Berry in Earcroft to meet a group
NUMBER 39 Hopstar Brewery Tap in Bridge Street, Darwen, will host an acoustic open mic night on Thursday, from 9pm, with special guest Graham ‘Bear’ Philipson.
AFC Darwen’s midweek North West Counties First Division match against Holker Old Boys at the WEC Group Anchor Ground tomorrow night has been postponed as Holker are in a cup replay tonight. Football fans in the town can cheer on their local side when
CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School has congratulated their students who received their A- level results on Thursday. The school said that 68 per cent of all results were graded A* to B - and that 12 per cent of all results were graded at A*, the school
THIS year’s Ribble Valley Mod Weekender will be staged from September 26. The event, which will be held for three days, will include live acts, scooter riding and merchandise and food stalls. Among the venues involved include Clitheroe pubs
THE Young at Heart group is to meet on Wednesday, August 20, at the Pendle Club in Lowergate, Clitheroe, from 2pm to 4pm. Meetings cost £2.50 per session, with another due on Wednesday, August 27. For further details call 01200 453073.
THE next Dementia Cafe session will be held on Thursday in Rawtenstall. Annie Peaches in Lambert Mill will host the event from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The group was set up for people with dementia and their families and carers. The sessions are
ROSSENDALE Tory MP Jake Berry will be busy this week. He will start work early today when he holds a ‘Parliamentary Workshop’ for children across the Valley at St Mary’s Primary School in Rawtenstall. Tomorrow Mr Berry will be holding street
A WOMEN’S clothes party will be held at the Crown and Thistle pub in Roman Road, Hoddlesden, on Friday from 7pm. There will be a selection of clothes by Bridie, made in Italy and France, upstairs in the pub, with a raffle. All proceeds will be donated
THE Chipping Agricultural Show will take place on Saturday at the Showground in Longridge Road. The event will include cattle, sheep, poultry, horses and ponies, a dog show, baby show and rural crafts. For more information call 01995 61221.
ARCHERY sessions are to be held at Mrs Dowsons, the Clayton-le-Dale ice cream farm. The events will be staged every Saturday until September 6. They have been organised with Blackburn Archery and there will be professional instructors. The sessions
RAWTENSTALL Library has basic computer classes running every day until August 26. For details call 0300 303 1234.
A Help Direct Drop In Session will he held today at Haslingden Library. The free fortnightly event will be held from 10.30am to 12.30pm. It is a sign posting service to help people with information, support, and guidance around different matters.
A ‘Kids Rock’ session will be held at St Anne's Church, Edgeside, on Thursday, September 11. It will be staged from 1.30pm to 2.30pm and cost £2 per family.It will include musical experiences for children under five-years-old.
MOUNTAINEER Doug Scott will give a talk in Ramsbottom on October 2 about his experiences in becoming the first Briton to master one face of Mount Everest. The legendary mountaineer will deliver a presentation at the Theatre Royal, in Smithy Street
A CLEAN-UP operation will be carried out in Whitworth after travellers left tyre tracks and piles of litter on a public field. A number of caravans parked on Leavengreave Sports Pitch on August 1 and left the area on Wednesday after Rossendale
POLICE officers in Nelson are appealing for witnesses after a 73-year-old man died following a collision in a supermarket car park yesterday. The man was driving a blue Honda Jazz car into the Nelson Morrisons car park at around 10:45am on Monday
THE 2014 Pendle Walking Festival is set to start on Saturday, August 30, and run until Sunday, September 7. During the festival there will be 70 walks to take part in across Pendle. For more information call 01282 661963.
PENDLE residents turning 40 this year are encouraged to sign-up for a special project in the borough. The council is running the Forty@Forty project to celebrate its own birthday. Coun Joe Cooney, leader of Pendle Council, said: “Forty@Forty
A TAI chi group takes place tomorrow at the Grassroots Centre, at St Philip’s Church, in Leeds Road, Nelson, from 1.30 to 2.30pm. It is for all abilities and costs £2.50.
HOSPITAL bosses have begun a clamp down on bed sores as part of a bid to deliver ‘harm free care’. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to serious pressure ulcers, with 12 wards now exploring new ways to
ROADS in Barnoldswick and Earby are set to have ‘structural repairs’ carried out in the next few weeks, Skipton Road in Barnoldswick and Bleara Road in Earby will have the repairs carried out together with several quieter roads in the area. Coun
PLANS to erect two 100kw wind turbines which will be 35 metres high at Moor Isles Farm, in Woodend Road, Reedley, have been submitted to Pendle Council.
GENTLE exercise classes for the elderly, backed by Age UK, take place at the Whitefield Centre in Nelson on Thursdays from 10am until noon, For more details call 01282 442528.
UNUSED land at Cliffe Street, Nelson, could be turned into a play area for children after Pendle Council unveiled plans for the work. Planning officers will now have to rubber-stamp the scheme, which will also include seating, planting and a boundary
A HIGH school is encouraging students and parents to find out more about their sixth form. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy is still taking applications for the sixth form at their Suddell Road base in Darwen. To find out more visit the website at
NEW students headed to UCLan can get updates and invitations to events on the university’s Twitter feed. The university, which has a Preston and Burnley campus is putting out special updates on Twitter over the next 28 days regarding ‘welcome week’
WARNINGS of a dip in GCSE results persist in spite of recently stable A Level grades. Schools are said to be stil preparing for exam disappointment next week amid predictions of a dip in grades. Experts are also predicting a rise in the number
THE BURNLEY and District Services’ Club holds a quiz night every Wednesday from 7.30pm at Plumbe Street Miners’ Club, in Burnley. This club is for people who are ex members of the Armed Forces and also ex-members of the police, fire and ambulance
A QUARTER of patients were left waiting to be transported to hospital. North West Ambulance Service has failed to meet a key performance target so far this year, The trust responded to just 73.6 per cent of ‘Red 1’ calls within eight minutes between
POLICE are to increase patrols around Bracewell Street, in Barnoldswick, after complaints of anti-social behaviour in the area were made by local residents.
A JOB club organised by the charity Christians Against Poverty takes place on Friday, from 10am to noon, at St John’s Church Centre, in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson. Specialist support to help with all aspects of job- seeking will be available.
A HEADTEACHER has praised pupils who have helped orphans in India. St Christophers CofE High School in Accrington has been supporting the Indian Christian Mission Centre in southern India and raised over £15,000 with school events. Headteacher Richard
A BID to close the gap between rich and poor is under way from an educational alliance. Employers, teachers' organisations and children's charities make up The Fair Education Alliance who are set to narrow the gap in literacy and maths between rich
A record number of students have had their university places confirmed, figures from admissions body Ucas show. The number of students with places at UK universities for this autumn now stands at 412,170, up 3% on the same point in 2013. The figure
BURNLEY Mechanics will host a CAMRA Beer Festival next month. The Manchester Road venue will hold the event from Thursday, September 4, for three days. It will be open from noon to 11pm each day and include more than 80 real ales, ciders, fruit
A GIRLS’ group for anyone aged over 11 is held at Brierfield Action in the Community each Monday. The group has a range of activities and it is also a chance to meet new friends. They meet at the centre in Colne Road, Brierfield from 4.30pm
POLICE in the Queensgate area of Burnley have announced the new local priorities. The neighbourhood policing team is led PC Martyn Hargreaves. The team has said that drug dealing around Latham, Rylands and Edmund Street will be targeted.
Jonathon Royal, 21, of Fraser Street, Burnley, appeared before Burnley Magistrates Court, accused of an alleged “unprovoked attack,” on his ex-girlfriend's partner. He denied assault causing actual bodily harm, on August 12. The magistrates decided
THE Burnley branch of the Alzheimer’s Society will hold their next meeting on September 10. Angie Connelly, the patient and carer experience involvement co-ordinator will be attending to gather feedback and suggestions to pass on to the mental
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson will hold a ‘supermarket surgery’ this weekend to give shoppers the chance to raise their concerns with him. On Sunday, the Tory backbencher will bring his advice session to Sainsbury’s in Colne between 1pm and 4pm.
A NORTHERN Soul afternoon will be staged on Sunday, August 24 from 2pm at Burnley Miners in Plumbe Street. It will include resident DJs Bo and Bob.
THE fourth annual Burnley Canal Festival will be staged from Saturday, August 23. It will be centred around the Inn on the Wharf in Manchester Road from 11am to 4pm. The event will also be staged on Sunday and Monday from the same times. There
A VAN driver escaped unharmed after he drove straight over a roundabout near Hapton yesterday. Fire, police, and ambulance crews were called to Accrington Road at 9.35am after the incident, which left glass strewn across the road. The county
MARKETING workshops are being held in Burnley for charities and voluntary, community or faith organisations. The workshops are hosted by CANWe Solutions, the business division of Child Action Northwest and run in October. They aim to give participants
FAMILIES are invited to join Pendleside Hospice’s new family-friendly ‘Little Hospice Heroes’ on Sunday. Hundreds of children are expected to walk a three-mile route around Towneley Park, Burnley. The walk, which aims to encourage community
HEALTH commissioners have highlighted a ‘great’ service for people suffering from isolation or psychological problem. The free mental health helpline, run by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, is open 365 days a year. The helpline can be contacted
ACOUSTIC act Darrell Smith will perform on Friday night at The Bay Horse in Manchester Road, Baxenden. All are welcome to this free gig.
THE Slaidburn Silver Band will perform oat the Hark to Bounty Inn in the village from 7.15pm to 9pm on on Thursday. For more information call 01200 423855.
THIS year’s Higham Scarecrow Festival will be staged from Saturday. The cartoon and comic characters-themed event will be held from 11am to 6pm. Entry maps will be available at £2 from the village hall, at the top of the village, or the gazebo
BOWLAND High School will hold an open day at the start of next term. It will take place on Thursday, September 18, from 6pm to 8.30pm. Headteacher John Tarbox will make a speech to attendees at 6.15pm, 6.45pm, 7.15pm and 7.45pm.
THE Mayor of Pendle, Coun Graham Roach, and Mayoress Joanna Sagar will attend the morning service at St Mary’s Church in Trawden on Sunday. The service, with a baptism, will be Reverend Jim Crawford’s final service at St Mary’s. It will begin
ORGANISERS of the Ramsbottom Jigsaw Festival are putting the final pieces in place for the event, in St Paul’s Church, from September 4 to 6. The festival is a joint venture between two of the churches in the Ramsbottom and Edenfield Team Ministry
NORTH West Ambulance Service was able to treat or discharge 27.2 per cent of 999 patients in June, without having to take them to an emergency department, according to the latest trust figures. This was slightly down on the May figure of 27.4 per cent
THE next meeting of a guided meditation group in Burnley will meet tomorrow. The group encourages the development and practice of meditation for your own inner calm. It will meet at 7.15pm at The Banyan Wellness Centre in Manchester Road. For more
A HIGHER education college is offering help and support to A Level students who didn’t get the results they wanted. Accrington and Rossendale College have advisors ready this summer to guide callers to other options. Advisors are urging students to
David Stephen Scholes, 25, of Penistone Street, Burnley, appeared before the town's magistrates, accused of raping a woman 16 years of age or over, in the town in March last year. His case will be heard at the crown court and Scholes was bailed
THE Blackburn and East Lancashire Model Railway Society is set to host the 49th annual Model Rail Show next month. Hyndburn Leisure Centre in Henry Street, Church, will hold the event from 10am to 5pm from Saturday, September 6, to Sunday, September
THE deadline for the Forest of Bowland’s Golden Anniversary Awards is next week. The awards mark 50 years after it was designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. They are designed to ‘recognise and highlight the work of some of the voluntary
SABDEN Parish Council has three vacancies following the resignations of Coun Richard Newmark, Coun Patricia Newmark and Coun Dean Lindsey recently. The council is calling on any residents interested in becoming a parish councillor to contact the
LANCASHIRE bobbies were among hundreds of police staff reported for breaching social media guidelines in the last five years, a new report has revealed. One officer quit the county force over colleagues’ ‘excessive and inapprop-riate use of the
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a home in Highfield Road North, Chorley, to free an elderly woman yesterday. She was trapped in a bedroom and ambulance crews had to call the fire service for help at 7.05am, a spokesman said.
A CANCER charity is urging people from East Lancashire to sign up for a fundraising ride across Cuba. The Unite & Bike Against Cancer cycle challenge will take place from October 15 to October 23 2015. The Rosemere Cancer Foundation is
REVELLERS packed Towneley Park on Saturday for the Drop the Beat festival, which raised thousands of pounds for charity. Around 2,000 dance music fans gathered for the one-day event in front of the historic hall. Three pounds from every £25
A DRUNKEN man swore in the presence of children after staggering out of a house, Burnley magistrates heard. Adam Stephenson, 44, admitted being drunk and disorderly on Pine Street, in the town. Police warned him about his behaviour, he continued
FROM Austria to Accrington, Preston to Blackpool, with a touch of Spanish and Italian flair throw in. That constituted our pre-season programme before our opening Premier League game against Chelsea at Turf Moor last night. So the bookies have
A Blackburn printing firm has found a new way to recycle its scrap paper and roll ends, and is looking forward to seeing the innovative ways the local community reuses them. Wide format and digital printers, Ronset have donated surplus point of sale
KNIVES will be handed in to police across East Lancashire when an amnesty is launched on Monday. Amnesty bins will be available at the police stations in Burnley, Greenbank in Blackburn and Colne as the force looks to remove knives from the streets
A WOMAN escaped serious harm after being hit by a firework thrown by a gang of youths. Ambulance crews were called to Mill Lane in Blackburn town centre at around 12.50pm yesterday, where they found a woman, believed to be around 65, with cuts
MORE people fell victim to violent crime in East Lancashire last year, new figures revealed. Across the region, ‘violence against the person’ offences – such as attempted murder, assault, and neglect – rocketed by an average of 9.5 per cent from
A STORAGE company employee had no idea his boss was using a warehouse to stash drugs money, a court has heard. Melvin Harrison, 52, said he never had any suspicions where the thousands of pounds Darren Bowling asked him to hide at Castle Storage
TOMMY Spurr will not play again before the international break after Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer revealed the left back’s latest groin injury will rule him out for at least two more weeks. Spurr has missed the opening three games of the campaign
Burnley based PVC-U systems supplier, and major local employer, The VEKA UK Group is proud to have had its 'Investors in People' status confirmed once again, which means the company has now continuously held this accreditation for more than 20 years.
Rossendale Based Kitchen and Bedroom Manufacturer J&J Ormerod Has Reported its First Rise in Turnover for Four Years. Managing director Stephen Greenhalgh was thrilled to announce that the company’s positive performance has continued into its current
EAST Lancashire’s oldest man — who could recall Burnley’s 1914 FA Cup triumph — has died at the age of 107. Tributes have been paid to Hartley Eastwood, who lived latterly in the town’s Dove Court nursing home, after he passed away on Sunday.
A DRUNKEN mother who drove 35 miles with her young children in the car has escaped an immediate prison sentence. But Blackburn magistrates warned Janet Cunningham that any breach of the suspended sentence they imposed would result in custody.
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has warned Championship defences – you might shackle one of my feared frontman but just try stopping the other. Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Gestede go into tonight’s clash at Norwich City on the back of a sensational scoring
GARY Lineker used his twitter account to offer some consolation to the Clarets. “It will get easier after this game, Burnley” he wrote sympathetically. With a trip to Swansea on Saturday and Manchester United up next at a Turf Moor there would
A GANG smashed their way into five children’s nurseries to steal thousands of pounds in cash and laptop computers. Shocked staff arrived at work yesterday to find offices and classrooms broken into at the nurseries in Blackburn and Rishton.
A CARER at a Colne home allegedly put a plastic bag over an elderly dementia sufferer’s head as the pensioner sat on the toilet, a jury was told. Burnley Crown Court heard Susan Larkin’s alleged conduct had left her colleague Sahra Suleman so shocked
BLACKBURN Rovers made the perfect start to the new U21s Premier League Division Two season last night as they won 2-0 at new boys Brighton & Hove Albion. Second-half strikes from Jordan Preston and full U21s debutant Modou Cham, set up by Dean Rittenberg
