TRIBUTES have been paid to an East Lancashire landlady, who died at the age of 92. Jean Towers, who once ran the May House Hotel, in Preston New Road, Blackburn, alongside her sister Joan, passed away suddenly at her Brown Hill home. Her friend
HYNDBURN’S MP Graham Jones praised the power of social media after the owner of a lost dog he was caring for came forward. The Labour MP, who is running for re-election next year, is an avid user of micro-blogging site Twitter, which allows users
EACHILL Road, in Rishton, will closed for two weeks from tomorrow. All vehicles, including cyclists, will be diverted until Friday, September 5. The road will be closed for 35 metres southbound from the junction with Blackburn Road.
A ‘QUANTITY’ of cannabis was found after drugs police searched a house in Clayton-le-Moors. Officers acting on a tip-off executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act in Lancaster Drive, where the discovery was made. To report suspicious
A TEDDY bears’ picnic due to be held in Huncoat yesterday was cancelled. Call Copperhouse Children’s Centre on 01254 887116 for a refund.
COUNCILLORS in Great Harwood have called for pavements in the town centre to be improved. Dirty and missing paving and poor drainage were all noticed by Noordad Aziz and Bernadette Parkinson during a recent walkabout in the town. Coun Aziz
FIREfighters battled to put out a burning Suzuki Bandit motorbike. A crew from Darwen Fire Station attended the scene in Ivinson Road.
PLANS to change the use of land adjacent to 15 Sudellside Street, Darwen, from a timber door manufacturer to an MoT garage with alterations to improve the appearance of the building have been withdrawn by Noor Hussain.
A FREE health day will take place at Darwen Library on Friday, September 12, under Blackburn with Darwen Council’s ‘re:fresh’ health and wellbeing campaign. Residents can drop in between 10am and 4pm for free help, advice and information on what
THE Crown pub in Redearth Road has live music on Friday with Outback at 9.45pm, karaoke on Saturday at 9.30pm, and a mini music festival on Sunday from 4.30pm, with Peculiar Blue Band at 9pm and Fear The Fallen at 10pm.
A ‘Pots, Wild Seeds Planters and Cress Heads’ event is due to be held at Oswaldtwistle Mills today from 11am to 1pm and visitors will be able to decorate one of their terracotta pots. Tickets cost £3 which includes a terracotta pot and wild flower
MORE than 20 bags of rubbish were removed from Hoddlesden, Waterside and Eccleshill after a Your Call community clean-up in the area. The event was organised by Waterside resident Matt Jackson and attended by parliamentary hopeful Will Straw and
TWO Gates Bowling and Social Club in Anyon Street hosts a darts and dominoes competition on Friday, at 8.15pm. Entry costs £3 for darts and £2 for dominoes, with an £80 prize pot in the darts. For more information, contact Big Dave on 07916 579507.
WILLIAM Duerden was refused permission to build a detached dwelling in Avondale Road, Darwen. Planners said the design failed to fit in with the character of the street, and there were concerns about overlooking, lack of private garden or outdoor amenity
APPLICATIONS are now open for this year’s Clitheroe 10k on Sunday, December 28. The event started more than 30 years ago when Clayton-le-Moors Harriers first organised the race. Blackburn Harriers took over the organisation of the race in 1998
NEIGHBOUR John Haworth has objected to proposals to add pitched roof dormers to an approved scheme for a two-storey side extension and single storey rear extension to a detached house on Lawley Road in Beardwood with Lammack. The application is due
EAST Lancashire revellers have been warned about the dangers of carbon monoxide ahead of the annual Creamfields festival in Daresbury. Campaign group CO Be Alarmed has said that there are many festival activities which which could cause poisoning
RIBBLE Valley Borough Council’s mobile benefits advice van will be out and about in Simonstone next week. STAN, which stands for ‘Services to a Neighbourhood’, is a joint venture between Ribble Valley, Pendle and Rossendale borough councils, and
EXTRA room to learn could soon be on the cards for youngsters at a Ramsbottom primary, if school governors can get their way. Proposals for an 85-square metre extension have been lodged on behalf of Hazelhurst Primary with Bury Council. The
THE East Lancashire railway heritage line’s Ramsbottom station is looking for volunteers from Rossendale to help out. It needs willing helpers for various roles including painting and repairs. They are needed both at weekends and on weekdays. Contact
A RECON laser tag pay and play session is to be held at Haslingden Sports Centre on Saturday. It will be staged from 1.15pm to 5pm at the new laser tag zone. Sessions will be held every week until the New Year.
A PROPOSAL to add a two-storey side extension to a semi-detacthed house in Arkwright Fold, Ewood, has been recommended for approval by Blackburn with Darwen council planning committee despite an objection by a neighbour that it would reduce sunlight
THE Plough pub in Pall Mall, Chorley, plays host to classic rock covers band Fifth Element on Friday night. And rock covers band Rawkuss will perform at The Arden Inn, Abbey Street, Accrington, on Friday night.
THE annual Waddington Floodlit Bowling Competition will be staged at the village club, in Waddow Grove, from Tuesday, September 2 to Thursday, September 4. It will continue from Tuesday, September 9, to Thursday, September 11, and again from Tuesday
VISITORS to the annual Chipping Agricultural Show on Saturday have been asked to bring any memorabilia, photos or newspaper cuttings about rural life in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), since its designation in 1964.
THE building housing a TSB branch in Rawtenstall has been put up for sale. The property in Bank Street will go before an auction at Manchester City Football Club’s Etihad Stadium on Thursday, September 11. The top guide price is £250,000.
A DUCK Derby in aid of the RAFT Foundation will be staged at The Mason's Arms in Crawshawbooth on Sunday. It will be held from 1pm to 5pm at the Co-operation Street pub. The race commences 3pm with £5 per duck entry and the chance to win one
IF YOU want to learn to fly with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys you had better get your skateboards on. Heartbreak Productions will be performing an outdoor adaptation of the children’s classic on a skateboard park at Brockholes Nature Reserve, near
A BLACKBURN-run campaign group is taking to the nation’s streets to raise awareness of suffering in Gaza. Drive For Justice, arranged by Blackburn-based not-for-profit group Youth On A Mission, organises car and motorbike rallies and demonstrations
APPRENTICES from Burnley, Billington and Barnoldswick studying with Blackburn-based Training 2000 have secured places in the finals of WorldSkills UK. Declan Tierney-Doogan, 20, from Billington, who works at Graham Engineering in Nelson has made
MEMBERS of a Langho church have signed a petition being sent to the Foreign Secretary about the current situation in Gaza. The petition, signed by members of St Mary’s RC Church, asks the government to push for a ‘lasting and comprehensive’ ceasefire
NOMINATIONS are being sought for young people who have excelled in either academic achievement or community endeavours over the past 12 months. The Shaw Greening Award is presented by Earby Town Council every year to 16 to 25-year-olds whose selfless
COMPLAINTS about youths writing graffiti in the bird hide at the Greenfield Road nature reserve, in Colne, have been made to police. Officers covering the area say they will increase patrols and look into the problem.
A RIBBLE Valley soldier maimed in a bomb blast is set to appear at The Grand in Clitheroe in October. Sergeant Rick Clement, who grew up in Chatburn will speak about his experiences after losing both his legs while serving in Afghanistan in May
EAST Lancashire Chamber of Commerce is holding a day-long seminar on ‘Overseas Market Entry Methods and Agreements’ for local firms on Tuesday, September 9, 9.30am to 4.30pm. It is designed to provide a rational approach for researching and choosing
EAST Lancashire revellers have been warned about the dangers of carbon monoxide ahead of the annual Creamfields festival in Daresbury. Campaign group CO Be Alarmed has said that there are many festival activities which which could cause poisoning
AMBULANCE chiefs said they were pleased with the recent performance of their ‘see and treat’ initiative. The measure has been brought in to increase the number of patients treated at the scene by North West Ambulance Service, so reducing attendances
A FORMER Stonyhurst College student who was awarded the first Victoria Cross in the First World War has been featured in a BBC TV programme. Maurice Dease, a lieutenant in the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, was killed in the opening engagement
A DRUNK sneak thief stole a treasured Staffordshire bull terrier puppy when he crept into an unlocked house in the middle of the night, a court heard. Burnley Crown Court was told how cabinet maker Robert Grant, 35, had no recollection of what
ACCRINGTON Post Office will close for two weeks while it undergoes an extensive renovation. The post office, in Abbey Street, is one of around 6,000 branches in the UK being converted into a new ‘main’ style branch. In a letter to the council
MORE than £4,000 has been handed out to three community groups in Darwen. The grants were made at the weekend’s Darwen Gala under the Crown Paints and Darwen Town Council Community Awards. The Friends of Square Meadow were given the maximum
FORMER East Lancs MEP Den Dover will not face criminal charges over allegations of expenses misconduct while representing the Tory party at Brussels and Strasbourg. It follows a two-year investigation by Hertfordshire police after he was ordered
WHEN Scott Arfield fired home that wonderful volley to put us ahead on Monday night, it immediately reminded me of the last time we were in the Premier League. On that occasion, Robbie Blake thundered home a stunning volley of his own as we famously
MENTION the word darts at the Duke of York Hotel in the Waterside area of Darwen 50 years ago and the conversation would naturally be aimed at the Gosling Brothers. For seven of them used to turn out for the pub in Darwen’s amateur league.
EAST Lancashire politicians and rail campaigners yesterday demanded better rolling stock and extra investment as train passengers were braced for fare increases of 3.5 to 4.5 per cent next year. Hyndburn Labour MP Graham Jones and his Burnley Liberal
FATHER-of-two Harry Lewis wrote a letter home to his two young daughters during his WWI service in Egypt. Harry was a sergeant major serving with No 11 company East Lancashire Regiment as the first Christmas of the conflict approached in 1914.
GETTING engaged and arranging their wedding day are important landmarks in any girl’s life. So many of you will have fond memories of going out with your loved one, to buy the sparkling ring for the third finger of your left hand. You will
EQUIPPED with wellies and spades, the ‘pond patrol’ went to work in Darwen’s Bold Venture Park at the weekends in 1977. They were youngsters from the Bold Venture cub scouts, who set themselves the task of clearing up a pond and pathways at the
IT was the end of the line for railway union leader John Boardman as the extensive Rosegrove marshalling yards closed in 1974. The Burnley area branch secretary of ASLEF had completed 28 years of service on the railways, including two decades as
EACHILL Road, in Rishton, will closed for two weeks from tomorrow. All vehicles, including cyclists, will be diverted until Friday, September 5. The road will be closed for 35 metres southbound from the junction with Blackburn Road.
A ‘QUANTITY’ of cannabis was found after drugs police searched a house in Clayton-le-Moors. Officers acting on a tip-off executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act in Lancaster Drive, where the discovery was made. To report suspicious
A TEDDY bears’ picnic due to be held in Huncoat yesterday was cancelled. Call Copperhouse Children’s Centre on 01254 887116 for a refund.
A ‘Pots, Wild Seeds Planters and Cress Heads’ event is due to be held at Oswaldtwistle Mills today from 11am to 1pm and visitors will be able to decorate one of their terracotta pots. Tickets cost £3 which includes a terracotta pot and wild flower
PLANS to change the use of land adjacent to 15 Sudellside Street, Darwen, from a timber door manufacturer to an MoT garage with alterations to improve the appearance of the building have been withdrawn by Noor Hussain.
TWO Gates Bowling and Social Club in Anyon Street hosts a darts and dominoes competition on Friday, at 8.15pm. Entry costs £3 for darts and £2 for dominoes, with an £80 prize pot in the darts. For more information, contact Big Dave on 07916 579507.
A FREE health day will take place at Darwen Library on Friday, September 12, under Blackburn with Darwen Council’s ‘re:fresh’ health and wellbeing campaign. Residents can drop in between 10am and 4pm for free help, advice and information on what
THE Crown pub in Redearth Road has live music on Friday with Outback at 9.45pm, karaoke on Saturday at 9.30pm, and a mini music festival on Sunday from 4.30pm, with Peculiar Blue Band at 9pm and Fear The Fallen at 10pm.
A GLIMPSE back in time, looking at the inside of an artillery factory, has shown how Lancashire supplied the Allied Forces during the First World War. The photographs of the Dick, Kerr and Company factory, show production of some of the 3.3 million
THE Ragged School in Blackburn focused on helping the poor and disadvantaged of the town. From small beginnings, it grew to become a major influence in the lives of young and old, over many decades. In the early 1950s, the Northern Daily Telegraph
MACHINES have taken over from men at many places of work today. Now there are computers and conveyor belts, robotics and automation doing the jobs that once took hundreds of man hours to complete. The Post Office is one such business where
EIGHTY-year-old Neville Cordingley has many vivid memories of growing up in the south lodge of Darwen Cemetery. He lived there with his father, Wilfred, who was the cemetery registrar and mother May, until 1943 when his father died. He remembers
THE main headline today told of the labour party calling for an all-out fight against racist right wing parties and the National Front, who had begun to overtake the Liberals in local and by-elections. Another front page photo and story told how
WILLIAM Duerden was refused permission to build a detached dwelling in Avondale Road, Darwen. Planners said the design failed to fit in with the character of the street, and there were concerns about overlooking, lack of private garden or outdoor amenity
FOR those who know their Dior from their YSL and their Chanel from their Gucci, designer vintage can be hailed as the best form of designer apparel out there. Have a look at the outfit you are wearing while reading this. It is nigh on a cert
APPLICATIONS are now open for this year’s Clitheroe 10k on Sunday, December 28. The event started more than 30 years ago when Clayton-le-Moors Harriers first organised the race. Blackburn Harriers took over the organisation of the race in 1998
THE Plough pub in Pall Mall, Chorley, plays host to classic rock covers band Fifth Element on Friday night. And rock covers band Rawkuss will perform at The Arden Inn, Abbey Street, Accrington, on Friday night.
A PROPOSAL to add a two-storey side extension to a semi-detacthed house in Arkwright Fold, Ewood, has been recommended for approval by Blackburn with Darwen council planning committee despite an objection by a neighbour that it would reduce sunlight
NEIGHBOUR John Haworth has objected to proposals to add pitched roof dormers to an approved scheme for a two-storey side extension and single storey rear extension to a detached house on Lawley Road in Beardwood with Lammack. The application is due
A TAI Chi class for people over 50 is due to be held at Grindleton Pavilion today. The weekly session will take place from 10.45am to 11.45am. For more information, and to book, call 01200 453073.
A BEGINNERS yoga session for people over 50 will be staged in Clitheroe today. The Pendle Club, in Lowergate, will host the meeting from 10am. The session lasts 90 minutes. For more information call 01200 453073.
A CRICKETING great who played in the Lancashire League for nearly a decade in its heyday will be returning to East Lancashire for the first time in 56 years tonight. Sir Everton Weekes played almost 50 times for the West Indies and was one of the
THE Stepping Out group will complete their Thursday walk tomorrow. The group will meet at Edisford Bridge from 1.30pm. The free walk will involve off road walking as well as stiles and gradients. For further details contact 01200 414484
CLARETS legend Jimmy McIlroy has finally been recognised for his role in one of his country’s greatest football achievements - more than half a century on. McIlroy, 82, made five appearances at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden as Northern Ireland reached
THE Clitheroe Bridge Club will meet tomorrow at Chatburn Primary School Hall. The session will start at 7.15pm and costs £1.50 for members and £2.50 for visitors. Improvers and experienced players are welcome. For further details contact
SAMLESBURY Hall is to hold a wedding open evening on Wednesday, September 10. The Whitaker Room will be set up for a ceremony, with a singer and harpist, while the Parlour will host a drinks reception and the Great Hall will be decked out for a
RESIDENTS in the Waterside area of Colne can meet their neighbourhood police team at a public meeting on Monday, September 1, from 6pm, at Barrett Hall in Blucher Street.
A FRIENDLY meet-up group for people over the age of 50 takes place today at the New Inn, Foulridge, from 12.30pm. The event is organised by Age UK Lancashire.
A COMMUNITY choir called the ‘Secret Singers’ that meets every week in Nelson is looking for new members. The group welcomes people of all age and experience and meet every Thursday, at Christ Church, in Carr Road, Nelson, from 7.30pm to 9.15pm
Neighbourhood police have received complaints about youngsters hanging around the One Stop Shop in Barnoldswick, and causing anti-social behaviour.
A LOYAL friend is raising money to send a little girl who has battled cancer and her mum on a dream holiday. Morgan Hewitt, 10, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a rare form of cancer which only affects 650 people a year, in 2012
CARE homes have been told to furnish residents’ rooms with their own bedsheets, curtains and furniture in a bid to make them less “austere and alien”. Norman Lamb, Minister of State for Care and Support, said the move would help dementia patients
A GROUP for toddlers under four and their parents called ‘Toddle Into Church’ takes place at Nelson Baptist Church on Friday from 10am to 11.30am. The event features a bouncy castle, songs, stories and toys.
NELSON residents will have the chance to take on former darts world champion Mark Webster next week. The BDO champion from 2008 will be appearing at Dewhurst Decorating Supplies, in Scotland Road, on Thursday, August 28. Dewhurst Decorating
A middle class town near where I live has been donating food from its foodbanks to a more impoverished area nearby. But it’s not because there’s no need for free food in those seemingly well-to-do homes but because people are too ashamed to claim
CLASSIC rockers Trinity will perform live on Friday night at The Talbot pub in Church Street, Burnley.
THE Micradotts will perform their own brand of punk on Friday at The Duke of Lancaster in Church Street, Colne. Entry is free. All are welcome.
CALDERDALE council’s planning committee will meet on Tuesday, August 26 at 2pm, and again at 6pm, at the town hall in Halifax.
A CHARITY night featuring Jared ‘Elvis’ Lee and BBC local DJ Jason Hardy with special guests, in aid of Pendleside Hospice, will take place at Rosegrove Unity WMC in Burnley this Friday, from 7.30pm. Tickets £5.
THE Cheating Hearts will provide the musical entertainment at The Queen Hotel in Burnley Road, Colne, this Friday. Entry is free.
HEALEY Lodge Nursing Home in Manchester Road, Burnley, met all the essential standards that were examined during a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
REHEARSALS are well under way for a production of Eric Idle’s Seussical The Musical, based on the works of Dr Seuss, by Stage Door Youth Theatre, for a three-night run from September 4 at The Muni, in Albert Road, Colne.
GAWTHORPE Hall will host a series of ‘water play’ activities today. Children will have the chance to make and sail paper boats, go pond dipping and play a parachute game. It will take place between 1pm to 4pm. For more information call
AMBULANCE chiefs have created a ‘humorous’ computer game, including animated shark attacks and alien invasions, in a bid to raise awareness about 999 services. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has spent £15,000 to develop and promote a new online
A NURSING home employee who reported a colleague for allegedly putting a plastic bag over a dementia sufferer’s head had earlier told her co-worker she could have knocked her head off for taking some sunglasses, a jury was told. Wendy Davis told
A STAR-STUDDED list of guests enjoyed Burnley’s return to the Premier League at Turf Moor on Monday night. Clarets fan Alastair Campbell took along British cycling boss Dave Brailsford and Matthew Barzun, the US ambassador, to watch the game.
CLARKE Carlisle, the former Clarets skipper, has been named as a new ambassador for leading mental health charity Mind. The retired defender revealed, in a BBC3 series last year, how he had made an attempt on his own life in 2001. He was playing
THEY say dogs are a man’s best friend – but they can be pretty kind to each other as well. The country’s only blood bank for pets made its first visit to East Lancashire at Burnley’s Oakmount Veterinary Centre, in Trafalgar Street, yesterday.
BLACKBURN Rovers head coach Eric Kinder cut a delighted figure after his under-strength side made the perfect start to the new U21 Premier League Division Two season with an impressive 2-0 win at new boys Brighton. Second-half strikes from Jordan Preston
SEAN Dyche believes Burnley showed they could handle the Premier League during Monday’s 3-1 loss to Chelsea. The Clarets were beaten by Jose Mourinho’s men at Turf Moor but gave a strong account of themselves, even taking a shock lead through Scott Arfield
MOURNERS gathered at Jamia Ghosia Mosque in Chester Street, Audley, near Bilal Saddique’s family home, to offer up prayers yesterday. Hussain Akhtar, a local councillor and community leader, joined Bilal’s uncle and father and scores of other relatives
POLITICIANS and faith leaders have come together in both Blackburn and Burnley to call for peace in Gaza and around the world. Yesterday, a small group held a prayer vigil for world peace outside Blackburn Town Hall. The event was organised
THIS is the moment a road sweeper collided with a car parked at the side of the road. CCTV from a house in Coniston Road, Blackburn, shows how the yellow Charlton Sweeper Hire vehicle struck a stationary Volkswagen Golf, and dragged it a short
IT was great to see Tom Cairney follow up his nomination at the Northwest Football Awards with a fine goal at Norwich last night. Tom has been nominated for the rising star award along with Ross Barkley, which is very good company to be in.
A 29-YEAR-OLD man is to be deported after being found to be in the country illegally. The man, from India, who was discovered after Home Office immigration enforcement officers swooped on a property in Blackburn around 8.30am yesterday, was arrested
GARY Cahill has backed Burnley to survive in the Premier League despite emerging victorious on his return to Turf Moor. Cahill starred on loan with Burnley at the start of his career after arriving from Aston Villa during the 2004/05 season.
CHARITY bosses have announced a new £1 million fund to boost cancer care in East Lancashire, in a bid to tackle some of the worst ‘death rates’ for the condition in England. The Macmillan charity has teamed up with the NHS to launch a three-year
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer believes his side were ‘done over’ and ‘let down’ by the officials in last night’s 3-1 defeat at Norwich City. After Tom Cairney fired them into a stunning first-minute lead Rovers were denied a stonewall penalty when
SCOTT Arfield says Burnley will bounce back from their opening day defeat to title favourites Chelsea, and prove their Premier League worth. The Clarets, widely tipped for relegation straight after clinching automatic promotion, were handed the
JOSE Mourinho believes the rest of the Premier League will not find it easy to emulate Chelsea and beat Burnley at Turf Moor this season. Mourinho’s side overcame Scott Arfield’s opener to claim a 3-1 victory over the Clarets on Monday night but the
ROVERS’ 14-match unbeaten run in the Championship came to an end in heartbreaking fashion at a fervent Carrow Road last night as Bradley Johnson and Lewis Grabban condemned them to a first league defeat since March 12. After Johnson struck in the 87th
A TROUBLEMAKER once dubbed ‘The Joker’ could be facing jail after trying to shine a torch at a police helicopter in Burnley. Career criminal Jason Gorton, 38, has lived under an anti-social behaviour order for the past two years after notching
East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce will be holding a free taster session for their highly acclaimed 'Tomorrows Leaders Today ' course. This is a highly engaging programme focussing on getting the best out of your individual leadership style and maximising
A BURNLEY teenager who sparked a major search was found hanged after a weekend drink and drugs binge, an inquest heard. Declan Edwards, 16, had decided to have a ‘mad weekend’ with three other friends. Between them they took 35 MDMA pills and
