AN 81-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital with a 'serious leg injury' after being struck by a car. The incident happened on Old Lane in Shawforth when the pedestrian was hit by a car at around 10am on Wednesday, August 27. The man,
AN EAST Lancashire college will be teaching pupils to recognise the signs of depression and other mental health issues in the coming academic year. The move, by Accrington and Rossendale College, follows the recent death of actor Robin Williams
CHARITIES and community groups have been offered a free home in Hyndburn. The Hyndburn Voluntary and Community Resource Centre, at St James Old School, in Cannon Street, Accrington, has room for offices for ‘one or two’ organisations in the public
THE owner of a specialised machinery firm has offered to cut grass in Darwen Cemetery for a day free of charge. Tim Harrison, owner of Groundcare Engineering Ltd in Altham, has made the offer after reading about concerns over the state of the cemetery
AN eight-year-old boy had to be freed by firefighters after getting his foot stuck in railings at a Darwen park. The boy was playing at the playground, in Olive Lane, when he became trapped at around 3pm today (Wednesday). A crew from Darwen
CAMPAIGNERS in the Ribble Valley are celebrating after the council’s planning committee unanimously rejected an application to build more than 100 new homes in Longridge. The proposal sought to build 105 homes as part of a 500-homes strategic site
FRIENDS and family of a Darwen mum who died after a four-year battle with cancer are to take part in a cross-county walk in her memory. Mum-of-two Jacqueline Kearns died in March aged 39 after a four-year battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Her
AN ambulance worker who gave up a managerial role to return to frontline care has finally retired from the service after 42 years. Friends, family and colleagues gathered to say farewell to the Blackburn ambulance technician George Dixon, who had
A LAWYER has called on Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans to support his campaign for people accused of sexual offences to remain anonymous during trials. Nick Freeman – nicknamed Mr Loophole – said he believed he could ‘put together a compelling case
THERE wouldn’t have been many men more popular in Darwen than Eddie Yates in the years after the Second World War until he retired in the late 70s. He was a prominent solicitor, a long-serving member of the town council and was mayor from 1947
A GARDEN-share project in Sabden is calling on residents who have a spare patch to come forward to create mini-allotments. The project was started following a failed attempt last year to set up a new allotment site in the Ribble Valley village.
WE’RE off shopping today, to MFI’s half price autumn sale. The furniture centre’s 1977 advert promised a big savings on a host of pieces at premises in King Street, Blackburn. Open on August bank holiday, the customers’ ‘friend in the furniture
TELEGRAPH reader Alan Simpson wonders what his class colleagues at Lanehead Junior School, Burnley, in 1961, are up to nowadays. The small five-classroom school which opened in 1834 was replaced in the 1970s with the modern St James-Lanehead School
VOLUNTEER nurse Frances Goodban worked for the British Red Cross from 1914 to 1919. She served a total of 11,276 hours for no pay, but received expenses in the princely sum of £15. At various hospitals, mainly in north Devon, she nursed hundreds
FRONT page news today told of the head of Burnley Police Mr J H Thompson, supporting Mary Whitehouse’s campaign to clean up TV. He was one of 19 chief constables to add their name to the National Viewers and Listeners Association manifesto, in
IDEALLY, we would all love to have the nerve to rock a bit of vintage and look kitsch next to our peers. In reality, not everybody is up to the challenge and many are just too nervous to dive into the deep vintage waters. However, this can
WHEN Michael Parker heard that one of his wife’s family has been killed in the Great War, but had no details, he decided to investigate further. Apart from the name – John Rimmer – and the year of his death, 1917, relatives knew nothing else.
GREAT, great grandfather Len Thomas flew more than 30 missions with Bomber Command in the Second World War – and lived to tell the tale. “The average for an air gunner at that time was five – if you were lucky,” the 91-year-old told Bygones this
A COMMUNITY centre that provides support workers for families and schools is celebrating its 10th anniversary after going from strength to strength. The Maden Centre in Bacup is inviting everyone to join them for lunch and activities on Friday
A CATHOLIC priest in Clitheroe is rallying support for the plight of christians in Iraq — who are suffering at the hands of terrorists in the war torn country. Father Frankie Mulgrew, who is the assistant parish priest at St Michael and St John
NORTH West Ambulance Service is pleased with the number of 999 call-outs which are now being dealt with through its ‘See and Treat’ initiative. The scheme was brought in to avoid taking patients to hospital unnecessarily, and to relieve pressure
POWERFUL vacuum cleaners are being banned by the EU from September 1 which means no more models with motors over 1600 watts (most top makes are 2,000) will be built. Adviser group Which? is advising those who want a turbo dust buster, to grab one before
A VISUAL tribute has been paid to a former Blackburn with Darwen Council boss at one of the North West’s biggest tourism events. As thousands of cyclists descended on Blackpool for a special preview of the world-famous Illuminations, the memory
A NEW group chief executive has taken up his post at the University of Central Lancashire. UCLan, which has campuses in Burnley and Preston has announced the appointment of Richard Hext who takes up his post on Monday. His appointment follows
We're pre "downsizing" "de-cluttering". We've had 3 "married" houses:- 9 yrs, 18 & now 10. The garage is pretty full, no car room. Loft is boarded & chock-a-block. Some of the stuff in Loft 3, was simply transferred from Loft 2! We
A BURNLEY charity which sends furniture to impoverished schools across the world has sent out a container to its seventh different country. Furniture for Education Worldwide packed up its 61st container last week, but it was the first destined
HORSE-riding enthusiasts are being urged to back a campaign to restrict more wind turbines which they claim would overshadow a nationally-renowned trail. Campaigners insist that the Mary Towneley Loop, created in 1996 with a £1.8million Sport England
WORK to transform the outlook of one of the best-known stretches of the River Brun through Burnley town centre should be completed by October. Contractors employed by the Ribble Rivers Trust have been concentrating on the waterway between the town
A BAN on using e-cigarettes indoors being proposed by the World Health Organisation could hinder smokers’ attempts to quit, according to an East Lancashire MEP. UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall, who represents the North West in Brussels, made the
CHARITIES across East Lancashire can apply for thousands of pounds from a pot of money from a major grant-giver. Worthy causes, which must be registered charities, are being invited to bid for funding from the Gannett Foundation, the charitable
THE finance officer of Rovers Trust described his feeling as ‘cautious’ after examining the accounts of the holding company behind Blackburn Rovers. Venky’s London Limited (VLL) posted a £36m loss for the year ending March 31, 2014 – which was
VOLUNTEERS will carry out conservation work to the Coppice in Accrington from 10.30am to 2.30pm on Monday. To help, call Roger Plum from the Prospects Foundation on 01254 230348 or 07974 626835, or alternativelyemail roger.plum@prospectsfoundation.org.uk
PLANS have been lodged with the council to turn Dolli Dimples Day Care, in Warner Street, into a dog grooming salon. The new salon would employ two people, documents revealed. Planning officers will examine the plans.
MATTHEW Hitchins, of Avondale Avenue, has applied for planning permission to demolish his existing porch and side extension and replace them with a front roof canopy and two-storey side extension.
THIS year’s Go Peel has been hailed a success. The annual event for children, held in Accrington, saw youngsters take part in a variety of sports led by professional coaches, including rugby, football, archery, netball and athletics. There
BARNFIELD councillor June Harrison said she feels as though she is keeping her election promise as regeneration work continues in Woodnook. Homes in Booth, Royds, and Augustus Streets are being converted into two, three, and four-bedroom homes
POPULAR local historian Dave Owen has joined the national ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ craze. Mr Owen, who owns Darwen Days, had two buckets of icy water dumped on his head by wife Marie, all in the name of charity. And when questioned over whether
CELEBRITY biker Ian Coates, who has travelled to almost every country in the world on his 1991 Honda Africa Twin motorbike, will be the special guest at an open day at Hollins Motorbike Workshop in Robin Bank Road, Darwen. The firm will host the
PLANS for an extension at a house in Glenshiels Avenue, Hoddlesden, have been submitted to the borough council by Austin Foy.
OWLET Hall Road in Darwen will close to vehicles on Sunday for repairs to a manhole. Traffic will be diverted via Sunnyhurst Lane, Earnsdale Road, Harwood Street, and Avondale Road.
DJ Iain will provide the music on Friday and Sunday at the Park pub in Cemetery Road, Darwen. There is a guaranteed £500 jackpot on Sunday in Sticky 13 bingo, which will be won on the night.
GREAT Harwood councillors Noordad Aziz and Bernadette Parkinson went on another walkabout in the town to speak to residents and to log any problems. Coun Parkinson said: “The response to these walkabouts is very positive. We want people to feel
GREAT Harwood councillor Gareth Molineux has been put in charge of the council’s finances. He was promoted to the cabinet after deputy leader Joan Smith announced she was stepping down due to ill health. Coun Molineux, whose partner Jenny Nedwell
PLANS to build an extension with first-floor balcony at a house in Tower Court, Turton, have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen. The scheme would replace the balcony at the property.
MELLOR’S St Mary’s Church is looking an organist and choir master. He will be required to continue the parish’s musical tradition and train and direct its choir. Sunday services are: 10.30am sung Eucharist and 6.30pm Evening Worship with hymns
RAWKUSS will perform a variety of classic rock hits when they perform at The Dog Inn, King Street, Whalley, on Friday night.
DARWEN Library Theatre Film Society will screen last year’s hit film ‘The Railway Man’ on Tuesday, from 2pm. The film, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, follows a victim from the Second World War’s ‘Death Railway’ as he tries to find those responsible
tree-planting volunteers are appealing for more people to help them. The Trees for Burnley group work with the Forest of Burnley project and carry out tree planting, woodland management and rhododendron clearing in Towneley and other woodland sites
A FUNDRAISER for the Whalley and District Scouts will be held at The Dog Inn in Whalley on Saturday from 3pm until 9pm. There will be a barbecue, face painting and much more fun and games for all the family. All proceeds will go to the Scouts
THE annual Whalley Live music festival will get under way on Friday, with music at venues throughout the town. As usual, there will be live acts at the village’s four pubs, the De Lacy, Swan, The Dog Inn and the Whalley Arms. And the entertainment
LOCAL rockers Wizdom will be live at The Kings Arms, in Bawdlands, Clitheroe, on Friday night. Entry is free.
POPULAR local band The Stans will be live at The Towneley Arms, in Berry Lane, Longridge, on Friday night.
PLANS to turn an agricultural building next to the farmhouse at Shuttleworth Hall, in Burnley Road, Gisburn, into a house have been refused by Ribble Valley Council.
A TABLE top sale takes place at Whalley Village Hall on Sunday, from 10am. Tables are available at a cost of £10, and can be booked by calling 01254 822350.
STALLS are still available for the Rossendale 60s Festival ‘hippy market’ on Saturday, September 13. Any products can be sold, and discounted stalls are available for charities and voluntary organisations. Organisers have asked if stalls can
ORGANISERS are putting the final pieces together for a jigsaw festival in Rossendale next month. The event will be held at St Paul’s Church, Edenfield, from September 4 to 6, and is a joint venture between the two churches of the Ramsbottom and
A YOGA class organised by Age UK for people over the age of 50 takes place today, from 10am until 11.30am, at the Pendle Club, in Clitheroe.
DUNSOP Road, in Clitheroe, is expected to be closed from tomorrow until September 11. Electricity North West engineers are digging up 35m of road to install ducting ready for mains cable installation, the county council said.
JAKE Berry, Rossendale’s MP, will be meeting with farmers in the Valley today to discuss changes to their subsidies, before visiting Irwell Works Brewery in Ramsbottom.
A WEEKLY adult exercise class is held at St Anne's Church, Edgeside. Particpants will be able to meet new people whilst exercising. The exercise class is held every Tuesday between 1.15pm and 2.30pm, and costs £3.
STAFF at the Identity hair salon in Market Street, Bacup, will be taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event for Macmillan Cancer Care, and are also promising cake, on Friday, September 26, from 10am until noon.
BACUP entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star Piers Linney has revealed he did not use his car while working on the show to reduce CO2 emissions. Piers and his fellow Dragons Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah Meaden, Kelly Hoppen and Peter Jones car shared
SCHOOL children from Rawtenstall are working with bus company Rosso to create a design for its fleet. The artwork, made by youngsters who take part in the Wonderful Things project at St Mary’s CE Primary School, in Haslingden Old Road, will be
COLNE Town Council’s GreenRock 2014 on Saturday promises a magical first two hours between noon and 2pm as it has secured Peter Dean Magic to entertain the crowd. Events committee’s chair Coun Dorothy Lord, said: “We would like to see families come
A CAMPAIGN group hoping to keep fracking out of East Lancashire has appeared at many Pendle events. Keep East Lancashire Frack Free (KELFF) had information stalls at Trawden Show, Barlick Beach and Colne Rhythm and Blues Festival, hoping tell residents
AN ex-soldier from Barnoldswick is to run 13 miles for blind military veterans. Former lance corporal Adrian Lilley, now a detective constable, will take part in the Great North Run on September 7 in aid of Blind Veterans UK. Adrian, 48, who
THE Cross Keys, in Church Street, Barnoldswick, hosts an acoustic performance by classic rock covers band Starfish on Friday night.
AN evening of music with Pendle Youth Orchestra has been pencilled in for the Salvation Army citadel in Stanley Street, Nelson, on Saturday, September 13, from 7.30pm. Tickets are £5.
A QUIZ night in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is at the Lamb Working Men’s Club in Church Street, Barrowford, on September 4 at 8.30pm.
BRIERFIELD and Reedley Senior Citizens’ Association is still offering seats on a coach trip to Lancaster and Morecambe, on Thursday, September 4. The price is £9.50 for members and £10 for non-members. For enquiries, call Jean on 01282 447970.
GLEN South and Martin McCarthy’s next variety show at the ACE Centre, Nelson, on September 4, features Les Bryan and supporting acts.
A homeowner has applied for a large rear extension to a property in Sough. They have asked for the single-storey build, in Colne Road, to be 4m long and a maximum of 3.6m. A council committee will consider the project on September 2.
PEOPLE across East Lancashire have been called on to don their running shoes to help beat bowel cancer. Beating Bowel Cancer needs people to take part in Run Preston on September 28, with runners able to choose from a 5k or 10k run. The event
A CLITHEROE Interfaith Friendship meeting will be staged in the town at the start of September. The United Reformed Church, in Moor Lane, will host the event from 7.30pm. It will take place on Tuesday, September 2.
POLICE are to look into complaints of speeding vehicles in Station Road and Mitton Road, in Whalley, after the issue was raised with police at a recent meeting with residents.
RECEPTION staff at Royal Blackburn Hospital’s emergency department have received ‘bespoke privacy and dignity training’. This was a result of concerns being raised by the Care Quality Commission about the privacy and dignity of patients discussing
A SHADOW home office minister visited Burnley to discuss concerns over cuts to frontline policing. Shadow police and justice minister David Hanson MP met with Labour’s prodspective parliamentary candidate Julie Cooper at Burnley’s main police station
NORTH West Ambulance Service said there were 21 ‘red 1’ calls in Lancashire and Cumbria that were not attended by a paramedic in June, which represented about three per cent of the total. The calls would have been attended by ambulance technicians
IGHTEN Leigh Social Club in Padiham Road, Burnley, hosts pop rock covers band The Joe Publix on Friday night. All are welcome. Entry is free.
BRIERCLIFFE Social Club in Sandiway Drive, Harle Syke, Burnley, will host live music from Robbie Williams tribute act Lee Michaels on Saturday night. Mr Michaels will perform all the former Take That stars biggest hits.
A BABY bounce and rhyme group for children aged up to 18 months takes place every Thursday at Burnley Library between 10.30am and 11am, with free entry.
PIE makers are giving away Burnley Football Club tickets as part of their latest promotion. Baxenden-based Hollands Pies are giving away a pair of tickets to the entrant who can describe why they are the ultimate pie fan. To find out more visit
At St Mary's College you will find an impressive range of outstanding courses with AS, A Level and vocational programmes that allow you to tailor a personal programme to fit your talents and interests. So results day has been and gone - where are
NEW images have been released of a man police want to speak to after buildings in Blackburn were sprayed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti. Buildings targeted last week included Blackburn Magistrates’ Court, the Citizens’ Advice Bureau, the Royal
EXTRA assistance totalling £2,500 has been given to Todmorden's food bank after reassurances were given it was continuing to help residents. Town councillors on the amenities committee approved the funding after concerns regarding the demographics
STAFF at Burnley General Hospital have now been trained to use slings and a hoist to help patients who fall over and might not be able to lift themselves. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission had raised concerns on the issue.
RESIDENTS living in the Daneshouse and Stoneyholme areas of Burnley can meet their neighbourhood police team at a Police and Communities Together (PACT)meeting on Wednesday, September 3, from 6pm to 7pm, at the Chai Centre, in Hurtley Street.
THE Riflemen of War will perform punk covers during a gig at Colne Cricket Club’s Keighley Road ground. The gig will be preceded by a game between Colne Legends and Nelson Legends, featuring band bassist Keith Roscoe, the all-time leading Lancashire
FREE marketing workshops are on offer for businesses in the Burnley area, thanks to a local charity. CANWe Solutions, a business division of Child Action North West, offers business and marketing consultancy services, with all profits it makes
STAFF at North West Ambulance Service made 88 referrals to child safeguarding teams in Lancashire and Cumbria in June, compared to 89 in May.
BLACKBURN Cathedral walking group will hold an 11 mile trek to Shining Tor in the Peak District between Buxton and Macclesfield on Saturday. For further information contact the walk leader Jeremy Duerden, on jeremy.Duerden@virginmedia.com or call
Lynn Craig is asking permission to build a single-storey extension at her house in Valley Gardens, Hapton.
A COLLEGE is holding enrolment sessions at their motor engineering hub today. Accrington and Rossendale College is hosting the enrolment between 9am and 4pm. The college has campuses at Stubbylee Bacup and Broad Oak Accrington. Ring 01254 389933 for
CHURCHES in East Lancashire wanting to relate their harvest celebrations to the festival’s agricultural roots can use a special ‘Harvest Pack’ linking the Bible to charity Self Help Africa's work helping rural families overcome hunger and poverty.
EAST Lancashire MPs Jack Straw, Gordon Birtwistle and Nigel Evans have called for the controversial new House of Commons clerk to face a hearing before taking up the £200,000-a-year role. Speaker John Bercow chose Australian Carol Mills for the
A LEADING landlord and housing agency in Burnley and Rossendale has been given diversity accreditation by a national body. Calico Group, based in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, has secured the Leaders in Diversity award from the National Centre for
DJ Phil will host a music and karaoke night at The Hapton Inn, Accrington Road, Hapton, on Friday night. Entry is free.
THE non-urgent transport arm of North West Ambulance Service met most of its key targets in June. The only concern was the proportion of priority patients who spent more than 40 minutes on a vehicle, with a performance of 73 per cent on this measure
FIRE chiefs say a flat blaze in Nelson could have been more serious – after it emerged the property did not have a smoke alarm. First-floor premises above a former hair salon in Leeds Road were severely damaged by a blaze just before 8pm on Sunday
HOSPITAL bosses have been told to slash the cost of parking for certain groups of patients, under new government guidelines. Ministers said relatives of people who were seriously ill, or had to stay in hospital for long periods, should also be
JAMAAL Iqbal is only 15 but he’s set to make history when he returns to his school in September – as its first ever Muslim head boy. Fisher More High in Colne is a Roman Catholic school but each year it admits a certain number of children from
HULL City have admitted defeat in their attempts to sign Blackburn Rovers striker Jordan Rhodes. Speaking at a press conference ahead of his side's Europa League clash at home to Lokeren tomorrow, Tigers boss Bruce said a deal for Rhodes is now
HACKERS have targeted the email account of East Lancashire cycling supremo Brian Cookson, claiming he had been mugged and needed money to pay his hotel bills. An email claiming to be from Mr Cookson, who lives in Whalley, was sent to hundreds of
PEOPLE in East Lancashire have been dumping buckets of iced water over their heads — all in the name of charity. They have been taking in the ‘ice bucket challenge’, in which participants throw a bucket of iced water over themselves to raise money
IN-form Blackburn Rovers defender Alex Baptiste may only be six weeks into his season-long loan from Championship rivals Bolton Wanderers but he has already made his mind up – he doesn’t want to go back. Baptiste is loving life at Ewood Park after
Chamber member,Lisa Spann, Managing Director of ISSL, a Rossendale based Website design and build business, has been voted as finalist in the Creative category of the Enterprise Vision Awards (EVAs) for the third year running. The Enterprise Vision Awards
BLACKBURN’S controversial Islamic Olive Primary School is to get a new, purpose-built home which will cost over five million pounds. The Tauheedul Trust has applied for planning permission to construct a two storey complex on Meins Road in Beardwood
BURNLEY will have to up the ante if they want to prise James McArthur from Wigan Athletic, after Leicester City became rival bidders. The Foxes yesterday had a £5million offer for the midfielder turned down. MORE TOP STORIES: Wigan had
TATT who? Here's Clarets hitman Danny Ings as you've never seen him before. He has an ink-redible new tattoo across his chest, rivalling those of footballers such as David Beckham. MORE TOP STORIES: The 22-year-old striker spent more than
SEAN Dyche said he found positives in the performance against Sheffield Wednesday, despite the disappointment of being knocked out of the Capital One Cup at the first attempt with a third straight defeat. The Clarets made seven changes to their
IT was always destined to take a moment of brilliance or a mistake to settle this game in the 90 minutes. From the early forays of a forlorn first half it had extra time written all over it. And there was little to change that perception after
A WOMAN was left with a fractured cheekbone after being punched in the face during a row over who was getting in a taxi. The 18-year-old was injured in the unprovoked attack at the Lock Mill service station in Bolton Road, Blackburn, as she tried
THE company which owns Blackburn Rovers’ lost £36million last year making a New Year transfer embargo on the club likely. Venky’s London Limited latest accounts posted a deficit £9m worse than 2012-2013. MORE TOP STORIES: This means Rovers
A GANG of youths whose dogs have killed 12 sheep on a disused farm are being hunted by police and animal welfare officers. Dog walkers and a local councillor have found the sheep mauled to death in fields in Colne. MORE TOP STORIES: A joint
