EAST Lancs are aiming for second place in National League Division Five with a final day victory when they host Wallasey at East Lancs Club on Sunday. The East Lancs men posted a 16-8 overall victory over Menai, from Anglesey, in their penultimate
JUDGING by Gary Bowyer’s transfer deadline day signings it is clear he is still trying to get the backbone of his side right. A goalkeeper, a centre back and a central midfielder play a key part in forming that backbone and they are the three positions
LANCASHIRE Wolverines’ first ever taste of Premiership play-off football ended in a heavy defeat as they were Blitzed in London. The Blackburn-based team headed south to take on five time national champions London Blitz in the BAFANL quarter finals
A BUILDER who threat-ened a taxi driver with a piece of wood in a fare dispute while subject to a crown court order, has been spared jail. Graham Banks, 40, had held the plank above his head, screamed and shouted at Zaiynul Sultan: “If you don’
At the recent AMA (Amateur Martial Association) national karate squad selections, Tower Shukokai's Imogen Skipper won her full senior England badge and can now display the prestigious ‘Three Lions’ logo on her karategi (karate uniform). The 16-
THIS might sound like a bit of a sulk but I don’t like doing man of the match awards. Don’t get me wrong, I will never turn it down (well not always) but I just don’t seem to be particularly good at it. I think the pressure gets to me.
Mill Hill 3 Clifton 1 MILL Hill secretary Pete Fryer did the Ice Bucket Challenge during the half time break - then saw his side pour cold water on Clifton’s Charity Shield hopes. The bone-chilling dunking is the latest craze sweepng the nation
SCOUTS from Manchester United, Everton, Preston North End and Liverpool, flocked to Pleasington Playing Fields this weekend to run the rule over some of the brightest talent in the North-West. The Forbes Pre-Season Football Festival attracted more
HORSES and ponies of all shapes and sizes lined up at Magnolls Equestrian Centre's summer horse show at Oswaldtwistle. The Haslingden Road venue attracted proud owners and riders from across the county and organiser Gilly Peach hailed the event
AN East Lancashire stables that provided horses for the London 2012 Olympics is facing closure. A petition to wind-up Gisburn-based Panama Sport Horses UK Ltd is set to be heard in Manchester at the end of the month. MORE TOP STORIES: The
A GREAT Harwood teenager has been named student of the year after turning his life around. Brandon Cocker, 18, recently completed a two-year Futsal Education Scholarship at Accrington Stanley with the highest possible mark. The Great Harwood
VANDALS have cut down a swing from a children’s play area twice in a matter of days. The swing in Bold Venture Park was taken down after being replaced by council workmen last week. And this week, a second new swing was also taken down by vandals
THE idea of an Empire Day had been considered as early as 1897. The image of a motherly Queen Victoria, Empress of India, as its paramount ruler would be shared by an Empire spanning almost a quarter of the entire globe. However, it was not
A FORMER headteacher who wrote a successful book about the West Pennine moors has died. David Clayton, 77, who wrote Lost Farms of Brinscall Moors, died in the early hours of August 29 following months of ill health. Two years ago Mr Clayton
JUST after the war, in 1948, supplies of newspaper print were still short and your Northern Daily Telegraph comprised just eight pages. There was always a lot of news to pack in, with local, national and international stories in its columns.
THE date was September 24, 1948 and Accrington was the venue for the wedding of two top stage stars of the day. But it was so secret that most people missed the town’s wedding of the year between Renee Houston and Donald Stewart. Six weeks
IT was August 1978 and these youngsters, enjoying their long summer holidays from school, were at a fun day being held in Queen’s Park, Blackburn. As well as the various games, activities and sideshows, there was to be a special appearance by a
TODAY we look back at the Northern Daily Telegraph headlines from 66 years ago. They told of a cotton worker perishing in one factory fire and £30,000 damage being caused in another. The man who died was employed at the jute manufacturing mill
THERE is a long standing debate about the differences between vintage and retro, and it is probably one that will always be open to interpretation. Technically, for something to be classed as vintage, it must be dated as more than 20 years old.
PRIVATE Willie Kershaw of Rossendale was just 21 when he was killed in WWI, while carrying wounded on the field. Attached to the Royal Army Medical Corp 56th Field Ambulance, he was hit by a shell and died instantly in July, 1916. Information
Historian Michael Sumnersteps back in time to detail the history of the Audley area of Blackburn Many centuries ago, Audley was not within the Blackburn boundary, but it abutted the Town Moor, which was later to be called Grimshaw Park. During
FOR half a century, Joe Nicholas earned his crust making pies. Over five decades he saw millions of varieties roll off the production line at Holland’s in Baxenden — and every night he ate one. Back in 1972, 67-year-old Joe, of Helmshore Road,
A HAT-TRICK of deadline day signings should set us up for the first half of the season. The manager did well to land George Boyd in a club-equal record swoop from Hull City, Nathaniel Chalobah on loan from Chelsea, and then a late, late loan move
THE lure of Premier League football and the price tag put on his head by Manchester United are the reasons why Michael Keane ended up at Blackburn Rovers’ rivals Burnley. That was the verdict of Rovers boss Gary Bowyer yesterday after being asked
FIRST came the craze for outlandish vodkas, then fruit ciders of all persuasions became the rage, even rum and related cocktails had their turn in the sun. And now gin – much maligned as your maiden aunt’s favourite tipple and once besmirched as
A LONG-running saga over a travellers’ encampment in Burnley looks set to be resolved after a resident gave birth. Council bosses had served an eviction notice after a number of caravans and other vehicles turned up on the former Gardners car park
A DISPUTED footpath that sparked a six-year row when it was barred to the public in 2008 could reopen by the end of the year. The path between Mitton Road, Whalley, and Clitheroe Road, Barrow, was closed by Kevin Berkins, who owns The Eagle at
A PUB in Helmshore will receive a licensing review later this month after noise complaints from neighbours. Environmental Health first received complaints about The Station Hotel in Helmshore Road in May 2013, and in September last year the department
THE number of people who are classed as under-employed in the North West has increased by 18 per cent since 2010, according to new analysis published by the TUC today. The analysis shows that under-employment has risen by 55,000. People working
A COMMEMORATION will be held later this month for what would have been a popular football coach’s 30th birthday. Adam Rogers died in July 2009 at the age of 24 after he was punched once while trying to break up a fight in Blackburn town centre.
RENEWED efforts should be made to sell off homes which were renovated with millions of pounds of regeneration cash, a former mayor claims. Empty properties in the Whitefield area of Nelson have become a magnet for burglars and vandals, says ward
I’VE always enjoyed X Factor because I love talent competitions. As a child my gran used to put my sister and I on the stage in matching crocheted dresses. She’d play guitar and I’d sing – Mary Hopkins-style – or not, if I’m being honest. We
A PROLIFIC crook almost ended up back behind bars because he stole best Marks and Spencer steaks for his beloved dog. Burnley Crown Court heard how jobless heroin addict Steven Lumb, 56, had had his benefits reduced and the dog had no food.
TWO brothers, previously jailed for a fight with a knifeman, have been back in court for involvement in day-time trouble in a Nelson street. Partners in crime Paul Dwyer, 37, and Michael Dwyer, 31, were shouting in public on Belgrave Street during
BLACKBURN Rovers are continuing to monitor the training-ground injury sustained by Rudy Gestede which ruled him out of Saturday’s defeat at Wolves. The striker went over on his ankle and hurt his knee last Friday and has yet to return to training
COUNTY council bosses will seek to forge partnerships with other authorities before ‘privatising’ services – as they face the prospect of a £160million cuts programme. Lancashire’s leaders have already found £140million from a wider £300million
TWO new tenants have signed up to the £50million Burnley Bridge Business Park. In June YESSS Electrical became the first company to sign a deal to occupy a unit at the 70-acre former Hepworth’s site, off junction nine of the M65. Now Birchall
THREE men have appeared before Preston Crown Court to admit their part in a major drugs conspiracy in Burnley and Pendle. Shiraz Afzal, 27, of Limefield Avenue, Brierfield, Ziad Khaliq, 28, of Devonshire Road, Burnley, and Haroon Mahmood, 24, of
A CAMPAIGN group in Padiham has called for two greenbelt sites in the town identified for potential development to be dropped from the list. Land at Craggs Farm and Grove Lane were both included in the Burnley Local Plan as possible sites for housing
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after a collision between a scooter and a Ford Ka in Colne Road, near the Old Stone Trough at Barnoldswick. The man, thought to be in his 40s, is believed to have suffered a broken arm in the accident at 5pm yesterday
ONLY Aston Villa and Stoke spent less than Burnley in the summer transfer window as Premier League clubs splashed out £835million on new players, according to analysts. Manchester United led the way, with a record for an English club of £150million
BLACKBURN Rovers’ trio of deadline day captures are ready to go straight into the first team, insists Gary Bowyer. But Rovers boss Bowyer admits he had half an eye on the future when signing centre back Shane Duffy from Everton on a three-year
THE latest global charity craze may involve dumping a bucket of ice-cold water over one’s own head — but some well-wishers in East Lancashire are taking it one step further. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which aims to raise awareness of motor neurone
A MISSING man who was last spotted in Brierfield has been found safe and well by police. John Ritchie, 52, was last seen in Wharfedale Avenue at around 3pm on Sunday until he was discovered in Fence this morning. Officers had become increasingly
STAFF had to be evacuated after a machine caught fire at Burnley General Hospital. Two crews from Burnley fire station spent 90 minutes tackling the blaze in the hospital’s endoscopy sterilising unit at 5.55pm on Monday. Alan Ashworth, crew
EARLY hopes of an Indian summer have been raised as forecasters predicted a week of warm weather to usher in the start of September. Temperatures are set to reach 25C buoyed by high pressure from the jet stream of ex-Hurricane Cristobal as it tracks
BLACKBURN’S new bus station is starting to take shape. Work is now well under way on the £5million glass-fronted development, which will welcome passengers from autumn 2015. MORE TOP STORIES: The covered complex, which will take 18 months
AN accident has sparked calls for a change to the speed limit in a country road. The driver of a black Mercedes had to be cut out of the car after mounting the curb, spinning and hitting two trees in Horden View, Blackburn. The accident – in
A RESTAURANT over-looking the River Darwen could form part of a major new business centre ear-marked for the outskirts of Blackburn. Developer Homeland Holdings has lodged an application to build offices, a fitness suite, a cafe and conference
A DAD who was electrocuted at work had recently found out he was expecting a third child with his wife. Jason Haslem, 24, was carrying out repairs for Blackburn firm Acme Refrigeration when he died after an electric shock last week. MORE TOP
A BLACKBURN dentist allegedly dragged a man out of his waiting room and left him lying on the pavement because of a row over wages owed to his daughter. Blackburn magistrates heard the victim claimed the attack was unprovoked. MORE TOP STORIES
NEW midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe is determined to prove the doubters wrong and get his career back on track during his season-long loan at Blackburn Rovers. The 21-year-old was one of the stars of Manchester United’s FA Youth Cup winning team of
A BUSINESSMAN clocked driving at 40mph and 42mph in a ‘30mph zone’ had his speeding tickets thrown out in court. John Brewin was caught by a mobile speed camera unit in Lower Eccleshill Road, Darwen, in November last year and again in January.
THIS massive piece of equipment will transform the power of the River Calder in Whalley into electricity. The Archimedean screw, which cost more than £200,000, was delivered to the site of the Whalley Community Hydro on Monday. MORE TOP STORIES
A 31-YEAR-OLD man was spotted kissing and cuddling a 15-year-old girl on a bus by a special constable. Amjid Hussain, who had sent the teenager sex texts, had been served with two Child Abduction Notices in March 2012, relating to different girls
BURNLEY could look to make Michael Keane a permanent signing in the new year, after landing the Manchester United defender on loan until January in a transfer deadline day deal. The England Under 21 international agreed a four-month move in the
A WOMAN and three children who have gone missing from home in Scotland could be in Blackburn. Kristina Pikse, 28, and her children David, eight, Danius, four, and Zana, nine months, were last seen at 4.10pm in Pollok, near Glasgow. MORE TOP
POLICE are to be kitted out with video cameras attached to their uniforms when they respond to 999 calls. The devices are designed to capture evidence at crime scenes, including ongoing incidents, which can then be used in court. MORE TOP STORIES
