ACCRINGTON Stanley had James Gray sent off as they fell to defeat at Oxford United tonight. The Reds fell behind in the 15th minute at the Kassam Stadium when Danny Hylton fired home, but Marcus Carver made it 1-1 only two minutes later. Oxford
BURNLEY are ready to blend youth with experience as they aim for a top three spot in North Lancs One this season. The Holden Road club kicked off their campaign at title contenders Didsbury Toc on Saturday and despite slipping to a 49-7 defeat
Pendle 23 Eagle 20 Pendle Phoenix made it two wins from two in North Lancs Two after fighting back to beat Eagle. With both teams beginning the season with impressive victories, each went into the game with confidence. Pendle opened the
IT was a day to honour and remember at Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club as two events were in memory of former club stalwarts. The club hosted a bowls competition in memory of Melvin Edmondson and a cricket challenge match in honour
Blackburn 32 Aldwinians 14 BLACKBURN continued their splendid start to the season, overpowering Aldwinians 32-14 at Ramsgreave Drive. And Burn secured a precious bonus point, although they had to wait until the final play of the game to to
We all know the old cliché ‘like father like son’ – for one local snooker mad family it couldn’t be more true. Tommy Hannan has graced the local snooker scene very successfully for over 20 years now and son Jonny is following in his footsteps.
MARTYN Skipper’s beaming smile was one of the enduring images of last year’s Grassroots Heroes Awards. To say he was happy with his senior sports personality of the year award is something of an understatement of epic proporations. But Skipper
THE Accrington & Rossendale College Girls’ and Boys’ Football Academy teams have begun another year of training and are looking forward to taking part in competitions around the country. As well as being an Ofsted Outstanding College, AccRoss
STUART Gall and Michael Beardmore picked the perfect moment to move up through the gears as they won the Allspeeds Doubles competition at the weekend. Gall and Beardmore were in fine form in the final as they raced to a 21-10 victory over Vincent
Lancashire Spinners Division Four team which is based at Blackburn College, took to the road for their season opener on Sunday where they came up against Myerscough Giants. This was always going to be a tough away game against the Manchester Giants
Tower Shukokai Karate Club sent two athletes to the AMA North West Open at the Castle Leisure Centre, Bury. This can be considered Tower's ‘home’ tournament and in the past gold medals have been taken here by Andy Allwood, Martyn Skipper and Imogen
THE games are coming thick and fast in the Accrington and District Junior Boys League which has kicked off his 57th season. With teams from under sevens to under 16s – and playing competitively from under 11s – the league is making he most of the
LANCASHIRE lad Bradley Hardman played through the pain barrier to become the new European Junior Golf Open champion. The 16-year-old rising star clinched the title at Royal Lytham and St Annes Old Links, winning his age group and carding the best
LONGRIDGE ambulant shot putter Millie Forrest insists claiming gold at the Sainsbury’s School Games was the perfect ending to an incredible season. More than 1,600 talented school children descended on Manchester to compete in 12 sports across
Salesbury CC under 9s have retained the SMS Ribblesdale League under 9s title for 2014 after winning all but one of their nine games. The squad have progressed tremendously well this year and will nearly all be able to play next year. Everyone
UNDER Sam Allardyce, Rovers were very difficult to beat at home. It might not have been pretty, but Big Sam knew how to get results and made sure Ewood was a fortress. MORE TOP STORIES: He was able to build on a legacy left by Mark Hughes
TWO unlicensed Darwen landlords have been ordered to pay more than £6,000 after being prosecuted by the council. Stephen Doughty and Christopher Gac have to pay £6,324.65 following a hearing at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court last week after being
RESIDENTS are being urged to go online to access Blackburn with Darwen council services in a new campaign as the number using the borough’s digital portals rises. The numbers of people hitting their computer keyboards to use web-based applications
HEALTH chiefs have invited residents to the first annual general meeting of Blackburn and Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group. The meeting is at Blackburn Central Library on Thursday, September 18, from 6pm to 8pm and is the first since the organisation
A FORMER chemical plant worker is appealing to his ex-workmates for help, following his diagnosis of mesothelioma. Tom Barnes, 73, a former draughtsman who worked at William Blythe in Church, near Accrington from 1956 to 1965, has been diagnosed
THE newly-formed Friends of Darwen Tower group will host its first public meeting tonight. The meeting of the new group, chaired by local businessman Steve Hartley, owner of WEC in Junction Street, will take place from 7pm at Derwent Hall in George
FREE runners have been stunning shoppers by turning Blackburn town centre into an urban assault course. Karl Barker, 21, from Highercroft, and Callum Harris, 19, from Darwen, said they have ‘turned their lives around’ by practising Parkour, a sport
A SPECIAL school has maintained its ‘good’ Ofsted rating. Inspectors found that all groups of students at Crosshill, which shares a building with Blackburn Central High School, in Haslingden Road, achieve well. Lead inspector Alastair Younger
TRAINEE teachers will benefit from ‘on-the-job’ training under a revolutionary new way of studying during their PGCE year. Wensley Fold Primary Academy in Blackburn has taken in 21 students for the coming year and is working in partnership with
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has teamed up with an ex-Coronation Street star and the former mayor of Clitheroe to send a ‘love message to the people of Scotland’. In a 17-second video posted on Facebook, Mr Evans, Vicky Entwistle, who played Janice
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson praised the Royal Mail after they delivered a target-beating performance in the BB postcode area in the first quarter of 2014/15. Royal Mail said 94.3 per cent of First Class Mail was delivered on time in the BB area
THE red carpet was rolled out at Blackburn College to celebrate a record year of achievement at the 19th Further Education Awards. Around 8,600 students from across East Lancashire completed their studies this year in a wide range of courses from
FOUR of Pendle’s most talented young musicians are set to take to the stage to compete for a share of a £12,500 bursary. Two vocalists, a cellist and bassoonist will be vying for the judges’ votes when the second annual Pendle Young Musicians Bursary
SMOKING electronic cigarettes in taxis in the Ribble Valley could be banned under plans to be discussed today. The borough licensing committee will consider the proposal to alter the standard conditions for private hire and hackney carriage vehicles
No-score draws for Burnley in our past Premier League fixtures have been like buses, you wait for ages then two come along at once. And there’s more about buses later on in my notes. In our brief flirtation during the 2009/10 season we didn
MORE than £5million worth of savings can be made through reorganising a rehab service for those recovering from a medical crisis, county councillors have been told. Home care providers will be expected to take on the bulk of the work provided by
MY mother was born in Scotland and so I have always felt a somewhat tenuous affinity — and not always a fond one. Oh, I know that you are not supposed to make generalisations, but that side of our family always seemed to be argumentative, and so
HEALTH bosses have rejected a deal to settle 10 negligence claims against the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals. A solicitors’ firm that was involved in investigating the Mid Staffs hospital scandal said East Lancashire Hospitals NHS
COUPLES found inspiration at one of the biggest wedding fairs in the region. The North West Wedding and Venue Exhibition, arranged by the Lancashire Telegraph’s parent company, Newsquest took place in the Premier Suite at the Macron Stadium, Bolton
AN alliance of charities said ‘chronic underfunding’ has left the care system in crisis. The warning comes after nine in 10 English councils, including Lancashrie County Council (LCC) and Blackburn with Darwen Council (BwD), have withdrawn social
THE Bishop who helped with the Queen’s visit to Blackburn on Maundy Thursday has been put in charge of England’s Cathedrals and church buildings. Now the Right Reverend Dr John Inge has been invited back to the town to see the progress of its new
A SHOP worker has been ordered to carry out 150 hours community service after being caught with a haul of dodgy tobacco in Nelson. Investigators from Lancashire trading standards found 536 packets of various cigarettes, but mainly Mayfairs, without
LANCASHIRE County Council’s ‘Pendle Three Tier Forum’ meets tonight at 6.30pm at Colne Town Hall on Albert Road. It will begin by appointing a new chair and deputy chair before a 15-minute Question Time for members of the public. It will examine
COUNCIL bosses have denied claims that regeneration work in Burnley could grind to a halt over controversial potential sites for travellers. Under consultations for the borough’s Local Plan, three locations have been suggested to meet an anticipated
FOUR new primary schools have opened across East Lancashire this term and two more are nearing completion, Lancashire County Council has revealed as online applications for places in 2015 gather pace. Education chief Matthew Tomlinson has also
AT just 18 Dennis Cramp was the youngest Allied soldier when he was dropped into occupied Holland on September 17, 1944. Now aged 88 and living in Accrington, the former paratrooper is one of just a handful of veterans being treated to an all expenses
A FIRM commitment to saving the planet has seen East Lancashire’s train operator move from providing a silver service to being given a platinum rating. Northern Rail, which runs the three main services through the area, was given the status by
MOTORISTS are reporting huge delays on the M6 this afternoon. The tailbacks are due to a crash which happened between junctions 31a at Longridge and 31 for Preston and Clitheroe. Witnesses said a green army-style buggy vehicle was flipped onto
A LEADING light of one of Pendle’s major employers has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University. Adrian Fawcett, chairman of the Silentnight Group, which has a large factory near Barnoldswick, was given the honour as graduates
A KNIFE amnesty is continuing in East Lancashire. Since Lancashire Police launched the campaign to get people to surrender an weapons in August, more than 400 knives, including swords, machetes and commando knives. As part of the scheme, people
A CRANE hire firm has been charged with ‘corporate manslaughter’ over the death of a driver at Scout Moor wind farm three years ago. Lindsey Easton, 49, was killed when the eight-axled 130-tonne crane he was driving crashed on a steep road at the
A SIXTEEN-year-old girl was left shaken after men in two cars became abusive after offering her a lift in Burnley. The girl was waiting for a bus in Colne Road, Reedley, at around 7pm on Saturday when a silver car, thought to be an Audi, pulled
A COUPLE and their two bull terriers had to escape their home when a fire started in the kitchen. The blaze happened shortly before 10am this morning in Hobart Street, Burnley. MORE TOP STORIES: Firefighters said they spent around 45 minutes
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Luke Varney will go into tomorrow night’s clash with his former club Derby County at Ewood Park with praise ringing in his ears. Rovers boss Gary Bowyer was delighted with the impact Varney made coming off the bench in
A DOG died after getting into difficulty while swimming in an East Lancashire quarry. Firefighters were called to help rescue the Staffordshire bull terrier from Lee Bank Quarry, in Newchurch Road, Bacup, around 3pm on Monday. MORE TOP STORIES
SEAN Dyche has backed Marvin Sordell to rediscover the attributes that made him an ‘outstanding’ young player when the pair last worked together. Sordell was a key man in Dyche’s first Watford side, spending seven months under his tutelage before
ACCRINGTON Stanley have received more than 100 applications to become their next manager. But it is understood that Blackburn Rovers midfielder David Dunn is not in for the job. There have been reports that the Rovers fans’ favourite, 34, is
BLACKBURN Rovers U21s have suffered their first defeat of the season. Eric Kinder's side were beaten 3-1 by Middlesbrough at the Riverside in last night's U21s Premier League Division Two clash. Boro raced into a three-goal lead before Rovers
A MEMORIAL to some of Blackburn’s fallen war heroes has been replaced. In 2008, memorial plaques salvaged from Hollin Bank Mission and St Bartholomew’s Church in the town were fastened to the side of Ewood Park. The ‘Rovers Remembers’ display
A BUILDER is facing jail after confessing to stealing three First World War medals which were presented to an East Lancashire soldier. Gary WIlliams, 48, took the 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Allied Victory medal, presented to the late Thomas
RESIDENTS have complained about fireworks being set off late at night to celebrate Asian weddings in Pendle. Several people have taken to Facebook to vent their frustration over firework displays with some being reported at 1.30am. Danielle
WORSHIPPERS at East Lancashire mosques who gave money to the aid convoy to Syria, one of whose workers now faces beheading, will be ‘angry’ and ‘gutted’ by his seizure by the jihadists. This is the view of Muslim politicians across the area who
MOTORISTS faced rush-hour chaos yesterday after a serious crash caused a main road to be closed. Newchurch Road, in Rawtenstall, was shut for around five hours yesterday morning to allow accident investigators to look into the cause of a smash
A COUNCIL worker is a winner in more ways than one after scooping £25,000 on the postcode lottery – as a resident of Wynotham Street! Jason Brook’s address came up trumps when the People’s Postcode Lottery was drawn. MORE TOP STORIES: The
A MOTHER threw her stiletto heel shoes at a bouncer and hit another staff member with her handbag while being thrown out of a bar for an alleged sex session, a court heard. Drunk Angelina Lloyd, 38, also punched a barmaid in the face in the trouble
BLACKBURN Rovers star Tom Cairney is happy to continue being Gary Bowyer’s go-to-guy in midfield – as he believes he can stamp his mark on a match no matter where he plays. Rovers’ reigning player of the year has not played in the same position
A WOMAN has spoken of her disgust after rats plagued her street. The resident in Angela Street, Blackburn, said she and her neighbours were appalled by the amount of rubbish, which is waist-high in some parts, in the back yard of an empty property
MICHAEL Duff is relishing every minute of his second chance in the Premier League, having missed most of the season through injury when Burnley last graced the top division. The 36-year-old has been an integral part of an ever-present back four
MOBILE phone retailer Phones 4u had closed its four outlets in the area yesterday as a decision over the future of the business was set to be made. The phone contract comparison retailer has shops in The Mall shopping centres in Blackburn and Burnley
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to turn a former bakery into a religious school for Muslim children with learning difficulties is back on the agenda. Last month Blackburn with Darwen planning committee deferred a decision on the proposal after an objection
A POSTMAN stole almost 80 meerkat toys from packages and sold them on eBay, netting around £1,500, a court was told. David Livesey, 61, helped himself to the sought-after fluffy toys, made famous by the TV advert for Comparethemarket.com, which
