ROVERS' nine-game unbeaten league run at Ewood Park came to an end last night despite a spirited late fightback. Ben Marshall, fresh from scoring a brilliant brace in Saturday’s victory over Wigan Athletic, put Gary Bowyer’s team in front after
BLACKBURN Rovers have named an unchanged team for tonight’s Championship clash at home to last season’s beaten play-off finalists Derby County. Rovers boss Gary Bowyer, as expected, has stuck faith with the side that started Saturday’s impressive 3
A SALSA club is pleading for men to come and strut their stuff at its weekly classes. The Sweet Salsa group, which is based in Blackburn, has 23 lovely ladies but not enough men with moves to go round. The class is run by North West Salsa
A CAR valeting boss is hoping to give Burnley FC some 'va va vroom' with his freshly painted claret and blue Reliant Robin. Mark Holmes, owner of Water Wheels in Plumbe Street, Burnley, has branded his trusty three-wheeler with the Clarets’ new
A 77-metre-high wind turbine could be installed in Darwen. Energy firm Temporis Wind has written to Darwen Town Council outlining its plans for the turbine at a farm in Bolton Road. The 500kw turbine would be installed by the firm at Prospect
PROPOSALS for a new specialist development for older people in Ewood are set to move a step closer tomorrow. The project will provide 92 self-contained apartments with support on the site of the former Albion Mill. MORE TOP STORIES: It
A RELATIVE of a former Calderstones hospital patient has flown more than 5,000 miles to visit a long-lost family grave. Constance Evelyn Clements, the great aunt of David Brierley-Green from the US, died at the hospital in 1924 at the age of 21
A MAN involved in cocaine street dealing was jailed for 21 months after a drugs stash was found at his home. Burnley Crown Court heard how Kabir Aslam, 28, had cocaine to the tune of £500, cutting agents, snap bags and scales. Police also found
A GANG who used a hand car wash to run a crack cocaine and cannabis operation in East Lancashire have been jailed for almost 20 years. Businessman Abid Hussain and his five accomplices used the Big Shine car wash, off Victoria Way, Rawtenstall,
BACK in 1953, Massey’s Ale had been brewed in Burnley for more than 200 years. And this brewery advert which appeared in the Northern Daily Telegraph 60 years ago, emphasised its long history. For it relayed the story of its hospitality through
AS we saw on Saturday, it’s a massive bonus when you’ve got players like Ben Marshall and Tom Cairney who can strike the ball with consistency from distance. When you’ve got that it leads the opposition team to think, ‘we can’t sit on the edge of the
A TRAVELLER cleared of raping a woman outside a nightclub has spoken of his nine-month ‘nightmare’. Tommy Boswell had been accused of dragging and pushing a 20-year-old woman across a road before pinning her against a wall and sexually assaulting
MICHAEL Duff says that he is relishing his second chance at the Premier League, and no wonder. For the defender has been a real top performer for the Clarets so far this season. He has been an unsung hero of the club over his many years’ service.
A HOMELESS charity based in Burnley is branching out across East Lancashire after opening up a new retail store in Accrington. Emmaus, which runs a rehousing complex in Booth Court, off Colne Road, Burnley, has launched a new venture at the Arndale
DARWEN? Where’s that? Well, you’ve heard of Blackburn? Yes. And you’ve heard of Bolton? A nod. Well they are both suburbs of Darwen. George Willie Snape always had an answer ready for anyone who professed ignorance of where exactly his home town
It’s a very casual photo and obviously not an official school picture. But the young people here, from Witton High School, in Blackburn, obviously got on very well. There’s a lot of arms round shoulders and good naturedness between the students
MAKING the headlines today was a typhoid scare story. Doctors and chemist across East Lancashire were inundated with requests for vaccinations from people heading abroad for holidays. The panic had been caused by the confirmation of five cases
THE trademark femininity of the 1950s is constantly being re-cycled in contemporary fashion, yet channelling the true feeling of that era can only really be achieved by wearing authentic clothing from the decade. After the rigidity of the post-war
Get Your Business Superfast 4 (#GYBSF4) is a free event for Lancashire’s small and medium sized businesses taking place on 23 October 2014 at Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa, Clayton-Le-Moors, Accrington BB5 5JP from 08:30 to 17:30. The day
THERE have been so many stories of whole families going to war, during our frequent looks back at East Lancashire and World War One, during this centenary year. Well, here is another instance of family patriotism, this time shown by the Roberts
AFTER apprentice painter Henry Pinder joined the East Lancashire TF in 1912, he was one of the original volunteer force to be sent overseas when war was declared. Between 1914 and 1918 he served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts, winning the
IT’S 50 years ago this year since the Rolling Stones played a show at the Imperial Ballroom, Nelson. Now, a fan is aiming to compile a people's history of the Stones and wants to know if readers would share their memories of the concert. MORE
TWO new restaurant ventures could spice up life for visitors to Rawtenstall – and revive the fortunes of two of the town’s best-known venues. Plans have been unveiled for the former Madisons, at the corner of Burnley Road and Haslingden Old Road
TIMES were hard for many in Blackburn in the 1880s and the Ragged School was born out of a desire to help the poor. Bygones has previously featured its work and its people; men including philanthropist James Dixon, who met with John Walkden in
A PLAN for a large housing estate in Whalley, which led to the setting up of a residents’ action group in 2010, has been resubmitted. The application for 71 homes on land to the north of Riddings Lane is a reduction of nine properties since the
SUPPORTERS of a Colne theatre which has taken on many different roles itself are putting the finishing touches to their centenary gala dinner this weekend. Starting life as a cine-variety venue, mixing silent films with stage acts, Pendle Hippodrome
A HASLINGDEN resident was left with a £260 legal bill for fly-tipping after claiming she trusted a friend to dump nine bags of rubbish. The waste, including cardboard boxes and furniture items, ended up on a privately-owned site off King’s Highway
BOSSES at North West Ambulance Service have raised concerns about the average age of staff within the non-urgent patient transport service in Lancashire. The trust’s recent workforce report said: “The PTS workforce is traditionally older than in
A CRICKET stalwart who has kept score in Acc-rington since 1994 is putting down his pencil for the final time. Lionel Cooke, 75, has been recording each run, wicket and over at Accrington Cricket Club for two decades. MORE TOP STORIES:
ANYONE who has ever done any internet dating knows there comes a time during an online conversation when it can all go wrong. By that, I mean, take a turn for the overtly sexual. Most men, who are only in it for a physical encounter, manage to
A 39-year-old woman appeared at Burnley Crown Court accused of falsely imprisoning a couple at Nelson. Polish national Anna Marczuk-Franczak, of Elizabeth Street, Nelson, is also charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm against
A NEW ‘affordable’ housing estate could be about to take shape on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal behind a Burnley college complex. Fifty homes have been pencilled in for land at the top of Grey Street, Daneshouse, by Great Places Housing
EAST Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group is inviting people to call in for a cup of coffee and a slice of cake, as part of a national day of fundraising. The CCG, based in Nelson, is participating in Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
ROSSENDALE councillor Liz McInnes will fight a key by-election for Labour next month. The mother-of-two and Unite union official will face a stiff battle to stave off UKIP candidate John Bickley in the Heywood and Middleton poll caused by the sudden
A maintenance engineer has been banned from driving for 17 months after being caught almost twice the limit. Lee Wilkinson, 23, of Manchester Road, Barnoldswick, admitted driving with excess alcohol on Skipton Road, Colne, on August 29. Burnley
A 37-YEAR-OLD man who drove off after crashing into a parked car in Whalley was later arrested after hitting a lamp post in Sabden. Blackburn magistrates heard Grzegorz Kosow, who had been celebrating his birthday, gave a police station breath
A DRUNK whose dog savaged a police officer was told by a judge to see her GP after she was back in court for another alcohol-fuelled offence. Sandra Wardle, 59, was earlier this year given a suspended jail term after her Staffordshire bull terrier
PROFITS at East Lancashire-based Crown Paints went up by £5million in the last financial year. The company announced its financial results after publishing its latest accounts, for the year ending on December 31. They showed the company, based
A BURNLEY ‘superschool’ which was put in special measures has been given a glowing report by inspectors. Blessed Trinity RC High School was told it was providing inadequate levels of teaching in 2011, when it was placed in special measures.
TWO East Lancashire MPs have backed a new initiative which aims to enhance the lives of people living with dementia in Rossendale. Jake Berry and Graham Jones are supporting ‘Dementia Friendly Rossendale’, which has been set up by health chiefs
AN ornate chandelier has been returned to take pride of place in the Great Hall at Towneley Hall – after it had a little accident. Six months ago the glasswork slipped, during a routine bulb change by workmen, prompting a repair operation.
A DRUNKEN man arrested before a match at Turf Moor had sworn in front of a woman and small child, a court heard. Magistrates were told how Paul Otis Hughes, 24, was warned repeatedly to leave the area by police. MORE TOP STORIES: Hughes
THE campaign for a ‘Yes’ vote has little support among Scots-born residents of East Lancashire. Blackburn-hairdresser Dianne Mason says: “They would be absolutely crazy to go for independence.” Former Burnley and Scotland footballer Andy Lochhead
INVESTIGATORS have released CCTV images of four men they believe could have vital information about an attack on two men in a Blackburn bar. The incident, which resulted in both victims aged 21 and 30 needing hospital treatment, happened in Liquid
A MAN suffered suspected neck and shoulder injuries when he fell 10ft down an embankment. Emergency crews were called to Witton Park around 11.05pm last night to help the man, who was in his 30s. MORE TOP STORIES: Firefighters rescued him
THE excitement Blackburn Rovers fans felt after seeing their side blow Wigan Athletic away with a sparkling second-half show on Saturday came as no surprise to Gary Bowyer. After all he is the man who has assembled a team that is no longer solely reliant
SCOTTISH independence and the uncertainty it will cause would be bad for business and jobs in East Lancashire, company bosses believe. From the chief executive of the county’s biggest employer BAE Systems Ian King through to the man behind Moorhouses
TRAFFIC on a busy road plunged into chaos by new lights should be eased by the introduction of monitored CCTV cameras. Motorists driving in and out of Darwen have slammed new traffic lights at Hollins Grove that were installed as part of the £40million
A ‘SHOW-OFF’ student who left two friends seriously injured when he smashed into a wall driving at speeds of up to 110mph on a 30mph road has been locked up. Imran Zaman, 20, had taken his father’s Volkswagon Golf without his permission because
BURNLEY striker Sam Vokes is still some way from a return to first-team action – despite reports that he could be back for Wales’ two Euro 2016 qualifiers next month. Stories surfaced yesterday claiming Vokes was hoping to be back from a cruciate
THE family of a five-year-old girl who died after suffering with a rare form of childhood cancer have paid tribute to their lovely, happy girl. Hooria Iqbal, from Brierfield, complained of back pain in February this year and was taken by her mother
IF Steve McClaren needed any reminder of how tough a test Derby County could be in for at Ewood Park tonight then he got one on Saturday. The former England manager was in the stands as Blackburn Rovers extended their unbeaten home league run to
JOHN Coleman is set to make a dramatic return to Accrington Stanley for a second spell in charge of the Reds, more than two and a half years after leaving. The 51-year-old is expected to be unveiled as James Beattie’s successor today, with Jimmy
FIT-AGAIN centre back Matt Kilgallon insists Blackburn Rovers can get back to having one of the meanest defences in the Championship. Rovers, who welcome Derby County to Ewood Park tonight, have failed to register a single shut out so far this
A THUG who thumped a peacemaker and smashed his cheekbone after the victim intervened in a New Year’s Day drunken row was jailed for eight months. Burnley Crown Court heard how plasterer Joel Pattison, 21, landed Paul Sagar a heavy single blow,
A SCHOOL for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) could be built in Blackburn. Eden BESD School would be built next to The Heights Free School, which opened in Heys Lane last year, if planning consent is approved.
RESIDENTS in Burnley are reporting being without electricity this morning. A spokeswoman for Electricity North West said there had been a power cut affecting those living in the BB11 postcode area. She said: “Engineers are en route to restore
A BURNLEY woman hanged herself after ‘a number of significant knocks’ in the last weeks of her life, an inquest heard. Michelle Chappell, 37, had split up with her partner and lost her job at a factory before her death on April 24, Burnley Coroner
GEORGE Boyd insists fans did not see the best of him on his impressive Burnley debut – vowing to improve further once he is fully fit. Boyd earned praise from manager and team-mates after an encouraging first appearance for the Clarets in Saturday
