SAINSBURY'S has sparked a likely supermarket fuel-price war by slashing up to 5p a litre off the cost of its petrol and diesel. The new prices will take effect from tomorrow at all the company's 294 forecourts. MORE TOP STORIES: Sainsbury's
SO much for a Super Sunday? In front of the TV cameras at the Hawthorns yesterday we were nothing short of woeful. And thankfully it’s a long time since I’ve had to utter such a phrase. From the outset we lacked any kind of tempo and, for me, the
SERIES eleven and with fifteen new celebrities, however I do feel that maybe we are stretching that term slightly but how excited should we be as this is now the number one weekend entertainment show with the highest ratings. Caroline & Pasha
THE owners of a town centre bar left an eyesore after a fire are to be urged to either knock it down or renovate it. Franky’s Bar in Church Street, Darwen, was severely damaged by fire after an arson attack in November, 2012. MORE TOP STORIES
A HERITAGE festival could become an annual event following its first year success. Bosses at the Blackburn Business Improvement District are celebrating the popularity of the town’s festival, which was held on September 13 and 14. Organiser
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council is spending thousands of pounds supplying tablet computers to all but one of its 64 councillors. Sudell’s Paul Browne has refused to accept one, even though the Town Hall plans to stop sending paper copies of agendas
IT specialists Lanway have won ‘goalden’ praise from the Premier League after kitting out the Clarets for their top-flight campaign. The Burnley-based business had just six weeks to introduce a new IT infrastructure at Turf Moor and Burnley FC’
A BURNT out car was discovered in Milnshaw Park in Accrington on Saturday morning. The white Mini-type car was found by a resident on Saturday morning. MORE TOP STORIES: It had been completely destroyed in the blaze. Firefighters from
A NEW company has literally become ‘cutting edge’ after being awarded funding to buy machinery which can penetrate through virtually anything. NorthWest Waterjet Limited, based at Chorley North Industrial Park, has been awarded a grant of £23,372
REGENERATION boss Maureen Bateson has admitted Blackburn with Darwen council will not know how many bodies will need to be dug up and reburied for a new £4 million highway until excavations start. She was tackled on the number of exhumations expected
THE message from players and management coming out of Turf Moor over the past few weeks has been clear: The goals will come. Sean Dyche has been showing no signs of panic and his squad have followed suit. Chances had been created and once one goes
A DECORATED Ribble Valley police officer is set to walk the beat for the final time tomorrow after more than 20 years. PC Alison Hargreaves has been based at Clitheroe Police Station for 12 years after stints in Darwen and Blackburn. The 44
WILL Straw, who will stand for Labour in Rossendale at the next General Election, has praised volunteers in the borough. Mr Straw, who will oppose Tory Jake Berry for the constituency seat, which also includes Darwen, made a speech at the Labour
HEALTH chiefs have defended a £54k public relations campaign for the North West Ambulance Service – despite the organisation already being one of the largest spenders on press and communications officers in the NHS. The #Team999 campaign, launched
WHEN I was young, subjects picked apart and discussed at length on television tended to be hard-hitting. Things like global poverty, nuclear disarmament or environmental catastrophes were analysed on programmes such as Panorama or Horizon.
A BURNLEY school has been recognised by a national education charity following ‘excellent’ GCSE results. Sir John Thursby has been celebrated by The Future Leaders Trust, which works with hundreds of schools throughout the country, as its number
A JUDGE has hit out at Government cuts to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), warning that underfunding will lead to miscarriages of justice. The judge, Simon Newell, who regularly sits at Burnley and Preston Crown Courts, was speaking after the
JAKE Berry, Rossendale’s MP, is to host a jobs fair in Stacksteads. Some of East Lancashire’s biggest employers will be at the free event on Friday, October 31, and there will be workshops on CV writing and interview tips. The event follows
SEVERAL of East Lancashire’s finest establishments will be jostling for supremacy as the county’s top tourism attractions do battle early next month. Record numbers of applications have been received for the 2014 Lancashire Tourism Awards - with
ALAN Irvine felt West Bromwich Albion had been the first to truly open up the Burnley defence this season as his side claimed a 4-0 victory at the Hawthorns. Irvine warned before yesterday’s Premier League fixture that the Clarets would provide
A LIFE changing piece of equipment has been bought for two young Burnley brothers with a chronic condition after a community fundraiser. Parents who run Sycamore United junior football team took it upon themselves to raise money for a special cystic
FIREFIGHTERS in Burnley and Padiham swapped their hoses for sponges on Saturday, all in the name of charity. Although they may be more used to pouring water on to raging fires, the fire men and women proved their skills were transferable by sending
EVEN trans-Atlantic mods couldn’t keep away from East Lancashire’s ‘mod weekender’ as hundreds of Vespas and Lambrettas descended on Clitheroe. And Canadian Jason Morris, who jetted into the UK especially, can’t help but have been impressed as
A FORMER church in Burnley with a chequered history may be about to take on a new role as a base for the homeless and ‘excluded’. Several purposes have been sought for the former Burnley Lane Baptist Church, in Colne Road, over the past few years
POLICE community support officers have been given extra powers allowing them to hand out penalty notices. The move from Lancashire Police’s chief constable Steve Finnigan is part of a plan to help reduce anti-social behaviour. It means that
FORMER Blackburn Rovers midfielder Billy McKinlay has been named as the new head coach of Watford after Oscar Garcia stepped down due to health reasons. Garcia was in the directors' box for the Hornets' 2-2 draw with Blackburn Rovers on Saturday
EX-Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede is set to become the latest East Lancashire addition to the cast of Dr Who after it was confirmed she would be appearing in the sci-fi epic’s Christmas special. The Strictly Come Dancing favourite’s actual
AN eyewitness who saw a man’s head being stamped on in a Burnley street feared he might be dead, a court heard. Victim Robbie Lunt, 18, suffered a fractured cheekbone and a bleed on the brain after the Boxing Day attack but later recovered, Burnley
Tributes have been paid to the influential former head teacher of St Mary’s College, Father Philip Graystone, who has died at the age of 93. Fr Graystone who was instrumental in the development of St Mary’s College during the 1950s and was head
TOMMY Spurr will make his comeback from injury in Blackburn Rovers' U21s Premier League clash with Reading at Ewood Park tonight (7pm) – which is free to all supporters. The left-back has not played for Gary Bowyer’s senior side so far this season
Indomita Gran Reserva 2013, £5.49, Co-Op You have until October 7 to snap up this crispy green apple and pineapple-tasting Sauvignon Blanc at £2 below its normal price of £7.49. The lively, award-winning dry white comes from Chile’s highly rated
Jason Steele - 6 Good stop from Odion Ighalo but may be disappointed that Daniel Tozser beat him at the post he was covering. Alex Baptiste - 6 Forced Heurelho Gomes into his best save of the first half before going off at half-time
IT was as if John Coleman had never been away. As games of football go, Accrington’s Stanley’s wins over Northampton and Plymouth were like chalk and cheese but the crucial thing is that Coleman’s side picked up the same amount of points for both
Tom Heaton - 7 Could do little about the goals and made a fine save to deny Dorrans’ swerving effort before half time. Kieran Trippier - 6 Could not get forward as much as he liked and unable to do quite enough to clear Dawson’s header
SEAN Dyche refused to use injuries as an excuse after Burnley slipped to the bottom of the Premier League table with a 4-0 loss at West Bromwich Albion yesterday. Dyche suffered the heaviest defeat of his reign as Clarets boss after his injury-hit
SUPER-SUB Ryan Tunnicliffe is determined to take a leaf out of his hero Steven Gerrard’s book and add more goals to his game – after the first of his career left Blackburn Rovers in upbeat mood ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Rotherham United. Tunnicliffe
TRAFFIC was queuing on the M65 this morning because of a van fire. Smoke was reported to be blowing across the carriageway between junctions four for Darwen and five for Shadsworth on the eastbound side. A rolling road block was put in place
A CHILD was seriously injured in a collision with a motorcycle in Blackburn. Police were called to Accrington Road close to the junction with Audley Range, near to Belt Busters cafe, just before noon on Saturday. MORE TOP STORIES: The 10
A 66-year-old woman has been found hanged at her home. The body of Angela Holt was discovered in an upstairs room of her house in Regent Street, Bacup, by a concerned relative on Thursday morning. MORE TOP STORIES: The man alerted emergency
AN Alsatian left to suffer from a flesh eating skin condition without treatment had to be put to sleep immediately after being seen by a vet, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how the German Shepherd-type male, Spike, had chronic facial
THE question over whether this Rovers team can find the consistency they simply have to acquire if they are to win promotion remains unanswered. But, my word, you cannot question their character. The spirit engendered by Gary Bowyer was in
TV AUCTION king Jesse McClure brought the hard sell to Accrington when he launched a new online site for the town’s historic market hall. But the Storage Hunters star’s bid to win £10,000 for Accrington Stanley fell short of the mark just down
A POLICE helicopter and mountain rescue team embarked on a five hour ‘major search operation’ after a couple walked up to Darwen Tower in the early hours. Around 3.30am on Sunday the pair became lost on their descent and alerted emergency services
'IDIOT’ drivers have been slammed for bad parking outside a Blackburn school which has forced children to walk on a busy main road. Motorists near Feniscowles Primary School, in Livesey Branch Road, have been criticised by the school’s head teacher
PERHAPS it was always inevitable. The game was half an hour old when Craig Dawson, the defender Burnley had spent all summer trying to sign, set the Clarets on course for this dispiriting defeat. If Burnley had not missed Dawson’s presence in their
POLICE are satisfied that a body found at Whitworth last weekend is that of missing Rossendale man Heath Nield. The body was found on land behind Healey Conservative Club in Whitworth at shortly before 2.45pm on Sunday, September 21 and tests have
TRIBUTES have been paid to the influential former head teacher of a Blackburn college. Father Philip Graystone , who has died at the age of 93, was instrumental in the development of St Mary’s College during the 1950s. MORE TOP STORIES:
MONDAY'S racing comes from Bath, Hamilton and Newton Abbot with excellent summer jumping at the latter and Court Minstrel (4.00) the biggest start on the card, making his debut over fences in the two miles’ novices chase. The selection is rated
A FOUR-month-old baby girl who has been diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic condition has been highlighting the plight of youngsters on both sides of the Atlantic. Little Penelope Pickup was recovering in hospital from an invasive operation
