THERE’S a photograph of Gary Parkinson on his own website that gathers further poignancy each week that passes for Deborah Parkinson. It shows him surrounded by his wife, and three children Sophie, Luke and Chloe at the Riverside Stadium before Burnley
RIBBLE Valley Council has launched a new Twitter account to help keep residents informed. Emergency information, such as disruption to services caused by bad weather, will now be tweeted from @RibbleValleyBC, as well as the usual channels. The council
A 26-YEAR-OLD man received a scratch to the face when a robber tried to steal his mobile phone in Blackburn town centre. The victim had been walking in Darwen Street when the attacker approached him under the railway bridge. Police said the man, who
A BRUTAL attacker who knocked nine of a fisherman's teeth out in a 'revenge' assault with a hammer, has been jailed for 12 months. Burnley Crown Court heard how victim, Stefan Chadwick, who had been with friends in Whitworth, was walking past Jack
AN energy company has hailed Burnley’s newest wind turbines after they began generating electricity. ScottishPower Renewables, which has completed the installation of eight new turbines at Coal Clough Wind Farm, said three of the turbines had been
JOHN Coleman's 100 per cent record since his return as Accrington Stanley boss came to an end as Dagenham and Redbridge claimed victory at the Store First Stadium. Coleman had won the first three games of his second spell as manager and looked on course
A TOP East Lancashire traffic cop has landed two awards for a road safety video he made after the death of his dad in a motorbike accident. Inspector Dave Mangan, head of road policing for Lancashire police’s East Division, scooped a national honour
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche has called for the introduction of retrospective bans for players who try to con referees by diving. Dyche believes the introduction of a three-man panel of ex-players and referees who could decide on controversial decisions after
ROY Keane accepts the criticism that has come his way after selling Blackburn Rovers star Jordan Rhodes when the pair worked together at Ipswich Town. Keane was boss of the Tractor Boys when he sold Rhodes, then 19, to Huddersfield for £350,000
THE late equaliser at Leicester City by Ross Wallace could spark the season into life for Burnley. It was a fantastic strike by Ross coming off the bench. The fans had been in great voice all afternoon and it sent them hope very happy. The lads will
YOUNG Burnley goalkeeper Conor Mitchell will face a real test today when he tries to thwart a Russia under 19s team who have scored 29 goals in two games. Mitchell started for Northern Ireland under 19s on Thursday in their 2-0 loss to the Czech Republic
THIS week I’ve been privileged to spend just over twenty four hours away from the office. I was over the border in Yorkshire, at Parcevall Hall Retreat House in Wharfedale (a few miles on from Bolton Abbey). If you are in the area it’s worth
NEW MP Liz McInnes is to quit as an East Lancashire councillor after scraping home ahead of UKIP to win the Heywood and Middleton by-election. Labour’s majority was cut to just 617 from the late Jim Dobbin’s 5,971 in the 2010 national poll. Rossendale
BLACKBURN Rovers would be willing to extend Jake Kean’s stint at Yeovil Town if that is what the goalkeeper wants. Kean today plays the final game of his one-month loan with the Glovers when they travel to Port Vale. Yeovil boss Gary Johnson
A MURDER probe has been launched after a woman’s body was discovered on a canal barge in West Craven earlier today. Detectives from Lancashire Police’s major investigation team have begun the inquiry following the discovery of a woman in her 40s on
A DEPRAVED sex offender was caught by police with a homemade child abuse themed board game under his bed, a court heard. Paul Emsley, 47, who was once filmed having sex with a 12-year-old boy, was jailed for 20 months yesterday for breaching a
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Jordan Rhodes has reiterated his love for playing for Scotland and his desire to end his international exile. Rhodes has not featured in a Gordon Strachan squad since November with his last appearance for his country coming
38-YEAR-OLD man was arrested for burglary after police made a DNA hit on semen found inside a teddy bear. Blackburn magistrates heard Paul Mountain later told police he was coming down off amphetamine and felt an ‘overwhelming need’ for sexual
BEN Mee is relishing the return of Danny Ings and a number of Burnley’s other injured players after the international break. Ings, the Clarets’ top scorer with 26 goals last season, has missed the last three matches with a hamstring problem as
A ‘DESPICABLE’ career criminal who conned his way into an elderly pensioner’s Great Harwood home has been jailed for nine years. Serial conman Michael William Alcorn tricked 82-year-old Ivan Williamson, who has dementia, into handing over his wallet
CHILDREN from across South Ribble came together this week to learn about democracy at a mock council meeting. The budding politicians from Leyland Methodist Junior School, The Coppice School, Cuerden School, Lostock Hall School and St Aidan’s School
