BUBBLING electronica, blazing fiddles, whistle solos, the skirl of the bagpipes……The Peatbog Faeries motor into Burnley Mechanics tomorrow. Infectious, leap-about fun, the Faeries produce a dancehall rave of Scottish song. Based in the Isle
TURIN Brakes, whose sound has been described variously as future folk or space rock, recorded their last album at Rockfield Studios, which is where Queen made Bohemian Rhapsody and Oasis’ second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory was born.
ONE of Britain's best-loved rock bands are set to headline the first night of next year's Symphony at the Tower in aid of St Catherine's Hospice, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2015 Status Quo will be 'rockin' all over' the beautiful surroundings
MILAN, Paris, Munich... legendary Manchester DJ Mr Scruff is heading to the bright lights of Europe next month, but not before he has climbed to the summit of Clitheroe Castle. His Scruffiness makes his debut at the town's Grand Theatre tomorrow
HE is better known as the face of nature programme Springwatch or – for those of an older generation – a star of the wacky BBC comeddy series The Goodies. But Bill Oddie popped up in the Ribble Valley to tell a sell-out audience at Clitheroe’s
The Purveyors of Cool take centre stage at The Opera House in Manchester on Saturday with a show featuring The Greatest Music of the 20th Century. It’s a show that will invoke memories of three incredible performers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and
RIBBLE Valley soldier Rick Clement said welfare minister Lord Freud should be sacked after he suggested that some disabled people were not worth “the full wage”. Freud has since issued an apology for his “foolish comments” after the minister was
IT’S been a while since I ventured into the Ribble Valley. An area with many outstanding watering holes. So, on a blustery, rain-swept day, it was extra comforting, to seek sanctuary, in one of the locality’s establishments. I remembered this hostelry
RAMSBOTTOM electro-folk storytelling trio Harp and a Monkey have created a new show to mark the centenary of The Great War. The production includes both original songs and re-workings of some long forgotten Lancashire folk songs, and recordings
PICK up the air guitars ... the Bon Jovi Experience will be rocking the house at Colne Muni tomorrow night. The Bon Jovi doppelgangers are the world’s only Bon Jovi tribute act to be endorsed by and to have actually performed with the man himself
EIGHTIES electro popsters Heaven 17 bring their tour of Synthetic Delights to Blackburn King George’s Hall this Saturday. Their first single (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang was banned by Radio One – but their debut album Penthouse and
LANCASHIRE’S Barry Mason, one of Britain’s foremost songwriters, is coming to Blackburn to support the town’s Empire Theatre and has written a new piece for the occasion. Mason is the lyrical mastermind behind the song classics that made some of
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious injuries when he came off his bike following a collision. The incident, which happened in Blackburn Old Road, Hoghton, shortly after 10.35pm on Saturday, resulted in the Yamaha R6 driver, 29, sustaining injuries
RESIDENTS can dispose of any of their bulky domestic rubbish free of charge on Saturday, with staff and vehicles on hand at four locations throughout the morning. On Saturday the vehicles will be on Ripon Street and Mulberry Street, between 9am
DARWEN MP Jake Berry has renewed calls for the new traffic lights at Hollins Grove to be switched off. Mr Berry, who launched a petition urging the council to ‘stop the chaos on the A666’ earlier this year, has written to Blackburn with Darwen
A YOUNG entrepreneur got a shock when riot police were called to an event she attended for the launch of her online retail site. Laura Moss used the Fashion and Lifestyle Exhibition at the Trafford Centre to launch her new firm Rex and Regina.
SCHOOLS and churches collected more than six tonnes of food for the Blackburn Foodbank during their harvest festival campaigns. It means the organisation will be able to provide 15,500 meals to some of the town’s poorest people over the winter
BOYS and their toys. Those were the words on everyone’s lips when a special scalextric event was held in Clayton-le-Moors. The Hyndburn cluster of Children’s Centres run by Lancashire County Council came together to encourage dads to get involved
POLICE in Blackburn and Darwen have issued advice to residents following a spate of thefts and attempted break-ins from cars. Officers took to Facebook to ask people to ensure their vechile is locked, park in well-lit areas and to not leave anything
BLACKBURN’S The Mall shopping centre is promising a full programme of Hallowe’en activities for youngsters over half-term. From Monday, to Friday, October 31, between 10am and 4pm, children will be able to park their broomsticks at the free creepy
AN appeal is being launched to help dozens of struggling Rossendale families beset by illness or hardship to enjoy a brighter Christmas. And charity champions are being urged to get their thinking caps on as Home-Start Rossendale launches its Snowflake
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed new figures showing 870 new apprenticeships were started by people in the borough last year. In total, 3,810 new apprenticeships have been created in Pendle since 2010. Mr Stephenson said: “These figures
A COUNCILLOR who led the fight against charging £100 for the collection of stray dogs has spoken out ahead of the final decision to be made tonight. Pendle Council’s executive will meet to decide if senior councillors will implement a controversial
THAT’S outrageous” claimed a North-West MP. “You say that I’ve not been to a meeting for a long time. I was here very recently – nine months ago”. This happened in 1978. There were some MPs who thought they had better things to occupy their
PAYING family doctors £55 a time to identify cases of dementia will be a prescription for misdiagnosis, East Lancashire’s patients’ champion Russ McLean has warned. He said the move was a ‘travesty’ and the cash should be invested in training GPs
A teenager involved in trouble at a Colne caravan site has been warned he could be facing jail. Adam Miller, 19, had initially been accused of having an axe during the incident on May 16, last year. But, prosecutor Joe Boyd told Burnley Crown Court
A BUSINESSMAN spared jail for running a ketamine supply operation has put his liberty at risk by drink driving. Joshua Mathew O’Connor, 30, was almost three times the limit when he was caught on St Peter’s Road, Rawtenstall, on August 20. He
AN East Lancashire theatre school has moved to its own premises in Altham – a “dream come true” for the two sisters who run it. Clair and Sarah Bruce have been running Talent Theatre School since 2005. The school previously held classes around
A WOMAN turned up at her ex-partner's just after midnight, ‘drunk and angry’ after he ignored repeated phone calls, a court heard. Louise Windle, 32, had arrived in a taxi and a disturbance followed. Windle, of Brownhill Avenue, Burnley, admitted
MEMBERS of a Burnley church are trying to find out as many names and details of servicemen and women who died during the First World War and other conflicts. Organisers at St Mary’s RC Church, in Todmorden Road, have been working to build a war
A COLNE gardener charged a pensioner suffering from dementia nearly three times the going rate for a job, Bradford Crown Court heard. Brian Ward also failed to provide the 81-year-old woman from Skipton with notification of her right to cancel
LANCASHIRE Police is teaming up with the North Lancs Training Group to recruit three business administration apprentices. The new recruits will work in the disclosure and barring services, information assurance and vetting and human resources departments
CAFES and restaurants – among other food retailers in Burnley – are being urged to shout about their clean bills of health from hygiene watchdogs. Eighty-three per cent of businesses or organisations are said to be rated at four or five stars –
A SPURNED young dad has been given a suspended jail sentence after repeatedly flouting a restraining order. Shaun Ruane, 20, had never broken the law until his relationship with Hayley Truelove broke down, but his criminal record started when he
27. 9. 20. 17. 30. 12... No they’re not this weekend’s winning lottery numbers but the amount of shots Rovers have had in each of their last six matches. Now I know the old saying goes, if you don’t buy a ticket, you can’t win the raffle, but from
AFTER West Ham’s £16.5million strike force had helped the Hammers steal all three points from Turf Moor on Saturday, the point was made that the Ecuadorian and Senegalese internationals signed by Sam Allardyce showed the difference between an established
Burnley College’s Themis Centre – the college’s award-winning apprenticeship and business training division – held an open evening for prospective students, with more than 40 employers attending the event. Themis is one of the largest apprenticeship
STAFF from Todmorden at Calderdale Council have been offered the chance to take voluntary severance or early retirement to help balance the budget. The offer has been made to eligible staff across all services, including centrally employed teachers
PARLIAMENTARY hopeful Will Straw will spend time tomorrow shadowing East Lancashire paramedics. Mr Straw, who is standing for Labour in Rossendale and Darwen next year, said he wanted to get a better understanding of the pressures facing North
STUDENTS received expert cookery tips from a top chef. The youngsters at Colne Primet Academy, Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School, also in Colne, Unity College in Burnley and West Craven College met Stephanie Moon, who has worked in
THE Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team is urging people to vote for the charity to help it win £10,000. The organisation, which is based in Clegg Street, Haslingden, is in the running for the cash from the Yorkshire Building Society Group
A MEMORIAL for Lancashire Police dogs that have been passed away has been officially unveiled. The monument at the force’s dog unit, at Hutton, was funded by the Police Dogs Benevolent Fund which was established in 2004 to support handlers in caring
A DECISION to designate some of East Lancashire’s most rugged landscapes, from Darwen down to Ramsbottom, as a site of ‘special scientific interest’ is expected next month. Plans to protect the sprawling West Pennine Moors have been talked about
BLACKBURN Rovers will turn from a public limited company to a private one. The move was yesterday given the green light at a special general meeting of the club’s shareholders at Ewood Park. MORE TOP STORIES: Rovers financial director Mike
WHEN Burnley’s Premier League match with Everton kicks-off on Sunday afternoon it will be just 65 hours since the Toffees finished their Europa League clash with Lille. It’s certainly not the most arduous of journeys the Europa League can present
IT was the perfect 10 for in-form Blackburn Rovers Ladies as they secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Lancashire FA Women’s Challenge Cup in emphatic fashion. Sunday’s 10-0 home win over Blackpool stretched their unbeaten run in all
TWO councillors in the Ribble Valley were taken to court for failing to pay their council tax, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. Data obtained thro-ugh Freedom of Information (FOI) laws showed seven members of Ribble Valley Borough Council (
A PUNK band from Blackburn has announced that it will work with the former producer of iconic grunge band Nirvana for its upcoming fourth studio album. The news from Medusa, which was formed by former QEGS student Julian Molinero in 1998, comes
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has become the first in the country to be made subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order under new legislation which came into force on Monday. The interim order bans the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, from even touching
A ‘SUICIDAL’ dad-of-one broke into his estranged partner's flat, wrapped himself in a duvet, set it alight, threatened to blow the place up when police arrived and barricaded himself in, a court heard. Drunken Neil McConnell, 22, told officers
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman isn’t too concerned with the poor attendance for Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Hartlepool, after the Reds recorded their lowest attendance since they were in the UniBond League. Only 947 people were at the Store First
THE European Union is flying in to help rescue a rare bird in the Trough of Bowland. A new project has been launched to achieve a secure and sustainable future for the hen harrier, one of the country’s most threatened birds of prey. It will
A BURNLEY ‘superschool’ has been deemed ‘inadequate’ at its latest Ofsted inspection. Inspectors went into Shuttleworth College last month, and highlighted a number of failings, particularly in relation to the achievement of pupils. MORE TOP
ONE of two neighbours involved in a terrifying ‘armed’ early hours showdown involving a baseball bat and machete over loud music, was jailed while his opponent kept his freedom. Burnley Crown Court heard how joiner and father-of-one Christopher
THOUSANDS of health workers across East Lancashire took part in co-ordinated strike action last Monday in the first national walk-out over pay in more than 30 years. Midwives, nurses, ambulance staff and hospital support workers joined picket lines
A 96-YEAR-OLD woman was left with burns and blisters on her body after a hot water bottle burst in her bed, an inquest heard. The hearing at the Ribble Valley Borough Council Chamber in Clitheroe heard how Marjorie Cameron suffered the burns in
ADAM Henley hopes to have laid a marker down for the Blackburn Rovers right-back spot after producing a performance he admits will do wonders for his confidence. The youngster impressed on his return to the team on Tuesday as Rovers got their season
A SCRAP metal firm has been ordered to pay almost £60,000 for health and safety failings after workers suffered from lead poisoning. A 48-year-old man from Darwen, who worked at Frank Barnes in the town, was admitted to hospital after blood tests
A RECRUITMENT agency was paid £21,000 for the appointment of the temporary chief executive at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals, in what one campaigner has called a ‘slap in the face’ for frontline staff. Data obtained by the Lancashire
THE togetherness that helped Burnley win promotion can inspire them to a first Premier League win of the season. That is the view of Clarets goalkeeper Tom Heaton ahead of Sunday’s Turf Moor encounter with Everton. MORE TOP STORIES: Sean
