ACCRINGTON Stanley will travel to Notts County in the first round of the FA Cup. Stanley lost 1-0 at home to Tranmere Rovers in last year's first round and this time they will will face League One opposition at Meadow Lane between November 7 and 10.
CHORLEY will host 2013 League Cup finalists Bradford City in the first round of the FA Cup if they win their replay at Halifax Town tomorrow night. Garry Flitcroft's Magpies, of the Conference North, drew 0-0 at home to Halifax on Saturday and travel
ADVICE services in Darwen have joined forces to provide a one-stop shop for residents in the town. Advice for All is a partnership between the Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Age UK and Blackburn with Darwen Council and offers all sorts of advice for
A PARTNERSHIP to help vulnerable adults improve their lives has been launched in Blackburn with Darwen. The council’s approach to the national Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) agenda was officially launched at a conference at Blackburn Rovers FC
STAFF at a Burnley hotel are ‘inn’ the running to land a top hospitality prize. The team at Holiday Inn Express, in Pendle Way, have been shortlisted for two categories at this year’s Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) star awards. Manager Kerian
A NEW centre is opening in Colne to help vulnerable people in the borough. Community Interest Company Enable U is setting up home in the ground floor of Stanley Villas in Albert Road to provide a host of activities including cookery classes, gardening
A VILLAGE hall that was constructed by residents 55 years ago could be transformed if plans are given the green light. Pendleton residents have submitted a proposal to Ribble Valley Borough Council to refurbish the interior of the building and
HYNDBURN’S Chamber of Trade is to put on two evening events in Accrington centre this Christmas. As customers pack into shops for some last minute Christmas shopping, they will be treated to several stalls, cabins and street performances. Michael
AN initiative to help people with dementia in Rossendale has been launched. Working Towards a Dementia Friendly Rossendale is a community initiative to encourage and where possible inspire all sectors of the community to become dementia friendly
A NURSERY has been told to improve by inspectors. Puddleducks at Rising Bridge, in Blackburn Road, was given an Ofsted rating of three during a recent inspection. The rating, the nursery’s first since it opened on June 9, means it ‘requires
FAMILY and friends of a popular licensee will say their final farewells this afternoon. Pauline Dickinson, who owned several free houses across East Lancashire with her husband Bob, died after a long battle with dementia. She was 84. Her hotelier
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has hosted the annual Kids Count Inspiration Awards on the Terrace of the House of Commons. Kids Count is a national charity set up to provide young people and small community organisations with a voice and to educate
HUNDREDS of people from all faiths gathered to find out more about Islam and remember murdered aid worker Alan Henning. Visitors to St George’s Hall in Northgate, Blackburn, paid tribute to the taxi driver at the third annual interfaith community
I’M loathe to admit it, but I have a Facebook site. “Don’t call it a site, it’s a page,” my 16-year-old daughter sniped, “and you need a photo.” I agreed to her terms, allowing her to paste up (that expression is probably wrong too) a picture of
MASONS from Rhyddings Lodge 5205 in Accrington raised £300 in aid of Pendleside Hospice. Both men and women’s groups at the lodge raised the cash during social events over the past year. Hospice fundraiser Sammi Bracewell said: “Thank you very
A MUSICAL tribute to the First World War will be held in Accrington this weekend. Top soprano Clare Wilkinson will be joined by John Turner on the recorder, Thomas Verity on the clarinet, and pianist Ian Buckle as they deliver a lunchtime performance
WELL the wait for that elusive first three points of the season just goes on and on. Last week against West Ham United the problem was a slow start to the second half and an inability to stick away any of the umpteen chances that came our way in
THEY say there’s always a story when you’re in the Premier League, and Burnley have been finding that out the hard way so far this season. During September they faced constant questions about their inability to score goals. The club record
CROWN prosecutors are considering a revised report into Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw’s expenses. In January, they decided against taking the former milkman to court following an Independent Police Complaints Commission
A PLOT of land with planning permission to build a ‘dream’ home has gone up for sale in the Ribble Valley. Marketed by Whalley firm Athertons, £350,000 is being asked for the plot, at Orchard Cottage, Hollins Farm, Sabden. The firm said: “[
MORE than 163,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the North West are planning to move or expand their business premises in the next 12 months to cater for an expected increase in activity, says Yorkshire Bank. And according to the bank’s
A SURVEY exploring the expectations, experiences and engagements people have had with Lancashire Police can be filled in online. The University of Central Lancashire is conducting the study, which it is hoped will help improve policing. The
A FORMER restaurant building in Burnley could be turned into a takeaway, if planners agree. Arshad Khan, of Rosegrove Lane, has applied for permission to convert K - Babo, in Sandygate, which has been ‘vacant for many years’, documents lodged with
BOSSES at charity Age UK have urged people across East Lancashire to prepare for winter. With the end of British Summer Time and the dark nights drawing in, homeowners have been urged to use the final few weeks of fair weather to check that the
ALMOST 50 new car parking spots to serve mosques in Burnley are planned. Afrasiab Anwar, from the £1.5million Jamia Masjid Ghausia mosque in Abel Street, has requested permission for 46 spaces on land opposite Grey Street. MORE TOP STORIES:
THE first Walking Football Tournament in Rossendale takes place on Saturday at Marl Pits Leisure Centre, Rawtenstall. The game is played at walking pace and women and men aged 20 to 70 will take part, with representations from businesses, pubs,
A 28-YEAR-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with dangerous driving after he allegedly crashed into his ex-partner's car and rammed it into her house in Clayton-le-Moors. Joseph Nolan, of North Valley Road, Colne is also
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Jake Berry said businesses have told him they want a referendum on the UK’s involvement with the EU. The Conservative MP told Parliament: “Businesses in Rossendale and Darwen say to me that the Scottish referendum showed
LANCASHIRE County Council is asking residents their views on how easy it is to live in the current economic situation. The council wants to hear from older people to find out if they have access to the services and support needed to carry on working
DOZENS of the undead were chased by soldiers across ‘Rottenstall’ at the weekend. Blood-thirsty zombies were hunting down runners on a 5k run in the Forest of Rawtenstall - all with the aim of raising funds for Rossendale charity, Cash for Kids
YOUNG people in East Lancashire are increasingly experimenting with novel tobacco and nicotine products, new research shows. The six-month Durham University study showed youngsters were attracted to e-cigarettes and shisha because of the flavours
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer hailed a ‘massive team effort’ after his side ended Nottingham Forest’s unbeaten start to the season at the City Ground. Bowyer took the decision to leave out a striker in Rudy Gestede and pack the midfield to
I have a knack, aka a noseyness for chatting to people, for them to tell great stories. We found ourselves having our evening meal next to a couple of a similar vintage. I got into conversation with Henry, from memory. Of Dutch origin, he now
Week five already! And have our celebrities had a week from hell or a week of bliss in the rehearsal studio? With another new dance to master who is hot and who is not? Jake & Janette Quickstep C7 D8 L8 B8 T31 A very convincing quickstep
CHORLEY light welterweight Jack Catterall incredibly claimed the European title in only his 10th professional fight after a stoppage victory over Tom Stalker. The highly-rated Catterall is only 21 years old and made his professional debut just two years
BURNLEY Youth Zone has undergone a transformation with six stunning wall graphics to brighten up the blank walls. Lustalux, the UK specialists in graphics, signs and window film, has decorated the building with their state-of-the-art digital print
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche says his side are counting the cost of superior quality in the Premier League. The Clarets suffered back-to-back home defeats, losing 3-1 to Everton after slipping to the same scoreline against West Ham at Turf Moor the
A STUDENT who grew up in a Tanzanian orphanage is taking on her latest challenge after graduating with a first class honours degree from Blackburn College. Sophia Joseph, 21, moved to the UK when she was just 16-years-old and barely spoke a word
Jason Steele - 7 Despite spells of Forest pressure he didn’t have a great to deal to do, but did make a crucial save from Lansbury. ALEX BAPTISTE - 8 Looked delighted to score against his boyhood club and after a tough first half
JOHN Coleman’s first trip to Rodney Parade must have been more pleasant than most managers’ experience, but the Accrington Stanley boss will surely be wondering what might have been after his team returned from Newport with just a point. On paper
Garry Flitcroft’s cup-battlers go into the hat for this evening’s televised FA Cup first round draw but have it all still to do in the replay of this fourth qualifying round tie at The Shay tomorrow after two uncompromising sides finished locked in
Tom Heaton - 6 Little he could do about the goals. Did well to stop a Baines free kick, otherwise routine stuff. Kieran Trippier - 7 Bright down the right and got decent deliveries into the box. Michael Duff - 5 Might
ROBERTO Martinez praised strike duo Samuel Eto’o and Romelu Lukaku after they fired Everton to a 3-1 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor. Eto’o showed his class with very good finishes at both ends of the game, while Romelu Lukaku put Everton back
A JUDGE has praised a ‘savvy’ mother who snared an internet predator after he asked to meet her daughter for sex, even though he knew she was only 15. Gary Plant, 28, sent the teenager a private message on Facebook telling her he was ‘Gary from
A NIGHTCLUB doorman assaulted a drunken reveller after he kicked a DJ’s car. Jonathan Goodyear, 20, had refused Jordan Robinson access to the Mix Nightclub in Burnley because he had had too much to drink. MORE TOP STORIES: Burnley Crown
AN EAST Lancashire MP and a business leader came to the rescue of a runaway horse after it was ‘spooked’ by a speeding van. Adam, the four-year-old Dales pony, threw its owners off its cart before bolting through Hoddlesden, smashing up cars, injuring
COLLEGE bosses in Burnley have been fined £20,000 after a technician broke his back while trying to clean an air filter at the Princess Way campus. Marcantonio Albanese, 63, was seriously injured in a fall caused when he overbalanced while attempting
BURNLEY need to start taking chances when they are on top in games if they are to break their Premier League duck, according to Kieran Trippier. The right back said he felt the Clarets had ‘dominated’ the first half, but they went in at the break
STUART Pearce must be sick of the sight of Blackburn Rovers. On Saturday he tried to beat them for the seventh time in his managerial career, and for a seventh time he came up short. Six times his Manchester City side were denied by Blackburn
A BLACKBURN charity has delivered one million school meals to hungry children around the world since the start of the year. Tauheedul Charity, based at the Business Development Centre, Eanam Wharf, works in some of the most deprived countries in
AN arson attack destroyed a man’s ‘precious’ motorbikes and ‘nearly set fire to an entire street’. Fire ripped through a lean-to attached to the back of a terraced home in Maple Street, Clayton-le-Moors, on Saturday night after an accelerant was
WORK has started in earnest on a £1.7million project to transform the fortunes of a terrace once dubbed ‘the worst street in Colne’. Several years of talks and negotiations with property owners have finally resulted in action being taken on Walton
THE last time Everton were at Turf Moor, in August 2009, it ended with Burnley recording back-to-back Premier League wins, fresh from promotion. After nine games now the Clarets are still awaiting their first. It is becoming increasingly hard
ALEX Baptiste said his first Rovers goal against his boyhood club Nottingham Forest was his way of getting back at them for never signing him. The defender, on loan for Bolton, smashed home Rovers’ equaliser to start a run of three goals in 11
THE mother of the model shot dead by Oscar Pistorius has written about how she felt when the Blade Runner apologised in court – an apology she was ‘unmoved’ by and which she said put her in ‘an awkward position’. Pistorius was jailed last week
STEREO Kicks bounced back from last week’s disappointment on the X Factor to burst into the iTunes downloads chart ahead of last night’s crucial vote. Accrington singer Reece Bibby’s band won over music mogul Simon Cowell, as well as their harshest
TAXI customers in East Lancashire have been told to report any inappropriate behaviour following the conviction of a cabbie. The warning comes after 41-year-old Jamil Iqbal admitted an attempted sexual assault on an undercover police officer, 11
TWO joggers found a man’s body on Pendle Hill at the weekend. John Rainford, 48, was found collapsed down a steep embankment at the Nick of Pendle on Saturday morning. Police said his body had been there for several hours. MORE TOP STORIES:
