ACCRINGTON Stanley maintained their long unbeaten record over Lancashire rivals Morecambe as they claimed victory at the Store First Stadium tonight. Stanley have not lost in 16 league meetings with Morecambe since 2005 and went ahead in the fifth minute
A HODDLESDEN pub, which underwent a £100,000 refurbishment earlier this year, is to change hands as its landlord battles cancer. Jim Cozens, from The Ranken Arms, paid tribute to villagers who had helped ‘re-energise’ the Queen Street venue.
Movember is the month formerly known as November – when men grow their moustache for 30 days to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for prostate and testicular cancer. The Movember community has raised over £346 million to date and is
THE Royal Blackburn Hospital has boosted its support for grieving families by holding its first memorial service to remember patients who died in the critical care unit. About 60 relatives attended the 30-minute non-religious service earlier this
All those who enjoy grease laden takeaways 3 or 4 times a week or that extra laddoo with their chai need not feel guilty anymore. In radical new plans, the NHS will effectively pay out cash, vouchers or prizes when people lose weight. It seems
Bollywood icon Govinda has revealed he is not a fan of his own films, in particular those with sad endings. The 50-year-old star said, “I like comedies and I don’t watch tragic films. I have never liked my own films as a whole. “I have liked
Akshay has recently revealed that he got his big break in the film industry after missing a flight to a modelling assignment, after he thought the flight was at 6pm when it was in fact, at 6am. A distraught Akshay was walking past Nataraj Studios
Actress Deepika Padukone has said that awards are an important accolade and a sign of appreciation. The ‘Cocktail’ star said, “Awards matter to me. I would have been very disappointed if I was not given any award last year. No matter what we say
Abishek Bachchan has revealed his pride at being a part of the Indian film fraternity. The ‘Bunty Aur Babli ‘actor said, “Film actors especially from our industry are the greatest ambassadors to our country and our culture and we take that role
FORMER Lancashire schoolboy Krishnan Guru-Murthy was named Media Personality of the Year at the 2014 Asian Media Awards. The second Asian Media Awards took place at the Hilton Manchester, Deansgate, in front of journalists, actors, presenters and
IT doesn’t get any easier for Burnley as they travel to Arsenal tomorrow, and I think Sean Dyche should look at changing formation. Playing 4-4-2 worked last season but this is a massive step up, and at the moment they are being caught out at the
LAST week’s win at Nottingham Forest was fantastic for Rovers, but I think they will find it tougher at home to Reading tomorrow. I think Rovers are a better side away from home at the moment. When they play away the onus is on the home side to
A NEW three-bedroom home in the picturesque Ribble Valley for less than £70,000 might sound far-fetched, but that is exactly what is up for grabs thanks to a new shared ownership scheme. The council has joined forces with developers and housing
HOSPITAL doctors have urged pregnant women and people with long-term conditions to get vaccinated for flu before the winter starts. Dr Ian Stanley, medical director at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Flu is not just a cold. “It
RESEARCHERS are asking how safe people in Blackburn are when shopping, studying and spending leisure time in the town centre. The perceptions study has been commissioned by the Blackburn Business Improvement District (BID) in partnership with the
A CONVICTED rapist failed to register his address with police after being released from a prison sentence imposed for another offence. Blackburn magistrates heard that Tariq Shah had given an address in Manchester but when police went to check,
BLACKBURN’S Peter Jackson the jeweller’s store has raised £2,800 for Chorley’s Derian House children’s hospice. Employees at The Mall outlet in the town rose to their boss’s challenge to turn £500 into as much money as possible for their chosen
MINISTERS said they may reconsider rules around school transport after Ribble Valley’s MP claimed new charges imposed by Lancashire County Council were ‘discriminatory’. From next year, the council is set to increase the annual bus pass charge
A DRUNK father of three who carried out a brutal, sustained attack on the petrified mother of his children, has been locked up for a year. Burnley Crown Court heard how Jamie Bowker-Holiday, 22, turned up outside his vulnerable ex-partner’s home
FORTY college students got a taste of Army life during an action-packed day at Weeton Barracks. The students, from Blackburn and Burnley Colleges’ public services courses, were put through their paces by Army Reservists from the 4th Battalion The
A CYCLIST found unconscious after falling from his bike suffered head injuries so severe he can no longer remember the incident. Police are now appealing for witnesses of the accident, which also left the 49-year-old cyclist with a broken wrist
A PRIMARY school in Simonstone has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted for the second successive time. Inspectors found St Peter’s CofE, in School Lane, to have ‘a warm, welcoming and caring ethos rooted firmly within a Christian context’. Yvonne Mills-Clare
A TEAM of East Lancashire women, led by the wife of the ex-Lancashire cricketer Gary Keedy, are hoping to smash the pain barrier to raise vital funds for charity. Fitness instructor Andrea Keedy, from Pleasington, and nine others from the Blackburn
How many takeaways does it take to make a small town overweight? I am fan of the odd kobeda and chips — normally on a Thursday night after the swimming session. But I know of several people who simply live off fast food. And it isn’t hard to
LANCASHIRE’S firefighters are encouraging people to stay safe during the Bonfire Night period by attending a properly organised bonfire party. The fire service has warned that bonfires and home firework displays need a lot of planning if they are
HEALTH boss Kevin McGee said the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals know ‘exactly what to do’ in the event of an ebola outbreak. Last week, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust said it had drawn up a contingency plans in the unlikely
TIME is running out for East Lancashire entrepreneurs to secure a place on a fully funded university business growth programme, which is boosting turnover and profits for participating firms. Small businesses and social enterprises have until November
THE mother of a soldier shot dead in Afghanistan has welcomed the news that the last British combat troops have been pulled out of the country — so more soldiers do not have to die. Caroline Whitaker, whose son, Gareth Thursby, died in September
THE lives of 1,721 troubled families in Lancashire have been turned around, according to the latest government figures. Councils’ dedicated troubled families teams are now intensively working with 99 per cent of households in England identified
DAVID Jones said the Clarets won’t travel to the Emirates Stadium as tourists tomorrow, and has backed his team-mates to rise to the occasion. Sean Dyche’s side head to the capital still seeking a first Premier League win of the season at the 10th
TEENAGERS from Blackburn with Darwen have called for the Government to follow through with a ban on ‘glitzy’ packaging for cigarettes. Tobacco Free Futures, a social enterprise that works to tackle tobacco in the borough, has been working with
THIRTY youngsters were inspired by a talk given by footballer Fabrice Muamba yesterday. The teenagers had signed up for the National Citizen Service programme, which includes a week of kayaking and rock climbing. The programme closes with a
A BURNLEY gym is to invest £500,000 in new hi-tech equipment not yet available anywhere else in Lancashire. Crow Wood Leisure plan to replace every piece of cardio vascular equipment with the very latest from Technogym. This will see a wide
TWO Rossendale youngsters have been nominated for Prince’s Trust awards after the charity helped ‘turn their lives around’. Shane Merryweather, from Bacup, and Maxine Trickett, from Water, have been recognised for battling ‘significant personal barriers
A 31-year-old painter and decorator has appeared before Pennine magistrates, accused of the day-time burglary of an occupied house in Haslingden. Scott Sheridan, of Blackburn Road, Haslingden, is alleged to have committed the offence in Manchester
THE cream of the county’s tourism businesses are counting down to the prestigious Lancashire Tourism Awards. Among those shortlisted is the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa, the four star venue is vying for the title “Large Hotel of the Year”.
FIREFIGHTERS have condemned the ‘hypocrisy’ of Government ministers in their row over pensions. The Fire Brigades Union was responding to claims by the Government that its members’ pensions were ‘generous’. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary
A MAN banned from going near a house in Colne flouted a court order when he set off to go to a friend’s house, a court heard. Pennine magistrates were told how Peter Rayson, 50, was not allowed to go within 50 metres of a property on Exchange Street
A 39-year-old man who was clearly “on something” when he went to his ex-partner’s home assaulted her in front of children. Blackburn magistrates heard one child was hysterical and so upset he was physically sick. At one stage Miles Andrew Whitfield
IT’S full steam ahead for a model railway show in Haslingden this weekend. The Lancashire and Yorkshire DCC Model Rail Group is stopping off at Haslingden Community Link in Bury Road featuring the new Hatton’s Beyer Garratt. Doors open from
AN award-winning firm will shine a light on the Middle East market in the hope of winning more contracts. Barrowford-based acdc is set to take centre stage at Light Middle East’s exclusive ‘Future Zone’ in Dubai next week. MORE TOP STORIES:
PREMIER League managers may already be concerned about letting some of their promising youngsters play in the European Under 21 Championships next summer, but Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Jason Steele is in no doubt about the benefit of tournament experience
Britain has experienced its warmest Halloween on record. The record of 20C (68F) set at Dartford in Kent in 1968 was beaten before noon when the temperature reached 20.5C (68.9F) in Filton, Bristol, the Met Office said. MORE TOP STORIES:
IT was in July when Scott Arfield returned to his car and found that some of his most prized possessions had been stolen. To his relief, the thieves had snubbed the medal that meant the most. While shirts were taken along with his play-off winners
FORMER Rovers youngster Nick Blackman will be looking to add to his tally of four goals this season when he returns to Ewood Park tomorrow. Blackman joined Rovers from Macclesfield Town at the age of 19 in January 2009, but made just one substitute
GARY Bowyer has admitted he has missed out on bringing a new face to Ewood Park on loan this week, and the Lancashire Telegraph understands the player in question is Tom Ince. Bowyer said the club had been looking to add a player with Championship
A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN was airlifted to hospital following a crash in Blackburn this morning. The pedestrian was knocked down by a car around 9:30am. It is understood he suffered head injuries in the incident on Barbara Castle Way. MORE TOP
JOHN Coleman and Jimmy Bell will be putting their friendship with Morecambe’s management duo of Jim Bentley and Ken McKenna to one side tonight as hostilities are resumed in the Lancashire derby. All four are very good friends from their time at
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Burnley boss and Manchester United scout Joe Brown. Mr Brown, who played six times for the Clarets in the 1950s as a left-half, went on to manage the club from 1976 to 1977 before moving to Old Trafford, where
AN armed gang brandishing knives and metal bars threatened terrified staff at an East Lancashire IT retail firm before making off with two pallets full of goods. Three men wearing balaclavas burst into Micro Peripherals on the Altham Industrial
LUKE Blackledge will walk out on the pitch at his beloved Blackburn Rovers tomorrow, ready to continue his journey back into the upper echelons of boxing at King George’s Hall next month. Blackledge had a frustrating 2013 as he lost his unbeaten record
EAST Lancashire’s hospitals will receive an extra £2.2 million to help cope with an expected surge of urgent and emergency patients this winter. The cash will pay for 39 more acute beds to be opened at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals
MORE than 900 knives which were handed into police as part of an amnesty across East Lancashire will be melted down and turned into a sculpture. The weapons, ranging from swords, machetes and commando knives, will be used to create a Guardian Angel
SHOPPERS will be in for a sweet treat when new retailer, The Fragrance Shop, opens its doors in The Mall Blackburn on Saturday, November 8. To celebrate the new store opening, fragrance fans will receive two free gifts including a YSL L’Homme Shower
IT’S set to be a ‘frightening’ Friday in East Lancashire, with ghoulish goings-on across the country to mark Hallowe’en. The Anchor Inn, in Darwen, has gone the extra mile with its devilish decorations – even as far as boarding up the windows.
TWO troublemakers who have persistently caused problems for people living in the Duke Bar area of Burnley have each been given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO). John McParland, 15, and Connor Catlow, 17, are now banned from acting in an anti-social
AN account manager from Clitheroe who crashed his car into a tree after flying in to Stansted Airport in Essex has been banned from driving and fined. Christopher Russell, 51, of Chads Avenue, Chatburn, who was twice over the drink-drive limit,
SEVEN men and a teenage boy have appeared before the courts charged in connection with a spate of burglaries. Police said their investigations centred on 21 burglaries at Asian homes in Blackburn when £108,000 worth of Asian gold jewellery was
ROVERS boss Gary Bowyer has criticised the Football League’s fixture computer for landing the club’s supporters with four long away trips in 21 days. Between October 18 and November 8 Rovers have games away at Ipswich, Nottingham Forest, Millwall
SEAN Dyche hopes the return of key midfielder Dean Marney will lead to an upturn in results for Burnley. Marney is due to be back in the starting line-up at Arsenal tomorrow, having missed the Clarets’ last four matches because of a hamstring injury
A WOMAN has been jailed for eight years in what a police officer describes as ‘one of the most serious cases of domestic violence’ she has ever seen. Victim Paul Kirkpatrick was left with a broken bone in his face and covered in blood after being
BURNLEY Council’s decision to earmark £25,000 for consultants to recruit a new chief executive has been branded ‘disgraceful’ by the town’s MP. Liberal Democrat Gordon Birtwistle questioned why the Labour leadership was spending so much on outside
