BLACKBURN Rovers have been forced to make one change for tonight’s Championship clash at Millwall. In-form midfielder Lee Williamson has not recovered from the groin injury that he picked up in Saturday’s 3-1 home victory over Reading. Williamson
BURNLEY are still looking for their first away win of the season after they slipped to an 18-3 defeat to Thornton Cleveleys. Burnley have been rock solid at home, winning all three matches at Holden Road but have failed to take that form on the
IT HAS been a hugely successful season for Ribble Valley Netball Club – none more so than their all-conquering Under 14s team. Having won the prestigious Under 14s National Championships earlier in the year, team coach Sara Thompson decided to
Blackburn 88 Tarleton 7 BLACKBURN took their points tally to over 400 for the season in just nine matches following a 14-try romp against Tarleton – and all this after the visitors had opened the scoring. Sam Morgan finally broke his try-scoring
Rossendale 31 Sheffield Tigers 26 Rossendale move up to sixth in National Three North following their 32-26 win at home fourth place Sheffield Tigers. This was a much closer game than the score would suggest with two tries and a penalty putting
THE lights went out at Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club after another successful floodlit bowling competition. The event, now in its 21st year, was again sponsored by Rectella International Limited – Barbequick and attracted some
VIP opened up a six point lead at the top of the Premier Office Supplies Division One of the Blackburn With Darwen Snooker League. The VIP’s beat Longshaw A by the somewhat flattering scoreline of 7-1. With a few black ball finishes it could
BRITISH sporting icon Frank Bruno is coming to East Lancashire and it promises to be a real knockout. The former WBC world heavyweight champion will be holding An Evening With... at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel next month. Bruno will forever be remembered
Rossendale U15s 7 Lymm U15s 32 Rossendale hosted Lymm at Marl Pits on Sunday, knowing that the visitors were the reigning Cheshire champions and previous results showed that they had been giving out heavy defeats to most teams they play for several
MEGAN Shackleton may be the ‘baby’ of the team but she certainly has an old head on young shoulders when it comes to having that steely determination to succeed. The talented teen from Todmorden is fast showing she is one of the best table tennis
KAREN Driver produced a record breaking, medal winning performance at the recent ASA National Masters and Senior Age Group Championships in Sheffield. The Colne ACS swimmer and club-mate Phillip Croxall where among 1,200 competitors who took part
WHALLEY Juniors Under 13s won the game of the day in the Accrington and District Junior Boys League beating Globe Bullough Park in their top of the table clash in convincing fashion. Both teams went in to the clash on 19 points with identical records
COLNE United have set their sights on getting back up to Division One at the first attempt – and they are going about it the right way. The Bullholme Playing Fields-based side currently sit on top of Division Two following a slender 1-0 victory
VETERAN footballers are invited to part in a pilot Walking Football scheme that begins this week. The ‘turn-up and walk-on’ initiative will initially run for six weeks at Roefield Leisure Centre in Clitheroe on a Wednesday night (9-10pm) startng
Chorley Ladies 10 Tynedale 1 CHORLEY Ladies booked their place in the first round proper of the Women’s FA Cup with a resounding 10-1 victory over Tynedale. The North East Premier League side were simply blown away by Chorley with Gabriella
MUAY THAI Boxing Club certainly got a kick when the Padiham-based martial arts club was awarded a £500 grant from the Ward Opportunities Ward. Burnley Mayor, Coun Andy Tatchell, presented the club with the grant and got to see members both young
Burnley’s Sandygate Amateur Boxing Club recently made the not so long trip to Bacup at the Rossendale ABC first ever club show. First up was a non decision bout of skill featuring James Danson, 13 against A Khan from Middleton Select ABC. All
IT was a good weekend for Blackburn Northern Hockey Club with four of the five teams in action all winning. The Men’s First team made the short trip to local rivals Preston Thirds where Gaz Makin and Rob Blackburn were facing their former club.
THE chairman of Darwen Cricket Club has written to the town council to explain how annual cash grants have helped the club develop. Darwen Town Council gives £2,500 to AFC Darwen and Darwen Cricket Club to help with youth development and deputy
TRAINEE teachers from across East Lancashire are benefiting from ‘on-the-job’ training as part of a new education partnership. The trainees are learning their trade at Alder Grange Community, Technology School and Sixth Form in Rawtenstall, which
AN innovative new project will see artists commandeer mobile libraries across the Ribble Valley to bring their shows to rural neighbourhoods. Spot On Lancashire has teamed up with the libraries in the borough to stage “bite-sized” arts shows from
EAST Lancashire’s naturalists are being asked to vote for their favourite countryside waterways. Blueprint for Water, a coalition of 16 environmental organisations, has urged communities to respond to a consultation on the future of England’s waters
A MOVE to erect two wind turbines in Gisburn has been submitted to Ribble Valley Council. The application relates to land at Westby Hall Farm in Burnley Road and was put together by Robert Townson of the same address. If approved, both turbines
HUNDREDS of East Lancashire children could be homeless this Christmas, according to new figures. As part of a Christmas appeal to help homeless children, charity Shelter has revealed an investigation found 902 children in the north west will be
LANCASHIRE has recorded the fourth highest amount of fires started by e-cigarette equipment in the whole of the United Kingdom in the past two years, new figures reveal. Seven blazes in the county were caused by e-cigs or chargers, with only Greater
A THIRD of residents in the north west confessed to sneaking booze into bars to avoid paying pub prices, a new survey revealed. With alcohol prices on the increase, drinkers in the region are also becoming more savvy by buying cheaper brands, staying
A MILITARY charity choir based in Haslingden received tips from the very best when international opera star Sean Ruane gave them a boost before a major performance. Sean, who hails from Bacup, told the Veterans In Communities Choir how he had been
SHOPPERS in Blackburn town centre lent their hands to a region-wide campaign to raise awareness of adoption. The event, to celebrate the launch of National Adoption Week yesterday, formed part of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s ongoing adoption
Holidaymakers planning to use Manchester Airport station in the New Year are being warned about temporary closures. Work to complete the new fourth platform at the station will resume in January as Network Rail begins to install the new track and
I AM beginning to think that the Gods are smiling on us. I mean, here we are, into November and, as yet, I haven’t had to wear a thicker cardigan, while the central heating is still in the off mode. I’m just hoping that we don’t have to suffer
THOUSANDS of health workers in East Lancashire are set to take further strike action this month as part of an ongoing national pay dispute. Members of nine unions will walk out over the government’s decision not to accept a recommended one per
VET charity PDSA is searching for brave pets from East Lancashire to enter its 2014 Pet Survivor Awards. The charity wants to hear about plucky local pets that have overcome adversity and beaten the odds, thanks to the skill of vets, the love of
ONE in four workers in the North West earns less than a living wage, according to new report. The annual living wage research report by KPMG, published yesterday, estimates that more than 600,000 workers receive less than the living wage in the
PRIMARY schools across the North West were today given a fresh £23million funding boost to help to transform PE lessons for tens of thousands of pupils. Headteachers have already used the PE and Sports Premium to recruit hundreds of extra specialist
TWO men from Burnley have appeared in court in the Isle of Man charged with kidnapping. Abdul Ahad, 21, of Kent Street, and Muhammed Hammad Khan, 24, who was born in Burnley but now lives of Jasmine Terrace, Bradford, appeared in Douglas courthouse
UP to 2,500 jobs could be created under a new masterplan for a potential major development at the end of the M65. The plans for the Cuerden strategic site, which has been drawn up by Lancashire County Council, will be considered at a special meeting
HOGHTON Tower is being transformed into a winter wonderland of merriment and nostalgia this weekend. The smells of artisan pizza, Lancashire cheeses, and mulled wine will linger in the air as Craft Vintages gets set to host a cabaret weekend there
THE row over the “feminist” T-shirts worn by political leaders is another demonstration of just how out-of-touch the political elite is, North-West Louise Bours said last night. The Fawcett society garment which says ‘This is what a feminist looks
BURNLEY council leisure boss Bea Foster is urging people to buy up the last tickets for the borough’s big ‘Bonfire Night’ celebration tomorrow. The events starts at 6.30pm complete with funfair and fireworks at Towneley Hall. Organisers have
VANDALS smashed their way in to Colne Cricket Club and ‘trashed’ it before stealing two flat screen TVs and cash. A dog walker called the police on Friday morning after noticing that some of the club house windows were shattered. Officers said
A TRIP to Millwall is never going to be one for the faint hearted, particularly on a cold Tuesday night in November. But such is the confidence flowing through the Blackburn Rovers camp at present, midfield star Tom Cairney fully believes they
THE last time we won at Arsenal was in September 1974. Peter Noble scored right in front of me 12 minutes from time in a Division One fixture, which of course was then the top tier. Forty years ago, little over 25,000 attended. The reason I
A COUNTRY hotel has been bought for £1.2 million by a couple who intend to ‘regain its excellent reputation’. The Mercure Foxfields Country Hotel in Billington has been purchased by the former owners of the Sparth House Hotel at nearby Clayton-le-Moors
THE former vice-principal of Burnley’s international Muslim girls college is taking her ex-employers to task – for religious discrimination. Ghazala Khan insists that she was ostracised at the Shorey Bank institution, run by the Birmingham-based
OPERA star Jonathan Veira takes a break from Glynebourne and the London Royal Opera House to bring his one-man show to Burnley. Jonathan is to appear at St Peter’s Church, Burnley, on Friday, November 21 at 7.30pm with his distinctive performance
ROVERS could win four consecutive league games for the first time since 2007 with victory at Millwall tonight. And having gone five games unbeaten and the improvements continuing from week to week, this squad is looking more and more like the complete
TRADERS and commuters working and travelling in Rawtenstall will heave a collective sigh of relief with the news United Utilities’ massive £7million sewer improvement works are coming to an end. The works, which started in January this year, are
A PIONEERING Sight Loss Information Service will be visiting Haslingden, Great Harwood, and Rawtenstall later this month. The mobile service, run by national charity Action for Blind People, will open its doors to people interested in or affected
FOUR fire crews tackled a serious blaze at a unit in Burnley yesterday morning. The crews were called to Coal Clough Lane at around 10.30am and arrived to find huge orange flames billowing out from the side of the building. The single-storey
GARY Bowyer wants his young Blackburn Rovers side to rise to the challenge of playing at The Den. Bowyer is looking forward to one of the Championship’s most testing away trips tonight as Rovers look for a fourth win a row. He was also full
SEAN Dyche has told Danny Ings to learn from the example set by Alexis Sanchez in Burnley’s defeat at Arsenal on Saturday. Chile star Sanchez scored twice in a superb performance as the Clarets were beaten 3-0 at the Emirates at the weekend, with
GARETH Southgate hopes a trio of Burnley players will entice a large crowd to Turf Moor for the England under 21 team’s friendly against Portugal next week. Southgate brings his under 21 squad to Burnley for a 7.45pm kick-off on November 13 as
BLACKBURN boxer Qasim Niaz is relishing the opportunity to fight in his home town for a second time after an encouraging first year as a professional. The welterweight has won all six fights since turning pro, including a points victory over Duane
ACCRINGTON Stanley skipper Luke Joyce has hailed the form of Shay McCartan after the former Burnley forward netted his third goal in as many games. McCartan, who joined Stanley after being released by the Clarets in the summer of 2013, scored with
The received wisdom is that as a supporter of a struggling club visiting Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, there are certain things that it is probably wise to brace yourself for. You accept that you are going to be in for a tough afternoon. You expect
WE played Manchester Phoenix again at the weekend, this time at home, and it was a tough game as we lost 8-0. We only had four defenders on the day with a couple of guys unable to play. We knew before that it was going to be a tough evening
WHEN Blackburn Rovers star Sam McClure became ill, the club organised a fundraising benefit match for him against neighbours Accrington Stanley. Just 20 months after that match took place at Ewood Park on October 22, 1904, Sam McClure was dead,
BALACLAVA-CLAD thieves broke into a Blackburn mosque before escaping with cash and power tools. Two men forced their way into the Masjid-e-Saliheen mosque, in Didsbury Street, in the Whitebirk area of the town and caused ‘extensive damage’ to a
“WE will come back stronger and give it everything we’ve got.” That was the message from Accrington boyband singer Reece Bibby, whose band Stereo Kicks scraped through to the next round of the X Factor at the weekend. MORE TOP STORIES:
A DISABLED driver from Colne has lashed out at Lancashire County Council after his application for a parking space on his own street was rejected. Albert Bradley, who struggles to walk even with the aid of crutches, had asked for a disabled parking
AN alcoholic spared jail for sinking her teeth into a chip shop boss has walked free again after attacking a police officer in a drunken rage. Hayley Marie Jones, 34, was last December made subject to a suspended prison sentence at Burnley Crown
LIGHTNING struck twice as Jordan Preston stepped off the bench for the second game running to earn Blackburn Rovers a 2-2 U21s Premier League draw. Just had he had done against West Brom at Leigh Sports Village one week earlier, the Scotland U19s
CHOCOHOLICS from across East Lancashire have been challenged to consume ‘copious amounts’ of their favourite treat for charity. Burnley Mechanics have teamed up with Pendleside Hospice to celebrate the launch of their newly refurbished lounge bar
THREE wind turbines planned for Oswaldtwistle could trick Ministry of Defence radar that ‘unknown’ aircraft are in the skies above East Lancashire, it was claimed. Councillors will meet tomorrow to discuss plans for turbines at Ramsclough Farm
RESIDENTS in East Lancashire have been asked to be on the look-out for a missing man. Police are searching for 26-year-old Jonathan Black, who was last seen at around 8.30am last Thursday. Officers have described him as white, 6ft 4in tall,
A DARWEN plumber steered a worried animal lover from a potential cat-astrophe after rescuing a pet from under the floorboards. Daisy the cat had been missing for more than two days after worming her way under the floorboards of her owner’s home
MORE than 40 firefighters last night tackled a raging inferno at an old mill building in Blackburn centre. Flames reaching 70ft ripped through the roof of the burning building in Birley Street shortly after 6.30pm yesterday. Police officers
BURNLEY midfielder Scott Arfield admits it would be ‘the pinnacle’ to represent Scotland one day – as he waits to find out whether he has been selected to face England this month. Scotland face the Republic of Ireland on November 14 before hosting
GARY Bowyer has hailed Ben Marshall as Premier League quality after the in-form winger put in another dazzling display at the weekend. Marshall scored his sixth goal in his last 10 games to help Rovers beat Reading and boss Bowyer believes he has
FIREFIGHTERS have come under attack from yobs who threw fireworks at them after calling for help. Crews were sent to the same place in Blackburn twice in two days after receiving reports of rubbish fires. But when they arrived they came under fire
