POLICE have found a sex offender who was wanted for a breach of notification requirements after failing to notify police of his current address. 29-year-old Aaron Heywood (also known as Haywood) was last known to be living at an address on Westmorland
A RESIDENT at a housing association fell asleep with a pan of pasta on the hob, causing a blaze, firefighters said. They were called to the Blackburn with Darwen Foyer, in Princes Street, Blackburn, around 6.35am Wednesday to put out the flames
CHILDREN at a primary school in Blackburn have been learning Japanese as part of a national project. The pupils at St Thomas’ CofE Primary School, in Newton Street, have entered into a national robotics and Lego competition, which will take place
CHRISTMAS gifts including glass, ceramics, leatherworks, sculptures and more are being sold at a pop up shop in Barrowford. The shop, which is being held in Pendle Heritage Centre until Christmas Eve, will feature work from resident artists based
WITH wintry weather on its way, Skoda owners are being offered expert vehicle health checks to make sure they beat the impending freeze. Costing £25, dealerships are offering a seven-point vehicle check covering the vital aspects for winter safety
THE 1st Longridge Scout Group will hold a bring and buy sale at the Scout Hut in Irwell Street next month. It will be held on Saturday, December 6, from 10.30am.
ROSSENDALE MP Jake Berry has welcomed news that crime is falling after figures showed offences recorded by police in Lancashire fell by eight per cent since 2010. The latest figures from the independent Crime Survey of England and Wales showed
CLIFF Graham has been appointed the new sales manager at Motorpoint Burnley. The 49-year-old, who lives in Garstang, has been working for car supermarket, in Rosegrove Lane, for two years, initially as a salesman before being promoted to business
SSANGYONG has announced that its all new B-segment crossover will be called Tivoli. Under development for the past three years, latest images reveal the features of an urban SUV with a modern silhouette, while the interior is designed to offer
A CHRISTMAS tree festival will be held in Mellor in December. St Mary’s Parish Church will host the event from December 19, to December 21 from 10am. Call 01254 813581.
THE final Clitheroe Town Council meeting of the year will be held on December 15. The session will take place in the town hall in Church Street from 6.30pm.
ARCHERY courses for children are being held in Nelson. The course runs in three week blocks and is suitable for children aged eight to 15. The sessions run from 10am to 6pm at Okyay Archery Centre, Brunswick House, Nelson. Contact 07788 270413
ON December 13 at noon Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson and his Skipton and Ripon counterpart Julian Smith will shakes hands on the rail trackbed of the Skipton to Colne railway line where it reaches the county border.
THE out-of-hours GP service for East Lancashire has urged patients to access health services wisely in winter. Diane Ridgway, chief executive of East Lancashire Medical Services, said: “We are coming to our busiest time. I would encourage patients
THE Hackney Colliery Band will take to the stage in Clitheroe on Friday. The band will perform at The Grand Venue in York Street from 7pm to 11pm. Tickets cost £8.50 in advance and the band will play a mix of funk, hip-hop, afro-beat and rock.
What better way to mark what would have been your murdered daughter’s 28th birthday - than tackling the root cause of her death? Inspirational Sylvia Lancaster has done just that. On the day that 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster would have been
RE, BACK TO THE FUTURE: Face of Blackburn Central Library revealed A pity so little remains of the interior of the 1970’s ‘new’ library which was excellent - a superb Children’s Library and cafe all swept away a few years ago the reduced further in
RE, Popular East Lancashire pet shop announces closure Terrible news about the closure. Seems like another small and unique family-run business penalised because some faceless agent or another demands a certain bottom line. I’d like to thank Becky
RE, Charity calls for all schools to teach Sex Education Actually, schools used to have this years and years ago. Sadly, it still didn’t stop the 14-year-old in a class getting pregnant nor the hundreds of others who did and still do no matter what
RE, East Lancashire patients hit as NHS staff strike Just don’t get it do they? The more they strike the more excuses government will have to dismantle the NHS completely. Doing its dirty work for it. It may be over pay but does anyone striking not
RE, Jenny Mein: violence towards women must stop Women aren’t the only victims of domestic violence. Children are and so are men. A lot needs to be done to encourage men to speak out against this abhorrent act that usually takes place behind closed
RE, East Lancashire patients hit as NHS staff strike People have the right to fight for their living. The Tories have always tried to starve people back to work and to keep people down with fear of unemployment. Grow a pair and stand up to be counted
RE, Charity calls for all schools to teach Sex Education NO! Stop sexualizing our children and let them have normal, proper childhoods. Stop taking the responsibility for bringing up our children from their parents (who can decide when is best)
SPORTY students took part in a biathlon in memory of Adam Rogers. Adam, a former pupil at St Bede’s RC High School, Blackburn, was killed in a one-punch attack in the town centre in 2009, when he was 24. His parents have been trying to raise awareness
BLACKBURN’S Thwaites Empire Theatre will get three comedians in one show early next year – for one night only.! Take The Mike presents Daliso Chaponda and he will be joined by the king of comedy banter Dave Twentyman and comedy anchorman MC Ste
ARTS and music festival visitors to the 2015 Manchester International Festival will once again be able to enjoy an eclectic range of beers all from Blackburn brewery Thwaites. Following on from a very successful festival in 2013, Thwaites has secured
PROMOTING an unreleased album may seem an alien concept in this commercial age. But it has become a way of life for blues guitarist Chantel McGregor during her recent tour. Plugging an as-yet-untitled collection, the singer’s schedule hits Burnley
THERE’S a question I keep asking myself of late. Is our perception of preferable watering holes changing? Are we getting a tad tiresome of loud music, Sky TV and gaming machines, interrupting the ambiance and conversation, down the local boozer
MULTIPLE Grammy Award-winning singer and legendary performer Bette Midler has announced she will be performing in Manchester next summer. It will be her first UK show in 35 years and she will be playing the Phones 4U Arena on Saturday, July 11.
FOLK’S influence is suddenly everywhere. And Karen Matheson, the 50-year-old leader of Capercaillie, could not be more content. “It is amazing the way that folk has hit the mainstream in the last few years, it is a really healthy scene right
X FACTOR stars G4 are to play in Burnley as part of their first tour in seven years. It’s been 10 years since G4 appeared on the TV show, in which they came second and went on to sign a £1.5 million deal with Sony Records. Their debut album
HAZEL O’Connor and former Stranglers star Hugh Cornwell are to play the Manchester Academy on December 6. Performing separate sets. Hazel will sing songs from her stunning back catalogue and her critically acclaimed recent material while Hugh’s
LAUGHTER will ensure there won’t be a dry eye in the house when Jimmy Cricket returns to the panto stage at the Charter Theatre in Preston next month - 33 years on from his debut at the same venue. The Northern Irish entertainer, now 69, is treading
AFTER back-to-back wins in the Premier League you would have thought life couldn’t have got much better for the Clarets at the moment. But that was before Sam Vokes came through his first 45 minutes in eight months unscatched, and only went and
THE final plans are being put in place for this year’s Whalley Pickwick Night. The annual event, which is celebrating it’s 26th year, will be staged in the Ribble Valley village on Thursday, December 4. Local historian and ghost walker Simon
CHRISTMAS shoppers are being urged to be alert to stolen mobile phones being sold on the black market. PC Anna Gavela, from Lancashire Police said the high-value items were being sold in East Lancashire by illegal traders to unsuspecting customers
In the Old Testament, Proverbs teaches that ‘Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall’. Soon, I guarantee, and it cannot come soon enough, Facebook and their ilk will suffer one mighty fall. For if ever there were
YOUNGSTERS’ mental health is being strained because of bullying, domestic violence, peer pressure on social networks and poverty, according to a charity worker. Terri Hacking, who manages projects including Burnley Targeted Family Services, Lancashire
A LONG-STANDING family run business is set to close it’s doors for the final time. Henry Speak and Sons which has been open for 125 years in Earby is set to cease trading on New Year’s Eve. MORE TOP STORIES: The Victoria Road firm, which
A ROSSENDALE butcher has teamed up with a food bank charity to help make sure people in crisis have a proper meal on Christmas Day. Riley’s of Crawshawbooth, are asking shoppers to make a donation to The Raft Foundation when they order their Christmas
MANUFACTURERS based just yards away from each other in Burnley can progress with expansion plans in 2015 after borough councillors gave them their backing. Extra furnaces are set to be installed at precision diecasters Lupton and Place, at their
CONCERNS have been raised over the future of a job which was created to help revitalise Padiham town centre. Tony Fitzgerald, who was appointed as town centre manager in 2012 to help fill empty shops, has departed. MORE TOP STORIES: He
ROSSENDALE MP Jake Berry has hailed a new report as a ‘positive step’ in his campaign to improve transport links and attract investment into Rossendale. A recent report from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has confirmed that the Rawtenstall
CARING pupils have become among the youngest in the country to be trained in dementia awareness. Around 30 children at Barnoldswick’s St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School’s E-Cool club were awarded Dementia Friends badges following sessions learning
Growth Accelerator, Role Ltd with PM&M invite Lancashire Business Leaders to a luncheon business debate with a difference. You've seen the headlines 'Final FTSE company appoints female board member'. 'Diversity means profits' Why is this subject so
THINGS are ‘getting better all the time’ for a family-run business in Colne, after it was chosen to appear on a new artwork based on the cover of an iconic Beatles album. Pop artist Sir Peter Blake, famous for his sleeve design for Sgt Pepper’s
A CAR dealership has offered safety tips on autumn driving for East Lancashire motorists. Volvo dealership Doves Blackburn has made the warning after stronger winds and heavier rainfall have been predicted for the next few months. The dealership
RUBBISH dumped behind a house in Blackburn cost a man more than £800 after he was prosecuted by the council. Blackburn with Darwen Council was contacted after the waste was discovered behind Queen Victoria Street on May 20. MORE TOP STORIES
A MOTHER whose teenage daughter was killed just for dressing likes a Goth has marked what would have been her 28th birthday by speaking at a hate-crime conference. Sylvia Lancaster OBE has spoken at the world’s first Alternative Solutions to Hate
CYCLING gurus at a Pendle firm have lent a helping hand to yet another world record. Barnoldswick manufacturer Hope Technology teamed up with bike racer and TT winner Guy Martin to break the speed record for a motor-less gravity soapbox racer.
A HEAD teacher is urging parents not to park on the yellow lines outside of school following two ‘near misses involving pupils’. Christina Regan, who leads Baxenden St John’s CE Primary, in Church Avenue, issued a notice in a newsletter to parents
DOZENS turned out for the Christmas lights switch-on in Clayton-le-Moors last night. Almost 200 people packed Barnes Square for the occasion. Hyndburn Mayor Munsif Dad flicked the switch to officially start the festive season in the town.
A NEW Asda store has ‘breached its planning permission’ by not operating a pay-and-display system on its car park, council bosses said. Concerns have been raised that Chorley Council is losing out on thousands of pounds in revenue on nearby car
A BENEVOLENT stonemason has offered to produce more memorials free of charge to be placed around Darwen. Brent Stevenson Memorials has already started work on 50 granite paving slabs bearing the names of the town’s First World War dead, which will
‘AUDACIOUS’ burglars distracted an elderly man in his home before stealing a safe bolted to the floorboards. The attack happened in Hyndburn Street, in Accrington, when the men walked in through the back door of the 80-year-old victim’s house,
LOWER Darwen Primary School has been awarded Sainsbury’s School Games Gold Mark for their commitment to competition in sport for 2013/14. The school off Milking Lane provides opportunities for children to compete against other children in their
IT is almost a year ago this weekend that Simon Eastwood came in from the cold to make his first league appearance of the season. Fast forward just over 12 months and he is set to do the same in Saturday’s top-six showdown with Middlesbrough.
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was threatened with a hammer during a street robbery in Blackburn. The 39-year-old victim was walking along Duckworth Street, at around 6:30pm on Monday, when he was approached by two men who threatened
SAM Vokes has been keen to remain involved around the Clarets first team as he has battled his way back to fitness over the past eight months. The 25-year-old made his comeback in a development squad game on Tuesday, playing 45 minutes and scoring
SHAYNE Singleton is desperate for a big title fight in the new year after extending his winning run to 20 contests last weekend. The Colne fighter outboxed Yorkshire’s imposing Adam Jones over six rounds at King George’s Hall on Saturday as he
DAVE Tinn stamped his authority on Clitheroe DMC’s Hall Trophy Rally, posting the fastest time on every stage. The Proton pilot pulled out a three-second lead on the opening test and was never headed all day. Tinn, who was co-driven by Marc
YOUNG rally driver Tommi Meadows ended his 2014 season on a high by claiming a top five finish on last weekend’s Hall Trophy Rally. The 14 year-old from West Bradford suffered a mechanical retirement in his previous rally, but recovered for an
GEORGE Woodburn is still going strong for Blackburn Harriers. Since joining the club half a century ago, on March 12, 1964, he has competed for it in every single one of those 50 years. On Friday night, at the Harriers’ annual presentation
MOEEN Ali’s maiden one-day international hundred, the third-fastest in England’s history, was in vain in a 25-run defeat against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium. Moeen (119) got England off to a brilliant start in pursuit of their highest successful
ROB Webb produced his best performance of the Red Rose Cross Country League season by powering to third place in Saturday’s race at Leverhulme Park. The Rossendale Harriers ace had finished fifth and eighth in the opening two races in the series
A MAN died after being hit by part of a 16 tonne excavator being operated by his friend, an inquest heard. Craig Allen Phillips, 48, from Bury suffered ‘catastrophic injuries’, while helping his friend William Brewer at his home in Bury Road, Rawtenstall
A BLACKBURN man who was abusive towards airline staff on his honeymoon flight has been fined almost £2,000. The airliner, bound for Cuba, had to make an unscheduled stop in Bermuda because of the actions of Mohammed Khelya. But his family say
BLACKBURN Rovers Under 21s boss Eric Kinder refused to be too critical of his young side after they went down to a 5-0 Lancashire FA Senior Cup quarter-final defeat to a star-studded Manchester United team. But Kinder, whose line-up contained players
FORMER Clarets player and coach Mark Yates has said he is ‘disappointed’ that his contract at League Two Cheltenham Town has been terminated. The 44-year-old was the third longest serving manager in the top four English divisions, having been appointed
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has revealed he is considering switching today’s training session from this morning to tonight, in order to prepare his players for their Friday night fixture with Exeter City. The Reds host Paul Tisdale’
FROM hot-pots to the rolling Pennine hills, people across the county have been celebrating all things Lancashire. heir favourite things about the county on Lancashire Day. Lancashire Day commemorates the time in 1295 when the county sent its
A DAD who terrorised another father with a ratchet yards from the school gates in Burnley has been jailed for 20 weeks. Akbar Ullah, 37, who was given a community order last December for producing cannabis, had blocked the victim in in his car,
Chamber member,Bury based accountants & business advisers, Horsfield & Smith, recently held a Cyber Security Seminar at the Red Hall Hotel, Bury. The event attracted a wealth of businesses from the Bury area who are aware of the new government scheme
THE Ribble Valley’s war commemorations were given a royal seal of approval yesterday when The Duke of Kent unveiled a new plaque at Clitheroe Castle. Prince Edward also finished planting an oak tree on the castle grounds, where schoolchildren scattered
BLACKBURN businessman Peter Lovett is calling for tougher action to tackle fly-tipping in the alleyway behind his shop in Mill Hill. He has accused the borough council of failing to deal with the problem. Now Mr Lovett has enlisted Tory Parliamentary
CHRIS Taylor is desperate to play more of a part in Blackburn Rovers’ promotion push. But the midfielder admits he would be happy to remain on the bench if it means Rovers continue their unbeaten ways. Taylor has been restricted to just one
‘MINDLESS morons’ have again wrecked festive displays across Hyndburn, councillors said. Christmas trees in both Oswaldtwistle and Rishton have been damaged — less than 12 months after they were both last targeted. MORE TOP STORIES: The
WORLD Superbike legend Carl Fogarty has thrown his weight behind East Lancashire Hospice’s Christmas fundraising campaign. The 49-year-old, currently impressing the nation with his antics on I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, features on the
THE multi-million pound revamp of Accrington town centre is set to move one step closer next week. On Wednesday, councillors will vote whether to launch a £3m regeneration scheme aimed at bringing empty town centre shops back into use. MORE
A ROAD in Darwen that was in a bad state of repair has been resurfaced as part of the council’s ‘Invest to Save’ scheme. Powell Street had been badly damaged and in recent months seen the original cobble work exposed. MORE TOP STORIES:
A GOVERNMENT planning inspector will publicly examine Blackburn with Darwen Council’s planning strategy, including proposals for 4,000 executive-style homes on greenfield sites, next week. Starting on Tuesday, the official and his team will take
TOWN hall bosses have been forced to admit that up to 22 councillors in Burnley failed to pay their council tax on time, after an investigation by the Lancashire Telegraph. Up to six only paid their bills once they were summoned to court, which
TOM Heaton has revealed that the Clarets are embracing the underdog tag given to them in the Premier League this season to try and prove the doubters wrong. Burnley have secured back-to-back Premier League wins against Hull City and Stoke after
