HYNDBURN Homes has changed some of its opening hours. The reception at the Globe Centre in Accrington will now be open from 9am until 4.45pm every weekday except Wednesday, when it will be open from 10am until 4.45pm. The change was made to
VOLUNTEERS will be working on the Coppice in Accrington from 10am until 3pm on Friday. Community group Woody is hosting several relaxed volunteer sessions there, with tasks varying. Anybody interested in helping out should call Mike Stapleford
A WEDDING fair will be held at Haworth Art Gallery, in Manchester Road, Baxenden, from noon until 4pm on Sunday, February 15. The gallery’s wedding room will be shown off, and local wedding service providers, such as vintage cars, will be on hand
VIGILANCE has been urged among residents in Huncoat following a series of break-ins. Several properties have been burgled and vehicles smashed into it at the top end of Burnley Road and estates off the road, police said. “Please ensure all
A CARAVAN parked in front of a house was destroyed in an early morning blaze. Firefighters were called to Euxton Lane, Chorley, at around 2.30am yesterday as the fire spread to the front of the house ((TUES)). A passer-by alerted the homeowner
I HAVE traced the origins of Audley House Club, Blackburn, from original documents found in the cellar when it closed after 137 years. They were discovered by long time member Mr Norman Jackson, who still lives in Audley Lane. An Audley House
AT ONLY 8d a pound, cow heel was an everyday food in 1957 diets. And that year the Northern Daily Telegraph carried a recipe from product suppliers UCP for a hearty steak and cow heel pie. It was described as a ‘winter build ‘em’ dish.
A BYGONES reader has asked for information about her aunt Ivy White. Sandra McGuiness has this photo of her, taken, probably in the mid-1920s, when she won a gymnastic event while aged in teens. Ivy was born in 1913, and it is believed she
TODAY, we are turning the clock back 85 years, to show an old school photograph from 1930. These youngsters are from St John’s School in Padiham and made up Standard VI. In the background is Mrs Berry and the class teacher on the right was Miss
MORE than 1,300 Darwen lads went off to fight in the First World War Great War, never to return. The thing is, though, no one is quite sure of the exact number. Now, local historian Tony Foster has started the mammoth task of coming up with the
MAKING the headlines today was the story of a major search by police for a missing young East Lancashire schoolgirl. Missing from her home in Mansfield Crescent, Brierfield, for 24 hours, and sought over a wide area by police, with dogs, 11 year-old
FOR me, a dress is much much more than just an item of clothing. The right dress can make you feel like a different person. It can take you from feeling down to feeling like you can take on the world. Working with vintage dresses every day
THERE is usually a story behind each of the pieces on show at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. While many have a local connection, there are others whose history has a wider scope. Today we take a look at the life and times of the building
PLANS have been put in to build submitted to construct two houses in Chatburn. Applicant Chris Harrison is seeking permission from Ribble Valley Borough Council for the project in Clough Bank Lane. Local residents have until Tuesday, January
REGULAR music daytime sessions are due to start in Clitheroe in a few weeks. The Grand Venue in York Street will host the Lunchtime Live Jazz Fridays every week from January 30 until December 18. The sessions will last from noon to 2pm and tickets
APPLICATION forms for places at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s Sixth Form have to be sent to the school before this Friday. Online application forms are available through the school’s website and visits to the school can be arranged before the
THE Ribble Valley Jazz Club meets at The Atrium Cafe Bar in Clitheroe every month. Live bands perform on the first Friday of the month from 8pm to 11pm. Tickets cost £10 for non-members of the club and £8 for members. For more information
BLACKBURN Rovers’ FA Cup fourth-round tie at home to Premier League outfit Swansea City will take place on Saturday, January 24 with a 12.45pm kick-off. The match will be shown live on BBC Wales. MORE TOP STORIES: Rovers set-up the clash
A NEW group for babies through to five year olds is being held in Nelson. Thursday morning and afternoon groups at Little Marsden Parish Centre in Hibson Road have started to go alongside a long standing group that runs in the afternoon. The
AN antiques fair is being staged at the Rainhall Centre in Barnoldswick on Saturday, January 24, featuring a host of vintage, retro and collectable bargains, hosted by Walter and Company. Traders wishing to book a stall can call Madeline on 07528
THE search for Burnley’s next rising star is nearly over as the final of Burnley’s Got Talent is set to take place. THE Burnley’s Got Talent fFinalists’ wait is nearly over. are Nikita Sumsion, Nu Vybe, Abi Scarlett Howard, Fierce, Flat Cap Pack
CONCERNS have been raised about a lack of available parking and traffic in the Newtown Street area of Colne. A meeting, which has been called by the Colne and District Committee, is being held to discuss the issue at Colne Town Hall on Thursday
A TALK entitled Life at the Big House will be given in Padiham next month. The Nazareth Unitarian Church in Church Street will host the lecture from 7.30pm on Tuesday, February 10. Entry costs £1 for PFA members and £2 for non members.
A HAPTON business is set to complete a £3 million relocation this month. Wholesaler Birchall Foodservice will move to a new 64,000 sq ft site in Burnley Bridge Business Park from its current home at nearby Network 65 Business Park. The family-owned
A LUXURY hotel and spa will form part of the £34 million redevelopment of Brierfield Mill. Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson said private sector investors had been lined up for ‘almost every part of the scheme’. And a Government minister Continued
VARIETY retailer B&M Bargains is to move into the Accrington store soon to be vacated by Homebase. A number of jobs will be created when the bargain chain opens up in Hyndburn Road, close to Asda, in the summer. MORE TOP STORIES: A
DOZENS of victims of ‘prize draw’ mail scams have got their money back after a Trading Standards crackdown. An initiative was launched by the National Trading Standards Scam Team and Royal Mail in June last year to seize responses to mail scams
A MOTORIST who decided to drive the 100 yards home from a works Christmas party forgot to put his lights on and ended up being disqualified. Joseph Martin Pentony, 34, of Leeds Close, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for
A TEENAGER who bravely battled illness has set herself 12 months of challenges to mark five years since being told she was cancer-free. Francesca Wheatley, 19, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2010 and was supported by children and young
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has made a fresh call for people accused of sexual offences to receive anonymity until they are charged. Mr Evans made the call after the Metropolitan Police confirmed yesterday that an investigation into rape claims
A MAN approached by police in his parked car admitted he was in the process of “bagging some weed”. Blackburn magistrates heard police recovered 18 snap bags containing cannabis, numerous empty bags and a large plastic bag containing cannabis.
LONGRIDGE Police Station will remain in use in the town for the foreseeable future, Lancashire Police has said. The clarification comes after a report to Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Community Services Committee said that it was likely that
RE, Closure of Blackburn club ‘major blow for night economy’ One of the problems of night time activity in Blackburn is the poor public transport situation. Having to wait an hour or half hour for a bus is not going to attract people from out of
RE, SHUTDOWN: Closure of Blackburn club ‘major blow for night economy’ Councillor Damian Talbot says, ‘The economy is doing very well now from a daytime point of view’. Well that is because the pubs in the town have catered for the wrong people
RE, UPDATE: Blackburn jobs at risk as fashion chain Bank enters administration This is the time of year for retail closures and bankruptcies. The vast majority of shops do not own their premises - they rent from commercial landlords. Rents
THE Mayor of Pendle, Graham Roach, has taken to social media to appeal for the return of the emblem from the mayoral car. The emblem was removed from the car while the mayor and mayoress were watching he saw Sleeping Beauty at Colne Muni on Saturday
ANY unprovoked assault on an innocent victim is absolutely abhorrent. But to hear a member of the church has been attacked inside the very building he helps to run is shocking to the core. Head verger Mark Pickering is well known at Blackburn
STRUGGLING accident and emergency departments have been coming under huge pressure, with waiting times plummeting to their worst levels in more than 10 years. A surge in demand has left hospital bosses battling to cope, with several trusts forced
Late on Monday night I attended the Royal Blackburn Hospital A&E department to give pastoral support to a colleague from the Cathedral. I was amazed at what I found. On the one hand the department was littered with bodies on trolleys. Every
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help renovate Blackburn Foodbank’s new home. Bosses at the charity, which helps people who are in crisis, said they planned to move into the 4,000 sq ft building in Oakenhurst Road, within the next month. Ros Duerden
NEW measures to tackle speeding are set to come into force on a rural Rossendale road following complaints by residents. Villagers in Helmshore complained about constant issues with drivers on Holcombe Road exceeding the 30mph limit. Now Rossendale
MUMS looking to get back in shape after the festive period are being encouraged to take part in a winter buggy bootcamp. The sessions have been organised so postnatal mothers who haven’t got without childcare can take part in fitness activities
ONE of the first firms to enter the motor trade in Blackburn was one with its origins as wheelwrights. Samuel Leaver founded his business in 1844 in a small cottage in Eanam. MORE TOP STORIES: J and S Leaver became an Austin dealership
A BRAINY Stacksteads quiz team have narrowly missed out on a £2,000 TV windfall. Members of Stacksteads Countryside Park Group took on The Eggheads on BB2 on Monday night, with hopes of improving the town’s Western Park playground with the prize
THE leaders of a school said to have “serious weaknesses” have made “robust” progress as attempts are made to transform levels of achievement. New head teacher Ruth England’s analysis of the challenges she faced at Shuttleworth College, in Padiham
A FIGHT involving 10 people broke out in a Colne pub in the early hours of New Year’s Day — it seems even the presence of a Lady Gaga impersonator couldn’t keep the mood light and festive. Police are also appealing for witnesses to a New Year’s
SOUVENIR tickets for an Accrington Stanley FA Cup tie which will never happen have sold out, the club has confirmed. The League Two side missed out on hosting Manchester United in the FA Cup after losing 2-0 to Yeovil in their second round replay
AN AUNTIE whose niece became seriously ill during labour is calling for a vital neo-natal intensive Care Unit to remain open. Amy Vincent, 21, from Haslingden started up a petition to keep the flagship NICU open in Burnley after reading about threats
THE Empire Theatre in Blackburn is raising a glass after announcing that audiences will be able to take their bar drinks into the auditorium for the first time. Chairman Michael Berry revealed the move and explained that the change of policy was
THE work of an internationally renowned Darwen artist has been published for the first time on the internet. Margaret Chapman was often compared to LS Lowry, with scenes depicting Edwardian streets and iconic Lancashire locations featured heavily
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer is set to be boosted by the return of at least four key players for Sunday’s Ewood Park showdown with play-off rivals Wolves. Bowyer was down to the bare bones for last weekend’s FA Cup clash at Charlton Athletic
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer is relishing the prospect of facing Premier League opposition in the FA Cup for the third season running. Rovers’ reward for winning 2-1 at Championship rivals Charlton Athletic on Saturday is a home tie with Swansea
TO MANY, it came as no great surprise when bosses at Liquid and Envy decided to close the club for good after the New Year celebrations. The reports were that on some evenings, there were as few as 30 or 40 people in the 1,260-capacity venue.
ACCRINGTON Stanley have extended Anthony Barry’s loan until the end of the season, but they have said goodbye to two players who have left the club after their short-term deals ended. Barry, 28, has been at the Store First Stadium since October
JOS Buttler believes England could mount a run at the World Cup if they ‘click’ during the tournament Down Under. The squad flew out to Australia yesterday to begin preparations for the tournament, with a tri-series involving Australia and India
MAURO Zarate will go straight into QPR’s squad for Saturday’s match at Burnley after joining the club on loan from West Ham United. The 27-year-old Argentine has moved to Loftus Road on a temporary deal until the end of the season and Rangers boss
LANCASHIRE spinner Stephen Parry has signed to play in the Big Bash League with Brisbane Heat. The left-armer will replace New Zealander Daniel Vettori, who is linking up with the Black Caps, as one of the Heat’s overseas players. MORE TOP
REAL Sociedad manager David Moyes says he is looking to add to his squad in January and will target the British transfer market. The 51-year-old took over the Spanish side in November and insists he is keen to add a couple of new players to a side
THE FA Cup win at Charlton would have ticked all the boxes for Gary Bowyer. He saw his side get a really good win, get a really good draw in the next round, and give him a really nice headache for Sunday’s league game against Wolves. Gary put
SEAN Dyche has done a wonderful job with his squad of players who refuse to be rolled over. Getting two valuable points away from home was amazing for the fans who had travelled to Manchester City and Newcastle. To come from behind in both
SAM Vokes will help Kevin Long with his recovery after the defender suffered an almost identical injury to the one which kept the Welsh striker out for nine months. Long tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee when he landed awkwardly after
RACHEL Brown-Finnis has announced her retirement from football after a glittering career in the game. The Burnley-born England international has decided to call it a day at the age of 34 after a season which saw her club, Everton, lose in the FA
THE international renewables firm at the centre of a major investigation in Northern Ireland supplied wind turbines in East Lancashire, it has been revealed. A probe was launched after an 80-metre wind turbine worth almost half a million pounds
AN arsonist thought to be behind a series of early-morning blazes in Accrington is being hunted by detectives. The firebug has struck three times in as many weeks on Sunday mornings between 6am and 9am. The first attack was at around 7.20am
PATIENTS have spoken of their “horror” at the conditions at Royal Blackburn Hospital’s emergency department, which has come under severe strain in recent weeks. Newly-published NHS data showed the A&E unit dealt with record numbers of patients
A DISGRUNTLED teenager bombarded his step-father with more than 550 text messages. The messages were all sent over a four-day period, despite Wade Rushton being banned from having any contact with him. MORE TOP STORIES: Blackburn magistrates
A SEVERE weather warning was issued across East Lancashire yesterday. Forecasters have warned winds reaching speeds of 80mph could batter East Lancashire later this week. The region is set to be hit by storm force winds strong enough to down trees
A DRIVER involved in a ‘horrific’ head-on car crash on New Year’s Day has died from his injuries. Kristopher Hanson, from Stacksteads, died in Salford Royal Hospital yesterday morning, Lancashire police said. The 27-year-old’s Vauxhall Corsa
2014 has been a news-filled year - and there's sure to be plenty more in 2015. Here are a few things to look out for... 1. The handover of the first phase of Blackburn’s £33million Cathedral Quarter is on target for the end of September this year
SAM Vokes said his first goal since suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in March ‘means the world to me’. The 25-year-old striker netted 13 minutes after coming off the bench in the FA Cup third round tie with Tottenham at Turf Moor to force
IT WILL be a case of “let the bride see the groom” when a contestant marries the “date” she met while appearing on the hit show Take Me Out. And for Gemma Gordon, 27, and Gavin Ellis, 28, the year is set to be more memorable as the couple are expecting
THE head verger of Blackburn Cathedral suffered head injuries, two broken ribs and a fractured elbow in a frenzied unprovoked attack. Mark Pickering, described as a ‘star of the cathedral’ needed surgery after being punched, stamped on and hit
