BLACKBURN Rovers Community Trust is now taking bookings for its February Half-Term Soccer and Sports Camp. Prices start from £12 per day or £49 for all five days of holiday fun. Sessions run from 9am to 5pm each day with registration at 8.30 for
FENISCOWLES Primary School, in Livesey Branch Road, has reminded parents it’s their duty to care for their children before 8.40am. In a letter, the school said: “A staff member is on duty from 8.40am. If children arrive before this time it is their
MOTORISTS are the target of a police crackdown in Feniscowles and Pleasington. Fed-up neighbours in the area have complained to local officers about vehicles driving on the playing fields, near to the metal bridge, at various times of the day.
VOICE, a local community group which helps those most in need in Blackburn with Darwen, is organising an event, Mile for a Smile, which takes place on Saturday, May 2. Those attending will do a mile round the track at Witton Park and all monies
Lammack’s Primary School’s famous ethnic food vent returns on Thursday, February 12, (2-3pm in the Junior Hall). The school will be selling home-made samosas, onion bhajis, tandoori chicken, biryani, kebabs, pasta, chicken wraps, mini pizzas and
A CAR-boot sale and collectors market is held every Sunday at the Clitheroe Auction Mart in Salthills Trading Estate hosts the event every Sunday. The sale is open from 7am-3pm. ndoor and outdoor stalls and For more information Call 01253 782828
TAKE the Mik is presenting a one-off comedy show special in association with Thwaites Empire Theatre, Ewood, on Saturday, January 31, from 8.30pm. Opening the show is Daliso Chaponda who regularly performs all around the world. Dave Twentyman,
AGE UK Blackburn with Darwen’s charity shop on Market Street, Darwen, is appealing for donations of winter clothing, shoes and boots. “We are particularly short of winter jumpers and coats,” said chief executive Vicky Shepherd. You should take
Sense, the national deaf-blind charity, is offering budding athletes from Lancashire the opportunity to take the challenge of a lifetime and run this year’s London Marathon. The charity that supports and campaigns for people who are both deaf and
A WEDDING open day will be staged at Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf Club in Langho on Saturday, January 31, Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf Club in Langho will host the event from noon to 4pm. The Whalley Road venue will include wedding day experts and
A CLITHEROE social badminton club meets Roefield Leisure Centre in Edisford Road every Thursday, from 8pm-10pm. It costs £3 for one hour and £5 for two hours. For more information call 07568 389645 or e-mail: me.hooley@talktalk.net
JAKE Anthony Birtwistle, 18, of Queen Street, Whalley, was remanded on bail for the preparation of a pre-sentence report when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates and after pleading guilty to burglary of a caravan in Old Langho and handling stolen
THE doors are set to be opened on a Ribble Valley school’s £3million new main building. Construction started 15 months ago at Bowland High School with students being taught in temporary classrooms whilst the work has been carried out. MORE
A BLACKBURN man has been dubbed the ‘Referral King’ and earned himself more than a year’s free membership by signing up more than a dozen friends to Blackburn’s new leisure centre in less than 24 hours. Sajj Riaz, who lives in Preston New Road,
PATIENTS in East Lancashire undergoing minor ear, nose and throat surgery will now benefit from investment in new medical kit. Bosses at Royal Blackburn Hospital have welcomed the delivery of new top-of-the-range microscope technology now being
A 51-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with a scam involving threats to small firms with bailiffs if they didn’t make an immediate payment of overdue taxes. Reginald Gregory, of Ivinson Road, Darwen, was sent on bail
RE: Blackburn with Darwen parents and teachers attend meeting amid concerns over school transport costs (LT, Janaury 23) I don’t drink or smoke and only have takeaways about once a month. The standard of the education in secondary schools in Darwen
I am trying to find a young lady who was witness to my accident on a bus from Lower Adlington Park Road School. We got on together. The bus bumped travelling over the canal bridge, causing my bag to fall. As I got up to get the bag, the driver
I‘D TAKEN on the task of mowing the grass, something which is almost exclusively the domain of my husband. He had argued against my involvement, but didn’t feel well enough to do it himself. Having stepped into the breach, I was determined
RE: TOUCH OF DOWNTON: Accrington Town Hall unveils £750k ballroom restoration Will the improvements pay for themselves? Yes, the town needs to be proud of its facilities but could it have waited? Tomorrow the council will be talking about the effects
RE: TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE: Primary school holding key social services meetings in corridors. What on earth is a ‘Team Around the Family meeting’? You can kind of understand why they need a small room for some additional help for some children.
The UK’s future: in or out of the EU. By far the most important issue of the General Election. Health versus wealth. Once again two of the key issues dominating the rhetoric between Labour and the Conservatives. Important? Obviously but then
ANTHONY Craig is a free man, living a normal life in the Republic of Ireland, when he should be behind bars for an East Lancashire murder. He maintains his innocence over the killing of John Kirby in the 1970s, but says he was forced to admit it
WORK has started in Clitheroe on the new Aldi and Pets at Home stores. The development, at the former Barkers Garden Centre site in Whalley Road, was given the green light by Ribble Valley Borough Council last year. The £1.6 million project
THE father of a nurse who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend has welcomed figures showing thousands have checked up on their partners’ violent past. John Clough, whose daughter Jane, from Barrowford, was killed by Jonathan Vass, who was on bail for
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has called for greater measures to help prevent cervical cancer, including strategies to increase the uptake of screening, and continued promotion of the HPV vaccination. Ahead of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which
EXPERTS at Pets at Home in Burnley are urging all owners to think about the welfare of their pets to keep them warm and safe this winter. Most pets spend their time indoors and are more sensitive to weather changes, and dogs and cats who like to
A BOBBY has been walking the beat in his own time to raise money for charity. PCSO Chris Hamer, who works in Bacup, Britannia and Weir, has walked more than 1,000 miles over a year in his patch to drum up money for Rossendale Hospice. And while
A TAXI driver appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing mobile phones left in his taxi. Assid Hussain, 22, of China Street, Accrington, pleaded not guilty to seven charges involving phones and one involving a wallet and cash worth
LONSDALE Street in Accrington will be closed for over a week as it is resurfaced. The county council will close the street from the junction with Lower Antley to number 92. The work is set to begin on Monday, January 26, and last until Monday
HYNDBURN Council has put back its Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. It had been due to start at 2pm on Tuesday but was put back 15 minutes as councillors will be attending a Holocaust Day service. The meeting will be chaired by Cllr
YOUNGSTERS in Accrington have been throwing stones and snowballs at vehicles in Hyndburn Road. Police said the problem was mainly occurring between the junction with Oxford Road and Matalan on an evening. A spokesman said: “Patrols have increased
HYNDBURN MP Graham Jones has accused David Cameron of admitting failure after the prime minister said: “Britain deserves a pay rise.” Mr Cameron made the comment while visiting President Barack Obama in Washington. MORE TOP STORIES: But
HYNDBURN Council leader’s refusals to resurrect an open Question Time feature at council meetings ‘questions democracy’, it has been claimed. Opposition councillors have called for the revival of a Prime Minister’s Questions-type format so Cllr
A NATIONAL retailer will open the doors of its new store in Burnley this week. The Range will officially open at the Ashfield Retail Centre on Friday at 9am. Around 100 jobs are to be created at the store which will be based in the former Homebase
AFTER a false start due to last weekend’s snowy weather, hundreds of runners donned their trainers for East Lancashire Hospice’s annual 10k run. Participants from across the region raised money for the charity, which helps people suffering from
STAND-IN skipper Jason Lowe admits tomorrow’s trip to high-flying Derby County is as hard as they come in the Championship. But Lowe insists Blackburn Rovers will head to the iPro Stadium with confidence high after playing their part in a weekend
A TAXI driver appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing mobile phones left in his taxi. Assid Hussain, 22, of China Street, Accrington, pleaded not guilty to seven charges involving phones and one involving a wallet and cash worth
A BLACKBURN vicar held a 10-minute silence in protest over the upcoming consecration of the Bishop of Burnley. The Rev Ann Morris, of St Oswald’s Church, Knuzden, made her stand yesterday after changes were made to the Rev Philip North’s ceremony
WATCHING Bradford come from behind to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday brought back memories of our own giant-killing run of a few years ago. And it gave me plenty to ponder as we look ahead to the business end of the Premier League
WHEN Michael Duff turned 37 earlier this month he shared celebrations in the dressing room with Michael Keane, 15 years younger and the man who had taken his place in the team following his injury. After Duff then spent six weeks battling back
Lancashire based fleet management specialist KeyFleet has achieved Key Associate status with the UK’s leading vehicle management and funding specialist – Lex Autolease, part of Lloyds Banking Group. Damian Whittle, Account Director for Lex Autolease
A PROFESSIONAL eater visited a Darwen restaurant to complete a massive pizza challenge. American, Randy Santel, who is on a tour of the UK competing in contests, went to the Amalfi, in Duckworth Street, to take on the metre-long eating marathon
Pedro Ximenez 2012, £7, Marks and Spencer Two wines made especially for M&S this week starting with a dry white from Chile’s most northerly growing region, the Elqui Valley. Pedro Ximenez is best known as grape traditionally grown in Andalucia
SUNDERLAND midfielder Liam Bridcutt knows his side need to start winning Premier League games and he believes Saturday’s clash with Burnley is the perfect time for the Black Cats to start. Gus Poyet’s side have won just three league matches all
PADIHAM’S long wait for a victory is finally over after a much-needed three points against Radcliffe Borough to rekindle their hopes of avoiding relegation from Evo-Stik League First Division North. It was the Storks first win since beating Farsley
Simon Eastwood 6 No goalkeeper in the world would have saved Gylfi Sigurdsson’s opener and, bar from one second-half stop from Nelson Oliveira, had little to do Adam Henley 7 With Bolton Wanderers refusing the on-loan Alex Baptiste permission
ACCRINGTON Stanley skipper Luke Joyce is determined to see his side return to winning ways against Bury tomorrow night. The Reds were beaten 2-1 at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday to drop to 15th in the League Two table, eight points off the play-offs
AFC WIMBLEDON put their Accrington Stanley hoodoo behind them with a first win against the Reds in eight attempts. Before the meeting at the Cherry Red Records Stadium, Stanley have won six and drawn one against the Dons but goals from Sean Rigg
COLNE made it four wins on the bounce in the North West Counties League Premier Division as they won 3-1 away at Congleton Town. Simon Nangle gave the Reds the lead on 32 minutes and although Jack Hunter levelled for the home side just before the
Manchester United, Chelsea and MANCHESTER CITY will join the scramble to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus. The French midfielder is valued at £75m. Raheem’s Stirling future at Liverpool is still to be finalised as talks over over an extended deal
BLACKBURN Rovers are through to the FA Cup fifth round after beating Premier League side Swansea City 3-1 at Ewood Park. Now tell us your star performer. GET INVOLVED: Who was your 'man of the match'?
CONSERVATION work going on at a stately home has revealed some of its fascinating secrets, some dating back almost 450 years. Astley Hall in Chorley, a Grade I-listed building, is closed to the public until March while a team of specialist surveyors
PLANS to decommission the former Jacks Key reservoir in Darwen have been cautiously welcomed. Will Straw, who is the Labour party candidate for the town in the upcoming general election, said he thought the proposals from the Environment Agency
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer wants to face another Premier League side at Ewood Park in the FA Cup fifth round. Rovers booked their place in the last 16 courtesy of a 3-1 home win over top-flight outfit Swansea City on Saturday. And Bowyer
COMMUTERS faced delays on a busy bypass following a two car crash this morning. Police officers and ambulance crews were called to the A56 Edenfield bypass, just before the turn-off for the M66, at around 7.30am. MORE TOP STORIES: A police
A FORMER detective has said it would be an insult to the memory of an East Lancashire man if his killer was allowed to remain abroad. It comes after convicted murderer Anthony Craig, who beat his victim to death with a stone in one of the area’
A PASSERBY raised the alarm after finding a man’s body in the street. Police were called to Ormerod Street in Rawtenstall at 8.55pm on Friday. Insp Michael Johnson of Rossendale Police said an investigation was still ongoing, although it was
A HOMES protester has told councillors debating a luxury housing development that wealthy people will not come into Blackburn to buy expensive homes. Michael Findley, from Belvedere Road, Ramsgreave, was objecting to a scheme of 85 three and four-bedroomed
POLICE chased a van around Brierfield for about 20 minutes before it crashed into a patrol car. Officers tried to stop the Ford Transit in Railway Street at around 9pm on Saturday for a routine spot check. But when it failed to stop, more patrols
BURNLEY goalkeeper Tom Heaton insists he is not getting carried away and starting to dream of following fellow Championship graduates like John Ruddy into the England squad one day. Ruddy was capped by his country after impressing for Norwich City
IT may have been hard to tell from the swathes of empty seats around the ground but the fabled magic of the FA Cup was alive and well at Ewood Park on Saturday. If not off the pitch then certainly on it as Gary Bowyer’s Championship side set the
A MAN and a woman were bailed to appear at the Crown Court by have appeared before Blackburn magistrates, charged with offering to supply crack cocaine and cannabis drug offences and possession of a stun gun. Kieran Stuart Bell, 20, of Fielding
YOUNGSTERS in Accrington have been throwing stones and snowballs at vehicles in Hyndburn Road. Police said the problem was mainly occurring between the junction with Oxford Road and Matalan on an evening. MORE TOP STORIES: A spokesman said
A DARWEN primary school is selling stationery in a bid to raise cash. Pupils at Ashleigh Primary School are able to buy items with the school’s logo on to help add funds to the coffers. Among the items on sale are full stationery sets, which
