TRAFFIC ground to a halt on the M65 after a multi-vehicle collision. One lane was closed between junctions six and five on the westbound carriageway following the incident. The emergency service were called to the scene and traffic started
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CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School will hold a higher education this evening. The sixth form centre in York Street will host the event from 7pm. The evening will provide an overview of the higher education process and UCAS application procedures
CIDARI, an academy trust established by Blackburn Diocese, is appealing for people to come forward to act as governors for its member schools. The group, which has six academies in the borough, is looking for people to attend up to ten meetings
A NEW class is set to start at a Longridge school from September. St Wilfrid’s RC Primary School will add a seventh single age class to it’s current total of six in the new school year. The school is also set to appoint a new deputy headteacher
AN EAST Lancashire college will find out this week whether it has won a prestigious national award. Accrington and Rossendale College was nominated in the school/college of the year category for the National BTEC Awards 2015 and was revealed as
HASLINGDEN High School will mark its ruby anniversary in September. It will mark 40 years since Haslingden Grammar and Haslingden County Secondary School amalgamated. The school is interested to hear from former staff and students. For details
STUDY leave for AS Level students at St Wilfrid’s CE Academy in Blackburn will start on May 11. They will return to a full timetable on June 8. Students who are doing BTECS will come in for lessons and placement as normal during this time.
SCHOOL leaders in East Lancashire are among those across the North West to voice widespread concerns in a new State of Education report. The survey complied by The Key, an organisation that provides leadership and management support to schools,
A LONG-ESTABLISHED business in Clitheroe looks set to move on from where it has been based since 1936. Hargreaves & Coates Ltd, a transport and haulage company, is seeking permission to knock down its premises in the town and construct six
WITH just 10 days to go before polling day and the national opinion polls still neck and neck, our panel of undecided voters are reflecting the campaign stalemate. While some have now decided on who will get their cross on the ballot paper, neither
ACCRINGTON soap star Julie Hesmondhalgh said alleged withdrawing of funding to an East Lancashire counselling service “makes no sense”. The 44-year-old actress, best known for her award-winning portrayal of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street,
A FAULTY Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is now an automatic MOT fail and is already catching motorists in East Lancashire out. Millions of cars in the UK are fitted with tyre pressure monitoring systems, or TPMS, which monitor the vehicle
NINETEEN Clarets fans have been jailed after violence broke out at Burnley Miners Club. The rampage left a wheelchair supporter and an 11-year-old boy injured. MORE TOP STORIES: Burnley’s top police officer has condemned the mob, following
AS I stood in the square in front Marks and Spencer in Blackburn, giving out roses in honour of St George’s Day, I was quite impressed by the acknowledgement of the people receiving them. Only one man refused my offering, everyone else seemed very
RE, DISGRACE: Lancashire named in RSPCA animal suffering hall of shame. Big surprise! East Lancashire is near the top of most leagues for negatives, such as deprivation, poverty, teenage pregnancy, you name it. Poverty and deprivation breed crime
(a) DO you, as a lawful British subject wish to be governed by a lawfully elected British political party? (b) Do you, as an unlawfully subjugated EU citizen wish to be governed by an unelected, unlawful and unaccountable foreign government?
THE housing crisis has reached boiling point, and nowhere is this truer than in Lancashire. Year on year as a nation we have failed to build enough homes. We’ve turned back the clock on home ownership to the levels of 1980s, with more and more of us
RE, Rise in reports of abusive texts prompts headteacher to send letter to parents. Is it now compulsory to have a mobile phone in this country? Has nobody ever heard of blocking calls from certain people? If you are dim and accept the call you
There’s always a lot of doom and gloom in the comments section about Blackburn – but things are looking up. Once the Cathedral Quarter and the Bus Station are complete, the town centre will look great. We’ve got a decent mall and market – we
AS we count down to next Thursday, the leaders of all parties descend deeper into bribe mode. Hardly an hour seems to pass without Cameron, Miliband, Clegg and the rest, promising this or that piece of legislation. It begs the question: if
RESIDENTS have been issued a warning about spam emails purporting to be coming from iTunes, Apple’s music service. Action Fraud and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) said the email apparently details a purchase and asks customers to
ALMOST 40 East Lancashire firms were among those to sign a letter in support of a Conservative-led government. More than 5,000 small British businesses co-signed the letter, which praised David Cameron and George Osborne and featured in yesterday
THE BISHOP of Blackburn has re-dedicated a stained glass window at a church in Darwen which has been replaced following a mammoth community fundraising effort. The Right Reverend Julian Henderson made his first visit to St Cuthbert’s Church, in
THE scale of Blackburn with Darwen’s problem with rats and pests has been revealed in new national figures. The borough comes 25th in a league table of 407 local authorities UK-wide with 17.72 pest control call-outs per 1,000 people in 2013/2014
A GREAT Harwood Labour councillor has been forced to deny rumours he is canvassing for Bob Eastwood — the Conservative MP hopeful for Blackburn. Noordad Aziz said he believes the rumour started after the pair appeared on Ummah Channel together.
AN EARBY girl and her long-time friend are organising a ‘fashion show with a difference’ in memory of pub landlady who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. Jasmine Cooper and Megan Holden, both 15, are organising the charity fashion show
A WAR hero has been awarded a campaign medal more than 64 years after his service. Ken Abbott was presented with the Suez Canal Zone General Service Medal by Lord Shuttleworth, the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, in a special ceremony at Burnley
PLANS to extend the offer at the Darwen Food Festival to include crafts is proving to be a success with enquiries being received daily regarding the availability of pitches. The first festival is planned for August 1, followed by the Michaelmas
A SPORTSMAN’S dinner is set to be held in Darwen. It will be staged at Hollins Grove Conservative Club on Friday. The doors will open at 7.30pm and the event will feature Kevin Lynch, a retired Premier League referee and Liverpool comedian
EXTRA wildflowers could be planted at Spout House Woodland in Huncoat. Members of the Huncoat Community Forum also discussed concern that the ‘increasing use of the new woodland paths was bringing new pressure for things like dog waste bins’.
CATHERINE Elizabeth Howson, 31, of Water Street, Accrington, was remanded on bail for a pre-sentence report when she appeared before Blackburn magistrates and pleaded guilty to assaulting Karlene Sampson and Julia Jones and two charges of shoplifting
OSWALDTWISTLE councillor Peter Britcliffe has called on the county council to install signs showing motorists how fast they are going in Blackburn Road in West End. He said: “I received numerous complaints from residents about the road being like
FIREBUGS are believed to be to blame for two fires in Hyndburn on Sunday. Crews were called out twice to deliberate fires, a spokesman said. They was a skip fire at the back of Poundstretchers on Eastgate Retail Park at 6.35pm, and a mattress fire
STUDENTS in Hyndburn are being offered funding from 550 members of the Accrington Grammar School Old Boys Association. The group has appealed for secondary school pupils to get in contact with the group so its members can offer financial help to
AN EXHIBITION of photographs taken by local man Franco Sanna will be launched at the Civic Arts Centre and Theatre, in Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, from 1pm on Saturday, May 2. Mr Sanna moved to Lancashire from Sardinia in the mid-1970s and later
ALMOST £70,000 is to be spent on 39 new pieces of equipment for the gym at Darwen Leisure Centre. Borough leisure boss Damian Talbot said the fitness suite had been so successful that several items had worn out. MORE TOP STORIES: He made
BOSSES at North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) are to send three members of staff to Seattle for six days on a fact finding mission to try and improve their own service. NWAS have missed all three government targets for 2014/15, blaming it on an
BLACK Eyed Peas star Taboo has become the latest big name in the world of music to perform in East Lancashire. The singer, actor and rapper, best known for performing alongside Fergie, will.i.am, and apl.de.ap in the chart-topping band, thrilled
LIFETIME bans are being imposed on the 21 fans who shamed Burnley FC following a rampage directed at Sheffield Wednesday supporters at the town's Miners Club. Club chief executive Lee Hoos has confirmed that there will be no place at Turf Moor
FIT2XL Boxing Club enjoyed a treble of victories on shows across the North West recently. The club’s fantastic fighting week began with Eamon Rielly enjoying a stunning debut victory - knocking out Jack Pilling from Paramount ABC in Stockport after
THE Lancashire Wolverines made a splendid start to the new campaign, beating Northern champions East Kilbride Pirates 31-28. East Kilbride kicked off and saw the Wolverines cap off a six-play drive with an eleven yard touchdown run from quarterback
A CHURCH will be celebrating the completion of a renovation brought about after children vandalised roofing felt causing the building to flood. Bacup-based kitchen manufacturer J and J Ormerod (JJO) agreed to provide a new kitchen at cut price to Haslingden
SANDYGATE boxers starred under the Burnley Mechanics spotlights at another sell-out home show. More than 400 fight fans crammed in to the Burnley venue to see the club’s young fighters put on a fine display of boxing. Cliviger’s Bram Richmond
ACCRINGTON Girls & Ladies FC are organising a special event as their contribution to the Towns First World War Commemorative events. The club will present a unique ‘historic’ event in the town’s history on Wednesday, May 6 and starts at 7.30pm
DACA coach Iain Wilkie said his side did the school proud despite slipping to a 2-0 defeat in the Lancaashire Schools Year Eight final. The Darwen side were up against Southlands from Chorley who proved to be just to good on the day in the final
LONGSHAW No 1 beat Alexandra Snooker No 1 4-2 in the quarter finals of this year’s North West Small Tables Championship. Chris Lawson got the ball rolling for Longshaw but it proved to be one match too far for the Longshaw talisman and he lost
ST BEDE’S Girls Under 16s travel to the home of Birmingham City on Friday looking to extend their remarkable record in national cups and create their own little bit of history. The super Saints are out to make it three national titles – with many
CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School really are the cream of the county after tasting Lancashire success once again. The talented team proved they are one of the best footballing teams around after extending their incredible record at county level.
VENTRILOQUIST Keith Harris, famous for his act with his puppet duck Orville, died today aged 67, his agent said. Robert C Kelly said Harris, whom he described as a "thoroughly decent man", was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and became ill
GARY Bowyer believes ‘true Blackburn Rovers legend’ David Dunn will be back as the club’s manager. Fans’ favourite Dunn yesterday confirmed he will leave his beloved Rovers once his contract expires in the summer. MORE TOP STORIES: The
JARED Owen believes Blackburn Hawks will be in good hands with new player-coach Dan MacKriel. Owen played his last game at the Blackburn Ice Arena on Saturday night to help the club celebrate its 25th anniversary with a game between current and
NEW Haslingden captain Alex Coleman described a maiden century and a 24-point weekend as the highlight of his Lancashire League career. The Bent Gate side thrashed Accrington on Saturday, with Jake Neary taking five wickets for the first time from
CLITHEROE spinner Alex Hartley is hoping she has done enough to put her name on the England Women’s cricket selectors’ radar, after impressing on the Academy tour to Dubai. The 21-year-old took 10 wickets in four ODI clashes against Australia Women
AFC DARWEN chairman Wayne Wild wants the Salmoners to finish what they have started when they host Chadderton tonight for a place in the North West Counties League Division One play-off final. Darwen are unbeaten in their last 11 matches having
THE Blackburn and Darwen Sports Council holds its 25th sports awards in its current format and is inviting everyone to attend to make it a night to remember. The council has already invited previous team and individual winners but was as many members
SWIMMERS showed off their running skills when they took part in the Pentathlon GB modern biathlon series at London’s Olympic Park recently. More than 1,500 young athletes headed to the capital for th e run-swim event including 14 members of Pioneer
NATASHA Rogan and Niahm Robinson recently took part in the British Swimming Championships at the London Aquatics Centre and it proved to be a great experience for the two Pioneer 79 Swimming Club youngsters. Rogan, 14, went to the Olympic Park
MATT Taylor’s much debated penalty miss aside, you have to ask if Burnley did enough to warrant a win on Saturday against a resurgent Leicester City. Yes, we had the better chances, and yes, goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel made a couple of great saves
PIONEER 79’s podium power stood out after the Accrington-based swimming club scooped more than 100 medals at the Prescot Spring Meet. Over the course of the weekend, there was a steady stream of swimmers who made the trip to the winners rostrum
EXPERIENCED defender Steven Reid says Burnley will continue to use those who doubt their ability to stay in the Premier League as motivation to prove them wrong. The Clarets have a five-point gap to safety to make up, with just four games remaining
HAS there ever been a more season-defining minute than that witnessed at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon? For a fleeting moment Burnley were on the cusp of climbing out of the relegation zone and kick-starting their bid for survival. Fifty-nine
DAVID Dunn can only be described as a class act for everything he has done during his time at Ewood Park. And so it was only fitting that, in announcing his decision to part ways with Rovers, he paid tribute to the fans in a beautifully-written
THE owner of an eyesore farm in Colne has been prosecuted for burning waste which caused plumes of dark smoke to pass across the town. John Allison from Hubbs House Farm in Colne appeared before Burnley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he pleaded
DAVID Dunn will bid an emotional farewell to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday when he plays his final game for the club. Rovers reporter Paul Wheelock has delved into the Lancashire Telegraph archives to pick out some of his most memorable and important
DAVID Dunn would have been proud of the goal that earned Blackburn Rovers their third straight U21s Premier League Division Two 1-0 win yesterday. Just hours after Dunn announced his imminent departure from the club, one of the midfielders hoping
SOME of the country’s wealthiest people hailed from East Lancashire, the latest Sunday Times Rich List has revealed. They include a billionaire who was schooled in the area, a former Blackburn Rovers footballer, and a family whose bakery firm dates
STAFF were forced to close a council-run youth club for the first time in Blackburn because teenagers on ‘legal highs’ became uncontrollable. In the latest incident in East Lancashire involving the dangerous substances, a session for 13 to 19-year-olds
A JACK Russell from Burnley is through to the national final of a competition to find the fittest dog in the UK. Michael will compete in the national final of the competition, run by Butcher’s Pet Care, after being crowned the winner in the small
IT sounds like the sort of fairytale romance that would normally be played out on the stage at Colne Muni Theatre. But when Pendle Leisure Trust marketing guru Amy Hindman went to change the venue’s promotional posters, it turned out she was the
THE East Lancashire sky lit up briefly under the glare of a huge falling fireball at the weekend – sparking fears that it might be a ‘plane crash or the end of the world’. The meteor was spotted by several residents across the area on Sunday at
RIMINGTON are red-hot favourites to claim another First Division crown. Terry Braithwaite’s men turned on the style after their recent championship wobble, crushing Stacksteads St Joseph’s 5-3. But The Ivy, hot on the trail of the Ribble Valley
HOLE Ith Wall are the new Blackburn Combination Premier Division champions, clinching their second title in three years. Hole claimed the crown in style, cruising to a 4-1 at Islington – and now they are on course for a league and cup double.
Clifton 2 Intack 0 CLIFTON completed back-to-back Rosebowl victories after a hard-fought win over an Intack side making their first appearance in the final. Second half goals from Sam Morris and Clark Bradford finally saw of competition ‘giant
ONE of Nelson's busiest roads WAS partially closed this morning after a water main exploded. There were traffic delays in both directions after a pipe burst on a stretch of Leeds Road, between the Walton Lane and the Gibfield Road mini-roundabouts
A 22-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with sex offences on a six-year-old girl when he was 12. Thomas Anthony Murgatroyd, of Gladstone Street, Bacup, was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court charged with engaging in
A HEAD teacher has hit out at vandals who have trashed her school’s outdoor classroom. A wooden climbing frame was smashed to pieces, an outdoor chalk board ripped off the wall, the lid of a sand tray broken and a water table was ruined after the
MICHAEL Duff says Burnley must try to keep their survival hopes alive until the final day of the season. The Clarets sit five points adrift of safety with only four games left to play after their 1-0 loss at home to Leicester City and now risk
TWO Burnley men facing murder charges have been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty. Paul Howarth, 48, and Gary Burley, 44, were charged in January after their alleged involvement in the death of 60-year-old Keith Passmore. MORE TOP
MILLION pound plans to create a commemorative town square in the middle of Accrington have moved closer to fruition after funding was secured. The sacrifice of the Accrington Pals 100 years ago will be permanently remembered when the centre piece
