A 43-YEAR-OLD man who is already banned from Whalley and Clitheroe has now been barred from Blackburn town centre after being caught begging there on two occasions. Blackburn magistrates heard an Anti-Social Behaviour Order, imposed in September
TENNIS aces at Christ Church CofE Primary School have booked a place at the SPAR Lancashire School Games. Pupils from across Pendle took part in a mini tennis tournament to try and seal a places for the district at the Games that take place in
THE North Valley and Burnley Unity Youth League has brought the curtain down on another successful season but it is already looking ahead to the next campaign. The league, which provides football for boys and girls aged from under sevens to under
RETRO fever swept parts of East Lancashire as thousands of visitors got into the swing of life in the 1940s. Each of the stations along the East Lancs Railway was given a theme for the time-travelling extravaganza. MORE TOP STORIES: Rawtenstall
A STAR-studded FYLDE held on to the Gascon Trophybut only by a whisker as they beat East Lancashire 7-6. Blackpool’s Simon Hallawell was in good form, a beautiful 72 break from Craig Steele’s short break off gave him the highest break of the day
IT was a day to remember for Wellfield Primary School after completing a cup double at the home of Burnley Football Club. The boys won the Hartley Cup and the girls lifted the School Sports Partnership Cup to make sure they won’t forget their trip
IT doesn’t get much better than winning a cup on Turf Moor for a Burnley youngster- so to have the trophy handed over by Clarets boss Sean Dyche was just the icing on the cake. Shuttleworth College were crowned the Keighley Cup kings after a slender
THE Blackburn Sunday League will pay a ‘fitting tribute’ to former secretary John Haydock who sadly passed away last week. The league is hoping that some form of permanent fixture will be put up in his memory at Pleasington Playing Fields changing
Orphanage Cup final 2015 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 2 Blackburn Teachers 0 BLACKBURN with Darwen Borough Council finally got their hands on the old trophy with a hard-fought victory over six-time winners Blackburn Teachers. The
Blackburn Combination Eddleston Cup final Euro Garages 2 Worth Avenue 1 PROMOTION and a cup - it hasn’t been a bad first season for Euro Garages. The Combination new boys certainly had a campaign to remember, sealing a place in the top
ST Anne’s beach played host to a sea of volunteers on Saturday as the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project - a nationwide initiative to keep the UK beaches ‘Barefoot Friendly’ – continued for the eighth year running. Members of the public were invited
FORMER Blackburn Rovers defender Colin Hendry has denied harassing and assaulting his ex-girlfriend in Lancashire. Hendry, 49, is said to have approached beautician Sarah Kinder in his hometown of Lytham St Annes on April 18 and grabbed her by
A BLACKBURN deputy head teacher is aiming to make his school the most tech-savvy in East Lancashire after being recognised by Apple. Nic Ford, who joined Pleckgate High School four years ago, has been named an Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE)
THE bosses of the Whalley Community Hydro project have been fending off complaints since it opened. The River Calder scheme, which started generating electricity seven months ago, has been the subject of a number of concerns including noise and
THE Prospects Foundation is set to hold its annual general meeting (AGM) at the Peel Park Hotel in Accrington from 7pm on Wednesday. All members have been invited and are eligible to vote. Non-members who want to attend can call charity manager
A WOODLAND crafts community day organised for this weekend has been cancelled. Visitors were set to descend on Clayton Park Forest in Hyndburn from 10am on Saturday to take part in several activities. The event has been postponed, with a new
THE Canal View Cafe, under bridge 108a in Rishton on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, is back open. It had closed temporarily while the owner Mick was away in Japan. The popular eatery made its welcomed comeback last year after closing its doors
A FAMILY food fun day will be held at the Baptist Church in Sparth Road, Clayton-le-Moors, from 1.30pm until 3pm on Wednesday. There will be face painting, fruit kebabs, arts and crafts, dancing, fancy dress, and more. Admission costs £1.
MARTIN Joseph Ward, 18, of Williams Road, Burnley, was fined £75 and ordered to pay a £150 criminal court charge, £85 costs and £20 victim support when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates and pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly outside
THE Poplar Club’s snooker team, based at the club in Wellington Street, Accrington, is into the final of the All England Snooker competition. They will take on the Merthyr Tydfil Labour Club at Weoley Castle Working Men’s Club, in Selly Oak, Birmingham
MY BACK garden is looking great thanks to our Andrew. Personally I have never liked gardening, it must be a throwback to my childhood. My father was a fanatical gardener and our garden was one of his main interests outside of work, and as we
WITH all the bad press that our local hospitals have received in recent times, I would like to put on record the superb out-patient care that I have recently experienced Having broken my arm I was examined by an upper limb surgeon at a fracture clinic
WHAT a helpful and friendly bunch are the Friends of Darwen Cemetery and the local gravediggers. We spent a couple of hours recently searching the old cemetery in vain for a family grave when one of the FoDC members, who was passing, took us in
A DANCE workshop giving an introduction to Northern Soul moves for beginners is being held as interest in the musical genre grows. Fiona Smith, from Dance Northern, is hosting the workshop at St Michael’s and St John’s Social Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe
FRIENDS, former team-mates and supporters rolled back the years and pulled on their whites at Cherry Tree Cricket Club to remember a popular former player and committee man. The club decided to raise money for the Mind charity in tribute to Alan
Our much-loved agricultural shows have evolved with the passing years. Back in the 1800s the Great Harwood Show had classes for butter, cheese and oatcakes. Yesterday’s event featured ferret racing and an egg-catching competition. However
A CHILD care centre in Rossendale has been criticised after its first inspection since 2008. Acorns Club, which is based at Helmshore Primary School, was told that it no longer meets the legal requirements for early years settings following the
SIX new ultrasound scanners will be used to treat patients following a £250,000 investment by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The scanners will replace older equipment which was in need of updating in different departments at Royal Blackburn
ORGANISERS of an East Lancashire motor show are already planning next year’s event after Sunday’s event went down a storm. Pendle Powerfest attracted more than 2,000 people to Nelson and Colne College with a line-up that stretched from classic
TOWN centre traders in Colne are opening late on Thursdays as they bid to attract more shoppers to the town. In an unusual move for a small town, businesses are embracing late night Thursdays and opening until as late as 8pm to give people working
FROM pygmy goats to ferret racing, medieval jousting and birds of prey, Great Harwood Show left a crowd of more than 10,000 thoroughly entertained. The event, held on the New Showground on Harwood Lane, attracted a bumper Bank Holiday crowd yesterday
VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help with tree planting and coppicing across Hyndburn on Friday. The borough’s woodland social enterprise, Woody, will be working from 10am until 4pm. Call Mike Stapleford on 01254 230348 ext 205.
VISITORS to Carole’s Crafts in Oswaldtwistle Mills between 11am and noon today will be able to create an autumn or winter scene. To book a place, pop in or call 01254 871025. The sessions costs £6 and people are asked to take their own basic tools
THE Green Team, which tackles local projects across Hyndburn every Tuesday, is looking for new members. For details, call Roger Plum on 01254 230348 or 07974 626 835, or email roger.plum@prospectsfou ndation.org.uk.
THE former Booze Busters store, in Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, is set to go under the hammer. Pattinson Estate Agents, in Newcastle, will sell off the 44 sq m retail unit, which has been given a starting price of £50,000, in an unconditional buyer
DARWEN Library Theatre will host a special show from Saw Doctors stars Leo Moran and Anto Thistlethwaite on Saturday, June 20 at 7.30pm. With the band on sabbatical, Leo and Anto have put together an intimate two-hour acoustic show of stripped
EXTRA GCSE and A-Level revision sessions are to be staged at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy. Every Saturday morning until June 13 is dedicated to English, mathematics and history revision lessons. From today to May 29 there will be classes in
A CHURCH in Darwen has raised almost £400 after holding a fundraiser. Spring Vale Church, in Watery Lane, held a general knowledge quiz and folk night, with a potato pie supper for the 60 people that attended. They raised a total of £380 for
DARWEN Town Council has received a letter from the government’s Planning Inspectorate cancelling a proposed public inquiry in relation to planning application relating to Higher House Farm. A letter has been received from the Department of Transport
A MEMBER of the public has asked Darwen Town Council for a central point on its website to enable organisations to advertise events. Deputy chairman Pete Hollings has replied that this should be done at the Facebook page. He has also promised the
DARWEN Cricket Club has honoured a promise made by then-chairman Peter Lamster a decade ago when a star of the future was just 10 years old. When Alex Davies, then a promising youngster with the Towers at Birch Hall, was called up to Lancashire
DETAILS of Darwen Town Council’s April income and expenditure have been made public. It received a £10,492.54 VAT refund, £1,000 from Lancashire Police for body worn video cameras; £1,000 from Walter Chadwick for catering vans; and £61,000 from
MARKUS Olsson hopes that Blackburn Rovers can keep their best players at Ewood Park this summer – as Bournemouth are strongly linked with a move for Josh King. King is out of contract this summer and is understood to have been offered a new three-year
Voters in the Irish Republic recently voted in favour of same sex marriage, in what I'd guess most would have always viewed as a solidly Catholic culture & community. Way back in 1974, here in the UK, there were two General Elections. It was
LEVI Wolfenden has set his sights on more 20/20 success, after admitting he has been encouraged by the start Church have made to their Lancashire League season. The West Enders sit fourth in the table thanks to their four-wicket win over East Lancs
A RECORD-BREAKING third-wicket stand of 258 in 60 overs by Ashwell Prince and Alviro Petersen restored Lancashire’s fortunes in their County Championship clash with Derbyshire. Replying to Derbyshire’s 370 all out in the Division Two fixture in
EAST Lancs will take on neighbours Chorley in the third round of the Royal London National Club Championship after winning a keenly contested derby with Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Sunday. Ossie went into the match having already accounted for St
Employers facing fines by failing to comply with changes in pension legislation have prompted Accrington-based chartered accountancy firm, Haworths, to host two free seminars to help businesses to get to grips with the legal obligations of auto enrolment
CLITHEROE UFC ace Michael Bisping will fight in the United Kingdom for the first time in five years when he takes on Thales Leites in Glasgow on July 18. Bisping is now based in the United States, where UFC is hugely popular, and has fought in
POLICE are hunting two men who are scamming bar staff in pubs. The pair have played a sleight-of-hand trick when asking for change, making off with at least £310. The first took place at the Craven Heifer Inn, Pole Lane, Darwen, at 8.20pm on
A WOMAN was mugged as she walked to Tesco with her children this weekend. The 32-year-old was with her young daughters on the 'black path' in Accrington when the thief approached her at around 11.10am on Sunday. MORE TOP STORIES: He snatched
A FORTNIGHT ago, this column gave a doom-laden analysis of where it all went wrong for Burnley. So, in the interests of balance, it’s only right that this column tips its hat to those who provided the highlights of 2014/15. Player of the season
SEAN Dyche has reiterated his commitment to the Clarets as the club bids for a swift return to the top flight. Burnley bowed out of the Premier League, for at least another year, with Sunday’s 1-0 win at Aston Villa. MORE TOP STORIES: After
ISN’T it a shame the season is over and not just starting, as Burnley ended it with their best run of form during the campaign with two wins and a draw as the curtain came down at Villa Park. Not only did they keep their record of never finishing
FORMER Blackburn Rovers youngster Joe Garner paid tribute to boss Simon Grayson after Preston North End secured promotion to the Championship. Preston thrashed Swindon Town 4-0 in the League One play-off final at Wembley on Sunday, meaning Garner
AN EAST Lancashire bakery believes its new cakes are helping it to cream off the profits. Clayton Park Bakery says a sharp rise in sales is down to a new range of cream cakes and bread products. MORE TOP STORIES: Managing director Barry
A CHIP pan went up in flames at a house at The Sidings, Darwen as a baby was being fed. Firefighters were called at around 9.20pm on Sunday. MORE TOP STORIES: Crew Manager Gary Thorpe said: “The occupant had put the chip pan on and then
FREDRIK Ulvestad earned praise for his full Burnley debut from manager Sean Dyche. The Norwegian, who was signed on a free transfer in March following a successful trial, made his Clarets bow from the bench in the last game at Turf Moor – a goalless
A DISGRUNTLED worker stole from his employer but returned the property the next day with a letter of apology. Blackburn magistrates heard how Simon Daly stole a bottle of perfume from Express Gifts, which he planned to give to his girlfriend until
BRITAIN’S Got Talent hopeful Ella Shaw has admitted she has taken a ‘big risk’ in her quest for musical success. The 18-year-old, who has also appeared on The X Factor, will take to the stage during tomorrow night’s live semi-final of the ITV1
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme for a new 145-house “village”, including a country green and cafe south of Blackburn, will be debated by councillors after almost 40 objections. The proposals for a high-quality development, reflecting borough regeneration
THREE teachers with a combined length of service at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Blackburn of 107 years are to retire this summer. Deputy head teacher Dave Hopkinson and art teacher Regina Arkwright will leave this August after being at the
SHOPPERS are being put off Accrington’s already struggling high street by the prospect of being tackled by aggressive sellers, it has been claimed. Councillor and local business owner Peter Britcliffe has called for a clampdown on the tactics used
EACH week we appeal to readers of The Lancashire Telegraph for help finding wanted suspects. Martin Stokes, 29, is still wanted for an assault and harassment which took place in February. He has links to Greater Manchester and East Lancashire.
BEGGARS targetting shoppers in Burnley town centre have been made the focus of a new police crackdown. Officers said that the offenders have been asking for money in Keirby Walk and the car park next to Wilkinson in Curzon Street. MORE TOP
A SERIES of football banning orders have been handed out to East Lancashire supporters after trouble before a Premier League fixture last year. Nine arrests were made following confrontations between Burnley and Southampton fans prior to the home
BURNLEY are bracing themselves for bids for Kieran Trippier after losing their place in the Premier League. Tottenham have emerged as the favourites to sign the right back but it is understood Spurs are just one of a number of clubs keen to sign
ROGER Jones, Terry Gennoe, Tim Flowers, Brad Friedel, Paul Robinson – Blackburn Rovers have been blessed with a succession of top-class goalkeepers over the last 40 years. There is one, however, who got away, and that is the man who is hoping to
A SERIAL burglar who breached schools’ security, often while teachers and pupils were inside, has been jailed. Peter Everall burgled educational establishments because he considered them ‘soft targets’. Recorder Tania Griffiths QC, sitting
