LEE Darnbrough has left his role as head of analytics and talent identification at Burnley ahead of an expected move to Norwich City. Darnborough’s future at the club had been cast into doubt with the Clarets set to appoint Frank McParland as director
THE founder of the UK’s largest chain of traditional barber shops is celebrating their first anniversary in Blackburn. The art of traditional barbering is currently undergoing a mighty resurgence, but a little known fact may be that a Blackburn-born
IT is that time of year. I am thinking about my summer holiday. But one thing I am sure about is to kick-start a healthy diet; cut my coffee intake right down. Having this detox drink in the morning to replace my coffee is nice and refreshing.
AUTHOR, actress and comedian Meera Syal is gearing up for the release of her new book The House of Hidden Mothers. Meera is famous for her comedy roles on television in Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars at No. 42 and more recently in David Walliams
LEGENDARY Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakaraborty is to star in a film based on the life of a renowned folk poet from mid 19th century Bengal, Hason Raja. Raja gained international recognition few years after his death, when Nobel laureate, Rabindranath
A WOMAN who has assisted people when they are at their most vulnerable is to be honoured at this year’s Fusion Awards. The Community Achievement Award is one of five special awards dedicated to rewarding individuals in specific fields. This particular
BUILDING work on almost 4,000 homes which have planning permission in the Ribble Valley has yet to be started according to new figures. The latest Housing Land Availability Survey has revealed that 3,708 properties which have been given full or
A MAJOR new campaign to promote organ donation among East Lancashire’s South Asian community will be launched next month. An award-winning nurse and a community group have joined forces to launch the drive with a specially-targeted video, which
DOCUMENTARY company Testimony Films is producing a series for BBC1 Cymru Wales on life in Wales during the 1980s. We’re keen to speak to people who lived in Wales in the 80s and have experiences and stories to share . From the effects of the miners
OUR charity supports the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and The Christie Hospital. The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust funds research into cancers affecting people in the age group 13-24, and support 43 hospitals across the UK. We are hoping
WHEN you consider the population of the Blackburn with Darwen area controlled by Blackburn Council (yes, we all know Darwen has councillors as well), there seems to be an imbalance of how funds are spent. Is there any way we, as ratepayers, can
THERE are Asian weddings and then there are ASIAN weddings. One of my biggest gripes in recent times has been the lack of traditional Asian weddings taking place. By ‘traditional’ I mean where the bride and groom’s cousins and friends have
THE future of a Ribble Valley pub that has served the community for decades is still the subject of intense speculation. The Windmill pub in Mellor Brook was closed earlier this year by owner Enterprise Inns. MORE TOP STORIES: It came after
DEPARTING forward Josh King has revealed he quit Blackburn Rovers because he was frustrated with life at Ewood Park. The Norwegian international snubbed a new deal at Rovers to join Premier League new boys Bournemouth and the 23-year-old said he
THE subject of organ donation can be a really sensitive issue. No-one really wants to have to think about being in a situation where they or their loved ones has to make a firm decision over whether an organ should be donated to help someone else
JAMES Anderson has become the first English bowler to take 400 Test wickets. Here, we reveal 12 things you may or may not know about England's leading wicket-taker. MORE TOP STORIES: One of only four Englishmen to have taken 300 Test wickets
LANCASHIRE'S James Anderson became the first Englishman to reach 400 Test wickets on day one of the second Investec Test against New Zealand at Headingley. The seamer began the day needing just one scalp to join an exclusive club containing only
AN EMOTIONAL ride the length of Britain in celebration of one of ‘Rossendale’s kindest men’ reaches its finale today. A group of Rossendale men will complete the 874-mile bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End in just seven days this afternoon
THE controversial £20m re-development of Rawtenstall town centre has stalled while talks are held to ensure the town’s heritage is maintained. The new plans for the bus station and the redevelopment of the town centre as a whole were put forward
THE Methodist Church in Britain has apologised for failing to protect children and adults following nearly 2,000 reports of physical and sexual abuse, including 68 from Lancashire, within the institution dating back to the 1950s. Publishing a 100
SWISS Police have confirmed a bomb threat has been made at the FIFA Congress in Zurich. Delegates from the 209 associations were told they were not permitted to remain in the Congress Hall during a 90-minute lunch break. MORE TOP STORIES:
A SKATEBOARDING session is due to take place at Blackburn Youth Zone on Sunday. It is from 5-7pm on Sunday and is open to youngsters from eight to 18-years-old. It is open to youth zone members of all abilities and entry is 50p. Visit blackburnyz.org
AN EAST Lancashire choir is celebrating 50 years of music making with a concert at Blackburn Cathedral on Saturday. Renaissance Singers concert tickets cost £10 from King George’s Hall on 0844 847 1664 or from the cathedral gift shop.
A POPULAR Ribble Valley pub was forced to stop serving after a water pressure fault. The Three Fishes in Great Mitton asked it’s customers to get in contact to rebook at The Clog and Billycock in Blackburn or The Bull at Broughton after the fault
THE annual summer BBQ at Ashleigh Primary School in Darwen is due to be staged on Saturday, June 13. The event is organised by the friends of the school and volunteers are being called on to lend a hand on the day. A meeting to discuss the
MUSIC For a Summer’s Evening will be performed by Darwen Ladies Choir and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s Swing Band next month at St Peter’s Church in Darwen at 7.30pm on June 26. Tickets £7 – available on the door.
A CHARITY shop raising funds for the elderly in Blackburn and Darwen is appealing for donations of electrical items. The Age UK charity shop in Market Street, Darwen, sells a range of second hand goods to support the services it provides for local
JAMES Thomas Butterworth, 32, of Cheltenham Road, Blackburn, was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates after pleading not guilty to racially-aggravated assault on Mustafa Gulrasool.
A NEW website has been launched for the Blackburn Cathedral Flower Festival. Thousands of blooms are expected to fill the cathedral from June 23 to June 26 next year. Visit blackburncathedralflowerfestival.com for more details.
ADEEL Ashraf, 29, of Town Walk, Blackburn, was placed on bail by town magistrates after pleading not guilty to driving while disqualified, while unfit through drugs and without insurance.
A ‘GLITZ and glamour evening’ has been organised by the Whalley and District Lions. The event will be staged at Mytton Fold Hotel in Billington from 7pm on Friday, June 5. It will raise money for the Whalley Community and Sports Group’s development
MARSH House councillor John Roberts has persuaded Blackburn with Darwen borough colleagues to back a call for a £1,000 fixed penalty for fly-tippers. The new lead member for the environment believes the tough new penalty is the only way to deter
A LEADING member of Hyndburn’s Chamber of Trade has retired after 22 years of trying to develop local businesses and the town centre. June Pickup has stepped down from the role of secretary at this year’s AGM, where she was presented with a bouquet
LANCASHIRE Lightning will hand a debut to Australian World Cup winner James Faulkner in tonight’s NatWest T20 Blast game away at Derbyshire Falcons. Faulkner only arrived in England a week ago and having spent the four-day game at Southport acclimatising
HOLDERS Church get the defence of their Lancashire League T20 campaign up and running with a repeat of last year’s final at home to Lowerhouse tonight. Both sides have been drawn in the Pride of Pendle group and the fixture is the stand out match
A MAN has died after a fire tore through the living room of his house in Nelson. Police and fire officers have launched an investigation into the blaze in Brentwood Road, with the cause of the incident currently being treated as ‘unexplained’.
CHRIS Holt has transformed Burnley from also-rans to title challengers ahead of Sunday’s tasty joust with champions Lowerhouse at Turf Moor. After last season’s frustrating bottom four finish, Burnley sit top of the table, a point ahead of a Lowerhouse
A Pendle company is setting the standard for energy consultancy as it celebrates reaching the final of a prestigious national industry awards. Businesswise Solutions has been shortlisted as Energy Management Champion of the Year in the TELCAs (The Energy
AN investigation has begun after a car ended up on its roof just outside Blackburn town centre earlier today. The silver Citroen Xsara flipped over after police believe it may have been involved in a collision with a Ford Transit van, just after
Scott Arfield v Chelsea, August 18 SCOTT Arfield’s rocket on the first day of the season announced Burnley’s return to the Premier League. A Burnley corner, which could only be half-cleared by the Chelsea defence, eventually arrived back at
A GOAL from former Blackburn Rovers striker Nikola Kalinic was not enough to help Dnipro to Europa League glory and with it a place in the Champions League, as they were beaten 3-2 by Sevilla on Wednesday night. Kalinic, who joined Rovers for a
A STRANGER stepped in to stop an attack on a disabled man by yobs in Nelson. The victim, who has Down’s Syndrome, was bullied by three men who filmed the abuse at 3.15pm on Thursday, May 21. The Good Samaritan was driving in the Halifax Road
A £73 fine given to a fly-tipper caught red handed dumping a truck load of garden waste has been described as ‘outrageous’. John Buckland, from Accrington, used a tipper truck to dump tree cuttings and garden waste in a known fly-tipping hotspot
WHAT terrible news for Ashley Barnes, and for Burnley, that the striker is facing much of next season on the treatment table and in rehab. And for it to happen in the last game of the season too, when he would have been looking forward to some
GEORGIA Stanway is ready to show Europe what she can do as she prepares to jet off to represent England in this summer’s Under-17 European Championships. The Blackburn Rovers striker will head to the tournament in the form of her life having fired
A BLACKBURN man has been arrested after an incident in which a yob head-butted a train window. A row broke out as the Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service pulled into Preston station at 11.30pm last Saturday. MORE TOP STORIES:
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman believes his new signing Matty Pearson is the perfect fit for the Reds, as Kal Naismith left the Store First Stadium to join Portsmouth. Versatile Pearson, who can play in defence or midfield, has signed a one-year
AN OWL lover from Hoddlesden has had to use laser surgery to get rid of a tattoo on her arm of her favourite animal. Ashley Toth had always wanted an owl tattoo, but when she saw the finished design she soon realised it wasn’t what she expected
A MOTHER swan who had recently hatched three cygnets has been savaged and killed by a dog in front of appalled witnesses in a park. The female swan was attacked by a ‘lurcher or greyhound’ type dog by Birkacre Lodge within Yarrow Valley Country
BURNLEY FC’s co-chairman John Banaszkiewicz has quit just a week after chief executive Lee Hoos announced he was leaving the club. The departure of Mr Banaszkiewicz, who was appointed as co-chairman in May 2012, means that Mike Garlick will now
A FORMER supermarket worker and an accomplice who sneaked booze worth £12,000 out of a Blackburn store have escaped jail. Ex-supermarket assistant Imran Dalal ensured that pallets filled with bottles of wine and spirits were left underneath cardboard
SHE has proved she has got the voice — and now she is vowing to prove the judges wrong. Ella Shaw missed out on a place in the final of Britain’s Got Talent in Wednesday’s live show — but she still wowed the judges, left the presenters gobsmacked
DANNY Ings has backed Burnley to bounce back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, even though he will not be a part of it. The striker made for a winning end to his debut top flight campaign, signing off his Clarets career with the
A TOY store is set to complete the new-look Market Square in Burnley following a £3 million investment initiative, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. The Entertainer is set to join River Island and New Look as tenants for the revamped eastern
IT COULD be a big pre-season for Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Brown. Now that Josh King has moved to Bournemouth and if Rovers lose one or even both of Rudy Gestede and Jordan Rhodes then Brown is almost the only man left. MORE TOP STORIES
PLANS for a development of 450 homes, an employment park and community hub on the site of the former Sappi Paper Mill have submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council. The consultants behind the scheme have made some alterations, including moving
STUDYING for a degree can be difficult at the best times, but Blackburn College student Holly Riding battled through her fine art course despite being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The 21-year-old used her illness to help her studies, creating
YOUTHS threw bricks at firefighters who were called to several grass fires in Blackburn. Two crews had to retreat from tackling a number of blazes at land off Albion Street as they were pelted with objects by several teenagers just after 11pm on
TRAM LINES from Blackburn’s Victorian past were briefly uncovered by the resurfacing work on Railway Road in the town centre on Wednesday. After a two-hour check by engineers, the iron tracks were then covered over again. MORE TOP STORIES:
