BURNLEY will visit Premier League leaders Manchester City in the FA Cup third round while Blackburn Rovers will host Hull City if they get past Crewe Alexandra in next week's replay.The Clarets face a trip to the Etihad in early January having already
A CAR caught fire inside a garage.Fire crews were deployed to tackle a fire involving a white Ford Sierra Cosworth inside a detached garage of a house on Southern Court, Burnley just before 9am.Officer said the owner of the car tried to the start the
BLACKBURN Rovers Ladies will entertain Portsmouth in the third round of the Women’s FA Cup while Burnley Ladies travel to Cardiff.Saffron Jordan struck a hat-trick with Kayleigh McDonald also on target as Rovers brushed aside Loughborough Foxes 4-1 in
MOTORISTS are advised about traffic disruption on a busy main road.Temporary traffic lights have been put up outside BMI The Beardwood Hospital, on Preston New Road, Blackburn earlier this evening.Traffic is tailed back all the way to Corporation Park
GRACE Davies is set to record an album despite missing out on the X Factor title.The 20-year-old warehouse worker from Langho, who was an early front runner to win the primetime ITV show, finished runner-up to Simon Cowell’s group Rak Su on Sunday.Grace
ROVERS have decided against appealing the decisions to show red cards to Elliott Bennett and Rekeem Harper in Sunday’s FA Cup tie with Crewe Alexandra. Referee David Webb sent off Harper in the first half for a foul on Chris Porter which led to
DRIVERS are facing delays after a crash involving two vans.The incident happened on the A56 Northbound just after the Rising Bridge roundabout at around 11.10am, police said.Officers said a white Citroen Relay van had pulled over after breaking down but
VOLUNTEERS are wanted to help with the reopening of a library successfully saved by campaigners.Oswaldtwistle Library will finally reopen at 9am on Monday, January 15, it has been confirmed by Lancashire County Council bosses.The library was closed at
JAMES Anderson believes England can still win the second Test after they staged a final-session fightback against Australia on day three in Adelaide.A defiant unbeaten 41 from Craig Overton helped them to 227 but Australia then decided against enforcing
A YOUTH club will use a grant to help make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in a borough.Spring into Phab, based in Clitheroe, have announced that BBC Children in Need has awarded them a grant of £11,936 over three
ELSIE Bolton, the mother of famed orchestra conductor Ivor Bolton, has died aged 98.Her funeral at Blackburn Cathedral, was conducted by Canon Andrew Hindley and, alongside the family mourners, the congregation included Dr John Bertalot, the cathedral
A NEW pizza business has joined a town's market.Young entrepreneur Wesley Keeling, who lives in Brierfield, is opening a new business at Burnley Market.The new venture, called The Squashed Tomato, has been borne out of Wesley’s desire to bring his
A WARNING has been issued to young people after two deliberate bin fires at a children's playground.The fires occurred at around 6.30pm on Saturday on the site in Hawthorne Road in Bacup.Bacup fire service said young people took wheelie bins from
Manufacturers in the North West are ending the year with plenty of festive cheer as they enjoy positive conditions across most economic indicators, according to a closely watched survey published today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and accountancy
BURNLEY FC's shop and ticket office are currently closed due to a power cut. A statement on the club's Facebook page said: "Unfortunately the ticket office and Clarets Store at Turf Moor are closed due to a power outage. "We apologise for any
A NEW expert coordinator has been appointed to oversee the specialist activity programme for residents at an award-winning retirement village.Buckshaw Retirement Village, which includes three separate communities to support a variety of needs and lifestyles
A team of volunteers from East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce were amongst 150 people that braved plummeting temperatures to spend a night on the streets in Blackburn to raise money for local homeless charity Nightsafe. Lydia Charnley, Stephanie
PENDLE’S dog wardens have scooped the Innovator in Animal Welfare Award at the annual RSPCA Community Animal Welfare Footprints awards.The accolade is in recognition of the work the team does to care for more than 200 stray dogs a year and in running
A CRACKDOWN campaign on drink and drug driving has been launched by the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership.Its aim is to educate drivers about the dangers of drinking and taking drugs before driving and asks them to think about how to get home after a
A 'PAY by phone parking' service has been introduced to Burnley town centre car parks.Drivers can download the MiPermit app on their smartphone and buy a ticket.The service enables them to extend the time allowed remotely and there will be no
TWO East Lancashire branches of a high street travel agents are set to close in the New Year.The Blackburn and Barnoldswick Thomas Cook stores are among 50 set for the axe, putting a total of 400 jobs at risk across the countryThe closures will affect
A PENSIONER was left in a coma after being attacked with a hammer in his own home. Detectives said 73-year-old Donald Burton was 'seriously assaulted' when he answered the door of his house in Rossetti Avenue, Burnley. The father-of-five had
CREWE boss Dave Artell says Rovers were unfortunate with the red card shown to Rekeem Harper but felt Dominic Samuel was lucky to escape suffering the same fate. Harper was dismissed just after the half hour mark for bringing down Chris Porter,
A 46-YEAR-OLD woman who fell victim to the post-prison poverty trap went stealing to survive.Blackburn magistrates Kim Brown was caught stealing a joint of meat and Mark Williams, defending, said the offence was committed out of desperation."There
LIGHT levels in two streets in a town are at ‘dangerous’ levels’ and could leave residents ‘vulnerable to crime’, a councillor has warned. Cllr Mark Payne, leader of the newly formed Burnley and Padiham Independent Party, has urged Lancashire County
CLARETS defender Stephen Ward believes Robbie Brady will be a ‘massive loss’ for Burnley if the injury which saw him stretchered off against Leicester on Saturday is as bad as feared. Brady had just begun to show the consistent level of form that
A COUNCIL leader has questioned the viability of recently installed pay and display parking. Darwen mayor Roy Davies said that Blackburn with Darwen Council had spent £14,340 implementing the scheme, but had only made £1,531 from people using the
MORE than 25 jobs are to be created as two popular restaurants set to open in a town centre. Manchester's famous East Z East will bring its Indian, Kashmiri and Pakistani dishes to Blackburn in the new year creating around 20 new jobs. The
RECKLESS drivers are putting lives at risk say residents calling for new cameras to be placed on a busy road.Several worried residents have raised concerns about the ongoing problem with vehicles passing through red traffic lights at the junction of Halifax
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe picks out five talking points from the FA Cup tie with Crewe Alexandra. SAMUEL STARS After a match-winning contribution off the bench in his last Rovers outing, Dominic Samuel was given the chance to shine from the
