Danny Graham is predicting a bright future at Ewood Park and is keen to play his part. The striker is hoping for an extended stay at the club after scoring 17 goals to help Rovers to promotion back to the Championship. The 32-year-old has become
BURNLEY will enter the Europa League at the second qualifying round if they finish seventh, regardless of whether Arsenal win the competition.Under changes to the qualifying structure this year the team occupying the third qualifying spot in England,
Tony Mowbray says no-one will remember who finished as League One champions in a year’s time - but that won’t stop him from giving everything to claim top spot. Rovers head in to their final two games sitting one point behind Wigan Athletic who
STANLEY boss John Coleman is wary of Lincoln City’s threats, but insists the Imps will be fearful of the problems the Reds can pose ahead of tomorrow’s Wham Stadium clash.Stanley need a point from their final two games to clinch the League Two title while
AN appeal has been launched by police to find a wanted sex offender.Michael Barr, from Blackburn, was last seen on Wednesday and is wanted by police on suspicion of breaching his licence terms having failed to return to his bail address.Barr was originally
WHALLEY begin the defence of their Ramsbottom Cup tomorrow but skipper Richard Lamb does not believe the title of defending champions puts any extra pressure on his side. Whalley overcame Read in a rain-affected showpiece in 2017 and begin their attempt
BURNLEY Under-23s played the role of party poopers at Hillsborough as they beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 to stop the Owls from winning the Professional Development League North title, writes Josh Bunting. Neil Thompson's side needed a point to claim
RAMSBOTTOM captain Tom Parton expects his side to be underdogs this weekend against Nelson - despite starting the Lancashire League season with a bang.Rammy beat last season’s runners-up Darwen a week ago to defy the doubters, with professional Senuran
MATT Jansen hailed his Chorley ‘soldiers’ after the Magpies wrapped up a National League North play-off place with a 2-1 win at Brackley. Having lifted the Lancashire Challenge Trophy on Monday following a 3-2 success against Clitheroe at the Macron
BEN Heap admitted he was delighted to hit the ground running after a knock of 144 helped Lowerhouse begin their Lancashire League season with a victory.The House skipper plundered his runs off just 124 balls as his side racked up a daunting 252-3 which
ALEX Davies makes no bones about it, he wants to play for England. The Lancashire wicketkeeper toured the West Indies with England Lions over the winter and now he wants full international honours. The Darwen man has played in the opening two County Championship
STANLEY boss John Coleman admits the chance to clinch the League Two title in front of home support is a huge motivating factor heading into tomorrow’s clash with Lincoln City. The Reds need just a point to lift the trophy, which will be at the Wham Stadium
IT'S the life of a football club, especially one making such giant strides as Burnley under Sean Dyche. Players arrive, others sign and overtake them, players go. It's a story as old as the game itself and the imminent departures from Turf Moor
BRAVE Bryony Booth shed 18 inches of her long hair to make a wig for a child with cancer after her brother was diagnosed with leukaemia.Thirteen-year-old Bryony is in Year 9 at Haslingden High School, where Charlotte Jeffs, manager at Antony and Patricia
ALMOST £14,000 of council cash is going to be spent converting lighting to LEDs.Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses approved proposals to spend almost £13,778 completing a programme converting lighting at Blackburn Technology Management Centre in Challenge
A FORMER Chief Constable has been appointed to help identify projects deserving of cash to stop convicted criminals from reoffending. Jerry Graham will advise Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw on how to distribute £200,000
ACCRINGTON firm Pilkington Buses are offering free transport to Stanley fans attending Saturday's final League Two home game of the season against Lincoln City. John Coleman's side need a point to claim the League Two title and with the play-off
THIS weeks school report features Cedars Primary School in Blackburn. Read on to find out about National Tea Day celebrations, new headteacher Mrs Truman and the success of the girls football team! A celebration of tea and love of reading
Tony Mowbray revealed there will be changes to his Rovers side at Charlton tomorrow with several players having played through the pain barrier in recent weeks. But Mowbray is mindful of maintaining the integrity of the league, having questioned
NORTH West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has launched the search for a new chief executive. Current chief exec Derek Cartwright will be retiring in June and the position is now open for applications. The successful candidate will be paid between
PARKING charges for blue badge holders have been branded a 'tax on the sick and disabled'. From May 1, all hospitals in the region will charge disabled people the same to park as anyone else. The new Blue Badge charging system, introduced by
REPAIR work has been complete after people in Clitheroe were left without water due to a water leak. The leak was reported on Painterwood Road at the junction of Whalley New Road at around 9am this morning. Untited Utilities said repair work
AT times intensely powerful, at times heartachingly vulnerable but always totally captivating, Beth Hart delivered an unforgettable show as she blew away the audience in Blackpool.There can be few artists who are so natural, so open and let’s face it
IN the days of heavy industry and large scale manufacturing, Blackburn was home to several big name companiesAnd among major industrial concerns, providing jobs for thousands of local workers was Scapa, down in Witton.It had first been established as
THE year was 1929 and the Pentridge picture house became the first to be wired for sound in Burnley.It beat the town centre Savoy Cinema, with its plush cafe, as the first to introduce 'talkies' to its customers, thanks to the permanent installation
FEARS for future production at BAE Systems military aircraft factories at Samlesbury and Warton have been expressed by Hyndburn MP Graham Jones.He raised three major programmes in the House of Commons - the Typhoon Eurofighter, the Hawk trainer and the
THE East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has a backlog of fire safety work of almost £15,000, Labour revealed last night,Shadow Health Minister Justin Madders published the results of a Freedom of Information request on the cost of maintenance work and
SEAN Dyche believes Burnley could be seen as a 'more attractive proposition' for transfer targets this summer after they're successful season. The Clarets need four points from their final three league games to guarantee European football next
IT takes something to hit a target half the size of a 5p coin with a rifle, especially when you have little or no vision at all. That’s the challenge the Blackburn Rifle and Pistol Club acoustic shooters are pitted against. Its members, who
A 'WORKING' visit from US President Donald Trump was announced yesterday and has left MPs divided in opinion. The reaction comes after it was announced President Trump will head to the UK for a 'working' visit' on Friday, July 13, rather than an
SQUEEZE are to play a warm-up gig ahead of the summer festival season at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, next month.The band, led by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, have hand-picked the venue and will be playing the smaller Windsor Suite, meaning the
COUNCILS will be given more powers to tackle long-term empty homes under new laws being taken through parliament.The 'empty dwellings' bill, debated by MPs will encourage owners their property by doubling council tax rates on properties standing
A FEAST of comedy will be served up in a town centre venue next week.George's Comedy Club, which runs on the first Friday of every month, will be returning to Blackburn in May after taking a month break. The monthly event brings some of the best,
BLACK cab drivers are calling for more choice over where they can take their vehicle for MOT tests.Blackburn with Darwen Council reviewed hackney carriage and private hire car safety testing provision following a request through the local authority’s
A WOMAN has been rescued from a reservoir. Police and fire crews were called to Fishmoor Reservoir in Roman Road, Blackburn, shortly before 8pm yesterday after a member of the public reporter a woman was in the water. A fire service spokesman
‘NOW for the title!’ - that is the aim of Rovers star Bradley Dack.With promotion secured and the gap to leaders Wigan cut to just one point ahead of Rovers’ trip to Charlton tomorrow, Dack is keen to chalk up a club record 28th victory of the season
A COURT hearing about a controversial healthcare contract switch to the private sector has taken place.Virgin Care won the £104million contract to run the county's 0-19 Healthy Child Programme from Lancashire County Council, which includes school
A MULTI-MILLION pound grant to protect a historic town from flooding and help spruce up it central area has been welcomed by its MP.On Tuesday Lancashire Enterprise Partnership confirmed it will invest £4.9million on improvements to Padiham town centre
TWO Green Party candidates are fighting next month's elections for Blackburn with Darwen Council on an agenda of cleaning up the borough.Robin Field will contest Wensley Fold ward and Tariq Khan Audley and Queen’s Park in May 3’s poll.Mr Field said
SUNFLOWER plaques dedicated to lost loved ones could be created following an appeal launched by a hospice.Pendleside Hospice is appealing for people to plant sunflowers in the hospice grounds, with each sunflower plaque having the name of a loved one
PENSIONERS fear they are about lose their 'lifeline' bus to hospital. Elderly residents of the St James Estate and Pothouse area of Darwen along with those in Hoddlesden village have been alarmed that operator Moving People plans to discontinue
MEMBERS of a 93-year-old sporting organisation will gather tonight for ‘one last toast to wonderful memories’. Dozens of current and former members of Old Blackburnians Football Club will be at The Memorial Ground in Lammack Road to raise a glass
A CAFE has been reopened six months after it was 'destroyed' by an electrical fire.Gobbiners Cafe in Union Road in Oswaldtwistle was hit by the blaze on October 5 last year and had been closed until recently.Christine Hannon, 56, has ran the cafe
A MISSING teenager from Burnley has been found after a police appeal. Shannon Baker, 16, previously went missing from her family home at 5.30pm on April 25, when she left with plans to visit her boyfriend. An appeal was launched on the Burnley
A 24,000-strong petition against the closure of a walk-in centre has been handed to an MP.Hyndburn's MP Graham Jones will submit the petition to parliament this week.It is calling for health bosses to re-think their decision to close Accrington Victoria
AN MP has welcomed a new 24-hour TV for children at a hospital.The urgent care centre at Burnley General Teaching Hospital will now provide all day programming for children in its children's waiting area after an intervention from Pendle's MP
A TEENAGE barman leapt into action to revive a woman customer who had slumped unconscious and began breathing irregularly in a Blackburn pub. On Tuesday night Callum Walton, the 18-year-old assistant manager of The Vic on Darwen Street, spotted
THIEVES who overloaded their van with slabs of stolen stone, causing it to get stuck in the mud, have received a well-deserved dose of Karma according to local residents. In an incident which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, thieves drove
A PENSIONER who has battled coeliac disease for 15 years has encouraged others to get tested. Tony Wright, 80, from Great Harwood, was diagnosed with the disease in 2003 after 18 months of feeling unwell. The disease sees the small intestine
THE departures of Scott Arfield and Dean Marney this summer don't signal the end of an era for Burnley, insists boss Sean Dyche. The long-serving duo have been two of Dyche's stalwarts during Burnley's rise since his appointment in October 2012
