A COMMUNITY group has again warned people about the dangers of fireworks.Pendle Community Safety Partnership has joined forces with fire crews and the police to highlight the dangers of fireworks and encourage people to be more thoughtful around the Asian
TRADING standards bosses have warned people of 'high-pressure' salesmen trying to overcharge them for bags full of fresh fish which they no longer need. Every year officers receive complaints about traders who mainly target elderly people, conning
HOMES have been left without water after a pipe burst.People either had no water or 'very poor pressure' due to the leak in Zion Street, Colne, at around 5am today.Engineers repaired the leaking pipe in the BB8 area by about 2pm and United Utilities
PLANS to spend almost £2million on replacing Blackburn with Darwen Council staff laptops have been approved.The council’s executive board rubber stamped the £1.875m plan when it met at Blakcburn town hall on Thursday, with cash to be drawn from the authority
A CONVICTED sex offender who claimed he accidentally downloaded indecent images of children ended up purposely downloading more.Burnley Crown Court heard that when police raided the home of 41-year-old Matthew Hindle on February 4, 2017, they found computer
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a car crash.Emergency services responded to reports of a collision involving two vehicles on Queens Park Road, Burnley, shortly after 4pm on Monday.One of the drivers, a woman, was trapped in her car and had to be freed
JOBS could be under threat as one of a borough’s biggest car dealership is to close.Blackburn Motor Park, which deals with Fiat, Volvo, Alfa Romeo and Renault cars will close on Tuesday, June 26 with customers having to travel to either Bolton or Preston
44 JOBS are under threat as one of East Lancashire's iconic firms faces restructuring. Wallpaper giants Graham and Brown, who employ 380 people at the moment, announced the move to its staff yesterday morning after what they described as a "challenging
A HUMAN trafficking gang which advertised their victims on adult websites as 'fresh stock' has been jailed for a total of 16 years. Preston Crown Court heard how the gang, which operated five brothels out of houses in Blackburn and other ones in
A MAN and a woman were taken to hospital after a crash last night. The collision involved a silver Volkswagen Passat and blue Peugeot 208 in Paradise Street, Accrington. A man and woman, both in their mid 20s, were taken to Royal Blackburn
Rovers’ interest in Charlton Athletic defender Patrick Bauer could hit a stumbling block given the League One’s club's valuation of the 25-year-old. Tony Mowbray is thought to be interested in a move for the German defender who has impressed for
A MARKETING distribution firm has been sold by a European firm to create a £250m giant.Mda, which has East Lancashire bases on Walker Park and Mill Hill, has been bought out by French fulfilment business Staci, creating the first pan-European business
Former Rovers goalkeeper Jason Steele has been linked with a surprise move to the Premier League. Brighton are reported to be interested in a move for the 27-year-old who left Rovers last summer following their relegation to League One. He
BLACKBURN Council leader Mohammed Khan is seeking to build an extension to his home.The Labour politician wants to add a single storey area kitchen and bathroom extension to his terraced house in Lancaster Place in his Wensley Fold ward.Because Cllr Khan
A PUB boss has failed in his bid to have his shotgun licence reinstated amid ‘public safety’ concerns.Preston Crown Court heard how police revoked the licence of Fence Gate boss Kevin Berkins following a number of complaints about the 71-year-old’s ‘threatening
ROYAL British Legion members joined together to hold a special commemoration to mark the anniversary of the start of one of the most brutal wars in history.Pictured are members of the Accrington branch of the Royal British Legion celebrating 50 years
LOCAL historian and sports fan Roger Hindle has just released his third book which charts the history of Rawtenstall Cricket Club.The club has been in existence for over 140 years and has played matches at their Bacup Road ground for 130 of them.The book
Sadly, many popular legends are now disappearing from our landscape, but a new book aims to preserve some of Lancashire's most famous tales. Bygones has been given exclusive access to the Illustrated Tales of Lancashire and will publish five such
THE ‘Queen of Crime’ Val McDermid will be one of the special guests at Todmorden Book Festival in November.The best-selling author who has sold over 15 million books worldwide is due to publish her 28th novel in August.She is best known for for her darkly
A VILLAGE group has launched an video online as part of their project to celebrate the area's heritage. Stanhill Village Heritage Project has produced a video celebrating the history of the Spinning Jenny, developed by James Hargreaves. The
BURNLEY will find out their potential opponents for their historic return to Europe on Wednesday when the Europa League draw is made.The Clarets are back in continental competition for the first time in 51 years and excitement is building as Sean Dyche
DOMESTIC abusers have been warned there is nowhere to hide as police launch a week-long operation to arrest suspects with outstanding warrants.Operation Moorhen is aimed at finding and arresting priority wanted individuals who are hiding across East Lancashire.Additional
If you're heading into Blues Bar to watch England this evening then you will be aware of plenty of changes to the venue. The club have laid new floor and freshened the venue up ahead of England's first group game this evening, and within a couple
AN appeal has been launched after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash on the M65. The collision happened at just after 7.20pm yesterday on the Eastbound carriageway near Junction 2 when a Yamaha R6 motorbike left the carriageway and
A THREE car crash left drivers facing delays on the M65 this morning. The incident happened around 7.40am on the M65 westbound just after junction three. One lane was blocked and drivers faced congestion on the motorway heading back to junction
BOMB disposal experts have been called in to deal with a device discovered near a canal. A member of the public, who was metal detecting, has located what appears to be a 'old mortar' near a canal in Barnoldswick. Police were called to the
A NEW volunteer gardening group has been launched in Roe Lee Park, Blackburn.The group will meet on Friday mornings at the park's potting shed at 9.30am.Jason Walker, Friends of Roe Lee chairman said: "Spring is blooming and there's no better
POLICE are appealing with the public's help in identifying a man over using another person's bank card which was lost. Nelson, Brierfield and Barrowford Police have posted the details on their Facebook page. It read: "This male is suspected
Rovers are better equipped this time around to deal with the challenges of the Championship, according to defender Darragh Lenihan. Lenihan was part of the 2016/17 squad which was relegated to League One on the final day at Brentford despite collecting
THE Restricted Forest festival will return to Witton park for two dates this year.There will be a first event next month and a second in September, however, the line-up has only been announced for the autumn date as yet.A spokesman for the festival said
A MUM and daughter who have both been treated for bowel cancer have called on women to support life-saving research by signing up to a charity run. Ailsa McDonagh, 37, and her mum Angela Hughes, 63, hope to inspire women to sign up for Cancer Research
A MAN who went for a drink to drown his sorrows only made things worse.Blackburn magistrates heard Gordon Hargreaves was going through a marriage breakdown and his mother had been diagnosed with cancer.But on the way home from his lunch time drink he
A MAN seen on CCTV loading children's clothing into a bag left the Matalan store without paying before staff could challenge him.Blackburn magistrates heard Aaron Bridge was identified from the CCTV footage and immediately admitted his guilt to police.Bridge
AN 85-year-old Rossendale author has penned a picture of when ‘The Valley’ was golden and prosperous in the latter half of the 19th century.Former journalist Chris Aspin has chronicled when local working men and women formed co-operative stores and cotton
Rovers are in talks with defender Derrick Williams over a new contract. The club are understood to be progressing with discussions with a number of players, including 2016/17 player of the year Williams. The 25-year-old won his first Republic
POLICE are hunting four men for various offences.Each week we reveal the most wanted people in East Lancashire.Andrius Navickas, 34, failed to attend Westminster Magistrates Court for extradition proceedings. Navickas, who has links to East Lancashire
THE golden anniversary of the rose queen tradition in a village was celebrated at the weekend. The rain held of for as long as possible as more than 100 people marched through Langho for the crowning of the village’s 50th queen, Charley Farmer.
A REFORMED drug addict is looking to help rehabilitate young people in the area by opening a new centre and encouraging them to share their experiences.Stephen Smith used to live on the streets in Blackburn after becoming addicted to amphetamine and ended
CONCERNS have been raised about the lack of public electric vehicle charging points in a borough. Hyndburn’s MP Graham Jones said there are currently only two charging points across the entire borough.Mr Jones said there was a ‘long way to go’ in making
CLARETS chairman Mike Garlick is happy to see players use the club as a stepping stone - as long as they deliver something for Burnley while they are here.Sean Dyche led Burnley to seventh in the Premier League last term and a first European campaign
FIVE men and a woman who conspired to transport young women from Romania into East Lancashire to work as prostitutes have been warned they could be jailed today. Preston Crown Court heard how the gang, which operated five brothels out of houses
THE Colne Commemorates 1918 remembrance event is finally at a close. Colne Town Council's Great War remembrance events have run from 2014 to remember World War One. For the last event, remembering 100 days of the war, poppies made out of horticultural
ALMOST one in five A&E patients at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital failed to be seen within four hours over the past year.Just 83.7 per cent of patients who attended A&E in 2017/18 were seen within the target four-hour period.That figure falls below
WORK on a memorial to the 1,300 men and women of a town who lost their lives in World War One is now complete and ready for unveiling next month.The ten specially-made black granite plaques tell the real life and death stories of some of the men and women
A 46-YEAR-OLD man died after taking a fatal overdose of heroin, an inquest has heard.Paul Warburton, from Burnley, was found dead at his home on January 10 this year.A friend had grown concerned for his welfare and had not seen or heard from him for a
Year 5 pupils from Peel Park Primary School celebrated their bright futures with a graduation ceremony at Accrington and Rossendale College.The event took place to congratulate the 89 year-5 pupils; who have taken part in a series of workshops at the
THE Big Lottery Fund has announced three grants totalling £164,846 for towards three Pendle-based projects.They have been welcomed by the borough’s MP Andrew Stephenson.The Peoples’ Enterprise and Empowerment Forum was given £144,896 for its step2it project
FORMER Claret Frank Sinclair doesn’t expect Burnley to lose James Tarkowski this summer. Sinclair believes Tarkowski will be happy to stay at Turf Moor and continue his development as a regular for another campaign, having narrowly missed out on
BUS passengers are making more than a million fewer journeys than in 2009/10 on Blackburn with Darwen's buses, figures from the Department for Transport show.Across the country, fewer bus journeys are being made, as campaigners say that unreliable
