A LARGE wildfire has broken out in Oswaldtwistle today. The fire happened on Oswaldtwistle moors at the wind farm at about 2.45pm. Three crews from Hyndburn, Rawtenstall and Blackburn attended the moor fire on Haslingden Old Road. Firefighters
A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a head-on collision on the moors between Blackburn and Bolton this afternoon. The air ambulance was called to the accident scene near Belmont on the Rivington Road just before 4pm. The male rider of a
NELSON skipper Russ Bradley is keen for his side to secure a top half Lancashire League finish this season, even if they have to play the rest of the campaign without professional Reeza Hendricks.The all-rounder has been called up by South Africa for
TONY Mowbray felt Rovers got what they needed from the 1-1 friendly draw with Port Vale even if the Ewood chief was not overly enamoured with the performance. Darragh Lenihan’s headed goal midway through the first half secured the draw for the
DARRAGH Lenihan secured Rovers a 1-1 draw with Port Vale in their second pre-season friendly of the summer. A Charlie Mulgrew own goal gave the home side an early lead at Vale Park but Lenihan headed home an equaliser midway through the first half
THE M65 near Blackburn has reopened after a crash. The westbound carriageway from junction six at Whitebirk Roundabout to junction five at Guide was shut after a car overturned at about 12.45pm today. Motorists endured delayed of around one
A SPATE of burglaries and attempted burglaries has led police to warn people to keep their houses secure.Police have received four separate reports of incidents over the last few days in Padiham and Hapton.Officers said most of these have involved offenders
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers captain Jordan Britcliffe is hoping past experience can help his side claim Ramsbottom Cup glory. Wanderers are on the road to Padiham in Sunday’s semi-final bidding to win their fourth final in the last eight seasons. The Section
2:20pm Rovers now back in action on Thursday against Liverpool at Ewood Park.
BURNLEY began their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win against League of Ireland champions Cork City at Turner's Cross.Young defender Jimmy Dunne scored the goal in the second half, his first for the club in front of his watching mum and sister.Sean
IT is fitting that Robert Powell will be appearing in a production with the title Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain at Manchester Opera House next week.For the Salford-born actor has revealed that at 74, this show which he devised, could well be his
ACCRINGTON town centre was decorated full of colour to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Flower beds took the place of the market stalls in the town while bunting was put up around the town. At the start of June people
A SAFETY rail above a brook has been repaired following concerns. The barrier had fallen into a stream off Greenbank Terrace, Lower Darwen, sparking fears that a child playing nearby could fall and get 'seriously hurt'. But the safety rail,
ALEX Davies believes the T20 Blast can stand alongside the Big Bash and IPL as the best short format domestic competition in the world. The Darwen ace has hit back to back half centuries to help Lancashire Lightning win their last two matches to leave
USERS of Northern trains have been warned to expect delays and cancellations on Sunday (July 15). Northern said there will be 'possible disruption' due to some train crew having made themselves unavailable to work. Customers have been asked
Craig Conway believes the spirit within the Rovers dressing room will make it easier for new signings to fit straight in. Conway has been impressed by the way that new recruits Jacob Davenport and Joe Rothwell have integrated in to the squad after
A MAN missing for more than two weeks has been found safe and well. Kevin Collinge, 32, had last been seen in the car park of Tesco in Burnley on June 27. Officers had become concerned about the welfare of the Burnley man. But last night
Richie Smallwood admits he would have signed a ‘lifetime contract’ at Rovers after becoming the latest player to sign fresh terms. Smallwood penned a new two year deal at Ewood Park, taking him through to the summer of 2020. The 27-year-old
A COURAGEOUS boy who is battling cancer got the celebrity treatment at a fun-filled awards party.Rayaan Zafran, five, joined 20 other youngsters at the Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens Star Awards party, which honoured the strength of those diagnosed
AN ambitious £1.3million scheme to develop a new public space in the heart of Darwen will soon be under way.Work is set to start next week on plans to develop the space for events and entertainment in the town centre.The plans were unveiled in February
A MOTORIST who crashed into the back of another car on a cinema car park was found to be nearly four times the drink-drive limit.Blackburn magistrates heard Rachel Elizabeth Bates had two small children in the car who were trembling and crying as a result
HYNDBURN MP Graham Jones is calling on private landlords to ‘pull their socks up’ and look after buildings they own.Mr Jones posted on his Facebook page about his concerns over the former Accrington Conservative Club which was wrecked by a massive fire
OPPOSING sides of Blackburn’s political divide have come together to oppose changes to the governance of fire services in Lancashire.Labour group deputy leader Cllr Phil Riley has proposed a motion to go before council forum next week, asking chief executive
PRO-BREXIT Tory MP Nigel Evans has backed Donald Trump over his criticism of the government’s White Paper on leaving the EU.The US President has accused Theresa May of wrecking Brexit and warned her proposals may have killed off any US trade deal.In a
DOZENS of factory built homes proposed for derelict Blackburn land have been granted permission.Earlier this year it was revealed Alaska Street in Blackburn is set to get its first estate of modular factory-built homes.The 73 two, three and four-bedroomed
A YOUNG man will climb Ben Nevis dressed as Mrs Brown from the popular sitcom – in tribute to his own ‘mammy’. Taylor Connelly, 23, will scale the UK’s highest peak in Scotland in fancy dress to raise money for the hospice that cared for his mum.His mother
THE fund established 108 years ago in the will of Edward Stocks Massey will this year benefit 18 organisations and three individuals in a borough.In 1910 he left £135,000 (more than £1million in today's money) to pay for education and the advancement
A £10,000 plan to put up three metre high fencing to stop footballs flying into people's gardens has been deferred after residents said it was not a problem.An application was submitted last month to Blackburn with Darwen Council to install the fencing
WHAT ABOUT STEPHEN WARD? Clarets assistant Ian Woan came up with a unique way to decide who began in the middle for a game of rondo as one training session got underway at Fota Island. The warm-up game made popular by Spain and Barcelona involves
CANCER kills more people in Blackburn with Darwen than any other disease.Newly-released data from Public Health England has revealed that, of 1,345 deaths registered, 346 people died from the disease in 2016, the most recent period for which data has
A FORMER professional boxer has been jailed for robbing two people, burgling a house and stealing a car. Preston Crown Court heard Ali Shah, from Blackburn, committed a series of serious offences between November 15 and December 5 last year.During the
