A CAR has been seized after it was spotted being driven erratically. Two PCSO's from Nelson neighbourhood team sighted the vehicle driving around the streets of Nelson today. After checks were made by the officers, it transpired the vehicle
A HIGH school teacher and her husband shaved their heads for charity.Pleckgate High School’s Engineering and Technology teacher Denise Turnbull and technician husband, Mark, shaved their heads during break time for Oliver’s Neuroblastoma Appeal. The appeal
A MAN who turned up at his mum's home pleading for food was in breach of a restraining order.Blackburn magistrates heard Darren Robert Atkin was told to go away by his mum who said she would ring the police but he carried on asking for money.Atkin
CALLUM Johnson insists Accrington Stanley will show no fear this season as they bid to conquer League One.Right-back Johnson said the squad had eyes on more than mere survival in the club's first ever season in the third tier.The Reds stormed to the
A NELSON man has been hired as the new chief financial officer at HS2.Michael Bradley CB has switched from Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), an arms-length body of the Ministry of Defence, where he was currently chief financial officer and director
A SPATE of burglaries have prompted an urgent police warning.Hyndburn neighbourhood policing team said it has had 'numerous reports' of burglaries in Clayton and Altham in the last few days. Police are urging people to keep their homes and cars
WATER company United Utilities announced a hose pipe ban would be coming into force from next month. The move comes after the longest heatwave since 1976 and will affect seven million customers in the north west of England. The hosepipe ban
POLICE are becoming 'increasingly concerned' for the welfare of a missing teenage girl.Olivia Duxbury, 15, has been missing from Nelson since July 22.Officers said she is known to frequent Warrington, Preston and Fylde Coast.She is described as
SOPHIE Hitchon and Holly Bradshaw have both been confirmed in the Great Britain squad for next month's European Championships.The Blackburn Harriers pair were victorious in the national championships earlier this summer and their spots on the plane
BURNLEY continued their pre-season campaign with a 3-2 win over Preston North End at Deepdale on Monday night.Aaron Lennon cancelled out Josh Harrop's opener to make it 1-1 at the break.Sean Dyche then changed all 10 outfield players on 55 minutes
POLICE are urging car owners to be vigilant after two high-powered vehicles were stolen. Officers said the thefts happened overnight between July 23 and July 24 in Wilpshire. The offenders have entered through the back patio doors of a house
AN 11-year-old pupil is celebrating finishing primary school without missing a day for seven years.Dylan Walden has just finished year six at St Mary's RC Primary School in Clayton-le-Moors and has managed to achieve 100 per cent attendance throughout
A NEW manager is looking to 'bring the glory days' back to a village pub. Beckie Cassidy has taken over as manager of the Bay Horse Hotel in Baxenden after several years of working in the bar industry.She has spent the last several few working
A RARE total lunar eclipse – expected to be the longest in the 21st century – is set to take place on Friday that will see the Earth’s natural satellite turn blood red. The celestial event, where the moon will line up with the Earth and the sun
Scott Wharton said he ended an ‘exciting week’ by returning to Lincoln City on loan. The 20-year-old agreed a season-long loan deal with the Imps four days after agreeing a new long-term deal with Rovers. The defender played 60 minutes of Sunday
POLICE have issued images of East Lancashire's four most wanted men.They are wanted for a range of alleged offences.Anyone with information about their whereabouts should not approach the men but call police on 101.Joe Ashley Shepherd, aged 30, has
Last Wednesday Bill and I were off to see his son David who unfortunately has suffered a heart attack and ended up in Salford Royal Hospital.I must say how impressed I was, he was in a single room with all mod cons.Staff were most accommodating, they
THUNDERSTORMS and flooding could be on the horizon for East Lancashire as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for parts of the county. Forecast amidst what is expected to be the hottest week of the year for parts of the country, the
DARWEN reached the semi-finals of the Lancashire Knockout with a commanding win over Rochdale on Sunday.Calvin Savage was the hero for the Towers as he struck 174 to help secure a 194-run success.Darwen will travel to Ormskirk in the last four on Sunday
IT’S not every day I get to drive a ground-breaking motor. But millions of people worldwide certainly do – when they get behind the wheel of their Nissan Qashqai.The Japanese company can be credited with creating a genre of car when it was launched in
Joe Nuttall admits his full focus is on forcing his way into the Rovers first team and believes he can thrive at Championship level. Nuttall scored the winner in Sunday’s friendly win at Lincoln and has featured in all four matches so far.
RESIDENTS have been urged to have their say on a parish council's neighbourhood plan.Barrowford Parish Council has launched a public consultation to consider its final version of its Neighbourhood Plan, giving residents, businesses and other interested
SENIOR management of a giant Michelin tyre plant in Burnley hit back at the reported threat of 'production' paralysis' if pay rates were not increased.A threat of a freeze on the firm's entire United Kingdom production role arose after
THIS image showed Chatburn coming to terms with being struck by two German bombs on October 30, 1940.Unusually, the raid took place during the day and caused considerable damage to the village, which lies deep in the Ribble Valley - away from the usual
WITH the glorious Royal Lancashire Show taking place last weekend it only felt right to look back on how this fantastic event has dazzled crowds in days gone by.Tens of thousands of people have attended the three-day event which has been organised by
THE Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth, has made a final call for people across East Lancs to nominate outstanding volunteer groups for the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.The honour, which has an equivalent status to an MBE, recognises
ANDREW Stephenson, Pendle's MP, has marked Srebrenica Memorial Day.Mr Stephenson signed the Remembering Srebrenica Book of Pledges which remembers when more than 8,000 men and boys were murdered in parts of, as it is now known, Bosnia and Herzegovina
THE mother of a still-born baby has raised enough money to buy a ‘cold cot’ for a funeral parlour. Danielle Hayton gave birth to Jacob-Anthony Leliuga at Burnley Hospital in February, when he was 19 weeks and five days old, The 26-year-old
A TEACHER is retiring after more than 30 years educating children in a borough as she looks to embark on her artistic dream.Gillian Ousby said an emotional goodbye to staff and students at Shadsworth Infant School last week after spending 29 years teaching
A WOMAN failed to tell benefits providers that her husband was holding down two jobs in Ribble Valley hotels. Blackburn magistrates heard that as a result Zoe Bennett received an overpayment of £6,837. Bennett, 32, of Within Grove, Accrington
A MAN who gave a friend a lift home from the pub after watching football failed a breathalyser.Blackburn magistrates heard Cameron Burrows was seen by a police officer driving off the pub car park at 11.50 pm.Burrows, 26, of Selous Road, Blackburn, pleaded
FLY-TIPPING and speeding are the biggest concerns in the Lancashire countryside, the latest National Rural Crime Survey has revealed.The first issue was raised by 50 per cent of those who responded and the second by 34 per cent.They came ahead of criminal
BLACKBURN Rovers fans have maintained a quirky tradition with the ‘raising of the coffin’ following their promotion back to the Championship. Video provided courtesy of Shane King The ceremony, which took place in Bamber Bridge, dates
COUNCIL plans to demolish a vacant former pub house to make way for housing have angered conservationists.Several have formally objected to the scheme to knock down The Griffin on Bank Top.It was sold to Blackburn with Darwen Council by Thwaites Brewery
COUNCIL bosses have been urged to consult more widely on how to spend millions of pounds of Whitehall cash to promote integration. Community activist Asif Mahmud fears that unless Blackburn with Darwen uses any grants widely, parts of the borough
FOUR former Blackburn with Darwen councillors with more than 100 years service between them who stood down in May were presented with Civic Service Awards by borough leader Cllr Mohammed Khan at the Council Forum. Pictured afterwards from left to right
A NEW YORK-style smokehouse opened its doors to the public of East Lancashire last week with owners hailing the first days of business as a ‘great success’.Described as ‘big, bold BBQ food in the heart of Clayton-le-Moors’, Smokehouse 138 is a new food
A FIFTH councillor has resigned from Ribble Valley Council’s Tory group.St Mary’s ward councillor Ruth Hargreaves has said she will be ‘working with the Democratic Conservative Group’.It was formed at the beginning of this month by three senior councillors
INCIDENTS of violence and aggression towards council workers have led a local authority to setting out its approach to stamping out the problem.There were 132 reported cases of violence or aggression towards Blackburn with Darwen Council over the course
Rovers are unlikely to begin their next round of contract negotiations until later this year after agreeing seven extensions this summer. Bradley Dack became the latest to commit his future to Rovers last week, joining Danny Graham, Craig Conway
A DISQUALIFIED driver got behind the wheel of his wife's car and drove off when he saw a traffic warden approaching.Blackburn magistrates heard Arfan Kazi was seen by a police officer as he drove round the block and initially gave false details to
A MAN summoned by his family after his brother was tasered by police ended up being parva sprayed himself.Blackburn magistrates heard Glen Jones used homophobic language to the arresting officer which the magistrates ruled raised the offence of threatening
RESIDENTS are to be consulted on 'garden village' plans which will bring up to 2,000 new homes to an area and encourage employment growth.Hyndburn council bosses said plans for the garden village in Huncoat, first announced by the cabinet last
A PENSIONER repeatedly breached a criminal behaviour order because he claimed he couldn't remember it.Blackburn magistrates heard John Crabtree also missed appointments with the probation service because of his lack of memory.Richard Prew, defending
A WOMAN from Darwen who went viral following Lancashire Telegraph coverage of her 100th birthday celebrations has been gifted the ultimate present. Eileen Maher gathered world-wide attention after she put her good health at 100 down to her two favourite
A STATE of the art spa is set to open in a town centre as part of a multi-million pound regeneration project which will also see a world-famous chain hotel built.These latest plans have been unveiled by Rossendale Council as part of Rawtenstall's
