A CURRY house in Oswaldtwistle is in the running for a top national award. Whitecroft Indian Restaurant in Oswaldtwistle is celebrating after being nominated for the Best Curry Restaurant in the UK gong at the Curry Life Awards. Restaurant owner
A WOMAN was rescued from her car following a crash. Emergency services were called to a crash involving a black Vauxhall Corsa and a silver BMW on Brandy House Brow, Blackburn, shortly before 10am today. Firefighters rescued a woman who was driving
A PENSIONER is in 'serious' condition after being hit by a car. Emergency services were called to a crash involving an Audi A3 S Line and a pedestrian on Byron Road, Colne shortly after 3pm yesterday. The man, in his 80s, was taken to Royal
AN administration assistant who stole more than £780,000 from a plastics firm and spent it on luxury holidays, cars and handbags has been jailed. Preston Crown Court heard how Kathryn Jones, 50, had taken £600,000 for herself from MGS Technical
A RESTRUCTURE is taking place at a village hall after five committee members took the decision to resign en masse during a public meeting. Former trustees Jonathan Mather – the chairman – along with John Brunt, Brian Gorski, Philip Grundy and Alyson
A NIGHTCLUB is promoting a 99p drinks night for A level students getting their results on Thursday. Switch nightclub in Blackburn is hosting a special A level results party and is also giving students the chance to win access to a VIP booth for
A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged in connection with an incident in Queens Park Road on Saturday during which a car was attacked by masked men wielding baseball bats. A five-year-old boy was in the car at the time of the attack
ACCRINGTON Stanley recorded their first League One win of the season thanks to Sean McConville's brace at Bristol Rovers on Saturday. Re-live all the action with our picture gallery. Pictures: KIPAX
A MAN was taken to hospital after falling through the roof of a building. Emergency services were called to an incident involving a man who has fallen through the roof of Balmers GM Ltd, on Manchester Road near Clow Bridge, Burnley shortly before
JERMAINE Jenas felt Burnley played well enough to earn a Premier League win on the opening weekend. The Clarets had to settle for a goalless draw at Southampton but they were dominant for the first hour of the game. Jenas said that Burnley's
Derrick Williams has made it a trio of Rovers players who have been ruled out of the trip to Carlisle United. The full-back missed the weekend draw with Millwall with a foot problem and won't travel to Brunton Park. However, there is better
STANLEY boss John Coleman insists his transfer business is far from finished as he seeks up to four new faces for his squad. The Reds got up and running in League One on Saturday with a 2-1 victory at Bristol Rovers and travel to League Two side
A Billy Kee signed Accrington Stanley football shirt has found a new home in the USA. Earlier this year, Queen’s Awards for Industry winner, Langtec, set about finding an underfunded English sport team in the USA as a means of giving back
JACK Cork hailed a 'really impressive' first Premier League outing of the season for Burnley. The Clarets were left frustrated in failing to make the most of their dominance against Southampton and in the end they had to settle for a stalemate
JOE Root has every right to be optimistic "special commodity" James Anderson can stick around to keep helping England win Test matches after his nine wickets at Lord's overwhelmed India. England's 36-year-old all-time leading wicket-taker was pipped
A FARMER crashed his car into a field as he made his way home from drinking in a village pub. Blackburn magistrates heard Chris Spence initially gave police the wrong name but then handed over his own driving licence. Spence, 31, of Dunsop Road
A NEW classic car and motorcycle show is coming to East Lancashire. The Stonyhurst Classic Car and Motorcycle Show takes place on Sunday August 12. The show will replace the previous Classic Shows’ event at Hoghton Tower and is set to take place
John Myles, a Partner in Forbes Solicitors’ Insurance department has become the new President of Blackburn Incorporated Law Association (BiLA). The Association exists to help local law practitioners and provides educational meetings and a
One of the most eagerly anticipated appearances at this year’s Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival at Colne over the August Bank Holiday weekend will be that of Dutch outfit My Baby. The trio of Joost van Dijck on drums his sister Cato on vocals
SEAN Dyche believes there is still more to come from Joe Hart after the Clarets new boy kept a second successive clean sheet. Hart completed a £4million move to Turf Moor at the start of the week and has settled into the club immediately, shutting
HE proved that he was king of X Factor and now Matt Terry is out to show that he's also the King of the Jungle! For Matt, a convincing winner of the top TV talent show in 2016, will be making his stage debut in Madagascar the Musical which comes
LLOYD Daniels was only 16 when he competed in X Factor back in 2009, finishing in fifth place behind winner Joe McElderry and runner-up Olly Murs. While those two may have already gone on to establish themselves as major artists in their own right
Tony Mowbray delivered a positive injury update on Rovers midfielder Elliott Bennett. The 29-year-old was replaced with 10 minutes to go in the 0-0 draw with Millwall after staying down following a challenge near the corner flag. There was
A COUPLE received a £500 'bonus' towards their wedding fund. Toni Heys, from Burnley, was 'wonderfully surprised' to find out she had received the money following a prize draw organised by Liberata, strategic partner to Burnley Council. It means
MORE funding is needed to prevent services sliding towards crisis, a council chief has warned. Cllr Maureen Bateson, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s executive member for children, young people and education, issued the warning as her department
SENIOR county councillors have authorised the compulsory purchase of the last tiny parcel of land needed to complete the £40million Pennine Reach public transport and highway scheme. The authority needs a few square metres of property owned or leased
CONTROVERSIAL plans to shut travel information centres at the Clitheroe and Nelson transport interchanges have been shelved. The county council’s cabinet approved an officers’ recommendation to suspend the closures while they explore approaches
A MOTORCYCLE clothing store is blazing a new trail in the wake of the loss of an iconic building. Three former staff members of the Rocket Centre have joined owner Stewart Holden at the MC-Hub motorcycle and clothing store, on Commercial Way in
NEW jetties at Lancashire County Council's Tower Wood Outdoor Education Centre in the Lake District is complete. Anchored pontoons have replaced the previous deteriorated timber construction piers for mooring boats. Tower Wood, on the shores
MORE than 400 nominations have so far been received for this year’s Ribble Valley Business Awards. There is still time to put forward your favourite business as nominations close on Thursday, August 23. One of last year’s success stories was
BAE Systems, which employs 9,500 at its Samlesbury and Warton military aircraft factories, has reported a slight drop in revenue and profits in its half-yearly results. But it expects the first payment of hundreds of millions on a £5billion contract
CLARETS reporter Tyrone Marshall discusses the talking points from Burnley's Premier League draw at Southampton. PASS MASTERS This was a most unexpected first half performance from the Clarets. Rarely have Sean Dyche’s Burnley enjoyed control
Danny Graham reflected on his two second-half misses, admitting: “I’ve got to score”. The Rovers striker was twice denied by Millwall goalkeeper Jordan Archer when going through one-on-one. They were Rovers’ best two openings in the game which
COUNCILLORS have slammed negative press coverage of the borough by the national press. The comments come following a story published by the Mail Online and The Sun Online about a white motorbike instructor who claimed a garage was ‘racist’ after
A CARE home has been told to improve after concerns were raised over the safety of its residents. Church View Nursing Home, Accrington, was given an overall rating as ‘requires improvement’ by Care Quality Commission inspectors. Inspectors found
A SPORTS fan has said he is ‘absolutely flabbergasted’ after he was reunited with an autograph book he once cherished as a child - but hasn't seen in over 30 years. Lancashire Telegraph business editor Jason Kayley, 45, was left flummoxed when
A GRANDMOTHER has hit out at a holiday company for recommending her an unsuitable Benidorm hotel that had ‘too many Spaniards in it’. Freda Jackson, of Intack, said she endured a two-week ‘disaster’ trip with her friend, from Shadsworth, at the
A SOCIAL housing developer is to build 10 supported-living bungalows next to its current project of 11 flats. Homelife reveal its plans to Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson when he visited the current project off Argyle Street, Colne. The 11 apartments
THE landlords of a disabled woman whose mobility scooter was stolen from outside the home have expressed their shock at the theft. 52-year-old Leatitia Longland parked the £300 machine outside her rented bungalow in Holmbrook Close in Highercroft
MATEJ Vydra will make his first appearance in a Clarets shirt today but Steven Defour is going to be out for a 'number of weeks', according to boss Sean Dyche. Vydra, an £11million arrival from Derby County last week, will feature in Burnley Under
