Tony Mowbray said he didn’t want a tight affair in the Carabao Cup tie at Carlisle United and was rewarded with a five-star display. Adam Armstrong and Bradley Dack both scored twice, with Rovers 2-0 up inside six minutes, while Kasey Palmer got
NOT many teams in the Carabao Cup first round will have scored more goals than they made changes, but Rovers managed that in a 5-1 demolition of Carlisle United at Brunton Park. Tony Mowbray promised a strong team and that’s what he delivered, with
STANLEY crashed out of the Carabao Cup in a bizarre game at the One Call Stadium, losing 6-1 to League Two Mansfield Town. A Reds side showing six changes from the weekend win over Bristol Rovers took the lead in the first round tie but were sent
BRITISH Transport Police have deployed extra officers on board trains and at railway stations after this morning's suspected terrorist incident at the House of Parliament. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who was prevented from getting to his Commons
RAWTENSTALL overcame Rishton in the Lancashire League on Sunday, winning by 51 runs. Re-live all the action from the game with our match gallery. Pictures: KIPAX
A PENSIONER’S complaint that there were too many Spanish people on her Benidorm holiday went viral as news outlets around the world picked up the Lancashire Telegraph’s exclusive story. Freda Jackson, from Intack, hit out at travel company Thomas
MICHAEL Duff hailed the 'excellent' senior players that helped his Burnley Under-23s to a 4-1 win over Cardiff City. The Clarets got their Professional Development League campaign up and running with an impressive win against the Bluebirds in a
A FARM shop and cafe has gone into liquidation. Roaming Roosters in Higham, a farm shop which sold free-range meat and had a bistro and coffee shop for the last six years, will no longer trade after falling into liquidation. The business had
TEENAGE goalkeeper George McMahon is looking forward to learning from the Clarets' England stoppers after signing on at Turf Moor. The 18-year-old has penned a two-year professional contract, with the option of a further 12 months, after impressing
A WATER main has burst at a junction on the outskirts of a town. Road closures have been put in place in parts of Darwen after a major mains burst on Greenway Street at the junction of Snape Street. The burst main caused extensive damage to
BURNLEY will renew their interest in Hamburg winger Filip Kostic in January if he remains with the German club. The Clarets missed out on a deadline day swoop for the Serbian international last week. The 25-year-old was widely expected to leave
A LACK of interest from broadcasters is the reason behind Burnley's Europa League clash with Istanbul Basaksehir not being shown live on TV. No domestic broadcaster showed an interest in screening either leg of the Clarets fixture with the Turkish
THE Who’s classic album Quadrophenia will be performed live at a special concert at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, next year. Eight-piece outfit The Goldhawks will be recreate the full, authentic sound of one of the world’s great rock bands for
POLICE have launched an appeal to find a 50-year-old woman who has been missing for two days. Jane Barnes, 50, has disappeared from Bacup and is believed to have links to Burnley. She is described as white with short mousey brown hair and has
It was almost a match-winning impact from Rovers’ Joe Rothwell off the bench against Millwall and he hopes it has planted a seed in Tony Mowbray’s mind. He will likely get another chance to impress in tonight’s Carabao Cup tie at Carlisle United
A RESTAURANT has been ordered to pay a total of £43,919.50 for faulty equipment in their kitchen which put their employees at risk. Health and Safety inspectors visited East Z East Preston on the 27 October 2016 to discover the gas powered equipment
ACCRINGTON Stanley is familiar territory for Reds new boy Connor Ripley as he returns to his East Lancashire roots more than a decade since lifting silverware at his new home. The 25-year-old joined Stanley on loan from Middlesbrough on transfer
A ROAD was closed after a car ended up on its roof following a crash. The junction of Manchester Road and Haslingden Road in Rawtenstall was closed after the collision at around 1.30am today. Police were called to the crash involving a Volkswagen
A FORMER councillor who represented a town for more than 13 years has died at the age of 98. Jessie Marie Hall MBE represented Great Harwood as a Conservative councillor from 1974 to 1987. Miss Hall, who was given an MBE for her services to
Opportunity will knock for some Rovers fringe players this evening, with boss Tony Mowbray challenging them to show they warrant a starting spot for league fixtures. Summer signing Joe Rothwell, plus the likes of Paul Downing, Peter Whittingham
HISTORY-MAKING midfielder Sean McConville is targeting plenty more goals this season after becoming the first Stanley player to score in League One. The 29-year-old opened his account in style, netting twice in the weekend win at Bristol Rovers
A FORMER 'Clog Shop' could be knocked down to provide a new cottage for a farmer's parents. John Bradley of Farm House Farm in Burnley Road, Altham, has applied to Hyndburn Council for permission to demolish the premises, now an office and store
A CRUSADER against litter enforcement group Kingdom is calling for the removal of the private firm from East Lancashire. Peter Rourke, who ran ironwork firm Rourke B and Co Ltd in Burnley for 20 years, said Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley and Hyndburn
A TWO-storey extension to a Blackburn mosque and madrassa has been approved. Officers at Blackburn with Darwen Council have given the proposed extension at Darussalam Education Centre in Whalley New Road, Blackburn, the green light. A statement
A YOUNG couple holidaying on a Greek Island found something unexpected at the end of the sun and sea break - a beautiful dog that will grace the home they plan to set up together. Charlotte Hargreaves, 21, and Oliver Garside-Fox fell in love with
HEARTLESS thieves have stolen a memorial bench which was a dying man’s final wish. Dad-of-two Calvert Haworth died aged just 46 in January last year after being diagnosed with cancer only six weeks previously. Before he died, the truck driver
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. James Cropper, 34, is
A CRUNCH meeting has been scheduled in a bid to halt plans to introduce Sunday parking charges in Blackburn. Blackburn with Darwen Council’s call-in committee will meet on Wednesday, August 29, as the authority’s Conservative group attempts to refer
A HOSPITAL trust has avoided a surge in A&E attendances which has hit other trusts across England during July's heatwave. Nationally record numbers of people flooded to emergency departments in July, with respiratory problems, dehydration and
WORK by Lancashire County Council to secure and protect its stalled Cuerden development site wills start later this month. It involves protecting and weatherproofing the temporary roads and drainage, plus other measures to safeguard the investment
THE sliproads for Blackburn’s Junction 6 of the M65are now shut at night . They will be closed from around 7pm to 6am until Sunday to allow for the opening of the first part of a £100million business park the following week. The closures are
LANCASHIRE officers will be deployed abroad to help police Burnley FC’s European adventures. The county’s police and crime commissioner, Clive Grunshaw, has approved proposals to send officers to Clarets away-games in the Europa League. They will
AN OFFICE unit could be converted into a new cafe. Plans have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council proposing to turn the empty space at Blackburn Technology Management Centre in Challenge Way into a cafe. The centre, which was built
A COUNCIL boss has warned that a new government initiative to end rough sleeping needs more money behind to make a difference. Cllr Phil Riley, executive member for regeneration for Blackburn with Darwen Borough, said the £100million earmarked
A SCIENCE fiction thriller will be screened in a town centre venue. Steven Spielberg brings to life the science fiction action adventure Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon
POLICE have warned they will seize vehicles after dangerous driving around a town. It comes after reports of people racing cars ‘very late and loudly’ around Rawtenstall town centre and other areas of Rossendale. One of the areas police will
LANCASHIRE students nervously waiting for their A-level and GCSE exam results have been reminded help is available from Talkzone. Young people between 12 and 19 can access it by telephone, text, webtalk, email and Facebook. It is available for young
FEARS that children could be put in danger by an unlocked gate that leads down to a ‘dangerous’ river have been raised. Gerald Duxbury has raised concerns about the area leading down to River Darwen in Dean Street, Darwen. At the end of the street
THE thug who murdered a Darwen man with a champagne flute had been jailed three previous times for arson, drug dealing and burglary, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. Killer Jack Costello, who was last week found guilty of murdering 23-year-old
WE asked Clarets fans what they were expecting from Burnley in the 2018/19 season. MATT RIGGS I’LL be more than happy with Burnley securing another season in the Premier League. European competition is a fantastic bonus for us but hopefully
AS one of Burnley’s most experienced European campaigners Aaron Lennon has been happy to offer up the advice to the rest of this Clarets squad. And the message from the 31-year-old is simple: ‘Enjoy it’. Lennon has been doing just that and after
Rovers are set to unveil a new signing this week and boss Tony Mowbray admits he could make up to four more additions before the end of the month. The Ewood chief admitted last week he was targeting a quartet of new recruits, and that remains the
