SEAN Dyche praised a team effort after Burnley progressed to the Europa League play-off round. The Clarets will face Olympiakos twice in the next fortnight to fight for a place in the group stages, thanks to Jack Cork’s extra time winner against
THE Clarets are doing it the hard way in Europe. Having been handed the toughest possible draws in their first two qualifying rounds they have taken the toughest route to progress as well. After navigating extra-time to get past Aberdeen they
ROVERS will host Lincoln City in the second round of the Carabao Cup. Tony Mowbray's men eased past Carlisle United in the opening round this week, with Bradley Dack and Adam Armstrong each netting a brace in the 5-1 victory at Brunton Park with
11:31pm Signing off from Turf Moor now. Thanks for you company. We'll be back with another live blog on Sunday against
Nottingham Forest boss Aitor Karanka is relaxed over Rovers’ pursuit of Ben Brereton. Rovers saw a bid in excess of £5m for the teenager rejected on deadline day but haven’t given up hope on bringing him to Ewood Park. A loan deal with a view
A GREAT grandma from Blackburn scooped £10,000 on the East Lancashire Hospice lottery four weeks after joining. Ann Crump, 72, said she was speechless after winning the rollover. Ann was formerly playground assistant at St Peter’s RC Primary
THOUSANDS of A-level students from across East Lancashire were celebrating results day yesterday, with early indications suggesting a higher-than-the-national-average pass-rate for the county. Schools and colleges from around East Lancashire boasted
A REMORSELESS thug who left a new build sales manager fighting for his life in an unprovoked one-punch attack has been jailed. Ben Pennington, 31, suffered a fractured skull and bleed on the brain after being attacked by Tony Parsons in the Level
COMMUTERS travelling in and out of Blackburn will pay up to £60 more a year in rail fares, new figures reveal. From January, workers travelling between Blackburn and Manchester will see their annual season ticket increase from £1864 to £1,924.
A BUSY main road which closed on Thursday morning for emergency repairs is to remain closed until after the weekend. Blackburn with Darwen Roads announced that the closure on Revidge Road was put in place on August 16 with the road likely to be
THE Lancashire Telegraph and Burnley Star are once again again appealing to good causes in East Lancashire to bid for money from our charity fund. The Gannett Foundation is the charitable arm of Gannett, the company which owns the two newspapers
Aaron Tunbridge Associate Director at Petty estate agents has set himself a hair raising, or should that be hair losing, challenge. In Petty’s 90th year and as part of their corporate challenge events for Pendleside Hospice, Aaron has agreed to have
A LORRY driver was fined after police found him eating his lunch on the hard shoulder of the M65. Lancashire Tactical Operations Team tweeted that they had found the driver of the HGV parked at the entry slip road at junction six of the M65.
Amari'i Bell wasn't signed as a 'Derrick Williams clone' as Tony Mowbray continues to encourage the 24-year-old to play his natural game. Bell, signed from Fleetwood Town in January, is currently deputising for Williams who is struggling with a
STANLEY face Charlton for the first time in a league fixture this weekend and boss John Coleman is relishing the opportunity to right the wrongs of their midweek Carabao Cup humbling. The Addicks were a Premier League side as recently as 2007 and
THE Ribblesdale League Under-21s played the MCC in an exhibition match at Cherry Tree on Wednesday. It was the visitors who emerged victorious by 54 runs. They bowled the Ribblesdale League side out for 145 after posting 205 in their innings.
THEY are one of the most hotly-tipped young bands around at the moment and have been creating a storm at festivals around the country this summer. And now, Trampolene are heading to Blackburn to play the one-day Confessional Festival at the
AN additional stage and big name headliners will mark the return of Restricted Forest Festival to Blackburn’s Witton Park next month. The one-day event featuring 35 top DJs is back in Blackburn following previous sold out events. FooR have just
MORE than 14,000 people paid a sixpence to half a crown to hear their prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, discuss how he hoped to resolve Britain's and Germany's differences. Mr Chamberlain, accompanied by his wife, Anne de Vere, spoke to a full
There might not be a league win on the board yet but Rovers boss Tony Mowbray believes his side have shown they can compete at Championship. Rovers have opened their league account with back-to-back draws against Ipswich Town and Millwall.
ISTANBUL Basaksehir coach Abdullah Avci insists the pressure is all on Burnley tonight ahead of the decisive Europa League tie. After a goalless draw in Turkey in the first leg of the third qualifying round fixture, the Clarets return to Turf Moor
POLICE are asking for the public's house in finding a missing teenage girl. Aimee Anderson, who is from Brierfield, was last seen in Leeds Road, Nelson at 3.53am on Wednesday. The 17-year-old was last seen wearing grey leggings, a black coat,
CRAIG Cash is nervous. The co-creator of Early Doors with his lifelong friend Phil Mealey, he admits to being apprehensive about touring for the first time with a live stage version of the hugely loved comedy about the regulars who congregate in the
AS French circus company Circa Tsuica set up camp in the The Lowry Plaza ahead of their new show Now or Never with the MAPAS Jazz Band we talk to co-director and performer Tom Neal and workshop leader and performer Baptiste Bouquin about the show..
A TEENAGER has been taken to hospital after being knocked off his bike. Police said the 14-year-old boy suffered leg and ankle injuries after his bike collided with a Vauxhall Astra in Marsden Road, Burnley, at 9.35pm yesterday. He was taken
As An Officer and a Gentleman the Musical enjoys a run in Manchester the show’s writer Douglas Day Stewart talks about his enduring creation What was your original inspiration when writing An Officer and a Gentleman? I had essentially lived the
AFTER 211 years of brewing in Blackburn town centre, Thwaites have this week commenced production at their new site and home at Sykes Holt, close to Mellor Brook, in the Ribble Valley. This will be an exciting new dawn in brewing production for
A SERIOUS fire which damaged three allotments has been described as mindless vandalism. Two fire engines were called to the Queen’s Park allotments at around 9.40pm on Wednesday. The fire spread across three allotments, causing damage to sheds
It is clear that, although Tony Mowbray perhaps isn’t yet finished fine-tuning his squad, he has a good idea when the music will be classical and when it will be heavy, writes Simon Smith. A lack of goals on Saturday may have left fans feeling
DOG owners have been given the chance to get their pets microchipped for free this month. The Dog Trust has teamed up with Burnley Council to run a free microchipping event at Thursby Park in Queen Victoria Road, Burnley. Matthew Balderson, a
THWAITES brewery has a thoroughbred new recruit: a horse with no name. The specially-selected pedigree Shire will be trained up over the coming year to complete a team of four to represent the company at festivals, events and pub openings Company
School children will return to school after the summer break to find their pigeons placed top in a race. St Andrew’s CE Primary School only have five pigeons, and came P1, P2, P3, and P5 in the top scores on Saturday 11 August. It was the first
PAUL Fildes says he is rediscovering his love of football thanks to Burnley United. The non-league legend, whose previous clubs include Barnoldswick Town, Clitheroe and Padiham, made the move into management after hanging up his goalscoring boots
EUROPA League veteran Johann Berg Gudmundsson said the competition comes alive at the group stage. And if Burnley are to make it that far in 2018/19 the Iceland winger believes they will have earned the right as their tough qualifying campaign
SEAN Dyche shrugged off criticism of the Clarets style as he insisted: 'I'm not bothered what others think'. Istanbul Basaksehir boss Abdullah Avci took aim at Burnley's approach in the first leg of the Europa League third qualifying round last
A FARMER who has experienced several attacks on her sheep by out-of-control dogs in the past few months has spoken of her fury. Tracy Pickard said one sheep has been killed and five others have been bitten by dogs on Bradley Hall Farm’s land in
WORK has begun at the site of a new 24-hour gym, which is set to open its doors in September. International fitness chain Jetts Gyms will open its sixth UK location at The Viaduct on Hyndburn Rd, in Accrington with the Australian chain, which also
SPECIAL guest headliners have been confirmed for this year’s Restricted Forrest festival. FooR, a group of musicians and DJs from the south coast, have had tracks featured on Radio One, 1xtra, and Kiss FM. They will play the Aslan stage, the
A TRUST has just completed its first projects to restore Blackburn’s rivers and open up more habitat for aquatic wildlife around the town. Bypass channels have been constructed alongside two large weirs near Hoghton Bottoms and Lower Darwen to allow
THE locations of new defibrillators to increase the chances of survival for heart attack victims in Lancashire have been announced. New devices, or in some cases special cabinets to attach to buildings to make sure existing ones are publicly available
MORE than a quarter of people in Blackburn and Darwen have never tried to book themselves an appointment with an NHS dentist. The British Dental Association (BDA) said people are being pushed towards private practices by lack of finances in the
BURNLEY council's leader has warned the cash crisis at County Hall will hit the borough's most deprived areas hardest. Cllr Mark Townsend said inevitable cuts to children's socials services, adult care, road maintenance and education would affect
CLARETS reporter Tyrone Marshall hands out the ratings for Burnley's Europa League win over Istanbul Basaksehir. Joe Hart 9 (Man of the Match) A goalkeeper who often saved his best for Manchester City for Europe and looks ready to repeat that
NEIGHBOURS are complaining about a foul smell and a mountain of rubbish in a 'back yard rubbish tip' and are urging the council to act. This picture of the back yard of a house on Accrington Road, Blackburn, shows the extent of the rat-infested
A MOTHER who claimed to be raising money for a 13-year-old girl with leukaemia, was actually using it to fund her drug addiction. Preston Crown Court heard Michelle Reid had visited houses between June 1 and October 26, 2017, in Pendle and asked
AN MP has called for action to tackle speeding vehicles in his home village. Ribble Valley Tory Nigel Evans is concerned at increased traffic in Pendleton due to the closure of the Sabden junction on the A59 to create a new roundabout. He has
A CONSULTATION into how councils spend money from Right to Buy sales has been launched in a bid to boost the number of council houses being built. Local government secretary James Brokenshire launched the consultation, which sets out proposals to
TWO volunteers from the Blackburn base of international aid charity the Al-Imdaad Foundation are in the Indonesian island of Lombok assisting the victim,s of recent devastating earthquakes. UK director Hafiz Abdussamad and projects co-ordinator
MORE than £1 million was doled out to businesses in Blackburn with Darwen after successful appeals against rates last year. A total of £1.164m was forked out by Blackburn with Darwen Council, which is required to make provisions for refunding ratepayers
Adam Armstrong insists he is capable of leading the line for Rovers after his double in the Carabao Cup win at Carlisle United. Armstrong scored twice in Tuesday night’s 5-1 win taking his tally to 11 goals in 18 starts since joining the club
IF Gael Clichy's Istanbul Basaksehir side are knocked out of Europe at Turf Moor tonight then the left-back will take comfort in the success of 'tremendous character' Joe Hart. The two former City stars will be reunited again at Turf Moor tonight
AN appeal has been launched to pay for a hospital suite to diagnose and treat people with cancer. The campaign aims to raise £525,000 for a new, additional endoscopy suite at Burnley General Teaching Hospital. It would enable around 5,000 extra
