THE funeral will take place on Friday of a woman who dedicated her life to churches in Accrington. Miss Mary Dodd, who has died at the age of 90, was the daughter of a former minister at Oswaldtwistle Immanuel Church, Canon Dodd, and attended theological
LOYAL sports stars from a popular Blackburn pub are celebrating their most successful ever season in the local leagues. The Clifton Arms has enjoyed unprecedented success this year across all playing codes. The Clifton A' darts team finished runners-up
ANGLERS are being urged to stay away from Bold Venture Park, Darwen, after a Canada goose became the victim of a discarded fishing line. The bird's leg became entangled in the fishing line about three weeks ago but despite attempts to rescue it, the
BURNLEY Council officers will bring the hammer down on a number of nuisance music systems as part of national Noise Action Week. Environmental health staff will raise awareness of the initiative by permanently silencing a variety of confiscated stereo
TWO major roundabouts leading into Burnley town centre have been allowed to become overgrown - because of crocuses. Burnley Council has said that the grass surrounding the plants, on the roundabouts on Manchester Road and Century Way, will be cut down
CABIN End clinched the double in the most dramatic of circumstances as Blackburn Olympic suffered Eddleston Cup heartache in the Blackburn Combination. The thrilling final appeared to be heading for a penalty shoot-out until Lee Usborne rose to head
RAILWAY bounced back from the disappointment of losing their title decider against Padiham Town by lifting the Burnley and District League's Harry Walsh Cup. And it proved to be good news all round as losing finalists, Hapton received their Supplementary
THE players wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence as a mark of respect for former Orphanage Cup secretary Peter Bush who passed away in April. But a keenly contested final between the competition's two top teams watched by a bumper ground
Burnley have announced a fifth pre-season friendly by confirming a Turf Moor warm-up match with Leeds United. The Yorkshire side will travel across the Pennines to face the Clarets on Saturday, July 28 (kick off 3pm). Burnley's pre-season schedule in
AN ANGRY dad smashed a door off its hinges after his baby had kept him up all night, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates were told how Jordan Walsh, 22, had refused to get out of bed and get the infant dressed in the morning so his then partner could
A SPECIAL school is using an innovative new teaching method in a bid to win specialist status. Disabled dance specialist Alan Martin visited Tor View Special School, Haslingden, yesterday to show youngsters techniques to communicate through dance. And
BLACKBURN'S hope of having a half-hourly train service to Manchester has been dealt a blow - over fears that it would cost £12million more than anticipated. In March, Blackburn with Darwen Council revealed an £8million bid to the Department of Transport
COUNCILLORS have backed a campaign calling for 20-mile-per-hour speed limits on all roads except major routes. Pendle councillors voted unanimously in favour of the motion put forward by Coun Phil Boyle on behalf of Coun Sonia Robinson, at last week's
BATTLE-weary Accrington Stanley completed the league and cup double thanks to a 2-0 win against Lango following a long and gruelling season. Just days after clinching the title following a dramatic sudden death penalty shoot-out in their league play-off
A PILOT six-a-side football league will be launched in Blackburn next month with an ultimate aim of giving senior teams the chance to play at Wembley. The inaugural Lancashire FA County 6ixes' will be held at St Bede's High School over a 14-week period
PAPERS bearing personal information about postal voters that were found dumped in a street "fell off the back of a lorry", an investigation has discov-ered. Investigators from Blackburn with Darwen Council have viewed CCTV footage from shoe store Tommy
THOUSANDS of pounds are set to be spent across East Lancashire in a bid to prevent violent extremism. Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle Councils will each receive £75,000 to spend on projects to stop people turning to violence. Rossendale
THE waiting list for an ex-council house in Hyndburn is five years long, shock new figures have revealed. A "massive" 3,000 people are on the waiting list for a property in the borough with new social landlord Hyndburn Homes. Bosses at the company,
THIS is the battered face of a community volunteer who was attacked for no apparent reason as he walked through a town centre. Ismail Jogee, 63, of Audley Range, Blackburn, was punched between the eyes on his way to his sister's house on Saturday evening
MOTORING-mad people flocked to Accrington and Rossendale College for an event which celebrated vintage and classic cars with some daredevil stunts thrown in to boot. Motoring Magic gave motoring enthusiasts the chance to experience a whole spectrum of
A CONVICTED sex offender who didn't tell police his new address claimed he did not know he had to, and a court has confirmed it didn't hand him the order. Burnley Magistrates heard how Abdul Rofik, 23, had been told told by his probation officer he had
ALMOST £200,000 is to be spent updating a town centre's closed circuit television system as part of a bid to tackle crime. Councillors in Burnley are expected to approve the release of £185,000 from its budget for the work, described by council bosses
A THIEF who raided derelict houses for copper piping or flagstones is behind bars for six months after striking nine days after being given a suspended jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard how builder Christopher Howarth, 29, was found in a council property
OPPOSITION counci-llors claim they have been frozen out of the key decisions affecting Burnley. The Labour Group has hit out at the joint Liberal Democrat and Conservative alliance for being undem-ocratic following the decision to install its councillors
Turf Moor is heading towards a sell-out for Friday's England 'B' game against Albania. The club has so far sold around 19,500 seats for the friendly game, which could see Michael Owen make his return for the Three Lions following injury. Manchester
BURNLEY'S former chief executive has backed Brendan Flood to take the Clarets to the next level. Dave Edmundson's position was axed as part of a major reshuffle at the club with new millionaire director Flood (left) brought in to work alongside chairman
AS a member of the Upper House I'm told to be careful about what I say about the House of Commons. But I did find MPs' behaviour on Friday to be quite astonishing. To recap, they were debating a Private Member's Bill to exempt themselves as MPs from
SPORTS clubs, schools and community groups are celebrating after sharing in a £1.4million pot of lottery cash. The Lottery's Awards for All programme has announced that 219 grants have been awarded, with a total of £1,440,344 distributed across the North
VISITORS to the hills above Haslingden are set for an extra-terrestrial experience. That's because the first stage in the construction of the Halo Panopticon - a landmark that resembles a flying saucer - is complete. Designed by John Kennedy of LandLab
FURTHER to the article (LT, May 16) headed Caring Gran would do anything for her family' it is a tragedy that she lost her life by being knocked down by a reversing bin lorry. This is not the first time this has happened to an elderly person. It is
AS the press for traffic wardens is always bad, I thought I would let the people of Blackburn know about an incident that made me feel that there are still nice, kind and compassionate people around. My daughter needed to see the orthodontist as an emergency
WHAT a shock to read of the possible reintroduction of weekly bin collections. Where am I and my family of maggots going to live now? I hope appropriate support will be put in place to ensure a continuous supply of two week old, smelling, rotting fish
AFTER the May Day Festival at Towneley Hall, Burnley, more than 60 people can cut their carbon emissions. They took the low energy light bulbs given out by FoE members at our stall. Lots of people have promised to use less fuel at home by insulating
PLANS have been announced for the second instalment of redevelopment money earmarked for improving housing in Hyndburn. Hyndburn Council has received £7.49m Housing Market Renewal money from Elevate for this financial year. Plans are almost complete
I'M BEGINNING to think we English are a dozy lot. We grumble to each other, but we can only do it to people that we trust of course, then we tut tut, shake our heads and move on, but do we do anything about it? Oh no! We are always waiting, hoping
Nine allotments have been created in Church so that residents can grow their own vegetables. Church's Prospects group has set aside the plots of land as part of its drive to improve the local environment. The group has also organised a canal-side walk
A TV programme last night put the spotlight on Lancashire police's zero-tolerance approach to bad behaviour on buses. The Tonight Programme with Trevor McDonald, on ITV, looked at violence and threatening behaviour on public transport. Part of the show
THE Cross Gaits in Blacko is to get new licensees from June 4. Andrew and Andrea Duxbury are to take over the tenancy and are hoping to build on the pub's reputation for selling real ale. They are planning to sell hand-pulled beers from the pub's owners
WHAT happens to actresses when they retire? They spend their twilight years in the Wings' Charity Home. Here these aged ladies, once stars of the stage, grow older ungracefully amid squabbles, jealous and grandiose memories. Or at least that's what
YOUNGSTERS at Brunshaw Action Group, Burnley, will be clicking their heels with joy when their latest production, Wizard of Woz, opens on May 25. The show will be staged at 10am and 1pm for pupils of Brunshaw Primary School as part of a creative partnership
St James Players in Burnley are staging the comedy A Fish Out of Water on May 29, 30 and June 1. The play, set in a hotel on the Italian Riviera, tells the story of Agatha Hepworth, a determinedly outspoken widow and her spinster sister Fiona Francis
My mum in Brum rang me a few weeks ago to tell me she tried something she'd never tried before! Should she really make such disclosures to her easy-to-shock son, I thought? It was something very fruity marmalade! The other day, a young man we're learning
YOUNG people with illnesses are being let down by East Lancashire's councils, a charity has claimed. The Association of Young People with ME (AYME), says that many of the country's Local Education Authorities (LEAs) are not providing sick children with
THE WINNERS of the Lancashire Telegraph's Pet Idol 2007 have been announced today. Since March an array of cats and dogs lined up at the Pet Warehouse in Oswaldtwistle, Animal Magic in Blackburn and Oakmount Veterinary Centre in Burnley to have their
A murder inquiry has been launched after a man died in Burnley. Police were called to Sandpiper Square in the town at about 10.40pm yesterday after the 33-year-old was found with serious injuries. He was taken to Burnley General Hospital, but died an
We begin with a memorable European clash. FORMER Clarets striker Brian Pilkington insists there was no inferiority complex when Burnley em-barked on their first ever European adventure. After receiving a bye in the first round of the European Champion's
IT wasn't the prettiest of games and it threatened to boil over at times but Rock Rovers showed their battling qualities to win an ill-tempered East Lancs League Reserve Division Cup final. The Colne side got the perfect start when the excellent Mark
Blackburn midfielder Brett Emerton has declared his allegiance to Australia's Asian Cup challenge despite a potential overlap with the Ewood Park side's Intertoto Cup campaign. The Socceroos are among the favourites to win the Asian Cup and should Graham
RESIDENTS have been rushing to the defence of an East Lancashire town after it came in for criticism from a major television show. In American TV drama 'Lost', which is watched by millions around the world, Clitheroe was referred to in disgust by fictional
ROBBIE Savage is targeting the Intertoto Cup for a possible comeback after stepping up his recovery from a broken leg. Mark Hughes' midfield enforcer is confident he will be ready to join in pre-season training when the rest of the first team squad reports
A team of women from Clayton-le-Moors Harriers has won the bronze medal at the British Masters Athletic Federation (of BMAF) Road Relay Championships. Masters is the modern term for veterans, and Clayton women were successful in the Age 45-54 Race.
Denise Park has received an invitation to visit Nike's world headquarters in Port-land, Oregon, USA. The chartered physio-therapist from Peel Street, Clitheroe, has been invited in recognition of her work in the sports medical field, and will have the
In weather more suitable for ducks than fell runners, young Tom Addison came of age and ran away from a strong field to win the 27th Pinhaw Fell Race, and second counter in the Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix. Tom, who is only 16 years old and runs for
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman has made his first two signings of the summer in Paul Carden from Burton Albion and Macclesfield's John Miles. Both players were offered new deals at their respective clubs, but chose to move to the Fraser Eagle Stadium
COMEDIAN Paul Merton is up there with Stephen Fry on my list of people who can turn anything they touch into comedy gold. So Channel 4's Paul Merton in China could well have been "Paul Merton on the moon" and I'd have enjoyed it. But thankfully the
The body of an elderly man was pulled out of the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Barrowford Locks. Emergency crews attended the canal at 10.15am yesterday after the grim discovery. Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious.
VISITORS and patients took advantage of the new free bus service between the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital. The half-hourly bus service, which connects the two sprawling sites, was launched yesterday following a plea from patients
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council's new ruling coalition will hold its first briefing with officers tomorrow to receive details of their reviews. The partnership, made up of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and For Darwen Party, has already announced
A MINOR injury service will be available permanently in Darwen after a successful trial. From June 4 the service will be available Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 6pm to offer assessment, treatment and advice for a wide range of minor injuries.
