A DERELICT Brierfield mill has been left "very unstable" after an arson attack, firefighters said. Firefighters were called to the former Trojan Products, Lob Lane Mill, off Clitheroe Road, just before 11.30am on Saturday. A blaze was started in one
Haslingden will meet Enfield in the final of the Lancashire Cricket League 20/20 Competition. The match will take place on August 27th which, of course, is Bank Holiday Monday. The venue has yet to be decided.
THE landlady of an Oswaldtwistle pub was attacked by her drunken partner just two days before they were due to fly to Fiji to be married. Hyndburn magistrates heard the incident in the Printers Arms was the start of a bizarre sequence of events which
POLICE are advising residents not to be alarmed if they hear early morning noise near Darwen Tower on Wednesday. As part of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Scouting movement, Scouts from Darwen are taking part in a dawn
BURNLEY recorded their fifth pre-season victory after beating their Yorkshire rivals 2-0 at Turf Moor. An Andy Gray penalty on 15 minutes and an Ade Akinbiyi strike on 53 minutes gave the Clarets a much deserved win. Gray struck from the spot after
BLACKBURN Rovers served up a goal feast at Ewood Park as they overpowered FK Vetra to secure a place in the UEFA Cup. Morten Gamst Pedersen set the ball rolling with a first half header, then three goals in a devastating seven minute spell immediately
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen was on target as Blackburn Rovers took a first half lead in the second leg of their third round Intertoto Cup tie with FK Vetra. Leading 2-0 from the first leg in Lithuania last week, Rovers took another major step towards a
A DRUNKEN single mother who punched a woman in a melee has been spared jail at Burnley Crown Court. Kay Taylor, 23, had later bitten the victim but a hearing had previously found it couldn't be sure she wasn't acting in self defence. She was the initial
Two men went on a £4,000 fire raising spree for no apparent reason, a court was told. Martin John Pickup, 20, had torched a car which then then set fire to another vehicle next to it. Christopher Paul Forkin, 19, set a shed alight in the early hours
THE Bishop of Blackburn is urging parishioners across the county to help victims of the flooding which has blighted much of central England. The Rt Rev Nicholas Reade has written to every Church of England parish in Lancashire requesting their support
A BONFIRE in Corportion Street, Accrington, was doused at 12.20am this morning. Residents compalined about smoke coming from the fire and emergency crews attended the incident.
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Junction 7 Business Park in Clayton-le-Moors at 1am today after reports that a gas cylinder was leaking outside a building. When they arrived they were forced to isolate an area around the cylinder while they made it secure
A 15-year-old boy was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital today following a house fire. The incident occurred in Persia Street, Accrington, at around 6.30am. Fire crews said the blaze started in the kitchen but because the room had been so badly damaged
JOHN Spicer could be a target for Burnley's Championship rivals Plymouth Argyle. Sources in the South West claim that Pilgrims manager Ian Holloway is considering a six-figure swoop for the 23-year-old midfielder, but the Clarets have refused to comment
MARK Hughes believes the arrival of Roque Santa Cruz will give his side a whole new dimension in the Premiership this season. Having sat back for most of the summer and watched the rest of his Premiership rivals spend vast sums in the transfer market
STANLEY boss John Coleman says he's happy with his side's Scotland trip so far - despite the lack of goals. The Reds have played out goalless draws against Brechin City and Arbroath in the first two parts of their tour north of the border. And with
LANCASHIRE League leaders Rishton will fancy themselves as hot favourites to take the points tomorrow as they face bottom side Accrington at Blackburn Road. Accrington, who have won just twice all season, are without Simon Hanson and Toby Bulcock so
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes reckons Roque Santa Cruz could turn out to be one of the bargains of the season. In a summer of record spending in the Premiership, Hughes was today on the verge of making his most expensive signing since becoming Rovers' manager
STEVE Cotterill's men are bracing themselves for a nerve-wracking bout of white-water rafting as they jet out to Austria tomorrow. For the third time in four years, Cotterill is taking his Clarets squad to small but spectacular Obertraun in a bid to
MARK Hughes reckons last week's Intertoto Cup sojourn to Lithuanian has whetted his players' appetites for another European adventure. Rovers flourished on the continent last season, going further in the UEFA Cup than any previous side had done in the
