TWO hero housemates have told how they pulled their neighbour from a smoke-filled kitchen after a fire in the early hours of the morning. Rhys Lomax, 29, and Chris Clark, 25, of South Street, Haslingden, charged into the 41-year-old man’s home
A MAN is bidding to beat spiralling energy costs after installing a wind turbine at his Blackburn home to generate his own electricty. Phil Proffitt, 41, of Eastcott Close, Blackburn, said he had already gathered enough charge to power his
A TODDLER is facing three years of intensive chemotherapy after being diagnosed with leukaemia. Three-year-old Rieli Biggins, of Accrington, is undergoing treatment every two weeks since being diagnosed with the disease in May. Doctors
DANCERS' spirits weren't dampened by Sunday showers as 18 acts took to the Celebrate Blackburn stage for the second day of the weekend festivities. More than 200 people took part in the Community Dance Day outside the town hall. Adults and children
BRAVE Burnley schoolboy Joshua Ford made a goalscoring return as he played football for the first time in eight months. Sport-made Joshua, who turned 10 today, got out on the field for the first time since last year, when his legs were amputated
Helmshore Primary School is presenting the musical Grease at Haslingden High School’s theatre. The production runs from the 9th to the 12th of July and curtain up is at 7pm. £4 for adults and £3 for children.
VILLAGERS in Whitworth are bidding to bring back the spirit of the 1970s - with a rush cart festival. Organisers hope the event - which sees bunches of rush plant built on the back of a cart - will bring villagers out on to the streets in September.
A TRAWDEN man couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a white starling feeding in his garden. Stunned Alan Southworth, 74, of Boulsworth Drive, was sat in his living room with his wife Lily when they spotted the bird. He said: “My wife
SCOOTER fanatics are set to abandon their rides and push a car between two towns to raise money for a paralysed teenager. Members of Darwen's Pogue Mahone Scooter Club plan to make the four-and-a-half-mile journey from Blackburn train station
PUPILS and staff at a Burnley primary school are celebrating after they were praised by a Government watchdog. Inspectors from Ofsted gave Heasandford Primary School, in Williams Road, a thumbs up after a visit last month to rank its teaching
ACCRINGTON may have reached the Worsley Cup final for the first time in 19 years, but captain David Ormerod is not yet daring to dream of a double. Although the Thorneyholme Road side partied long into the night after edging a tight game against
