A MAN has died after a car accident in Rishton earlier tonight. The man, who has not been identified, was a passenger in an N-registered Ford car which crashed in Blackburn Road, Rishton, at about 6pm. It is believed the vehicle, which was travelling
A HAMPER of local food fit for a prince is winging its way to HRH The Prince of Wales all the way from Lancashire. The prince has shown his passion for local produce with his support of the third annual Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture
Now set in quiet countryside, Tockholes was once very busy with people, and youngsters can have lots of fun finding the ruined houses at Halliwell Fold and Hollinshead Hall. There is an extensive reservoir at Upper Roddlesworth with lots of
FORMER Padiham boss Steve Wilkes admits it will be a strange feeling when his Runcorn Linnets side takes on the Storks in the FA Vase tomorrow. Wilkes ended a successful four-and-a-half year stay at the Arbories in January when he moved to join the Vodkat
FACEBOOK is literally ruining my life. OK, that was a little melodramatic. But it is literally ruining my wardrobe. The popularity of digital cameras means that there's rarely a night out with your friends that isn't captured on film. And with everybody
YOU’VE got to feel a bit sorry for Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. The problem is they’ve set such high standards with their comedy that any new show is bound to suffer in comparison. Last night they returned with the unimaginatively titled Harry
IN her own words, Mikyla Dodd became famous for being "the fat girl from Hollyoaks". Born and bred in Blackburn, she struggled to come to terms with a lonely childhood and a difficult relationship with her father. An abortion at 12 and both cocaine
FINDING effective ways to get rid of waste is one of the biggest issues of our time. Burying rubbish in the ground or landfill is no longer an option. We are a small island and just don’t have the room. Recycling is the name of the game and big strides
A TEENAGER no longer faces a three-mile walk to school. Georgina Norton used to receive free bus travel to St Wilfrid’s CE High School in Blackburn, because she lived over three miles away. But last August she and her mother Caitlin moved to Darwen,
ROVERS new boy Vince Grella aims to start laying the foundations for another tilt at World Cup glory when he goes up against Ewood Park team-mate Andre Ooijer on Saturday night. Grella and Blackburn Rovers colleague Brett Emerton will line up against
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Roque Santa Cruz has admitted he’s putting club before country in a bid to recovery from injury. The 27-year-old hobbled out of last weekend’s 4-1 defeat at West Ham United with an Achilles injury, but was hoping to be fit in
BURNLEY defender Steven Caldwell has welcomed the transfer deadline day capture of countryman Steven Thompson, and hopes the towering striker can help solve their attacking problems. The Clarets have scored only once in the Championship’s opening four
THE son of a man who was murdered in a Burnley park said his father would still be alive if police had responded to his call for help. Umar Shafiq, 18, said police his father, Mohammed, had told them about a possible attack half-an-hour before he was
A JUDGE has demanded that four witnesses who she believes lied to protect a convicted sex attacker be investigated for perjury. Judge Heather Llloyd said they presented Javid Iqbal Ali’s latest victim as a ‘lying, scheming woman when they must
A MAN who left his Blackburn brother-in-law in a wheelchair after a ‘cowardly’ attack has been jailed for more than three years. James Patterson, 51, was ‘robbed of the enjoyment of the rest of his life’ as a result of the brain injuries he sustained
