ALAN Judge scored the only goal of the game as Blackburn Rovers Reserves gave the club a welcome lift with a 1-0 win at Liverpool tonight. The Republic of Ireland Under 21 international midfielder slammed home a penalty to give Rovers all three
HEALTH bosses in East Lancashire have promised to step up their public health campaign - despite having already saved 300,000 years of life. NHS East Lancashire launched its ambition Save a Million Years of Life (SMYL) campaign last year, pledging
TWO brothers have hailed the county’s heart services as they marked the 10th anniversary of an operation to save their dad’s life. Norman Blackledge, 70, of Great Harwood, underwent an eight-hour operation at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, with
A SINGING schoolgirl is set for the big time after winning a top talent competition and scooping a £1,000 prize. Miranda Myles, 13, from Pleasington, wowed the judges, former X Factor stars Same Difference, in an online competition. To
POLICE say they are “concerned” about a Colne man who has been missing for three weeks. Howard Grimshaw, 34, was last seen at his home in Oak Street at around 9.15am on November 13. Officers say they are particularly concerned because
A MAN who stabbed a Chorley schoolgirl after drinking half a bottle of whisky said people did ‘silly things’ after too much alcohol, a court heard. Kristofer Beddar, 21, allegedly made the remark to a prison guard after his arrest over the
ONE minute’s silence was held at the opening of Padiham Town Council’s meeting on Monday, in respect for the recently deceased Pat Lord who was the first Mayoress of Padiham. Sgt Tim Cussans attended the meeting to present his first police report.
THE Friday “chill out” room in Padiham Town Hall has now reopened. Between 50-60 young people have attended.
A SUDDEN blizzard in the winter of 1967 caught many on the hop, but not these youngsters from Nelson. While the half-hour snowstorm slowed everyone else down, it injected some speed for this group of friends from the Moorland Drive area of
POACHERS are being sent letters warning them of the penalties they face as part of a crackdown on rural crime. High visibility patrols will also be carried out in known poaching hotspots in the Ribble Valley to deter thieves, as part of Operation Sika
KEVIN McDonald’s combined fee of £500,000 is already proving to be a bargain – just five months into his Turf Moor career. But ordering a pot of tea to share with Mr and Mrs McDonald before a deal with Dundee was struck is arguably the best
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 12-year-old Clayton-le-Woods girl who died suddenly. Friends of Sophie Greenall, who was a pupil at Westholme in Blackburn, have set up a group on social networking site, Facebook, after her death last Friday.
A COUPLE accused of murder were acting in a “very agitated” way in the aftermath of the death, a court heard. Yasira Pervez, 22, and Ian Priddle, 46, visited a village on the outskirts of Islamabad in the hours after the death of her husband
BARRY Kilby has labelled Burnley’s Carling Cup quarter-final triumph over Arsenal as one of his greatest experiences as chairman, but hopes the best is yet to come. Kilby marks his 10-year anniversary at the Turf Moor helm this month, and he is hoping
BEN Lindsay has been selected for the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium on December 14. The trial race was at Sefton Park in Liverpool on Saturday in a fixture
SOPHIE Horrocks from Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School has been selected to represent England in the World Schools’ Orienteering Championships in Madrid next Easter. Sophie, who is in Year 11 at BRGS, has been selected in the five-strong senior girls
BEN Fish has broken the course record at the David Staff Memorial Fell Race, even though none of his rivals could press him. It was the Blackburn Harrier’s first victory in this event although he did restrict the current British fell champion Rob Hope
Raise your hand if you hate your alarm clock. I think that’s probably most of the population. As we make a frantic dash for the snooze button, squeezing just an extra few minutes in bed, we think “What’s the harm?” But how many people have the kind
WEATHER is likely to play a decisive role in the outcome of this year’s Rally Wales GB. That’s the view of East Lancashire’s leading navigator, Daniel Barritt, who is competing in the four-day event alongside Japanese driver Fumio Nutahara. Sub-zero
A driver has escaped with minor injuries after his van overturned in Chorley this afternoon. The incident happened at around 3.50pm, today in Blackburn Brow. A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: “We received a call at 3.50pm reporting that
ANGRY residents have hit out at council bosses for removing trees from a public footpath. And Coun Kate Hollern, the leader of the borough’s Labour Party, said the council’s ‘excuses’ for not replacing the plants were ‘nonsense’. But council chiefs
HEALTH chiefs will never be allowed to build a drug centre in residential areas of Hyndburn, council bosses have vowed. Following a protest from residents and Hyndburn Council, East Lancashire PCT bosses withdrew plans to site a drug and alcohol rehabilitation
BLACKBURN with Darwen Mayor Coun Mohammed Khan has backed Diana Vickers to make it through to the X Factor finals and has called on local people to support her bid for victory. Coun Khan said Diana had been “wonderful” so far in the ITV show. He said
PLANS to axe Lancashire’s emergency fire control room and replace it with a regional call-handling centre have been delayed. The £380million proposals, which have been condemned by firefighters, will see Lancashire’s Broughton control centre make way
MATRON was once a very important person in the hierarchy of any hospital. She ruled with an iron fist and ensured that strict rules were adhered to by both her nursing staff, patients and visitors — when they were allowed on the wards, which was usually
TWO hundred years ago, community justice was the stocks; visible justice was the gallows. Society is unrecognisable now, but if you listened to some media commentators on Monday when I launched high-visibility vests for offenders on community service
WE have a couple of very old photographs of the children’s ward at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, both taken between the two world wars. The first was taken in 1935/6 at Christmas. The ward has a very big tree, while the youngsters are also all playing with
TIMES have become a lot tougher for many people in the past month. But one group of people, the majority of pensioners, have been having to make ends meet on very tight budgets for a long time. Free bus travel is essential to the thousands of them who
A FOURTH East Lancashire mill has been gutted in a blaze. Flames ripped through the roof at Wellington Mill, Bolton Road, Blackburn, sending a plume of black smoke over the area just after 11pm on Tuesday. Firefighters battled the flames, but at
SHOPS, cafes, and pubs will soon be making their toilets available for the public, free of charge. The ‘Community Toilet Scheme’ has been launched in Bacup to provide more loos for public use without an obligation to make a purchase.
MONEY to give terminally-ill children a special Christmas will instead have to be spent on repairs after thieves went on the rampage. Chorley's Derian House Children’s Hospice is counting the cost after burglars raided one of the charity’s fundraising
The results of the sweet red wine judging are: Colin Prescott, first; Harry Halstead, second; Mike Flanagan, third. The Annual General Meeting took place on Monday and the Christmas Party will take place on the 8th December. Thanks are extended to
BUSINESSMEN and women from East Lancashire celebrated five years of dreams becoming realities this week. Michelin Development hosted an fifth anniversary event to commemorate the initiative which has seen 500 jobs created since it was launched in 2003
RECYCLING advice is set to be handed out at a series of pre-Christmas supermarket roadshows over the next two weeks. Burnley Council’s streetscene unit staff will be at Burnley’s Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco stores spreading a message of goodwill and
BRIAN Jensen may have further enhanced his hero status with another unbeatable performance, but it was Burnley’s “twelfth man” the goalkeeper pointed to for a job well done against Arsenal. Arsene Wenger’s young pupils had excelled in the Carling Cup
A THIEF tricked his way into an elderly woman’s house and stole money from her purse. Police said the man asked the 84-year-old woman if he could fill up a water bottle inside her house, in Hallam Road, Nelson, at around 2.30pm on Monday.
FOURTEEN jobs at a Darwen-based flooring company have been saved after it was bought out. Simon and Daniel Plant, of business recovery and turnaround firm SFP, were appointed administrators of JJS Logistics Limited on October 28, following
BLACKBURN Rovers have named a youthful reserve squad for tonight's trip to Liverpool, which will go ahead after a pitch inspection was cancelled. With weather conditions improving, the Premier Reserve League (North) contest will take place
TWO men have been charged in connection with a robbery at a Blackburn jewellers. John Groom and Mark Groom, who are from the Manchester area, were arrested on Tuesday and have now been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. Last year
BOROUGH councillors protested outside a meeting to discuss the controversial bus lane proposals to link Blackburn, Darwen and Accrington. Protesters from Hyndburn Council said they felt they were not being consulted on the scheme, and council
A VOTE to ratify the ‘yes’ decision on the Darwen Town Council takes place tonight. All councillors from Blackburn with Darwen will make a decision at a full council meeting at Blackburn Town Hall. Residents went to the polls on October 16 to vote and
PEOPLE have been challenged to come up with a name for Thwaites’ new dray horse. Following the retirement of the brewery’s 18-year-old star horse Classic, the Blackburn firm turned to Garstang breeder Bob Gardner. He has provided a new
A Clayton-le-Woods pizza restaurant has scooped a top award. Dantes at the Halfway House won the Pizza Restaurant of the Year 2008 gold award. It was presented to pizza chef Antonio d’Anetra by the Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association at a
A TEENAGER who lost three stone at a extreme sports weight loss camp has backed a new scheme to prevent other youngsters having to take such steps. Kirsty Powell,19, of Haslingden, is supporting the British Heart Foundation’s new campaign to educate
Blackburn Rovers’ reserve team will take on Liverpool in Warrington tonight at 7pm if The Halliwell Jones Stadium surface passes a morning pitch inspection.
Burnley’s reserve team fixture against Tranmere Rovers at the Fraser Eagle Stadium last night was postponed due to bad weather. A new date is to be arranged.
David Van Day is second favourite to win 'I'm A Celebrity... The former Dollar singer's odds have been slashed by more than half - 3/1 down from 8/1 - following ex-Blue member Simon Webbe's exit last night (03.12.08). The calculating contestant
Joe Swash’s mum has confirmed his relationship with Kara Tointon. It was reported last week the I’m A Celebrity… contestant was dating his former ‘EastEnders’ co-star – who played his on-screen sister Dawn Swann – but the actress refused to confirm
GOAL hero Kevin McDonald believes Burnley have got what it takes to win promotion this season, but admitted they must keep reproducing their outstanding Carling Cup form in the Championship to make it a reality. McDonald struck twice to dump Arsenal
David Van Day is furious because Joe Swash and Simon Webbe have written a song. The former Dollar star was angered when the actor and ex-Blue singer teamed up to pen a ditty, fearing it would threaten his chances of chart success with Biff, Baff, Boff
Martina Navratilova disappointed herself by winning just two meals for camp. The former tennis star put herself forward to compete in Wash and Cry, which saw her rummaging through a hamper of dirty clothes – mixed in with foul-smelling jungle pulp
Simon Webbe blasted David Van Day after being voted off I'm A Celebrity... last night. The former Blue member slammed the ex-Dollar singer for making an intentionally light-hearted comment about suicide. Simon said: "He annoyed me when he said
PAUL Ince last night bemoaned his side’s display as they were knocked out of the Carling Cup by Manchester United. A Carlos Tevez hat-trick helped United to a convincing 5-3 quarter final win as the pressure was piled on to an increasingly under fire
THE railway line between Hebden Bridge and Rochdale has been closed after a fatality on the line at Todmorden. National Rail advise that a normal service is not expected to resume until about 1pm.
RE. comments by the EU Commission president that “people who matter in Britain are currently thinking about” membership of the euro have been condemned by UKIP. The people who matter in Britain are the people, not the professional political class that
I AM writing to correct a statement (LT Nov 21) regarding the treatment of unsafe gravestones in Burnley Cemeteries. The council’s Labour Group leader, Coun Julie Cooper, stated she would like to see the council or the government giving assistance to
CALLS have been made for East Lancashire’s minor roads and pavements to be gritted more. While the main thoroughfares have been gritted by council and Highways Agency crews, councillors said they had been inundated by complaints from people
Recently I watched a documentary about a dead whale that exploded on a city street in Taiwan. It had something to do with a build-up of gases inside the corpse. It got me thinking about a whale I went to look at in Blackburn, about 38 years ago. I've
DOZENS of people saw Father Christmas switch the Christmas lights on at the Sunnyhurst pub, Tockholes Road, on Tuesday night. It is the first year landlady Sandra McCarroll has been running the pub. And she was determined to keep up the tradition
SNOW and ice has forced schools to close and caused traffic chaos across Lancashire for a third day. CURRENT TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AT 11.00AM. A59 both ways blocked due to snow around Gledstone Road. Reports that six lorries have got stuck
Tickets for Morecambe's eagerly anticipated game against Luton Town on December 20 will be available to purchase from the Shrimps' club shop from Monday. The tickets for the Shrimps' first visit to Kenilworth Road will be on sale from December
BELTHORN Dog Inn C have joined the Elite after winning their league title with a 100 per cent record. The Dog won all 14 of their games to win the Division Two title in the Elite Blinds Blackburn Community Sum-mer seven-a-side League. The champions
WHEN Mick Taylor took up darts five years ago, he didn’t think he would be good enough to even get in his local pub team. But now five years on, the Burnley darter is on his way to the Lakeside – the spirtual home of darts. The 40-year-old won a series
BURNLEY Belvedere have put clear daylight between themselves and the chasing pack — something that could not be said about this fog-bound encounter. Visibility may well have been poor but one thing was clear to see, the defending champions
ROSSENDALE have moved to the top of North Two West for the first time in the club’s history and coach David Wood reckons there is better to come. Dale ran in two tries with Shaun Stirrup kicking 13 points to go joint top with Rochdale.
HAIDHER Riaz is a knockout success after landing a national novice boxing title. The talented 15-year-old won a series of stunning victories to win the English Junior Novice ABA title in Essex. What made the success even more remarkable
A swan was rescued from a frozen canal after local schoolchildren spotted the stricken bird. Crew manager Craig Etherington said the young male swan became frozen in the icy waters at 4.20pm yesterday in the Leeds Liverpool canal behind the Albion
A MOTORIST was seriously injured when a car crashed into her as she scraped ice off her windscreen on a busy road. Dianna Hall, 60, is believed to have pulled over onto a grass verge in Accrington Road, Whalley, when her BMW’s window frosted
A HEADTEACHER has been sacked after a 10-month investigation into alleged financial irregularities. Education bosses said Peter Cunningham had been dismissed from Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, in Red Lane, Colne, following the
