A CONTROVERSIAL 400-metre bus lane will be staying, despite angry protests by residents. A public meeting was called over the stretch in Preston Old Road, Blackburn, outside Witton Park. And Michael Lee, leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, turned
St Peters Church, Haslingden is holding a Past & Present Exhibition on St Peter's Avenue. It is from Friday 26th June to Monday 29th June. Admission is by programme - £1. There will be a wide range of exhibits from various eras and refreshments
A FORMER finance officer who stole £24,000 from people with severe levels of autism has been jailed for 14 months. Julie Robb, 53, was told she had stole from the 'vulnerable' and was guilty of a serious breach of trust as she was imprisoned at Preston
AN IT solutions company has a bright future after it received more than £50,000 in loans to expand the business. StoneHouse Logic, Clayton-le-Moors, received the cash from Michelin Develop-ments, part of the tyre giant. Since it started five years ago
BUNGLING council chiefs have admitted they did do resurfacing work in a back alley – despite claiming they knew nothing about it. On Monday, the Lanca-shire Telegraph revealed that the alleyway on one side of Bank Street, Darwen, had been resurfaced,
THOUSANDS of pounds of diamonds will be on show at a unique event at a Ribble Valley hotel next week. The Cassis restaurant at Stanley House Hotel in Mellor will host a ‘Champagne and Diamonds Evening’ on Friday, June 26, from 7.30pm, in
LEAM Richardson could be set to leave Accrington Stanley – and Jay Bell’s departure has now been confirmed. Richardson, who is out of contract at the end of the month, struggled with injuries during 2008/09 and is unhappy with a new deal that is heavily
A MOTHER whose possessions were wrecked when a blaze ripped through her family home is suffering more heartache after her son’s treasured pet cat went missing. Marie Outlaw, 31 and her seven-year-old son Ben were left homeless following the fire at her
BLACKBURN Rovers have received praise in parliament for slashing the price of their season tickets. The plaudits have been handed out by MP John Leech who represents the Manchester Withington constituency. And the Ewood Park club welcomed Mr Leech’s
MORE than 150 budding entrepreneurs have benefited since the Enterprise Haven opened its doors to new businesses 10 months ago. The Haven, in Every Street, Whitefield, Nelson, has units for two local businesses and managed ‘hot desk’ facilities for six
I couldn’t get you a table in McDonalds, so I don’t think I’m powerful.” That was comedian Shazia Mirza’s response to being listed on the inaugural Muslim Women's Power List as one of the 20 most successful Muslim women in the UK. “I just want to make
ARMY chiefs have denied that a pilot project which will see 100 problem young people sent to a military boot camp will cause trouble. A group of 16 to 20-year-olds from Burnley and Padiham, including some with criminal convictions, will next month be
A JUDGE branded two thugs ‘feral and out of control’ as he jailed them for a total of six years. Steven Jepson, 20, of Exeter Street, and Shaun Gleave, 18, of Hollin Bridge Street, both Blackburn, attacked two people in half an hour last October
FEARS are growing for the safety of a woman who has not been seen for three months Kyounghwa Lin, 49, who is originally from North Korea, was last seen at 8.30am on Thursday, March 12, at her home address in Charterhouse Place, Blackburn. Kyounghwa
A FAMILY who lost a mum and her four daughters in a blaze will appear in a crime documentary to prove her husband was the killer. Caneze Riaz, who was a popular community worker, died along with her four daughters in the blaze at their home in Tremellen
AN East Lancashire library is set to re-open after a £249,000 revamp. Oswaldtwistle Library in Union Road will open on Monday with updated and modernised facilities. The run-down library was completely transformed as part of Lancashire County Council's
THREE children’s play areas have had to be closed after vandals caused more than £5,000 damage by ripping up rubber safety flooring. Play sites in New Chapel Street, Griffin Park, and Hamilton Street, Blackburn, have all been chained up to prevent youngsters
I read with interest last week that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has recommended pensioners who pay 40 per cent tax should be denied winter fuel allowance. I agree with this and it should be applied to people receiving family allowance
Recently you published two articles on the bus lane on Preston Old Road, Blackburn. The first noted that although all the paint had been used in preparing this lane, the signage had been produced incorrectly thus making the bus lane out of order before
You may have heard about the Armed Forces Day on June 27. We are told it is to “encourage greater understanding and appreciation of our Armed Forces by the British public”. It’s going to be fun! It is, in fact, a thinly disguised recruitment campaign
BRENDAN Flood admits there may have been an element of luck in his prediction that Owen Coyle could be the next big thing in management, but he is still in no rush to withdraw his famous comparison to Bill Shankly. When Flood compared Coyle
TRADERS have joined forces with police as part of a crackdown on crime in Barnoldswick town centre. Retailers are working with the nighbourhood policing team by displaying warning posters, sharing information about shoplifters and other criminals and
A DARWEN artist’s portrait of Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has been stolen from an exclusive gallery. Ed Chapman, who was brought up in The Vicarage, Hawkshaw Avenue, and attended St Cuthbert’s Primary School, had spent two weeks creating the
SUPERMARKET chain Tesco looks set to be given the go-ahead for a new superstore in Great Harwood’s Queen Street. Hyndburn Plannning Committee will make a decision on the store at a meeting on Wednesday. But a report from the council’s planning officers
Jermaine Pennant, loaned to Portsmouth from Liverpool last season, is a possible target for Manchester City to provide competition for winger Shaun Wright-Phillips. Manchester United are considering a move for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie
KITTY Ussher should stand down now in the wake of her expenses storm, her political rivals in Burnley have said. Council leader Coun Gordon Birtwistle has said her actions are making a mockery of Burnley’s reputation in Parliament and has called
MATT Derbyshire will join Olympiakos – likely to be early next week – after a second improved offer was accepted by Blackburn Rovers last night. The Greek champions are now discussing terms with the 23-year-old – who enjoyed a successful loan spell at
TONIGHT’S Lancashire League 20/20 derby between Haslingden and Rawtenstall has been postponed. The game, scheduled for Bacup Road, would have been the first of a weekend trilogy of Rossendale Valley debies - but it has clashed with a Rawtenstall fund-raising
There is intriguing action at Birch Hall - and it should be a cracker. South African professionals will be in direct opposition with David Wiese’s Darwen up against Mario Olivier’s Lancaster.
MAXIMUM masters Baxenden aim to take another giant step to their first Ribblesdale League crown since 1993 tomorrow when they head to Padiham looking to make it 11 from 11. Ian Austin’s side have won their first 10 games and Read’s loss to Edenfield
As we head into another summer spent watching reality TV and an over-hyped cricket series it seems the scammers are working their magic again. This week I had loads of dodgy emails and calls – and every single one had me thinking whether there are people
RESEARCH by East Lancashire doctors, which could help prevent stillbirths and promote safer pregnancies, is being presented to top childbirth experts. Specialist obstetrics and gynaecology registrars Alex Heazell, Georgios Theophilou and Shaista Iftikhar
For the first time, the lid has been lifted on just what our MPs claim on expenses. East Lancashire’s MPs have claimed for everything from televisions and groceries to a dry-stone wall, bedding and beer glasses. Thousands of pounds have also been paid
OWEN Coyle yesterday penned a new four-year deal as manager of Burnley and insisted he could not have let down his players by leaving the club. Coyle was heavily linked with Celtic in the days after the Clarets’ promotion to the Premier League, with
HIGH-flying Haslingden aim to revive their championship hopes this weekend with back-to-back games against rivals Rawtenstall as the Lancashire League is taken over by derby fever. Rain on May 17 led to the first round of derbies being washed out -
AS an independent businessman, the prospect of an office job would have horrified Dave O’Neill two years ago – let alone running Accrington Stanley. But O’Neill now finds himself as the man in charge of day-to-day affairs at the club after
A MUCH-needed new primary school will be built on former water board land, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. But houses could be ‘compulsory purchased’ to make room for it. Land off Macleod Street, which once housed the water board’s yard, and properties
The daughter of one of the region’s best known runners, Maureen Laney, has flown out to Malawi to overlook work on a new classroom which has been made possible thanks to the generosity of local athletes. Eleanor Laney, 20, last year spent three months
Ben Fish has received his first international call and will represent England in the marathon after just three races over the distance. The popular Blackburn Harrier took up the event less than two years ago and feels he is still learning, in terms
Stoke City boss Tony Pulis has called reports linking Thomas Sorensen with Bayern Munich “nonsense”. Stories in the Danish press suggested the 33-year-old was a target for the four-time European champions. However, Pulis is confident Sorensen will
TERRY Martin did his chances of retaining the SD34 Road Rally title a power of good by claiming maximum points on last weekend’s Memorial Rally. The Blackburn driver finished 11th overall on the event, which took in the lanes of the Ribble Valley and
Daniel Barritt and Conrad Rautenbach were celebrating this week after scoring their best result of the season. The pair collected their biggest points haul of the year by finishing an excellent fifth on the Acropolis Rally of Greece. Barritt, from Barrowford
West Bradford domiciled policeman Duncan Park, who pedals a bike as part of his job, had his best win of his come-back when he was top rider in the 18-mile Condor Road Club time-trial held in foggy conditions high up on the Pennines. It was a close
TENNIS ace Elizabeth Thomas has seen her Wimbledon dream come to an end – but the Blackburn-born star left the qualifying venue with her head held high. The 24-year-old British number 12 almost almost caused the upset of the first qualifying round as
AN “OPPORTUNIST” sex attacker has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Peter Dobbins, 41, tried to rape a 26-year-old woman at a house in Burnley, last September, a court heard. Yesterday, unemployed Dobbins, who had previous convictions for drink-related
A SECURITY van driver has admitted causing a crash which killed a Pendle man and his grandchild as they travelled to a family funeral. Ian Shennan's dangerous driving forced East Lancashire man Paul Anderson to take evasive action to avoid a head-on
