A NEW report into Preston’s £700million Tithebarn project warns the fragile state of the high street means that as many as 67 per cent of the planned tenants are “in doubt” and say the choice of store is “unrealistic”. A decision will be
HUNDREDS of Rovers fans queued for up to two hours to be among the first in the club’s new town centre club shop torday. Manager Sam Allardyce and players Stephen Warnock and Ryan Nelsen helped open the store in The Mall, before signing autographs
LONGRIDGE Commun-ity Hospital has scored a treble ‘excellent’ rating following an inspection of facilities for inpatients. The hospial's respect for privacy and dignity, food quality and environment received top scores from the National Patient Safety
READING body language and eye contact are tactics to be used to prevent crime and disorder on nights out in Darwen. It follows a conflict management training course in which licensees and door staff teamed up with the police. The training, delivered
Children and family members are invited to an annual puppet festival at The Horse and Bamboo Theatre in Waterfoot, Rossendale on Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of July. The festival features some of the UK’s most exciting and innovative
AN AWARENESS group aimed at making Blackburn safer has almost trebled. Campaigners behind the ‘Make Blackburn Safer’ group say their Facebook membership has risen from 1,127 to 3000 with a number of pubs also joining the campaign since being featured
INVESTIGATIONS are taking place into recent reports of fly-tipping behind the Commercial Hotel in Rawtenstall. The overgrown land to the rear of the property has become a magnet for illegal dumping in recent months. Officers from the Rossendale environment
CHRISTIAN Vieri's Blackburn Rovers trial has been extended after an impressive showing at their Austrian training camp. The former Italian international will meet up again with Sam Allardyce's squad for their tour of Italy and Croatia,starting
THE prospects of improving East Lancashire’s creaking rail links are looking remote after they were snubbed by regional government bosses. Much-needed revamps of the region’s connections to Manchester have been left off a new document setting out what
CHURCH suffered more semi-final agony as they missed out in the Lancashire’s League’s 20/20 showpiece following a defeat to Burnley on Friday night. The beaten Worsley Cup semi-finalists went down by five wickets at West End to Burnley, who will now
HASLINGDEN Primary School has been named Rossendale SPAR Star School of the Year. The school won the title after gaining the highest number of points at the district qualifying events for the SPAR Youth Games last year. The local competition included
CLARETS heroes have paid tribute to fellow legend and “true gentleman” Tommy Cummings who has died aged 80. The former Burnley FC captain and big centre-half was an integral member of the 1959/60 First Division championship-winning side. And he etched
TRIBUTES have been paid to a “stalwart” of a Rossendale cricket club who died this week. Sport enthusiasts have expressed their condolences after the death of Rawtenstall-born Brian Manning, a former player and chairman of Rawtenstall cricket club.
BURNLEY are in talks with 21-year-old Hamilton Academical defender Brian Easton, after agreeing an undisclosed fee for the Scotland Under 21 international. The left back has yet to complete a medical at Turf Moor, but is expected to join up with the
WHEN the news spread that Christian Vieri was on trial with Blackburn Rovers, you could hear the sniggering among the masses. “Sam’s at it again, chasing another has-been,” was the response. Burnley’s Owen Coyle is renowned for signing Scots and Accrington
A MAN who made his Asian next door neighbours’ lives a misery with his anti-social and racist conduct was spared immediate jail. Burnley Crown Court heard how Nigel Hesmondhalgh, 36, who had a British National Party sticker in the window of his Accrington
A PENSIONER was knocked unconscious and robbed in a street attack as she walked home from church. The 72-year-old woman was walking down Linden Road in Colne on Sunday when she was shoved to the floor by a “chubby” woman. She made off with the pensioner
One couple I knew made love on the first and third Saturday nights of each month. He earned the wage, did the hoovering, rubbish and washing-up while she ironed, cooked, cleaned and paid the bills. They had rigid – some might say frigid – demarcations
DOESN'T time fly when you're having fun? It was only when we received a letter off the bank saying our fixed rate mortgage was coming to an end that we realised we’d been in our first proper home for two years now. It feels like only five minutes ago
A HALFWAY house for the homeless, in the middle of a retirement community, is set to be created after being given the go-ahead by planners in Colne. Supporters of Joe Heyworth’s proposals for the former Delta nursing home in Keighley Road say it will
THE following incident recently revealed, throws considerable light on the need for a more open and demonstrable system of justice to be seen to be working fairly and democratically in our country. I refer to the case of a woman who was being sued by
A FINES amnesty has been offered to shoppers and town centre workers caught out by Colne’s controversial new parking regime. Last week the main Dockray Street car park was converted into a maximum two-and-a-half hour stay, controlled by Pendle
BURNLEY MP Kitty Ussher has praised the town’s midwives after a visit. Mrs Ussher called in at the Edith Watson Maternity Unit at Burnley General Hospital after midwives there won an award for promoting natural home and water births. The unit won a
IN reply to Stan Melling (LT July 9), whilst I do not condone the actions of train robber Ronnie Biggs, I do despair that an eighty-year-old man, in very bad health, is being made an example of. I find it pathetic that an old man who causes no threat
THE IRA hasn’t gone away, you know – famous last words by Gerry Adams. Similarly, President Obama could find himself in the same cage with the big bear. Obama plays admirable ‘talk talk’ diplomacy with the Russians only this time he could have earned
AN East Lancashire super-school is one step away from lifting itself out of special measures. And the headteacher of Shuttleworth College, Burnley Road, Padiham, says if the progress continues he hopes to be out of special measures in October – four
Young Critters' Workshops are being held at Clough Head Cafe, Grane Road, Haslingden on Sundays throughout July, August and September. One hour of fun learning about birds, bugs and nature. £2.50 per child which includes making crafts, biscuits and juice
A VIETNAMESE teenager is facing jail after admitting growing cannabis at a house in Worsthorne. Cuong Nguyen, 18, was remanded in custody at Burnley Crown Court until August 10 for a pre-sentence report after pleading guilty to producing the drug. The
TWO men who were part of a team of bogus builders have been jailed for three years after they tricked a 76-year-old householder into handing over part of his life savings. The pensioner, who lives alone in West Yorkshire, was preyed on by a group of
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AN UNDERCOVER operation targeting anti-social behaviour in Burnley and Padiham has been hailed by police. Operation Trojan saw undercover police specials and officers from Lancashire County Council tour the streets at night on buses and in a decoy taxi
TWELVE changes to planning conditions for a 70 bedroom care home on the site of the Great Marsden Hotel, in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, have been approved by councillors. The changes include the stipulation that no ground clearance, demolition, or construction
AN East Lancashire teaching union representative has been nominated for the position of national president. National Union of Teachers (NUT) Blackburn with Darwen secretary Simon Jones has been put forward by three North West areas to represent teachers
SUMMER is here – and so are the wasps. There are around 150 species of solitary wasps found in Britain and most are small and intent upon hiding themselves away. They are therefore not easily seen but those with gardens can encourage digger wasps.
POLICE will be sending crime prevention advice to residents by text message in the next few days as part of a new scheme. Messages will be sent by bluetooth to mobile phones in areas across Lancashire where burglaries have taken place. Messages will
CUSTOMERS and staff have been evacuated from Yorkshire Bank in Clitheroe this afternoon after fears over a suspected gas leak. The Market Place bank was cleared shortly after 2pm.
Last-wicket pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar delivered a defiant unbroken partnership to secure a thrilling draw for England in the opening Ashes Test. Dominated by Australia for the majority of the match in Cardiff, England delivered a determined
CHORLEY’S Nick Dougherty, the European Tour golfer of the month for June, will partner David Duval and Adam Scott in the first two rounds of the Open at Turnberry this week. The 26-year-old will get his first round under way on Thursday at 7.25am,
A PAIR of pals went through the pain barrier at the weekend to raise money for a cancer charity. David Baron, 26, and James Aspinall, 33, rode 128 miles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in aid of Rosemere Cancer Foundation and Catherine's Crusaders
STUDENTS from Darwen Aldridge Community Academy were given the chance to showcase their dancing at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge. The academy was invited to stage a dance lesson at the Special Schools and Academies Trust conference to demonstrate its
Morecambe’s Jono Gates exploited a slow-paced Birch Hall pitch, taking 6-36 as Darwen were demolished for just 71. Only John Cordingley, who battled through 78 balls for an undefeated 23, showed the application needed. Earlier Ikram Ullah (67) and
“Wearing a veil is how I am happiest,” says 40-year-old Khadija Valimulla, of Queens Road, Blackburn. The mother of three has worn the burka – Islamic clothing which covers a woman from head to toe and only leaves the eyes visible – for the last 10 years
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after her vehicle was in collision with a police car in Rawtenstall. The incident, which resulted in the 58-year-old woman suffering neck and chest injuries, took place near the traffic lights on St Mary’s Way. Police said
Police have charged a 17-year-old youth following a a car theft in Chorley. The male, from Chorley, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with theft of a motor vehicle on July 9. He has been bailed to appear at Chorley Youth
A CARPET business in Clitheroe has seen a surge in sales and has expanded throughout the UK since investing in online trading. Castlegate’s Primrose Mill teamed up with Blackburn-based internet specialists eBusiness UK in 2004 to develop a
CONTRACTORS charged with pest controller at East Lancashire’s hospitals are clearly being kept pretty busy with an average of one call-out every two or three days over the past three years. It is clear that the system for reporting sightings
Emergency services were called to Barrowford after large stones fell from the roof of a terraced house onto parked cars. Two vehicles in Harry Street were damaged, one severely, after the loose stones became dislodged at 12.30pm on Saturday. A spokesperson
A BACUP-based company has landed a contract with Rossendale council to install decorative railings for a regeneration project in Dale Street. Pennine Forge Ltd has been hired by the council to carry out the work in the town, which has been funded by
Police in Chorley are advising people involved in equestrianism to keep their equipment locked up and to be wary of anyone offering equipment for sale. The advice follows three incidents where equestrian equipment has been targeted by thieves
A 63-year-old mother of three and grandmother is looking forward to a plunge into the unknown when she parachutes 14,000ft to help children with disabilities. Daredevil gran Margaret Bamber from Mawdesley will do the parachute jump at The Black
The air ambulance landed on the M6 near Chorley on Sunday after a multiple accident left a motorcyclist injured. The accident happened at 4.30pm on the northbound carriageway close to Charnock Richard services. It involved four vehicles
AN allotment site in Darwen has been given a new name and logo thanks to two local schoolchildren. A competition was run for all pupils at Ashleigh Primary School and St Peter’s Primary School to find a name and image for land off Rose Hill Street.
SPECIAL ‘beat the burglar’ leaflets are to be delivered to every single home in Burnley and Padiham as part of an ongoing crackdown. The bright yellow leaflet, which has been produced as part of Operation Julius, advises homeowners how to keep their
ROAD bosses have been told to go back to the drawing board to resolve parking headaches at a Burnley superschool. Residents living around the under-construction Sir John Thursby College say their lives have already been turned upside down with builders
FIREFIGHTERS have hit out after receiving a bogus call stating three people were trapped in a burning building. Three fire crews attended the property in Blackburn Road, Accrington, along with ambulances and the police at 1.26am on Saturday. Hyndburn
SOME 33,000 runners took part in the Great Manchester 10k Run and Barbara thanks everyone from Worsthorne who helped her to raise £270 for Christian Aid.
The last time she visited, my sister took every item out of my purse, lined it up and photographed it. “I thought mine was bad, but I’ve never seen anything like yours,” she laughed. “Do you really need all this stuff?” I thought about it, and concluded
A PENSIONER has admitted poisoning his estranged wife by putting mercury in her cups of tea. Grandfather William Dowling was hoping to cause “mild upset” to his wife so he could look after her and rekindle their relationship, a court heard. The 69-year-old
England uncovered the unlikeliest pair of batting heroes to somehow escape Wales unscathed as the 2009 Ashes began with a draw as tense as any in the history of cricket. But Andrew Strauss' team will know they cannot afford more of the
I think everyone should move on from this petty issue of the veil and discuss more serious issues that affect our community of East Lancashire, such as crime, drugs and a disrespectful youth of all backgrounds. If the veil should be banned, then so
I HAVE given up smoking. I did so for the sake of my health. Our Government created legislation which banned smoking in pubs. Why do I have to walk through a phalanx, a guard (not very honourable) of smokers when I want to get into a pub? I have experienced
Councillor Joe Smith has once again got the wrong end of the stick by saying the people of Griffin would have chucked the HMR money back into the council’s face. What was actually asked was for reassurances that the council wouldn’t just do a facelift
BURNLEY defender Tyrone Mears has told his team-mates to be prepared for increased scrutiny, both on and off the pitch, now they’re in the Premier League. The spotlight fell on Turf Moor this week when a national newspaper pictured former Manchester
PADIHAM Council has been in contact with the Padiham Saints Football Club over moving a goalpost on St. Leonard’s field. Balls have regularly been landing in residents’ gardens and causing damage.
COUNCIL officers are in talks with Burnley Football Club over parking arrangements for the new Premier League season. Thousands more fans are expected in the town for home games next season, particularly the first clash at Turf Moor against Manchester
A SAFETY scheme to protect motorists and pedestrians on one of Colne’s roads has been launched by the county council. Work on the Barrowford Road scheme, which is due to begin in September will see anti-skid surfaces, 13 sets of speed cushions, and audible
VISITORS and residents were given the opportunity to view 20 gardens across Earby as part of an “open gardens” event in the town. An impressive variety of gardens of all shapes and sizes were on show and visitors were able to come away with many new
NEW Rover Elrio van Heerden is relishing the prospect of linking up with his fellow countryman Benni McCarthy at Ewood Park. The South African is full of praise for his country’s all-time leading scorer – and has backed the hitman to regain
GORDON Prentice is calling on Pendle Borough Council to increase spending on street cleaning. Figures for 2008/2009 show Pendle’s spending per head is second bottom in East Lancashire, with only the Ribble Valley spending less. The figures also show
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after her vehicle was in collision with a police car in Rawtenstall. The incident, which resulted in the 58-year-old woman suffering neck and chest injuries, took place near the traffic lights on St Mary’s Way. Police said
A TOP West End producer has told why she picked X-FACTOR star Diana Vickers for the lead in the first major revival of multi award-winning play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. And Nica Burns said she had to “beg on her knees” to persuade the 18-year-old
A VIOLENT lout who subjected his partner's two year old son to a “savage” beating and left him physically and psychologically injured has been jailed for 15 months. The 31-year-old father of two, whose current girlfriend is pregnant, had set about the
YOUNGSTERS took part in an acting workshop in a Pendle park as part of the run-up to a Shakespeare production. Actors from Say Two Productions and young locals dressed up in full costume outside Marsden Hall, Nelson, on Saturday. The theatre company
Burnley will today appoint Partick Thistle first team coach John Henry onto their coaching staff. The ex-Falkirk and St Johnstone midfielder is a former team-mate of manager Owen Coyle’s. “He’s an infectious character and it’s a great acquisition to
BLACKBURN Rovers reserve goalkeeper Frank Fielding is attracting much attention from clubs outside the Premier League and he looks set to move on. Paul Robinson, Mark Bunn and Jason Brown are all ahead of him in the queue for the number one spot.
MANAGER Owen Coyle emphasised pre-season is not about winning or losing ahead the Clarets' game at Bradford City ended 2-1 to the Bantams. “I don’t like losing any game, but it’s the first game of pre-season and really it’s just about getting
ACCRINGTON Stanley have been given an interest free loan by lifelong fan John Glasson. The Oxford-based Glasson was at the last match at Peel Park and still has a season ticket for the club. He said: “I was not in a position to help in 1962, but
LONGRIDGE Community Hospital has scored a treble ‘excellent’ rating following an inspection of facilities for inpatients. The hospital's respect for privacy and dignity, food quality and environment received top scores from the National Patient Safety
A PAIR of youngsters helped save a man’s life when they rang 999 after seeing smoke bellowing from a window. Best friends Kieron Sanderson, 12, and Morgan Williamson, 10, had been on the way home from Adsa, Hyndburn Road, Accrington, when they
HASLINGDEN Primary School has been named Rossendale SPAR Star School of the Year. The school won the title after gaining the highest number of points at the district qualifying events for the SPAR Youth Games last year. The local competition included
HUNDREDS turned out for the opening weekend of the Celebrate Blackburn community festival. The three-week free festival opened with Blackburn with Darwen’s first ever Let Your Talent Shine where students across the borough gave festival goers
CHURCH suffered more semi-final agony as they missed out in the Lancashire’s League’s 20/20 showpiece following a defeat to Burnley on Friday night. The beaten Worsley Cup semi-finalists went down by five wickets at West End to Burnley, who will now
Chorley’s championship challenge faltered again when they were beaten by rock-bottom Lancaster at Windsor Park. The home total of 180-7 was heavily dependent on an unbeaten 106 from professional Chris Hartley, the next highest contribution coming from
HASLINGDEN maintained their lead at the top of the Lancashire League as they thumped Church by eight wickets at Bentgate. Skipper Graham Knowles claimed 4-11 from eight overs, while Steve Dearden and Eddie Shah claimed three wickets each as Church were
BRILLIANT Baxenden took another giant stride towards their first Ribblesdale League title for 16 years as they swatted aside a determined Earby challenge to make it 13 wins from 14 league games on Saturday. Aside from a weakened side defeat in a Friday
Paul Horton chose the ideal time to record his highest County Championship score for more than 13 months to help Lancashire to a crucial three-day victory over Worcestershire at Old Trafford. The 26-year-old opener recorded a patient 170-ball
BURNLEY manager Owen Coyle plans to add Hamilton defender Brian Easton to his squad before jetting out for the club’s pre-season tour of America on Thursday. The Clarets boss gave run-outs to new trio Steven Fletcher, David Edgar and Tyrone Mears in
Barry Massey scored as Ramsbottom United were held 1-1 by Turton in Saturday’s pre-season friendly.
Chorley were beaten 2-0 by Southport at Victory Park in their opening pre-season friendly. They take on Preston North End tomorrow in the annual Jack Kirkland Trophy, k/o 7.45pm.
The newly-reformed AFC Darwen kicked off their pre-season build up with an impressive 3-0 win against FC Liverpool at the Anchor Ground. Karl Turner scored twice with Paul Posteraro also on target for a Darwen side who will play in the West Lancashire
HODDLESDEN Millennium Green Trust held its ninth annual Grand Picnic on the Green in the village. Pictured are Chris and Sarah Cartwright, of Blackburn with son Jonathan and Sarah’s grandparents Margaret and Alan Barker, of Hoddlesden.
RESIDENTS have backed plans to control boozing in Hyndburn’s streets. The overwhelming support follows an extensive consultation by Hyndburn Council over plans to give police more powers to tackle underage drinking and alcohol related anti-social behaviour
A TEENAGER joined forces with road safety officers to teach children about staying safe on the streets. Max Anderson-Hopkins, 17, from Blackburn, beat his drums to re-worded nursery rhymes such as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star while the youngsters at
ACCRINGTON middle-distance ace Leigh Lennon claimed Aviva English Track and Field School Championship gold at the weekend and then immediately turned her attentions to Serbia later this month. The 18-year-old was told by UK Athletics’ selectors
PEST controllers have been called out to deal with vermin at East Lancashire hospitals more than 400 times in less than three years, it has been revealed. Records show there have been twice as many reports of vermin at Burnley General Hospital than Royal
Accrington Stanley made a good start to their pre-season with a 2-0 win over Maidstone United at Ashford Town’s Homelands ground. Skipper Peter Cavanagh scored the opener for the Reds midway through the first-half before John Miles wrapped up the win
Sam Allardyce has hit out at England’s increasingly over-inflated price tags as he starts to resign himself to having to find a striking solution abroad. The Blackburn Rovers manager has the best part of a £13m transfer kitty to reinforce his squad
