A JUNIOR lawyer from Hyndburn has been struck off for misleading a road accident victim about a compensation claim. Assistant solicitor David James Carr, 33, of Sherbourne Road, Accrington, was hauled before the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal to
A GROUP of Darwen men are expecting a gruelling ride when they cycle along the Leeds-Liverpool canal to raise money for a cancer charity. Kevin Flegg, 43, and five friends are setting off on a 127 mile bike ride in the early hours of next Friday (July
A HOUSE-PROUD couple have been left reeling after a yob threw paint into their garden, destroying years of hard work. Sharon Maxwell, 52, and husband Gordon, 76, woke on Tuesday morning to find plants, bushes, a tree, stone paving and fencing at the
A PSYCHIC has predicted Burnley will survive their first season in the Premier League. Dean “Midas” Maynard last year confounded critics by forecasting minnows Stoke would beat the drop to spend a second year in England’s top flight.
Rossendale Borough Council is implementing the government's mortgage rescue scheme to help troubled families keep their homes. See www.rossendale.gov.uk
A DOG-lover has been reunited with his pedigree pet – a day after it was taken by an opportunist car thief. Nine-month-old Shih Tzu Holly was sat in the vehicle when a brazen thief jumped in and sped off as owner Carl Pilkington worked on a house in
A MAN who molested a heavily pregnant woman at a Burnley bus stop has been jailed for a total of 32 months. Owen Lawrence, 29, forcibly kissed the terrified 23-year-old, groped her and made vulgar and offensive sexual insults in front of her three-year-old
FEARS that a £90,000 transformation of Chatburn’s playing fields would have to be scrapped because of a lack of funds have receded. The two-year scheme was left in danger of collapse after the village committee were left with a £13,500 shortfall when
A CD created and compiled by students and staff at Blackburn College has been put on sale at a top record store. The ten track compilation CD called ‘Talk of the Town’ which is a celebration of local music is being sold at HMV in Blackburn. It was
WORSTHORNE residents travelling home to the village will be safer when road safety improvements in the Brunshaw Avenue and Lyndhurst Road areas are completed. Police have proposed traffic calming and 20mph zones be introduced to these areas
A STUDENT from Darwen has vowed to continue supporting needy Romanian children after she returned from a two-week charity trip. Kezia Cameron-Atkin, 20, of Newton Street, gave up part of her summer holidays to help out at a summer school and care centre
A NEW chairman of Lancashire Fire Authority has been appointed. County Coun David O’Toole has served on the authority for nine years. The West Lancashire Tory replaces former chief Bob Rossendale, who lost his seat in Rossendale last month when Labour
ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour is falling fast in Lancashire according to the county council, despite figures released at the launch of a new Home Office website. According to the website the county topped a 'league table of shame' which revealed the most anti-social
STRUGGLING Clitheroe earned a good win against Settle in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday. Settle M Verden ct Marquet b Bolton 39 D Morris run out 0 B Findley ct Turner b Dewhurst 13 M Wildman ct Coulter b Dowling 6 S Airey b Bowling 0 T Davidson
A BURNLEY pensioner has celebrated a landmark birthday by raising more than £500 for charity. Keen golfer Jack Lord held an event at Nelson House in honour of turning 80 recently. He invited golfers and their wives from six local golf clubs to join
Basement club Blackburn Northern lost again in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday to Ribblesdale Wanderers. Blackburn Northern R Singh lbw b Britcliffe 9 M Bhada lbw b Brown 6 A Mirza lbw b Brown 4 N Ashraf ct Peel b Pratt 41 M Bawla ct Lloyd
Best batting performance of the day in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday came from Oswaldtwistle Immanuel's Danny Metcalfe. He hit an unbeaten 106 as his side beat Edenfield. Oswaldtwistle Immanuel D Metcalf not out 106 A Kerr ct Slinger b Zaidi
A FILM unit has taken the first steps towards making Rossendale a centre for drama film production – by hosting its first script-writing seminars. Writing prowess and shooting equipment are close at hand for the CAR Video Unit, based at the
Read enjoyed a 132 run win against Cherry Tree in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday. Unfortunately, we have not received a scorecard.
Champions Great Harwood lost ground when they went down at Barnoldswick in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday. Barnoldswick L Bedford b Akbar 11 L Hodgson ct Crabtree b Akbar 76 P Beech b Maher 15 A Anwar ct Aspinall b Akbar 8 M Nutter ct Crabtree
Padiham are second after a 64 run win against Whalley in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday. Mark Fallows claimed 6-67 as Padiham were dismissed for 141 but 6-33 from Naveed Ashraf helped bowl out Whalley for just 77. Padiham K Siddique ct Thomas
CHORLEY’s Nick Dougherty has revealed he is annoyed with himself for not taking a short break away from golf ahead of tomorrow’s Open Championship. The 27-year-old Chorley golfer won the BWM International Open in Munich three weeks ago and felt in the
CHORLEY’S Alison Leonard has vowed to take her Aviva World Trials and UK Championship exploits with a pinch of salt despite making the 800m final in Birmingham. The 19-year-old comfortably progressed through the heats and semi-finals at the Alexander
A Christian organisation will soon host a child trafficking awareness day in Burnley town centre. Musicdownloadrevolution will host a music event to raise awareness of trafficking in the north West and show locals what they can do to tackle the issue
YOUNG Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Bjorn Bussmann has returned to Germany to join 1860 Munich. The fee has not been disclosed.
Clitheroe boss Peter Smith has strengthened his Blues squad ahead of their forthcoming assault on the UniBond League First Division North – and in addition to four new faces, there are some 10 further players on trial at Shawbridge. The manager has
Two of Blackburn Rovers’ high-profile Premier League games have seen their kick-off times changed. The televised away match against Chelsea on Saturday October 24 and the Manchester United fixture at Old Trafford on Saturday October 31 have
Blackburn Rovers first-team coach Karl Robinson completed his much-predicted return to MK Dons yesterday to link up again with Paul Ince, who brought him to Ewood Park last summer. Rovers boss Sam Allardyce said: “Karl has made his decision and
EAST Lancashire health workers have been honoured after cutting the number of falls among the elderly. NHS East Lancashire’s falls team which works across Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, was awarded an NHS Patient
ACCRINGTON Rotary Club has elected its 76th president. Anne Bibby, who was also president in 1979/80, was installed as president of the Rotary Club of Accrington at the Sparth House Hotel. Prior to the meeting Mrs Bibby was presented with a bouquet
A PAIR of pals went through the pain barrier 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. They set
People's expectations of hospitals are high - and rightly so. They are entitled to expect standards of cleanliness to be every bit as scrupulous as in their own homes, and obviously in certain critical areas, like where operations are
A cabbies’ leader has questioned why a speed camera was installed just after a zebra crossing Rossendale — supposedly putting pedestrians at risk. People have been using the crossing, near the shops at Farholme Lane, for a number of years, the Lancashire
Local CND Members from Colne and East Lancashire attended a peaceful protest at Menwith Hill, the RAF/USAF Monitoring and Communications Spy Base to campaign against the introduction of the US Missile Defence System (Star Wars) on the 4th of July.
A LOLLIPOP lady who “brightened up” St Paul’s RC Primary School has moved on after four and a half years in the job. Marie Campbell has taken a job as a special needs teacher at St Bedes’s – a specialist sports college that deals with older children.
A 20-strong team of employees from a Burnley’s Aircelle is to undertake a 127-mile bike ride to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Stephen Irvine enlisted his colleagues in a bid to raise £3,000 for the charity, as his father-in-law
Becoming a parent is a life-changing experience and with so much information to take on board it can sometimes feel like you need a degree in parenthood to prepare for your new arrival. We spoke to a Ribble Valley mother-of-three who aims to make childbirth
THE RAILWAY bridge at the Pendle Hotel, in Chatburn, is due to close for nine weeks as work to strengthen the bridge takes place. The closure will mean no direct traffic between Chatburn and Clitheroe with sections of the bridge being removed. The road
That Canvas Guy Sport is offering one lucky reader an exclusive limited edition Amir Khan canvas print signed by the boxing champ himself. Be the envy of your friends with this Khan vs Barrera canvas print. In association with Amir Khan
A FARMER denied permission to build holiday homes in his field will instead use caravans to house chickens. Danny Myers, owner of Brownside Farm, in Brownside Road, Burnley, was last year refused permission to build nine log cabins after a 900-signature
ACADEMY manager Bobby Downes has left Blackburn Rovers. Downes joined Rovers in 1997 and oversaw the conversion to Academy status, but has now left by mutual consent. A number of players – including David Dunn, Martin Taylor, Paul Gallagher
RESIDENTS are understandably annoyed about the lack of action to tackle problems on the Grane Road. Over recent years there have been numerous complaints about motorists driving too fast and the volume of HGVs using the road. Every time there is an
THE Ribblesdale League heroes marched into the final of the JW Lees inter-league cup on Sunday – but how they were made to work for their spot in the showpiece. The locals edged a thriller against the North Lancs and Cumbria League by just one run at
AN Accrington man has been named as the next chairman of a national disability charity. Ilyas Khan, 46, who grew up in the town, will take over as chairman of Leonard Cheshire Disability in September. Mr Khan, a merchant banker by profession, only recently
ACCRINGTON boss John Coleman gave his players a post-match dressing down after they were held to a 1-1 draw in a friendly at Burscough. Stanley had the better of the game against UniBond Premier Division opposition but Coleman is concerned
A PENDLE-based firm has scooped a prestigious industry award in recognition of its exemplary performance. Staff at Weston EU Ltd, were presented with the Rolls-Royce Chief Procurement Officer Award earlier this week. It commends the firm as a supplier
GORDON Prentice, MP for Pendle, has welcomed the Government U-turn which he said will prevent tax exiles bankrolling UK political parties. The MP has campaigned to close a loophole which allows millionaire UK citizens who do not pay taxes to inject funds
A PLANNING application has been submitted from Andrew Oliver-Highways Agency for a proposed fence on top of existing masonry/concrete wall on boundary wall facing Motorpoint, Rosegrove Lane. Please quote APP/2009/ 0377 before July 18 for more information
Former teacher David Spiller has been appointed new president of Church and Oswaldtwistle Rotary Club. The local plumber and heating engineer took on the role from Nisar Sayed and said he hopes to consolidate and improve the services of the club
WORK to resurface the rear of Bank Street cost the council more than £25,000 – even though it claimed to know nothing about it at first. The alleyway on one side of the street was resurfaced last month, with two metal bollards fitted in the centre to
BURGLARS stole a go-kart worth thousands of pounds after smashing their way into a Colne business. The £2,700 vehicle was taken from Prestige Karting, on the Holker Business Centre, Burnley Road, after thieves climbed down pipes and kicked in a door.
England coach Andy Flower says England "played below our potential at Cardiff".
A BID to find a North West headquarters for the BNP in Burnley has been narrowed down to “five or six” premises. Coun Derek Dawson, who sits on Burnley Council, was last month instructed by BNP national leader and new MEP Nick Griffin to scour the town
The England cricket team trains at Lords ahead of the second Ashes Test.
Andrew Flintoff has announced he will retire from Test cricket at the end of this summer's Ashes series. The 31-year-old has accepted defeat in his long-running battle against injuries and said: "My body has told me it's time to stop." Watch
A BURNLEY landlord is searching for the best pub poet in the region. The Ram pub, in Cliviger, wants punters to wax lyrical about a local topic for its Bard of the bars competition. An online vote will decide who wins the competition in Burnley before
AN appeal for help has been issued by a disabled riding group in Burnley as leaders celebrate a £10,000 award from the National Lottery. Young riders with special needs will benefit from the lottery handout received by the Herd House club, based in
Your article on buses axed causes me great concern. Do you realise, on bus routes 10 and 11 Witton and Wensleyfold, there are actually four sheltered housing schemes along with many other sheltered homes in the community? As a warden in one of these
IN response to Mr A Hussain’s letter (July 10), Mr Hussain mentions women’s freedom to wear the veil but one has to ask, do they really have this freedom? As they are led/ruled by their husbands/families in the main, could it be that they in fact are
Animals don’t belong in a circus. The constant transportation from town to town for eight months each year and confinement for long periods means that a travelling circus can never meet all of the needs of these animals, whether elephants, lions, tigers
A BRAVE Darwen girl rode in style with her teachers after winning a competition to swap the school bus for a limousine. Kia Shaw, 10, suffers from a rare genetic disorder and won a chauffeured lift to Holy Trinity Primary School yesterday. The year
TWO men have beem charged after a house in Blackburn had a firebomb thrown at it. Police and firefighters were called to Scotland Bank Terrace in Ewood after reports of disturbances involving a number of men belonging to different groups.
ACCRINGTON Stanley were held to a 1-1 draw at UniBond Premier Division side Burscough last night. Stanley, whose reserve team lost 5-0 in a friendly at Leek Town on Monday, fielded a number of trialists and were pegged back in the second half
I WATCHED Baxenden continue their apparently unstoppable march towards the Ribblesdale League title on Saturday. Great side. Seeing them demolish a better-than-the-scoreline-suggests Earby led me to start thinking. I know that’s a rare move, and the
SAM Allardyce insists last night’s pre-season opener should remind everyone of the ‘quality firepower’ already at Ewood Park as he closes in on some more striking options. Jason Roberts’ second half double helped Blackburn Rovers to an impressive
Tottenham want to sign former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira and have opened talks with the Inter Milan player. Spurs could capture the Frenchman on a free transfer and pay-as-you-play deal. Manchester City are on the brink of signing Arsenal striker
BURNLEY manager Owen Coyle has welcomed the capture of young defender Brian Easton. Scotland Under 21 international Easton completed his move from Hamilton Academical yesterday, signing a three-year deal for £350,000 plus add-ons. Coyle
A BREWERY has been criticised for trying to sell two popular local pubs and stop them from reopening. Blackburn-based Daniel Thwaites is selling the Gibraltar Hotel, in Gibraltar Street, and the Sportsmans Arms, in Shear Brow, with covenants that would
HUNDREDS of Blackburn jobs will be lost if Preston’s multi-million pound expansion goes ahead, council bosses have warned. Blackburn with Darwen Council also claimed the town’s retail turnover would drop by more than £31million because of
THE Ribblesdale League heroes marched into the final of the JW Lees inter-league cup on Sunday – but how they were made to work for their spot in the showpiece. The locals edged a thriller against the North Lancs and Cumbria League by just one run at
AN ‘EVIL’ thief who targeted elderly residents in their own home to fund his £100,000-a-year drug habit has been jailed indefinitely. Sean Lewis preyed on nine pensioners – mostly lone women in their 70s and 80s – and in one case grabbed a terrified
THIS is the moment fly-tipped rubbish was set on fire after being dumped. And a Blackburn man has been prosecuted over the incident after it was caught on camera. James Lawrence Young, of Ewood Caravan site, Bolton Road, was given an
RECORD signing Steven Fletcher sent Burnley to America on a winning note, with two goals and an assist at Morecambe last night. The Clarets head Stateside tomorrow to step up their pre-season with a training camp and games in Los Angeles and
