SCHOOL children at an East Lancashire primary school have revoluntionised meal times, mixed with pupils from other cultures and opted to hold an official voting day. The youngsters at Meadowhead Junior School, Anglesey Road, Blackburn, have
EAST Lancashire’s regeneration plans have been given a £5million boost. The government has agreed to give the cash towards the Housing Market Renewal programme, which is working to reviltalise the region’s property market. Bosses say it will help
MORE than 40,000 brown bins are set to be delivered to homes in Pendle to help residents to reduce their carbon footprint. Householders will be able to put empty plastic bottles, food and drinks cans, glass bottles and jars, into the new wheelie bins
A HOUSE was targeted in a suspected arson attack this morning within hours of police finding drugs on the property. According to officers, the terraced house in Washington Street, Accrington, is thought to have been set alight at 5am, just over 14
A BLACKBURN resident has reached the end of his patience with the council after putting up with foul-smelling sewage water leaking onto land at the back of his bungalow since he moved there in 2005. Ian Walker, 58, and his wife Dilys, 47, of Holmbrook
A LEADING DARWEN politician says the widespread confusion over the legal powers of the new town council is threatening future development. The problem came to light after an unnamed property developer was incorrectly told to hold back on his investment
The Ramsbottom Rhythm & Blues Festival is back after going missing for a few years. It takes place on the 26th and 27th of September with the main stage being at the cricket club. Hopefully there will be a "fringe" with bands playing in the local pubs
111 Manchester Road is the home of a store selling designer bags by Gucci, Chanel, Dior and Hermes. Darren and Emma, the proprietors, have been running alwaysauthentic.com for five years and have decided to open a retail outlet in Haslingden. At
BLACKBURN Rovers have reluctantly decided to give Manchester City the whole of the Darwen End for the opening game of the Premier League season on August 15. Rovers are offering 15-game season tickets in the lower tier of the Darwen End for £150 but
CHORLEY golfer Nick Dougherty has given himself a good chance of making the cut at the Open Championship after recovering from a poor start in yesterday’s first round at Turnberry. The Shaw Hill Golf Club professional had found himself on two over par
SAM Allardyce was delighted with his Blackburn Rovers side’s 2-2 draw with AS Roma in a sweltering hot Bolzano last night and insisted they are well on the way to being fighting fit for August 15. Goals from Paul Gallagher and Aaron Doran, to pull
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has asked for more time before he makes a final decision on a transfer to Manchester City – the Togo international is possibly holding out for AC Milan to make a last-minute move. The Gunners have had a £7m bid for
A PENDLE View Rotarian has taken up the Cross Fell Challenge. Heather Taylor-Felton, secretary of the group, will scale the Pennine’s highest mountain in aid of the ShelterBox scheme today. The group has raised £490 to provide a ShelterBox filled
Skips are being provided free as part Hyndburn Community Safety Partnership’s Neat Streets campaign. Skips will be placed in the community so residents can dispose of any rubbish for two hours on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 July. The
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help a Darwen Rangers Football Club bucket collection outside Ewood Park next month. The collection takes place on August 15 from noon to 2.50pm prior to the Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City game. Children under 14 cannot
ACCRINGTON Stanley are to sign Leicester City striker Billy Kee on a six-month loan. Stanley have been chasing the 18-year-old for some days and have now agreed a deal to keep Kee at the club until December 31. There will be more on
NICOLA Shirtcliffe and Abi Duncan have now completed the Baden Powel award “Well Done Girls”. The 1st Hapton Brownies are to go on summer camp at Lytham St. Annes on 5th September. There is to be a party, at Waddow Hall to celebrate the start of
LAST Saturday, councillors held a meeting near the site of the now demolished Perserverance Mill premises. Numerous local residents voiced their grave concerns about the state of the demolition site and the surrounding buildings, now falling into a
ST Mark’s Church would like to thank the people who donated £140 towards the £180 cost of a new water heater which has been installed in the church hall. Also, the security system has been brought up to date with the renewal of all the existing elements
MRS Angela Barker, the headteacher at Rosegrove Infant School, Owen Street, and Rosegrove Nursery in Havelock Street, is retiring this week. She has worked at Rosegrove Infant School for 25 years and been head-teacher for the last 15 years
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 to cut
TONIGHT'S scheduled Lancashire League 20/20 final between Burnley and Nelson was called off because of rain. The showpiece of the short form competition was set to attract a large crowd to Turf Moor as the two sides locked horns. However, heavy rain
A CLIVIGER landlord is searching for the best pub poet in the region to compete in a national competition. The search for the bard of the bars is being launched in the Ram pub, in Burnley Road. Wordsmiths will battle it out with each other in a
A BURNLEY woman has raised more than £1,500 for charity by hosting a series of ‘Tea at Three’ events. Over the past five years Angelina Hackett has held the community events, raising £1,771 for Pendleside Hospice, based at Reedley. This year’s event
A candle retailer in East Lancashire is doing her bit to support some of the world’s poorest children. Cheryl Hook, owner of the Backridge Farm candle firm Melt, has produced an exclusive UNICEF candle, which is for sale at £12, with all profits going
LEADING businessmen and women in Blackburn have linked up for a free conference designed to improve communication. The latest function by the Asian Business Federation (ABF) attracted more than 70 companies to the Shahi Qila restaurant. Although
WELL done to local shop owner Ruth Ollett of Rosegrove Carpets, who completed the Midnight Walk for Pendleside Hospice. She did very well in completing the course in two hours and 40 minutes and was well pleased with the time. She raised
AN INDIAN restaurant has finished fourth in a prestigious Asian food competition. The Shajan restaurant, in Longsight Road, Clayton-le-Dale, missed out on the top three of the Veetee Tiffin Cup by just one point. Chefs and management
COUNCILLORS are calling for better transport links to hospitals after a request for a free shuttle bus was turned down. Many patients in Hyndburn have raised the problem of getting to hospital appointments with their local councillors, who in turn contacted
A CHURCH has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after a bungled lead theft. Between 3pm on Friday and Sunday morning, a botched attempt to steal lead from the roof of St James’ Church, in St James’ Road, Blackburn,caused damage, allowing rain
A “VITAL” disabled entrance into a Darwen beauty spot is being made impassible because the council refuses to stick to a cleaning agreement, it is claimed. The 150-metre tarmac path into Sunnyhurst Wood, opposite Salisbury Road, is the only entrance
AN armed robber who raided a Clitheroe jeweller’s before robbing a Longridge bank a month later is due to be sentenced today. Michael Lee Parr, 21, of Naden Walk, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, will appear before Bolton Crown Court after pleading
THIEVES will soon be in danger of getting into slippery situations in a campaign to reduce crime in Rishton. Special anti-climb paint will be given to residents whose homes have recently been targeted by vandals, or thieves. Many of
St James Church, Haslingden is holding a car boot sale on Saturday, 1st August from 9am to 2pm. To book a stall it's £8 (no food stalls). Inside if wet....and the cafe will be open for refreshments. Contact 01706 216398.
A ROW of unsafe terrace houses will be demolished after councillors gave plans the go-ahead. Hyndburn Borough Council’s cabinet have made the decision to serve notices of demolition on residents of 23 homes in Pendle Street, off Willows Lane
CROWDS of people gathered in a Rossendale town to pay tribute to one of the founders of what was once the largest employer in the Valley. A horse-drawn carriage led the procession through Haslingden yesterday ahead of the funeral of Jessie Winfield,
PEOPLE should be proud of East Lancashire’s heritage. The area has a rich and varied history which should be celebrated. That’s why the Rossendale shoe trail which runs from Haslingden to Rawtenstall is so welcome. Artist Julie Mills has created a pathway
FORMER Burnley MP Peter Pike has ruled out a potential return to Parliament. Mr Pike, who represented the town in the Commons between 1983 and 2005, said he had been approached to stand as a parliamentary candidate next year. But yesterday he admitted
A lane of the M65 was closed after a car crashed into the central reservation. The eastbound carriageway was disrupted after the Ford Ka crashed between junctions seven, Clayton-le-Moors and eight, Huncoat and Hapton, at 1.30pm yesterday. The
A TASTE of the Ashes is taking place in East Lancashire tomorrow. Club players from Rawtenstall CC are hosting Aussie touring side The Wattlesprigs at Bacup Road. The team which takes its name from the Australian’s national flower, has already played
Andrew Flintoff has called time on his Test career after becoming the latest high-profile all-rounder to struggle with the physical demands of modern international cricket.
A TEENAGER who became an addict after being supplied free drugs was then put to work on the street as a would-be dealer. Amar Riaz, of Every Street, Nelson, was described by his lawyer as having become a modern-day slave in a tale fitting of a Dickens
AN artist has blazed a trail to commemorate two of the industries which made an East Lancashire valley famous. Giant shoe markers now wind their way from The Halo Panopticon, near Haslingden, to Rawtenstall town centre, thanks to the ingenuity of Blackburn
SAM Allardyce could yet be tempted to make a late attempt to sign Kenwyne Jones from Sunderland, should Peter Crouch’s move to the Black Cats be completed. Jones has that Premier League experience Blackburn Rovers have desperately been searching for
STEVE Brunt is hoping his Burnley 20/20 experts can go one step beyond their norm when they face Nelson in tonight’s showpiece final. But Brunt is well aware of the obstacle posed by the Seedhillites and expects a major battle when the sides lock horns
BAXENDEN take their march towards the Ribblesdale League title to Edenfield tomorrow with eyes starting to be cast towards an invincible season. The only time they have failed to win this season was when they had one game rained off and they now hold
A FOUR-year-old girl is seriously ill in hospital after the cancer her family believed she had beaten returned. Madison Allan is being treated for neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer that affects nerve cells, at Royal Manchester Children
TITLE-hunting Chorley have been hit with a hammer blow ahead of tomorrow’s trip to the edge of the Lake District and may be facing up to losing their skipper for the rest of the season. The second-placed side are definitely without Jack Catterall – and
ACCRINGTON Stanley are hoping to hand a debut to a new striker in tomorrow’s friendly at FC Halifax Town. Stanley face the former Football League club – now in UniBond First Division North following financial problems – at the Shay at 3pm and are optimistic
ENGLAND cast-off Ian Bell made Lancashire pay as the Red Rose finally got their County Championship clash with Warwickshire underway yesterday. After the first day was washed out at Edgbaston, Warwickshire won the toss and took first knock and lost veteran
BACUP professional Ryan Broad will return for the Lancashire League side in their game at Burnley on Sunday after completing the Australian A tour of Pakistan.
A SHOP has been blasted for selling alcohol to Burnley youngsters – just three days before a booze ban was due to be imposed for the same offence. Police have revealed they carried out an undercover ‘sting’ operation at the Happy Shopper in Briercliffe
ACCRINGTON Stanley have confirmed that former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Mark Patterson will return to the club this season. The 44-year-old Patterson had a spell with Stanley at the end of his playing career and will take up an unpaid role at the Crown
MANAGER Owen Coyle insists he will not gamble with Burnley’s future by making big money signings. By the time compensation has been agreed for out-of-contract Newcastle defender David Edgar and Manchester United full back Richard Eckersley, Coyle’s summer
BURNLEY target Marcus Tudgay could consider handing in a transfer request, after Sheffield Wednesday rejected the Clarets’ £2million bid this week. The Owls had already tried to ward off interest earlier this month, when newly promoted Burnley
FURIOUS allotment-owners have vowed to fight plans to build a road directly through their plots. The 34 allotments off Burnley Road in Blackburn have been in use since the turn of the century. Some of the tenants have used the tranquil spot for more
