ROVERS suffered their first defeat of pre-season in their second 45 minute game of the night - to finish bottom of the triangular tournament in Croatia. After tonight's earlier 0-0 draw with Nacional, Rovers suffered at the hands of a fitter Split side
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save one of the few pubs still trading in Nelson after it was put up for sale by its owners. Punch Taverns, which owns the Trafalgar Hotel, in Railway Street, confirmed it was in “advanced discus-sions” with a purchaser
ROVERS failed to make the most of their domination as they drew a blank in their triangular tournament opener in Split. In the first of tonight's two 45 minute games, Rovers had the edge over Portuguese outfit Nacional but were guilty of squandered opportunities
RESIDENTS are calling on the council to make urgent repairs to a “dangerous” metre-deep hole at a busy junction. The road at the junction of Cotton Hall Street and Richmond Terrace has been deteriorating for years according to locals, who say the hole
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl who had emergency surgery for a brain tumour faces 15 months of intensive chemotherapy, her family has said. Nichole Bain underwent a six-hour operation at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital last Friday. The operation
Alex MacDonald played 89 minutes in Falkirk’s 1-0 Europa Cup second qualifying round first leg match with FC Vaduz. The Clarets midfielder is on loan with the Bairns until January.
A team of cyclists is celebrating after raising £3,000 for charity by pedalling from Leeds to Liverpool. Stephen Irvine, of Burnley, led a team from Aircelle along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association
A LIFELINE support service is appealing for volunteers to help change people’s lives for the better. Lifeline East Lancashire works with under 25s across Blackburn with Darwen, who are affected by substance misuse. The service provides young people
THE first steering group meeting concerning the Linear Park project was held on Tuesday at Padiham FC. The chair of steering group, Mark Dixon, a keen cyclist, explained that aim of this group is to inform people of the progress of the project
EVERY home in Padiham is to receive a “Beat the Burglar” leaflet as part of a campaign by Burnley Community Safety Partnership to crack down on crime. Police have also been visiting known burglars in the area telling them they are being watched.
A SCHEME offering free Friday car boot pitches at Clitheroe Market is to be extended for three months. The free stalls are available to Ribble Valley residents or for £11 to non-Ribble Valley residents from 9am to 4pm. James Russell, the council
THE First Burnley Boys Brigade at Greenbrook Methodist church held their annual awards night. Best boy in the anchor boys’ section was Jack Roche and Ben Metcalf was runner-up. The junior section best boy was Ben Jackson and runner-up was Joe
AN OPERATION to lock up prolific criminals in East Lancashire has been hailed a success by police. Officers were given the order to “get in the face of the offender” yesterday morning before launching another burglary crackdown during Operation Julius
The East Lancashire Railway is having a "Family Engines BIG Day Out" on the 1st and 2nd of August. Its a chance to meet "Jinty" and friends and it's just £1 per child. www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk - 0161 764 7790
The (Little) Crown on Manchester Road, Haslingden has a Psychic Night on Thursday, 30th August from 7 to 11pm. Tarot and angel cards, photo readings, palmistry etc. All the fun of the fair and special guest appearance by Aleister Crowley! You can
A GANG of drug dealers who made daily 80-mile round trips in taxis to sell cocaine and heroin to addicts in Darwen all won cuts in their jail terms today. The four men, and the Darwen junkie they recruited to use his house as a base, all managed to
Swine Flu hit near us this week just as I came into contact with another pandemic – Affluenza. I caught it off my son – Affluenza, that is. Hearing of my hope to stand at the General Election, he challenged me in two ways. “Dad” began his first query
EAST Lancashire’s politicians have clashed over the impact of Preston’s £700million redevelopment. The Tithebarn shopping scheme has been bitterly opposed by Blackburn with Darwen Council, which says it will draw shoppers out of Blackburn town centre
RECORD signing Steven Fletcher is pumped up for the Premier League after scoring his first Burnley goals. The Clarets’ £3million man struck twice as Owen Coyle’s newly promoted side beat League Two Morecambe in the second of eight confirmed friendlies
RYAN Nelsen has promised the Ewood Park faithful “we will be ready” as Blackburn Rovers’ Premier League preparations stepped up a gear in Italy. The Rovers skipper played the second 45 minutes of their impressive 2-2 draw with AS Roma in Bolzano
A TENANT has become the first in Burnley to be named and shamed as a ‘rent dodger’ by a fed-up landlord. Angry bosses at Taylor Housing have put up a sign declaring ‘Rent dodger lives here’ outside one of their properties in Branch Road, Burnley Wood
A MAN was last night in hospital with head injuries after being assaulted in a town centre street. The man was left with injuries, not believed to be serious, after an incident in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, at around 10.45am yesterday. Last night, two
