BURNLEY slipped into the bottom three as Owen Coyle got his first points as Bolton manager. A goal from Chung-Yong Lee in the 34th minute at the Reebok Stadium was enough to separate the two teams. About 5,000 supporters backed Burnley
THE wife of a terminally ill cancer patient has blasted East Lancashire Hospitals after she claims her husband was left in agony waiting to receive treatment. Carol Fielding, 48, said her husband Glyn, 43, lay in pain for 20 minutes waiting
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Benni McCarthy has moved closer to completing his move to West Ham United after agreeing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Hammers. Rovers accepted a bid from West Ham earlier today and McCarthy has now finalised
BILLY Kee scored within 61 seconds of going on as a substitute as Accrington Stanley survived a rough examination last night at the Crown Ground. With the memories still fresh from Saturday’s glamour FA Cup tie with Fulham – and the legs still heavy
HEALTH bosses in East Lancashire are to discuss how to make £46million worth of cutbacks at a meeting tomorrow. NHS East Lancashire has been told it must save the money in response to the economic downturn and ministers’ potential freeze on investment
BLACKBURN’S big wheel is set to become a regular Christmas fixture after it was revealed it had attracted more than 15,000 punters. Council bosses said there was no reason why the 108ft wheel could not return next year to boost festive trade
Burnley trailed to Owen Coyle's Bolton at the break ... and also lost two key players through injury. Coyle saw his side take the lead in the 34th minute thanks to Chung-Yong Lee’s fifth goal of the season. But Burnley’s hopes were not
A ROW has broken out after figures showed how badly Burnley had been hit by the recession. The number of benefit claimants in the borough have risen from 31.1 per cent in 2008 to 34 per cent, in Bank Hall, Trinity and Daneshouse, from May to
A MAIN road into Blackburn was closed tonight after a multi-car smash in rush hour. Police said five cars were initially reported to be involved in the accident in King Street near the Shell garage and Lidl supermarket at 5.35pm. But
THE cost to taxpayers of Darwen Town Council has been announced. The new council’s precept was set at tonight’s meeting in Darwen Town Hall. It will raise around £122,000 to spend on the council’s work. But a row greeted the move, with critics
ANDY Procter scored a captain’s goal to lead Accrington Stanley from the front as they hold a half-time advantage over Aldershot Town at the Crown Ground tonight. The skipper struck on 30 minutes to give the Reds a deserved lead on their
Every Saturday morning Children's Circuit Training Classes are held at Fit Therapy, New Hall Hey Road, Rawtenstall. The classes are fun, help children to burn off excess energy and introduce exercise at an early age. The classes are suitable for children
Burnley manager Brian Laws made four changes to the side that lost at Reading as the Clarets look to get one over on former manager Owen Coyle. Christian Kalvenes, Clarke Carlisle, Steven Fletcher and David Nugent all returned to the team. Coyle made
JOHN Coleman makes two changes as he looks for his Accrington Stanley men to get back to winning ways on their League Two journey tonight. Darran Kempson is banned and Coleman also drops Sean McConville to the bench for the Crown Ground meeting with
A MAN suffered a fractured skull after being hit over the head with a crowbar in an attempted robbery. Shortly after midnight three men went into a caravan at a maggot farm in Crowthorne Road, Edgworth, where a 38-year-old man was staying alone. The
THIS is the ‘sick monster’ who violently sexually assaulted one girl while on bail for raping another. Simon Heaton, 17, from St Helens, Merseyside, can now be named as the youth who subjected the girls - a nine-year-old in Great Harwood and
The Professional Footballers’ Association is to create official fan pages on Facebook for every player in the country as a way of protecting their members against the pitfalls of social media. A number of high-profile players have found themselves
DAVID Dunn has signed a new two-and-a-half year deal with Blackburn Rovers. Dunn was due to be out of contract at the end of the season but had been in negotiations for some time and has now penned a deal until the summer of 2012.
VANDALS have been warned they face a brush with the law if they target a new housing estate in the heart of Burnley. Neighbours in Mary Towneley Fold have become fed up with the number of youths clambering over their back fences, causing hundreds of
A second arrest has been made by detectives in a rape investigation dating back more than 20 years. Lancashire police detained a 45-year-old man at his Ayrshire home early yesterday as part of an inquiry into the abduction and rape of a 22-year-old
A 60-bedroom care home for the elderly could finally be built on the site of a former reservoir in Nelson. Outline planning permission for the large two-storey building on land off Lowthwaite Drive, in the Cloverhill area, was approved by the Planning
A COUNCIL roadsweeper has told a jury of the moment he saw Adam Rogers fall to the floor after being punched in Blackburn town centre. Greg Davies told the court: "I could tell straight away he was knocked out. "Normally you would react
BLACKBURN Rovers have agreed a fee with West Ham United over the possible sale of striker Benni McCarthy. The South African has now been given permission to speak to the Hammers about a potential deal, with the forward keen to secure a move before the
Tough matches at Skelmersdale and Bamber Bridge over the next six days are on the immediate agenda as Chorley bid to extend their best run of league successes for almost seven years – and manager Steve Waywell handed out a stark warning to his squad yesterday
Residents in rural areas of the town have received Smartwater packs from police in a bid to tackle night crimes. The packs have been issued as part of the Rural Watch campaign. To contact the Colne neighbourhood policing team for crime prevention
What’s wrong with me? I quite enjoy the telly - a bit of news - but no longer am I sure about 24/7 instant, constant news and some sport. We also watch Corrie and ‘Enders, Casualty, always Spooks and currently Survivors. I imagine we
OWEN Coyle has cited the example of Stan Ternent’s departure from Turf Moor as a reason why he had to join Bolton Wanderers rather than risking his time at Burnley turning sour. Coyle’s Bolton side face the Clarets in the Premier League tonight
LANCASHIRE County Council has lost a legal ruling over a multi-million pound waste contract. A judge has decided County Hall showed ‘bias’ towards Environmental Waste Controls Ltd (EWC) when awarding a contract to waste giant Sita. EWC claimed its
OLD time music hall comes to Blackburn on February 12 – and the audience is invited to dress for the occasion. ‘Music of the Knight’ is presented by the Royal Society of St George, Blackburn and East Lancs branch, which will offer a bottle of champagne
As preparations for the biggest game of the season go, exiting the FA Cup at the hands of a struggling Championship side falls some way short of ideal. No-one has the divine right to win any game. But with only one win and nine goals at the Madejski
BURNLEY will find out today whether on-loan striker David Nugent will stay until the end of the season. As I understand it, the Clarets are hopeful of finalising an extension and avoid Portsmouth either recalling the 24-year-old or selling
A CASH loans company worker made money to the tune of almost £2,000 in a payments scam. Burnley Crown Court heard how Yasir Hussain, 25, got loans in real and fictitious names and pocketed the proceeds when he worked for Provident Personal Credit Ltd
BRIAN Laws could make Celtic left back Danny Fox his second Clarets signing. Celtic are understood to want a return on the £1.5million they shelled out for the former Coventry man just six months ago.
A SUPPLIER of Italian foods and wine has moved to Haslingden from Ramsbottom. GP Imports has taken a unit at the Court Yard, off the A56, an industrial development owned by the Bolton-based Hurstwood Group. GP Imports owner Pasquale
FIRMS in Pendle have just two weeks left to get their entries in for the 2010 business awards. Application and nominations can be made until Friday February 5, via www.pendle.gov.uk or www.pendlevision.org. This year the awards aim to recognise the
SO there are going to be more road changes in the centre of Blackburn (LT, January 14). The report says furious shop owners claim the move will cripple trade and put visitors off the town. I hope that before the plans are rubber-stamped, the council
The big story this week will be Mr Blair’s appearance at the Chilcot Inquiry into the invasion of Iraq. But it may not last as long as the story that is slowly starting to ‘get legs’, as journalists say. This is the fall-out from the public spending
A BURNLEY man found dead in the grounds of a disused mill is thought to have died as a result of hypothermia. The body of Gavin Worthington, 37, of Chatburn Avenue, was discovered at the former Builder’s Centre, in Martin Street mill, on Wednesday night
JUDGES have complete discretion to decide whether someone should be released on bail or not. There are guidelines for them to follow, but the ultimate decision comes down to the justice presiding over the case. But this system has failed one Great Harwood
IS democracy in Hyndburn dead? Not quite, but party politics should be put to sleep. At the full council meeting the Chair’s casting vote was called into action yet again to devolve power away from elected members to officers. The opposition led by
Over the years there have been many articles about the decline of theatre goers in this country, but I am now not surprised. An “on the spot” Sunday request from my four-year-old grandson to see a pantomime sparked a fruitless search. We firstly tried
EIGHT-year-old Shaun Wood has given the Clarets a psychological advantage ahead of tonight’s hotly-anticipated derby with Owen Coyle’s Bolton. Plucky Shaun, from Nelson, was selected to pit his sporting prowess against a rival Wanderers fan at Manchester
AN investigation is underway after a house party in Burnley ended with a woman needing treatment for smoke inhalation after a blaze. Detectives are looking to question a number of people who attended a gathering in Dean Street, off Burnham Gate, on Sun-day
A TEENAGER who claimed to be fundraising for Cancer Research as he burgled a 92-year-old woman is being sought by police. An appeal for witnesses has been made after an Asian boy duped a pensioner in Halifax Road, Brierfield, on Friday. Sgt Damian Pemberton
BURNLEY fans are being urged to behave themselves at tonight’s crunch match against Bolton Wanderers. The two teams face each other for the first time since former Burnley manager Owen Coyle took charge at the Reebok two weeks ago. Police have said
A LEADING councillor has dismissed an ‘apology’ by a Conservative councillor found guilty of using racially offensive words at a public meeting. Politicial opponents have repeated their calls for Coun Smith Benson to stand down after he was partially
MUMS-TO-BE on a maternity ward might be forgiven for thinking they are seeing double. That’s because 22-year-old Rossendale twins Sarah and Lindsay Dodds have both started as midwives in the same department. And the inseparable duo, who attended
A COURAGEOUS Padiham man has become the first paraplegic amputee in the world to walk again. Robert Field, 23, amazed medical staff as he took his first steps after being confined to a wheelchair for more than two years. And his doctor said it was awe-inspiring
BLACKBURN and Darwen's free leisure scheme is being hailed a massive success after it was revealed 78,000 people had signed up for the beeZ cards. The scheme, jointly funded by the borough's primary care trust and council, was launched in March
ENERGY firm United Utilities has announced plans to axe 500 jobs. The firm, which supplies water, gas and electricity, will make 350 redundancies in the North West and another 150 elsewhere in the UK and abroad. The business, which has its headquarters
A NEW licensee is being sought to take over at a pub in Brierfield which has closed. The Marsden Cross, in Higher Reedley Road, closed temporarily earlier this month after the licensee left. A spokesman for Punch Taverns which owns the pub, said
LOVE is in the air for a Clitheroe couple who are starring in a new Valentine’s Day TV advert. Rachel and Matt Goodman, who work for Hallmark Cards, got more than they bargained for when they were chosen to star in the company’s new advert. The loved-up
What a week! Last Tuesday night was superb: Stanley knocked higher league opponents Gillingham out of the FA Cup with such style and passion that all of the 1,300 fans who attended left the Crown Ground with a real sense of optimism for Saturday and the
TONIGHT will be the first time Clarke Carlisle and his Burnley team-mates have seen former manager Owen Coyle since his controversial Turf Moor exit. But there will be no handshakes, pats on the back or good wishes – at least not before kick-off
CHRIS McCann admits there is no escape from the Bolton derby build-up. He can’t even fill his car up without people demanding revenge on former boss Owen Coyle and their relegation rivals. “People in the petrol station have been saying
NEW Burnley loan signing Frederic Nimani is eligible to make his debut in tonight's Premier League match at Bolton Wanderers after receiving international clearance. The striker has moved to Turf Moor on loan from Monaco for the rest of the
OWEN Coyle says he cannot blame Burnley fans who decide to jeer him at the Reebok tonight, but believes many of them would not be brave enough to say anything to his face. Coyle faces the Clarets tonight only three weeks after deciding to leave and join
Will you Still need me, Will you still feed me When We Lose 6-4. Big Sam probably didn’t sing this to Mrs Alllardyce when he arrived home from Birmingham late last Wednesday evening and I’m sure he still got his supper. When I
FOCUSED skipper Andy Procter is demanding his Stanley team-mates keep up their good work tonight when they go head to head with Aldershot in a game he describes as bigger than the glamour of the FA Cup clash with Fulham. Stanley won admiration
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Zurab Khizanishvili has joined Championship side Reading on loan for the rest of the season. The 28-year-old Georgian only returned from a three-month spell at Newcastle in December and, with 18 months still left on his Ewood
The Valentine’s dinner will last a couple hours, the chocolates about a day, flowers roughly a week, so this February Sony Music presents a gift that lasts forever… With the most romantic day of the year looming, ladies and gents all over the
BRIAN Laws is aiming to achieve ‘Coyle closure’ and his first three points as Burnley boss from tonight’s mouthwatering Lancashire derby with Bolton Wanderers. The teams meet for the first time since Owen Coyle quit the Clarets three weeks
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Sam Allardyce last night warned Benni McCarthy that he will not be bullied into selling the AWOL striker to West Ham United. Rovers have confirmed that McCarthy has failed to turn up for the club’s last two training sessions as
A SEX beast who burgled and repeatedly raped a woman in her own home has failed in a challenge to the length of his sentence. Karl Dennis Vickers, 41, of York Close, Clayton-le-Moors, broke into the home of the woman as she slept in January 2007. He
BURNLEY’S Andre Bikey could be back at Turf Moor this weekend after Cameroon lost 3-1 to Egypt in yesterday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter final. Bikey came off the bench to feature for Cameroon in extra time but could not stop his country
ALL groups, clubs, clans, even gangs, have a class structure, a hierarchy of sorts. Why? Because that’s the way democratic societies work. If you start or are born at the bottom, you then endeavour to work your way up the ladder by acquiring
PLANS to set up a high-profile committee to look at community relations in Blackburn have been scrapped. Council bosses had been expected to form a single ‘steering group’ in response to a report that said the town was one of the most ethnically divided
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