CRIMINALS will be used to end a two-year saga over 'shabby' Darwen landmarks. In December 2007, Blackburn with Darwen Council promised to spruce up old industrial machines forming the Darwen Heritage Trail, but still nothing has been done.
ACCRINGTON Stanley made it seven wins from eight League Two games as they twice came from behind to beat Lancashire rivals Morecambe in a thrilling derby. The Shrimps took the lead through Dave Artell only for Stanley's Bobby Grant to level
A FURNITURE store has been fined £15,000 after three illegal workers were found during an immigration swoop. UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers discovered two Indian men and another Pakistani man when they raided Emerald Upholstery, Daisy Street
Brian Ashton, MBE, the former head coach of the England national rugby union team, visited Stonyhurst College. He gave a talk to junior school pupils about the atmosphere among the England players as they prepared to play World Cup matches, and top
A HISTORIC drinking fountain is set to return to Whitehall Park after extensive renovation. The cast-iron fountain, donated by the Catlow family in 1906, has been dismantled, stripped back and repainted after rust had set in. Work started on the project
BRIAN Laws has picked up his first win as Burnley boss after a hard-fought victory over fellow strugglers West Ham. The Clarets increased their one goal lead ten minutes after the break when new-boy Danny Fox curled in a sublime free-kick from
BLACKBURN Rovers' misery on their travels continued at Stoke City this afternoon as they crashed 3-0 at the Britannia Stadium. Stoke were fortunate to take a 2-0 lead into the break, with Rovers dominant, but Chris Samba's red card after the
Address: Mitton Road, Mitton, BB7 9PQ. Phone number: 01254 826573 Lancashire Telegraph review by John Anson from February 6, 2010. GOOD old-fashioned home cooking —you can’t beat it, can you? Surely one of the finest exponents
Former Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Blackburn, A-level students Chris Burt and Callum Jones were awarded a £50 book token by the Lancashire and Cumbria branch of the Institute of Physics. An award is given to scholars who got the highest points
BLACKBURN Rovers were unable to convert some heavy pressure into a goal as Stoke City took an undeserved 2-0 led into the break. Stoke City skipper Danny Higginbotham volleyed the hosts into the lead on nine minutes, following some slack Rovers defending
David Nugent showed exactly why Brian Laws was keen to extend his loan deal as his goal separates the two sides at half time. Nugent opened the scoring on 14 minutes after some lax defending from the visitors that manager Gianfranco Zola will
AN internationally acclaimed photography exhibition, The F Word: Images of Forgiveness, is coming to Blackburn Cathedral. The F Word was first launched in London in 2004 and has since been displayed in more than 300 venues worldwide. It is described
THE man who ended Brian Laws’ playing career at Turf Moor knows he will never be popular in Burnley. A quarter of a century on, John Bond admits his time in charge of the Clarets remains one of the biggest regrets of his life. Mention Bond
Left back Danny Fox, who joined the Clarets from Celtic last month, makes his debut after injuries to Stephen Jordan and Christian Kalvenes. Leon Cort keeps his place in the centre of defence after impressing against Chelsea last weekend
FRANCO Di Santo returns to Blackburn Rovers' starting line-up for this afternoon's Premier League clash at Stoke City. The Argentine replaces El-Hadji Diouf and is expected to be the supporting striker, along with Martin Olsson, behind Nikola
IT’S not every day you see Prince Charles holding up a football shirt, wearing a Clarets’ badge on his lapel and sporting a tie and pocket handkerchief in club colours. And even if he doesn’t actually buy a season ticket, people throughout Burnley will
RE the letter (LT, January 27), I agree with Mr Garsden that Roy Davies is a first class councillor, but can I tell him that some councillors have a full-time job and may not be able to do things during the day. So I am asking Mr Garsden, will he stand
your columnist Shuiab Khan is very much mistaken when he maintains in his article that “most people couldn’t care less” about Asian females wearing the burka and flippantly remarking that “we should draw a veil over the whole issue”. I for one refuse
PEOPLE say that school exams are getting easier today. In the early 60s, I passed GCSEs in English Language and English Literature and won the school literature prize. My 17-year-old granddaughter, Kirsty Burton, has recently started at St Mary’s College
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an 86-year-old woman was thrown to the floor and mugged. The incident happened on Thursday as the pensioner walked alone down Wellington Street, Nelson. As she approached the junction with the rear of Clayton
Former Australia fast bowler Geoff Lawson is interested in applying for the vacant job of England bowling coach – but the former Haslingden pro will have to pip two other former Lancashire League paid men to get the post. Lawson, 52, who has coached
A Foundation has been set up in memory of the famous rock’n’roll cartoonist Ray Lowry who lived in Waterfoot. Ray designed the artwork for The Clash’s hit 1979 album ‘London Calling’ and died suddenly in October 2008. As well as being a famous rock artist
HISTORIC streets and buildings in the heart of Chipping are to be given extra protection from demolition and development. Town hall chiefs have given the go-ahead for the late 18th century industrial hamlet of Kirk Mill to be designated as a new conservation
SOME of the cheapest houses in Burnley are set to go under the hammer for as little as £10,000. Sixteen properties will be sold off at the Eddisons property auction, in Manchester. The sale reaffirms Burnley’s position as one of the cheapest places
Rossendale Male Voice Choir are holding an Open Evening at Rawtenstall Cricket Club on Friday 12th February at 7.30pm. They are looking for new members and all singers will be welcome. Contact Charles on 07802 643115 or Stuart on 01706 221 370
YILDIRAY Basturk is confident he can recapture the form that once saw him regarded as one of Europe’s top midfielders – and believes he could be challenging for a start in around a fortnight. The Turkish international hasn’t played a match yet this season
A ROSSENDALE school is bridging the gap between state and private schools as part of a groundbreaking initiative. Staff and pupils at Alder Grange Community and Technology School, in Rawtenstall, will be working with Ampleforth College, the largest private
Blackburn Hawks have a double header of tricky fixtures this weekend as they look to progress in both league and cup competitions. Hawks first travel to Coventry Blaze tonight hoping to banish the spectre of last weekend’s double defeat in
EWOOD Park young gun Martin Olsson has warned Premier League defences ‘this is just the beginning’ after insisting the Blackburn Rovers supporters haven’t seen anything yet. Rovers’ Swedish sensation has emerged as a fans favourite since establishing
BURNLEY can avoid the drop back into the Championship, according to top TV pundit Mark Lawrenson. But the ex-Liverpool star reckons the Clarets must start to regain a winning mentality at Turf Moor. “We knew all along that Burnley’s survival or otherwise
STOKE City boss Tony Pulis believes Blackburn counterpart Sam Allardyce is a living reminder that Premier League management can be a killer. Allardyce spent several weeks away from Blackburn after undergoing an angioplasty to widen one of his coronary
‘HOW would you feel if you had killed me?’... that was the question speeding drivers were asked by 10 and 11-year-old children. The group of year six pupils at St Francis’ Primary School, Feniscowles, used a speed gun provided by the South West Neighbourhood
SAM Allardyce hopes Morten Gamst Pedersen’s ‘love for Blackburn Rovers’ will help to secure his long-term future at Ewood Park – as he anticipates a pivotal next couple of weeks in the Norwegian’s contract negotiations. The Rovers boss puts
MASKED men brought terror to the family of a property broker whose company went into administration with debts of £100 million. Six men armed with a crowbar and bowie knife broke into Toby Whittaker's luxury home. His wife and four young children
EL-HADJI Diouf is relishing the chance to roll back the years, insisting Blackburn Rovers’ new formation does not mean negative football. Rovers’ recent Premier League upturn has coincided with Sam Allardyce opting to use a 4-5-1 formation,
BURNLEY boss Brian Laws is confident that Martin Paterson has the ability to score goals in the Premier League – and hopes he starts against West Ham today. Paterson was the Clarets’ top scorer with 19 goals last year on the way to promotion
