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  • Concerns after rabbit deaths in Blackburn

    RESIDENTS are concerned a mystery virus is causing animals to suffer and creating a health hazard at playing fields in Blackburn. Amanda and John Lucas, who regularly take walks across the fields at Henry Whalley Street, in Mill Hill, said

  • Darwen engineering firm takes over Blackburn company

    A GROWING engineering firm has snapped up a rival based just two miles down the road. Metal fabricating giant WEC Group, of Darwen, has swallowed up Blackburn-based Nutter Aircrafts Limited, a precision-engineering company founded in 1939. The acquisition

  • Sedbergh rallies to help little Zak

    A DALES community has rallied round to offer support to a popular little boy who suffers from cerebral palsy. Sedbergh’s Zak Hall has a list of conditions which mean he is unable to communicate with his family or control his movement.

  • Rossendale dog on Over the Rainbow

    A PET dog from East Lancashire could follow Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road and become a stage star in the Wizard of Oz. One-year-old Dave, a mini schnauzer, is performing challenges against four other dogs on the BBC One show Over the Rainbow on

  • Running On Empty blog: 60 days to go

    I've been to Blackburn Rovers and Burnley's Player of the Year awards - glittering occasions when we celebrate true athleticism by getting insanely drunk. Of course, as an athlete myself (well I have been training for this 10K for two months now), it's

  • Prime Minister unveils his Cabinet

    PRIME Minister David Cameron has put the finishing touches to his Cabinet, with key jobs for his Liberal Democrat coalition partners. As well as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, there were seats at the Cabinet table for Lib Dems Vince Cable and David

  • Conservative and Lib Dem coalition takes shape

    New Prime Minister David Cameron has said his "historic" Conservative-led coalition government will be united and provide "strong and stable" leadership. In a press conference with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, who is now deputy PM, he said they

  • Morbid Club?

    Rossendale Players present "The Cemetery Club" by Ivan Menchell at The Millenium Thatre, Waterfoot from May 22nd to May 29th. It's a warm-hearted comedy and tickets can be obtained by calling 01706 228720. This is the last play to be performed

  • Burnley announce Laws' job 'not under threat'

    BURNLEY have insisted manager Brian Laws' job is not under threat. The Lancashire Telegraph today reported a board room split about whether the 48-year-old should remain in charge following relegation. Laws has lost 15 of his 19 games

  • Should Kilby end Laws’ tenure at Burnley?

    CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby is under increasing pressure from fans to dismiss manager Brian Laws following Burnley’s relegation to the Championship. Two Lancashire Telegraph writers give their differing views on the subject. YES SHOULD he go

  • East Lancs superbike star features in team talk ad

    EAST Lancashire super-bike legend Carl Fogarty has been hailed as one of England’s all-time sporting greats. Foggy is one of the legends starring in a new television advert launched ahead of this summer’s football World Cup. The promo

  • Figures show people in East Lancs claiming benefits is down

    THE number of jobless people claiming benefits in East Lancashire reduced last month as the region continues its crawl out of recession. Across Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, 12,321 people were

  • Blackburn Rovers blog: Robbo’s too proud to plead to Capello

    THERE is probably a good reason why Paul Robinson has been reluctant to talk about England ever since he joined Blackburn Rovers. He could see yesterday coming. In the end, Robinson’s exclusion from England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World

  • Owners should be made to pay for dog zones

    NEVER mind elections, what about a subject that stirs up far stronger feelings than the economy and taxation – dogs. As in politics there doesn’t seem to a lot of consensus where canine issues are concerned. You are either categorised as a dog lover

  • Humbled by asylum seeker

    I’D like to thank the small group who gave two or three hours of their time recently to continue the clean-up of Darwen cemetery. I’d especially like to thank the man from Sri Lanka, a Muslim asylum-seeker, who saw the Friends’ website and decided to

  • Paltry payback

    RE Bryan Pearce’s recent letter, will someone tell me in which country he lives to get a £200 Christmas bonus, or where I claim to get my refund of £2,470 (£200-£10x13years)? Maybe he is confused with the winter fuel payment, which was given in place

  • We want equality for the English

    I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank the good people of Goodshaw ward in Rossendale who voted for me in the local election. Considering this was a national election and the three main parties were throwing millions of pounds at it, the result

  • Too valuable to be put at risk

    THE row that has erupted over the future funding of the SAFE Centre is extremely worrying. The pioneering centre looks after victims of rape and sexual assault from across Lancashire as they try to cope with the terrible crimes committed against them

  • Memorial soccer match in honour of Colne man

    A CHARITY football match is being organised in memory of a Colne man who died from cancer, aged 42. The life of Stephen Shorrock, a former Weston EU worker, will be celebrated on Sunday when his workmates from the Burnley and Colne sites line up for

  • Local Newspaper Week: Our online service is invaluable

    The Lancashire Telegraph website provides us with new ways to keep our readers informed and entertained. We were the first regional newspaper in the UK to start publishing articles online every day. 15 years on, our commitment to bringing

  • Preview: Mark Beaumont in Burnley

    INTREPID adventurer Mark Beaumont completed his first challenge when he was just 12 and at the age of 15 he cycled 1,000 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats. More recently the thrill-seeker made history in 2008 when he completed a solo cycle

  • Boost by Blackburn hospice helper

    A FUNDRAISER has walked, hiked and scrambled across 96 miles in aid of the East Lancashire Hospice. Bev Eastwood made the seven-day trek from Milngavie to Fort William as part of the West Highland Way challenge. The 36-year-old Lancashire

  • Burnley's high-flier on high street

    WEARING killer heels and a winning smile, Angela Spindler, a striking 47 year-old blonde, happily puts to bed the stereotype that to be a successful boss you need to be an overweight, cigar-smoking male. Having held a string of senior positions

  • Month’s wait for new Nelson Post Office

    PEOPLE living in Nelson will have to do without their main post office for over a month. The post office in Victory Centre is to close today after the current franchise holder decided to end their contract. A newly-appointed submaster has been found

  • All signs point to new identity for Barrowford

    VILLAGE leaders in Pendle are aiming to solve an identity crisis with the unveiling of a £17,500 road signs project. Nameplates on the eight roads in and out of Barrowford are either missing, dilapidated or in the wrong place. Parish councillors and

  • Burnley board split over Brian Laws' future as manager

    BRIAN LAWS’ future as Burnley manager was last night still undecided because of a boardroom split. We can reveal chairman Barry Kilby and his directors were locked in talks at Turf Moor for four hours on Monday night – but no agreement was reached

  • Colne man 'told girl, 7, to copy porn star’

    A MAN said to have sexually abused two girls asked one of them to copy what a porn star was doing on a film, a court heard. Burnley Crown Court was told how Robert George Carrel, now 54, was said to have got the confused seven year old to perform sex

  • Accrington man receives £2k penalty for dirty back yard

    A RUBBISH-filled back yard has cost an Accrington man more than £2,100 after court action was taken by the borough council. Mehboob Hussain Ditta, of Blackburn Road, was served a notice to clear the rear yard of his house in autumn last year. But

  • Ramsbottom Cup Second Round draw

    PM & M Ramsbottom Cup Second Round draw. Cherry Tree v Edenfield Ribblesdale Wanderers v Settle Read v Padiham Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Baxenden. Ties to be played June 20.

  • Ramsbottom Cup first round scorecards

    Cherry Tree v Clitheroe Cherry Tree M Hadfield ct Coulter b Dowling 23 S Friend lbw b Dowling 28 Turner ct Coulter b Dewhurst 6 J Bolton ct Hardman b Marquet 106 N Robbings ct Preston b Dowling 0 M Friend not out 50 R Humphreys not out 8 Extras

  • Ramsbottom's cup date

    Ramsbottom will play their LCB Lancashire Cup second round tie against Bamford Fieldhouse at their Acre Bottom home on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, May 31.

  • It's been a blast at Blackburn Rovers - Reid

    STEVEN Reid is looking forward to starting an ‘exciting new chapter’ after conceding his seven-year Ewood Park stint was over. While the Republic of Ireland midfielder had yet to receive official confirmation he would not be offered a new deal at Blackburn

  • Burnley set for pre-season tour to Singapore and Bali

    BURNLEY will travel to Singapore and Bali in July as part of their preparations for the new season. The Clarets had been waiting to confirm their pre-season, with all plans on hold until the club found out if they had they had qualified for the Europa

  • Burnley announce their retained list

    A QUARTET of Clarets are mulling over new deals as Burnley lay the platform for another promotion assault next season. Recent goal hero Steven Thompson, veteran forward Robbie Blake, goalkeeper Brian Jensen and defender Michael Duff have all been offered

  • Accrington Stanley announce pre-season tour

    ACCRINGTON Stanley have arranged to take part in a pre-season tournament in Devon between July 19 and 25. Stanley have agreed to take part in the Joma South West Challenge, which will take place at various non-league grounds around north Devon including

  • Three people held after five Blackburn police raids

    THREE people were held after five drugs raids across Blackburn. Officers from the South West Blackburn Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out warrants at Pink Place, Coleridge Street, Exeter Street and two in Angela Street on Tuesday morning

  • Blackburn Rovers star Diouf slammed

    ROAD safety campaigners have slammed Blackburn Rovers footballer El Hadji Diouf after it emerged he has been driving without a valid UK licence for seven years. Diouf, 29, was last week banned from driving for six months after admitting