THE landlady of a Clitheroe pub has been shot in the face with a BB gun. Police said a teenager ran into the The Black Horse Inn and shot the owner, the ball bearing hitting her on the chin, before running away at just after 9.45pm on Monday
BLACKBURN Rovers reserves suffered more late heartbreak in this evening's 1-1 draw at Bolton. Michael Potts' early strike had given Rovers reserves a deserved half time lead but Tope Obadeyi's 91st minute equaliser earned the hosts an unlikely
GRANT Hanley returns to action this evening as he starts for Blackburn Rovers reserves against Bolton. The Scottish under 21 internatinal has missed the start of Rovers' season through injury, having broken into the first team at the end of last campaign
RURAL residents that were snowed in last year for 21 days have been told that they do not qualify for a new grit bin. People living in remote Cow Ark in the Ribble Valley have been campaigning for a grit bin, which has historically been located in
A 'MURDERED' chef whose body was found in a flat in Clayton-le-Moors was a 'lovely boy who would help anyone', family said. James Todd, 27, was discovered in a badly decomposed state on Monday September 27. A post mortem examination
THE Accrington and District Junior Football League has been awarded coveted FA Charter Standard League status. The league was presented with the award at Blackburn Rovers’ recent home game against Fulham. Lancashire FA officials, including chief
I dropped into Westholme School’s open day. I have lived near the school for more than 20 years and never been inside. But my articulate, young tour guides, Rachel and Celia, showed me a bright, airy, cheerful school, so different from those of
ALMOST half of motorists would happily pay a charge to speed on Britain’s motorways, according to a poll by Burnley car supermarket Motorpoint. The firm found that 45 per cent of people quizzed would pay a fee to drive faster than the 70mph limit on
A CRACKDOWN has been urged on street traders in Brierfield after disgruntled shopkeepers threatened to revolt. Goods vans without street trading permits have been spotted operating in both Arthur Street and Walter Street. Coun Naeem Ashraf said:
A NELSON firm will build a 69-bedroom hotel in Yorkshire providing plans are approved. Travelodge wants to open a new hotel in Bradford months after publishing a survey naming the city as the place visitors ‘least wanted to visit’. Barnfield Construction
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Clarets fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. And this season our online readers can get their views published in the newspaper too. A
AN MP is still holding out hope that several schools in Rossendale could be in line for major investment after lodging a Parliamentary question. Graham Jones, Labour MP for Haslingden and Hyndburn, asked Education Secretary Nick Gibb about
A MISSING man has this afternoon been found semi-conscious on wasteland in Blackburn after a major 13-hour search. Stephen Hunter, 45, who went missing from his home in Thornton Close, Highercroft, last night, was found by a police dog on land
BURNLEY MP Gordon Birtwistle has pledged to support the hunting ban after meeting with activists and staff from the League Against Cruel Sports. He told them he would support the 2004 Hunting Act if there is a free vote in Parliament on the issue.
MORE than 200 past and prospective pupils visited a Blackburn school before it is knocked down to make way for a new building. The open day at St Silas Primary School saw pupils from 80 years ago, as well as those who left just last year, go
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Blackburn Rovers fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. And this season our online readers can get their views published in the newspaper too.
THE two independent councillors who hold the balance of power on Blackburn with Darwen Council have signed an agreement with Labour. Trevor Maxfield and Anthony Meleady caused the previous ruling coalition to collapse when they resigned from
A TEENAGER who brought misery to residents when he was one of the ‘Mill Hill Boyz’ has been praised in court for the way he has turned his life around. Blackburn magistrates heard Sheldon Murchi had been made subject to an anti-social behaviour
“IT’S a bit like a two-man one-man band,” says John Spiers. He is talking about his shows with musical collaborator Jon Boden, in which the two will be returning to their folk roots. They are perhaps better known as founding members
SEX. The attraction which Newton left out. And one of the driving forces for Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, which is being produced by the Library Theatre Company at their temporary home at The Lowry. Arcadia marked a turning point for Stoppard — it has neither
THE Met, in Bury, will welcome multi BBC Folk Award-winners Chris Wood and Andy Cutting on October 16. Chris is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the unofficial history of the English speaking people. With gentle
Leigh Lennon has been selected to take part in an ‘On Camp with Kelly’ Educational Camp at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 19-year-old Ribble Valley Athletic Club member from Accrington is one of eight talented British middle distance
I make no apologies for returning to this programme, but in an age when we celebrate any performance deemed slightly out of the ordinary, let’s recognise the services of Adam Richman to gluttony. In the past, I’ve seen Richman devour massive
I THINK the standard of the BBC’s football coverage may just be starting to catch up with Sky. It has lost out big time since the 1990s, when the public rejected the po-faced analysis of Jimmy Hill and pals, whose final days at the head of Match Of
VENTROLIQUISM has had a bit of a bad name in recent years. But with TV programmes like Britain’s Got Talent giving prominence to variety acts, Paul Zerdin is helping to bring talking puppets back to the fore. He said: “I have worked at the Comedy Store
A NEW £3.1m dental training practice has opened its doors to patients and students in Burnley. The Quest Dental Care building in Red Lion Street was handed over by its developers the Eric Wright Group to NHS East Lanca-shire yesterday.
THEY are undoubtedly Bolton’s best Mexican band. Pancho Ballard and the Banditos will be entertaining their hometown with an appearance at the Octagon theatre, as part of the new series of Cityscape Presents events. Pancho, aka Bolton
YOUNG Daniel Battrick showed just why he picked up Hyndburn’s Rising Star award after landing yet another kick boxing title the very next day. The 12-year-old from Accrington earned the borough accolade for this outstanding achievements in his chosen
MARC Etherington has known all about ‘ice time’ for as long as he can remember. The Oswaldtwistle teenager, now aged 18, recalls his days of messing around at Blackburn Arena as a toddler as elder brother Dan played for the Hawks. He was just four
FOLLOWING the fantastic response to last year’s 10-year reunion concert, Soul Deep return to Burnley on October 9 to roll back the years to the classic soul era. During the nineties, the East Lancashire band earned a huge reputation as the north’s
THE Ramsbottom of 50 years ago has been lovingly recreated by the town’s Model Railway Club. The club has created a 35ft by 16ft layout and shows how the town looked back in 1960. It includes the impressive Nuttal Tunnel running into
Fiona Knowles plays an exhausting three different characters in her one-woman show, Women Behaving Madly coming to Darwen on October 6. But the 60-year-old, who has been touring in different one-woman plays for nearly two decades, says she isn’t ready
IT’S nights like this that make me realise how good my job is. Seeing one of my favourite bands, live and for free in a very intimate setting is a rare treat – and one which I’m sure the Key 103 competition winners appreciated just as much
Fresh from another successful Edinburgh Fringe, Cook brought a new stash of personal anecdotes to Burnley. Ahead of his appearance at Blackburn and Darwen Comedy Festival in November, this show; ‘The End (Part 1)’, is a mix of funny stories involving
Half-way through its UK tour, Dreamboats and Petticoats certainly hasn’t lost any momentum. Expecting nothing less than pure cheesiness harping back to a time when rock and roll was emerging, I was nicely surprised that there was both style and substance
ACCRINGTON Stanley’s former League Cup finalist Andy Parkinson has paid tribute to his team-mates by revealing he has never played in a better passing side during his long career. Stanley became the seventh club of Parkinson’s career when he
ELEVEN charities have benefited from the disbanding of Blackburn Indoor Bowling Club. Members decided to call time on their dream to find an alternative home for the club after Albion Mill in Ewood was closed and later demolished. Plans to build
A WOODEN sculpture of a primary school’s iconic logo has been damaged after being blown off the building in a storm. The sculpture, which appears on the Higham St John’s Primary School uniform, is based on the old school bell which sits above the village
A DRUNKARD who smashed his mum's window after she asked him to leave had a string of alcohol-fuelled incidents behind him, but was working in a pub, a court heard. Daniel Riley, 19, father of a two-year-old child, struck whilst subject to a suspended
A standing ovation in memory of one of East Lancashire’s most remarkable musicians was the highlight of the NODA North West District Three awards. More than 350 people from local theatre companies gathered at Ewood Park on Friday as the event
THE Garrick Theatre Club makes its debut at The ACE Centre, Nelson, from October 6 to 9 with its production of Charley’s Aunt. It's a classic farce about two students who wish to entertain two young ladies in their university rooms. * Charley’s
THOUSANDS of pounds for Hyndburn’s most deprived areas could be lost in cuts which are anticipated next spring, it has emerged. Funding for Neighbourhood Management Boards, which make localised decisions for Clayton-le-Moors, West Accrington
NEWLY-qualified midwives have said East Lancashire's revised birthing model would give mums the best possible births. Rachel Harries, 24, and Jessica Sandford, 23, will be helping mums through labour at the new birth centres in Blackburn, Burnley
A WASTE-burning incinerator will not be built in Blackburn and Darwen, it has been revealed. Instead a plant that could treat the waste to turn it into soil has been unveiled as the solution to the borough's dilemma over what to with its household
JUST four empty units remain in Blackburn’s new shopping after more new stores signed up. Designer menswear outlet Infinities opened its doors on Friday in the new Lord Street Mall area next to Costa Coffee. Shoeshop Deichmann is another recent
A LONGRIDGE man has appeared in court in connection with an alleged £22million loan fraud. Mark Terrence Pattinson, 36, of Sharley Fold, Longridge, appeared at Southwark Crown Court alongside two co-accused. They are solicitor Kevin James Steele, 50
AS the international break returns, now represents as good an opportunity as any to reflect on the Clarets’ opening to the season. With two games gone Burnley have achieved the minimum that is expected of them – mainly that they occupy the final place
MICHAEL Duff is ready to answer manager Brian Laws’ call if Clarke Carlisle’s red card appeal is unsuccessful. Burnley risk losing their central defender for a maximum of four games if a bid to overturn Saturday’s sending off at Millwall is
THE bulk of hundreds of Lancashire job losses at BAE Systems could be found through voluntary redundancies and redeployments, according to an MP. Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle said he had been told by the defence giant that very few of the almost
AN East Lancashire student has secured a place on an Indian newspaper to cover the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Imran Sidat, from Blackburn is one of just four undergraduates from the University of Central Lancashire to have gained a place. The
A TALENTED artist has won a scholarship to Stonyhurst College after exhibiting work in galleries in his home town Blackburn and France. Alfie Hoole, 13, beat worldwide competition to secure the scholarship. Teachers said they would now
IT was interesting to read about the new rules/ regulations now in force at the Whalley and Wiswell burial ground. Has Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council cemeteries department any set rules or regulations in place as to what is or what is not acceptable
I THINK cobbles are worth saving. The only reason they have been tarmaced over in some streets was for the motor car. It’s nice to keep some of the old things for history. In the 1950s, I can remember when Lemonius Street front and back was cobbled
Regarding the enforced six-day trading at Accrington market hall, surely anyone can see that some of the traders need a day to re-stock and most certainly need one day of rest per week. It is quite obvious that there is insufficient trading for the
THE news that four nine-year-old boys have been suspended from their primary school because they had cannabis is truly shocking. The pupils at Cherry Fold Community Primary School, Burnley, have been spoken to by police and issued with youth
WET, wet, wet. No, not the group, but the weather. Hasn’t it been awful and cold into the bargain, so I got out my old fur jacket. It seems the arbiters of taste say to wear fur after May and before October is not the done thing, but
A PRISON dentist from Rossendale who claimed twice for treating in-mates at the country’s first privately-run jail is facing a prison term himself. For more than two years John Hudson treated prisoners at Altcourse Prison in Fazakerley, Liverpool
DAVID Dunn is expected to hand manager Sam Allardyce a huge selection dilemma as he finally shows signs of beating the injury woes that have destroyed his start to the season. The Rovers midfielder has been limited to just 43 minutes of action this
A MINI-bus appeal for a Burnley special school to help youngsters go for outings and extra-curricular activities has been backed by Clarets star Clarke Carlisle. Supporters of the Georgia Fourie appeal at Holly Grove School, named after the nine-year-old
A CORONER has decided not to hold an inquest into the death of an 11-month old baby from Nelson who died of head injuries consistent with being smashed into a wall. East Lancashire coroner Richard Taylor has been reviewing the file into the
HOMES in part of Nelson have been left in ‘slum’ conditions after missing out on housing renewal grants, a councillor claims. People living in Lonsdale Street, Smith Street, Whitehall Street and Belgrave Street have gradually seen their homes
THE owner of a popular Italian restaurant has been told he broke rules by painting it a browny-red colour without permission. Pendle Council called a meeting with representatives of Carlo’s Ristorante, after the Colne resTaurant was re-painted in the
SATURDAY’S home game against Gillingham can be told by way of numbers. Seven goals for Stanley from six different scorers, five of which were out of the top drawer, while four goals for the visitors was just not good enough. Three (at least!) is the
BLACKBURN Rovers and Stoke City are often regarded as clubs that have a lot in common. They both have strong historical traditions, having spent some of the last 30 years in the lower divisions before fighting back to regain Premier League status. They
Young Blackburn Rovers midfielder Jordan Bowen has joined Evo-Stik First Division North side Bamber Bridge on loan. The 18-year-old will remain at the QED Stadium until January.
FRENCH under-21 international Herold Goulon will continue training with Blackburn Rovers this week as the free agent looks to secure himself an Ewood Park future. The giant defensive midfielder has impressed Allardyce’s coaching staff and is now undergoing
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Sam Allardyce is ready to give his staff a few days off over the next fortnight as he prepares for the busy schedule ahead. He said: “We are all aware that the international break is part of our calendar. "We all know it is
A MAN who started a fire at his former flat in Darwen after he was evicted has been jailed. David Frith had returned to collected a bicycle. But in an emotional and upset state, he tossed a cigarette on to a pile of papers in the living room
A DARWEN councillor has hit out at the ‘wazzocks’ he said were vandalising playgrounds in the borough. There has been a string of incidents in recent months, with bosses facing a mounting bill to repair new play areas built using a multi-million
A NEW car park that cost taxpayers £6.5million is being shunned after a rival shopping centre facility cut its prices. Council leader Kate Hollern said the situation at the Feilden Street multi-storey was 'crazy', warning: "We are losing income".
Children’s Commissioner Dr Maggie Atkinson visited young people and staff at the Reach Out project, in the Sudell area of Darwen, as part of fact-finding trip. Reach Out, run by environmental charity Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, delivers programmes
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council's new leaders have hinted they might scale back the borough's involvement in a partnership of East Lancashire's local authorities. All the area's town halls have signed up to the Pennine Lancashire project, which involves
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman is understood to be top of Lincoln City's shortlist to replace Chris Sutton at Sincil Bank. Lincoln are currently 16 places below Stanley in League Two but assistant manager Jimmy Bell told the Lancashire
THE traditional playground game of conkers has come under threat from a disease spreading to horse chestnut trees in Lancashire. Thousands of schoolchildren could be disappointed in years to come with the disease attacking the tree which produces
LANCASHIRE County Council has made little progress on its pledge to work towards Fairtrade status, bosses admitted. Six years ago county leader signed a pledge to support Fairtrade products and aim to become the first county to achieve Fairtrade status
FOUR nine-year-old boys have been suspended from school after being found with cannabis in the playground. Police said they were called to Cherry Fold Community Primary School, in Cog Lane, Burnley, following reports the children had been discovered
Strictly Come Dancing 2010. Week 1. FRIDAY. The new series of Strictly got off to a flying start in its first week. With the new look studio, that seems to be getting more and more like Blackpool Tower's ballroom. A
POLICE have obtained an order to restrict a right-wing group's protests over the serving of Halal meat at Blackburn's Kentucky Fried Chicken. Officers acted after seven nights of demonstrations kicked off with scenes of disorder as 50 English
