ACCRINGTON Stanley's four-match unbeaten run came to an end tonight as Shrewsbury came from behind to claim victory at the Crown Ground in League Two. Stanley went ahead two minutes after half time as Terry Gornell's low shot deflected off
A LEGAL row has erupted after a town centre Italian restaurant changed its name. Gino’s, which was opened in King William Street, Blackburn, in February last year by owner Fajul Patel, planned to rebrand as Tiggis this Friday, the name it traded
A PENSIONER has been jailed for 14 months after sexually abusing a little girl more than 30 years ago. Mohammed Bashir, 74, a former cafe boss, admitted two charges of indecent assault on the girl in the late 1970s. He had 'engineered
MORE than £4million will be taken away from thousands of students in East Lancashire after the Government axed vital funding for college students. Now college and sixth bosses are currently working on initiatives that would encourage youngsters
A TOWN centre pub has closed because of problems with its heating system. The Music Factory, formerly Pitchers Bar, in Salford, Blackburn, suffered problems with flooding when heating was turned on and pipes froze in the winter, former tenant
A SCHEME to encourage East Lancashire parents to use 'real nappies' has been shelved as part of local authority cuts. The Bottom Line Real Nappy Project, which gave parents information, support and advice about real nappies as well as £45 towards
A PENSIONER died at the wheel of his car while driving along the M65 this afternoon. Police said a small red hatchback veered off the westbound carriageway and into the hard shoulder, between junction three Riley Green and junction two Clayton
Last week, our survey of 20 top East Lancashire companies revealed that many are planning to take on new staff in 2011. As a boost to the economy (and especially in job numbers), it may be relatively insignificant but it does at least show that our
DIRTY Dancing, one of the most successful stage musicals of all time, is heading to Manchester from November 22 to January 7. The show, which took an eye popping £15 million in advance ticket sales prior to its West End run, will set pulses racing
A PROPOSAL over a chippy tea sets the scene for Rossendale Players’ latest outing – comedic play Sylvia’s Wedding, by Jimmie Chinn. Sylvia and Gordon, played by Isobel Balchin and Graham Haworth, have been together for a number of years, yet still
MORE than 70 children will take to the stage at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre from January 20 to 22 to present panto Mother Goose. St Mary’s Panto Group returns to the venue in its 43rd year, with a classic tale featuring a magic mirror, a waterfall
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of Burnley 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 selection
LANCASTER poet Kate Horsley has clinched top prize in a poetry competition. Kate was crowned the winner of the Lancashire prize of the Adoption Matters North West's awards at an event held at Gorton Monastery in Manchester last weekend.
CLARETS football legend Willie Irvine will forever go down in Turf Moor folklore for the goals he scored during a prolific six-year spell at the club. But he could never ride a pony! While the former Northern Ireland international etched his name
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.
SALLY Riding has continued her remarkable return to skating after she was selected to represent Great Britain in the European Championship. The Blackburn skater feared that she would never skate again after a dilapidating bout of glandular
Lara’s big-budget outings are few and far between these days, but this mobile adventure is a reminder of how much fun you can have with the intrepid explorer. Taking a different gameplay tack to the traditional over-the-shoulder shooter style
As mistakes go, there are a lot worse ones to make. Roque Santa Cruz seems to genuinely regret leaving Rovers for Manchester City, and has declared he’s glad to be back among friendly folk who appreciate him. If you think about it, the whole saga
As the gloom and gloaming settled around Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon, you could have forgiven Burnley’s new manager for wondering what on earth he’d walked into. Both the town and its football team seemed to be pulling out all the stops to make Eddie
If there is one thing we like, it’s a good retro-styled game and Rasher Basher certainly fits that bill with its simple control system and 16-bit graphics. But although you only have to press up and down to move a pig character that automatically
Spectacular space-age shooter action pretty much sums up what you’re going to get from N.O.V.A. 2, which takes all that was wonderful about the original, polishes it and shoots it into hyperspace with another exemplary execution of multiplayer
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, so Angry Birds must be feeling pretty flattered, judging by the way Pirates Vs Ninjas Vs Zombies Vs Pandas plays out. Instead of birds, read all of the characters above. Instead of a catapult
This stroll provides very easy walking with spectacular views over an expansive tidal area. All visitors should be sure to have a current set of tide tables to hand. Those interested in industrial archaeology will find this area of great interest
REVENGE is a hard word, often used in a context of strong feelings towards the opposition. I must admit that until I heard the words of the Cheltenham manager Mark Yates after the game on Saturday, I had no feelings one way or the other for the Gloucestershire
A FATHER-of-three was left with a smashed foot after he was confronted by his estranged wife's brother and stepdad in the street, a court heard. Stephen Oates, who had been to his ex's home, was hit in the face and knocked to the ground by Stephen
NEW Burnley manager Eddie Howe is aiming to emulate the success of Owen Coyle, but has vowed to be his own man. The 33-year-old faced the media yesterday afternoon after being named Brian Laws’ successor 24 hours before, and through his youth
WORK costing over £90,000 to improve a Hyndburn woodland is to start soon. Organisers have defended the cost and said that the scheme will be vital in rejuvinating the area and encouraging more people to get active. The project will
EAST Lancashire-based national retailer Original Factory Shop shrugged off the snow to notch up impressive Christmas sales figures. The firm, owned by private equity group Duke Street, reported a five per cent rise in like-for-like sales for the six
AN AEROSPACE support group has signed a £200,000 deal to help firms bid for large contracts. The North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA), which is based in Nelson, has signed up the Advance Consultancy as part of its Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence
BURNLEY student Abi Scarlett Howard missed out on a date on ITV’s dating show Take Me Out on Saturday night. The 20-year-old singleton, who has never been on a date before, made the final two before Coventry hunk Harry chose fellow contestant Joanne
EAST Lancashire headteachers are calling on top level education bosses to widen the new measure used to rank schools. Heads across the area have been left angry when it was announced that GCSE league table results would be compiled using the new English
WAYNE Hemingway has said that his ‘Vintage’ festival has not been scrapped – and insisted that it is simply moving to a new location. More than 45,000 people went to Vintage at Goodwood, the brainchild of the Blackburn fashion entrepreneur and his
CHAIRMAN Barry Kilby said the Burnley board would seek to back their new manager, should Eddie Howe want to make any moves in the January transfer window. But, while the newly-appointed Clarets chief looks to make an early assessment of the
COUNTY Hall bosses have been accused of ‘strangling’ a bid to protect Barnoldswick’s ‘green lung’ from future development. Pendle Council, which owns the large grassed area off Skipton Road and Fernlea Avenue, submitted plans to make it a Town Green
JACK Straw’s controversial comments on grooming have been overwhelmingly backed by the Lancashire Telegraph’s online readers. The Blackburn MP sparked a nationwide discussion when he said there was a problem of gangs of predominantly, but not
DARWEN’S first Christmas market has been described as a “disaster” by town council leader Steve Duncan. The three-day event was organised by the borough council and local business owners to attract more visitors. But Coun Duncan said
Jack is the ‘straw’ that tickled the hornets’ nest. Dr Martin Luther King Jr said: ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.’ The young men who impudently broke the laws of the land, egregiously desecrated
AROUND 1,500 homes in Blackburn were affected by a power cut. Bosses at Electricity Northwest said properties in Preston Old Road, Hillcrest Road and Cecilia Road were without power around 10.50pm on Sunday. Electricity Northwest said the power
MEET Lily-Anne Proctor, the two-year-old street dancer. Lily-Anne took second place in the under six category at the Yorkshire Street Dance Championships even though she was the youngest to compete. Lily-Anne is the daughter of Mellor Brook dance teacher
IN reply to the letter (LT, January 12) suggesting the county council might consider renting out unfilled potholes to angling clubs. There could be truth in the story. But due to health and safety legislation brought in under Labour, the
POLICE have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with a spate of 13 burglaries in one street. A burglar used an axe to smash his way into more than a dozen properties in 25 days, in Strawberry Bank, Blackburn, in the run-up to Christmas
THANKS to the people of Blackburn and surrounding area, on behalf of myself and Dogs for the Disabled, for the generous support they showed the charity throughout 2010. I am an ex-serviceman with a disability and was partnered with my assistance
I REFER to an article (LT, December 31) regarding financial cuts Blackburn with Darwen Council will be forced to make. I note with some concern that the library and the elderly will be in the proposed cuts. I feel strongly that the library
BOURNEMOUTH is where Eddie Howe has spent half of his life, and it was with a heavy heart that he left. Having first joined the club he supported as an 11-year-old, subsequently rising through the youth ranks and into the senior set-up as a
A CHURCH is to be given its own crime-fighting radio after teenagers began bursting into sermons to shout abuse at the congregation. The handset given to St Peter’s Church in Darwen means that clergy have immediate contact with police when
SADLY there’s a feeling of deja vu about criticisms being levelled at public agencies following the death of a baby or toddler after repeated physical abuse. The independent report into the appalling murder of 15-month-old Charlie Hunt by his mother
A MONTH-LONG crackdown on career criminals is taking place across Hyndburn. Officers swooped with drugs raids on two Accrington streets as part of the focus on burglars, drug criminals and car thieves to root out 'serious and acquisitive crime
STEVE Kean is bidding to secure the long term futures of several of his coveted Blackburn Rovers stars – insisting keeping them at the club would prove ‘major signings’. While the Rovers boss attempts to bolster his squad further from outside
WHEN Mike Kelly took this holiday snap of a Nigerian street, he never thought it would be used as the backdrop for a Broadway musical. Mike, 44, of Ramsbottom, captured the atmospheric shot from the back of a car in Lagos, Nigeria. The professional
A MAN has been arrested after the attemped rape of a 21-year-old woman in Haslingden. The Rossendale man was last night being questioned on suspicion of assault and attempted rape. It follows a report that a man attempted to rape a woman
GLOBAL technology giants Promethean has created a giant iPad/Blackberry type device which it hopes will revolutionise learning. The company’s new interactive whiteboard uses touchscreen technology which can link it straight to the internet for the
AS Accrington Stanley prepare to officially launch their ‘2011 Play-Off Bid’ campaign this week, boss John Coleman believes striker Terry Gornell could be the man to spearhead their promotion challenge. Gornell was on the scoresheet as Stanley
I HAD a nostalgic trip on Saturday afternoon, when I went over to Wigan. For it was there 20 years ago when we had a roller skating rink The Empire Skate Building — one of three, in fact, that we had at the time. Now it’s been reopened by the lads
KEVIN Long has returned to Burnley after breaking his foot in the final match of his loan at Accrington Stanley. Stanley were keen to extend Long’s loan for the rest of the season after the centre back impressed at the Crown Ground, but the
So last week we had two couples eliminated from the competition after one skate and six couples go through. This week the show followed the same format with two couples leaving the show after their first performance. Quoting Holly Willoughby
EDDIE Howe insists he is only interested in building on his new Burnley squad – not seeing players leave, after being officially unv-eiled as the Clarets’ new boss yesterday. Chris Eagles was linked with a return to the Premier League with Everton
A LONDON 7/7 bombing survivor who works in Burnley described how she spotted her colleague lying among a pile of bodies after the explosion ripped through a bus. Camille Scott-Bradshaw was overwhelmed with emotion as she described herself as ‘very
Blackburn Rovers have signed Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones on a six-month loan deal. The 29-year-old USA international becomes the club's second signing of the transfer window after the arrival of Roque Santa Cruz from Manchester City.
SEVEN Blackburn Rovers’ fans have been jailed for their part in violence which erupted following the club’s first Premier League clash with Burnley. The fans had pleaded guilty to affray over the incident outside The Station pub in Preston
A THREE-car crash is causing heavy traffic on the westbound carriageway of the M65 this morning. Police were called to the incident between junction 5 at Shadsworth and junction 6 at Whitebirk at 7.40am. Officers are still trying to
I found it totally upsetting as a keen football fan to see the Blackburn striker El Hadj Diouf reacted the way he did in the FA Cup game against QPR. I cannot believe a professional could react in this way to a fellow player, giving verbal
