A HOAX 999 call had both Burnley fire engines searching for a bogus car crash this morning. A caller rang at 4.30am and claimed a car had smashed into a lamppost ‘near a Kwik Save in Burnley’. But after 15 minutes, neither pump could find any incident
ACCRINGTON Stanley have promised fans that they will pay off an outstanding tax bill after being given until Wednesday to prevent an auction of key assets. CW Harrison and Son has been instructed by HM Revenue and Customs to advertise an auction
MORE than 20 motorists were caught not wearing a seatbelt in just a few hours as part of an operation in Burnley. The roadside checks, which took place in the Colne Road and Rosehill areas of the town, also identified five people who were using a mobile
A UNION leader has called on Lancashire public sector workers to take strike action to save their jobs and ‘bring down the government’. Unison national executive committee member Roger Bannister urged council, NHS and other staff to act now
MASKED robbers armed with a wooden bat stole £200 from a Blackburn bookmakers last night. Two men with balaclavas and dark clothing went into Coral betting shop on Dyson Street, Infirmary, at 9.15pm. They approached the counter and demanded
A HOMELESS man covered a sleeping war veteran’s face with a cardigan - then smashed his head six times with a hammer. Today Stuart Young, 23, admitted murdering 89-year-old Albert Fielding after being reported to police by his mother.
SOME of Lancashire’s 15,800 self-employed people are being sent letters warning them over fraud. HM Revenue and Customs has launched a crackdown on fraudulent tax credit claims, many of which are lodged by self-employed workers. Hundreds of homes
BARNOLDSWICK Town Council has increased the amount of money it gives in grants to local organisations to £10,000. The council is inviting groups with suitable projects to apply for funding, which can be used towards improving facilities or providing
PLANS to overhaul parking provision in Nelson town centre have been unveiled. The new car park on the former Palace Bingo Hall site provides 30 extra spaces. Town hall bosses want to name it Holme Street Car Park and introduce a short-stay disc-controlled
A BURNLEY College lecturer will lose his job for a "moment of madness" road rage attack on another driver at a roundabout in the town. Father of two, William Joseph Haddock, 42, was said to have punched "elderly" Douglas Denson in the head, after ‘
A CAR was left stranded in a sea of tar when contractors arrived to repave a council car park in Whitworth. Warning notices had been posted alerting drivers to the fact the Market Street car park was being resurfaced. And when workmen were faced
STAFF at Pendle’s social housing landlord are to star in a BBC One fly-on-the-wall documentary series for the second time. Housing Pendle will feature in Neighbourhood Watched 2, which provides an insight into the work of housing officers and the tasks
Australia captain Ricky Ponting saluted his pace bowlers for setting up a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their World Cup Group A encounter in Nagpur. Mitchell Johnson picked up four for 33 and Shaun Tait claimed three for 35
NICK Dougherty is reunited with Blackburn-born coach Damian Taylor as he looks to reignite his career. The 28-year-old Shaw Hill professional is in the midst of a disastrous run of form that has seen his world ranking tumbled to 375th. But he hopes
TWO Blackburn Rovers player signing sessions at Ewood Park this week attracted thousands of young fans. On-loan striker Roque Santa Cruz and goalkeeper Mark Bunn were on hand to sign Rovers merchandise at the Blues Bar on Tuesday. A
A MANAGEMENT cull at Burnley Borough Council, which could have saved £150,000 by August, was last night rejected by Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors. An 11th-hour budget move was proposed by Labour to bring forward a senior management
A MOSAIC of Jimi Hendrix by Darwen artist Ed Chapman raised £23,000 for Cancer Research UK at an auction last night. The piece, made from 5,000 plectrums, was the centrepiece of the fifth annual Sound and Vision fundraising event at the Abbey Road
LANCASHIRE County Council is freezing expenses payments for its councillors for the second year running, it has confirmed. The decision means there will be no change to basic allowances paid to county councillors. The amounts given to
BLACKBURN Rovers goalkeeper Frank Fielding has rejoined Derby County on loan until the end of the season. The England under 21 stopper was at Pride Park for three months earlier in the campaign and will hope to keep them out of a relegation
“You felt as though you were on a par with the supporters. You would win together and lose together and now most football fans must feel a million miles away from their heroes.” Football fans are now spending more money than ever before as they dig deep
Deservedly nominated at this year’s Oscars as Best Documentary Feature, Lucy Walker’s life-affirming film travels to the squalor of Rio de Janeiro, which boasts the largest landfill site in the world. Hundreds of people make a meagre living by sifting
Award-winning documentary film-makers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Times Of Harvey Milk, The Celluloid Closet) take an impressionist approach for this ode to gay beat poet Allen Ginsberg, whose first published work, Howl, became the fiercely
Crime is a family affair in David Michod’s gritty rites-of-passage drama, blessed with an Oscar-nominated performance from Jacki Weaver as a scheming mother who will stoop to any depths to protect her boys from harm. The film unfolds through
Half-centuries from Shane Watson and Brad Haddin powered Australia to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their World Cup Group A encounter in Nagpur. Openers Watson (61) and Haddin (55) put on 131 from just 109 balls to back up
Running time: 104 mins. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David Morse, Katy Mixon. Director: Patrick Lussier. Hell hath no fury like a father scorned in Patrick Lussier’s outlandish revenge thriller, which
Thriller/Horror. Colin O’Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, Rutger Hauer. Director: Mikael Hafstrom. Inspired by true events, The Rite is a creaky supernatural thriller that projectile vomits scenes of demonic
Running time: 108 mins. Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Jake M Johnson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Cary Elwes. Director: Ivan Reitman. That crazy little thing called love complicates a seemingly perfect
THEY’RE superficial and shallow, vain and desperate and I’m loving being a fly on their wall. Premier Model agency has opened its doors for a seven-part documentary series that’s being described as Big Brother meets Britain’s Next Top Model. The Model
ACCRINGTON Stanley defender Phil Edwards hopes to use distraction tactics to prevent Billy Kee from marking his return to the Crown Ground with a goal tomorrow. Kee scored nine goals for Stanley on a season-long loan from Leicester last term
ALAN Price has been involved in music for 50 years and it’s his organ playing you hear on The Animals classics House of the Rising Sun and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. His most famous solo number is possibly The Jarrow Song, a stirring number
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman fought off a would-be mugger near a Colne park. Police yesterday praised the bravery of the woman following the incident on Wednesday night in Haverholt Road, Vivary Bridge. They are urging anyone with information to come forward
GIANT redwood trees are now settling into a new home in Burnley after a delicate operation to transplant them from Princess Way. Three specimens stood in the path of the £1million public realm gateway scheme, opposite the new Burnley College and UCLan
SYMPATHY is in short supply from Ross Wallace when it comes to his old club’s plight. Preston sit bottom of the Championship, still 10 points adrift of safety in spite of credible draws against top-half sides Watford, Nottingham Forest and
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the future of Rossendale’s Citizen’s Advice Bureau and the domestic violence support centre. Labour councillors had called for extra cash to be guaranteed for the two organisations as well as credit unions, ahead of a £108,000
The audience at the Hop Pocket public house were entertained,by The Bridgewater Blues Band. This talented band are from the Manchester area and have been together for about two and a half years. They played two classis blues sets ,and
It was Gandhi who said: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. " On that measure almost daily cruelty cases in courtrooms across the land paint a picture of a country that has an awful long
FURTHER to correspondence concerning the neglect of elderly people in hospital. I would like to add comments. I have a friend who is still nursing and some of her patients are elderly. She says she has worked out why patients are uncared for – she does
I FEEL I must express my utter disgust at car insurance companies. Car insurance has gone up over and above inflation, to a totally unrealistic price. If you enquire as to why you are paying this inflated price they tell you its because you are in
What sort of a society have we become when the UK Border agency tries to deport a hard-working care worker who has two children born here, because he doesn’t ‘earn enough’. They find it nigh impossible to deport an illegal Iraqi immigrant who appears
I WOULD like to thank the person who, on Stubbins Lane, Ramsbottom, smashed their car into our florist’s van and then drove away. This has now caused us no end of problems leaving us with no vehicle, as the damage you caused resulted in our van being
A SUPER slimmer shed seven stone after his doctor told him he would not see his next birthday. Anthony Billington, 60, took 12 months to go from 19 stone to 12 stone, shrinking his waist from 50 to 38 inches. He now said more men should join slimming
Language is the key to everything. If we can’t speak it then at least we should be able to write it. I may not be the world’s best speller, but I think we have a generation who simply don’t want to write full words anymore. It all began with using the
A THUG who left a police sergeant in ‘excruciating pain’ after sinking his teeth into him when he was being arrested has been jailed for a year. Victim Sergeant Andy Horne had to press his emergency button for help after binge drinker Lee Foster
A SOLICITOR whose car clipped another containing a grandmother and her two grandchildren was twice the drink-driving limit, a court has heard. Off-duty police sergeant John Parkinson watched as Kevin Ryan's VW Passat collided head-on with another vehicle
A TAXI driver was the subject of a suspected five-on-one attack in a row at a rank in Burnley. Police have appealed for witnesses after the attack at the corner of Paythorne Avenue and Brunshaw Avenue on February 1, around 12.20pm. The alleged attackers
CRESTFALLEN assistant boss Garry Brown says he would like to apologise personally to every single Rossendale United fan for the events that led to him and manager Paul Colgan quitting Dark Lane – but insists they had no other choice. Brown
POLICE have told fans attending this weekend’s crunch Lancashire derby clash between Preston North End and Burnley that trouble will not be tolerated. Supporters are being asked to arrive early at the ground for the 3pm kick-off and Clarets fans are
I live within the Blackburn and Darwen district and have heard over the past couple of years about the various ways of promoting health and fitness for the people of this district. I feel that the beez card scheme was a fantastic way of driving
It's official - the Lancashire Telegraph's readership is soaring thanks to the stunning success of our website. Figures released this week show the number of visitors to our lancashiretelegraph.co.uk site grew by a whopping 51% over just one
Ian Ashbee believes victory over Burnley in tomorrow’s Lancashire derby could be the inspiration for rock-bottom Preston as they search for their first win in 12 league matches. The rock-bottom Lilywhites are staring relegation in the face after failing
A gang of illegal off-road drivers caused thousands of pounds of damage to a green lane and dry-stone walls near Settle on Sunday. At least five 4x4 vehicles were seen tearing up Banks Lane at around 4pm by a member of the public, who called
Ramsbottom United are flying in the Vodkat League Premier Division and have another big game tomorrow when they go to Congleton. The Rams are third, nine points behind leaders Winsford – but they have six games in hand and want to maintain their run
UNDER-strength Clitheroe aim to bounce back from a bad week when they hit the road to Radcliffe Borough in the Evo-Stik League First Division North tomorrow. Peter Smith’s Blues have not won since a 4-1 thumping of Durham City on February 1 – and in
Chorley are frustrated in their bid to recover from a bad week – when they lost to Chester and only drew with Woodley Sports – as they have no game tomorrow.
UNDER-strength Clitheroe aim to bounce back from a bad week when they hit the road to Radcliffe Borough in the Evo-Stik League First Division North tomorrow. Peter Smith’s Blues have not won since a 4-1 thumping of Durham City on February 1 – and in
JUNIOR Hoilett is expecting a battle on his hands to get back in Blackburn Rovers’ team after ruling himself out for tomorrow’s Premier League visit to Aston Villa. The 20-year-old Canadian sensation has been Rovers’ form player over the
ULTIMATE fighter Michael Bisping has vowed to make Jorge Rivera “eat his words” tomorrow night after he posted a series of videos insulting him, his accent and even his girlfriend online. Rivera, 38, put several of the controversial videos
ACCRINGTON teenager Nikki Foster is ranked the 265th best woman amateur in the world, according to a new ranking website just launched. The official website of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) has made 14-year-old Charley Hull, from Woburn, as
ACCRINGTON Stanley’s attempts to meet this month’s tax bill have been handed a timely boost by an additional payment from Scunthorpe United for Bobby Grant. Stanley indicated last week that some of the latest money due to HM Revenue and Customs
IT is little more than a week since Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman limped out of the dressing room at Rotherham after taking out the frustration of an exasperating season on a couple of water bottles. At that point, it had been a campaign
EDDIE Howe sees former Preston winger Ross Wallace as a key figure in Burnley’s play-off push. The 25-year-old summer signing has regained his place in the starting line-up since Howe’s appointment last month, after losing out to Jay Rodriguez
VODKAT League chiefs will make a decision this afternoon as to whether crisis club Rossendale United can play their game at Squires Gate tomorrow – but admit that the Stags’ future is bleak. United have been rocked after boss Paul Colgan and
EAST Lancashire schools spent more than £3.4million on supply teachers last year, new figures have revealed. Shuttleworth College, in Padiham, spent £370,570, the highest amount, while Tauheedul Islam High School For Girls, in Blackburn, did
A DARWEN chef is aiming to prove he is hot stuff in the kitchen to impress tourism chiefs. Dominic Taylor, 21, began as a commis chef at the MJ’s restaurant at the Whitehall Hotel 18 months ago. On March 24 he will take over the Taste Lancashire
ROQUE Santa Cruz returns to Blackburn Rovers' squad for tomorrow's trip to Aston Villa. The Paraguayan will be joined in the squad by the returning Gael Givet, but Junior Hoilett, Mauro Formica and Ruben Rochina will not feature. Club
A PENDLE man killed a cat by throwing it against a wall – just because it rubbed against him. Jason Metcalfe grabbed 14-year-old Bonnie by a hind leg and swung the pet head-first into a wall at least four times after flying into a drunken rage.
WHEN you count the likes of Axl Rose and Chrissie Hynde among your fans, you know you’re doing something right, and 10CC certainly did things right. The original band might have split up years ago, but their music had to be kept alive, and
FOR a folk singer, there can be few more inspiring places to grow up than Dumfries, once the home of poet Robert Burns. Emily Smith, BBC Radio Scotland’s 2002 winner of the Young Traditional Music of the Year Award, thinks so. In 2009
A MAN jailed for murdering his partner was a ‘bully’ who subjected his boyfriend to months of violence, police said. David Fielding, 25, of Lynthorpe Road, Blackburn, stabbed James Todd in the heart and left his body to rot for three weeks
Ravi Bopara is determined to help England keep the winning habit and make sure they cannot ignore his claims to a place in their best side. Bopara knows, despite his match-clinching unbeaten 30 against Holland in England's opening World Cup Group B
Ireland captain William Porterfield accepts his side go into their World Cup opener as underdogs, but has warned Bangladesh it will be no walkover. Porterfield and company have been preparing for their tournament opener in Mirpur for several weeks,
