A Question Time-style debate took place tonight featuring key Burnley decision makers - and the Lancashire Telegraph provided live updates. The format of the Burnley: Your Questions, Please event, at the new Burnley College building on Princess
A ROSSENDALE visitor attraction has been saved from closure with funding from Rosebud Business Solutions. Animal Quackers, an interactive children’s farm and activity park in Bacup, is under going improvements to attract more visitors after successfully
THE Raise the Roof appeal for East Lancashire Hospice has reached the £50,000 mark. The campaign to raise £125,000 to build a new roof over East Lancashire Hospice's inpatient unit was launched three and a half months ago. And it is
THE final line-up for a musical festival set to take place in Burnley in August has been confirmed. The Towneley Live event will see major bands The Saturdays, Scouting for Girls, N-Dubz, McFly, Fanfair and dance troupe Diversity. Now the organisers
A REFORMED gang member who turned his back on crime to work with youngsters is taking the country by storm with his brand of motivational speaking. John Magee, 38, from Blackburn, is in high demand thanks to his success under the pseudonym
BURNLEY have missed out on signing Jack Cork after the former loan star completed a move to Southampton. Cork said at the end of last season that he would consider rejoining Burnley, where he had spent the last 18 months on loan, but the Clarets
HE is the son of one of Burnley’s most famous centre forwards, but Stephen Irvine’s passion has always been for motor sport. Irvine’s father Willie – a columnist for the Lancashire Telegraph – scored 97 goals in 148 games for the Clarets between
ROSSENDALE Harriers have maintained their promotion bid from Division Three of the North of England Track and Field League for senior athletes after an excellent showing in Cumbria on Saturday. In their third match of the season at Carlisle’s Sheepmount
This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, the chairman of its owners News International said today. The tabloid newspaper will cease publication after it was rocked by the phone hacking scandal.
My walk around Pilling took me close to a windmill alongside a World War II defence system and I enjoyed the splendid coastal scenery. For East Lancashire folk Pilling is, I think, overlooked but I do recommend a visit. From the car
The Pilgrimage referred to is the famous trek across Northern Spain centred on the city of Santiago de Compostela. The wine is made with Mazuelo grapes, a variety better known under its French name of Carignan. This is a rustic, country
IS science the new rock and roll? From the chants of “science, science” from the 5,000-strong crowd, the cheers and boos that accompanied Dr Tim O’Brien’s tales of trying to prove Einstein wrong and the cooing as the Lovell space telescope started
Church Mouse Falanghina 2008, £5.50, Asda Falanghina is a native, and very old, Italian white grape that grows near Naples in the southern region of Puglia where some of the country's best value wines are made. The label boasts of simplicity
The rise and fall of Colne Dynamoes was a classic boom and bust story. The team made up of mates playing on a park pitch grew into the club that won at Wembley and threatened big town neighbours Burnley – but 21 years ago it all came to an end. In the
BLACKBURN and District CTC’s Ian Stott has been crowned King of the Lakes and Lancs Sporting Courses Series (SPOCO) – just pipping Clayton Velo’s Pete Greenwood, who had held the lead for much of the 20 events. With qualifiers requiring to ride a minimum
CIARAN Williams believes that London 2012 will be his date with destiny. Ever since taking up handball as a six-year-old, Williams has been waiting for that day to arrive. He has captained his country and played professionally in one of the world’s
ROYALTY and girlguiding chiefs from across the world descended on a 17th century Ribble Valley manor today. Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex, president of Girl Guiding UK, took part in a Commonwealth Chief Commissioners Conference
JOE Jacobson has insisted that money was not the motivating factor in his decision to leave Accrington Stanley and join Shrewsbury Town. Jacobson signed for fellow League Two side Shrewsbury on a Bosman free transfer last week, with Stanley
MUMS can still have dreams, no matter what, according to Karolyn Szejner who gives a beaming smile every time she talks about her three children. Whilst juggling family life, the Blackburn writer is oozing with ambition to become a successful
THERE aren’t many footballers who opposition players would happily stand in line and form a guard of honour for before a game. There aren’t many footballers who would address the press after a poor performance or result, or be as gracious in
A ROBBER carried out a knife-point raid on an Accrington off licence — and then phoned the police to confess. Stephen Meakin, 26, of no fixed abode, was one of two men who pleaded guilty to robbing Bargain Booze in Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, at
OLYMPIC hopeful Holly Bleasdale might have expected next week’s European Under 23 Championships to be her main focus this year, but instead she says her thoughts are starting to turn to a possible medal on the big stage in August after smashing
THE memory of getting pulled up and booked by police for the first time is as vivid as if it was yesterday. It wasn’t of course, it was forty years ago, and the offence was driving with insufficient tread depth on two tyres. I was lucky to only
INSPIRATIONAL people from East Lancashire are in with the chance of carrying the Olympic torch when it passes through the area next year. Those nominated include Blackburn boxing coach Yaqoob Hussain who was recently awarded the MBE for his
A CRACKDOWN on on tax credit fraud has been launched in Lancashire ahead of 160,000 people renewing their claims this month. HMRC said claims will be ‘examined particularly closely this year’. The focus will be on claimants’ statements on employment
HYNDBURN Athletic Club’s females have kept up their tremendous progress in the Mid Lancs Track and Field League. In the third round of the league, competing on Hyndburn’s home soil at Wilson Playing Fields, the females came out on top by amassing 171
Burnley have been drawn away to East Lancashire neighbours Accrington Stanley in the quarter finals of the Lancashire FA Youth Cup. Preston won the competition last season.
A Lancashire man who attempted to kill his wife in a home-made electric chair has been jailed for 10 years. Andrew Castle, 61, rigged up the device in the couple's garage after his wife Margaret told him she wanted a divorce. He coaxed her into
PUPILS at Burnley High School had a new target to hit in their lessons in the sixties. For the school introduced archery to the curriculum — as well as judo. And they both proved popular with more than 50 girls signing up, as soon as
A POLICE investigation into the abduction of a man who was later tortured and decapitated was ‘flawed’, a watchdog said today. Michael Gilbert, 26, was taken from the street outside the Job Centre in Blackburn in January 2008. But an incorrect mobile
OUR Red Rose county has played host to some of the most gruesome and devious murders in history. From shootings to poisonings and strangulations to hangings; the history of Lancashire is entrenched with murderous stories that are hard to believe
TOWNELEY Hall, opened to the public since 1902, had previously been home to the Towneley family for 500 years. Like any self-respecting hall in Lancashire, it has its ghosts, spirits of the past that are said to roam the hall and its grounds
GRAYS menswear closes its shop in Penny Street in Blackburn on Saturday. Brothers George and Will Gray took a stall on Blackburn’s open market in 1920. They built up the business so quickly that within 12 months they had moved into their
A PAIR of prospecting pensioners have discovered a large 16th century silver bead which has been officially classed as treasure of the crown. Husband and wife team Tony and Alison Phillips, of Barnoldswick in Pendle found the trinket while
The huge fire which ripped through a Colne storage company yesterday wrecked cars, furniture and personal items worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Businesses, families and individuals are waiting to discover how much they have lost in the
A hen harrier chick in the Forest of Bowland has been fitted with a unique identification monitoring ring. Nest camera footage of the female chick on the United Utilities Estate and her three siblings can be seen in the Bowland Visitor Centre, Beacon
STAFF from East Lancashire museums have been thinking about their favourite dishes for a new book celebrating the best Lancashire recipes. Researchers at Modern History have joined forces with North West chef Robert Owen Brown to create the
A LORRY crash caused chaos for motorists after a road was blocked this morning. The incident happened near the A666 Blackburn Road on the roundabout near the Darwen services at junction four of the M65 at around 7am. The road was partially
In the new family comedy film Mr Popper’s Penguins, Jim Carrey is Mr Popper, a driven businessman who is clueless when it comes to the important things in life – until he inherits six Gentoo penguins. While Popper’s penguins turn his swank New York apartment
FORTY people turned out to a town council meeting to hear the area’s police chief’s plans for Darwen police station. Chief Superintendent Bob Eastwood told councillors and the public at Darwen Town Council’s meeting that use of the front counter
ON behalf of members of the Blackburn branch of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regimental Association, I wish to mention a special service held in Blackburn Cathedral on Sunday – the 95th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. While the congregation was
THERE’S a lot to be said for young people using initiative, acquiring life skills and challenging themselves. But there have to be limits – and climbing 279 feet up Darwen’s India Mill chimney in the middle of the night is way beyond the boundaries
IT has been suggested that making gay marriage legal in New York City is another positive step in the right direction towards eradicating gay hate (torquaywhites, Opinion, June 29). First of all, hatred towards any individual or group regardless of
Has our worthy Darwen councillor been playing too much Monopoly advocating freedom from jail for cash? It would be far more sensible to make criminals pay for their board and lodgings like our old folk and university students have to do.
The report that the Todmorden Curve could be reopened is good news for Burnley, but how does it affect Todmorden? I ask because the town is not mentioned in the report (LT, July 2) and I fear that it will be ignored and that Todmorden station will
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the reinstatement of the railway between Colne and Skipton have lodged a bid for £40million to fund the project. Members of SELRAP (Skipton-East Lancashire Railway Action Partnership) want cash from the Government’s
BURNLEY last night hit back at suggestions they have made an illegal approach for AFC Bournemouth chief scout Des Taylor. A war of words broke out between the two clubs after Cherries chairman Eddie Mitchell accused the Clarets of improper
A LANCASHIRE solicitor is warning road accident victims to be wary of cold callers who contact them and urge them to make a claim for compensation. The move follows former justice secretary Jack Straw’s comments that a ‘huge racket’ exists
A MAN who almost bled to death after being savagely mauled by two pit bull terriers has said the dogs’ owner should never have been prosecuted. Speaking after his best friend was given a suspended prison sentence for possessing fighting dogs
CCTV images of men wanted in connection with a spate of letterbox fires have been released by police. Lit firelighters were put through letterboxes of four terraced homes in the Hollin Bridge Street area of Blackburn. Hollin Bridge Street
THE father of a hit-and-run victim said he is ‘unimpressed’ with politicians using his daughter’s name in a campaign to create a British ‘bill of rights’. Failed asylum seeker Aso Mohammed Ibrahim was illegally driving a car when he
ACCRINGTON Stanley still hope Sean McConville will agree a new deal to stay at the Crown Ground after rejecting a bid from Stockport for the forward. Stanley yesterday agreed a fee with Oldham to allow goalkeeper Alex Cisak to complete his move to Boundary
COUNCIL bosses are set to perform a U-turn on plans to close a taxi rank in Colne just a month after making the decision. On June 9 councillors in Pendle decided to revoke the hackney carriage rank at the bottom of Albert Road. They
ACCRINGTON Stanley’s League Two fixture at home to Cheltenham Town has been brought forward a day to Friday, October 21 at 7.45pm.
A THUG who tried to mug two 14-year-old schoolboys with a masked accomplice has been given a 12-month jail term. Michael Boothby, 27, behaved like a mean bully towards the frightened victims during the night-time attacks in Burnley in January, the
A ‘LAUGHING’ flasher who could have struck seven times in Clitheroe is being hunted by police. Police said a man had exposed himself to schoolgirls three times in less than a week. And they said they were linking the cases with four
GREEN-fingered children at a Darwen primary school have been signed up to produce food for an award-winning restaurant. Vegetables and herbs grown at Asheligh Primary School in Ross Street are being used in dishes served only metres away at
BLACKBURN Rovers have made an official approach for Monaco defender Cedric Mongongu as they continue their efforts to build for an exciting Ewood Park future. The Lancashire Telegraph understands that Rovers have had dialogue with Mongongu’s French employers
A GROUP of travellers has set up camp at a car park close to two Burnley parks. A handful of caravans turned up at the car park in Queen Victoria Road, close to the Premier Inn and Brewers Fayre restaurant yesterday morning. The site
A SOCIAL enterprise set up to save the crisis-hit Ski Rossendale plans to reopen the slope in September after winning a tendering process. Rossendale Council said Ski Rossendale Limited will take over the running of the dry ski slope following
WORKS by one of the biggest names in contemporay art is on show at Abbot Hall Art Gallery from July 8 to October 8. Kitaj: Portraits and Reflections provides a golden opportunity to come face to face with 50 paintings and works on paper by the American
IN any democracy, the relationship between politicians and the media is going to be a chippy one. That can be aggravating if you happen to be the politician in the firing line; but too bad. The press play a critical role in holding those with power
THREE men put their lives at risk by scaling a 279ft chimney for kicks in the dead of night. Their ascent of Darwen’s India Mill was carried out with few safety precautions. They weren’t wearing helmets, were only roped together on the
