BURNLEY had to settled for a goalless draw in a feisty pre-season friendly against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park tonight. All eyes from the 880-plus travelling contingent were on new arrival Kieran Trippier, a season-long loan addition from
ACCRINGTON Stanley tonight settled for a goalless draw in a feisty battle at non-league Marine. It was the fourth clean sheet for John Coleman’s men in five pre-season outings, but the first time Stanley have failed to hit the scoresheet.
A CAMPAIGN to restore one of Pendle’s most historic parish churches – which has been targeted by vandals – is set to benefit from a saint’s day. Supporters of St Bartholomew’s, in Colne, have seen lead repeatedly stolen from the Market Street church
A TEAM of volunteers has removed a staggering 14 tonnes of rubbish from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Sofas, shopping trollies, fencing, office chairs, household waste and tyres were among items pulled from the water during the huge spring clean.
A FRIENDSHIP that was sparked over the re-wiring of a Lancashire house has now turned into an acoustic wonderment. The two friends are now a song writing duo and go under the name of Andy Oliver. Their debut single, Save the Last Dance, has reached
Join us for live updates as Burnley take on Oldham Athletic in a friendly tonight. The match at Boundary Park will kick off at 7.45pm. Updates from our Clarets reporter Suzanne Geldard will appear below.
A TAXIDERMY raid at a home in Burnley is to feature in a new TV programme which places wildlife crime under the microscope tonight. Five stuffed birds, including two tawny owls, a buzzard, goshawk and barn owl, were seized from a home in Glen
CHORLEY’S Andrew Palmer is well on course to reach the matchplay stages of the English Amateur Championships after a fantastic opening round at Woburn yesterday. Palmer struck a three-under-par 69 to put him in the leader-board’s top 10. Chorley-based
RARE funnel clouds were spotted over East Lancashire at the weekend. This photograph was taken by ‘storm chaser’ Danny Power as he spotted several of the clouds above Pendle Hill on Friday. Funnel clouds turn in to tornadoes when they touch the
A CONTROVERSIAL bid to provide access to a moorland windfarm from a Shawforth road has been put on hold. Windfarm giant Coronation Power has asked that plans for the track, leading to proposed turbines at Crook Hill, from the junction of Landgate and
COLLEGE bosses are bidding to make their own contribution towards a new £1million gateway into Burnley. Work is underway to create a new parade along Princess Way, from junction 11 of the M65 into the town centre. And now Burnley College is looking
Who rearranged the traffic sequence at the centre of Darwen Circus? The poor bus drivers have now to put up with two hazards. First of all, I asked a councillor if they could arrange for a white marking on the pavement outside NatWest bank and the
What a state Witton Park would be in if we hadn’t the payback team there. Especially since Arnold was taken away from us. What a magnificent job he did, with such dedication. He will be sorely missed. On Tuesday this week, I asked if the team could
I would like to say thank you to “Tony” and the two ladies who stopped when I was run off the road in my car on Blackburn Road, Rishton, by a speeding car coming towards me on my side of the road on July 9 at about 11.45am. I would also like to thank
I am writing in response to both Mr P Astoni’s letter (LT, July 22) and Mrs C Fielding’s letter (LT, July 19). Firstly, having visited the market several times, I must agree with Mrs Fielding that it is not well set out. The food hall section is reasonably
THERE’S a lot of trouble with the Euro — Greece is being bailed out yet again. Although we are in Europe, we’re not completely in it — I just wish that we were not as far in as we are and that we could make our own decisions. And now
DARWEN Aldridge Community Academy students celebrated the end of term with the likes of chart-topping artists such as Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk. The students were given the chance to see some of the country’s leading musicians at a star-studded concert
THE Hollins Technology College, Accrington, said goodbye to its head of English after 39 years service at the school. Chris Whiteside, who retired at the end of term, was described as a “truly outstanding teacher who has inspired many young people
Address: Worston, Near Clitheroe Phone number: 01200 441218 Lancashire Telegraph review by Gill Johnson from July 23, 2011 NO, said the waitress at the Calf’s Head at Worston when she answered my phone query, you don’t need to
THE winning balloon in a race held on the launch day of the new Blackburn Market travelled 75 miles – all the way to Barnsley. Hundreds of shoppers watched as 500 balloons were released into the sky in Church Street during a competition to mark the official
TWO llamas have a new home at a farm in East Lancashire. Bella and Celine, have been introduced by bosses at Harwood Edge Care Farm, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, as part of the educational facilities there. The not-for-profit organisation works to support
A MAN has unveiled his own tribute to his former ‘mill queen’ wife. Muriel Ansbro, 78, was Britain’s Prosperity Mill Queen when she unveiled the foundation stone for the Pioneer Mill in Blackburn as a 16-year-old in 1949. Now her husband Tom, 82
Nothing says home like the smell of a cooking apple crumble. And especially apple crumble like grandma used to make — it’s the classic after dinner treat. Now thanks to Pink Lady apples you can indulge in the classic sweet treat on the
Chateau Marotte 2009, £7.49, Waitrose White Bordeaux isn't nearly as popular here as the reds perhaps because of the New World competition but this mix of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon has lots of citrus fruit and a crisp, zingy, zesty taste
FOR many years I have been fascinated by the English civil War which took place in the 1640s. The reason for this interest was when a friend of mine in the south of England told me that there were no battles in Lancashire. How wrong he was except
A rich, smooth red from the village of Langlade in the Montagne Saint Emillion region and a Chateau owned by the same family for almost 500 years. Made as part of the Tesco Finest range the grapes are Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon as you would
FORMER Blackburn Rovers midfielder Garry Flitcroft officially opened Charnock Richard Football Club’s new changing rooms yesterday. The event followed the award of a £15,888 Football Stadia Improvement Fund grant. The funding enabled Charnock Richard
Brewery Daniel Thwaites is set to leave Blackburn town centre after over 200 years, it announced today. Thwaites said it is working with Blackburn with Darwen council chiefs to help identify a suitable new site. And Sainsbury's has agreed
32 wraps of suspected heroin and crack were found after police stopped a car in Accrington yesterday afternoon. The officer stopped the car, a silver Fiat Punto, on Tanpits Lane and found the drugs with an estimated street value of £320. A 24-year-old
The Woodland Trust is urging East Lancs residents to speak out over the future protection of the area’s forests. It follows the abandoned government consultation earlier this year on England’s publicly owned forests which proposed the transfer of 250,000
PUPILS and staff at Pleckgate High School Mathematics and Computing College, Blackburn, have raised a record breaking amount of money for charity. They have collected more than £16,000 during this school year after a range of charity events and
BLACKBURN College is calling on a business leader to join its governing body. The college is looking for a new member who is experienced at a senior level in their profession or business, who has a particular knowledge or experience of a variety of
A PIONEERING surgeon from Oswaldtwistle whose work ‘saved countless lives’ is to retire. Professor John Wallwork, who attended Accrington Grammar School, has worked at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge during a 30 year career at the forefront of transplant
A ‘BEASTLY and abhorrent’ couple inflicted a catalogue of injuries to their baby and tried to cover it up by swapping her indentity with her twin. Nafisa and Mohammed Karolia, of Meadow Close, Blackburn, hid their seven- month-old daughter from health
A service station in Lancashire once voted Britain's worst by motorists has reopened after a £12.3 million rebuild. Rivington Services on the M61, previously called Bolton West Services, was the subject of Peter Kay's TV mockumentary That Peter
PHOTOGRAPHS of stolen goods have been issued by police to trace the owners. The property is believed to have been snatched in a series of thefts. The items, a khaki coloured Regatta waterproof jacket, a bottle of Samsara perfume, a Binatone
An inquiry has been launched after a confidential Lancashire Police file containing the personal details of a teenage rape victim was found in the street. The dossier was found by a dog walker, and was understood to have contained the girl's photograph
REPORTS of anti-social behaviour have fallen by 10 per cent across Lancashire. National statistics released this week show there were 14,087 fewer victims between April 2010 and March 2011 than in the previous 12 months. Police welcomed
BLACKBURN Rovers finished fourth in their first season in the Premier League, Burnley a lowly 13th in the old Division Two and Accrington Stanley were stilll kicking about in non league football. A lot has changed since 1993, the year that Linford Christie
The Government's aim of helping people with disabilities and long-term health conditions back into work is "laudable", but the process is causing much "anxiety" among benefit claimants, a group of MPs has concluded. A report by the Commons Work and
LUCY Lennon set a new record as she helped St Augustine’s finally topple Hollins High as athletics champions of Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. But it was a record much closer to home that she was really interested in. Despite running to a best ever
BURNLEY Football Club chief executive Paul Fletcher presented the prizes at a special golf day in aid of Rossendale Hospice. The annual event, which was organised by Rossendale-based solicitors Woodcocks and featured 21 teams from the local business
A PENDLE businessman has been slapped with a £2,500 bill after he used an empty shop window in a Yorkshire village to promote his firm. Stephen Slater, who runs Woodcliffe Upholstery, based in Earby, was charged £2,500 in business rates by Craven Council
NIAMH Robinson is the golden girl of Pioneer 79 Swimming Club after medal glory at the North West Regional Age Group Championships. The 11-year-old won gold in the 100m breaststroke and then added a second in her favourite 200m breaststroke, winning
POLICE are urging people to get their property marked in a bid to combat burglary. There are a number of ways to mark electrical items, tools, bikes and garden furniture, such as a marker pen, a UV pen or more sophisticated DNA type product. PC
ELAINE Varcoe and Neil Gibson were the big winners at the annual East Lancashire Lawn Tennis League knockout finals after they both won two titles. Varcoe, a member of Burnley Tennis Club, won the ladies and mixed doubles events while Gibson, who plays
FIVE men appeared before Burnley magistrates, accused of a plot to supply cannabis in the town between December 2009 and January 2011. Luke Barrit, 22, of Redvers Street, Lee Christopher Fleming, 22, of The Spinney, Ben Roberts, 23, of Foxcroft
A NEW campaign to keep babies safer has been launched in Hyndburn. Hyndburn Keeping Baby Safe campaign promotes ten top tips for keeping baby safe by highlighting cot death risk. Leaflets will appear in local shops, on buses, recycling wagons
BURNLEY'S Martin Paterson has been named in the Northern Ireland squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier against the Faroe Islands. The match takes place on Wednesday, August 10 at Windsor Park (1945 kick-off). Squad: Tuffey (Inverness), Camp
BURNLEY have signed defender Kieran Trippier on a season-long loan from Manchester City. Trippier, who has represented England at several youth levels, joins fellow Blues defender Ben Mee at Turf Moor. The versatile right-sided defender
HOUSING landlords in Burnley are being warned to get a licence or face action. The council’s legal and licensing teams have prosecuted a number of landlords in recent months for failing to comply with new selective licensing laws. Coun Martin
Accrington Stanley travel to Marine tonight for their penultimate friendly before the League Two season gets under way on August 6. The Reds have chalked up back-to-back 1-0 wins at Cammell Laird and Barrow ahead of this evening’s game at Rossett
Re: Vehicles in pedestrian zones. The idea that delivery/collection vehicles be restricted to early morning/ late evening or would only work if the businesses were staffed. It would also require that transgressors would be monitored, caught and
WITH reference to the travellers claiming ‘we’re British citizens and we want respect’ following their visit to our community centre in Meadowhead, Blackburn. No concern whatsoever was shown by their community to residents. Witnesses were disgusted
Having suffered an invasion by around 40 caravans on July 13, we succeeded, with some fine work by the police, in evicting them by July 17. They had camped illegally on the football pitch at the Greenfield Community Centre in the Meadowhead ward of
THE desire to have a fast and reliable broadband connection is higher than ever among both businesses and residents. Super-fast broadband is now a requisite, not a luxury. But here in Lancashire there are far too many places, particularly in our
STETHOSCOPES were stolen from an operating theatre at Burnley General Hospital shortly after emergency surgery had been carried out. That incident is one of 203 thefts from East Lancashire Hospitals in the past six years according to figures released
A BEAUTY queen with a talent for boxing is hoping to ‘knock out’ a panel of judges to be crowned this year’s Miss Teen Great Britain. Since being named Miss Teen Burnley earlier this summer, Sasha Bennington, 15, has been carrying out a range
LANCASHIRE have confirmed that their final home game in the County Championship against Hampshire will now take place at Liverpool Cricket Club. The four-day fixture, which will be played from Wednesday, September 7, to Saturday, September 10, was originally
CHARITY fundraisers have collected an ‘incredible’ £110,000 after a 24-hour walking event. The Relay For Life, held at Great Harwood Showground, saw 250 cancer patients, survivors and supporters taking part. Organised by the Ribble Valley
BURNLEY MP Gordon Birtwistle is hoping the town will be successful in securing a new type of college. The Government has revived the idea of University Technical Colleges (UTC), which will be open to 14 to 19 year olds and would specialise in technical
FOOTBALL fans have been taking advantage of free NHS health checks in the hope of winning a set of new shirts for their team. Veteran players from the Blackburn Rovers Indoor League were offered the check-ups by Blackburn with Darwen Healthy
A FORMER professional footballer has carried out research into how psychology can make sportsmen into real winners. Ex-Premier League footballers such as Gary Neville and Denis Irwin were consulted for David Horrocks' degree work, which explored
A Clarets fanatic is facing a new look thanks to the colourful imaginations of young supporters. John Withington, 37, is renowned for showing his true colours at Turf Moor as he paints his face claret and blue. But when inspiration began
DRIVERS and bus passengers are being warned that Four Lane Ends in Sabden is closed for repairs today and tomorrow. Buses on Mainline won't be able to serve Sabden between 0830 and 1630, so Lancashire Bus will be providing a shuttle service for Lancashire
Driving through Blackburn the other day, I paused to look at the new buildings and the new additions and, sad to say, they are a bit of a disappointment. They resemble cake boxes, filing cabinets or the concrete blocks of the communist East
TRADERS in one of Blackburn’s busiest shopping streets say they fear there will be a serious incident before they get their wish for extra security. A second business in Whalley Range has been burgled just three days after the shop next door
THE Burgess brothers are preparing to push each other through the pain barrier again in another show of cycling endurance. Following last year’s charity-raising road trip from London to Paris, brothers David and Stephen are going further second time
SAND yachts are set to return to a Lancashire beach where a Burnley mum was killed nine years ago. The sport has been banned since Carole Cruz, 38, was struck by a racing sand yacht as she walked on St Anne’s beach in 2002. The teaching
THE cost of treating East Lancashire’s well-documented obesity problem is set to double by 2050. But experts have said a reduction in obesity could free funds to pay for thousands more hip, knee and eye operations. More than one in four
CUSTOMERS could be getting faster food at the McDonald's drive-thru in Burnley. Plans to install a second lane at the 24-hour Trafalgar Street restaurant are set to be discussed by councillors at a development control committee meeting on Thursday
A COMMUNITY campaigner has backed a scheme which sees grass-cutting given the chop to create wildlife havens. Burnley Council’s meadow management scheme, which will save the council around £70,000, involves some of the towns’ parks, playing
A MOTORCYCLIST who died in a collision on Sunday has been named. Dean Walkden, from Haslingden, was pronounced dead at the scene on Fell Road, at the junction of Mill Lane, Waddington. The 39-year-old had been riding his Kawasaki motorcycle
JUSTICE finally caught up with a robber who fled the country while on trial for an armed raid in Colne. Stephen Devalda, 28, has confessed to conspiring to rob a Royal Mail security van near the town’s Asda store in 2005. The robbery
BLACKBURN Rovers star Morten Gamst Pedersen has called on his team-mates to wear black armbands in memory of the 93 people killed in his native Norway. He has asked for the show of support for his shocked homeland when Rovers plays Aston Villa in Hong
THE family of a man who died after being repeatedly punched have spoken of their fury after a manslaughter charge was dropped. John Kiernan was punched in the face five times by 37-year-old Damien Walker. But prosecution lawyers asked for the unlawful
A HUSBAND has spoken of his shattered life after his 'perfect' wife died of a brain haemorrhage. Hairdresser Lisa Skinner, who was 39, collapsed at her home in Gannow, Burnley. Her husband Richard, 35, said: “Everything was absolutely
AFTER all their bold statements and summer assurances Venky’s quite simply have to splash the cash over the next few weeks. Time after time, Blackburn Rovers’ owners have denied claims their available transfer funds have dried up with boss
ACCRINGTON teenager Nikki Foster is revelling in her ‘greatest ever achievement’ after booking a coveted place in Thursday’s British Open – 23 years after her father Trevor performed the same feat. The 19-year-old Pleasington ace will rub shoulders
STAR Colne batsman Matt Wilson is facing up to the prospect of his season being over after he suffered an horrific broken finger during Saturday’s loss at Burnley. Ther 31-year-old former skipper left the field as put down a difficult chance
LANCASHIRE make a first return to Southport and Birkdale Cricket Club since 1999 when they face champions Nottinghamshire in the County Championship today. The Red Rose are taking their Championship games on the road this summer as ongoing work, including
TALKS are still ongoing in an attempt to bring Monaco defender Cedric Mongongu to Blackburn Rovers. However, it is understood there are still a number of issues still be resolved for all parties. Brazilian trialist Bruno Ribeiro has
A GROUP of former and current cricketers are tackling the full length of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in order to raise funds for Cancer Research UK and Pendleside Hospice. Adam Hope, Gavin Boyle, Paul Ormerod, Chris and Paul McEvoy, Matthew and Scott
TURF Moor is the venue for a tourist match between a combined Burnley and Lowerhouse under 14s team and Lincolnshire today. The tourists will pit their wits against the joint select XI in the 40-over game which starts at 11am. Spectators are welcome
ACCRINGTON Stanley chief executive Rob Heys has laughed off rumours that the Reds are set to play their Carling Cup tie with Scunthorpe United at Turf Moor and says the Crown Ground pitch will be ready on time. The Reds were forced to switch
FROM promising junior to over-achieving senior – Holly Bleasdale’s recent rise might have been meteoric in the extreme but Olympic silver medallist Colin Jackson insists she’s only just getting going. Such has been Bleasdale’s rush to the
BURNLEY could step up their bid for Preston North End winger Keith Treacy this week. I understand the Republic of Ireland international isn’t the only winger on Clarets boss Eddie Howe’s wanted list, with Millwall’s James Henry and Norwich
