JAY Rodriguez was spot on to make sure Burnley go into the new season on a winning note. The Clarets rounded off their six-game pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win over Premier League side Sunderland, with Rodriguez's 31st minute penalty
A 50-year-old man has sustained “severe facial injuries” and breaks to a wrist and leg after his motorbike crashed on the M65. Emergency services were called at 11.20am to the eastbound carriageway just before junction eight at Accrington. Police
A WOMAN had to be led to safety when a pan set on fire at her Nelson home. Firefighters said the woman had fallen asleep while the pan was on the hob, in the kitchen of her house in Smith Street. But her next door neighbour went into
DETERMINED Ian Britcliffe wants to make it third time lucky tomorrow as he leads his Ribblesdale Wanderers side into Ramsbottom Cup final battle with Read – and believes they could spring a surprise in the Ribblesdale League’s showpiece. Britcliffe says
THE M6 was closed for seven hours last night after a man died when his car veered off the motorway and burst into flames. Police say the 58-year-old man from the Warrington area appeared to lose control of the blue Renault Megane at junction 29, near
BLACKBURN Rovers beat Hong Kong champions Kitchee 3-0 this morning to secure third place in the Premier League Asia Trophy. A first half header from Mauro Formica was added to by David Dunn and Nick Blackman after the break, as Rovers recovered
BURNLEY wide boy Ross Wallace can’t wait to step out against his old club Sunderland this afternoon as the Clarets wrap-up their pre-season campaign at Turf Moor. The 26-year-old Scotsman played more than 50 games for the Black Cats prior
FEWER temporary and permanent exclusions were handed out to school children in Lancashire last year, new figures can reveal. Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire County Council has reduced the numbers of children taken out of school for bad
A ROSSENDALE primary school has become the subject of a public inquiry five years after blocking off its playing fields which were used as a village green. Bosses at Helmshore Primary School erected a two-metre high fence around the perimeter
Sadness seeped inward as I heard that Amy Whitehouse was silenced for ever. Angry that the five-foot-challenged phenomenon - the rebirth of the Billie Holiday of my youthful jazz phase - was needlessly extinguished, possibly by the side-effects of
JOIN Clarets reporter Suzanne Geldard this afternoon for live updates as Burnley take on Sunderland in a friendly. Burnley fans can pay by cash on the turnstiles and all stands are open (James Hargreaves and Jimmy McIlroy upper tiers only).
AN East Lancashire rugby ace will today take on one of the most nerve-racking jobs at the second Royal wedding of the year. Rugby fullback Iain Balshaw is the best man for his former team-mate Mike Tindall’s wedding to the Princess Royal’s daughter
TEACHERS at a Burnley school have come through an ‘unsettled’ period to earn plaudits from education inspectors. Watchdogs visited Springfield Primary at the end of June and were impressed by the progress made. Lead inspector Judith Straw said school
RYAN Nelsen is relishing the prospect of playing a full part in the new Premier League season after making giant strides in his road to recovery this summer. Blackburn Rovers’ club captain is now ahead of schedule in his fight for fitness and
STEVE Kean believes Radosav Petrovic can prove to be the perfect replacement for Jermaine Jones as Blackburn Rovers close in on their first significant summer signing. As revealed in the Lancashire Telegraph on Thursday, the Serbian midfielder
MAURO Formica starts again for Blackburn Rovers this morning in their final game of the Premier League Asia Trophy against Hong Kong side Kitchee. The Argentine will partner Jason Roberts in attack, with Ruben Rochina expected to play a
A GROUP of disaffected Blackburn Rovers fans, angry at the direction the club is taking, have revealed plans to form a new football club in the town. Football Club Blackburn, who have already garnered the nickname the Rovers Radicals, plan
A FIRE service chief has called for ‘destructive’ Chinese lanterns to be banned in parts of Lancashire. Recent incidents in the area have seen the lanterns start fires when they land. And crews have also been called when a lantern landed
BURNLEY will have a new name at the heart of their defence this season – but the face will be familiar. Cameroon defender Andre Bikey has decided to use his family name and is now known as Andre Amougou – and the name ‘Amougou’ will appear on his shirt
CHRIS Eagles has lavished praise on Burnley’s fans – but says he had no option other than to quit the Clarets. The 25-year-old – and full-back Tyrone Mears – finally completed his move to Owen Coyle’s Bolton Wanderers yesterday, a week after
Join Andy Cryer this morning for live updates as Blackburn Rovers take on Kitchee in the Asia Trophy. The game kicks off at 11am our time. Live updates will begin with team news and will run until after the full-time whistle.
