DAVID Goodwillie is expected to become a Blackburn Rovers player within the next 48 hours - despite Rangers’ attempts to take advantage of a mix-up to hijack the deal. Confusion surrounded the 22-year-old’s £2.8million move from Dundee United
BURNLEY have dropped their interest in Coventry City forward Lukas Jutkiewicz. Boss Eddie Howe is understood to have made an enquiry about Jutkiewicz but both the Clarets and Coventry have denied that it went as far as formal talks, despite
BLACKBURN-based forecourt retailer Euro Garages has secured £110million funding for an expansion plan. The firm, one of the UK’s largest independent forecourt retailers, has also announced record sales of £300million for the year to July 31
A MAJOR extension to Nelson’s largest mosque will accommodate extra worshippers and solve an age-old flooding problem, councillors have been told. Proposals have been unveiled by the leaders of the Ghausia Jamia Mosque, in Clayton Street, for additions
AN Oswaldtwistle primary school is giving children a satisfactory education just a year after it was deemed inadequate. Moor End Primary School, White Ash Lane, has been re-inspected by education watchdog Ofsted, which has found that it had
ACCRINGTON teenager Nikki Foster missed the cut at the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Carnoustie – but ended her campaign with a commendable level-par 72. Foster’s second round score came after firing a six-over 78 on Thursday in difficult conditions
ACCRINGTON Stanley chief executive Rob Heys says fees for the departure of three key players look set to be decided by tribunal. Stanley lost out-of-contract trio Jimmy Ryan, Terry Gornell and Sean McConville to Scunthorpe, Shrewsbury and Stockport
Blackburn Rovers striker Jason Roberts will join the presentation team on Radio 5 live’s football phone-in 606, minutes after stepping off the pitch, from the start of this season.
RIBBLE Valley Visually Impaired Group is celebrating after receiving a mystery donation. The group, which provides trips for blind and partially sighted people, said it had been given a ‘sizeable sum’ from an anonymous benefactor. Ken Maidens, group
RESIDENTS are being urged to join a growing campaign against police cuts. Proposals to close the front desk at Great Harwood police station has led Coun Ciaran Wells to distribute hundreds of leaflets encouraging residents to have their say. Coun
HYNDBURN Stray Dogs In Need has issued a warning about a potential scam by a bogus worker using the charity’s details. The animal welfare group said it had received a series of phone calls and letters addressed to a ‘Doctor Robert Dube’. However
A CHARITY that supports homeless young people is making plans to move into a new £2.3m resource centre in the centre of Blackburn within weeks. Plans to transform the derelict former Star and Garter pub in the Boulevard into a community resource
ONE of the top prosecutors in Lancashire has defended his organisation’s decision not to pursue a manslaughter trial in the case of a man who could have died from a violent sneeze. Lancashire CPS Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor Ian Rushton responded
Burnley's youth team game against Preston North End tomorrow has been cancelled. The Clarets youngsters had been scheduled to play PNE at Springfields Training Complex at 11am.
AFC Darwen have announced their new sponsors for next season. First-team kits have been sponsored by uniSTAGE, a company which specialises in providing stage sound and lighting. First-team players have also been sponsored by MckPix Sports Photography
SICK children are to get a boost from town councillors in a 60-mile trek. Sudell councillor Martin McCaughran wants people to join him and his colleagues in the trek from Darwen to Manchester Airport and back, to raise money towards the cost
BURNLEY chairman Barry Kilby insists the need to balance the books at Turf Moor is more important than ever, despite fans’ fears that the club are being outmuscled by their Championship rivals. In a specially-arranged question and answer session
A MAN has been charged in connection with an incident in which a high-powered car hit a bus stop. Asif Hussain, 40, of Audley Range, Blackburn, was due to appear before Blackburn Magistrates Court today accused of driving without due care and attention
MANCHESTER’S Royal Exchange Theatre will bring its season to a close with William Shakespeare’s gloriously sunny comedy As You Like It, from June 29 to August 6. The play’s exuberant combination of concealed identities, verbal jousting, reconciliations
BBEING the only Asian woman in her team has not deterred Uzma Khan from pursuing a career in systems engineering. And with the support of her employer, BAE Systems, Uzma has gone from strength to strength since she joined the company after university
Another wine that will give you change from a £5 note, although at Majestic you will have to buy six bottles. This one alone though is worth investing in half a dozen times. Again it is French, from the Pays d’Herault, and a Rose which
The enormous tax take means it’s now pretty rare to find any wine for under a fiver Discovering anything drinkable is even harder. Here’s one though and it’s nearer to £4 than £5. It’s French, uncomplicated but has a cherry tastiness
WHILE cupcakes have ruled the baking world in recent years, a group of home cooks is aiming to reclaim the cake with a new club to celebrate the treat. The Clandestine Cake Club (CCC) is spreading across the North West, with bakers and cake-loving
AWARD-winning actress Jane Horrocks has dropped her trademark Lancashire accent for her latest TV acting role. The petite 47-year-old, who grew up in Rawtenstall, has revealed she hates having to act using her own voice. So it’s a ‘posh’ Liverpool
NO-ONE wants their well-behaved children to have their education disrupted by the unruly behaviour of fellow pupils in the classroom. Teachers, too, should not be expected to have their own careful lesson preparation thrown out of the window because
I WAS totally amazed/ shocked to see Steve Cram apparently saying that use of cocaine and ecstasy for ‘recreational use’ by athletes should not attract the same penalties as performance-enhancing drugs. Sport is a recreation, drugs aren’t. The two
SENIOR police officers have been criticised by the family of a murdered nurse for pulling out of a conference in her name. A guest speaker from Lancashire Constabulary had been lined up to address the first annual Justice For Jane conference held on
COUNCILLORS are meeting hospital bosses this afternoon urging them to listen to people’s concerns before closing two rehabilitation units for stroke and fall patients. East Lancashire Primary Care Trust has announced plans to ‘modernise’ its services
BARROWFORD and Barnoldswick, and its independent traders, have the most to cheer from a new retail survey in Pendle. Vacancy rates for the two locations are the lowest in the borough, says the study for 2010. With only the former petrol filling
The world premiere of Mansfield Park, a new opera, is being staged in Burnley on August 1 and 2. British composer Jonathan Dove was commissioned by Heritage Opera to produce the opera, which concerns a young girl from a struggling background
ROGUE builders, dodgy roofers and aggressive salesman are among 150 reports investigated by Trading Standards this year. A spate of incidents in Rossendale in recent weeks are being looked into and have prompted a day of action in the borough. On
A FORMER Bond girl and model is taking a starring role at Blackburn Cathedral. Shannon Ledbetter, who appeared alongside Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies, has been appointed a community canon and will also be working as chaplain at Blackburn
A SENIOR carer who spent a year helping herself to the £21,000 life savings of a pensioner with dementia, has been jailed for eight months. Mother-of-two Bernadette Launder, 40, claimed she at first started taking cash belonging to vulnerable 82-year-old
The devastating murders of Jane Clough and Claire Atkinson goes to show that the current judicial system is outdated and serves only to protect criminals at the expense of victims. Bail should not be an option for those who have allegedly committed
TOWN hall chiefs have met with bosses at McBride’s in an attempt to persuade the firm not to close its Burnley site. Up to 350 jobs could go if the cleaning products manufacturer opts to close its Windermere Avenue factory. Burnley Council chief
BLACKBURN-BASED Daniel Thwaites has continued its £2m investment programme for 2011 with improvements to five of its tenanted pubs. The brewery has spent £341,500 on pub refurbishments over the past few months. The company have completed a £51K refurbishment
It used to get on my nerves when my dad spouted on about Yorkshire. I could not understand why he felt so incensed when, in the 1970s, his birthplace town of Middlesbrough was placed in the newly-created county of Cleveland. ‘Does it really matter
ONLY 14 per cent of businesses in the North West believe they will benefit from the 2012 Olympics, according to an independent report. The study has been published by Close Invoice Finance, which canvasses the views of business owner managers across
WORK by artist Donald Holden is on exhibition at the gallery@ arteology in Colne from July 30 to August 27. The exhibition, called Landscape Allusions, consists of recent paintings by the artist. Donald said: "Landscape forms the basis of all
WE all know local authorities are facing difficult decisions on cutting services because of government budget reductions. Changes in almost any areas are likely to bring complaints from the public and councils therefore have to focus on the least unacceptable
I agree that travellers are human, but to live in a society, everyone must abide by the law and have consideration for others. Many travellers have no regard for the law when it dosen’t suit them, they do not respect other people’s property rights
I applaud Coun Ciaran Wells (pictured) for starting the petition against the closure of Great Harwood tip (LT, July 26), scheduled for the end of November by Lancashire County Council, apparently to save money! The news comes after an 80-year-old bed-bound
A FILM actress has finally met a former Nelson man who was jailed for 22 years amid claims that he worked as a Soviet spy during the Cold War. Ex-Bond girl Fiona Fullerton and Anthony Alex Alexandrowicz lost touch in 1988 after more than a decade of
NEW powers to tackle poor parking could soon be on their way. Lancashire County Council is considering a proposal to adopt new rules to deter drivers from blocking roads and pavements. Under changes, traffic officers would be able to
NELSON’S Argos store has closed for good after serving its last customers on Friday. William Hill’s book-makers is now the last remaining shop in the Victory Centre.
Address: 2 Accrington Road, Hapton, Burnley, BB11 5QL Phone number: 01282 771152 Lancashire Telegraph review by Jonathon Dillon from July 30, 2011. After a hectic Sunday shift, the last thing on my mind was slaving away over a
THE grounds of Gawthorpe Hall were transformed into a ‘Wonderland’ for a live performance at the weekend. An 18-strong cast from Off The Ground Theatre Company brought Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland to life during an open air performance
A 61-YEAR-OLD alcoholic who set about his best friend with a hammer and almost killed him after a fall-out over a funeral has been locked up for four and a half years. Burnley Crown Court heard how stressed and emotional John Johnston attacked Joseph
SCORES of metal grids have been stolen in Lancashire in recent weeks. Drain covers worth almost £30,000 have been taken from highways across the east of the county, and the police are now investigating more than 117 missing grates. Highways engineers
WE in East Lancashire are very lucky in having so many reservoirs within easy reach. For this we can thank the cotton industry which from the 1850s demanded more and more clean water. Even those which were built later, as the case with Hurstwood have
FIREFIGHTERS in Blackburn will be working under a lawn as the new community fire station will have a grass roof. Insects and birds are expected to flock to the new 'bio-diverse' building in Canterbury street when it is completed at the beginning of
DELAYS on the M6 were caused by an overturned caravan on the northbound carriageway at junction 31 Samlesbury at 11.30am on Monday.
THE Ironman UK event made its way through Chorley yesterday. For the third year in a row Bolton was the principle host of the race, which is a tougher version of a triathlon and incredibly includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile cycle ride and
STANLEY legend Paul Mullin proved he is not bad on the golf course either after recording a hole in one last week. The former Stanley striker, who retired from professional football in April, joined up with brother John as well as Reds management duo
MARK Ashworth chalked up his second victory of the month in Cleveland Srixon Northern Order of Merit when he won the Wilpshire Trophy. But it was a close call for the Clitheroe plus two player because he only got the verdict on countback from title-holder
BLACKBURN Harriers duo Holly Bleasdale and Sophie Hitchon have booked their places at this month’s World Championships in South Korea after winning their events at the UK Trials at the weekend. The teenage duo had been on course to qualify for their
HUNDREDS of residents in rural parts of Rossendale who are having their bin collections axed have called for a full public consultation. From today, around 700 households across the Valley will have to take their rubbish up to two miles to their nearest
AN acclaimed Burnley brewery is celebrating a five-fold triumph for its newly launched range of bottled ales. All bottled versions of the Moorhouse’s ‘famous five’ core Pendle Witches range claimed accolades at the International Beer Challenge (IBC
DARWEN-based WEC Group Ltd has announced it will continue to sponsor the Darwen End Stand at Ewood Park. The metal fabrication and engineering company have renewed a deal first struck in 2009. Wayne Wild, director of the WEC Group: "We have decided
BLACKBURN rugby star Iain Balshaw played a key role in the second Royal wedding of the year on Saturday. Sporting a black eye from a moped accident last week, the fullback was best man at his former team-mate Mike Tindall’s wedding to the Queen
CRACKS are appearing in the £48million Darwen Aldridge Community Academy building. Concrete has been patched up on walls at the top of the stairs, near the main entrance. Sudell ward town councillor Martin McCaughran said he was ‘extremely worried
VITAL fire safety posts are set to be cut across Lancashire as part of a £600,000 savings drive, say union chiefs. But leaders of the county’s Fire Brigades Union are not blaming fire and rescue service bosses for their demise. Union leader Steve
Two teenagers needed to be cut free from a car following a serious road traffic collision in Chorley last night. The incident happened just after 11pm at the entrance to the Build Centre on Wigan Lane when a silver Citroen Saxo has lost control
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Blackburn railway station to help a trapped passenger. The man, who boarded at Colne, became trapped in the toilet as the train passed through Accrington. A passing officer from British Transport Police heard the man
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has put more than £10 million in reserves in the last year while cutting back on jobs and services. The Government made the local authority cut £33million from the budget, and it has already slashed charity grants, road
A STOLEN car being driven at high speed just missed pedestrians as it crashed into a row of parked vehicles. Witnesses said two women had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the blue Citroen Xsara Picasso in a busy Burnley shopping area.
There are currently over 2.3 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are up to another 750,000 people who have the condition and don’t know it. Diabetes occurs because the body cannot use glucose properly, either because of a lack of the
The National Home Improvement Show is returning for its third year to London’s Earls Court from September 30 - October 2, 2011. This year’s show is the largest yet with a host of new and inspiring zones aimed at the serious home improver. However
A FAMILY forced to flee their home after a backyard arson attack have hit out at the yobs who put their lives in danger. Firefighters said the blaze at a terrace house in the Wensley Fold area of Blackburn could have had devastating consequences
The Sound of Music Palace Theatre, Manchester, Tuesday, September 6 – Saturday 17, 2011 Jason Donovan stars as Captain Von Trapp alongside Connie Fisher as Maria when the smash hit production of the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein
LAURA Massaro pulled of another major upset to beat world number one Nicol David in the semi finals of the Singapore Squash Open – the second time she has beaten the Malaysian superstar in six months. The 27-year-old from Chorley, came from two sets
SEAN McConville came back to haunt Accrington Stanley after giving Stockport County victory in the Reds’ final pre-season friendly on Saturday. McConville controversially opted to turn down a new deal from Stanley and instead step down a
PAUL Horton hit 97 to guide Lancashire to a dramatic four-wicket victory over Gloucestershire in a high-scoring Clydesdale Bank 40 contest at Cheltenham yesterday. His excellent innings keeps alive his side’s outside chance of qualifying from
ANDREW Payne hit a magnificent century as Rawtenstall sent reigning champions Ramsbottom crashing to a third straight defeat yesterday. Payne’s heroics came in a quite remarkable game as Ramsbottom’s grip on the silverware was loosened by their
SPIN twins Liam Riley and Babar Naeem both claimed five wickets as Baxenden ensured the Ribblesdale League’s top three kept up the pace as the title race continues to enthral with seven games remaining. Bash’s efforts helped them gain on
BRILLIANT Chorley clambered back into fourth place in the Northern Premier League as they took five wickets for no runs to beat Lancaster in a thriller on Saturday. And while Andy Holdsworth’s men were celebrating that remarkable Lancaster
EVERY cup final has its hero – and when the chips were down at a packed Arbories yesterday, Ribblesdale Wanderers had just the man to take them to glory. Chasing an improbable 237, Ribb were on the back foot with Read big favourites to win
STEVE Kean believes Mauro Formica and Ruben Rochina will prove to be ‘like two new signings’ after seeing them team up for the first time in the Rovers first team. Argentine playmaker Formica scored his second goal in three pre-season starts
KEVIN Gallacher believes David Goodwillie can become an Ewood Park favourite as Blackburn Rovers close in on signing the Scottish starlet. Goodwillie, 22, is in negotiations with Rovers about a move south of the border after Dundee United accepted
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe branded Saturday’s 1-0 win over Sunderland as a “good end” to pre-season. Jay Rodriguez’s second goal of the summer, from the spot, was enough to separate the Clarets from the Premier League big spenders on a sunny
WINGER Keith Treacy is set to complete a move to Turf Moor today after Burnley finally agreed a fee with their Lancashire rivals Preston at the fourth time of asking. The Republic of Ireland international was pulled out of Preston’s friendly
MORE than six per cent of young drivers failed a breath-test during a major crackdown. Police tested 13,000 motorists during a four-week blitz on drink and drug driving in Lancashire. And officers expressed their disappointment that
