Great Britain booked their place in the Olympic quarter-finals with a routine victory over Cameroon at the Millennium Stadium. Captain Casey Stoney set them on their way with a close-range finish in the 18th-minute, with Jill Scott adding the second
Hannah Miley missed out on a medal in the 400m individual medley as China's Ye Shiwen broke the world record in taking gold. It was the first long-course world record set by a woman since the ban on performance-enhancing suits and the triumph marked
Great Britain women's handball team - including East Lancashire's Holly Lam-Moores - put in a sterling display in their first-ever match in the Olympic Games, but it still ended in a 31-19 defeat to Montenegro in Group A of the preliminary stages
Hannah Miley failed to become Great Britain's first medallist of the 2012 Olympics on a night at the Aquatics Centre which witnessed the continued rise of Ryan Lochte and the first women's long-course world record since the ban on performance-enhancing
China emphatically demonstrated their dominance of badminton as all of their doubles top seeds eased to victories on the opening day of London 2012 competition. The Asian powerhouse boasts the top pairs in each of the three doubles disciplines
FROM ecstasy to tragedy in just 12 months, Alfred Tysoe’s Olympic exploits will leave him forever an East Lancashire sporting hero. The Padiham-born athlete stormed to a double gold medal in the Paris Olympics in 1900 but less than a year later he became
Andy and Jamie Murray crashed out in the first round of the Olympic men's doubles on Saturday evening in a very tight battle with Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya. The British pair were cheered on by a raucous crowd on Court Two and edged
Ryan Lochte deposed Michael Phelps as the Olympic 400 metres individual medley champion as he secured a dominant victory at the Aquatics Centre. The race was meant to be the first instalment of a showdown between him and Phelps but ultimately Lochte
Great Britain women booked their place in the Olympic quarter-finals with a routine 3-0 victory over Cameroon at the Millennium Stadium. Captain Casey Stoney set them on their way with a close-range finish in the 18th-minute, with Jill Scott adding
A DISABLED mum has been told she must get rid of her pet chihuaha or face eviction. Elizabeth Procter, 50, took three-year-old Finney into her home after he was abandoned and at risk of being put down. The property is rented from housing association
FORGET Bradley Wiggins, Padiham’s Olympic medallist Harry Hill had to produce his own marathon effort just to reach the 1936 Berlin Games – not to mention getting home again! The cycling legend, who was presented his bronze medal in the 4,000m team
A MAN who out ran police after holding up a Blackburn supermarket has pleaded guilty to robbery. Balaclava-clad Reece Fleming, 31, of Thirlmere Drive, Middleton entered the Co-op, in Whalley New Road, Blackburn on May 3, this year with an unknown
Michael Phelps squeezed into the final of the 400 metres individual medley by just seven hundredths of a second as the first morning of the Olympic programme got under way in London. Phelps, the defending champion, was eighth fastest into tonight's
The country's hopes of a first home Olympic gold medal were dashed today as cyclist Mark Cavendish missed out on a podium finish amid dramatic scenes. Thousands of people waving Union Flags lined the route and the nation's hopes had rested on Cavendish
Hannah Miley, David Carry and the women's sprint freestyle relay will provide home representation in tonight's finals after the first morning of Olympic competition which saw the Queen make an appearance at the Aquatics Centre. Miley will contest
Susan Egelstaff secured Great Britain's first win of the London 2012 badminton competition with a comfortable defeat of Slovenia's Maja Tvrdy. In a match watched by Prince Charles at Wembley Arena, the Scot, ranked 38, overpowered the world number
The first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games has gone to China. Shooter Yi Siling won the women's 10-metre air rifle title on Saturday morning at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. The 23-year-old world number one and gold medal
PROTESTERS against housing developments in the Ribble Valley have said they are still worried about the borough’s future, despite a large project being refused. Proposals for 55 homes and a 50 bed nursing home for land at Lawsonsteads, near Whalley
TRAINED police negotiators talked a man out of jumping of the old market building in Blackburn town centre. Officers were called by the man, thought to be in his late 30s, around 4am on Saturday, as he stood on top of the building, off Salford.
A WOMAN who was drugged and kidnapped by her family for refusing to enter an arranged marriage has been praised for her courage by a judge. Naila Afsar told police she spoke out against her mother, brother and brother-in-law because ‘I don’t want
MORE than 250 people attended a public meeting to discuss controversial wind turbine proposals for Wilpshire. The meeting was arranged by residents living close to Carr Hall Home and Garden Centre, in Whalley Road, in protest to its plans for three
FORMER Nelson star Sam Fairhurst will be playing live on American television tonight after his late goal secured the Orlando City under 23 team’s place in the play-off semi finals, writes Ryan Heywood. Fairhurst, 22, is based in Florida playing
A MAN who raped a woman in woodland, leaving her naked and injured, has been jailed for five years. Daniel Lee Green, 22, subjected his 21-year-old victim to the brutal assault after leaving a house party they had both attended in Burnley.
WE really do know how to throw a party then... With the eyes of the globe firmly fixed on London last night, good old Lancashire lad Danny Boyle delivered a jaw-droppingly good opening ceremony for London 2012. It is a ceremony that will live
FROM ecstasy to tragedy in just 12 months, Alfred Tysoe’s Olympic exploits will leave him forever an East Lancashire sporting hero. The Padiham-born athlete stormed to a double gold medal in the Paris Olympics in 1900 but less than a year later
FORGET Bradley Wiggins, Padiham’s Olympic medallist Harry Hill had to produce his own marathon effort just to reach the 1936 Berlin Games – not to mention getting home again! The cycling legend, who was presented his bronze medal in the 4,000m
FROM a primary school in the Rossendale Valley to the Olympic Games – it has been some journey for GB men’s handball assistant coach Bill Baillie. It was over a decade ago that Baillie was persuaded back into the game to teach youngsters at Haslingden
NEW Zealand and Great Britain are among the teams back in action in the second batch of men’s football fixtures tomorrow. Burnley’s Cameron Howieson and Tim Payne, of Blackburn Rovers , will be hoping for better fortunes when New Zealand take on
LEFT with a feeling of anti-climax after her previous appearance at the Games, four years ago the thoughts of Bacup’s Sophie Cox could not have been further from the Olympics after she swapped judo for life as an English teacher in Thailand.
RIVAL captains Matt Nutter and Kamran Younas could well be key as they bid to take centre stage in tomorrow’s Ribblesdale League showpiece Ramsbottom Cup final. Barnoldswick’s Nutter and Baxenden professional Younas, who has replaced Andy Caunce
BURNLEY starlet Cameron Howieson is hoping he can catch Clarets manager Eddie Howe’s eye at the Olympics with a string of impressive performances and force his way into the first-team picture at Turf Moor this season. Howieson, 17, is currently
STEVE Kean insists Rovers are still ‘very active’ in their search for more experience – but believes his new young Portuguese trio are ones to watch ‘for the future’. The Rovers boss (pictured left) is adamant the additions of Edinho, 18, Paulo
NELSON have turned to the touring Australia A team to solve their professional problems after paid man Shahzaib Hasan had his contract terminated. The Pakistan batsman, a member of his country’s Twenty20 World Cup winning side in 2009, returned
