Great Britain men's Olympic debut ended in a resounding 44-15 defeat to reigning gold medallists France, but playmaker Ciaran Williams is not allowing that to take the shine off his night. Having only formed in 2006, Team GB have been on a turbulent
DARWEN’S six-day market has no vacant units for the first time in more than six years. Despite the nationwide downturn in consumer spending, the town’s market is thriving with a number of new stalls opening in recent weeks. Among those new stalls
A STATUE to commemorate one of the best known of the Pendle ‘witches’ has been unveiled. Hollies drummer Bobby Elliott, from Roughlee, returned to the village to unveil a statue of Alice Nutter in Blacko Bar Road between Crowtrees and Roughlee.
Team GB cyclist Lizzie Armitstead has battled through torrential rain to a spectacular second place on The Mall as Great Britain picked up its first medal of the Games. The 23-year-old from Otley near Leeds banished the disappointment of the men's
AN ACTOR from East Lancashire who took part in the spectacular opening ceremony for the Olympics has described it as an 'amazing moment'. Fourty-five-year-old Peter Walsh, who is from Darwen, was one of the 1,000 ‘Pandemonium’ drummers performing
A NATIONAL search is under way for a new head of finance at Burnley Council after the current chief is set to retire after almost 40 years. Nick Aves, 60, has worked at Burnley Town Hall since joining as a senior accountant in 1979. He has
GEORGE Miller’s superb goal cancelled out a strike from former Burnley forward Steven Thompson as Accrington Stanley’s pre-season friendly with St Mirren ended all square. Thompson, part of the Clarets’ promotion-winning squad three years ago,
A SPANIEL owner was attacked by a 'ferocious' pit-bull type dog as he fought to wrestle his King Charles Cavalier from the animal's jaws, a court heard. Stephen Taylor, who ended up unconscious, suffered serious injuries to his hand, had to undergo
One of Blackburn’s largest and oldest Mosques has applied for a major extension to improve facilities at its school for young Muslims. The Jaame Masjid in Cumberland Street wants to put up a new three storey building, a third-storey on an existing
LEON Best was stretchered off for Blackburn Rovers in this afternoon's pre-season friendly as they beat AEK Athens 2-1 at Fleetwood. Rovers' £3million summer signing went down holding his knee on 40 minutes and, after a five minute delay, was carried
A CONVOY of more than 80 tractors are expected to parade through Pendle next month in memory of an East Lancashire farmer. Andrew Nutter, from Sabden Fold, died from bone cancer in 2009. This year’s Pendleside Vintage Tractor Run, set to be the
The Aquatics Centre breathed a huge sigh of relief as Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington squeezed into the final of the 400 metres freestyle in eighth place. The 23-year-old swimmer dominated her race from start to finish but then had to look on
FORMER Bolton defender Tom Eckersley has agreed a one-year deal to join Accrington Stanley. The 20-year-old has impressed on trial and will put pen to paper on a contract before the start of the season.
TWO MEN have been found guilty of blackmailing a woman who handed over nearly £5,000 worth of jewellery. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, handed over the gold jewellery, given to her as a wedding present, because she ‘felt sorry’
A FAMOUS Padiham fuel firm could be saved from going out of existence - by a relative of its founding father. Former employee Stephen Cooke’s great great uncle Samuel started Samuel Cooke & Co in 1845 but the company went into administration
A FORMER manor house and art gallery has been given a grand new entrance thanks to lottery funding and local craftsmen. New gates based on an original 17th century design have been unveiled at the Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington as part of a bid
AN ONLINE florist has come up smelling of roses after being shortlisted for three prestigious ecommerce awards. Padiam-based iflorist has been shortlisted for three major gongs, including Small e-Retailer of the Year, International e-Retailer of
A PUBLIC meeting will be held next week about the future of Jacks Key reservoir after the Environment agency appeared to alter plans to have it refilled. Originally, the agency had proposed a scheme to restore the reservoir to some of its former
Bacup's Sophie Cox has been beaten in the Olympic judo event this morning. Cox lost to North Korea's Ae AN Kum in theWomen's -52kg elimination round.
SCHOOL exclusion figures for physical assaults on teachers and other pupils are on the rise, but education bosses say the figures are not a true representation of children’s behaviour. And a union has said that overall schools are dealing well
