USAIN Bolt successfully defended his Olympic 100m title as he held off the challenge of Yohan Blake. Bolt shot to fame with victory and a world record in Beijing four years ago before adding World Championships gold in 2009 with an even quicker
Ed Clancy was already looking ahead to a host of possibilities at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 after completing his London 2012 campaign with a bronze medal in the omnium. Clancy won team pursuit gold on Friday and claimed a bonus prize
Andy Murray claimed two Olympic medals after a momentous day on Wimbledon's Centre Court. The Scot banished the heartbreaking memories of his Wimbledon final defeat against Roger Federer by beating the Swiss tennis legend on the same court to take
USAIN Bolt has successfully defended his Olympic 100m title as he held off the challenge of Yohan Blake. Bolt shot to fame with victory and a world record in Beijing four years ago before adding World Championships gold in 2009 with an even quicker time
A FEMALE driver had to be cut from her car after being involved in a collision with a motorbike in Brunshaw Road, Burnley. Fire crews from the town were called to the crash at around 4pm. Paramedics were already at the scene and fire fighters
Great Britain coach Stuart Pearce believes the Olympic campaign has opened the game up to a whole new audience. Pearce raised an eyebrow or two when he expressed that hope at the start of competition. After all, given the publicity generated
Sailor Ben Ainslie ensured a fifth consecutive day of golden memories for the host nation with the promise of more to come. Ainslie prevailed in the Finn category on a day when the nation woke up to read papers filled with the exploits of the heroes
TRIAL dates for Burnley town centre’s new ‘free parking Saturdays’ have been unveiled as part of a shopping revival campaign. No fewer than 16 council-owned car parks will be involved in the first three outings for the initiative, which will take
MOTORISTS heading south from Rossendale will have to endure six weeks of night-time roadworks starting this month. A £585,000 Highways Agency maintenance programme along the A56 will get underway on August 17 and is due to be completed by September
Blackburn Rovers pre-season friendly with NEC Nijmegen scheduled for this afternoon has been cancelled. The decision, taken by the police and the local authorities in Nijmegen, follows the advanced threat of violence between the two sets of supporters
BLACKBURN with Darwen is to get its first food bank to help those struggling to feed their families in the current tough economic climate. It will provide parcels of ‘non-perishable’ foods, such as tinned vegetables, dried pasta and long-life milk
Britain won three gold medals in one athletics session for the first time in Olympic history as Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah delighted a capacity crowd of 80,000 with three triumphs in the space of a barely-believable 45 minutes.
PLANS to to create a £160,000 ‘new’ cemetery extension are in the pipeline following fears space would run out in a few years. Great Harwood Cemetery, which has served the area since 1887, was found to only have enough new burial space for two
Britain won three gold medals in one athletics session for the first time in Olympic history tonight as Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah delighted a capacity crowd of 80,000 with three triumphs in the space of a barely-believable 45 minutes
Joanna Rowsell, Dani King and Laura Trott claimed Olympic gold with an astonishing team pursuit performance on another spine-tingling night at the London 2012 velodrome. The trio, all aged 23 or under, were presented with their medals after a sixth
Michael Phelps brought to an end an unparalleled career as he bowed out of the Olympics with 18 gold medals and 22 overall. The 27-year-old started his Olympic career at Sydney 12 years ago where he finished fifth in the 200 metres butterfly.
Britain's team leader hailed the six gold medals as the country's greatest day of Olympic sport in the modern era. Six gold medals for Britain in a single day is the best total since 1908 and takes the total for the London Games to 14. Andy
Britain's long jump hero Greg Rutherford owes a debt of thanks to Carl Lewis after emulating the American great to become Olympic champion. The 25-year-old from Milton Keynes recently changed his final stride pattern to emulate that of the four-times
