A TEENAGE photographer has become the youngest person to exhibit his work at a landmark gallery - and hopes to showcase young people in a positive light. Sam Kenyon, 15, from Clayton-le-Moors, won funding for his first professional camera and began
A COLNE headteacher is going to extraordinary lengths to raise money for a charity close to his heart. John Robertshaw, 34, head at Sacred Heart RC Primary School, will take on a 69-mile run along Hadrian’s Wall tomorrow and Sunday. The married
A WOMAN who went shoplifting in Colne’s Matalan store while subject to a suspended jail term has kept her freedom. Burnley Crown Court heard that Shirley Hammerton, 47, had stolen baby items to the tune of £66 which she told police she was going
A SERIAL cheating builder who has declared himself the ‘top man in Colne’ is facing jail again for targeting the elderly in a £27,000 scam. Patrick Feeney, 49, claimed £27,000 for work which was worth £6,000, £6,130 for building work worth about
EIGHTY-SIX bins could be scrapped across the valley – and seven recycling sites abolished – under a major review of street cleansing. Councillors have been told that 14per cent of the valley’s bins, said to be under-used, could be removed to allow
THE driver in a hard drugs enterprise, who sold cocaine and heroin on the street with another dealer, has been jailed for 39 months. Asim Shah, 25, who was not an addict himself, was caught in a police sting, Operation Bravada, when an undercover
A ROGUES’ gallery of shoplifters and petrol thieves captured on CCTV security cameras has been released by police. The offenders range from a man dressed in a 'onesie' stealing two bottles of cider from an off-licence in Brennand Street, Burnley
A LEADING cycling parts manufacturer has unveiled a plan to build a £2.5million velodrome in Barnoldswick. Bosses at Hope Technology, in Calf Hall Road, have spoken with Pendle Council planners about their desire to build what could become the
LANCASHIRE Police are looking for new recruits to become special constables. A recruitment evening will take place at the Coppice Theatre in Sandy Lane, Accrington, next Thursday at 7pm. Specials are unpaid volunteer officers who have the same
THE widow of a sporting stalwart has paid tribute to ‘a wonderful husband and a fantastic man’. Tony Nuttall, 54, a lifelong Burnley fan, died on Wednesday after a year-long battle with lung cancer. The father-of-one who worked for Ricoh for
TOWN centre businesses are joining forces to revitalise trade. Traders in Accrington town centre are coming together to encourage Hyndburn residents to shop locally. The campaign is being spearheaded by Hyndburn Council after the recession-hit
FIRST-TIME buyers are facing up to a nine-year wait before being able to buy a house, according to a report released by housing and homeless-ness charity Shelter. In Blackburn and Burnley, a single person will have to wait, on average, nine years
THE case of a teenager who died in a car crash the morning after a night out drinking has been used to highlight the devastating impact of drink-driving. Shoppers in Colne were told about the sequence of events that led to the death of 18-year-old
BUDDING chefs have shown they are among the best in the country after cooking their way to success in a national competition. Pupils from Bolton by Bowland CofE Primary were crowned north west champions in the Let’s Get Cooking BIG Cookathon 2013
A LONGRIDGE couple were subjected to five years of harassment by their next door neighbour, including having dead animals thrown into their garden. Blackburn magistrates heard 80-year-old William Seed had driven his neighbours to their ‘wits’ end
A PROLIFIC crook with 120 previous convictions has been jailed for raiding a family home as three children slept in their beds. Burnley Crown Court heard how amphetamine addict Stuart Andrews, 44, sneaked into the property in the town and stole
ANDREW Stephenson MP has given his support for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions in Pendle at a Westminster event by charity Together for Short Lives. Mr Stephenson met Anna Gill OBE and representatives from the children’s
TEENAGERS in Bacup celebrated the half-term holiday at a special opening of KG’s Youth Cafe. The King Street venue, managed by Lancashire County Council’s Young People’s Service, hosts sessions teaching cookery, music and crafts skills. It
TWO men involved in a commercial cannabis enterprise are facing jail, on July 26, at Burnley Crown Court. Neil Rae, 28, of Pleasant View, has earlier admitted producing cannabis, possessing the drug, possessing cocaine, and possessing a stungun
DRIVERS are being warned to avoid doing U-turns at a school entrance, and blocking neighbouring driveways, after a parent was hit by a car. Debbie Bonney, headteacher at Crawshawbooth Primary School, wrote to parents to highlight the dangers to
HOSPITAL manager Martin Hodgson is taking on some of the most daunting climbs in the world of cycling. Martin, director of service development at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, is gearing up for a six-day ride covering the major ascents of
A HERBALIST has warned that thousands of people who use medicinal herbs could be forced to buy from ‘dodgy internet dealers’ if new regulations are not brought in. Tracey Humphries, who runs the Vitality Plus health shop in Ramsbottom, said the
Please forgive me if I don’t LMAO (I am sure there is actually a letter missing there somewhere). This has to be in my opinion nearly as bad as those people who say ‘OK’ in a text or an e-mail when there is no need too. This is an addiction
STRANGE sightings in the night sky have been reported literally for millennia. From ancient civilisations through to modern times, all sorts of weird and wonderful phenomena have allegedly been seen. Sceptics believe the whole UFO obsession
REGARDING the Accrington superloo that ‘cost £18 to spend a penny’ (LT, June 18) being finally removed – the contract had also tied the council into giving 12 months notice, paying a termination fee, and paying to have the toilet removed. Does
Congratulations to the teachers in fitting in their strike before the holidays. I’m betting there will now be a long gap until September before they can consider another and then they’ll have to work hard to fit one in before half term. It must
REGARDING the recent story about safety on the roads involving people on two wheels, I would say that when I am on my motorbike, I do not filter through traffic but I sit and wait my turn as I would in a car. I have never overtaken a car when on
The do-gooders and hippies moan about governments wanting such extreme powers to combat terrorism to use them in other areas and abuse them. I don’t think anybody can deny that terrorism is probably the single biggest threat to national security
The 20mph zone is killing trade in the centre of Clitheroe and the road through the town centre is long overdue. We need a return to the original 1960s speed limits everywhere, including the A59 as far as Preston. brossen99 (via website).
I would like to add to the recent letters praising the Royal Blackburn Hospital. Having recently been a day patient on the Coronary Care Recovery Ward, I can give the team there a first-class rating. From the cardiologist and his staff to the
Regarding the withdrawal of special funding for Slaidburn County Practice (LT, June 17), I recently changed our family GP from Slaidburn to Pendleside Practice in Clitheroe. Even though my children have special needs, we have found the services
A lot of people seem to think e-cigs are unregulated and a little control would be a good thing. E-cigs are regulated. They have to come under all consumer protection laws that cover all the other items we buy. They have to be safe to consume.
A PUB regular who pulled a large knife on a terrified landlord has been jailed. Burnley Crown Court heard how Yaseen Blackburn, 37, had been seen by the victim, Scott Walsh, asking the landlord's puppy why it had made a racist remark to him.
FIRE crews attended a small rubbish fire in Pine Street, Burnley at 11.55pm on Wednesday.
SPEEDING motorists travelling through Cliviger are being warned they face being fined.
HOTSPOTS for anti social behaviour in Bunrley are being targeted by police. Teenagers gathering in Temple Street, Holcombe Drive and Queens Park face being moved on by police.
A SKIP was on fire in Smallshaw Lane in Burnley at 9.10pm on Wednesday. Firefighters dealt with the incident quickly and suspected the fire had been lit deliberately by youths.
SPEEDING motorists face receiving a fine as police launch their latest crackdown on drivers breaking the speed limits as they pass through Edenfield and Stubbins.
NEW owners have been found for the Bramsche bar in Rochdale Road, Todmorden, which closed in January. Bar staff and chefs are being recruited ahead of a planned re-opening.
PADIHAM Leisure Centre has plenty on offer for young people. The Youth Fitness area offers instructor-led sessions using special fitness and exercise equipment that will get the kids active in a fun and enjoyable environment. Visit www.burnley.gov.uk
ROSSENDALE Community First Responders will find out later this month if it has been successful in securing a grant. Chairman Andrew Walmsley will meet members of Haslingden, Helmshore and Edenfield Neighbourhood Forum on June 27.
A WOMAN started a kitchen fire when she left a quiche in a grill by mistake. Two crews from Burnley Fire Station attended the incident, in Bar Street, at around 6pm on Wednesday. Acting watch manager Alan Ashworth said: “The occupant’s friend
TWO Burnley landlords have been prosecuted after they failed to meet legal standards. Aspire Homelettings Limited, of Lyndhurst Road, was ordered to pay £1,765 after it failed to comply with improvement notices issued by Burnley Council’s housing
COMMUNITIES are campaigning for bus services to be reintroduced amid fears older people and parents are being isolated. Residents living in the hilly area behind the old Royal Infirmary in Blackburn said the lack of buses had left them facing a
EX-Lancashire star Graham Lloyd says he wants veteran spinner Keith Roscoe to carry on breaking records as the Rawtenstall left-armer stands on the brink of history. The 52-year-old needs just one wicket to become the first man in the modern era to claim
A NELSON spa has earned a certificate of excellence from travel website TripAdvisor. The award, which honours hospitality standards, is given to venues which consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews. Beverley Hinnigan, manager at
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has raised questions in Parliament about the large numbers of food retailers failing to show customers they have poor levels of hygiene. Businesses which sell food are inspected by the Food Standards Agency and local
LUKE Williams, 25, of Arkwright Street, Burnley, was disqualified from driving for 23 months by Pennine magistrates after he admitted being twice the drink-driving limit on Rossendale Road on May 19. He was also given 100 hours community service
Burnley Lane Residents’ Action Group meets on Wednesday, July 17, from 7.30pm, at Byerden House Socialist Club, Colne Road.
BURNLEY firefighters were called to Moorland Road shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday after a resident lit a bonfire in his garden.
A WARRANT was issued for the arrest of Bryan Rothwell, 27, at Burnley Crown Court. He failed to appear to be sentenced after being convicted of racially aggravated criminal damage. Rothwell, of Reed Street, Burnley, was in breach of a suspended
A SUPPORT group for osteoporosis sufferers in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale has been set up. The monthly meetings will be held at East Lancashire Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, around the third Thursday of the
A TEENAGER who defied doctors’ expectations has died after an 11-year battle with an incurable genetic disorder. Jack Heath’s mum, Elizabeth, said her son ‘died with a smile on his face’ after his condition deteriorated badly in the past five weeks
TALENTED singers from across Blackburn with Darwen hit the high note at the second night of the annual Big Sing. The event was held at King George’s Hall, in Blackburn, and culminated in lively performances from children at primary and secondary
CLITHEROE skipper Paul Gaskell wants his men to carry on as they have been going as they look to take another step towards the Houldsworth Solicitors Ribblesdale League title tomorrow. Gaskell’s men opened up a 13-point gap over closest challengers Read
A SPECIAL exhibition is being held to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of King George V’s visit to the Blackburn. Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is asking for donations of memorabilia, and The Friends of Roe Lee Park group is also organising
INCREASING mini moto nuisance is being reported by residents in Clayton-le-Moors. Police have received scores of complaints about teens gathering on the canal, Lower Barnes Street, and Mercer Park areas, during the evening.
A PLAY based on the famous musical Annie will be staged in Oswaldtwistle next month. ReAct Academy of Theatre Arts will perform ‘Annie Junior’ on Friday, July 12, at 7.30pm, and on Saturday, July 13, at 3pm and 7.30pm, at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre
ACCRINGTON’S Haworth Art Gallery is one of the chosen venues for the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain exhibition, to be staged from November through to February 2014. It will feature prints submitted by amateur photographers from across Great
REDUCING shoplifting in Accrington town centre is the key priority for police this month.
THE Community Heritage team at Clayton-le-Moors Library will be helping people to trace their ancestors next week. The session, from 10am to noon on Tuesday, will introduce amateur genealogists to some of the online resources available via Lancashire
AN empty sports shop in Accrington could be turned into a cafe. The site, in Broadway, was previously occupied by Gibsons Sports Ltd, but new owners plan to change its use. Opening Monday to Friday, the cafe would employ four staff and have
FED-UP neighbours have complained about anti-social behaviour at a nature reserve. Police have received reports that juvenile nuisance at Jack House Nature Reserve, Oswaldtwistle, is affecting residents during the weekends, and evenings. Patrols
PEOPLE are being encouraged to grow their own food. Hyndburn Council is promoting starter plots for novice gardeners, and raised beds for the disabled and elderly. The Food Growing For All project has been launched following a council-funded revamp
YOUNG people from YMCA Blackburn spent a day in Yorkshire learning skills and helping out with conservation work in the Dales. The group was invited by Yorkshire-based People and The Dales and among the skills they were shown was how to build dry
LIVE soul and Motown music will be top of the bill at Church and Oswaldtwistle Cricket Club tonight. Soul band Rambunkshus will be on at 6.15pm and all are welcome. Entry is free.
POLICE were called after reports of a fight in Preston Old Road, Blackburn. They broke up the incident and then sent the group of drunken men on their way.
Drivers parking on the pavement in the Whalley Range area of Blackburn face being fined by police. The issue was raised at a recent Police and Communities Together meeting.
SCAITCLIFFE Post Office on Garbett Street, Accrington, has applied to the council for permission to install a cash machine. The post office plans to install a Bank of Ireland ATM through the first pane of shopfront window, directly to the right
ROBERT Joseph Dwyer, 49, of no fixed address, was fined £55 with £105 costs by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Abbey Street, Accrington, and failing to surrender to bail.
LANCASHIRE’S Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable are looking to recruit a new independent chairman for their Joint Audit Committee. Clive Grunshaw and Steve Finnigan are looking for an enthusiastic, high calibre and experienced individual
A woman refused to go home quietly when police were called to a disturbance in St Georges Avenue, Blackburn. Samantha Jane Horridge, of Winterton Road, Darwen, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly. She also admitted resisting a police officer
A 40-YEAR-OLD religious teacher has appeared in court charged with indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 13. Suleman Maknojioa faces five allegations that he intentionally sexually touched the girl, who was receiving private tuition from
THE man at the centre of a 12-hour rooftop stand-off with police eventually gave himself up peacefully. The 20-year-old, who had allegedly slashed a man with a pair of scissors, took to the roof of the Salvation Army’s Bramwell House, in Blackburn
GARY Bowyer has backed the rise of Futsal at Blackburn Rovers – with the club joining neighbours Burnley and Accrington Stanley by offering scholarships for next season. Futsal is a variant of football played indoors on a smaller pitch. Via their Community
A DAD-of-two who has endured a ‘horrendous’ five years was given a special treat he will never forget. Stephen Ball, 33, won a Father’s Day makeover at Darwen Market after being nominated by his nine-year-old daughter, Sophie, and son Josh, seven
NINE East Lancashire golfers will be hoping to move a step closer to the Open Championship on Monday when regional qualifying takes place at Clitheroe. The course is hosting one of 14 regional qualifying events for the fourth year and the recent dry
CHILD Action Northwest is opening a pop-up shop in Blackburn, from July 1 until July 6. The shop, in Lord Street, will include John Lewis curtains for only £10 a pair, and custom-made cushion covers and tie backs. There will also be bric-a-brac
DARWEN Catholic Club is looking for snooker players for its team in the Blackburn with Darwen Monday Night League. Call Dave Jackson on 07554 670 333 for details. The club also has snooker tables for practice.
JEFF Grundy is tonight’s guest medium at Darwen Spiritualist Church at Hawkshaw Avenue from 7.30pm. Entry costs £2 and there will be an open circle at the end of the service.
ADULT evening courses covering a wide variety of subjects are held at Darwen Academy – call 01254 819500 or visit to speak with receptionists between 9am and 5pm.
CRIME thriller author Sharon Bolton visits Darwen Library on July 3 to talk about the intertwining of folklore and forensic study. She will look at the concept of nightmares and explain the background to her novels. Entry is £1, tickets on 01254
PATRICK James Cawley, 30, of Higher Barn Street, and Penny McDonagh, 23, of Tythebarn Street, both Darwen, were bailed by magistrates after denying stealing building materials worth £200.
A BUSY junction will be closed for six weeks as workmen carry out repairs to an underground culvert. The junction of Robin Bank Road, Knott Street and Union Street, Darwen, will close on Monday. Diversions will be in place via Cotton Hall Street
THE manager of The Park pub in Cemetery Road, Dave Haberlin, has lined up a host of entertainment to celebrate his first anniversary in charge of the Darwen pub. Irishman Mr Haberlin has decreed that Guinness will be £2 per pint for the the weekend
CHILDREN at St Joseph’s Primary School, Darwen, were egg-cited to learn that the chicks they hatched for a biology project were to be kept permanently. Children and staff were so delighted with their new fuzzy friends that a decision has now been
FILES released today by the Ministry of Defence show that UFOs were said to have been spotted over Haslingden. The declassified records also reveal that the Ministry of Defence closed its 'UFO desk' in 2009 because it served 'no defence purpose
THE parents of a ‘bright star’ who died suddenly aged 18 have paid tribute to their ‘beautiful’ daughter. Ellena Gilrane, who had completed a foundation award in caring for children, was due to start a placement at Daisyfield Primary School, Blackburn
A FORMER highly-rated police inspector has been charged with rape, indecent assault and perverting the course of justice. Mustaq Patala, was arrested at Manchester Airport after flying in on an early morning flight following a trip abroad.
JAMES Beattie has completed his first signing as Accrington Stanley manager with the capture of full-back Nicky Hunt. The former Bolton defender has signed a two-year deal at the Store First Stadium following his release by Rotherham United. Hunt spent
BURNLEY are holding out for more money for Charlie Austin after rejecting Hull’s initial bid – while Sean Dyche remains eager to keep Danny Ings and Martin Paterson. Hull remain confident of agreeing a fee for Austin, their initial offer of close to
RUSSIAN police are investigating claims a Lancashire woman was raped at a Moscow nightclub founded by a bikers’ club with ties to President Vladimir Putin, according to reports. The woman told officers, that after visiting the Sexton nightclub
EMPTY and derelict homes which attract squatters, rats and drive residents away will be brought back into use, the government has announced. Towns across Lancashire will receive £7.6 million to be spent on refurbishment, with Hyndburn in line for
A BRAVE mum who is fighting an aggressive cancer in her bones will join hundreds of women in Blackburn’s Race For Life next week. Sarah Hilton, from Feniscowles, has been fighting the disease since last year, and wants others to join her on the
PLANS to finally expand a Burnley shopping centre have been revived – with the addition of a prospective new coffee shop. Developers have been discussing the prospective overhaul of Church Street Retail Park for the best part of a decade. But
A PADIHAM schoolboy has been praised after hitting 105 runs during a youth cricket match. To get to three figures is the ambition of any batsman and Liam Simm, 13, got there in style. He made the knock for Padiham CC under-14s during a cup
