THOUSANDS of people watched on as the Bishop of Blackburn was inaugurated at the town’s Cathedral - who then celebrated by speaking to the faithful at Ewood Park at half time. Prior to the service Bishop Julian Henderson, joined by clergy from the Diocese
HOME Secretary Theresa May marked yesterday’s ‘Anti-Slavery Day’ by announcing life sentences for the worst cases of human trafficking. The move followed last week’s conviction of a Burnley shop worker for repeatedly raping an Eastern European woman he
On the Tweetersphere I found some research by Ipsos/Mori about differences, well chasms between what people think about controversial issues and reality. I example:- Aggregated we think as a nation that 15% of under 16 year-old girls get pregnant every
CRIME figures for the police’s eastern division have been revealed for the week from October 7 to 15. Using the ‘In The Know’ service, PC Tony Ford said there had been 52 high impact acquisitive crimes (HIAC) recorded across the division during the
A 46-YEAR-OLD man was seen following the removal van taking his ex-wife and her children to a new home. Blackburn magistrates heard Paul Levis was also seen outside his daughter’s school despite a non-molestation order preventing him having any contact
AMBULANCE staff have launched a series of CPR sessions in Lancashire schools, in a bid to reduce some of the worst heart disease rates in the country. Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Burnley all feature in the top ten boroughs for heart disease,
A MUM who lost her daughter to meningitis has gathered 750 names on a petition calling for routine vaccinations against the disease. Blackburn MP Jack Straw was among those to back the campaign yesterday, as Toni Burford set up a stall outside the town
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman stole her dad’s laptop and sold it to Cash Converters for £70 to pay off a drug debt. Blackburn magistrates heard that when he asked about his computer Nicole Louise Clegg initial claimed she had sent it to be fixed. Clegg, of
A WOMAN fought off an attacker who dragged her into undergrowth on wasteland in Blackburn. The 25-year-old woman was walking to a relative’s house at around 4.20pm, when she was approached by a man. She was walking along a ‘cut through’ between Cleveleys
A 24 year old man who denied any involvement in an offence of criminal damage did a U-turn when he rang up two weeks later and told police he remembered he was responsible. Blackburn magistrates heard Kevin Wilcock felt bad about the offence and didn
A THUG who left a support worker scarred after attacking him with a bottle in an Accrington bar, has been jailed for two years. Sylwester Makowiecki, 25, hit victim Cavan Hughes once and possibly more with the neck of the upturned bottle in Baileys
Police descended on a Blackburn street to arrest suspected armed robbers. Two men had guns trained on them by armed officers as they left a terrace house with their hands up. Police vehicles had closed a section of Hollin Bridge Street while
A FORMER racehorse owner was crushed to death by his tractor after crashing it into a field, a coroner’s court heard. John Layland, 77, from Newholme, near Gisburn, was driving home along Kiln Lane when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed through
