Chorley opened up a five point lead at the top of the Evo-Stik League Premier Division with a hard fought 2-0 home win over Frickley Athletic. James Dean broke the deadlock 16 minutes from time and Dale Whitham added a second in stoppage time. Garry
BURNLEY opened up a three-point gap in second place in the Championship with a 1-0 win over Bolton, after Sam Vokes took his partnership with Danny Ings to 40 goals. The striker's 16th goal of the season proved enough to clinch it for the Clarets, who
TWO Blackburn community primaries are set to expand thanks to a £1.3million investment by the council. Intack and Roe Lee Park schools will get £650,000 each to build new classrooms to increase pupil numbers to more than 400. Both headteachers
THE number of over-50s being hospitalised after taking illegal drugs has rocketed, new figures show. Almost 110 people were taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital last year, a 96per cent increase since it opened in 2006/07. In stark contrast, nine
A PERVERTED pensioner who sexually attacked five young girls in about a decade is facing jail, at Burnley Crown Court. Albert Clarke, now 67, last Friday admitted one count of indecency with a child, five charges of sexual assault on a child under
SNOW lightly covered parts of East Lancashire this afternoon as forecasters issued a severe weather warning for high winds. Gales of up to 90mph were expected to blast the north west from around midday tomorrow, the Met Office said. People
BURNLEY: Tom Heaton; Kieran Trippier, Michael Duff, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee; Michael Kightly, Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield; Sam Vokes, Danny Ings. Subs: Alex Cisak, Danny Lafferty, Ross Wallace, Junior Stanislas, David Edgar, Kevin Long
SEXUALLY explicit photographs traded by East Lancashire youngsters could lead to bullying, harrassment and intimidation, a top cop warned. Young people ‘sexting’, the act of sending explicit text messages and photographs to peers, also risk becoming
THE son of a magistrate headbutted his partner then cleaned up the blood on her face using a scourer. Blackburn magistrates heard that Matthew David Bennett, 36, later bit his partner leaving teeth marks on her arm. The court heard that while
FRESH plans for a new Asda supermarket in Todmorden — on the site of an old cinema and medical centre — have divided the town. The supermarket giant already has planning permission for the old Abraham Ormerod surgery and Olympia cinema site in
A CHARITY linked with a major tea brand has been brought back to East Lancashire to contribute to good causes. The son of Arthur Brooke, who founded Brooke Bond in the 1880s, set up the David Brooke charity 15 years ago in honour of his father
ROSSENDALE trio Kane Bevan, Sam Lowthian and George Peel all featured for Lancashire in their under 20s Roses clash against Yorkshire in Skipton. Yorkshire won the game 25-10 but both Bevan and Lowthian impressed in the Lancashire starting line-up
A LAWYER who failed to report money laundering suspicions over his client’s sale of a £105,000 home in Brierfield can keep on practising law. Andrew Tidd, 52, was convicted of turning a blind eye to a property deal involving his client, Liverpool
Colne and Nelson 5 Birchfield 27 COLNE and Nelson managed to beat the elements but could not beat high-flying Birchfield. Luke Edwards scored Colne’s only try of the match as the home side battled hard against a team in the hunt for promotion
DARWEN Aldridge Community Academy have proved that they just keep on getting better and better when it comes to netball. And that certainly applies to the school’s Year Nine team who have finally won the Blackburn with Darwen Schools Netball League
Hoddlesden will be kicking themselves after letting slip a 4-0 lead over fellow title contenders Park A. The home team got the perfect start as skipper Dave Fenwick took the opener against his opposite number Mark Jennings, Things got better in
West Park St Helens U14s 12 Rossendale U14s 38 Rossendale Under 14s ran out winners in difficult conditions on a poor pitch. Dale scored the opening try when Hashim Khan smashed into the hosts defensive line before offloading deftly in contact
IT HAS been a busy but successful start to the year for Colne skier Bethany Widdup who has enjoyed her first podium finishes of the season and personal best times. The former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil has taken part in 11 races across
A TOTAL of 22 primary teams competed in the Pendle Schools sportshall athletics event culminating with a final involving the top six schools. Pupils took part in 10 different running, jumping and throwing events in the final held at Pendle Vale
SANDYGATE pair Reiko Rickwood and Brett Windle tasted fresh glory at the Clayton ABC show in Accrington. Eleven year-old Rickwood kept his unbeaten record intact against Paddy O’Doherty from Hard and Fast ABC, and straight from the opening bell
NORTH-WEST fans’ favourite Ricky Hatton heaped praise on rookie Burnley boxer, Smokin Joe Crawford, after another super show from the Sandygate boy. The 11-year-old fight prospect produced a magnificent performance in front of the television cameras
After four weeks, six rounds of qualifying nights, an impressive 28 primary schools and more than 500 pupils competing, Lower Darwen primary school have been crowned the 2014 Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics Champions. All the schools used their Sports
JACK Steff helped create a little bit of history – now he is hoping to make a bit more. The talented amateur middleweight became one of the first boxers not to wear protective head gear as part the new IABA rules. And the 22-year-old can expect
ANDY Buckingham will stand down as English Schools FA Under 18s manager this season and he is hoping to go out with a ‘home’ win. The Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School teacher’s two-year tenure as national boss comes to end soon after the Centenary
BLACKBURN Combination title favourites Blackburn United eased themselves six points clear at the summit with a routine 3-1 win over strugglers Greenfield. United, beaten just once in the Premier League this term, also boast a couple of games in
THE Blackburn Sunday League could be facing a fixture pile-up after another weekend of football was lost to the weather. League officials waiting until the last moment possible to see if they could get a number of matches played but once again
CLITHEROE’S new recruit Oliver McLean has praised Rimington boss Terry Braithwaite after his Shawbridge switch. The 27-year-old skippered Rimington to a treble last term as the village team clinched the East Lancashire Premier league for the sixth
HOT SHOT Joe Grayson, the son of Preston North End manager Simon, has fired his school through to the semi-finals of a national football tournament. The teenage striker eased Clitheroe-based Moorland School into the last four of the Independent
FOSTER’S Lancashire League side Nelson are looking towards another successful season for their junior sections and are keen to find new talent ahead of the start of their indoor net sessions. The Seedhillites, who have a thriving youth set-up,
talented young swimmer Matthew Boyd is causing waves both in and out of the pool. The nine-year-old from Baxendan has picked up astring of medals in swimming and the sport of biathlon. At the recent North Lancashire Swimming Championships at
HERBIE Farnworth might not be ready to fill the boots of superstar Sam Tomkins just yet but he is wearing the ones given to him by one of Rugby League modern day greats. The 14-year-old is regarding as one of the brightest young talents in the
EDUCATIONAL figures are urging parents to explore ‘all the options’ over fears not enough parents support apprenticeships. It comes amid claims children in East Lancashire are being told they are ‘too clever’ to take vocational qualifications.
PENDLESIDE Hospice has a limited number of charity places available for the UK’s most popular half marathon, The Great North Run. The places are free of charge, but the hospice asks that each participant raises a minimum sponsorship amount of £200
THEATRE groups across East Lancashire are celebrating nominations in the National Operatic and Dramatic Association’s North West regional awards. Individual and company performances are lined up in categories to be announced during the annual conference
THE chairman of Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is urging audiences to ‘take a risk’ on its production of Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical. Brian Haworth said people’s ‘apprehension’ about the new musical, considering
GRASS verges in Rossendale could be left to grow if council bosses approve £100,000 worth of cuts to its ground budget. Three staff in charge of grounds upkeep will be made redundant, and the position of a fourth, who is retiring, will not be replaced
WORK is set to start to install new doors and new disabled access to the Trinity Methodist Church in Clitheroe. The plans, which also included the removal of the ‘unsafe’ projecting organ lost and installing new flues to serve the replacement boiler
A PLAN to build four one-bedroom flats in Longridge is set to be decided by Ribble Valley Borough Council. Thirteen letters objecting to the proposed development in Little Lane have been sent to the council ahead of the planning committee meeting
RIBBLE Valley Art Studios is set to host a special workshop in March. The event is entitled ‘Poetry and Paint’ and has been described by owners Beverley Chapelhow and Keith Parkinson as a ‘creative exploration in words, images and colour’.
PLANS to construct four houses in Hurst Green have been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council. If approved later this year, the development would be built on land adjacent to The Dene, off Avenue Road. The proposal for the four one and
A GROUP of men attacked a taxi driver, vandalised his vehicle, subjected him to racist abuse, and robbed him of £40. The three offenders had flagged down the silver Vauxhall Vectra outside the bus station in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, and asked the
NEW jobs could be created if plans to build four extra rooms at a 19th Century Ribble Valley hotel are approved later this year. Under the plans The Spread Eagle Hotel in Sawley would see four new rooms built in addition to the current seven, creating
A POPULAR Colne pub has been put up for sale with an asking price of £275,000. The Queen’s Hotel, in Burnley Road, is being sold off as a business by Guy Simmonds National Licensed Property Agents. They said: “The current owner purchased the
PENDLE Council is reminding dog owners to make sure they clean up after their pets all year round. Coun Nadeem Ahmed, who represents parks in Pendle, said: “When the autumn leaves blow away, they reveal piles of dog mess that have been left behind
A HOSPITAL charity has helped buy specialist equipment for larger patients undergoing surgical procedures at Airedale Hospital. The Friends of Airedale donated £8,500 to the hospital’s theatres department to buy a pair of bariatric leg supports
STACEY Kemp and David King suffered further heartache in the Winter Olympics as Kemp fell for a second time in the competition. Chorley's Kemp had hit the ice in the team event last week and she once again fell as the duo got their pairs competition
WORK on a zebra crossing in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, is to start next Monday. Nelson South county councillor Azhar Ali said: “I have been working with local Labour councillors to fund this zebra crossing and despite the government cuts, Lancashire
The last year has been difficult for East Lancashire’s hospitals, with the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General being placed in ‘special measures’. Yet despite the criticisms, much excellent care is given by thousands of nurses, medics and support staff
EAST Lancashire businesses face a major IT headache after a decision from global giants Microsoft. The warning comes from Colne-based Holker Network Solutions after Microsoft announced the withdrawal of all support and updates for the popular Windows
EAST Lancashire Euro MP Paul Nuttall has called for an end to 24-hour licensing and a return to traditional closing times for pubs and clubs. He believes this will help curb the violence and disorderly behaviour causing misery in towns and villages
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw donned his bobble hat as he showed his support for a campaign to keep pensioners warm in winter. As the first frosts of 2014 started to appear in the region, Mr Straw gave his backing to a nationwide ‘Bobble Day’ at Blackburn
THE one thing that took the edge off my wedding day was the fact that I had to give up my maiden name, which was Womack. It was a name I liked very much because it was and still is, rather unusual. It was also a conversation starter. My
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YOU report that health campaigners and MPs have welcomed the possibility of a new surgical unit and opthalmology centre and Burnley General Hospital. That’s the problem, though: many do not want to travel for specialist services or even basic ones
ALTHOUGH this winter has so far proved less troublesome than previous years, it is important to remember that some of East Lancashire’s older residents will still be feeling the chill. Temperatures will be down to just two or three degrees every
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson is encouraging residents to get involved with their local libraries. He was at Nelson Library on Saturday to celebrate National Libraries Day. “I was delighted to be celebrating the wonderful work done by libraries
A CROOK is facing jail for a raid attempt at a house on Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads. Steven Lumb, 56, admitted attempted burglary at the property, last November 28, at Burnley Crown Court. The defendant, of Church Street, Stacksteads, who
PLANS to crack down on unauthorised signs on a popular roundabout in Colne have been welcomed by borough councillors. Council development control officials have called for the removal of illegally-erected hoardings on land controlled by North Valley
PLANS have been unveiled for 37 canalside homes as part of the latest proposals for a marina close to the Burnley and Pendle border. Last year the discount shop at Barden Mill relocated to Pendle Village Mill at Brierfield as part of a retail merger
HALF TERM fun will be taking place in Burnley next week as Sion Pantomime Society present Babes in the Wood. The show, by Leonard H. Caddy, is running from Tuesday February 18 to Saturday February 22 at Sion Baptist Church, Church Street, Burnley
HOUSEHOLDERS in Little Harwood will hold a public meeting, attended by council chiefs, on Thursday to discuss the deterioration of their local environment. The organisers hope to set up a residents’ association for Bank Hey, Sunny Bower and Stonehill
BURNLEY Council will be running a half term club for children aged five to 14. The council’s sport and play development unit will be delivering the Get in2 half term activity club from Monday, February 17, to Friday, February 21, from 8am to 5pm
THE streets outside a 24-hour Burnley bar have been described as ‘like a war zone’ with drinkers emerging ‘like zombies’ just before breakfast-time. Police have linked nearly 40 fights, thefts and public disorder incidents with Blu Bar, in Cow
SEAN Dyche has described his current Clarets crop as a “different animal” to the side which last visited the Reebok Stadium. Burnley take on beleaguered Bolton Wanderers tonight hoping to end a 29-year wait for an away win in this particular derby
SCOTT Dann has long been forgotten as Rovers’ mean defence kept another clean sheet without our former captain at one of the league’s toughest grounds. Middlesbrough have lost just two at home all season so for Rovers to come away with a point
STUDENTS at Nelson and Colne College Sixth Form have visited local community TV and corporate video company PLTV to gain an insight into working media productions. During the visit the students learnt about community TV, toured the full broadcast
AROUND 70 jobs will be created when a Burnley business park is brought back to life, the town’s MP has said. Gordon Birtwistle said firms relocating to Vulcan Works, in Accrington Road, was ‘great news for Burnley’. The Lancashire Telegraph
A PENDLE developer has secured planning permission for the first phase of a new business park. Pendle Projects, based in Kelbrook, has teamed up with Russells Construction in Manchester, to create a £15million high tech business park in Baildon
A NELSON painting and decorating company has been nominated for a national industry award. DTD Interiors, based in Roberts Street, is up for the ‘UK’s Best Painter and Decorator’ award at the UK Trade Awards 2014. They are also in the running
SPORTS and culture services in Burnley could be turned into a charitable leisure trust. The organisation would take over the running of St Peter’s and Padiham leisure centres, the Mechanics Theatre, and sport and play, arts and cultural, and healthy
A COUPLE looking to boost their curry sauce business secured £50,000 investment from multi-millionaire ‘dragon’ Piers Linney, who hails from Rossendale. Piers, who lived in Bacup from the age of nine until he left the town to study at Manchester
THE owners of several dilapidated houses in Rishton will be targeted by the council. Local councillor Ken Moss said several addresses in Spring Street and Shuttleworth Street were in a ‘very run-down condition and are a detriment to their particular
A GREAT Harwood business has provided ‘cover’ for its local hospice by sponsoring a brand new gazebo. SB Tippers on Alan Ramsbottom Way offered up the cash to pay for the branded East Lancashire Hospice tent, which will be used at events including
GRAHAM Jones said ‘significant progress’ was being made to tackle malaria worldwide. The Hyndburn Labour MP said he had spoken to local NHS staff about the testing and treatment of Hyndburn residents who may turn up to hospitals with malaria-like
CUTS to council-funded domiciliary care are putting elderly residents at risk, according to the owner of an East Lancashire care firm. Alan Cooper, who owns Majestic Care North West Ltd, has highlighted the case of his 91-year-old mum to draw attention
THE family of a respected Islamic scholar said they have been ‘devastated’ by his death in a fire in Saudi Arabia. Mufti Yusuf Bismillah, 61, from Blackburn, is understood to have suffocated on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out in the Medina
ST Stephen’s Primary School in Tockholes is to reopen the kitchen from February 24, to serve cold dinners. The school closed its kitchen 18 months ago due to financial constraints and children had been enjoying hot dinners at nearby pub The Rock
RETIRED police detective Trevor Marriott has some interesting new evidence in the case of Jack The Ripper. And he will explain his findings during ‘Jack The Ripper: A 21st-century Investigation’ at Darwen Library Theatre on February 27. Since
THE former Darwen Access Point goes to auction later this month. The building, in Duckworth Street, was closed by the council last year. It will be put up for sale at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium on February 27, with a bottom guide price of
THE war grave of a Darwen soldier killed near the end of the First World War has been adopted by a youth offenders team. Blackburn with Darwen’s Youth Justice Service has selected the grave of Lance Bombardier H A Haworth, to be maintained and
FOR the second successive year, a Darwen sixth form is sending one of its students to Oxford. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy’s Tamara Newton, of Blackburn Road, has been given an unconditional offer to study fine art at St Edmund Hall College
YOUNGSTERS hoping to make a career in news will get the chance after an initiative was launched. Breaking Into News 2014 will offer journalists of the future the opportunity to showcase their talent. The young people, aged between 18 and 25
TEN intrepid young leaders at Blackburn Youth Zone are the first brave soles to sign up for a fundraising firewalk next month. They have committed to take part in a daredevil challenge which it is hoped will raise at least £10,000 for the Lancashire
HOSPITAL chief Val Bertenshaw said she expects to meet a key performance target for orthopaedic surgery by the end of March. The number of patients waiting for orthopaedic procedures at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, including hip and knee
A PROMINENT town centre building in Accrington could be given a new lease of life after being put up for sale. The large, three-storey corner building, in Blackburn Road, was home to controversial lap dancing club iCandy, which closed its doors
LANCASHIRE’S police and crime commissioner has vowed to put services in place to help the most vulnerable residents. Clive Grunshaw announced his bid to secure £215,000 in funding to support the Early Action Response project had been successful
A TEACHING strike has been described as the ‘last resort’ by a union leader. The NUT will hold a national strike on Wednesday March 26 over disputes with pay, pensions and conditions. Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen representative Simon
TWO teenage boys from Blackburn have been given the chance to pursue their dreams of becoming professional dancers. Harry Carter and Morgan Chambers, both 15, were offered places on a dance and musical theatre course at three of the country’s most
VOLUNTEERS removed a large piece of metal fencing from a roadside in Haslingden while collecting litter. People taking part in the Haslingden Civic Pride litter-pick in Manchester Road also removed four bin liners of rubbish on Sunday. A spokesman
THE new Hapton play area is to be officially opened this Saturday, at 11am. The new play area, which has been built on the former bowling green in Hapton Park, provides challenging play equipment for children of all abilities and includes a zip
FAILING to clear piles of rubbish at the back of a Blackburn home ended up costing its residents more than £1,400. Patricia Manning and Gavin Wilson of Parkinson Street were ordered by the council to remove and dispose of the waste found close
WHEN a football club starts making a habit of breaking its own long-standing records in the way that Sean Dyche’s Burnley have been doing all season, then you can’t help but feel you’re witnessing a very special campaign. The latest achievement
FIVE Hundred people signed up to the ‘Dry January’ campaign run by Alcohol Concern in conjunction with Blackburn with Darwen Council. Figures have shown the cost of alcohol misuse in the borough to be over £62m annually, £424 per person. Council
A BRAVE schoolboy who suffers from a heart defect managed to complete his own ‘marathon’ by walking four times round Ewood Park. Huzaifah Valli, of East Park Avenue, Blackburn, raised £700 by walking for nearly two hours with seven of his Feniscowles
PLANS to maintain sports funding in schools have been welcomed by a union leader. Lancashire’s and Blackburn with Darwen’s NUT representative said he however had hoped for increased funding. Simon Jones spoke out after David Cameron’s announcement
A WOMAN has been arrested after a lady was robbed in her home in the Infirmary area of Blackburn on Sunday evening. The 61-year-old victim heard a knock at the door of her house in Southworth Street at around 6.50pm, and when she went to answer
THE Clarets passed another test of their collective character in a robust performance at Turf Moor on Saturday. In atrocious rain-lashed, wind-swept, ice-cold conditions, Burnley somehow managed to play some high quality precision football in their
IN 1995, eleven-year-old David Kearney died after being attacked by two rottweilers in the last case of a death from dog mauling in East Lancashire until last night’s tragic events. The Sudell Primary School pupil was attacked while looking for
GOALKEEPER Paul Robinson has hailed the strength and resilience which has made Blackburn Rovers one of the meanest machines in the Championship. Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Middlesbrough means play-off pushing Rovers have now kept 11 clean sheets for
ACCRINGTON Stanley are aiming to attract a season ticket holder from each of the other 91 Football League and Premier League clubs to Friday’s home game against Scunthorpe United. The Reds have brought their fixture forward a day in a bid to boost the
PUPILS at an Oswaldtwistle school have been visited by the ‘life van’. Children in Year One at St Paul’s CE Primary discussed healthy eating and what should be including in a healthy diet. They also got a chance to meet Harold the giraffe, who
A SERIES of free networking events are being held in Blackburn. The fortnightly events — breakfast at Liz ‘n’ Lil’s, in Northgate — have been organised by Blackburn BID. The first will be served from 7.30pm on Thursday and a 20-minute presentation
Health and Social Care staff and students attended the HEART (Help End Abusive Relationships Today) conference at King George's Hall, on Wednesday 5th February. The conference was hosted by BDDWA( Blackburn Darwen and District Womens Aid) and the
IT was a good performance against Whitley Warriors on Sunday and credit has to go to Ric Hughes for playing despite medical advice. Ric has had an operation on his knee and was advised not to play. We thought he might miss the rest of the season
Residents reacted with shock on hearing the horrific news of the mauling of an 11-month-old baby on Emily Street, Blackburn this morning. Jean Dawson, 70, who lives on nearby Belper Street, said: "We had just gone to bed when we heard the sounds
COUNTY council health chief Azhar Ali said plans to integrate medical and social care services could lead to ‘great improvements’ in Lancashire. Lancashire County Council and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have launched several
We have the worlds most envied public service, the NHS. Our schools deliver, by & large, a pretty good service. Town Halls do their best, in difficult times. The Police, Fire & Rescue are always only a phone call away. I'm never entirely sure
ENTRIES are now open for East Lancashire Hospice’s largest girly get-together. This year’s annual Starlight Walk will take place on Saturday, June 28. The walk, which is open to women only, will set of from the Soccerdome, in Haslingden Road
LANCASHIRE County Council has announced the introduction of cheaper 0300 numbers to contact its services. The decision to replace current 0845 numbers with 0300 numbers will make it cheaper to contact the council by phone. The new numbers will
Level 2 Business students demonstrated their Customer Service skills this week, as part of their Customer Service unit. After considerable brainstorming they decided to set up The Business Café where they bought in homemade cake, cookies, samosas,
HYNDBURN and Haslingden MP Graham Jones has called for tighter regulation of cigarettes. The Labour politician said it was ‘vital that we act now to reduce the uptake of smoking’ and to reduce mortality rates. Speaking ahead of a debate in
St Mary’s College supported this year’s Age UKs Bobble Day on Friday 7th February. Age UK asks everyone to help ‘Warm Up Britain’ on Bobble Day by wearing something warm to help make winter a better season for older people. From wearing woolly
CHORLEY figure skater Stacey Kemp and on and off-ice partner David King believe they are in the Winter Olympics for better or for worse – and are ready to make up for their first day disappointment when they take to the ice in Sochi tonight. Kemp
A LIVE performace of a children’s animated classic is showing in East Lancashire. Tickets for Postman Pat Live are now on sale for the King George’s Hall performance taking place in May. The sell out show from Premier Stage Productions tells
ROYLE family star Ricky Tomlinson attended the annual meeting of the Blackburn branch of public services trade union UNISON, to promote the Shrewsbury 24 Campaign. In the early-1970s, Ricky was one of six people jailed for their part in the building
SHOPPERS and stallholders have been asked to choose their top 40 love songs to be played in a special programme made exclusively for Blackburn Market on Valentine’s Day. Customers and traders are being invited to vote for their top romantic tunes
BLACKBURN with Darwen is the third most ‘inactive’ borough in the region, a survey by non-profit-making health body ukactive, found. The lowest activity levels in the region were reported in Manchester and Salford. Fred Turok, ukactive chairman
DRUMS of red diesel have been stolen from business premises in Altham and Burnley. The theft at a construction site in Burnley Road, Altham, took place over the weekend, and a business in Groveside Park, off Liverpool Road, Burnley, was targeted
THE scaffolding is up, signalling a new future for residents of Blackburn’s Stonyhurst flats. It is part of a major re-roofing project being carried out by Twin Valley Homes to replace the original 1960s roof tiles, for more than 300 homes on the
BLACKBURN Rovers have announced a double deal offer that will allow supporters to buy tickets for the home match with Bournemouth on Wednesday, March 12 for as little as £3. Rovers fans who purchase a ticket for the East Lancashire derby with Burnley
A BLACKBURN firm is set to revolutionise teaching styles by creating classrooms with ‘smart walls’. Whitebirk-based Promethean said it had moved on to the next stage from interactive whiteboards. The educational tools firm has joined forces
A LONG-standing governor of a Blackburn school was given a surprise presentation after being awarded an MBE. Nick Kennedy, has been head of governors at Sacred Heart School for 14 years, was presented with drawings, poems and flowers at an assembly
THE mauling death of an 11-month-old girl comes after a spate of similar attacks involving out-of-control dogs in recent years. In November last year, four-year-old Lexi Branson was mauled to death by a pet dog despite her mother's desperate attempts
A MAN allegedly abused two children, raping one of them and repeatedly performing sexual acts in front of the other, a jury heard. Raymond Kavanagh, 52, was said to have touched the boy. The child turned his head away, because it was ‘rude and
AN angry taxi driver said to have put an off-duty police sergeant’s life at risk when he repeatedly tried to knock him off his motorbike has been jailed. Burnley Crown Court heard how Mohammed Zia, 33, who was working part-time for Crown Taxis,
Weather permitting there is a fantastic jump racing at Ayr and no-one will be looking forward to racing hopefully going ahead more than Lucinda Russell. The Edinburgh based trainer has a fantastic record at the track and enjoyed a treble on the
ADAM Brittle scored four goals as Blackburn Hawks claimed a 7-2 home win against Whitley Warriors on Sunday. Hawks led 3-1 at the end of the first 20 minutes against the north east side and extended that advantage to 5-2 after the second period
AUSTRALIANS have been telling us for decades that ‘everybody needs good neighbours’, but Sam Vokes is ready to risk their wrath. The Burnley striker is surrounded by a smattering of Bolton fans on the estate he has called home since making the
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer insists striker Luke Varney has not been signed just to act as cover. Varney came off the bench to make his Rovers debut in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Middlesbrough after completing his loan move from Championship
A FORMER headteacher has spoken of his concerns that a previously ‘good’ school has been placed in special measures. Robin Campbell, who was head of Pleckgate High School, Blackburn, for nine years, said he was surprised at the number of staff
Blackburn Rovers’ Keira Walsh made her England Women’s U19 debut in a 4-4 draw with Norway. The 16-year-old was handed her first start for Mo Marley’s side, who came from two goals down three times to earn a share of the spoils.
Fast bowler Kamran Anwar has returned to Northern League outfit Darwen after a season as professional with Ribblesdale League outfit Cherry Tree. Anwar claimed 133 wickets in five seasons for the Towers before trying his hand at the professional
FORMER professional Guarav Dhar has been appointed player-coach at Chorley Cricket Club. Dhar spent three seasons as pro at Windsor Park but the club decided last term to look elsewhere, it was recently announced that former Read man Mohammed Jamal
RICHARD Lamb has replaced the long-serving Richard Palmer as captain of Ribblesdale League side Whalley. Palmer, who will continue playing for the Station Road outfit, has also been voted in as the new chairman of the club.
Darwen have confirmed the signing of South African all-rounder George Linde as professional for the new Chorley Building Society Northern League season. A left-hand bat and left-arm orthodox spinner from Western Province, Linde has had experience
RAMSBOTTOM’S new professional Daryn Smit will arrive at Acre Bottom for the start of the Foster’s Lancashire League season as a champion of South Africa after his Dolphins claimed the Ram Slam T20 challenge thanks to a two-run win over Cape Cobras.
IF Owen Coyle did not exactly enjoy facing Burnley during his time at Bolton Wanderers, Chris Eagles goes into tonight’s game with similar tales of woe. Eagles and Tyrone Mears left the Clarets to link up with their old Burnley boss Coyle at Bolton
PROLIFIC Burnley author Dave Thomas is planning his latest book about the Clarets. Thomas has written 12 books about Burnley Football Club in 10 years and released a biography of ex-Clarets player and manager Jimmy Adamson in August. Now he
IT feels like it’s been raining for months and with the terrible pictures on the news of an underwater southern Britain I was fearful that Saturday’s trip to Wycombe would be called off. The game did go ahead and Stanley battled well to earn a
CHORLEY can extend their lead at the top of the Evo-Stik League Premier Division to five points if they beat struggling Frickley Athletic at Victory Park tonight. (7.45pm). The Magpies have a two point lead over Skelmersdale United and two games
Blackburn Rovers Ladies will travel to either Millwall Lionesses or Reading in the fourth round of the FA Women’s Cup – should they get past Middlesbrough this weekend. Rovers host Middlesbrough iat the Anchor Ground on Sunday (2pm) with the potential
Apostle can make the most of the step back to seven furlongs in the Ladbrokes Handicap at Southwell. David Simcock’s decision to try his charge over a mile last time narrowly failed to pay off as he was beaten just a length and a half when third
POLICE are hunting 22 men who they would like to question after a mass brawl at Burnley Miners Club. VIEW GALLERY HERE CCTV images have been released by police showing the suspects - all believed to be local - involved in the violence which
THE Winter Olympics have been a real breath of fresh air so far with so many different sports taking centre stage. Okay, Team GB cannot ever really compete with countries who spend much of their winter buried under feet of the white stuff - but
Play our just-for-fun daily sport quiz... 1. The Rockets play out of which American city? 2. How old is curling star Eve Muirhead? 3. How many titles has Cheyenne Woods, Tiger’s niece, won on the Ladies European Tour? 4. Tony Clubb
