ACCRINGTON Stanley notched a fifth successive home win in League Two with a 1-0 victory in an uninspiring match against Crewe Alexandra.Kayden Jackson’s goal proved the difference between the teams as Stanley at times laboured against an Alex side who
A ZACK Dale hat-trick inspired Barnoldswick Town to a superb 4-3 victory over high-flying Charnock Richard on Tuesday night.Dale struck twice in the opening 20 minutes but the home side levelled things up beofre the break.Dale and Mark Threlfall restored
THE League One promotion race was always going to see plenty of twists and turns and that was summed up by a frantic Tuesday night of action in which Rovers gave their hopes of a top two finish a shot in the arm with a terrific away victory at Portsmouth
TONY Mowbray was delighted to send the travelling Rovers fans home happy as an Adam Armstrong brace handed them a 2-1 win at Portsmouth. The Newcastle United struck in both halves to see Rovers to victory, despite losing Ryan Nyambe to injury and
9:40pm There is the final whistle. #Rovers win 2-1 courtesy of an Adam Armstrong brace.
A MAN who appeared before magistrates last year for attacking his partner as he pushed her down the street in her wheelchair has been given a final chance by a judge after breaching a suspended sentence order for an unrelated offence.Burnley Crown Court
A MOTHER is facing a life sentence for murder after battering to death her "helpless and vulnerable" baby daughter two hours after social services care workers left her home alone with the child. Jennifer Crichton, 35, left her seven-month-old
A BURGLAR was caught out by a half-eaten chocolate biscuit. Blackburn magistrates heard Leon Patrick Felton had taken a bite out of the biscuit before leaving it on a table. And scenes of crime investigators were able to get DNA from the snack
A CABINET member has defended County Hall's pothole policy following the launch of a petition vying for the resurfacing of potholes in a borough.More than 250 people have signed an online petition asking Lancashire County Council to repair a number
THIS is the dramatic moment a masked arsonist sets light to a car. The attack was captured on the home's CCTV cameras. The man can be seen dousing the car with a flammable liquid - thought to be lighter fluid or petrol - before using a lighter
AN elderly woman classed as 'high risk' went missing in a town centre.Police released a public appeal to find an 80-year-old woman, who has links to Burnley, after she went missing in a town centre.She was last seen passing Marks and Spencer towards
SCHOOL pupils are creating a quilt to combat bullying.Blessed Trinity RC College’s anti-bullying ambassador, and year 10 student Yvette Lecheminantnti has been helping students at Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College make the special quilt which contains
POLICE are encouraging people to be aware of doorstep traders.Officers took to Facebook to remind people to be aware of traders taking money for services and not completing the work.A police spokesman said: "This is just a quick reminder in regards
A PUB has re-opened following a £150,000 revamp. The White Bear, in Gisburn Road, Barrowford, has been refurbished and is now open for customers again. Duty manager Karl Metcalfe said the refurbishment was about giving the pub a ‘facelift’.
A TAXI driver was beaten up and robbed by two thugs. The victim had been called to an address to collect a fare when his vehicle was approached by two men. Both asked how much the fare would cost before punching the victim in the face, pulling
JOHN Coleman knew it was only a matter of time before Jordan Clark broke his 2018 duck.The Stanley midfielder had five goals going into Saturday’s game at Coventry City but had not been on the scoresheet since grabbing three goals in as many games in
SEAN Dyche believes Burney's break without a fixture has come at a good time as the Turf Moor injury crisis continues to bite.Dyche was without eight first-team players for the trip to Swansea at the weekend with Tom Heaton, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski
BLACKBURN Hawks stunned Moralee Conference leaders Telford Tigers on Sunday with a 4-3 overtime victory.The result came on the back of a 6-2 home defeat to Hull Pirates on Saturday.Re-live Sunday's win at Blackburn Arena with our match gallery.Pictures
DANNY Graham has started 10 consecutive league games for Rovers and has nine goals in his last 15 outings, but that doesn’t mean he is guaranteed to start at Portsmouth tonight. Graham has eight in his last nine matches at Ewood Park but the 32
A HOME furnishing distributor has raised raised vital funds for a hospice.Clarke & Clarke raised £1,000 for Rossendale Hospice during their annual staff auction.The event saw pieces of furniture which had been used at trade shows throughout the year donated
AN MP visited the grave of a local suffragette campaign leader.Rossendale and Darwen MP Jake Berry visited the grave of Martha Jane, a prominent Suffragist to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which allowed
Jake Berry has welcomed the latest UCAS data showing that university application rates for 18-year-olds remain at record levels. The UCAS date showed that, 36 per cent of 18-year-olds in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency applied for university by
BILINGUAL high school pupils will be using their translation skills to help their fellow pupils and their families.Ten students year 10 and 11 pupils from Pleckgate High School who can speak English and at least one other language, including Spanish,
AT THIS stage of the season Rovers need to keep putting points on the board and applying pressure to the two teams above them, writes Simon Garner. If they can do their job then it is how the other teams handle the pressure and you hope one of
STANLEY will not be able to replicate the numbers from the League Two record crowd that witnessed Saturday’s 2-0 win at Coventry - but John Coleman wants fans to bring the noise again.The Reds boss felt the 500-plus Stanley fans in a 28,343 gate, played
A HISTORY talk on the English Civil War will be held in a village this month.Historian Briain Jeffery will lead an illustrated talk which tells the story of the English Civil War battles of Read Bridge and Whalley from April 19 to April 20, 1643.The talk
A KITCHEN fire broke out in a house in Colne. Fire crews were called to an incident involving a house fire in Seldon Street, Colne, just after 8pm yesterday. The fire involved a cooker and left it severely damaged, officers said. There
TONY Mowbray insists there is a long way to go in the League One promotion race and won’t panic regardless of Rovers’ result at Portsmouth tonight. Rovers are yet to go three games without a win in the league this season, a run they will put to
A POPULAR community centre has been officially opened after undergoing a major makeover.Trawden Forest Community Centre, in Church Street, has undergone a complete transformation thanks to cash from the Asda Foundation.Volunteers from the centre have
A NEWSAGENTS has cause for celebration in its campaign to prevent a nearby supermarket from selling newspapers.The owners of Park News in Barrowford, Julie MacAdam and partner Chris Riley, had feared Booths’ proposals would force their business to close.But
A TAKE That tribute band will be playing in a festival hall next month.The band 'Never Forget' , who have toured the world, entertain fans will be performing at Gisburn Festival Hall.A pie and peas supper is included in the price and there will
A CHARITY which provided a three-year-old girl with vital disability equipment has called on people to come forward and help it raise funds. Newlife needs to raise £39,622 so it can provide 21 children in Lancashire with the disability equipment
A TOWN council has submitted a neighbourhood plan to give them a louder voice in policy-making.Longridge Town Council has submitted a new neighbourhood plan to Ribble Valley Council for the proposed ‘growth’ of the town and development of new community
A KEY player in the East Lancashire cash and carry trade has been described as a "real character" after his death.Stanley Astley, born and bred in Blackburn, died aged 85 last month at Royal Blackburn Hospital from heart problems and pneumonia.The
HOUSEHOLDERS will see their recycling bins collected every four weeks under cost-saving proposals.Cardboard and paper for recycling in Pendle will be collected every four weeks instead of every fortnight from April.And brown bins for glass bottles, jars
THE call to provide more public drinking fountains and so reduce the use of plastic bottles has put the spotlight on such a 130-year-old structure in Blackburn.A granite drinking fountain, donated to the town by Sarah Ann Thwaites, cousin of brewer Daniel
HEALTH and care heroes could be nominated for a special set of awards which mark the 70 year anniversary of the NHS.The NHS70 Parliamentary Awards, which launched in Parliament last week, is part of a range of activities being organised by NHS England
A SPECIAL event has taken place to increase capacity on hospital wards and reduce accident and emergency waiting times.The 'Super Sunday Discharge Event’ was organised by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) and saw 25 more discharges on Sunday
A COUNTY-wide dementia strategy has been drafted by County Hall. Lancashire County Council is consulting public authorities, community groups, carers and people aged over 65, on the council's planned dementia strategy. The strategy outlines
PLANS to revamp former council offices into 31 flats have been lodged. Applicant AJP Surveyors Ltd has submitted a change of use application for the offices in 18-24 Nicholas Street, Burnley. The town-centre site was last used as offices by
A CHEF apprentice has won been named North West champion.Blackburn College and Northcote apprentice Josh Root, 17, has won the North West of England Final of the Springboard Future Chef Competition.The Springboard Future Chef Competition is a national
A KEY figure of a new ‘education super-union’ has visited Blackburn in an attempt to discuss issues in school such as the ‘national scandal of teacher shortages’.Last week Dr. Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, addressed
BUDDING teenage actors from the area put on a show to entertain audiences at a thriving community theatre.Six semi-professional actors age between 16 and 17 put on a production of German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel at the Civic Arts Centre in Oswaldtwistle
WITH 2018 marking the centenary of the end of the Great War, Burnley historian Jack Nadin looks at the heroic stories of men from his home town - who won Victoria Cross for their valour. The Victoria Cross, the most prized of all military medals
OUR puzzle last week showed the ornate stonework which stands atop the grand main entrance of Corporation Park, from Preston New Road. People pass it every day and many readers recognised it, but it was Christine Shaw who was first with the answer
TODAY we take a stroll back in time around the Salford area of Blackburn. It's been central to the town's history and commercial growth over two centuries - here was once the hump bridge over the torrents of the Blakewater river, which was culverted
LEWIS Travis knows he needs to take the opportunities which come his way as he looks to force his way in to the Rovers starting line-up. And he praised the work of Under-23 coaches Damien Johnson and David Dunn for their role in his development
A MAN who was abused as a child has described his attacker as a ‘monster’ after he was sent to jail.Paedophile Gerald Frederick Allaire was jailed for five years, at Carlisle Crown Court last week, after being found guilty for two counts of indecent assault
BURNLEY might be jetting off to Portugal for warm weather training this week but left-back Charlie Taylor admits he would rather be back out on the pitch to try and end the Clarets’ slump in form.The squad head for warmer climes on the back of 10 league
