THREE fire engines were called out to attend a caravan fire this evening. Crews from Nelson and Colne attended the fire, which took hold on Knotts Mount in Colne. Firefighters used breathing apparatus and used two hose reels to extinguish
SECTIONS of the M65 near Blackburn have been closed due to an ongoing incident. Lanes near junctions five and four Westbound were closed earlier this evening, casuing heavy traffic and congestion in the area. The closure is due to emergency
HARD WORK PAYS OFFTONY Mowbray says it was an unusual decision to take his players away on a pre-season training camp so early into their summer schedule.But having put his players through their paces in Austria in their first full week back, he saw the
SWIFT: a soaring bird, an author of renown, an adjective for rapid pace ... and a jolly good little hatchback.I’m not sure about the writer (Jonathan Swift of Gulliver’s Travels fame) but the pacy, soaring bits certainly sprang to mind when I finally
A CHEMICAL giant is set to build a multi-million pound plant to test the next generation of battery materials for electric vehicles.Johnson Matthey, which already has a base on the Pimlico Industrial Area, Clitheroe, has announced the new development,
ALAN Shearer was famous for scoring goals for Blackburn Rovers and England. Now a football pundit for the BBC, currently working at the World Cup in Russia, the legendary striker could be carving out a new career for himself as a singer! Here
ROVERS kicked off their pre-season friendly programme with a 2-0 win away to Hibernian, in Paul Hanlon's testimonial.Craig Conway and Willem Tomlinson got the goals early in the second half.Here's our gallery of all the action from Easter Road
Artists came to the Whitaker Museum in Rawtenstall on Saturday for a celebration of Lancashire in song, poetry and dancing.PICTURES: Mike Bisson
THIS weekend's Lancashire League fixtures will start at 10am - if England reach the World Cup final.Gareth Southgate's side face Croatia on Wednesday night for a place in Sunday's final. The 4pm kick off time would clash with the Lancashire
LIVEWIRE Festival due to be held in Blackpool over the August bank holiday weekend has been postponed.A spokesperson for Livewire confirmed that the decision was made due to the ill-health of key personnel at the local promoter, Manchester-based Livewire
THREE men were taken to hospital following a rush-hour car crash. Emergency services were called to reports of a collision involving a Renault Scenic and Volkswagen Passat on Lower Eccleshill Road, Darwen, shortly before 8am. The three, two
6:12pm The cordon has now been lifted and normal access has resumed. Officers have cleared the area and are leaving
A ROAD has been closed after an accident in Haslingden.Rossendale Police tweeted about the incident this morning which took place on Roundhill Road Haslingden just prior to the turning for Oswaldtwistle. They said: "The road may need to be closed
A WANTED man climbed onto house roofs and began throwing slates at police officers below. The man, named locally as Joshua Titterington, scaled the first house on Cleveleys Road, Blackburn, at around 1am on Monday following an alleged police chase
A SENIOR figure from Blackburn with Darwen Council warned the children's services department's next Ofsted inspection may not paint a positive picture.Inspectors deemed the department good following an inspection last year but the council'
A PREVIOUSLY struggling care home has cause for celebration after a turnaround in its fortunes.Last year, Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors visiting St Andrews House Nursing Home in Barnoldswick rated the home as inadequate and placed it into special
COUNCIL investment intended to help bring an eyesore patch of derelict land back into use has been approved.Plans to build 180 homes on three sections of land, including the site of a former paper mill in Lower Darwen, collapsed in November 2015 after
A HAULAGE company is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a new special truck. Earl Transport, which has bases in Clayton-le-Moors and Oswaldtwistle, has a specially-adorned Renault T High in its fleet to mark four decades in business. Started
A FORMER Rossendale School teacher-turned-chocolatier has celebrated the opening of her business after battling back from the serious women’s illness endometriosis.Lucy Waide-Edwards has thrown a party at her outlet Chockle’Art in Horwich, near Bolton
A TRANSPORT and accommodation have appointed a new chairman.Denis Wormwell has taken his new role at Accrington-based CMAC Group.He was previously CEO of Shearings Leisure Group, the specialist operator of escorted tours and leisure hotels. After joining
DERRICK Williams says he is close to signing a new contract with Blackburn Rovers, and says the fans and manager Tony Mowbray are big influences in his keenness to prolong his stay at Ewood Park. Williams, who helped Rovers kick-off their pre-season
HYNDBURN is set to become the third area in East Lancashire to bring in an enforcement team to clamp down on littering.Hyndburn Council leader Cllr Miles Parkinson announced the borough with be teaming up with Kingdom Environment Services to hand out
AN RSPCA officer who had already removed a malnourished dog from an Accrington address returned four months later and found another dog in a similar condition.Blackburn magistrates heard Sarah Jane Calvert accepted responsibility for the first animal,
THE price of peak-time bus travel for disabled people could be set to double.Blackburn with Darwen Council is proposing to change its concessionary disabled travel card scheme. Currently, people who have a Disabled NoWCard pay a flat fare of 50p to travel
A CLITHEROE man and his friends who are all turning 50 are cycling the 1968 Tour De France route for charity.Andy Carson and pals Will Jackson-Moore, Jerry Scagell and Simon Abrahams will cycle over 4,651km in 24 days, from August 1 -25. The group has
SAM Vokes is looking forward to kicking off Burnley’s pre-season fixture list in Ireland this week. After a week of training in the south of the country the Clarets take to the pitch for the first time this summer against League of Ireland champions
