A NEW steak restaurant is the latest addition to Blackburn growing food and drink scene – creating 20 jobs. Steakout will launch in the former Chiquito restaurant in Lower Audley Street after a £400,000 makeover. Other restaurants to open in
TWO animal-loving entrepreneurs are hoping a Boost will help to realise their ambitions. Darwen-based dog groomer Jane Ferguson-Grime and businesswoman Jayne Beckingham-Burgess have combined their expertise to create Animal Herbology, which supplies
A SHOPLIFTER who got away with stealing aftershave from Debenhams went back the next day and tried for a repeat. Blackburn magistrates heard Daniel Kirkman was spotted immediately by security staff who had viewed the CCTV footage from the previous
MICHAEL Duff said he had 'take the plunge' after being confirmed as the new manager of Cheltenham Town. The Clarets legend has left his role as Burnley Under-23s boss to take over the Robins in League Two and take the first steps of his senior managerial
A CONMAN who posed as a bank employee to defraud an elderly couple suffering dementia, out of their home and £150,000 life savings has been jailed. Syed Bukhari, 38, formerly of Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, was sentenced to seven years and 11 months
ARRESTS of children by Lancashire Police have dropped by 81 per cent in the last seven years, figures released today show. Research by the Howard League for Penal Reform has found that the police force made 9,779 arrests of children aged 17 and
A DARWEN woman who used a stolen bank card to pay for a McDonald's meal has been jailed for 12 weeks. Blackburn magistrates heard Sarah Healey had not been involved in the theft of the card from a vulnerable, elderly man. The contactless card
A BURNLEY business has been honoured for its commitment to the borough. Pipeline Induction Heat (PIH) was presented with the long-standing Contribution to Burnley Award, to mark the 30 years the company has been based in the town, by Burnley Council
Rovers have announced that tomorrow’s Lancashire Senior Cup tie with Preston North End has been postponed. The two sides were set to meet in the first round of the competition at the Senior Training Centre, Brockhall (1pm), but the club put out
ACADEMY manager Jon Pepper believes the disappointment within the ranks after Burnley Under-23s suffered a late defeat to Millwall is a sign of the progress they have made. Tinashe Chakwana cancelled out Lewis White's early goal at Turf Moor and
Billy Kee says Accrington Stanley are still finding their feet in League One but is confident the goals, and wins, will come. The newly promoted Reds are unbeaten in six games but have had to come back from behind in their last five to maintain
A MAN who was approached by a woman who had been raped at a house is being sought by police. Detectives are trying to find the man who was stopped by the woman, 28, who ran naked down Accrington Road, Blackburn, at around 8.30am on bank holiday
A CANCER survivor has encouraged people to take part in a major fundraising campaign. Mum-of-one Laura Andrews was diagnosed with bowel cancer in February last year after she had just got married to husband Dayle. The 25-year-old has since
BURNLEY Under-23s began life without Michael Duff with a late defeat to Millwall. Academy manager Jonathan Pepper was in charge at Turf Moor, with Duff watching from the directors’ box in the first half. The former Clarets defender is set to
A MAN is sought by police after a woman was bitten on the face. Police want to speak to Tyrone Grant, 23, after a woman's house was broken into in Padiham Road, Burnley, on Wednesday, August 8 at 3am. Police, who released the appeal today,
DOGS will be banned from all Wetherspoons pubs from today. The food and drink chain said reasons for the ban included the fact the animals can be unpredictable and customers, many of whom include children, may not be fans of the four-legged friends
Rovers could hand a first run-out to deadline day signings Brad Lyons and Mitchel Candlin in tomorrow’s Lancashire Senior Cup tie with Preston (1pm). Damien Johnson’s side will now face the Lilywhites at the club’s Academy training centre, at Brockhall
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A DAD-of-two who got fed up and lonely working from home every day has set up a new co-working coffee club. Rowan Ardill has started Hump Day Coffee Club to create a regular meet-up for fellow co-workers in Ramsbottom. The 31-year-old, who
A MAN has died after falling from a bridge over a motorway. Police were called around 9.30am on Monday following reports a pensioner had fallen from a bridge above the motorway close to Junction 8 near Chorley. A 76-year-old man from Chorley
A SANDWICH shop business is on the market for £25,000 – after the owner decided to sell up due to ill health. Crown Estates is handling the sale of popular butty bar Billy Bunters on Copy Nook in Blackburn after owner Julie Midgely called time on
A WOMAN who died when she was hit by a car in Edenfield on Saturday evening has been named by police. Ausrine Micyte, was a much loved mother and grandmother from Blackburn, a spokesman said. Mrs Micyte’s daughter paid the following tribute
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in an underground car park in the early hours of this morning. Two fire engines from Burnley and Nelson were called to the fire in a car park underneath a property on Manchester Road, Burnley. The fire, which broke
THE Ribblesdale Cricket League came to a close with the final promotion and relegation places decided without a bowl being bowled. Rain meant the entire programme was a washout so it was the weather that had the final word. While Oswaldtwistle
WALSDEN have been crowned Lancashire League champions thanks to a five-wicket victory at Rawtenstall yesterday. Lowerhouse and Ramsbottom both had chances to pip them for the title on the last day of the season had the long-standing leaders fallen
A YOB targeted a cat rescue vehicle smashing the car's back window with a rock. The attack happened last Thursday close to the Beechwood Working Men's Club on Beechwood Road in Blackburn while volunteers Louise Fowler and Emma Church were out trying
A MOTHER has been named a community champion after helping to raise £600 for a local charity. Natasha Jayne, from Colne, has been hailed as an 'unsung heroine' after raising funds for various local good causes, in particular Pendleside Hospice.
TODAY’s photograph from the Lancashire Telegraph archives shows a British Olympic gold medallist who visited a town. Everything went swimmingly at the Classic Cinema, Blackburn, when Olympic gold medallist David Andrew Wilkie was guest at the Satellite
Leading legal firm Forbes Solicitors has built on the increasing success of its Corporate Team with deals totalling more than £150million in the First Quarter of the financial year. Pauline Rigby, Partner and Head of Corporate at Forbes,
When it is put to David Dunn, approaching 20 years since his debut, that he has devoted much of his life to Blackburn Rovers, he quickly points out it has been a two-way street. “It’s been a massive part, it has been my life I suppose,” he told
Charlie Mulgrew is expected to feature for Scotland when they host Albania in their first UEFA Nations League match tonight. The Rovers skipper started Friday’s friendly with Belgium who ran out 4-0 winners. He played in the centre of a back
POLICE are growing 'increasingly concerned' for the welfare of a missing pensioner. Thomas Bailey, 75, was last seen at around 5am yesterday (Sunday) at the Forrest Arms in Longridge. Mr Bailey has not been seen since he left the pub. Officers
AN East Lancashire MP has backed a campaign to raise awareness of blood cancer. Andrew Stephenson, who represents Pendle, attended an event organised by Bloodwise, a blood cancer research charity at Westminster Hall. Mr Stephenson said he heard
A NEW Italian restaurant is set to open in a town centre this week. The former Esco-Bar in Darwen has now been converted into an Italian restaurant – Ripasso. The opening comes eight months after Jason 'Jay Jay' Taylor, 23, from Darwen, was
A DOG show featuring agility displays and other attractions will be held in an animal centre next weekend. RSPCA Altham animal centre will again be the setting for the centre's 'biggest event' of the year, Dogs' Day Out. It will feature lots
A young man from Rossendale has been awarded a place at one of London’s most prestigious performing arts schools. Cameron Rhodes, from Waterfoot, was chosen from more than 3000 candidates who auditioned for a coveted spot at the Mountview Academy
MATT Lowton is confident Burnley can be 'right back where we want to be' if they can string together a couple of wins. The Clarets are 19th in the Premier League after four winless games and they've suffered three successive defeats since the opening
LEN Johnrose never expected this kind of reaction. When he went public with his battle against motor neurone disease last month he did so because he had hit another period where life was tough. Fed up of ‘keeping this guilty secret’, Johnrose spoke
Charlie Mulgrew says Rovers must be ready for the challenges which lie in wait after the international break. Rovers host Aston Villa on Saturday before trips to Derby County and Stoke City before a Carabao Cup tie at Premier League side Bournemouth
