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  • New government scheme to help low-paid save for the future

    A NEW Government saving plan should benefit 441,022 people on low incomes in the North West. The special scheme offers a 50 per cent bonus. for recipients of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit payments or who claim Universal Credit with a household

  • Teen chased down street by man with axe

    A TEENAGER was chased into a coffee shop by a man wielding an axe. Police said the man sought refuge in Chaiiwala, Blackburn, as he was being chased down Whalley Range. He later got into a car with his would-be attacker and drove off. He was

  • Youth theatre will support students in new classes

    DRAMA classes for young people are being held to inspire creativity. Blackburn drama teacher Stephanie Patchett Byrne is hosting the new classes at the Bureau in Blackburn for young people from seven to 18 years old. Acting The Goat Youth Theatre

  • Chorley boss Vermiglio welcomes home advantage in FA Cup

    Jamie Vermiglio has welcomed home advantage as Chorley look to progress in the FA Cup. However, the Magpies will have to wait to learn their FA Cup second qualifying round opponents after yesterday’s draw. Vermiglio’s side, riding high at the

  • Video shows new eastZeast Blackburn VIP private party room

    BLACKBURN'S latest addition to the town centre's growing restaurant scene eastZeast has opened - complete with a luxury private VIP party room. The restaurant opened its doors for the first time to invited guests on Monday evening and officially

  • James Neil's Blackburn Hawks column

    WE were beaten 6-2 by Solway Sharks in the cup this weekend and it was a disappointing performance having played well the weekend before. We played well in patches on Sunday but we had penalty troubles and made the wrong decisions at the wrong time

  • REVEALED: A glimpse into the future of Burnley town centre

    A VISION for the future of Burnley town centre which council bosses hope will create more than 1,000 new jobs has been unveiled. Burnley Council has published its town centre masterplan ahead of a public consultation, which is to be launched following

  • Lancashire Tourism Awards: Nominees revealed

    THE county's top tourism businesses have been nominated for a showcase awards ceremony later this year. Marketing Lancashire has revealed the 103 finalists competing in 22 categories for this year’s Lancashire Tourism Awards.  The annual awards

  • Boy, eight, took gun into primary school

    FIREARM experts were called to a primary school after a boy was found with a ballbearing gun. Police attended St Hubert’s RC Primary School on Hallfield Road in Great Harwood on Monday afternoon after a BB gun was brought in by an eight-year-old

  • Thief: I stole eight legs of lamb to eat, not sell for drugs

    A MAN caught stealing eight legs of lamb from a Blackburn store told police he stole to eat and not for drugs. Blackburn magistrates heard at the time of the offence James Stewart had been evicted because his benefits had been stopped and he couldn't

  • Take a look inside a refurbished Darwen pub

    A £250,000 refurbishment has been completed at a Darwen town centre pub. The Millstone, on the corner of Church Street and Bridge Street, has been given a new colour scheme, furniture and layout. The Thwaites-owned town centre pub was shut for

  • IN PICTURES: Stanley 1 Burton 1

    ACCRINGTON Stanley made it six League One games unbeaten thanks to Billy Kee's penalty in the weekend draw with Burton Albion. The Reds drew 1-1 with the Brewers at the Wham Stadium and sit 10th in the table. Re-live all the match action with

  • Mixed fortunes for Mulgrew and Brereton on international duty

    Charlie Mulgrew earned cap number 38 as he played 90 minutes in Scotland’s UEFA Nations League win over Albania. The Rovers skipper was part of a back three as Alex McLeish’s men bounced back from a 4-0 friendly defeat to Belgium with victory over

  • Simon Grayson on the nerves of Joe's Rovers debut

    Simon Grayson admits watching son Joe make his Rovers debut was a more nerve-wracking experience than any of his time playing or managing. When Joe featured for Rovers in the Carabao Cup win over Lincoln City last month, the Graysons became the

  • East Lancashire's Most Wanted - September 11, 2018

    POLICE have issued images of East Lancashire's four most wanted men. They are wanted for a range of alleged offences. Anyone with information about their whereabouts should not approach the men but call police on 101. Robert Ganley, 24,

  • Vehicle thieves and burglars still out there

    LANCASHIRE Police close investigations without identifying a suspect in eight out of 10 household burglaries and seven in 10 reported vehicle thefts, new analysis shows. They also ended more than a third of shoplifting cases with the same outcome

  • Blackburn burglars stole helicopter

    TWO men have appeared in court and pleaded guilty to stealing a model motorised helicopter.. Burnley magistrates heard Aaron Almond, 25, of Preston New Road, Blackburn, and Matthew Cooper, 26, of Pilmuir Road, Blackburn, committed the offence in

  • Windrush hope for man facing deportation

    A FATHER who was banned from working and faced deportation has pinned his hopes of staying in the UK on the Windrush scheme. Darren Harrety moved from the British colony of Punta Gorda in Belize, Central America, to England with his mother on a

  • Lancashire County Council gets single bid for £200,000 job

    JUST a single person has applied for the £200,000 a year top job at Lancashire County Council - the current interim postholder. Today the troubled authority's employment committee will decide whether to proceed with a shortlist of one for the appointment

  • Gawthorpe Hall and its family to mark Battle of Britain

    A COMMEMORATION of the Battle of Britain will take place at a historic Lancashire stately home on Saturday. The event at Padiham's Gawthorpe Hall will explore its former owners the Kay-Shuttleworth family's links to the crucial Second World War

  • Luna's Blackburn walk for Greek rescue dogs postponed

    THE young couple who rescued a dehydrated and bedraggled dog from a Greek holiday island have had to postpone a fundraising event for the shelter which helped them bring their new pet home. Charlotte Hargreaves, 21, and Oliver Garside-Fox fell in

  • Tarkowski aims to move step closer to tournament 'dream'

    JAMES Tarkowski could be in line for a second England cap tonight as he aims to take a step closer to his 'dream' of going to a major tournament. The Clarets defender won his first cap in the friendly with Italy at Wembley in March and was then

  • Couple speak of horror after neighbour's house fire

    A COUPLE have spoken of their horror after the house next door was destroyed by fire. Mukhtar Ali, 29, and his 26-year-old wife, Rozina, feared the flames would wreck their home in Martindale Close, Blackburn. The couple, who had only lived in

  • Stunning sculpture for Thwaites new headquarters revealed

    A SCULPTURE of Thwaites famous shire horses and dray will form the centrepiece of the firm's new £8million pound new brewery in the Ribble Valley. The life-size artwork weighing 2.5 tons will be sited on a special cobbled area at the entrance of

  • "It’s down to me to prove to the manager I deserve to play'

    Harrison Reed knows it is down to him to force his way in to Tony Mowbray’s plans and is well aware of the challenge ahead. The Southampton loanee was an unused substitute in Rovers’ 4-1 defeat at Bristol City after signing on a season-long loan