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  • Stoke City 2 Blackburn Rovers 3: Tony Mowbray reaction

    Tony Mowbray was focusing on the positives as Rovers beat Stoke City 3-2 at the bet365 Stadium. Rovers were cruising to a third victory of the season after goals from Bradley Dack, Danny Graham and Harrison Reed had them 3-0 in front. That’

  • Stoke City 2 Blackburn Rovers 3: MATCH REPORT

    STOKE 2 (Berahino, 79) (Ince, 81) ROVERS 3 (Dack, 26) (Graham, 45) (Reed, 47) Rovers left the bet365 Stadium with all three points - but only after a late scare in which Saido Berahino missed an injury-time penalty. Goals from Bradley

  • Burnley 4 Bournemouth 0: Match report

    BURNLEY put their poor start to the Premier League well and truly behind them with a four goal rout of Bournemouth. The Clarets had sunk to the foot of the table ahead of this clash with the in-form Cherries, but in a dazzling 90 minutes the confidence

  • Award winning Italian cafe nominated for national award

    AN award winning Italian cafe has been nominated for a national award. Bosses at Bellissimo Italian coffee shop in Burnley said they are overjoyed to be nominated for the English Italian Awards. They are one of four businesses to be nominated

  • Policeman attacked by two drinkers in pub

    A POLICE officer struggling on the floor to control a man who had attacked him was grabbed from behind by a second man. Blackburn magistrates heard that during the struggle the officer used his pava spray on both of his assailants. But his problems

  • Does Tony Mowbray know Rovers' best wing combination yet?

    Rovers have fielded six different combinations on the wings in their eight matches so far this season - so is Tony Mowbray still searching for his best combination? The boss has suggested he will continue to rotate in the wide areas given the amount

  • Town archive exhibition returns following two-year absence

    AN annual exhibition looking at the history of Padiham, that was put on hold following the devastating 2015 floods, will return next week. The Padiham Annual Archives Exhibition will take place in the ballroom at the Padiham Town Hall. There

  • Coach confident Hawks are on the up

    BLACKBURN Hawks coach Steve Duncombe is relishing this weekend’s double header having seen his side secure their first points of the season last time out. Hawks were impressive winners over Sutton Sting on Sunday, 24 hours after winning at Murrayfield

  • Charity supports hospital samaritan phone line service

    THE Al-Khair Foundation has donated £500 towards a hospital Samaritans bedside helpline. The money, donated to the ELHT&Me charity, will help support patients at Royal Blackburn Hospital who are suffering from loneliness and mental health issues

  • Experience of previous winless runs can help now - Dyche

    PREVIOUS experience of guiding Burnley out of a winless run can help given Sean Dyche a 'better understanding' of how to stop the current rot. The Clarets have just one point from their first five games this season and are on a 10 game winless

  • Sunday parking charges warning for Blackburn motorists

    NEW Sunday parking charges in Blackburn town centre will come into force next month. The fees of £1 for up to three hours and £2 for more than three hours will apply for both on and off-street parking. A general rise in parking charges will

  • NOSTALGIA: Audley Destructor dominates Blackburn's skyline

    A PICTURES tells a thousand words and this image certainly sets an atmospheric scene of a town’s industrial past. It is of Bennington Street destructor chimney in Blackburn which dominated the town’s skyline for decades. A forest of nearly 200

  • Vydra: Confidence key to ending winless run

    REDISCOVERING the confidence that helped propel Burnley to seventh place is going to be crucial in a Clarets turnaround this season. New boy Matej Vydra might not have been part of the side that secured European qualification last season, but after

  • M65 works continue at major junctions

    WORK will continue this weekend on improvements to M65 Junctions 5 and 6 of the M65. The £350,000 project in two phases aims to provide smoother and more reliable journeys around the Guide and Whitebirk turn-offs for Blackburn. The first stage

  • Blackburn's Christmas market is filling up fast

    THIS year’s first-ever German Christmas Market in Blackburn has 16 of its 26 chalets already let, including a halal Bratwurst stall. Now organiser Retail Alternatives want local traders to turn expressions of interest into firm lettings before

  • Little tower auction to help save real tower for the future

    THE first model Darwen Tower created from a new mould will be auctioned by the town's Rotary Club to raise cash for the real thing. Following a row over the rights for the original set of metal miniatures, a local entrepreneur commissioned a new

  • Mowbray talks through his expectations for this season

    Tony Mowbray is building for the long-term at Rovers and didn’t want to do in one summer what he aims to do over three or four transfer windows. Mowbray resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes to his squad in the summer, making just seven