ANOTHER bonus point win for Rossendale who were 38-22 winners at home to Ilkley. Although they are still in the wrong half of the table with performances like this, they will almost certainly rise to challenge much higher up as the season progresses
THERE will definitely be more than a hint of nostalgia in the air when Soul II Soul take to the stage at Manchester’s Albert Hall next Saturday. For the urban music collective who helped re-shape the UK dance scene will be celebrating their 30th
ACCRINGTON Stanley's strength in depth is making it increasingly difficult to pick seven substitutes, let alone a starting XI, according to manager John Coleman. The Reds boss historically does not often tinker with his line-up, or make many changes
TWO thugs who launched an unprovoked and brutal attack on a passenger while on a train have been handed prison sentences. Michael Hannan, 28, of Tynwald Road, Blackburn and Matthew Crompton, 28, of Stopes Brow, Blackburn, appeared before Manchester
THE Clarets will have to display plenty of their familiar resilience when Premier League action resumes this Saturday. Burnley took seven points from a possible nine in the three games before the international break to move themselves off the foot
A drunken passenger forced a flight to turn back to Manchester after she swore and threatened to punch a stewardess. Julie Morris, 54, from Blackburn, was on board a Ryanair flight from Manchester Airport to Ibiza last month when shortly after
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe picks out three talking points ahead of the Championship game with Leeds United. MIDFIELD MAKE-UP Tony Mowbray broke up the dependable partnership of Richie Smallwood and Corry Evans for the first time in 20 matches
Staff from law firm Farleys Solicitors were the perfect models of how to fundraise for charity when they hosted an autumn/winter fashion show for clients and business associates at Rawtenstall boutique Sunday Best, raising £1,300 for Rosemere Cancer
ROSS Cullen admitted it was ‘amazing’ to be selected as the Great Britain flag bearer at the recent Youth Olympics Games in Argentina. The 17-year-old BMX ace from Chorley flew the flag for his town and country as he secured a 10th-place finish
BURNLEY face their toughest Premier League assignment of the season on Saturday when they face champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The Clarets are defending a three game unbeaten run in the top flight that has seen them move clear
ADAM Morgan admits his 2018 campaign has been one of ‘what if’ but is confident that 2019 can yield a sustained championship challenge. The Touring Car star ended the season seventh in the championship with three race wins under his belt, but admits
BEN Brereton is still waiting for a first Championship start in a Rovers shirt, but says he’s relishing the prospect of learning every day in training. Enjoying his football is key for the 19-year-old whose move from Nottingham Forest will be made
RIBBLE Valley Netball Club ended the outdoor tournament season in style at the Chorley Inferno event in Horwich. Open to Lancashire based clubs and attracting 53 teams in age groups from under nines to under 16s with clubs coming from the Fylde,
THE inaugural East Lancashire Snooker Championship is down to the quarter finals and co-organiser Jonny Hannan is excited to see the best in the business battling it out for glory. Past and present Fosters Golden Cue champions, current Challenge
FLISS Pickard and Megan Shackleton compete in their first World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia this week. Burnley’s Pickard and Shackleton from Todmorden are part of a squad of 14 players who will represent Great Britain in the championships
ORGANISERS of the women’s only Enduro race at Gisburn Forest have hailed the success of the sell-out event. Hope Technology organised the race which saw around 300 women take to the course on Sunday. Competitors completed three stages in the
JONNY Maxted is looking forward to showing League One what Accrington Stanley are made of this weekend, and the chance to get one over former team-mate Aaron Chapman. The goalkeepers will have a reunion when the Reds travel to Peterborough United
TWO women are being sought after an orchestrated theft where a young girl stole £1,000 cash from a man in a bank. Police were called around 3pm on Monday to HSBC bank in Church Street, Blackburn, after the man noticed he was missing the money.
STUDENTS have planted the first of 100 oak trees have been planted across a borough to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War The initiative, headed by Burnley Council, will see 100 trees planted across the area between now and Remembrance
A WOMAN returning from a night out was shocked when she put the key in the lock and the front room window was smashed from the inside. Blackburn magistrates heard a split second later her ex-partner jumped out of the house and ran away. Ashley
Five members of staff at leading Lancashire legal firm Forbes Solicitors are celebrating after qualifying as Solicitors. Claire Smith, Joe McCreadie, Trishna Modessa, Yara Cherbetji and Abigail Mottram are now beginning the next stage of
THIS rare drawing was one of many potential designs for the new Blackburn Cathedral put forward in the 1930s. Architects put forward several designs, this one features a large central lantern tower which would have dominated the skyline today, never
CYCLING could prove the way forward for leisure centre staff travelling to and from work. A total of 200 members of Pendle Leisure Trust, based at numerous facilities throughout Nelson, Colne and Barnoldswick, will use bicycles to commute to and
A Lancashire technology expert has warned businesses that there is ‘no hiding place’ from the increasing threat of cyber attack. Matthew Metcalfe, managing director at Burnley-based Holker IT, issued the stark warning at a special seminar
A STAR Wars actor, a former EastEnders star and East Lancashire's own 'Mr Panto' will be making history at Colne Muni's annual family festive show. For it will be the first time that Dick Whittington has been performed at the venue - beginning
PARENTS have been reminded to apply for their children's secondary school places in Lancashire before Wednesday, October 31. The online application is available from the Lancashire County Council's website until 11.59 on Hallowe'en. A county
Kemar Roofe says he’s fit and ready to go at Ewood Park this week after missing Leeds’ last six matches through injury. The Championship’s August player of the month hasn’t played since the 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough on August 31 but has put his
ELLIOTT Bennett feels Rovers’ strong run of form following the September international break mean there are reasons to be positive heading in to a tough run of fixtures. Rovers face three games in a week starting with the visit of Leeds United before
THIS year's Burnley Literary Festival attracted double the number of visitors it had in 2017, its organisers said. Just over 2,000 people enjoyed the 66 events, including story telling and poetry reading, spread around Burnley and Padiham's town
THE family of a Burnley teenager fundraising for a lodge so parents can stay close to their children while they are being treated. Ethan Hunt, 16, fell ill in February this year with sepsis. It was initially thought he had flu but he suffered a
Police are seeking assistance in finding the man pictured in this CCTV image. Officers want to speak to the person regarding a number of shoplifting offences which occurred at the Tesco store on Foxhole Road in Euxton, Chorley. A police spokesperson
THE family of a teenager who drowned in a reservoir have successfully campaigned for safety features to be installed around it. Ever since James Goodship died in Lower Foulridge Reservoir after getting into difficulty while playing on a raft in
ROVERS’ wage bill would rank in the middle of the Championship, according to chief executive Steve Waggott. The club have worked hard on reducing a wage bill which stood at around £22m in the 2016/17 season and meant a wage to turnover ratio of
A THIEF was known as 'The Bacon Man' by staff at a store he repeatedly stole breakfast rashers from. Blackburn magistrates heard the Spar at the Texaco garage was just one of the retail outlets targeted by Richard Conrad Beresford during what was
A MAN repeatedly abused the 999 emergency service to make threatening calls to the police. Blackburn magistrates heard the calls included some bizarre comments including one where he said; "The Queen's hat has fallen off ha ha." But others were
A FORMER worker at an apprenticeship giant - which had a base in Blackburn - has spoken of the "devastation" felt by staff after it unexpectedly went into liquidation. 3aaa, which had offices at St John's Court in the town centre, called in the
A RAPIST who attacked a woman in a house has been jailed. Preston Crown Court heard Adrian Love, 54, raped the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, at a property in Rossendale in June 2017. Love had always denied any wrongdoing
WALKERS have been asked to be on their guard after fourteen barrels of chemical waste was dumped in a quarry. The barrels, suspected to contain the remnants of resins and solvents, were found at Hutch Bank Quarry, off Grane Road in Haslingden.
DWIGHT McNeil can act as a 'reference point' for the rest of the Clarets academy, according to boss Jon Pepper. The academy manager has seen the 18-year-old progress through the ranks and catch the eye this term with a first start in the Europa
IMPROVEMENTS have been made at a GP surgery with 8,100 patients branded ‘inadequate’ in a critical report by health watchdogs, though there are still further steps to be taken. The Umar Medical Centre, in Blackburn, was slated after a Care Quality
A MAJOR East Lancashire provider is offering for free one-hour ‘taster’ training sessions for people looking for a career in caring for others. They will be at the Furthergate Blackburn headquarters of Choice Care Wednesday October 24. The sessions
A FORMER work coach at Blackburn Job Centre - sacked after posting inflammatory online messages including tweets directed at Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson - has won a victory over his old bosses. But an employment tribunal ruled
THE roll-out of Universal Credit should be “halted and sorted out” to stop thousands of people falling into “crippling debt”, a former senior Government adviser has said. Dame Louise Casey, the former head of the Government’s troubled families team
A PENSIONER with mobility problems said she was unfairly treated after receiving a parking ticket. Dora Eddleston, from Blackburn, has been fined £100 by Liverpool-based firm, Civil Enforcement Ltd, for failing to pay to use a car park for 14 minutes
THOUSANDS of pounds of charity money, raised for a woman with terminal cancer, has been stolen from a social club. The owners of Longshaw Sports and Social Club in Blackburn found more than £10,000 had been taken in the early hours of Monday morning
AS a retired detective with 34 years' police service I am appalled at the state of policing in this country and I am aware that other former colleagues share my exasperation. The outrageous situation on Warner Street, Accrington, the most welcoming
ACCRINGTON Stanley owner Andy Holt believes the town is starting to throw its weight behind its football club. The Wham Stadium welcomed its biggest crowd of the season to inspire the Reds to a fourth win from five in League One to launch them back
THE FAMILY of a man who killed himself by taking a heroin overdose have spoken out about the help available for others in a similar situation. Robert Intas was found dead in his home by police officers on March 20 of this year after friends and
THE National Secular Society has written to all Lancashire County Councillors urging them to end the supply of meat from un-stunned animals to 27 schools. On Thursday, the authority's fill meeting will take a final vote on the issue. NSS cheif
A BUS company mobile phone-based app trialled in East Lancashire has won a national award. Transdev's Vamooz free to download device offers customers an easy-to-use one-stop shop to browse day trips, suggest destinations and buy tickets, all through
GPs in East Lancs have more time for patient care after admin staff have been trained to review correspondence, health bosses have said. While a significant amount of correspondence is now communicated digitally, it still requires GPs to review
JOE Hart has to keep performing for Burnley to bolster his chances of an England recall, according to James Tarkowski. Hart has impressed for the Clarets since a £4million move from Manchester City in the summer and has shown signs of getting back
