Tony Mowbray felt the game got away from Rovers at Swansea City, just as it had in their previous away defeat at Bristol City. Rovers were beaten 3-1 at the Liberty Stadium, a second loss on the road this season, having led through a Charlie Mulgrew
IN MUCH the same way Rovers were beaten at Bristol City in their previous away defeat, the game at Swansea City slipped away from them in the second half. Again they were handed the lead through Charlie Mulgrew and appeared comfortable as they took
STANLEY boss John Coleman felt his side were unfortunate to be on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline at Luton Town on Tuesday night. A Danny Hylton treble led the Hatters to the three points but Coleman felt the Luton striker was fortunate to be
TALK of a rivalry between these two sides had been played down by Stanley boss John Coleman before the game but anyone who was at Kenilworth Road can be in no doubt that these sides don’t see eye to eye. A year ago the Reds celebrated a last minute
6:17pm Danny Graham returns to one of his former clubs tonight. The boys are in the building! 📍#Rovers
BURNLEY will benefit from Joe Hart's winning mentality, believes his former Manchester City teammate Vincent Kompany. Hart returned to the Etihad Stadium for the first time since his departure on Saturday but it was an unhappy reunion as the Clarets
FOLLOWING the article recently in the Telegraph about the old Grand Theatre, it makes one think of the demise of cultural activities in Blackburn over the last decades. In this continuing programme of destruction and demolition, by subsequent councils
I WAS pleased to read that the old El Greco's is coming back into use on Church Street and that the council is working to sort out the issues at the Italian restaurant so that can be re-opened too. But what is going on with The Grove pub? It never
A MARCH in London at the weekend calling for a referendum on the Brexit deal was branded the People’s Vote. But we already had a people's vote. It was in June 2016 and 17.4 million people voted to leave the EU. On Saturday, a few hundred thousand
A COUNCIL has intervened to protect a theatre from future arson attacks. Solid steel shutters and fencing have been installed around the outside of the 123-year-old Burnley Empire Theatre after it was subjected to an arson attack in the early hours
WORK on revamping a town centre bank has begun. Scaffolding has been erected on the Nat West branch in King William Street, Blackburn. Work is being carried out on the first floor including remove partition walls and replace office furniture.
YOUNG bakers helped to raise more than £2,000 for charity. Students and members of staff at five different Pendle Education Trust academies helped to raise over £2,100 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Family, friends and the local community were
MOST pubs don't want to scare people away but one in Darwen is going to put people's fears and phobias to the limit this Halloween. As if the sight of two nine foot spiders and webs outside the Anchor pub was not enough to test people's resolve,
A COUNCIL has retained a national award for employee development. After being put under the microscope by an independent assessor, Burnley Council retained its Investors in People (IIP) Gold award for the third time running. The assessment, which
WE keep hearing about the People’s Vote campaign which is trying to whip up support for what in my view is an anti-democratic course of action. In their bid for a public vote on a final Brexit deal they are peddling the false notion that people
WE really do need more bobbies on the beat. Violent crime has soared by approximately twenty per cent in the last decade. In the past year alone there have been 1.5 million violent attacks, not to mention a fourteen per cent increase in murders
POLICE have issued images of East Lancashire's 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. Wasim Hussain, 24, who
I AM looking to trace my half-sister who I believe may be in Blackburn. Born Decia M Reynoldson in 1956 in Amounderness, Lancashire, she was adopted at about three months old and her adopted parents changed her name to Annette, I do not know the
POLICE pursued a man on a bike after a report of someone acting suspiciously in the Barden Lane area of Burnley at 6.15am. Blackburn magistrates heard Christopher Horsfall was arrested after his bike and the police car collided. And he fell foul
MEMBERS of the Garrick sought some expert tips to help them prepare for their next production, Daisy Pulls It Off. The comedy is set in a girls’ boarding school in the 1920s and is full of jolly japes, rivalry, secrets and night-time adventures.
TWO weeks ago we looked back at the life and work of Blackburn-born Barry Gray, the man whose theme tunes for TV shows were known across the world in the 1960s and beyond. And it brought back marvellous memories for one reader. The talented composer
A disabled woman who went missing from Chroley on Monday has been found safe and well. Sandra Satterthwaite was found in Scotland on Tuesday evening. On Monday October 22, police launched an urgent appeal after Miss Satterthwaite, 57, left
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was injured following a fight. The incident took place on Burns Street in Burnley at around 2.45pm on Monday October 22. A police spokesperson said: "We are appealing for witnesses following an incident
Tony Mowbray took a rare glance at the Championship table on Monday - and made several observations, though not about his team. Rovers are up to seventh, out of the top six only on goal difference, after a fifth win of the season against Leeds
The fire service are warning people not to burn their rubbish on the street. The advice comes after crews were called to an incident on Sunday 21 October, in Cherry Street, Blackburn, where residents had set a 45 gallon drum alight and left it burning
I AM not too worried about our run of form at the moment. We have not won for a few weeks but teams go on bad runs in hockey and I think we can turn it round. It was always going to be a tough ask last weekend in the NIHL Cup. We travelled to
SEAN McConville believes Stanley can thrive on the big-match occasion when they make the journey to Luton Town tonight. The Reds travel south sitting fourth in the table but face a tough challenge against a Hatters outfit who have the best home
Police are trying to trace the owner of a bounty of stolen goods. The goods were recovered from a male passenger after he was apprehended at Blackburn station for fraudulently travelling by train. British Transport Police said the man was detained
Police are issuing a stark warning to residents not to open their doors to salespeople. A statement issued by Colne and West Craven Police on Monday advised residents that a group of men are in the area knocking door-to-door selling kitchen cleaning
Having just beaten a team with the best physical statistics in the league, Rovers face a Swansea side with the best passing numbers in the Championship. That mix of styles, and the competitive nature of each game, make for a fascinating league
A 12-year-old boy has been referred to the police's early action team in relation to incidents of anti-social behaviour. PC Dave Render also said more children and teenagers will be spoken to in due course over incidents in Town Hall Street, Great
A 28-YEAR-OLD man sexually assaulted a woman as she slept on the bed next to him. Blackburn magistrates heard a mutual male friend, who had also slept on the bed, witnessed the early morning interference. But the victim was totally unaware she
STANLEY boss John Coleman has been pleased with stand-in goalkeeper Jonny Maxted’s performance after the stopper helped the Reds to a clean sheet in the weekend win at Peterborough. Maxted began the season in goal for Accrington but was displaced
THE fire service wants people to be more 'safety savvy' in the kitchen with the launch of a new cooking campaign. A Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said around half of all accidental house fires, around 250, attended each year are cooking
COLLEGE chiefs in East Lancashire have been told their merger bid will be supported with a £500,000 handout - if a business plan wins approval. Plans are being progressed to combined Accrington and Rossendale College (AccRoss) with Nelson and Colne
188 new homes could be built in Whalley if plans are given the green light. PRP Architects have created the plans for land off Clitheroe Road on behalf of Trafford Housing Trust and they were submitted to Ribble Valley Council this week. In the
PLANS have been approved to expand a doctor's surgery to cope with increasing demand. Brookhouse Health Centre in Whalley Range and Shifa Surgery in Bangor Street, Blackburn, went through a merger earlier this year - creating a joint practice serving
PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson is inviting young people to take part in UK Parliament Week to celebrate the centenary of women getting the right to vote. He said several events for the week, which last from November 12 to 18, had already been organised
THIS week we look back at a golden age of travel with steam engines and locomotives in Blackburn and Burnley. Our trip down memory lane shows some iconic times for transport in the area including the end of the line at Rose Grove in Burnley as there
AMBITIONS for Church Street are the latest stage in the plans for regenerating Blackburn town centre. The original centrepiece was the £34million Cathedral Quarter with its two high-quality office blocks (one built and one on the way) and a hotel
A LUXURY dessert bar in the heart of Blackburn will open in the New Year - paving the way for a revival of one of the town’s main streets. Revamping the former El Greco coffee bar in the historic listed Waterloo Pavilions is now under way ready
THE NUMBER of people caught with guns and knives in Blackburn with Darwen has almost doubled, according to the latest police recorded crime statistics. There were 63 weapons possession offences between July 2017 and June 2018, according to data
A PARTIALLY collapsed building could cost tens of thousands of pounds to repair. Initial estimates of around £50,000 have been set for repairs on Northwest Plumbing and Electrical Ltd, in Burnley, after the top floor of the building collapsed at
A MAN developed a fixation for a nurse after spending two spells on a ward in Royal Blackburn Hospital. Blackburn magistrates heard there were no problems while he was in hospital but a month after his second discharge Damian John Brown returned
BLACKBURN residents have until Wednesday next week to give socks and other clothing items to the Yorkshire Building Society's appeal to help the homeless. They can donate the items or cash at the firm's on King William Street. in the town until
ROADS could turn icy with a cold snap expected at the end of the week. Blackburn with Darwen Council's roads team has advised motorists to take care if temperatures as expected with the weekend approaching. A spokesman said: "Our 2-5 day outlook
I HAVE been to the opticians this week. I was hoping that they would be able to supply me with a pair of specs that would enable me not only to read but to see the future. But alas that was not so. On thinking about it and giving it careful thought
THE coming winter is likely to be even more difficult than the last for East Lancashire hospital trusts, staff and patients, warns a new report from NHS Providers. Steeling ourselves for winter 2018/19 explores how resilient the sector is to the
A DRAFT management plan for the The Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty will be published next month. It will go out for consultaion with week-long events in Dunsop Bridge and Clitheroe before a final version is published in March
WE were inundated with replies last week from readers keen to tell us where last week's puzzler was. Among the first to correctly guess the location was Gordon Whewell who emailed at 7.39am to say that the Bygone's 'where is this' teaser was in
THE story of 11 young men’s amazing 1970 expedition to explore caves in the Indian Himalayas, first chronicled in the Lancashire Telegraph at the time, will be told in a new book next year. They travelled in a Preston Corporation bus from the Yorkshire
BURNLEY midfielder Jack Cork believes the Clarets can compete with the Premier League's leading lights - despite suffering a 5-0 defeat at Manchester City on Saturday. Sean Dyche's side conceded four times in the second half at the Etihad, not helped
Danny Graham is adamant he can play three games in a week and believes his fitness levels are the best they have been during his time at Rovers. Graham has started 10 of Rovers’ 13 matches this season, coming off the bench in the other three, including
A BLACKBURN dad of three has spoken out against discount retail store Poundland over the selling of inflatable willies and plastic breasts as part of its hen party range. Luke Carter was left flabbergasted when he came face to face with a range
