ARE you rich enough to avoid tax? It is widely said that there only two certainties in life, death and taxes. So with this in mind why are so many of the superrich dodging paying theirs? Over the past few years there have been some high profile
CRYSTAL Kassi, founder of the London African Gospel Choir, has issued a challenge to anyone attending the group’s first show in Manchester next week. “Just try and sit still in your seat,” she said. “You won’t be able to resist the rhythms and the
Rovers Under 23s recorded their first win of the season on Wednesday afternoon as they emphatically beat Blackpool 6-0 at Brockhall, writes Charlotte Coates. Three goals in either half helped Rovers in to the last four of the Lancashire Senior
JIMMY Carr is heading back to Blackburn next year with a brand new tour. Terribly Funny will see the comedian making jokes about all kinds of terrible things in his own inimitable fashion. Definitely not one for the easily offended, tickets go on
Birkenhead Park 33 Blackburn 18 BLACKBURN slipped to just a second defeat of the season after going down 33-18. In the first of three tough fixtures for Burn - where they play three of the top four teams in North One West - Dino Radice’s side
Burnley 33 Manchester Med 15 BURNLEY maintained their recent good form with a hard fought 33-15 win over Lancashire League Division One leaders, North Manchester. Burnley dominated possession and territory but found the visitors well organised
Colne and Nelson 33 Bolton 2nds 12 COLNE and Nelson picked the perfect game to turn on the style as they beat league leaders Bolton Seconds watched by their new sponsors and former players. There was a buzz about the Holt House ground pre-kick
Darragh Lenihan will be assessed by Rovers after coming off in the defeat at Swansea City with a bruised hip. The Irishman was replaced 12 minutes in to the 3-1 defeat and replaced by Jack Rodwell. With a trip to high-flying West Brom on Saturday
YOUNGSTERS were out in force at the annual Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Schools Cross Country Championship. A total of 26 teams from Hyndburn and 17 from the Ribble Valley took part in the event that was once again held at Wilsons Playing
WIRRAL 41 ROSSENDALE 31 Rugby can throw up some bizarre matches none more so than last Saturday when Rossendale 38-3 down with under 15 minutes of normal time remaining came back to take a try bonus and almost snatch a losing bonus point save
ACCRINGTON Stanley suffered a 4-1 reverse at Luton Town on Tuesday night in a full-blooded League One encounter. Offrande Zanzala had cancelled out Danny Hylton's opener to leave the scores level at 1-1 at the break but the Hatters scored three
A FOOTBALL club which has been operating for more than 100 years has received a £500 boost. Burnley Belvedere Vets FC, which was formed in 1888, has signed a new sponsorship deal with Colne-based cleaning firm, Unique Clean, Hire and Facilities.
A TAKEAWAY owner accused of the manslaughter of a teenage girl who died after an allergic reaction will not give evidence at his trial. Mohammed Kuddus, 40, is accused of the manslaughter of 15-year-old Megan Lee, who suffered a reaction to a meal
NHS trusts across England, including those in East Lancashire, have saved £288 million in the last financial year by securing the best deals for bulk buy items - including £106,000 on loo rolls after 184 trusts joined together to purchase them from
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD who climbed Pendle Hill 52 times was nominated as a Brave Briton. The challenge Burnley schoolgirl Daisy Hooper had set was the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest three times. Daisy, of Lower Manor Lane, Burnley, raised around
Wythenshawe Amateurs 0 Burnley FC Women 7 BURNLEY FC Women returned to winning ways after storming to 7-0 victory at Wythenshawe Amateurs in the Lancashire Women’s Challenge Cup. After last week’s narrow 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield in the Women
Kirkby Stephen Ladies 2 Pendle Forest 8 PENDLE Forest have moved four points clear at the top of the North Hockey Women’s League Premier Division as they made it five wins out of five to continue their remarkable unbeaten run. Forest, promoted
Brighouse Town Ladies 2 Chorley Women 2 CHORLEY Women's unbeaten start to the season continued as they drew at top of the table Brighouse Town. The visitors started brightly and nearly made an early breakthrough but Scarlett Smith fired wide
A 25-YEAR-OLD man who went missing has been found. Police said Ryan Kennedy who was last seen at 6am on Tuesday in St Annes Road, Leyland, has been found safe and well. A police spokesman said: "Thank you to everyone who helped share the appeal
A NEW ballet especially for children will be coming to Blackburn next year. Northern Ballet has commissioned Puss in Boots, inspired by the much-loved fairytale. Puss in Boots tells the story of a remarkable cat who, despite being both clever
BRETT Ormerod played more of a supporting role as Great Harwood Rovers booked their place in the second round of the Blackburn Sunday Blue and White Rosebowl after winning the battle of the Division Two high-flyers. The former Southampton, Blackpool
BURNLEY’S Fliss Pickard won a bronze medal at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia - and revealed she believes she can get even better. Pickard has really come of age in the tournament and she put in another solid performance in
TWO East Lancashire MPs have defended accepting six paid-for overseas trips worth more than £13,500 in 12 months. Hyndburn's Graham Jones and Ribble Valley's Nigel Evans said their visits were not 'junkets' but fact finding missions. The Parliamentary
EXPERTS have finally managed to shed a light on the origins of this ancient and mysterious golden relic which has baffled archaeologists for more than a century. The small, flat golden plate was unearthed at a grave site with a female skeleton
FACEBOOK, Twitter and WhatsApp should develop ways to make it easier for people to stop using them, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) said he wanted the firms to shift their focus from demanding people’s attention
A DRIVER caused extensive damage to three cars on the same street. At around 11.10pm on Monday police were called to reports a car had collided with multiple vehicles in a street in Knuzden. Attending the scene in Mount St James, police arrested
DARIUS Rucker sounds slightly embarrassed when asked if he sees himself as something of a role model. But it’s a fair question. For a start he has moved across from having a successful career as lead singer with the rock band Hootie and the
A VETERAN eye surgeon in East Lancashire - who has not been allowed to return to full practice for five years - will learn his ultimate fate early next month. Consultant ophthalmologist Arthur Nylander, who worked at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley
THE Maundy Relief trust has been given £150,000 to help refurbish its building. The Accrington-based charity will use the money to install a new kitchen, dining facility and multi-use activity space. The money was donated by the Garfield Weston
CLEAR security camera footage captures the moment a suspect runs away from a designer clothing store in broad daylight - clutching what looks to be a stolen coat. Officers are looking to speak to Ryan Spencer after the incident at Time Clothing
A WOMAN was watching TV late at night when her bedroom door burst open and her ex-partner stormed in. Blackburn magistrates heard when she threatened to call the police Emile Nicol grabbed her phone and smashed it against the wall. When she shouted
A COMMUNITY volunteer will once again take to the streets to help elderly and disabled people change their clocks this weekend. For more than two decades Faz Patel has helped hundreds of vulnerable people change their clocks forward in the spring
WHERE in Blackburn could you buy your weekly tobacco supply and get a fresh hair cut, R.Worden Tobacconist of course. Stood outside his shop at No.5 Salford, which stood in the middle of the separate short length of the road that lay between Penny
A DRUG addict who was caught stealing booze from a supermarket told a security guard ‘if you try and stop me, I’ll stab you.’ Jason Craig Martin, of no fixed address, was arrested by police after staff in Blackburn Tesco noticed he was behaving
A FULL-TIME mental health worker will be placed in five high schools for the next three years with help from a football charity. Burnley FC in the Community has launched its Mental Wellbeing Project and will provide a mental health worker to Blessed
AS MANY as a fifth of school children across East Lancashire have witnessed cases of animal cruelty and neglect on social media, shocking new figures have revealed. Research conducted by the RSPCA also informed how in Lancashire alone, 131 separate
THOUSANDS of incidents of fly tipping caused a blight on Hyndburn over the course of a year, new statistics show. Hyndburn Council was alerted to 2,397 reported incidences of fly tipping between August 2017 and September 2018, a report to go before
VETERAN swimmer David Cock of Burnley has raised £1,000 for Pendleside Hospice after racing the 5.25 miles rom one end of Coniston Water to the other. It took him two hours and 20 minutes to complete last month's ChillSwim, finishing 33rd overall
A DAUGHTER who was trying to raise money for driving lessons to help support her mother has been offered a free driving course - thanks to a generous instructor. Paiton Harrison has been caring for her mum, Saira Harrison, 49, who has suffered with
COUNCILS could share information about taxi drivers who have had their licence revoked or applications refused. Currently when a driver who does not disclose information about a previous revocation or refusal of a licence there is often no way for
DENTISTS in Blackburn with Darwen are in the forefront of the rollout of a national scheme to tackle rotting teeth in the under-fives. In the year to June, 12,128 children in the borough failed to have a check-up. Despite a reduction in its record
A MAJOR East Lancashire specialist support provider is holding a recruitment session those thinking of entering the caring profession. The event will be on Friday November 2 from 10am to noon at the Care Network Hub in Town Hall Street, Blackburn
A FORMER soldier confronted his estranged wife when she drove up to her home with their children in the car. Blackburn magistrates heard Philip Martin Snaith was shouting at his wife and banging on the car windows. When she tried to drive off
MILLIONS of pounds worth of repairs needed to be carried out at hospital trusts in order to bring its facilities up to scratch. Data released by NHS Digital has revealed the extent of the maintenance backlog across NHS property and facilities in
A FOOD bank collection has been organised by a football club to support a community charity. Accrington Stanley Football Club will host a food bank collection on Saturday October 27 at 12.30pm till 3pm. Community members are urged to bring either
The Royal British Legion were out in force at the weekend, as they made a valiant effort to clean up a town's war graves. Members of the Accrington branch of the war veterans' charity, along with youth organisations and cadet forces, took scourers
THE search is on for a person to head a pioneering social integration programme. Earlier this year, Blackburn with Darwen was chosen as one of five local authority areas to take part in a £50million Government project to integrate communities
A DOCTORS surgery which has been running for more than 38 years in a town centre faces closure. Around 600 patients at Dr Alam’s Surgery, in Darwen, may be forced to seek care elsewhere as health bosses at parent company, Umar Medical Centre, consider
AN international project intent on improving the lives of blind people in Bangladesh has received a financial boost of £1,035. A total of 77 people visited Balti Stan restaurant, in Clayton-le-Moors, for Rotary Vision 2020's fundraising event last
LANCASHIRE'S deputy chief fire officer yesterday called for a ban on the sale of fireworks to the public. Justin Johnston believes the move would cut the annual toll of injuries caused by youths letting off the explosives in the street and back-garden
HALLOWEEN kicked off to a spooktacular start at Blackburn Mall, where children have been enjoying the half-term break saving the world from evil spirits. Since Monday, the mall's Victoria Court has been transformed into a fun fright fest lasting
THE KFC drive-through at a new set of services near Blackburn’s junction six of the M65 is due to open today completing the motorists' pit stop. Final checks were under way yesterday prior to the halal outlet scheduled start to operations this
EVERY day on our letters page our legal eagle Mike Corrigan answers your problems. You can email letters or your legal queries to lancsletters@nqnw.co.uk. Here is today's question. Q My daughter lives with a man who has £50 a week taken from
MEMBERS of the public have been invited to hear an update on moves to re-instate a trans-Pennine rail link next month. The will be an open meeting of the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership(SELRAP) at Herriots Hotel, Broughton Road,
A DRUG-DEALER who was caught selling class A drugs in a town centre by eagle-eyed CCTV operators has been jailed. Saul Kristian Tootle, 24, of Canterbury Street, Blackburn, was found to be in possession of heroin and crack cocaine after operators
A DRUNKEN man walking down the railway tracks between Oswaldtwistle and Accrington caused disruption to three trains. Blackburn magistrates heard the actions of Kieron Andrew Nolan cost Network Rail £1,402 in compensation payments. Nolan, 39,
A COUNCIL’S accounts have been given a clean bill of health by its external auditors. International accountancy firm Grant Thornton's 2017/2018 examination of Pendle Borough's finances concluded the local authority had robust arrangements to deliver
A BLACKBURN Rovers fan who was forced to wear a full Burnley FC kit on his stag do was sent a letter from both clubs congratulating him on his wedding day. Chris Gibirdi was sent a letter from Tony Mowbray and Sean Dyche after they found out he
SPOOKY fun and business will mix as the BID team meet and host a Halloween stall as they talk about their upcoming projects. Colne's Business Improvement District (BID) team will meet on October 27 for a Halloween themed event, as they answer questions
Remembrance Day artwork created by school children has been displayed in shop windows. Pupils from St Andrew's Primary School in Oswaldtwistle have had their poppies put in pride of place in different shops on Union Road. Owner of Garlands Florists
SEAN Dyche believes Ben Mee can be the next Burnley player to earn an England cap. Mee’s centre back partner James Tarkowksi has been a regular in Gareth Southgate’s squads over the past few months and was on standby for the summer’s World Cup but
