A POP star's late arrival failed to dampen people's spirits during a town's Christmas lights switch on event. Around 2000 people were stood out in the cold on Darwen's market square waiting for Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle at around 6pm today
THREE MOTHERS with 12 young children between them stole more than £2,000 of designer gear from Hugo Boss. Razwana Ahmed, 39, Nazia Shazad, 37, and Nargis Noreen, 31, all of Saunders Road, Blackburn, travelled 80 miles to the McArthur Glen Designer
TONY Mowbray is targeting ‘evolution not revolution’ at Rovers after a solid start to life back in the Championship. Rovers are in the middle of a third international break of the season and sit ninth in the table, with 26 points from their 17 games
A ROAD near a town centre has been flooded following a burst water pipe. Motorists driving towards Avondale Road, Darwen, can expect travel delays after it was flooded at around noon today. United Utilities were informed at around 12.30pm this
ROVERS Ladies manager Gemma Donnelly wants more of the same from her players, as they aim to continue a 100 per cent winning record when they travel to face Fleetwood Town Wrens Ladies in the Lancashire FA Challenge Cup quarter-final tomorrow. Newly-formed
A DISQUALIFIED driver was found to be in possession of a large amount of cash and suspected Class A drugs. Police in Hyndburn stopped a grey Vauxhall Astra in the early hours of Saturday morning after it was spotted being driven in a concerning
A DRIVER who overran a junction and collided with another car claimed he had been distracted by teenage yobs throwing something at his car. Blackburn magistrates heard Robert Harry Browne was found to be over the drink-drive limit. And the court
A MOTORWAY has re-opened after a three-hour closure due to a rogue cow. The M65 eastbound between junctions seven and eight between Rishton and Accrington was closed off as traffic officers worked to move the cow away from the motorway. A small
SHERRIE Hewson and Tony Maudsley can hardly contain their excitement at the thought of bringing one of the most popular TV shows to the stage for the first time. Benidorm Live will see Sherrie recreating her role as snooty hotel manager Joyce Temple-Savage
CEMETERY and crematorium fees in Ribble Valley look set to increase from 30 per cent to 60 per cent. Council bosses say the charges they currently impose for grave plots and scattering ashes are among the lowest in Lancashire. Proposals were
BLACKBURN Hawks look to continue their good run of form as they face two league games this weekend. Following seven defeats in a row, the Hawks have won their last four matches in all competitions, including their last three league matches. Player
A PUBLIC footpath in Ribble Valley is to be diverted so that it no longer runs up the driveway of a private property. The route, off Ribchester Road – known by ramblers as Dinckley 12 – passes alongside a series of former agricultural buildings
THE launch of a state-of-the-art service station should trigger a jobs avalanche for East Lancashire, supporters hope. Thousands of new positions are expected to be created once Frontier Park, off junction six of the M65 at Whitebirk, gets fully
A DRUNKEN clubgoer launched a metal pedestrian barrier at a waiting taxi. Blackburn magistrates heard Thomas Farrar caused over £700 worth of damage to the cab which was parked outside the Switch nightclub in Blackburn. Farrar, 21, of Chestnut
HUNDREDS of nurseries, schools and businesses across East Lancashire have proved spot-on by raising cash for Children In Need. After an appeal on social media, our readers have sent in their photographs of workers and youngsters sporting furry ears
TONY Mowbray says a new deal for Corry Evans is in the pipeline. Evans has become a firm fixture in the Rovers midfield having put the injury problems that blighted his early years at the club. The 28-year-old sees his current deal expire in
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs after a van smashed into a garden wall, causing a telegraph pole to snap and fall down. Branch Road in Lower Darwen was temporarily closed as emergency services
PRIME Minister Theresa May's controversial Brexit deal has divided East Lancashire's three Conservative MPs. Yesterday Ribble Valley Tory backbencher Nigel Evans vowed to vote against the 585-page plan when it comes to Parliament next month.
A CALL has been made for more Government cash to improve a town’s roads after it was ranked the worst in the country for jams in a report. Accrington was named in a recent report by the National Infrastructure Commission, and councillors have now
AN NHS trust has apologised to the family of a patient who died in hospital. The patient was admitted as an emergency to Royal Blackburn Hospital in 2015, where his condition deteriorated. An independent report this year found the trust did not
A PUBLIC footpath across an earth dam is to be diverted for safety reasons following £2,4million restoration scheme at an ecological site. The change to the right of way at Jack Keys Reservoir in Darwen was approved by councillors on Thursday night
A LANDOWNER in a moorland village has been granted permission to build a new stable block and riding arena after promising to restore its distinctive ecological character. Matthew Garnett, of Higher Whittaker House in Belmont, wants to house six
A GOVERNMENT Inspector has backed Ribble Valley Council's refusal of planning permission for 50 new homes in Read. Philip Lewis ruled in favour of the borough after a public hearing. Applicants The Trustees of Hammond Ground had appealed against
