HUNDREDS of new homes could be built on Blackburn land once earmarked for a holiday village. An application has been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council proposing to build up to 450 new homes on the Pleasington Lakes site off Broken Stone
Bradley Dack welcomed the new deal for boss Tony Mowbray, believing him to 'a brilliant man manager'. Dack was back to his best as Rovers returned to winning ways against Sheffield Wednesday with a 4-2 victory at Ewood Park. That came 24 hours
Burnley have fielded accusations of being over physical, not least from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp this week. But on the contrary manager Sean Dyche feels that this season in particular they have perhaps not been physical enough. The Clarets
A 15-year-old boy who suffered a cardiac arrest after being involved in a house fire has died. The teenager, who had severe learning difficulties, was rescued by firefighters when the blaze ripped through his family home on Saturday night.
A NEW safety partnership has been made between a brewery and the local fire service. Daniel Thwaites has signed up to a new scheme with the fire service which allows staff to speak to an officer within the fire protection department, who can offer
BURNLEY FC will provide free sanitary products at Turf Moor for their female fans. Supported by Burnley defenders Matt Lowton and James Tarkowski, the scheme will see sanitary products made freely available in all concourse, accessible, staff and
It has been five years in the waiting, but Tony Mowbray makes his first return to Middlesbrough as a manager tomorrow afternoon. Boro are very much Mowbray’s club, having watched from the terraces with his dad before playing 425 times in a decorated
Key battle GLENN Murray has been among the goals for Brighton this season, with eight in 15 Premier League matches. Keeping the target man quiet, should he be passed fit to play, will be key for the Clarets and captain Ben Mee. Last meeting
ARMED robbers smashed their way into a house and held a family of four at knifepoint before stealing a large amount of gold, in what the victims believe was a targeted attack. Just before 8pm on Thursday, three men in balaclavas broke into a house
SOME readers may be confused as to seeing a new set of festive lights going up in homes. A few years back it may not have been so noticeable but in many Lancashire streets you may have spotted some lights adorning windows and doors. If one
A DRUNKEN man made threats towards a neighbour and then towards the police when they came to arrest him. Blackburn magistrates heard William Lowe barricaded his front door to prevent the officers entering. But officers used a stun gun and pepper
JOHN Coleman is hoping Saturday’s record Wham Stadium crowd can be a sign of things to come at the Wham Stadium as his side prepare for a first ever meeting with Sunderland. The two sides meet as equals in League One in a clash that will see the
A date has been confirmed for Rovers’ FA Cup third round tie at Newcastle United. The game at St James’ Park has been set for Saturday, January 5. However, the game will now kick off at 5.30pm after the tie was selected for live TV broadcast
Tony Mowbray admits there was a sense of shock on his native Teesside this week after last weekend’s home defeat to Aston Villa. Boro were humbled 3-0 at The Riverside, only a second defeat in front of their own fans ahead of Rovers’ visit tomorrow
Uni of Durham Ladies 2nds 0 Pendle Forest Ladies 1sts 3 PENDLE Forest will once again put their magnificent unbeaten run to the test on Saturday when they host second-placed Doncaster Ladies. Forest stretched that run to 85 games with a comfortable
De La Salle 0 Blackburn 31 DINO Radice says the future - both in the short term and the long term - look bright at Blackburn Rugby Club. The Ramsgreave Drive club came away from a potential banana skin at bottom-of-the-table De La Salle with
Tony Mowbray has tried to stay in a ‘middle ground’ despite the up and down emotions of Rovers supporters within the last week. There was frustration and disappointment after a 4-1 defeat at Preston, anger following the 3-1 loss at Wigan before
ASHLEY Barnes believes Burnley will have to up the ante even more than they did against Liverpool if they are to end their winless run against former club Brighton. The Seagulls are up to 10th in the Premier League table thanks to back-to-back wins
MEET Blackburn’s valiant mounted police division back in 1897. These very smartly dressed officers were pictured outside the town’s fire station in Clayton Street during Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. The town’s fire brigade and police were
FOR Callum Johnson, Accrington Stanley’s clash with Sunderland on Saturday holds a bit of extra spice. The Reds defender is a Middlesbrough fan and former Boro player who has played in plenty of north east derbies as a youngster coming through the
A MAN has appeared at Preston Crown Court over video link and denied murdering Slovakian national Marek Krivak in Burnley. Drew Wilkinson, 18, of Straight Mile Court, Burnley, appeared over video link from Preston Prison and formally entered his
THE latest Ofsted inspection figures show that its ratings for Lancashire County Council's schools are better than the North-West regional average. Its statistics show that 92 per cent of Lancashire’s primary age pupils attend schools that have
A NEW £14.4million scheme for the elderly has been praised as a 'stand-out' development by a Labour shadow minister. John Healey, the a party's housing spokesman, yesterday visited Riverside Heights in Shorey Bank Way, Darwen. The scheme is aimed
A CAMPAIGN to protect a butterfly haven from a proposed 2,000-home development has been given new wings. Environmentalists gathered at the site of the former Huncoat Colliery at the weekend to officially launch their protest and associated petition
A MAJOR council makeover of the signs on Blackburn Market got the opening times wrong. The new signs, installed this week, inform customers on the four main entrances to Blackburn Market Hall that it trades from 8am to 5.30pm. Unfortunately
COUNCIL officers are looking at ways to make town centre businesses safer after a spate of burglaries earlier in the year. A number of businesses in Accrington town centre were broken into in October and, at the time, Cllr Lisa Allen had called
A FLAGSHIP town centre restaurant originally given a poor rating by hygiene inspectors has scored top marks after a second check. East Z East in Blackburn’s King George’s Hall only got a ranking of 1 or ‘major improvement necessary' on its first
SUPPORTERS of regular passenger rail link between Rossendale and central Manchester have stepped up their campaign after a new report judged the route ‘feasible and cost-effective’. The study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research has
A POLICE officer suffered a dislocated thumb as she arrested a woman at an Accrington children's centre. Blackburn magistrates heard the woman admitted she had been smoking cannabis before going to the centre to discuss the care of her child.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a storage and service yard once rejected because of fears over noise and visual impact on nearby homes are recommended for approval. A revised planning application was lodged for the proposed Eagle Plant development at land
Work is almost complete on a collapsed culvert that has caused years of misery for residents after their homes were constantly being flooded. In 2012, following flash flooding and freak downpours, a number of houses on Birch Hall Avenue, Darwen,
PLANS for the refurbishment of Accrington town hall are set to be decided next week Grade II-listed Accrington town hall, which is owned by Hyndburn Borough Council, was constructed as the Peel Institution between 1857-58 as a memorial to former
A town historian who wrote a book to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, is to have to have his publication displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London. Tony Foster from Darwen spent more than two years working on the book,
A THIRD of children in the North-West are living in poverty, according to a charity. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have released statistics showing that 480,000 youngsters in the region live in households close to the breadline., This is 32
OVERSEAS patients have cost the NHS in East Lancashire hundreds of thousands of pounds after failing to pay for hospital treatment. An investigation by the Lancashire Telegraph found East Lancashire Hospitals Trust are chasing £360,757.86 owed by
PLANS to boost Blackburn with Darwen’s economic prosperity and build stronger, more integrated communities have been launched. Our Community, Our Future is the name of the Social Integration Strategy produced by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
A Blackburn based charity has been gifted a specially designed van to help deliver Christmas presents to children across the borough. Secret Santa, which was founded by Phil and Karen Boulding, has been loaned the van by Evans Halshaw Ford and will
Tony Mowbray is hoping to keep his Premier League loanees on board for the second half of the season. Harrison Reed and Kasey Palmer arrived on season-long deals in the summer, but they could come under review in January. Reed has become a
