STANLEY boss John Coleman admits there is uncertainty surrounding the future of the club’s seven loanees as the January transfer window looms. The Reds have two players - Matty Platt and Connor Ripley - on deals until the end of the season but both
A PENSIONER rescued from a high-rise flat fire in Blackburn has died in hospital. The 70-year-old woman, who has not been named, suffered what police described as significant injuries in the blaze at Bowland House flats in Primrose Bank at around
BURNLEY will be without Aaron Lennon for Saturday's trip to Arsenal after the midfielder underwent an operation on his ankle. But there is better news on Johann Berg Gudmundsson who is set to return for the Emirates Stadium clash. Steven Defour
A DRUG dealer who was caught with £2,500 worth of heroin in his car has been jailed. Arsam Ali, 25, was found to be in possession of the class A drug after he was pulled over by the Targeted Crime Team on North Valley Road in Colne. Ali had
A NAKED man jumped from a second floor window at the Salvation Army in Blackburn. Police were called to the incident at 11.15pm on Monday. The man was taken to Royal Preston Hospital with a broken pelvis, hip injuries and facial injuries.
BURNLEY have extended Jeff Hendrick’s stay at Turf Moor after taking up the option on the midfielder’s contract. The Republic of Ireland international’s deal was due to expire in the summer but the 26-year-old will now be remain at the club until
David Raya ‘needs to rebound’ from his error last weekend, and has been backed to do so, by boss Tony Mowbray. Raya conceded the penalty that offered Birmingham a way back in to the game as the visitors came back from 2-0 down to snatch a point
Whalley Juniors Under15s 3 Crown Paints Under 15s 2 WHALLEY Juniors Under 15s grabbed a late winner to pick up their first ‘winter’ win in the East Lancashire Football Alliance. With the Autumn League now done and dusted, attentions have turned
Leigh 2nds 22 Colne and Nelson 1sts 25 COLNE and Nelson capped an impressive first half of the season by ending the year on top of the table thanks to James Finucane’s late try. The All Blacks, who have lost just one of their 11 games since
Broughton Park 0 Blackburn 7 DINO Radice hailed the defensive qualities of his side as they finished the year on a four-game winning streak to set up a push for the play-offs in the new year. Marc Maher scored the only try of the game as Blackburn
LARA Cowin is spending the festive season bringing joy to hundreds of youngsters as part of the stage version of the best selling story, Stick Man. Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Stick Man encounters a bounding dog, who
Rossendale 15 Lymm 15 EVEN by Marl Pit’s standard the weather last Saturday was foul and with little chance of open flowing rugby both sides’ fought out a desultory 15-15 draw with thoughts turning to the warmth of the clubhouse well before the
HARD work is paying off for members of Beach Judo Club. Joshua Burns and clubmate Tommy Alberts finally won their first senior medals at the British Championships in Sheffield. And with Harrison Burns also winning his first medal at the National
A MAN pulled out a craft knife while he was talking to a paramedic in the back of an ambulance. Blackburn magistrates heard the ambulanceman was so scared he jumped out of the vehicle and locked the door until police arrived. Anthony Jones, 38
A TRIO responsible for laundering more than £3.5million of criminals' profits have been jailed for more than 11 years. When tax investigators swooped on an office unit in Burnley, Akmal Begum, 40, and Javed Ahmad, 44, were found stuffing more than
COUNCILLOR Thomas Johnson Barrow, the Mayor of Accrington for only two weeks, was a man “who served his community and country well.” So said the Mayor’s chaplain, the Rev. G. Storey at the civic funeral service in St Paul’s Church, Accrington on
GENEROUS plumbers have shown their true festive spirit by raising funds for a hospice. Earlier this month James Hargreaves Plumbing Depot (JHPD), in Burnley, held a raffle, offering a special toolkit as a top prize. Around £260 was raised within
MARK Read acknowledges that no matter whatever else he does in his career, to many people he will always be a member of A1. Away from the boyband which had a string of hits in the early 2000s, he has starred in the West End, written hits for
Craig Conway and Elliott Bennett won’t be available for this weekend’s visit of Norwich City. Conway joined Bennett on the injury list after sustaining a thigh strain in the early stages of the 2-2 draw with Birmingham City. That was the third
A DARWEN businessman is appealing for help after some expensive Christmas presents and tools were stolen from his firm. Daniel Ryan, 30, posted a video of CCTV footage outside his firm on Grimshaw Street of two thieves at 3am on Friday. The footage
THE last of 100 oak trees to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War has been planted in a town. For the last two months Burnley Council's greenspaces staff have planted the trees at sites across the borough as part of wider commemorations
A ROAD was closed by police this morning following a crash between a car and a lorry. The A671 Whalley Road in Simonstone was closed at around 7am after the accident. A detour was put in place with traffic heavier than usual in the area. A
While I would never launch into a diatribe about non-attendees at Ewood it was telling that the most vociferous of critics were the ones who didn’t have to brave the elements. With or without embrocation and a hip flask, it was as cold at Ewood
A LOCK on the canal at Blackburn was vandalised causing flooding on a busy street. Acting watch manager John Riley says crews arrived 'in the nick of time' to stop water from the Leeds and Liverpool canal at Highfield Street going into the shops
LAURA Massaro says she has learnt to not get too high with the highs or too low with the lows after coming through one of the longest droughts of her career. The 35-year-old from Chorley ended an 18-month wait for a PSA title after winning the Monte
A CONVICTED sex offender who tried to dunk his mobile in a glass of water to evade detection has been rapped again - for breaching a protection order. Andrew Philip Lofthouse, 29, has previously been hauled before the courts for trying to thwart
CCTV should be installed at Accrington station to deter drug dealers and vandals, according to transport police. Travellers have had to cope with drug dealers apparently using the giant eco-shelter for selling the likes of cannabis and cocaine,
RAMSBOTTOM United manager Chris Willcock says his side hold no fears after sealing a place in the second round of the FA Trophy for the first time in the club's history. Second half goals from Ruben Jerome and Nic Evangelinos sealed victory for
A 70-YEAR OLD woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a fire at a high-rise block of flats in Blackburn. Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to the fire on the seventh floor of the Bowland House flats in Primrose
ELDERLY people are being warned about scammers after an 87-year-old lady was told she was £96,000 in debt. Fraudsters pretending to be from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs told the woman, who lives in the Ribble Valley, her house and car would
BURNLEY'S Tom Heaton is keen for the Clarets to make Turf Moor a fortress once again. The goalkeeper highlights how recent rises in performances have given the Burnley fans reason to be positive during the Christmas fixtures. Heaton, who has
EURO Garages bosses have been written to after evidence of mice in ten separate places was found on a single visit to a Subway franchise at one of the firm's forecourts. The Subway in the BP garage on King Street in Wallasey, Merseyside, was given
THE CURTAIN may have come down on professional theatre in Burnley with the closure of the 'Vic' in 1955, but plays continued to be staged in the town here - in the little Phoenix theatre over the New Market Hotel in Market Street. The tiny auditorium
COUNCILLOR Hussain Akhtar is calling for better safety measures to be put in place on a busy main road after yet another accident where someone ended up in hospital. At around 6.10pm on Sunday December 16, emergency services were called to East
A RECOVERING alcoholic has written a book of poetry to help others struggling with addiction. Daniel Stuttard who lives in Clitheroe, has been struggling with alcoholism for the last 40 years, and despite knowing he can never be fully cured, he
Rummage Rescuers opened its doors late last week to provide the homeless with free warm clothes. A group of volunteers from the Blackburn charity also took to the street on the evening of Tuesday December 11 armed with sleeping bags, in an effort
Dominic Samuel believes he will come out of his long-term injury as a more mature person and footballer. Samuel sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in August and is set to miss the whole of the 2018/19 season. The 24-year-old admits
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council spends between £8,000-£10,000 per week on average on agency staff, councillors heard. HR director David Fairclough told members of the policy and resources overview and scrutiny committee the majority of agency staff
A GROUP of Accrington apprentices has made their local MP two replica House of Commons benches. Now Graham Jones has invited local schools to apply to borrow them free to teach their pupils about democracy. The two green benches as used at Westminster
AS we wait to see if snow will fall next week, there will still be a White Christmas at a Darwen pub. That’s because bosses at the Anchor pub have come up with a ‘Disney Princess’ theme for this festive period with Elsa from film Frozen taking
A MOTHER who had been struggling with an eating disorder was found dead at home by a friend, an inquest has heard. Laura Elizabeth Jayne Harris was found on her bed in Browsholme Avenue, Burnley, after taking a fatal dose of insulin on July 1.
LABOUR has called for the resignation a Ribble Valley Conservative politician from his post as chairman of a Lancashire County Council Committee. It says Cllr Alan Schofield used his position in charge of the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee
A FORMER soldier who secretly fled the Turkish legal system has categorically denied its accusation that he had supported terrorists. Accrington-born Joe Robinson skipped bail to return to Britain last week while awaiting an appeal against a seven-and-a-half
COUNCIL bosses have been called on to do more to punish flytippers as figures show despite thousands of incidents across Blackburn with Darwen over the last three years, less than 30 fixed penalty notices [FPN] have been handed out. But the council
