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  • We are under no pressure to sell says Stanley chief

    ANDY Holt insists Stanley have no need to sell any of their first team players after the Reds rejected an offer for Callum Johnson from Championship side Preston North End. Alex Neil’s side made a bid for the 22-year-old, believed to be in excess

  • Burnley defender joins Sunderland on loan

    BURNLEY defender Jimmy Dunne has joined League One promotion chasers Sunderland on loan for the rest of the season. The 21-year-old came through 90 minutes for the Clarets Under-23s in Monday’s defeat to Sheffield Wednesday having recovered from

  • Stanley boss on Mohammed and Wood's showings

    ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman admitted he might have been too hasty in replacing youngster Zehn Mohammed at half time in the 4-2 Checkatrade Trophy defeat to Bury on Tuesday night. The 18-year-old made his first appearance of the season

  • Firefighters tackle bedroom blaze in terraced house

    EMERGENCY services were rushed to a terraced house after receiving reports a bedroom was on fire. Firefighters from Burnley and Nelson were called to the the blaze at the property in Gordon Street, Burnley, at around 1.50pm on Wednesday. On arrival

  • Tony Mowbray on the departure of loanee Kasey Palmer

    Tony Mowbray says he understands the decision of Kasey Palmer to seek another opportunity in the Championship after struggling for game-time at Rovers. Palmer was recalled by parent club Chelsea before being loaned to Bristol City, his fifth loan

  • Kasey Palmer and Lee Johnson on his Bristol City move

    No sooner had confirmation come through of Kasey Palmer’s departure from Rovers, he was snapped up on loan by Bristol City. Just as he did last summer, Palmer has switched loan club’s midway through the season, as per Chelsea’s usual protocol with

  • Nature group turning toddlers in wildlife lovers

    TODDLERS have been convening with nature at a special group designed to make them wildlife lovers of the future. The Little Saplings group has seen 421 under-fives attend bi-monthly events at nature sites in Pendle and Ribble Valley. The youngsters

  • OPINION: Loanee Palmer always left you wanting more

    His signing was universally popular among the fanbase, but whether down to circumstance or opportunity, Kasey Palmer flattered to deceive at Rovers. One of Chelsea’s hoard of young players farmed out on loan, Palmer is set to spend a third consecutive

  • East Lancs woman conned cancer charity out of £90,000

    A EAST Lancashire woman who pretended to be ill has pleaded guilty to defrauding a cancer charity out of more than £90,000. Patricia Robertshaw, 42, who worked as a partnership and events manager at Yorkshire Cancer Research in Harrogate admitted

  • Championship club target Stanley defender

    CHAMPIONSHIP club Preston North End are keen to sign Accrington Stanley defender Callum Johnson. Alex Neil's side are understood to have made a bid for the 22-year-old, believed to be in excess of £300,000, but Stanley turned it down. North End

  • Kasey Palmer sees Rovers loan deal cut short by Chelsea

    Kasey Palmer has seen his season-long loan deal from Chelsea cut short. Palmer has started 10 of Rovers’ 26 Championship games so far, but has struggled for game-time of late. The 22-year-old, who has scored three goals, is expected to join

  • Wine lovers can rejoice as new bar opens in Barrowford

    Wine and pizza lovers are in for a treat as a new bar, tempting those with a taste for quality food and drink, is set to open in an East Lancs village. Will's Wine and Pizza Bar will open its doors in what used to be the old Spar Shop in Gisburn

  • Stanley target Middlesbrough striker

    ACCRINGTON Stanley targeting a move for Middlesbrough forward Luke Armstrong. The Reds are keen to bring the 22-year-old in on loan to strengthen their attacking options. Armstrong spent the first half of this season on loan at Gateshead in the

  • Women PCs attacked and racially abused as they arrested girl

    POLICE were attacked when they went to a Nelson house and arrested a teenage girl. Blackburn magistrates heard Bilal Bashir struggled violently with two female officers and used racist language during the incident. The teenage girl, who cannot

  • Road reopens after head-on car crash

    A ROAD has reopened after two cars crashed into each other. Police had blocked off Bacup Road leading into Newchurch Road in Stacksteads after a red Mini and a red Toyota Corolla car crashed at around 10.35am. It was closed for around an hour-and-a-half

  • Stanley set to lose loan keeper Ripley to Championship club

    ACCRINGTON Stanley are set to lose loan keeper Connor Ripley with Preston North End closing in on a permanent deal for the Middlesbrough man. Ripley joined the Reds on a season-long loan deal from the Riverside Stadium in August but the switch included

  • Burnley defender set for Sunderland move

    BURNLEY defender Jimmy Dunne is set to join League One promotion chasers Sunderland on loan for the rest of the season. The 21-year-old came through 90 minutes for the Clarets Under-23s in Monday's defeat to Sheffield Wednesday having recovered

  • Stanley closing in on deal for Newcastle youngster

    ACCRINGTON Stanley are closing in on a loan deal for Newcastle United youngster Liam Gibson. The 21-year-old is expected be signed in time to feature for the Reds against Bristol Rovers this weekend. The left back played for the Magpies Under

  • Bradley Dack's delight at Danny Graham's new deal

    Bradley Dack has hailed the contribution of strike partner Danny Graham after he penned an extended deal at Rovers. Graham has started 20 of Rovers’ 26 Championship fixtures so far, enough to activate the one-year extension on the contract he signed

  • Rovers fans outline their perfect January transfer window

    We asked our Rovers fans' jury: What would be the perfect January transfer window for the club? Losing Bradley Dack would certainly taint any possible imaginative deals that Rovers completed. My priority, however, would be to bring in an experienced

  • Clarets teenager on adapting to life in the first team

    DWIGHT McNeil admits he is trying to stay cool having announced his arrival in the Burnley team with a trio of impressive performances. The 19-year-old was handed a Premier League start against West Ham late last month and was on target in a 2-0

  • Homeless charity receives £2.5k donation to hire bigger van

    VOLUNTEERS who brave the cold winter nights and feed the homeless have been given a £2,500 donation to hire a van. Blackburn-based Community Spirit received the donation from Winfield Outdoors in Haslingden and used it to rent a large van to carry

  • Man, 25, sent indecent images to '11-year-old girl' on Skype

    AN autistic man who sent an indecent picture to someone he thought was an 11-year-old girl has been spared jail. Thomas Murray believed he was in conversation with the child, who was a police officer, on internet site ‘E-Chat’, Preston Crown Court

  • School hosts national integration conference

    A SENIOR Whitehall civil servant this week came to an East Lancashire secondary school to outline the government's approach to breaking down barriers between different communities. Penny Hobman, deputy director of the Ministry for Housing, Communities

  • New living wage rate for school trust staff

    BLACKBURN'S Star Academies trust has been officially accredited as a Living Wage Employer. The organisation will now pay everyone working in its 24 primary and secondary schools a minimum hourly wage of £8.75 (£10.20 in London), higher than the

  • Mum helps elderly after losing child

    AFTER the tragic stillbirth of her baby boy a mother has decided to help out the elderly in her community. One day before she was due to give birth, Sabana Bagas noticed she could not feel her baby’s heartbeat and went to the hospital, where four

  • Eyesore empty home to be bought up by council

    AN EYESORE empty home vacant for more than a decade will be bought up by Blackburn with Darwen Council. The local authority has begun the process of buying 41 New Wellington Street in Mill Hill, Blackburn, by using compulsory purchase order powers

  • Mowbray's Millwall warning to Rovers players after break

    Tony Mowbray knows his side will need to be ‘right at it’ against Millwall on Saturday as Rovers bid to claw back points on the Championship’s top six. Rovers ended a run of three consecutive defeats with victory over West Brom on New Year’s Day

  • Brother launched metal baton attack on girl, 17, at college

    A BROTHER attacked a female college student who was at loggerheads with his younger sister with a metal baton during a brawl on campus. Preston Crown Court heard Danyal Khan, 21, entered St Mary’s College grounds in Blackburn to help his sister,

  • New hope for town post office future

    TWO businesses have contacted the Post Office about re-opening a branch in the centre of Oswaldtwistle. The new interest follows a campaign by local politicians after November's announcement that the McColl's supermarket on Union Road containing

  • East Lancs towns are tops for city commuters

    THREE East Lancashire towns have been named in the five best places for Manchester city centre workers to live and travel to their jobs. Property experts Zoopla's Commuters Affordability Index puts Burnley in first place with Accrington third and

  • Transport Secretary looking at rail link study

    THE case for extending the East Lancashire Line across The Pennines by reopening rail link from Colne to Skipton is now on Transport Secretary Chris Grayling's desk. One of his ministers this week confirmed he had received the feasibility study

  • Mayor in the swim to set fitness example

    A BOROUGH Mayor has challenged himself to lose weight and get fit enough to climb Pendle Hill. Cllr James Starkie, the 66-year-old first citizen of Pendle, is also seeking to get other residents to follow his example and to help local children with

  • Nursery reopens after safeguarding concerns are allayed

    A NURSERY closed by Ofsted following concerns over safeguarding has been allowed to reopen. Youngsters at Blackburn’s Fernbank Nursery, who are aged from two to four, were offered alternative temporary care in nearby nurseries after the nursery

  • Freeman status for Colne town historian Geoff Crambie

    A HISTORIAN known for his passion for Colne has been granted special status in his home town. Colne Town Council met for an extraordinary full council meeting to debate making its second Freeman of the town since it revived the practice after a