A MAN has been arrested following a major fire which ripped through an art gallery last night. Emergency services were called to the Storm Art Gallery on Burnley Road in Padiham at around 6pm on Thursday after the blaze took hold. Police
A MAN charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl has appeared in court. Nassar Iqbal, of Brierfield, denied raping and sexually assaulting the teenager in Burnley town centre on New Year's Day at Burnley Crown Court. The 30-year-old, who has
A FAMILY who had to move out of their home for nearly a week because they had no access to water is seeking financial compensation from a housing developer. Mum Gemma Knowles, 31, her partner, Andrew Bolland, 36, and her three children, Josh Knowles
THE family of a 64-year-old Darwen woman who has been missing for nearly four weeks have made an emotional plea for her to come home. Mum-of-three Sandra Chadwick was last seen at about 4pm on January 12 at her home on Hilton Road. In a statement
GUSTS of up to 70mph could hit East Lancashire on Saturday, according to new Met Office forecasts. High winds have been predicted from Edinburgh down to South Lancashire between midnight and 3pm. as Storm Erik prepares to batter the UK. Road
Darragh Lenihan is set for an extended period on the sidelines after suffering a medial knee ligament injury. Bradley Dack, Danny Graham and Corry Evans were also injured in the 5-2 defeat at Brentford, but could feature in this weekend’s game
A MAN breached requirements of the Sex Offender Register by failing to tell the right police department he had been kicked out by his brother. Blackburn magistrates heard police were aware of the incident that resulted in his eviction and where
POLICE have issued a photograph of a man wanted over two domestic assaults. Paul Stellenboom, 33, of Rothesay Road, Blackburn, is wanted in connection with the assaults which are said to have taken place in Blackburn on November 25. He is described
LOWER Darwen Primary School continued their Sportshall Athletics domination after they were crowned borough champions for the fifth consecutive year. The multi-talented Year Five/Six team ran faster, threw further and jumped higher than their Blackburn
POLICE are appealing for help trying to find a man after a burglary from a bar. Blackburn with Darwen Police posted on their Facebook page about the incident in December. A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "We want to speak to him in connection
BURNLEY dog owner John Eccles received a rapturous champagne welcome after his release from prison. Mr Eccles, of Scott Park Road, had been jailed for seven years in Strangeways after refusing to pay a £10 fine for walking his dog, Sam, in a park
Burnley boss Sean Dyche believes the club have the building blocks in place to improve their recruitment after a quiet January transfer window. The Clarets brought Mike Rigg in as technical director earlier this season with the 49-year-old’s brief
SHE may have been making music for more that 40 years but Barbara Dickson has never been content to rest on her laurels. From her early days on the folk club circuit she went on to enjoy considerable success in the Seventies and Eighties with songs
COMEDIAN Jimmy Cricket will be continuing his special relationship with Bury when he showcases his new play, No More Fiffing and Faffing, at the Met later this month. Set at the end of the pier, it’s the tale of a comedy double act who prepare for
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe picks out three pre-match talking points ahead of Bristol City fixture. INJURIES TO DEAL WITH TONY Mowbray has had the luxury of naming an unchanged team for Rovers’ last three matches, something he isn’t expected
ONE of the country’s leading authorities on tuberculosis has died at the age of 68. Prof L. Peter Ormerod was given the task of tackling TB rates at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, the fourth worst in the UK, when he arrived in 1980. His efforts
A MAN said to have a "fixation" with his former partner has been banned from having any contact with her for the next 10 years. Blackburn magistrates heard Craig Fielding Waddington had refused to accept that the relationship was over and his ex
REGENERATION chiefs have announced a series of spring and summer events to liven up Accrington. And the Amazing Accrington promotional schedule also includes the launch of a new beer festival. Hyndburn Leisure Trust will be the main beneficiary
A TEENAGER who turned up on his mum's doorstep with his suitcase kicked off when she turned him away. Blackburn magistrates heard Kyle Carter started banging on the windows and shouted that if his mum called the police he would slit her throat.
Tony Mowbray believes Adam Armstrong has ‘come to the party’ in the last month after being nominated for the Championship player of the month prize. Armstrong scored twice and claimed four assists during January which meant he is one of four players
Tony Mowbray and Adam Armstrong have been nominated for the Championship manager and player of the month awards respectively for January. Mowbray led Rovers to four wins from four league games last month, keeping three clean sheets on the way.
A MISPLACED feeding tube which pierced the lung of a father suffering from pneumonia had 'hastened his death', an inquest heard. Howard William Crabtree was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital on September 22 in 2017 after suffering a cardiac arrest
After a visit to Blackburn on their royal tour of Lancashire in 1913, King George V and Queen Mary stopped by at Darwen where they were greeted on a garlanded platform outside the town’s civic buildings. Seen near the centre of the picture, the
UNION supporters say crime has more than doubled at Blackburn railway station over the past 12 months. Blackburn and District Trades Union Council (BTUC) has highlighted its concerns ahead of industrial action for the 47th Saturday. Official
AN extra investment has been made by NHS chiefs in East Lancashire to guard against crucial eye test images going missing. Bosses at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) had highlighted concerns with imaging equipment, used by the ophthalmology
A SOCIAL media star and agony aunt has been issuing her famous words of wisdom in a new location during a drop-in session at a celebrity boutique. Antonella Brollini, better known as Antonella the Uncensored Reviewer, became the first celebrity
A NEW online video interpreting service will help the deaf and hard of hearing report incidents to the police. Lancashire Constabulary has teamed up with SignLive, a deaf-owned organisation, to provide thr system on the force’s non-emergency 101
A NEIGHBOURHOOD plan for Barrowford prepared by its parish council will go out to public consultation tomorrow. It outlines how the town and surrounding areas should will develop and grow. Now residents, businesses and other interested parties
WORK will start soon to bring a Ward 2 Accrington Victoria Hospital which was closed in November back into use in the summer. It was shut after the heating failed and asbestos was found in the basement plant room. It is expected to re-open in
A CAT rescue charity which has been run by a mum-of-two for more than 20 years is facing financial hardship. Maureen Savage, the owner of Moggies Cat Rescue, has put out an appeal for support in order to keep the independently run Darwen charity
A WOMAN who failed to report an accident after she crashed her vehicle into another car, has narrowly avoided losing her licence. At a hearing in Burnley, the court heard how Ann-Marie Ayub, of Burnley Road, Accrington, had been driving her white
AN exhibition of photographs of all 42 Church of England cathedrals has come to Blackburn. The pictures are on a tour of the UK after the Victoria and Albert Museum in London acquired the historic album. They are on display in in the south transept
AN OPPORTUNISTIC thief who broke into a family home while the occupants were out ringing in the New Year has been jailed. Dad-of-one John Fennell, ‘ransacked’ a home on Clough Lane in Simonstone, stealing over £60,000 worth of goods and an Audi
NEGLECT by a hospital contributed to the death of a ‘much-loved’ dad, an inquest has found. Peter Stephens, 64, was admitted to the Leeds General Infirmary after he suffered a heart attack on August 25, 2017. But Mr Stephens, of Ramsgreave
A COUNCILLOR has been caught on camera and by the police parking his Jaguar with a personalised number plate illegally on the pavement outside a new burger bar. Audley and Queens Park representative Cllr Salim Sidat has apologised for leaving his
A road that has been partially closed since New Year's Day has been reopened. Blackburn with Darwen Council Roads department announced on Wednesday morning that the road would be fully reopened by 2pm that day. Posting on social media, a council
COUNCILLORS are being urged to turn down a bid to buy a local authority-owned property. Pendle Council has received a bid for shop premises at 17 Manchester Road in Nelson. The bid will be discussed by the council’s policy and resources committee
MORE than 100 complaints have been made to police about the use of fireworks in Pendle in each of the last two years. The authority’s policy and resources committee will discuss the problem when it meets next week. In a report to go before the
HAVE-a-go-heroes foiled masked armed robbers who were trying to hold up a McDonald's in Accrington. Three men approached the Hyndburn Road takeaway, armed with a hammer, at around 10.40pm last night, confronting a member of staff. But two maintenance
