Tony Mowbray felt Rovers were let down by their quality in the final third, not their performance level, after slipping to a defeat at Reading. Rovers have now lost three games in a row having slipped to a 2-1 defeat at the Madejski Stadium.
IT'S boom or bust for Rovers at the minute. A slump in form to end 2018, when they lost three consecutive matches, was followed by a bright start to 2019. But those four successive January wins seem a long time ago after another away-day disappointment
Rovers have made four changes for their midweek game at Reading. The big news is that both Danny Graham and Bradley Dack are on the bench, with Ben Brereton handed just a second league start. Tony Mowbray has handed a recall to midfielder Corry
IMAGES of a man have been released by police following a sexual assault at a train station. British Transport Police officers are appealing for information after an alleged sexual assault on a bench outside of Blackburn railway station in December
RAMSBOTTOM'S FA Trophy run is over after a 4-1 last-16 replay defeat to National League side AFC Fylde. Chris Willcock's side gave as good as they got against the Coasters, having played out a 5-5 thriller in the original tie a week earlier, and
SPEED camera vans are out on the roads of East Lancashire in a clampdown on dangerous driving and speeding. The Road Safety Partnership announced on Twitter that the vehicles are focusing on the roads in Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, the Ribble Valley
A WINDING-up petition has been lodged by council bosses in Hyndburn against the borough’s principal shopping centre. Town hall officials are understood to have taken the action against Accrington Arndale because of an unresolved business rates claim
A SMUGGLER caught trying to evade duty on 31,000 cigarettes has escaped a jail sentence. Blackburn magistrates heard Kasar Shazad was detained as he came through customs at Birmingham Airport with three suite cases which contained nothing but cigarettes
POLICE called to the White Lion in Clitheroe found door staff restraining a drunken man. Blackburn magistrates heard Lukasz Dybowski had been removed from the pub because he was trying to pick fights with other customers. Dybowski, 30, of Highfield
DETECTIVES are hunting a man wanted in connection with an incident in which shotgun was fired at the home of mum and three children. Raheel Khan, 26, from Shipley, is wanted in connection with the incident which happened in Beaconsfield Street,
DO you remember slides like this in Blackburn? This picture was posted online by the Blackburn's Past and Present Facebook page – with the caption 'health and safety would have a field day'. The date of the photo is unknown but people online
Tony Mowbray admits Rovers will have to find new ways of nullifying the opposition without the imposing figure of the injured Darragh Lenihan. The boss feels the Irishman’s physicality, as well as his speed across the ground, make him unique to
Boss Tony Mowbray has no regrets over Rovers’ lack of incomings in the January transfer window and is happy with both the quality and quantity of his squad. No sooner had Rovers allowed defender Paul Downing to leave on loan they learned that a
AN appeal has been issued for a missing young man in East Lancashire. Jamie Swain, 24, was last seen at the Royal Blackburn Hospital at around 2.50pm on Monday. Police say he may still be in the Blackburn area but he also has links to Bacup.
A MAN was found hiding in the wardrobe when police returned after confirming he was in breach of a restraining order. Blackburn magistrates heard the order had been made despite James Patrick McInerney's partner refusing to co-operate with the prosecution
A MAN out with his wife checked his CCTV linked to his phone and saw four young men at his home where his teenage daughter was entertaining a few friends. Blackburn magistrates heard the man rushed home and ordered the males out of his property.
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A TEENAGER with no driving licence who crashed his car into a stationary vehicle containing a six-month-old after a police pursuit was told the consequences of his driving could have been “disastrous”. Motorist Emma Hall and her baby escaped without
A MAN on his way to work at 6am became suspicious when he saw a van parked outside a house belonging to his cousin which was being renovated. Blackburn magistrates heard he parked up and kept watch as two men removed piping from the house and loaded
A SENIOR manager with BT who cheated his bosses out of mobile phones worth up to £78,000 was upset over commission payments, a court heard. Andrew Milligan, 48, was supposed to dispatch more than 120 iPhones to one of the telecom giant’s business
A NEW collaboration to boost business growth in a borough will be launched later this month. The Ribble Valley Economic Partnership will be launched in Clitheroe's Civic Suite on at 5.30pm Wednesday, February 27. Local firms will attend the session
AN allotment site prone to vandalism, break-ins and fly-tipping could be given a security boost. Proposals to install new 2.4 metre high fencing at the Teak Street allotments in Blackburn are recommended to be approved when the council’s planning
EAST Lancashire councils will be asked whether all taxi and minicab drivers should have to pass enhanced criminal record checks under Government plans to protect vulnerable passengers. The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation
A COUNCIL is considering applying for government cash to help revive on of its town centres. Rossendale is set to made a bid for money from the £675million Future High Streets Fund on behalf of Rawtenstall, Bacup or Haslingden. The pot of money
BURNLEY'S Pike Hill Library will reopen next week. It will be the 14th of 26 closed by the previous Labour administration in 2016 to be brought back into use by the current Conservative leadership of Lancashire County Council. The library, on
A MAN was seen pleasuring himself in a Blackburn town centre pub on Friday. Blackburn magistrates heard the act was witness by customers and a member of staff in the Bees Knees. And they were told that Harley Whitehead then became aggressive
TWO former Blackburn College students and lifelong friends have helped create a gem of a book. Christine Marsden and James Whittaker collaborated on the 500-copy Dream of Diamonds. Ms Marsden and her partner of 38 years Alastair Laidlaw took
PLANS have been lodged to extend an adult respite centre. Blackburn with Darwen Council's adults, community and prevention department is seeking to extend the six-bedroom facility at St Aidan's Avenue in Blackburn. A planning application has
A GRANDMOTHER who was caught shoplifting in Marks & Spencer on Christmas Eve had 'nothing to look forward to' over the festive period. Kimberley Jayne O'Horo was arrested after she was seen on CCTV trying to leave the Burnley supermarket with
A PLEA has been made for people not to steal wood due to be used to create a habitat for amphibians along a new road. Blackburn with Darwen Council's roads team has appealed to the public after logs stored for the habitat have been removed from
A CONVICTED loan shark has won £15,000 in compensation in a legal settlement over ‘inadequate’ dental treatment. In August 2017 John McCullagh was jailed for 15 months at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to illegal money-lending. His
THREE quarters of the £646,000 in cuts to be made from Hyndburn Council’s revenue budget from 2019/20 will be taken from back office areas, council bosses said. The borough’s resources chief, Cllr Joyce Plummer, said the proposed budget for next
AN MP has failed in his last-ditch bid to stop a bank closure ion his constituency's main town. Ribble Valley Conservative backbencher Nigel Evans last week met with Santander bosses to ask him to reconsider their decision to shut its branch in
BLACKBURN with Darwen is among the top areas in the North West for the time it takes ambulances to reach the sickest patients, new figures have revealed. Paramedics are consistently getting to the most serious category one emergency calls in the
AN allotment site prone to vandalism, break-ins and fly-tipping could be given a security boost. Proposals to install new 2.4 metre high fencing at the Teak Street allotments in Blackburn are recommended to be approved when the council’s planning
A WRITER and playwright is launching a new arts magazine to bring together various artists. Jade Jones plans to release the Emerging Artists magazine in spring to celebrate the work of artists, musicians, writers, photographers and illustrators.
The cost of care in Blackburn with Darwen will rise from April. Executive member for health and adult social care, Cllr Brian Taylor, approved proposals to increase fees in line with inflation and fee setting in neighbouring authorities. The
A VILLAGE butcher's has been nominated in a national contest to find the best rural businesses. Roy Porter Butchers in Chatburn has been shortlisted to win an a prize in the Countryside Alliance Awards. The business is one of four competing in
Tony Mowbray wants Rovers to recruit players capable of impacting the first team to help move the club forward. The combined cost of the starting XI for last weekend’s defeat to Bristol City was just £3m, spread across four players, only two of
