LANCASHIRE County Council has approved further budget cuts of £77m as part of its attempt to save £122m by 2022. The Tory-led council's plans will see the axe fall on household waste recycling centres, welfare advice services, Special Educational
A TEENAGE has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car. Police, paramedics and the air ambulance have all been called to the incident in Apple Street, Blackburn, at 3.40pm today. The boy, thought to be 13, was hit by a Citroen, and has
THE DRIVER of a Jaguar fled from the scene of a crash following an accident on a busy road. Police and paramedics were called to the junction of Bastwell Road and Whalley New Road, Blackburn, at around 3.45pm on Thursday 14 after a woman was reported
A COUNCIL has come under fire after it was claimed market benches were to be replaced with deckchairs. Amazing Accrington posted on its Facebook page that 70 deckchairs – produced by local business North Lancs Training Group – were going to be
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe picks out four talking points from the midweek defeat at Reading. CROSS CONVERSION No team in the division averages fewer crosses in to the box this season than Rovers. At Reading, they put 21 balls in to the opposition
Reading boss Jose Gomes says matchwinner Nelson Oliveira insisted on playing against Rovers – only 11 days after suffering a horrific facial injury. Oliveira scored with four minutes to go as Reading’s 2-1 victory moved them outside of the relegation
THE company behind Barbie dolls have been praised online after introducing a doll in a wheelchair and another with a prosthetic leg in their latest range. Mattel bosses say they wanted to bring out a doll which 'better represented the people and
I THINK whether you voted Leave or Remain, most people want the present Brexit nightmare to end. Thousands of civil servants, at the cost of billions of pounds, are being transferred from departments like Education, Health and Justice to work in
AN Accrington postwoman who stole cash from cards she was meant to deliver has escaped an immediate prison sentence. District Judge James Clark, sitting at Blackburn Magistrates Court, told Beverley Burnett the offences represented a significant
GRITTERS are heading out tonight before a cold snap descends on Blackburn. Blackburn with Darwen Council's gritting squad will hit the streets at 6pm as frost is set to take hold throughout the night. Temperatures are expected to dip below 0C
Middlesbrough will be without first choice central defenders Daniel Ayala and Aden Flint against Rovers on Sunday. Ayala was sent off in the second half of Wednesday night’s defeat at Sheffield United, while Flint was forced off injured after the
JACK Cork has hailed the impact Tom Heaton has made to the Clarets XI since returning to the first team picture. The Burnley captain found himself behind summer signing Joe Hart in the pecking order earlier in the campaign but Sean Dyche brought
TWO water pipes have burst in Burnley. United Utilities (UU) has confirmed one pipe had burst in River Drive and the second in South Drive at around 10.40am. A UU spokesman said those in BB12 postcode will be affected. The spokesman said:
THEY are the duo who stunned millions of TV viewers when they appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. Now DNA are heading to Darwen with their show which takes the whole concept of mind reading to a totally different level. Andrew and Darren reached the
POLICE are urgently trying to find a wanted sex offender who is on the run. Foyzul Hoque, 25, from Burnley, is wanted by police for breaching his sex offender notification requirements. Hoque was jailed for three years in 2014 after pleading
A MAN was rescued from a house fire in Burnley. The incident took place on Prince Street at 2.30am this morning. A Lancashire Fire spokesman said: "Three fire engines from Burnley and Nelson attended a house fire. "Firefighters used two
IMAGINE you have more money than you could ever need, whatever you want you can have. That’s the situation facing Ryan Heenan’s character Joe Spud in Billionaire Boy the Musical which opens tonight at the Lowry, Salford Quays. Based on the story
THIS picture, posted online, brings back memories of three nightspots in town. Never Never Land, C'est Le Vie and Bailiffs Inn in Blackburn. The snap was posted on the Blackburn's Past and Present Facebook page. The date of the picture
BURNLEY skipper Tom Heaton believes some time in the sun can help Burnley recharge for the final 12 games of the Premier League season. The Clarets are currently in Portugal on a warm weather training camp as they take advantage of a free weekend
PAUL McKenna has come a long way since he started out with a hypnotism show in pubs and clubs around the country. Thirty years on he is one of the most respected life coaches on both sides of the Atlantic and next week he will be in Manchester to
IT may be the last ever tour of this particular production, but it is the story that keeps on giving. Originally an award-winning movie, as a stage play The Full Monty has won both awards and hearts. In fact, such is the show’s popularity that as fast
CONSIDERING he faced the ordeal of a weekly live trial by television, he’s played major roles in London’s West End and is part of one of the most popular TV series you would think Lee Mead isn’t phased by much. But the singer and actor admits that
Tony Mowbray felt Ben Brereton ‘did okay in flashes’ on his second league start for Rovers in the defeat at Reading. The Rovers boss opted to rotate at the Madejski Stadium, with Brereton starting as part of a front three which didn’t include regular
A MAN wanted by police has been arrested. Mohammed Emdad Ali, 30, from Blackburn, was wanted by officers for breaching his sex offender notification requirements. He had last been seen at Royal Blackburn Hospital on Tuesday (February 12).
A WOMAN who was allowed into a house to receive treatment for a cut to her hand repaid the kindness by stealing a mobile phone. Blackburn magistrates heard the aggrieved knew Claire Louise Townsend as a friend of his son and allowed her into his
WITH 18 pubs a week currently closing nationally, it’s heartening to witness an East Lancashire town that certainly appears to be bucking that worrying statistic. Darwen is the town in the spotlight, where yet another micropub has opened - the fourth
AN ancient art will be brought to East Lancashire as part of a countryside ‘grand prix’ event. For hundreds of years hedgelaying has served as a vital form of countryside stewardship, marking boundaries and keeping livestock safe. But by the
A MAN who repeatedly knocked on often vulnerable strangers doors and asked for money has been jailed for 40 weeks. Blackburn magistrates heard Tanveer Ahmed had an extensive record for similar matters and had been made subject to a criminal behaviour
A BRICKLAYER from Blackburn needs plastic surgery after his eyelid was sliced when glass was thrown at his face in a nightclub attack, a court heard. Cherelle Brown hurled a glass or bottle at Samuel Litherland at point-blank range, at the former
SUPPORT boxes - to help those with mental health issues - have been donated to Royal Blackburn and Burnley General Hospital. The seven boxes were handed over by the Al-Khair Foundation and contain cards, games, reading material and colouring books
A CHILDREN’S reading festival is returning to Blackburn for 2019, it has been announced. An inaugural gathering last year, organised by Blackburn-born author Christina Gabbitas, enthused thousands of young bookworms. And now a series of events
A SUPER slimmer has managed to shed more than seven stone in one year. Jodie Blake dropped from 16st 13lbs to 9st 12½lbs after she joined a Slimming World group at Turf Moor and St Cuthbert’s Community Hall in Burnley. The 20-year-old ditched
CHRIS Wood’s last hat-trick in English football came more than five years ago. The Burnley striker could have written a new chapter in his personal goalscoring history on Saturday at Brighton had he taken the spot kick awarded for a foul on Ashley
A VOLUNTEER has set up a diabetes group to offer the chance to people living with the condition to get active. Sue Riley, 69, from Clitheroe, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2006. After making lifestyle changes and finding that running
TORY group bosses at Hyndburn Council said they would not table alternative budget proposals last year. Group leader Cllr Tony Dobson said last year, his group had come up with suggestions which Labour members ultimately dismissed. And he said
HYNDBURN Council bosses are no longer subsidising Hyndburn Leisure, leaving the trust to “stand on its own two feet”. Former Clayton-le-Moors councillor Nick Collingridge asked council leader Miles Parkinson whether the council was still propping
DARWEN East ward Labour Cllrs Kieran Richards and Jane Oates and their Darwen West ward colleagues Cllrs Brian Taylor, Stephanie Brookfield and Dave Smith will hold an advice surgery in Darwen Library on Saturday from 10:30am to 11:30am. Cllrs
LANCASHIRE County Council will this afternoon debate its controversial multi-million pound cuts package and adding more than £50 to the average yearly council tax bill. In advance of the authority’s budget debate, Labour accused its Tory bosses
A 26-YEAR-OLD man who went on a drunken rampage in a petrol station caused more than £4,000-worth of damage to equipment and stock. James Mason had been drinking a mix of ‘potent cocktails’ on a night out with friends before he found himself at
FEARS for the future of a well-used health centre have surfaced. Slaidburn Health Centre, which is currently a five-day-a-week service, recently announced that East Lancashire Medical Services (ELMS) are unable to maintain the practice beyond March
A DRINK driver who went to the pub to celebrate buying a new car almost crashed in to a police car. Burnley Magistrates Court heard how Lithuanian national Edvinas Marazus decided to stop for a drink with friends on the way home from collecting
COUNCIL bosses are being urged to u-turn on proposed cuts to a vital service offering support for children with disabilities and their carers. Lancashire County Council will today decide on whether to axe more than £1 million in funding for the
A MAN who first started giving blood 36 years ago has been honoured for making 250 donations. Neil Stevenson, from Blackburn, gave his blood for the first time in 1983 while he has also given platelets and plasma since 2009. The 65-year-old has
A TOTAL of £35,000 in government funding to help prepare for a no-deal Brexit has been slammed as a “drop in the ocean”. Cllr Miles Parkinson told members of Hyndburn Council’s resources overview and scrutiny committee the funding would not cover
A SPECIALIST organ donation nurse is the recipient of a local community award. Angela Ditchfield of Blackburn, will be presented with The John Roberts Outstanding Achievement Award 2019, sponsored by women’s refuge Humraaz, on the night of the One
ALMOST 900,000 calls to police have gone unanswered in the last five years. Between 2013/14 and 2017/18, 873,293 calls to the non-emergency 101 number were not picked up. And the average time for a call to be answered over the same five-year
SUPERMARKET bosses have admitted to binning items owned by members of the homeless community. Managers at Blackburn’s Morrisons store have copped to claims that they have been disposing of property stored in the carpark after uniformed staff were
