Burnley are hoping they will be able to reap the benefits of their mid-season training break in the sun. The squad has decamped to Portugal for five-days of warm weather training ahead of their return to action at home to Tottenham Hotspur a week
BURNLEY striker Chris Wood highlighted how his side have given themselves a great chance of Premier League survival with their recent unbeaten run. The New Zealand international scored twice at the Amex Stadium in the 3-1 win to take his tally to
BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche insists his side are looking at no one other than themselves in the fight to stay in the Premier League. The Clarets boss highlights how Burnley's individual and collective performances are key to everything they want
Rovers boss Tony Mowbray expects a ‘disciplined and organised’ Middlesbrough side, no matter who plays. Tony Pulis is set to be without defensive duo Daniel Ayala and Aden Flint, through suspension and injury respectively, for tomorrow’s trip to
IF, like me, you’re partial to a takeaway every now and again but don’t always like the way it makes you feel afterwards, then this week’s recipe is for you. My sweet and sour pork dish is packed full of flavour and takes minimal time to cook making
Tony Mowbray travelled to Switzerland last week to meet the Rovers owners and discuss the next stage of the club’s development. The owners made funds available for transfer targets in January, with Mowbray resisting the temptation to do so before
Thousands of people in East Lancs have signed an online petition to ban all ISIS members from returning to the UK. At the time of writing, the petition had amassed 275,000 signatures, with the numbers still rising. This included more than 3,000
START: Dunsop Bridge village car park/toilets DISTANCE: 3 miles (allow 1½ to 2 hours) MAP: OS Explorer OL41 Forest of Bowland The walk involves some wall stiles. The field sections may be muddy after wet weather. ALFRED Wainwright sketched
A stolen van with it's engine still running was found dumped in a canal. Emergency services were called to the incident at the canal on Gorse Street, Blackburn at 12.40am on Saturday. Fire crews, including the water rescue team, life boat and
Part of a busy road in East Lancs will be closed this weekend. Drivers near Clitheroe are reminded that the stretch of the A59 between the Clitheroe Golf Club turn off and Pimlico Link Road will be closed until the early hours of Monday. Work
A NEW generation of jobs could soon be appearing in situations vacant columns, say researchers in Lancashire. Terms like systems farmers, human e-sources managers and AI translators might not roll off the tongue now. But experts at BAE Systems
A MAN arrested at 7am because of his "strange" behaviour was found to be in possession of cocaine. Blackburn magistrates heard Dean Ashley Watson was uncooperative and aggressive with the police when they approached him in Burnley town centre.
I WAS born and bred in Preston New Road 85 years ago next month, and although I had to move away when I joined the army, I have always been a Rovers supporter through thick and thin albeit at a distance (the last match I saw was at Wembley when we
A FATHER has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after £1,300 worth of cocaine and cannabis, and a stolen shotgun, were found at his house. Police officers were sent to Pendle Street in Accrington with a warrant in March last year
KARL Oyston, the East Lancashire-based former chairman of Blackpool FC, has an outstanding wages claim against the club. Mr Oyston, who lives in Newton-by-Bowland, has lodged an employment tribunal case against Blackpool Football Club Ltd. The
A NEW high-street venture is hoping to clinch the crown of Blackburn’s top eaterie. King BBQ is opening its doors on King William Street for the first time from Monday after refitting the former Co-op Bank premises. Fifteen jobs are being created
A MAN who had been ordered to do unpaid work revealed to probation a one litre of vodka a day drinking habit when he turned up for his first session. Blackburn magistrates heard Ian David Boys said he started drinking as soon as he got up so he
A MAN who refused to take a blood test to prove he hadn't been drink-driving said it was because he was was 'scared of needles'. Burnley Magistrates Court heard that Haroon Ali refused to give a specimen as he was too scared of medical treatments
A MAN who left an ex-Army reserve soldier deaf in one ear and unable to continue working has been jailed for more than a year. At the sentencing in Preston, it was heard that Imran Khan, 29, punched Imran Hussain once in his head during a disagreement
A COUNCILLOR has quit her post because of ‘harassment and intimidation ‘by a resident of her ward. Christine White, 73, was elected to Burnley Council in May 2016 for a four year term.. She resigned as councillor for Burnley Wood and Rosehill
A MAN has been sentenced after he was caught with illegal cigarettes and tobacco during a crackdown. Siraj Bawla, 51, of Oswald Street, Blackburn, had 3,260 non duty paid cigarettes and 1.65 kg of hand-rolling tobacco, worth an estimated £1,345
TODAY'S delve into the Lancashire Telegraph archives takes a look back to the 19th century. The image shows Fish Lane in Blackburn in 1854, the line of which is now roughly covered by Cardwell Place. The house was the birthplace in 1750 of the
A MOTHER-of-two is pleading for more attention to be paid to a rare life-threatening pregnancy complication which almost killed her and her unborn baby. Frances Riley, from Accrington, was told she was ‘a day away from death’ when she was rushed
COUNCIL bosses have been taken to task over the future of green land on the site of a new 30-home development. Leigh Keen, chairman of Feniscliffe Bank Residents Association, said Blackburn with Darwen Council regeneration boss Phil Riley had given
THE Mall Blackburn is promising a week of crafty free fun during the school half-term holidays. From Saturday, February 16 until Sunday, February 24, activities will include making fairy-tale puppets, knights and dragons key-rings, glitter globes
NORTHERN councils have been financially “gutted” compared to their southern counterparts, a leading councillor claimed. Blackburn with Darwen Council environment boss Cllr Jim Smith made the claim after Tory group leader Cllr John Slater accused
A social enterprise based in East Lancs is offering people the chance to learn how become Forest School practitioners. Since Forest Schools first came to the North West more than 10 years ago, Newground, which is part of the Together Housing Group
Tony Mowbray feels Rovers require investment in infrastructure, including the introduction of a European scouting network, to help take the club forward. Mowbray travelled to Switzerland last week to meet with the owners where he held ‘positive
