ASHLEY Barnes still harbours international ambitions with England, despite Austria coach Franco Foda watching the Burnley striker in the weekend win over Spurs. Foda was in the stands at Turf Moor to see Barnes tap home a late winner to secure the
MORE than 100 people were evacuated from a care home and a specialist care centre after a fire broke out inside the premises. Emergency services were called to Accrington yesterday at around 4.30pm after the small blaze started inside the boiler
Tony Mowbray says Jacob Davenport and Harry Chapman will remain with the Under-23s for the foreseeable future to further build up their fitness. The pair will both play for Damien Johnson’s side in tomorrow night’s Premier League Cup group game
A controversial documentary about the Grenfell tragedy questioned the role of the fire service and whether they could have done more. The Channel 4 Dispatches programme prompted a backlash from rank and file emergency services workers. Here Lancashire
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman said this is a game his side would have lost a few weeks ago. Stanley came from a goal behind at the Wham Stadium to take a point from the game. The Reds boss added how Ben Richards-Everton and Jonny Maxted
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after a horror crash with a van on a rural road. The 51-year-old from Bacup was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital but medics were unable to save him. A 34-year-old van driver from Rochdale was unhurt in the crash on
DAN Barlaser was happy with his first senior league goal and added how it came at a good time for his side. The Newcastle loanee scored Stanley's equaliser against Southend on Saturday. Barlaser was disappointed withe the goal his side conceded
ASHLEY Barnes and Chris Wood's battle to be Burnley's top scorer is helping drive the Clarets strikers to new heights. The pair were both on target in the 2-1 weekend win over Spurs which extended Burnley's unbeaten Premier League run to eight games
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe picks out four talking points from the draw at Birmingham City. STOPPING THE ROT Rovers ended the rot, and signed off a disappointing February, with a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. It was the first draw in 12
A MIDWIFE has fulfilled her dream by opening a private pregnancy scanning studio with her sister. Lucy Durkin and her sister, Loren Durkin, have opened up Lucy Jane’s Baby Scan Studio in Albert Road, Colne. The business allows mums to book in
TRIBUTES have been paid to a football club's 'oldest fan' who died on Thursday evening at the age of 103. Clara Aspin's love affair with Blackburn Rovers began in 1927, when her father took her to Ewood Park for the very first time aged 11. Since
A WALKER who was out enjoying the sunshine over the weekend was airlifted to hospital after slipping and fracturing her ankle. The Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team (MRT), were called to the upper Ogden Reservoir in Barley, Pendle, to reports
Garry Monk felt his side failed to seize the initiative after a bright start in the 2-2 draw with Rovers. The hosts were totally dominant in the opening quarter and deservedly led through Che Adams’ 16th minute strike. David Raya made two important
ALL the talking points from Burnley's 2-1 win over Spurs at Turf Moor. FRONT PAIR IS there a better strike partnership in the country than Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood? The pair were each on target one again in the win over Spurs meaning it
We rate the players after Burnley's 2-1 win over Spurs Tom Heaton 8 Had very little to do in the opening 45 minutes but made an excellent save to deny Kane early in the second half. Could do little with the goal. Phil Bardsley 7 As committed
SEAN Dyche praised the form of Burnley's strike pair after Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes downed Tottenham. The Clarets duo are in a rich vein of goalscoring form with the pair having scored 11 goals between them in Burnley's unbeaten top flight run
A THIRD national food delivery service is set to debut in the Blackburn area. Deliveroo has announced that it will be launching bike routes locally later this year. Their arrival follows hot on the heels of Uber Eats coming to East Lancashire
THE sweet smell of success cannot be too far away for a Blackburn home fragrance firm after a trade mission to the Middle East. East Park Road's Nuhr Home, which was established in the summer of 2016, had already secured an export deal with a Dubai
A DEALERSHIP proved it has the Mercedes-Benz magic at a recent awards night. Ciceley Commercials, which has outlets in Blackburn, Bolton Carlisle and Dumfries, walked away with three gongs at the Mercedes-Benz Vans ceremony. Not only were they
AN expanding financial firm in Blackburn has secured new premises. Indepedent asset finance specialist Prateura has made the move from Haydock House, at Brownhill, to the old RBS building at Walker Park, off Blackamoor Road. In late January the
Rovers player ratings from the 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. David Raya 6 Two excellent first half saves, to deny Adams and Colin, but was beaten too easily at his near post for the equaliser. Ryan Nyambe 6 A first start since Boxing
SHAKIN’ Stevens is clearly not a man to rest on his laurels. The singer, who will be 71 next month, is coming to the end of a European tour and will then go straight into 18 live dates in the UK, including a show in Manchester. Given his remarkably
A BURGLAR who targeted a fledgling company has been given a chance to turn her life around. An eagle-eyed passer-by caught out intruder Joanne McCarthy as she broke into Celebrate Gifts in Accrington. She had piled up merchandise said to be worth
HUNDREDS of people have voiced their support for a new mental health unit on Preston New Road in Blackburn. Some residents had already expressed concern about the proposal to turn Oakfield House into a 24-hour halfway house for 30 men and women
The manager of a charity that provides home improvement services to elderly and disabled people has spoken of her devastation at proposals to slash its vital funding. Manager of Accrington-based Homewise, Sue Sinclair, was 'heartbroken' after learning
PROPOSALS to improve a junction near Royal Blackburn Hospital have been scrapped. The planned scheme would have seen improvements to the Old Bank Lane and Shadsworth Road junction to deal with extra traffic after a new car park was opened at the
CONCERNS residents feel like they have not been consulted enough over new homes in Hoddlesden were dismissed. Cllr Jacqui Slater wanted Blackburn with Darwen Council planning and highways committee members to defer making a decision on plans to
WH Smith has opened the doors for their newly re-launched store in Royal Blackburn Hospital. The new and improved store has reopened incorporating an M&S Food To Go shared space. It now offers patients and visitors a range of M&S chilled
PARENTS are being reminded to choose the right NHS service when their child gets ill. Health chiefs said that A&E should only be visited for life-threatening emergencies. They said that choosing the right service can sometimes be difficult
DENTAL DILEMMAS – Dr Karim Rachidi from Synergy Dental Clinics helps with advice on dental problems Q. I’m over 65-years-old and my teeth are getting weaker. What can I do to look after them? A. The good news is that due to the better overall
FENCING at allotments will help keep “would be ne’er do wells” from accessing the site and causing damage, a senior councillor has claimed. Proposals to install the 2.8-metre high fencing at Blackburn’s Teak Street allotments were approved by planning
A DIRECT bus service from Darwen to Royal Blackburn Hospital was cancelled because there was an average of three people per journey on board. Blackburn with Darwen Council’s planning committee noted a petition from residents upset about the cancellation
PLANS for 17 new homes on the site of a former day care centre have been approved. Blackburn-based firm Hearle Homes lodged an application with Blackburn with Darwen Council last year and now the proposal has been passed A provisional deal
A ten-week-old puppy bought on Gumtree had to be taken to an animal sanctuary after he failed to gain weight. Emaciated Chihuahua cross Jack Russell, Pickle, weighed just 400g, less than half the weight of a bag of sugar, when he was bought from
GOING to the dentist to check your teeth or to the opticians to check your eyes is common practice but checking the health of your feet is something people might not consider. That’s why qualified Podiatrist Katie Eyre, from Sough near Earby, wants
THESE pictures show a packed Corporation Park back in July 2003 for the Blackburn Mela. Thousands of people packed into the park for a jam packed weekend of song and dance. Would you like to see this event revived next year – and would it still
LAST week’s answer was the Bulls Head pub at Wilpshire. Well done to everyone who guessed right. Among those to email in were Lynn Jackson, Mike Lamb and Jim Bolton. Now, can you guess this week’s picture? Where do you think it is? Every
If a whole season, or team, could be encapsulated and summed up within 90 minutes, then Rovers’ 2-2 draw at Birmingham City wouldn’t be a bad attempt. The main talking point, described by Tony Mowbray as ‘the elephant in the room’ would once again
MORE warm weather is on the way throughout the start of this week, with temperatures expected to reach the mid-to-late teens. But sunshine lovers are being warned to make the most of these unusually warm February temperatures, as March is expected
A NEW children's play area costing £120,000 is set to open in a historic park. Milnshaw Park in Accrington will soon be the home to a new play area, which will bring an aerial runway, basket swing and roundabout for children to play on. There
A MOTORIST pulled over by police in Blackburn was surprised to hear he was actually banned from driving. Robert Herman was stopped by officers in Barbara Castle Way, Blackburn, in his Audi A4 in September. Blackburn Magistrates Court heard Herman
CONCERNS are mounting over the illegal use of mini-motorbikes, quadbikes and off-road vehicles on roads across East Lancashire. Hyndburn police issued a statement over the weekend asking the public for help in getting the illegal bikes off the road
