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  • Missing woman found safe and well

    POLICE searching for a missing 44-year-old woman say she has now been found safe and well. Amanda Small had been missing since Monday. Burnley Police posted on social media appealing for the public's help to find her. But this afternoon police

  • Man rescued after van gets trapped in flood water

    A MAN has been rescued after a man got trapped in flood water on a road. The van had tried to drive through a ford at the bottom of Lower Foulridge reservoir on Reedymore Lane. But the engine cut out due to the deepness of the water and the

  • Father and son Clarets soccer abuse trial date fixed

    FATHER and son Burnley fans have denied hurling abuse during a Premier League football match and are to stand trial. Stewart, 53, and Nathan Higgins both deny making homophobic remarks during the Clarets’ 3-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion, at

  • Rovers suspend supporter after defender racially abused online

    Rovers have suspended an individual from attending matches at Ewood Park after defender Derrick Williams was subjected to racial abuse on social media. The club have moved to remind supporters they will operate a no tolerance policy to discriminatory

  • Clarets fans deny hurling abuse during Premier League game

    FATHER and son Burnley fans have denied hurling abuse during a Premier League football match and are to stand trial. Stewart, 53, and Nathan Higgins both deny making homophobic remarks during the Clarets' 3-1 victory against Brighton and Hove Albion

  • Rovers could only name six subs at Sheffield Wednesday

    Rovers could only name six subs for this weekend’s game at Sheffield Wednesday. Amari’i Bell limped off in the win over Wigan in midweek and is a big doubt for the trip to Hillsborough. Jack Rodwell could train to give himself ‘half a chance

  • UPDATED: Guilty verdict in torture murder trial

    THIS is the drug dealer who has been found guilty of brutally torturing and murdering his 'runner' in East Lancashire. Jurors at Preston Crown Court delivered their verdict on Atif Muhmood, 39, who shoved something so far up Christopher Moore's

  • Homeless man jailed over Blackburn raids

    A HOMELESS man who burgled a string of locations around Blackburn town centre - including a charity office - has been jailed for 32 months. Neighbourhood police have welcomed the sentence for Keana Antonio Stephens, 21, by a judge sitting at Preston

  • Appeal to find woman who has been missing for three days

    POLICE are concerned about a woman who has been missing since Monday. Burnley Police posted on social media appealing for the public's help to find 44-year-old Amanda Small. A spokesman said: "She is around 5ft 2in tall with long dyed brown

  • Rovers midfielder wanted by National League side

    Lewis Hardcastle is close to sealing a move to Barrow AFC, according to the National League side’s manager. Hardcastle has enjoyed a month long stay with the Bluebirds which was extended for a further month on Wednesday. However, Barrow boss

  • Dack an 'easy target' for criticism, says Rovers boss Mowbray

    Bradley Dack is an ‘easy target’ for criticism, according to Tony Mowbray, who praised the work ethic of Rovers’ top scorer. Dack had gone six games without a goal before netting Rovers’ third in the win over Wigan Athletic. The six game wait

  • Simon Smith: 'A bold move and a blessing in disguise'

    In the end all it took was a bold move and an opposition with the cutting edge of a satsuma. Three goals, all born of the kind of errors that Rovers have been serving up for others. The loss of Amari’i Bell to injury was, if not for him, a

  • Revived pub closes less than two years after big reopening

    A PUB which was brought back to life less than two years ago has suddenly shut its doors. The Blackamoor Inn, which has been part of Blackburn for more than 300 years has now been boarded up and ceased trading. The pub had shut in the summer

  • Lancashire schools rated top of the class

    LATEST government figures show 90 per cent of schools in Lancashire are rated as outstanding or good. This leaves the county's schools in the top third of England's schools, with 24 per cent of schools rated as outstanding, 66 per cent as good.

  • Anger after Accrington blind centre is hit by raiders

    OFFICIALS from a Blind charity in Accrington are counting the cost of damage after a thief broke into their centre and stole electronic tablets and smartphones. David Anderson, development Officer for Accrington and District Blind Society on Bank

  • Ribble Valley MP Nigel changes his Brexit vote as PM defeated

    BREXITEER Nigel Evans has explained that he finally voted for Theresa May’s withdrawal deal in a bid to make sure leaving the EU actually happens. The Ribble Valley MP was one several Eurosceptic Tory MPs who reluctantly changed their minds and

  • Park's refurbished Coach House taken over by friends group

    A VOLUNTEER group has taken over the running of The Old Coach House in Oswaldtwistle’s Rhyddings Park. The move follows Bootstrap Enterprises withdrawing its plan to take over running its cafe. Now The Friends of Rhyddings Park has taken on the

  • App lessons to help pupils go online for health

    A DIGITAL health programme combining special mobile phone apps with the national curriculum is being rolled out across a borough's schools. The move follows the scheme being successfully trialled last year. Blackburn with Darwen Council’s ‘Digital

  • How one East Lancs council is keeping its workforce healthy

    HYNDBURN Council has received a Gold Award for improving the health of its staff. The borough started its drive to promote fitness among its workforce through the East Lancashire Active Lives project in January last year. Now its Up and Active

  • Knuzden pub set to close next month

    A COMMUNITY pub in Knuzden will close next month. Landlord of the Cabin End Hotel Derek Slater has submitted a notice to pub firm Admiral Taverns to close on April 1. He said: “I would like to thank all my friends and family, for their custom

  • Council 'bullying' probe delayed again

    THE latest meeting of the panel hearing complaint against a former borough boss was cancelled after one of its members stepped down. The Ribble Valley Council probe into allegations of 'bullying' by its ex-leader Cllr Ken Hind is now on hold while

  • Funding secured for domestic abuse support programme

    ALMOST £100,000 in grant funding has been secured to support a sanctuary scheme for people affected by domestic abuse. The cash will be used to fund Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Domestic Abuse Service to enhance their domestic abuse safe house provision

  • Town youth shelter is saved from axe again

    A CONTROVERSIAL youth shelter plagued by litter and anti-social behaviour has been reprieved for another year. Councillors on Ribble Valley borough’s community services committee decided the structure in Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, should stay for

  • Funding secured for new Witton Park pitches

    PLANS to install new 3G football pitches at Witton Park can go ahead after an £800,000 grant was secured from the FA’s Football Foundation. A scheme was drawn up last year to develop two new full sized 3G pitches including floodlights and fencing

  • New brewery version of cask beer is still a winner

    A THWAITES cask beer has taken a top award in a worldwide competition for the second year running after transferring production from Blackburn to its new Mellor Brook brewery. Its 13 Guns India Pale Ale took the top prize in its category at the

  • Witching hour with author at library

    An East Lancashire author is to visit her home town to talk about her 'bewitching' first novel. Stacey Halls will be at Rawtenstall Library on Saturday March 23, from 2.30pm to 3.30pm. Her book, The Familiars, is based at Padiham’s Gawthorpe

  • Have your say on plans for borough up to 2036

    HYNDBURN Council is holding events for residents to have their say on a Local Plan. It has already hosted drop-in sessions on the blueprint for housing, commercial and industrial development in the borough in Rishton, Clayton-le-Moors and Accrington

  • Borough seeks council candidates

    PROSPECTIVE candidates for a borough's elections are invited to a meeting on next week to find out more about the process. Ribble Valley goes to the polls on Thursday, May 2. Would-be candidates for borough and parish council elections and their

  • Town centre cinema makes concrete progress

    IT was very much the end of one era and the beginning of a new one in terms of Blackburn’s leisure history this week. The foundations for Blackburn town centre’s new £10million cinema have been laid and filled with concrete ready for building work

  • Mowbray 'surprised' by Mulgrew call-up and plans McLeish talks

    Charlie Mulgrew’s call-up to the Scotland squad ‘surprised’ Tony Mowbray who will contact national team boss Alex McLeish over the inclusion of the Rovers skipper. Mulgrew missed Tuesday’s win over Wigan with a hamstring injury sustained in the