A 26-year-old man has been charged with two burglaries after a number of small businesses were targeted in Waterfoot. Lee Quinn, from the town, was arrested on Thursday and charged with the offences which took place in Millar Barn Lane at around
A PENSIONER has been taken to hospital following a three-vehicle collision in Blackburn. Emergency services were called to the Accrington Road crash involving a black taxi, school minibus and white Nissan Micra shortly before 3pm today. A road
A CRIMINAL described as a thug who has changed his ways attacked a man outside a café punching him repeatedly and throwing a metal chair at him as he tried to get away. Blackburn magistrates heard there was a claim the aggrieved's girlfriend had
Rovers have moved up a place in the Championship table – after Birmingham City were deducted nine points for a breach of the League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules. The decision follows a review of the financial submission from the Blues
A HEALTH food shop has reopened after receiving a facelift - and it has doubled in size. Bosses at Holland & Barrett, located inside the Mall, Blackburn, unveiled the store's fresh look this week. Located next door to the old shop, the new
POLICE are investigating an allegation of a sexual assault in Burnley. It was reported at around 1.45am today that a woman had been sexually assaulted on the canal tow path, close to Thompson Park. Officers have said they are currently trying
Dan Butterworth has praised Rovers for their role in his development after penning a new long-term contract. The 19-year-old, who is expected to make his Championship debut for the club before the end of the season, is now under contract until
A REWARD is being offered for information about burglars who stole a 12-week-old puppy which died after being left tied to a gate in Darwen. Tears are still being shed at the Cranberry Lane house of Andrew Bolland, Gemma Knowles and their distraught
DETECTIVES have arrested a second teenager following a street brawl involving more than 20 people in Blackburn yesterday. Police were called to the fight on New Chapel Street, Mill Hill, shortly after 4.30pm yesterday. The brawl, reported to
OFFICERS are continuing to question a man they arrested on suspicion of the murder of Susan Waring. Ms Waring 45, was last seen on Wednesday, January 16, at her doctor's surgery on James Street West in Darwen. Ms Waring, from the town, was initially
BRAVE Imogen Bridge used to be able to do cartwheels, forward rolls, roly poly and touch her toes, but now she can only bend her back 45 degrees. The 12-year-old, from Bacup, has scoliosis - a condition which causes her spine to have a sideways
A TEENAGER who was arrested after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed has been released on bail. Police said the boy was taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital to be treated after he suffered a cut to his stomach during an attack in Greenacre Street
Rovers will monitor the hamstring injury to midfielder Corry Evans who is currently away on international duty with Northern Ireland. The 28-year-old was allowed to join up with his country for their Euro 2020 double header, but wasn't involved
FRANK Skinner brings his new stand-up show to Blackburn in October. Tickets for the show, on Saturday, October 29, are now on sale. Man in a Suit is Frank's first new solo show in five years and he will be heading to Blackburn as part of a UK
James Tarkowski is aiming to replaced injured defender John Stones in England’s Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Montenegro. The 26-year-old Burnley centre-back has returned to Gareth Southgate’s squad having missed the last international
HOLIDAY firm Thomas Cook is set to close one of its stores in East Lancashire as part of national cutbacks. A total of 320 jobs will be at risk nationally as the decision to shut stores has come as part of the travel giant’s plans to ‘streamline
AN off duty firefighter came to the aid of a man who suffered a head injury after a piece of scaffolding fell on his head. Jason Riding said he heard the man's son scream for help after the man, in his mid 50s, had suffered a head injury while
WARNINGS have been issued about a potential 'go-slow' protest taking place on UK's motorways. Police have said pro-Brexit campaigners who are organising convoys of slow-moving vehicles on roadways including the M6 and the M62, could face prosecution
MOTORISTS travelling in and out of East Lancashire may have to find alternate routes after a crash has left a section of the M6 southbound shut. A crash has seen three lanes from junctions 25 to 26, near Wigan, close. A Highways England spokesman
SOAP actor turned documentary maker Ross Kemp has been filming for his latest series in Blackburn. The East Enders actor was looking into the lives of child carers in the town. The hardman tweeted a picture with his film crew in Blackburn on
YOUNGSTERS took part in a series of poetry workshops in preparation for Blackburn's Reading Festival this summer. Children from St Michael with St John CE Primary School in Blackburn visited the town's museum to learn about the environment through
ENGLAND will pay tribute to goalkeeping great Gordon Banks at Wembley on Friday when Burnley captain Tom Heaton will return to the squad having heeded the advice given to him by the World Cup-winning "hero". A sell-out crowd will remember the 1966
STAUNCH opposition has been voiced to proposals to axe funding for “vital” home improvement services. Lancashire County Council is proposing to stop funding the scheme, which in Hyndburn funds for the Homewise service, supporting independent living
A LASTING memorial to one of the Clarets’ most loyal servants has been unveiled as the next phase of a memorial garden. Hapton-born Brian Miller will be remembered in the Turf Moor Memorial Garden, which opened in August last year. He spent four
A GIRL who is battling cancer had the chance to try out a new play area which opened at a hospital. Tia Taggart, 10, from Padiham was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare type of cancer which affects bones or tissues around bones, in October 2015
A YOUNG driver involved in a freak accident has thanked workmen whom saved her. Jess Allen was driving along Blackburn Road, near the Co-operative store in Darwen, when she lost control of her Ford Fiesta and it flipped onto its roof. The 20
COUNCIL bosses have warned a no-deal Brexit could lead to risks around food and product safety. Blackburn with Darwen Council’s executive member for environment, Cllr Jim Smith, said if border controls are relaxed to ease the flow of goods, the
EXCITEMENT would have been rife as the first of five electric trams sett off on the Accrington to Oswaldtwistle line in 1906. Only the first and last trams in the procession were decorated with flags. Civic dignitaries filled four of the tramcars
A FAMILY ordered to tear down a one-storey extension on an annexe to their home are hoping for a reprieve. Susan Muhsen has lodged an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate asking officers to overturn a decision by Hyndburn Council’s planning committee
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a storage yard residents claim would be a blight on their homes lay in the hands of planning inspectors. Hyndburn Council’s planning committee has twice turned down proposals by Eagle Plant to use land at the back of Kirkham
REPRESENTATIVES of the Board of Deputies of British Jews made a two-day visit to East Lancashire last week. They visited Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda school in Blackburn and the new Raza Jamia Mosque in Accrington and met Islamic community leaders.
Craig Conway scored just a second goal of the season in the defeat at Hillsborough and has started just seven Championship matches. Only two of those have come at Ewood Park. For Tony Mowbray, the boss sees the dedication of the 33-year-old every
MYSTERIOUS orange water has started flooding the outskirts of a town again. The murky liquid first appeared on the bottom part of Knotts Lane, Colne in the winter of 2017/2018. The heavy rains this week have brought back the orange coloured
PENDLE Peer Tony Greaves has tackled a minister in the House of Lords on the government's support for fracking. The Liberal Democrat said a High Court decision judging its latest planning guidance for councils as unlawful was an example was a 'lack
DARWEN Rotary Club has been collecting books from local primary schools to be sent to The Gambia. This week members and friends gathered to pack more than 2,000 books into boxes which will go in to schools in the West African county which have none
A SHOPKEEPER caught with nearly 1,500 fake pieces of Harry Potter merchandise has been ordered to repay £40,000. Shabir Siddique, who ran Scotland Road News in Nelson, will face a 12-month prison sentence if he does not find the money, Burnley
SIX-YEAR-OLD Jennie Jackson takes the salute at Burnley Town Hall in 1916. Kitted out as a 'young Kitchener' - after Britain's first world war military supremo Herbert Kitchener - she played a big part in a drive launched by her mother to provide comforts
DARWEN market has a new household soft furnishing stall. Home Sweet Home, which opened last week, sells quality bed covers, pillows, duvets, cushions, bathroom mats, towels, throws and other home comfort products. Plasterer Lee Hughes, married
A family have been left unable to get into their home after a car smashed into their house causing the front door to cave in. Amanda Beckles, who lives in Burton Gardens, Brierfield, with her husband and four children, was out with her family on
