A woman has been cut from a car after it smashed into a lamp post following a crash. Emergency services were called to the incident near the traffic lights on Blackamoor Road, close to Lower Darwen, at around 9am on Sunday. A spokesperson for
A teenage girl is missing from her home in Blackburn. Police are growing concerned for the welfare of Emily Bannister, 17, who was reported missing on March 21. An appeal has now been launched help find her. A spokesperson for the police said
GREASY hair and eyes that haven’t slept in more than 24 hours – check. The happiest smile and adorable bundle of joy in one of our first photographs together – check and check again! Ahead of Mother’s Day next Sunday, we want you to share the
A WELDING starlet is looking to take on the world later this year. Nineteen-year-old Tyler Atkinson, who works for Darwen-based WEC, has already enjoyed success in the Worldskills regional and national finals. And now the Blackburn youngster
AN eco-warrior in Blackburn in leading the charge when it comes to diverting old mattresses away from the council tip. Bosses at The Furniture Recycling Group (FRG) in Mill Hill reckon they have prevented hundreds of thousands of them from ending
BEDS giant Bensons for Beds has given a vote of confidence to Hyndburn with the opening of a new head office. Bosses from the group, which also includes Harveys, say they need extra space for customer services after taking on 20 more staff at their
AN optician in Blackburn has been nominated for a family-orientated national award. Nazmeen Ahmed, who works for AJ Spurrett, in Richmond Terrace, is waiting to hear if she has scooped the Family Optician of the Year title at the Optician Awards
A WELL-established engineering giant and a fledgling venture look set to bring extra employment to Ribble Valley. Proposals for extra warehousing have been given the green light at Fort Vale Engineering, in Simonstone, alongside a new cafe complex
WE British are normally very well organised. In fact, if we were post a list of nations to organise something we would probably come in the top two alongside the Germans. Leaving the EU was always going to be a difficult but the past year has
Volunteers for a homeless charity gathered outside Blackburn Cathedral on Friday night for an evening of music and food to celebrate the final nightly outreach feed of the winter season. Since the end of November, Community Spirit has been providing
More than 200 primary school children and staff have taken part in a mile-long walk to raise money for people in Bangladesh. Pupils from St Edward's Catholic Primary School in Darwen left the school grounds on March 4 and took to the surrounding
HYNDBURN is the latest council to throw its hat in the ring for a share of the government’s £675million Future High Streets Fund. Council bosses say if successful, the cash would be used to help transform Accrington town centre. A bid was submitted
MORE views are being sought to help shape a plan which could see as many as 2,000 new homes built in Huncoat. A consultation was launched into the Huncoat Garden Village scheme last year and now Hyndburn Council is asking for further views to form
MOVES to bring back free garden waste collections must be "fully funded", town halls have warned as figures show two thirds of councils now charge for the service. The Government's new waste strategy has promised to consult on whether the millions
A WOMAN caught shoplifting told a member of staff that if she came near her she would stab her. Blackburn magistrates heard the offences were committed just two days after Rebecca Louise Waldron had been made subject to a suspended prison sentence
THE ambassador for an Accrington dance group has won a national award. Becky Rich has come top of the new Learning Disability and Autism Leaders List in the Sports, arts and entertainment category, She was chosen from 600 nominations for her
A RADIOGRAPHER whose career in the NHS was inspired by treatment he received for epilepsy is set to run a marathon in the heavy protective suit he wears at work. Adam Wallwork, who has also survived three brain haemorrhages, will run the London
A SPECIAL celebration has been held for the volunteers from across Blackburn with Darwen who give their time to running the borough's community centres. More than 70 attended the 'Thank-you' event at Blackburn Town Hall. They were welcomed by
COMMUNITY end of life care at a hospital trust has been given top marks by a health watchdog. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have rated East Lancashire Hospital Trust’s community end of life care provision 'outstanding' following
A CHARITY has donated thousands of pounds to purchase a mobile bladder scanner for the Royal Blackburn Hospital. Representatives from Darwen-based VM and BW Lloyd charity recently visited the hospital to hand over a cheque for £8,000. It has
DENTAL DILEMMAS – Dr Karim Rachidi from Synergy Dental Clinics helps with advice on dental problems. Q. I keep getting regular headaches and pain in my jaw. Do my teeth need to be checked? A. Sometimes, when you have problems not just in your
A GOOD Samaritan was bitten and punched by a man he went to help. Blackburn magistrates heard the victim offered his hand to drunken Scott Melia and thought he was taking it to help him keep his balance. Instead he bit his hand, breaking the
EACH week in the Lancashire Telegraph we'll be shouting about the best places to go in East Lancs. Whether it's the cosiest country pubs, the swankiest wine bars, prize winning pizza restaurants or the tastiest restaurants, we'll be talking up
BILLED at one stage – including by this newspaper – as a ‘luxury’ burger restaurant, Frankie’s opened to much clamour at the former Pitchers bar in Blackburn at the turn of the year. Truth is, there’s not really such a thing as a luxury burger.
Given the unique nature of what John Buckley and Tyler Magloire have done in transitioning from fledgling Academy prospect to a first team debut, a key part of Rovers’ Academy development remains recruiting players. Lewis Travis has flourished
A 'HORRENDOUS' road 'needs to be seen to be believed’ it is in such a state, residents said. Several Higham residents have complained to Lancashire County Council about the state of Croft Top Lane on the border between Pendle and Burnley. The
A pre-loved dress and suit shop has been set-up at a high school to help students enjoy their prom, without breaking the bank. Maths teacher at Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College in Burnley, Melanie Arcangelo, decided to introduce the pop-up
PLANS to create student accommodation in Burnley have been given the green light. Burnley Council’s development control committee granted planning permission for the £9 million 136-bed building on land next to Sandygate Square. The scheme will
BLACKBURN with Darwen is the worst in the country for its rate of children killed and seriously injured on its roads, new figures show. Public Health England (PHE) figures show that 43 children were killed and seriously injured in collisions on
A WOMAN enjoying a night out with her partner was hit in the face with a metal crutch as she sat at the bar in a Blackburn pub. The town’s magistrates heard the force of the blow snapped the crutch in two and the victim was left with a fractured
