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  • Mowbray wants to build on the back-to-back wins

    TONY Mowbray insists there is still lots to build on for his side as they put together back-to-back wins for the first time since January. Danny Graham's 150th career goal capped off a fine 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest as Joe Rothwell opened the

  • 'Game should have been out of sight by half-time' - Dyche

    Clarets boss Sean Dyche felt his side should have been out of sight by half time as they made a huge stride towards Premier League survival with a 2-0 win over Cardiff City. A goal in each half from Chris Wood – taking the New Zealand captain’s

  • MATCH REPORT: Burnley 2-0 Cardiff City

    Clarets striker Chris Wood was at the double to all but guarantee Turf Moor will host Premier League football next season. A goal in each half for the Kiwi was enough to move Sean Dyche’s side 11 points clear of the visitors and the drop zone.

  • MATCH REPORT: Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Rovers

    NOTTINGHAM FOREST - 1 ROVERS - 2 DANNY Graham's 150th career goal was the all-important winner as Rovers secured their first back-to-back wins since January. Joe Rothwell opened the scoring with a brilliant, curling effort before Ryan Yates

  • Missing Blackburn teenager found

    A TEENAGER missing from Blackburn has been found.  Charlotte Barnes had last been seen on Wednesday (April 10) in Blackburn town centre. Police launched an appeal to find the 17-year-old. Now following an appeal, police have confirmed she

  • Mowbray on goals against column and away day 'inconsistency'

    Tony Mowbray accepts Rovers have been ‘inconsistent’ on the road this season – but feels there are extenuating circumstances when it comes to their goals against column. Mowbray acknowledges that conceding 44 goals in 20 away games, the most in

  • Weekend walk: Off to the Dales for a stroll around Settle

    THIS Yorkshire Dales walk has links with two Lancastrians - both from Blackburn. TV’s Russell Harty, an ex-Giggleswick teacher, lived in Rose Cottage next to the village church and is buried in the overspill graveyard behind St Alkelda’s. The legendary

  • ‘Dogsbody’ gave scrapyard boss a shotgun

    A ‘DOGSBODY’ who gave a sawn-off shotgun to a scrap dealer boss feuding with a rival family has been jailed. Burnley Crown Court heard how Leonard Paul Perkins was at his home in Bridgefield Close, Rishton, on June 2 when he received a phone call

  • Motorbike superstar Carl Fogarty launches namesake beer

    SEVEN-TIME World Superbike champion and reality TV star Carl Fogarty enjoyed the first sips of a beer that was named after him. The 53-year-old from Blackburn launched the 'Foggy Gold' at his regular public house, the Spread Eagle in Mellor at its

  • Church given £10,000 to repair spire and tower

    A HISTORIC church will be able to repair its spire and tower thanks to a pre-Easter grant of £10,000. The cash will go to the Grade II listed All Saints’ with St John the Baptist Anglican church in Padiham Road, Burnley. It was built in the mid

  • Haslingden Teacher's cycling challenge for cricket club

    A PRIMARY school teacher is cycling to raise money for a youth cricket club. Mr David Strachan will cycle from Lords Cricket Ground in London, to Haslingden Cricket Club on July 26 to raise funds for better equipment for the team. The teacher

  • First Korean street food stall opens in market

    A NEW Korean street food stall has opened to give people a taste of East Asian delicacies. Hyojin Son launched the traditional Korean food stall in Blackburn Market earlier this week. It is thought to be the only Korean street food stall in

  • Rossendale danger road signs are welcomed

    A NEW scheme to improve safety on a route used by vehicles avoiding the Grane Road from Blackburn to Haslingden has been welcomed. Lancashire County Council's cabinet this week approved the £30,000 proposal for hazard markers, improved signing and

  • County council deputy to stand down

    VETERAN Conservative Politician Albert Atkinson is quitting as deputy leader of Lancashire County Council next month. The 79-year-old will also stand down as Ribble Valley North-East county councillor when the authority is next up for election in

  • Former Mayoress dies after holiday illness

    A FORMER borough Mayoress has died suddenly after being taken ill while on holiday in India. Jacqueline Humphrys died, aged 74, at the Royal Blackburn Hospital last weekend less than a month after developing back pains during a long-anticipated

  • Martial arts club wrestles with own success

    The success of a Burnley Ju-jitsu Club has floored its coach, Allan Clarkin. Pendle Valley Ju-jitsu Club started holding sessions out of Pentridge Mill boxing gym on Holme Street, at the beginning of March 1982, but within two weeks classes were

  • Back-to-back wins have eased the pressure - Lowton

    Matt Lowton feels back-to-back wins have eased the pressure on Burnley ahead of this afternoon’s game with Cardiff. The Clarets have won both of their matches, against Wolves and Bournemouth, since the international break to build up an eight point

  • 'I don't agree with it' - Stanley boss on League One sackings

    John Coleman says he can understand, but doesn’t agree, with the number of sackings in League One this season and feels it is a reflection of society in general. Stanley host a Walsall side this afternoon who dispensed of manager Dean Keates after