FIVE dogs were rescued from a house fire. Firefighters were called to Bath Street in Colne on Friday after a fire had started in a kitchen at around 1.30pm. A fire service spokesman said crews from Burnley, Earby and Colne attended and put the
A MAN has been arrested after three members of staff at Accrington Post Office were sprayed in the face with an unknown substance during a robbery. Police were called to Abbey Street at 5.30pm on Friday after reports a man had entered the building
THERE has been no greater champion of the Ribble Valley International Jazz Festival than Alan Barnes. Composer, arranger, bandleader and touring soloist, he spends his life criss-crossing our land, re-inventing jazz music and with a precocious talent
THERE was understandable furore this week over the tweet sent out by Danny Baker the BBC radio presenter. The shocking tweet, which was removed, showed a black and white picture of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes captioned
DRUGS worth more than £1,000 were found in a house by police. Officers went to a house in Every Street, Nelson, on Wednesday and found heroin in a battery compartment of a torch, along with packaging, cash and mobile phones. Police said a man
BBC Children in Need has awarded a £30,000 grant to a project helping disadvantaged young people in Burnley. Burnley FC in the Community will use the money from the charity's small grants programme over three years to deliver sports activities for
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe hands out player ratings to the midfielders and attackers. HARRISON REED 7.5 Became a fan favourite in his 36 appearances, which brought three goals, the most memorable being in an outstanding display at West Brom
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl has been missing from her home for 10 days, police said. Officers have become concerned over the welfare of Imaan Latif, from Blackburn, who was last seen in Accrington on May 1. Police said Miss Latif is described as five
BUSINESS owners have spoken out over the ‘disgusting’ flytipping which has been plaguing an alleyway for months. Shopkeepers in Accrington Road, Blackburn, slammed people who have dumped mattresses, sofas, building sand and rubbish in the alley
A WOMAN caught in a benefits gap went shoplifting out of desperation. Blackburn magistrates heard Gail Marie Grogan was forced to take on debts when her benefits were changed in November and she was left with no money over Christmas. Grogan
EAST Lancashire's historic Gawthorpe Hall has revealed its summer programme of events. The Elizabethan mansion in Padiham will host a new comedy from Doodlebugs Productions called 'Twits, Wits and Bawdy Baskets' at 6.30pm on Saturday June 8.
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche insists the season his side has produced can only be viewed in a positive manner as they face one last game on Sunday at home to Arsenal. The Clarets secured a fourth successive campaign in the top flight for the first time
PLANS by Lancashire County Council to cut opening times at waste recycling centres ‘will open a green light’ for fly-tippers. County Hall chiefs are set to approve plans at their cabinet meeting on Thursday for the centres at Haslingden, Barnoldswick
A STALL will close at Blackburn Market today – the third in less than a month to disappear. Alan Taylor will pack up his Spuds n Puds Sarsaparilla stall, creating another empty space at the front of the retail hub. In the past four weeks the
MORE than a century ago Blackburn suffered one of its worst floods. On November 12, 1901, Salford in Blackburn, was under water after a 16-hour downpour. It turned the River Blakewater, normally a trickle, into a torrent that spilled over town-centre
A BLACKBURN College student has used her artistic talents to brighten up the factory of celebrity TV tailor Patrick Grant. The Great British Sewing Bee judge commissioned Emma Colbert to produce a large-scale mural for his Cookson and Clegg factory
A SHOP is celebrating 50 years by giving one school the chance to win £1,000. This year marks 50 years of The Original Factory Shop. To celebrate, schools have been competing to win £1,000 by creating artwork that represents what their community
MORE than a thousands decorated eggs have gone on display in a town's market annexe after a competition for primary children. The contest, organised by Darwen Rotary Club, asked pupils at nine local schools to produce designs based on the them St
A weight-loss expert from has struck gold for the exceptional work she does in helping more than 100 people to lose weight at her local group every week. Caroline Griffiths from Burnley, who runs the Turf Moor and St Cuthbert's groups every week
Rovers’ plans for next season have taken a step forward with the club announcing they will play six pre-season friendlies. Tony Mowbray’s squad will return from their close season break at the end of June and will once again head out to Austria
MEET the adorable bunch of babies who made their arrival into the world in April. Proud East Lancashire parents have been sending us pictures of their new babies born last month. Photos will be featured in a special supplement at the end of
THIS picture shows the old Grammar School in Freckleton Street, Blackburn. Dug out from the Lancashire Telegraph's archives, the image shows the school looking across the graveyard of St Peter's Church. The single-storey school was built on Bull
A GRIEVING wife of a dad who killed himself told an inquest his mental health had seemed to improve in the run-up to his death. The body of Nigel Parker-Clayton, 57, who suffered from depression, was discovered by wife Fiona at their home in Mitton
