Rovers will face Oldham Athletic in the Carabao Cup first round. The two teams were paired with each other in Thursday night’s draw, with ties to be played in the week commencing August 12. Rovers last faced the Latics side, relegated to League
CAMPAIGNERS have won a legal challenge over the UK government's decision to allow arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The Government announced it will temporarily halt the granting of new licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia after the landmark legal
IF anyone was wondering why there were two fire engines in Blackburn town centre on Thursday, then fear not, the Town Hall was not on fire. The engines, both from Blackburn fire station, were parked on Exchange Street for a training exercise.
New graduates are being warned of the dangers of posting selfies with their degree certificates on social media. The photos would be a “counterfeiter’s paradise”, providing an opportunity for fraudsters to copy the latest university logos, crests
The Championship transfer market has proved slow going, with Rovers far from being alone in still waiting to make their first signing. Only 13 transfers have been completed, with 14 of the 24 clubs yet to make their first foray in to the market
POLICE are looking to speak to a man in relation to an attempted armed robbery of a bookmakers. Officers were called to Coral bookmakers in Queen Street, Great Harwood, after a knife-wielding man demanded money from a member of staff on Saturday
STEVE Punt is the first to admit that he’s putting himself well and truly in the firing line with his latest project. The comedian - one half of successful duo Punt and Dennis - and a regular on Radio Four’s The Now Show will play the narrator
With the fixtures released for EFL teams, fans can start planning their football schedule for the next 11 months. Rovers players return to pre-season on Monday, before the first pre-season friendly at Barrow on July 6. The Championship season starts
Rovers will start the 2019/20 season with a home game against newly-promoted Charlton Athletic. The Addicks were promoted back to the Championship after beating Sunderland in the League One play-off final. It is a first home start for Rovers
Accrington Stanley start their new League One season away to newly-promoted Lincoln City. Last season’s League Two champions will host John Coleman’s Reds on Saturday, August 3. The first home game of the season sees Bury visit the Wham Stadium
THE award-winning family arts and music festival Cloudspotting returns to Gisburn Forest at the weekend to coincide with the summer solstice. Gates open at 1pm tomorrow for a weekend of live music, family theatre, arts activities, outdoor pursuits
BUSINESS owners have been left confused over ‘nightmare’ uneven paving outside their shops which has caused people to fall ‘at least once a week’. Keely Garbett, who runs Tasty Cafe in Windsor Road, Knuzden, said the paving in the street has caused
A STONE masonry company has been fined £8,000 after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to silica dust. Burnley Magistrates Court heard how a result of the health and safety failings of Baxenden-based GO Stonemasonry Limited, one of
AN investment house in Blackburn. which looks after pension pots worth £130million, has gone into administration. Staff at Capricorn Business Park based Guardian Pensions Consultants have been retained while administrators Smith and Williamson
Residents lobbying the council to make safety improvements to a 'dangerous' road have been told that nothing can be done unless there is a serious or fatal accident. People living in Bury Fold Lane in Darwen say they have been trying for years to
DARWEN Ladies Choir are presenting a concert entitled 'Music for a Summer Evening' this weekend. It will take place at the town's St Peter’s Church in Bank Street on Saturday at 7.30pm. Under the direction of Abi Kitching, the choir will be accompanied
A CAMPAIGNING MP has taken the opportunity of the Tory leadership election to seek assurances that more than 500,000 UK Pensioners living overseas will finally get their state retirement payments increased, Ribble Valley Conservative backbencher
A BMX-ing prodigy is set to represent Great Britain after being selected to compete in the BMX World Championships. Erin Jay Jackson, who is only 10-years-old, will be part of Team GB, as they hope to ride to glory in the competition in Zolder,
BLACKBURN MP Kate Hollern will hold two advice surgeries for residents of her constituency tomorrow (FRIDAY). She will be at Shadsworth Community Hub, Rothesay Road, from 3pm to 4pm before moving on to hold a second session at the Cheets Community
AN MP has warned that the closure of two police stations in his constituency has left the residents of two towns living in fear of rising crime. Hyndburn Labour backbencher Graham Jones spoke out during a Westminster debate on crime and anti-social
THE family of an 83-year-old cyclist who died after hitting a pothole say Bury Council has “wriggled out” of paying compensation. Roger Hamer suffered a traumatic brain injury after hitting the pothole in Ramsbottom three years ago. The coroner
A SERIES of failings led to delays in discovering the decomposing body of a woman in a boiler cupboard and prevented anyone being brought to justice over her potential murder. A Domestic Homicide Review published this week revealed that Lancashire
AN inspirational Instagram model who was left with burn scars on her face following a freak accident has spoken of the impact it’s had on her life. Sophie Lee, from Darwen, who regularly works as a fire dancer, was performing in Chicago in April
A PUB has reopened following a £500,000 makeover. The Railway, in Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, threw open its doors to the public at the weekend to show off its new look and food and drinks menus. The refurbishment has been funded by independent
THE campaign to double the weekday train service between Blackburn and Clitheroe to two an hour has been stepped up to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the rail line between the two towns. Lancashire County Council is now working
A MAN who was paranoid his wife had cheated on him in the marital bed took a chainsaw to the covers while she was in it. Blackburn magistrates heard the terrifying incident came to an end when the bedsheets wrapped around the chain and the machine
A team of Year 8 pupils from Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School (TIGHS) proved they had all the right elements as they won a prestigious chemistry competition. Faatimah Molvi, Ammaarah Patel, Safa Moosa and Aaminah Issa, competed in the Festival
Tony Mowbray has met with more prospective signings this week but the Rovers boss says players aren’t making ‘quick decisions’. Rovers are one of 14 Championship clubs still to make a signing this summer in what has been a slow market for incomings
TODAY’S delve into the Lancashire Telegraph archives takes a look at Burnley’s old cattle market. The cattle market’s service as a bus station site was greatly reduced in 1857 with the erection of the town’s new police headquarters and magistrates
