TWO peregrine falcon chicks have hatched near the top of the former Thwaites tower. Thwaites confirmed two chicks were born in a nest which was discovered in the spring and forced them to reschedule demolition work on the iconic landmark. Birdspotter
BEN Brereton sees no reason why Rovers should not be competing at the sharp end of the Championship next season. The £7 million forward is looking to hit the ground running in his second campaign at Ewood Park and played the first 45 minutes of
A HEARTFELT tribute has been issued by the family of a 13-year-old Blackburn schoolgirl who was killed in a motorway horror crash. The family of Sana Patel, who died in a collision on the M61 on Saturday night, have described the Tauheedul Islam
AN investigation is underway after a man in his 20s is thought to have drowned in an East Lancashire reservoir. Emergency services were involved in a four-hour search at Ogden Reservoir, in Barley, after receiving reports that a young man had entered
A LAKE District hotel is offering pooches the chance to dine alongside their owners. In addition to having two dog-friendly lounges, guests and their four-legged friends can dine side by side in Rothay Manor's Brathay lounge - at both breakfast
A WEATHER warning for rain has been issued for the entire north of the UK on Thursday. Heavy rain is set to batter East Lancashire from noon and last for nine hours, according to the Met Office. The forecaster has predicted the bad weather will
Burnley have made Stoke City left back Erik Pieters their first signing of the summer. The 30-year-old has signed a two-year deal with a further one-year option and has joined up with Sean Dyche’s squad on their pre-season training trip to Portugal
TONY Mowbray is confident his starting XI for the new season will take shape in the weeks to come. The Rovers boss fielded almost two completely different sides for the 2-1 victory at Barrow on Saturday. Only goalkeeper Andrew Fisher played
TONY Mowbray has no real concerns over the three injured players who missed Rovers' opening pre-season friendly. Amari'i Bell, Derrick Williams and Harry Chapman did not feature in the 2-1 win at National League side Barrow on Saturday. Mowbray
TWO people have been released under investigation following a motorway crash which claimed the life of a 13-year-old Blackburn schoolgirl. An investigation was launched on Saturday after a Nisssan Qashqai, in which Sana Patel was a passenger, was
A BUSINESS building caught fire last night as fire crews attended the scene. Four fire engines from Hyndburn and Burnley attended a commercial building fire on Newhouse Road in Accrington at 11.40pm on Sunday June 8. The full details are currently
Jay Rodriguez is close to sealing his return to Burnley. The Clarets have activated the release clause in the striker's contract – believed to be £5 million with a further £5 million in add-ons. The 29-year-old has not travelled with the Baggies
TWO police officers were assaulted by a drunken woman when they were called to her mother’s house. Blackburn magistrates heard Tracey Rose racially abused one of the officers’ ethnicity. Rose, 40, of Larch Close, Rawtenstall, pleaded guilty
A WOMAN has written her debut book – at the grand age of 93. Margaret Ford has released A Daughter’s Choice focusing on the ups and downs of her early life in Blackburn. Published by Pan Macmillan, the book looks at Mrs Ford’s life growing up
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to three deliberate fires in Blackburn. Fire crews attended a small rubbish fire on Hamilton Street in Blackburn at 7.45pm on Sunday. At 9.15pm they attended a grass fire on Barbara Castle Way in Blackburn, before
Burnley are reportedly close to making Stoke left back Erik Pieters their first significant signing of the summer. The Clarets are on the lookout for competition for Charlie Taylor after Stephen Ward’s departure at the end of his contract, the
A GARDEN is being created in memory of BBC North West Tonight weather presenter, Dianne Oxberry, who died of ovarian cancer earlier this year. Created by 'Garden Ninja' Lee Burkhill, The Sunshine Garden will showcase how even the smallest space
Gemma Atkinson has given birth to a daughter with Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka Marquez. Gemma, who is president of Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary in Edenfield, said the baby "certainly made an entrance". Hinting that the birth had not
A NETWORKING group is celebrating after helping to secure an £800,000 deal to power a flagship East Lancs business move. Thermal process machinery experts Tek-Dry will be the first tenants of Frontier Park, at Whitebirk. Bosses secured local
THE summer holidays are nearly here and Witton Park has got in there early with a free family fun day. Go karts, a bouncy castle, a Punch and Judy show, a bucking bronco and a vintage bus ride were among the attractions laid on at the Blackburn
PROMOTERS of the 16th annual Rishton Festival turned the town into East Lancashire’s capital of culture for a day. Community groups worked with artist Ursula Hurst, of Art Daze, to fashion a host of colourful capers for the main parade. And
TEACHERS from a Great Harwood primary school are hoping to raise cash to replace a vandalised forest area for teaching. A Justgiving page has been set up for St John’s School as they try to generate much-needed funds to return their forest school
PLANS for a doggy day care centre on a farm in Oswaldtwistle have been submitted to Hyndburn Council. Agent Melanie Lawrenson of ML Planning Consultancy Ltd has drawn up the application on behalf of William Holden for a section of land at Higher
A MAJOR new housing development planned on greenfield land has sparked concerns from residents about the impact it will have on infrastructure. Some 130 homes have been earmarked for land north of Higher Saxifield Street, in Briercliffe. The
A DILAPIDATED building without a roof could be knocked down to make way for three new industrial units. Proposals have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council to demolish the derelict building attached to Albert Mill at Albert Place in Lower
ADMINISTRATORS have been called in again at one of Blackburn’s oldest industrial firms. Troubled Mercer and Sons, in Pump Street, has been closed for more than a week. The firm’s website is down and calls to their offices have remained unanswered
THERE are more empty homes in East Lancashire's towns than anywhere else in the country, new figures show. Across England, Scotland and Wales more than 278,000 homes are vacant, with over 10,000 of them in Lancashire alone. Collectively the
LESS than eight out of 10 patients were seen within four hours at East Lancashire's accident and emergency department in May. Latest figures for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) show performance levels were 78.4 per cent for the month.
A PANTY-LINE pervert who was seen filming girls' bottoms as he followed them around a supermarket cried with relief when he avoided prison. And Adrian Grocott was tracked down by police because he used his Tesco loyalty card as he checked out of
MONEY councils have been forced to cut from road maintenance funding since 2010 could have paid for the repair of nearly 8 million potholes, analysis by the Local Government Association reveals. Latest figures show that the amount of money councils
THE memory of a veteran cricket enthusiast in East Lancashire has been immortalised with the launch of a new end. Kenny Barnes, a former captain at Rawtenstall Cricket Club, died at the age of 93 last October. He had been a member at the Lancashire
COUNCILLORS have clashed over a call for a review of the use of a controversial weedkiller. St Andrew's ward Conservative Cllr Sara Britcliffe asked Hyndburn Borough's Full Council meeting to authorise a full review of its 'use of herbicides and
FANS of park in an East Lancashire town have a chance to vote it the best in the UK. The search is on to find the best open green space in the country. Bacup's Stubbylee Park is one of 55 in the North-West nominated for The Fields in Trust UK
AN ‘enterprise village’ built on behalf of Lancashire County Council at a cost of £6m is being placed up for auction - with a guide price of £1.55m. The announcement is the latest twist in a nine-year saga involving the Rising Bridge business park
THE world's most famous steam locomotive The Flying Scotsman will pass through East Lancashire and Blackburn later this month. However fans have been warned not risk their lives by climbing on the track to take photographs or simply get close to
WE are looking back at the day when the emergency services in Blackburn were on red alert after railway wagons carrying tons of a dangerous chemical crashed down an embankment in February 1979. The incident was in the Griffin area of Blackburn and
THE price of petrol and diesel always seems to up and down but can you imagine paying the prices in this advert in 1979. It was an advertisement for new petrol station at the Co-op Supermarket store on Brothers Street in Mill Hill. Perhaps not
TONY Mowbray wants an experienced replacement for David Raya after allowing his number one to leave Ewood Park. The Spaniard departed Rovers on Saturday for fellow Championship side Brentford for a fee believed to be in the region of £3 million
