A 93-year-old man has had two rings stolen from his nursing home bedroom. Police are now investigating the theft, which took place in a nursing home in Bacup, in the early hours of Thursday morning, and are asking for help in identifying the woman
A NEW statue that sits as the centrepiece of a town’s market square was vandalised with obscene graffiti. The peregrine falcon in Darwen’s newly-revamped £1.5million market square had, by Thursday morning, been sprayed with blue graffiti. Large
A man who stole just under £1,000 worth of fuel from a service station is wanted by the police. Officers released images of a man they want to speak to in connection to the theft, which took place at Charnock Richard Service Station at around 11.45am
SEAN Dyche is happy to give Danny Drinkwater a second chance after the midfielder was injured in an incident outside a nightclub. The on-loan Chelsea midfielder was pictured with facial injuries and also suffered an ankle problem that is set to
Ben Brereton faces up to eight weeks out after a knee operation, Tony Mowbray has revealed. Brereton sustained the injury in training and has been unavailable for Rovers’ last five matches in all competitions. The 20-year-old has played just
SUNDERLAND were beaten 3-0 by Peterborough last time out and Stanley boss John Coleman thinks that game could have gone either way. Stanley's opponents tomorrow have not played for two weeks, due to the international and Coleman isn't sure whether
A CUSTOMISED Yamaha motorbike that was stolen from outside a house was later involved in a crash with a car. The bike, which belonged to Liam McGlinn, was stolen in the early hours of Wednesday morning from his Bonsall Street home in Mill Hill.
Police are warning residents to be on high alert after coping stones were stolen from Barnoldswick. The stones, measuring 2ft and 3ft long, by 15in wide and 2in thick, were taken from the Wellhouse area of Barnoldswick around September 7. A spokesperson
A PENSIONER has died in a crash near an M65 junction, police have confirmed. Police are appealing for witnesses after 87-year-old Mary Hargrave suffered fatal injuries in the incident at 2pm yesterday when a Nissan Micra was involved in a collision
JOHN Coleman has decided what his starting line-up will be when Stanley host Sunderland in League One. The Reds are without the suspended duo of Sean McConville and Seamus Conneely after the pair have both been shown red cards. Defender Zaine
A COUNCIL is set to revise controversial plans to store five-tonne wagons in a cemetery amid fury from residents. Rossendale Council has applied for a Goods Vehicle Operator’s licence to add an operating centre to keep goods vehicles at Haslingden
We asked our Rovers fans' jury: Would you recall Tosin Adarabioyo to the side for the visit of Millwall and if so, in the place of who? I WOULD be tempted to start with him on the bench and then bring him on if Rovers look comfortable (dream on
GROOMING crimes recorded in Lancashire have quadrupled in the last year, new figures have shown. Figures obtained by the NSPCC, which campaigned for the introduction of the sexual communication with a child offence before it became law in April
BLACKBURN is to have a new adidas trainer named after the town. The sportswear giant will launch the Blackburn SPZL at a major exhibition in the Cotton Exchange which will feature over 1,000 pairs of adidas footwear from past and present. The
FROM Poland to Pembrokeshire, Amy Freeman is happy to clock up the miles both home and abroad. Just weeks after coming first in her age group in an ultra trail race in Poland, the Darwen Dasher enjoyed a podium finish at the Pembrokeshire 100 -
DWIGHT McNeil’s stock is forever rising and he puts that down to his Burnley team mates and manager Sean Dyche. Since coming into a struggling Burnley side in December of last year, McNeil has been an ever-present since scoring on his first start
STEVEN Defour has looked back on his time at Burnley and admits he was “out of his comfort zone” when he arrived at Turf Moor. The Clarets agreed to terminate the Belgium international’s contract, which had 10 months remaining on it, so he could
Connor Mahoney returns to his boyhood club this weekend but anticipates ‘a few boos’ from the home stands. The winger turned down the offer of an extended contract at Rovers after relegation from the Championship and secured a move to Premier League
The squad should have worked hard enough over the last fortnight that preparation for the visit of Millwall is almost total, writes Simon Smith. Rovers tend to struggle to break down the more resilient teams at home despite the flair they possess
A PASSENGER in a car stopped by police handed over a rucksack which he admitted contained cannabis. Blackburn magistrates heard the officers discovered a number of jars and tins containing different varieties of the drug. And Mohammed Hashim
BURNLEY Mechanics will host the world premiere of the opera, The Fire of Olympus or On Sticking It To The Man on Saturday. Composed by Tim Benjamin, the opera will be performed by Radius Opera and is a radical re-imagining of Greek mythology. Set
A MAN who turned to dealing hard drugs when his takeaway business failed has been jailed for three years. Burnley Crown Court heard PCSO Becky Walker and her colleague were patrolling the Bank Hall area of Burnley at 2.30pm on April 4, last year
Volunteers, including schoolchildren, turned out in Haslingden to tackle the growing number of rubbish dumps in the town. The clean-up of the area known as the 'bad lands', took place in 1969, in a push to clear beauty spots such as the Grane Valley
Britain's Got Talent bosses are calling on the talented people of East Lancashire to strut their stuff as the team head to the north west for auditions. On Sunday, the BGT team will be in Blackpool, and all potential hopefuls need to do is turn
COUNCIL bosses are being asked to refuse a request for a zebra crossing to allow children to safely cross the road near a Blackburn primary school. A petition containing 50 signatures was lodged to Blackburn with Darwen Council by parents of pupils
A SHOPWORKER who used to weigh 33 stones has completed the Great North Run half-marathon after his own marathon weight-loss programme. Craig Moody, from Blackburn, would eat a chippy tea or pizza every day and would drink at least 12 pints on a
BURNLEY Council has published its latest savings proposals as part of its plans to continue to meet its financial challenges. A report by council’s head of finance and property services, Asad Mushtaq, to the council’s executive committee sets out
A DETECTIVE who sued his own force - claiming sex discrimination because they had refused to investigate allegations involving his former partner - has lost his case. Det Con Gareth Yates alleged he had been placed at a disadvantage amid police
A COLLAPSED sewer caused part of a Darwen road to sink in 1979. A large hole emerged in Northcote Street, in March, the second incident of its type in the town in the last three weeks. Workmen were seen shoring up the hole, which measured 5ft
A care home has become the latest organisation to back a trans-Atlantic rowing challenge. Birchfield Residential Care Home, Gorse Road, Blackburn is supporting the group of East Lancashire Royal Marines who are raising awareness of plastics in the
A volunteer community group that looks after a town's park is gearing up for the Heritage Open Days. Friends of Bold Venture Park are taking part in the 25th anniversary of the National Heritage Open Days initiative next week. Over the weekend
A BUSINESSMAN has expressed concern that 'aggressive and belligerent' parking is affecting his firm. The man, who asked not to be named, said that measures, introduced to tackle problems with parking outside Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS
COUNCIL chiefs are being asked to back funding for a scheme to turn a grade-II listed former school into high quality housing. A proposal will go before Burnley Council’s executive next week asking senior council figures to accept a grant of £200,000
EAST Lancashire has shown a ‘worrying’ rise in drug-related deaths over the last decade – especially in its most affluent borough where fatalities have soared. New Government figures reveal that in East Lancashire overall drug deaths have risen
EAST Lancashire pavement parkers could face action if parliamentary recommendations are passed into law. Earlier this year, a Parliamentary select committee began a review on the issue, which is currently a grey area and only totally banned in London
CONTROVERSIAL plans for dozens of new homes on the site of a former care home could be approved next week. A report is due to go before Blackburn with Darwen Council's planning and highways committee recommending permission be granted for Applethwaite
FUNERAL arrangements have been made for a former Blackburn Rovers star. Mike Ferguson died on August 27 at the age of 76 and made more than 200 career appearances for Rovers between 1962 and 1968. There will be a committal on September 18 at
A baby and a driver of a van had a lucky escape, when the van, driven by electrician, James Barnes, overturned onto the pavement in Plane Street, Blackburn. The picture from our 1969 archives, shows emergency services and passers-by trying to push
SCHOOL parking chaos is an 'accident waiting to happen', a concerned councillor has said. Cllr Glenn Harrison is concerned about long-standing parking problems outside West End Primary School in Aspen Lane, Oswaldtwistle. He said that a minority
BURNLEY Council is considering changes to the way it charges council tax on long-term empty properties to encourage owners to bring them back into use. A report to the council's executive, which meets on Tuesday, recommends the premiums charged
Danny Graham set the perfect example to the club’s young players by asking to play in Tuesday’s Lancashire Senior Cup win, according to Billy Barr. First-team boss Tony Mowbray left it in the hands of his senior players as to whether they wanted
A GROUP have put together a bid to try to keep a Lower Darwen pub as part of the community. Uncle Jacks was put on the market at £160,000 in July by owners Star Pubs and Bars – seven months after it closed. But it has remained empty since and
FEUDING neighbours came to blows when they met by chance in a Blackburn town centre pub. The town's magistrates heard Mateusz Wojtkowiak ended up stripped to the waist outside the Bees Knees fighting with two other men. Wojtkowiak, 25, of Stonyhurst
