Tony Mowbray detailed the club's infrastructure improvements during a visit to meet the club's owners during the international break. Mowbray travelled to Pune with Mark Venus, whose role has now been expanded to head of football operations, and
Rovers and Cardiff City are still to decide where Greg Cunningham will undergo his rehabilitation, with the full back set to undergo surgery on his knee on Monday. Cunningham suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury that will sideline him
Rovers have been hit with three more injuries this week as Tony Mowbray faces up to life without several first-team players. Darragh Lenihan and Greg Cunningham both picked up knee injuries in the defeat at QPR and have been joined on the sidelines
THE best and worst performing secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen have been revealed based on this summer’s GCSE exams. The government has released its provisional league tables showing how well the borough’s schools performed in the examinations
Mental health charity Lancashire Mind is calling for people from across the county to take part in its annual Mental Elf 5k run. The event will take place at Witton Park, Blackburn, on Sunday 1st December and registration is now open via the Lancashire
DAME Louise Ellman said her experience in the Labour Party had been “very traumatic”. The senior MP and former leader of Lancashire County Council quit her party of 55 years in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and the rise of anti-semitism
THERE’S something magnetising about heavy metal rockers who are travelling at whirlwind speed after fixing the wheels back on their wagon again. A year ago, there was a damaging falling out, a triumvirate of the band quit, and Inglorious’ leader
I HAVE to say I was quite surprised earlier in the year, when the Samuel Smith’s pub chain became the first in the UK. to ban all mobile devices in their outlets. The pub chain has more than 300 destinations nationally. The ban follows on from a
ACTOR turned musician Kiefer Sutherland is to come to Blackburn with his band. The star who played Jack Bauer in the hit TV series 24 will be bringing his band to King George's Hall in February. He has released two acclaimed country-blues albums
If you live in BB2 or BB3 areas you may not have any running water this morning. United Utilities has said a leak on Bolton Road in Blackburn has been reported and an engineer has been sent to the scene. A United Utilities spokesman said: "
Christian Walton believes the team spirit within the Rovers camp is enough to see them through the injury disappointments to Greg Cunningham and Darragh Lenihan. Two of Tony Mowbray’s first choice back four picked up knee injuries in the defeat
Firefighters were called to a car fire in Accrington. Crews from the town tackled the blaze in Buxton Street just after 7pm yesterday. A fire service spokesman said: "Firefighters used one hose reel to extinguish the fire, which is believed
THE Lancashire Telegraph is searching for the cutest and most adorable kids in our new Little Treasures 2019 competition. From next week, our photographer will be out taking photographs of all your little treasures. Not only does it promise
AN executive chef was crowned the winner of a television cooking show where she was asked to recreate a well-known fast food burger. Lisa Goodwin-Allen, in charge of the kitchens at the Michelin-starred restaurant at Langho’s Northcote, came out
IT was an occasion that everyone in the town of Barnoldswick used to look forward to, and nobody more so than six-year-old Megan Hope. Pictured here in August 1997, the primary school pupil, dressed as Minnie Mouse, was ready and waiting to board the
A PENSIONER appearing in court for the 30th breach of a criminal behaviour order which bans him from every shop in Accrington town centre claimed he couldn't remember where he could and couldn't go. Blackburn magistrates heard prolific offender
A STEROID user who shared "vile" child abuse images with like-minded paedophiles has narrowly avoided prison. Burnley Crown Court heard father-of-one Shahid Aslam was found with hundreds of indecent images and some videos, the worst of which showed
A MAN who accused his brother of sleeping with his ex-girlfriend threatened to travel up to Accrington from London to kill her. Burnley Crown Court heard Jamie McPhee smashed his way into the victim’s house in Elizabeth Street and sprayed white
COUNCILLORS across the county have been accused of ‘undermining principles’ after failing to pay their council tax on time, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. Authority figures in Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Rossendale and Burnley have been
ELECTRICITY North West has announced a second major £1.2million power cable replacement project in Rawtenstall. It follows the successful completion of a similar £1m scheme on part of Bacup Road and Lower Cloughfold. That has replaced nine underground
A CANCER awareness roadshow is coming to Blackburn to raise awareness of rarer male cancers. People can find out about the signs, symptoms and risk factors among men on Friday from 9am to 5pm at the Mall Blackburn. Every year over 50,000 men
Rovers will be able to call on the services of Lewis Travis for this weekend’s visit of Huddersfield Town – with Sam Hart also in contention to feature in a matchday squad for the first time in 14 months. Travis missed the QPR defeat with a minor
A NEW process manager has been appointed to spur on a Bury cable and pipe seal manufacturer's growth plans. Roxtec UK, based on Waterfold Park, has brought in Ross Mannin from another manufacturer to mirror the firm's international expansion performance
BLACKBURN Centurions Swimming Club has raised more than £900 for a Ribble Valley community for adults with a learning disability. Its members covered more than 200 lengths in sponsored swim at Darwen Leisure Centre for Samlesbury’s Stanley Grange
TODAY’S opening of a show home at new housing estate heralds the final transformation of a town’s eyesore a council leader has declared. Oak Mill in Colne was demolished in 2013 and the site became derelict until PEARL, the joint venture company
THE trustees of a historic East Lancashire theatre have announced details of a major fundraising event next month. The Burnley Empire's 125th Big Birthday Dinner Party will take place on November 8 at 7pm in the 1882 Lounge of Burnley Football Club's
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former butchers who has died - just under a year after he retired. Nigel Easton served generations of customers at Easton’s Butchers in Whalley New Road, alongside his wife Denise but he decided to hang up his butchers
A HOMEOWNER bidding to fell a protected tree experts say could damage their house could find themselves disappointed. Proposals to chop down a mature cherry tree in the front garden of a home, on the corner of Hermitage Street and Parker Street
A DOCTOR who diagnosed a string of food poisoning cases – on behalf of his wife’s solicitors firm – has been struck off. Dr Zuber Bux’s conduct, writing medical reports without even considering possible alternatives, had been “wholly deplorable”
FRESH owners have been confirmed for one of East Lancashire’s most renowned hotels. But bosses at Stanley House Hotel and Spa, Mellor, are remaining tight-lipped over the identity of the new patrons. Speculation has centred on whether the Issa
BLACKBURN’S Debenhams is set to mark its 40th anniversary in the town today. The store opened its doors on October 17, 1979 — in Blackburn Shopping Centre which is now The Mall — and three members of staff remain who were there at the start.
A HOSPITAL worker has been cooking up ginormous versions of his favourite treats — including samosas and Jammie Dodgers. Luqy Adam films himself baking the sweet and savoury treats at home, before sampling the impressive creations. The 26-
HUNDREDS of hospital patients across East Lancashire have had operations cancelled in the past 12 months – with more than 100 procedures rescheduled at the last minute due to ‘missing equipment.’ The East Lancashire Hospitals Trust cancelled 763
