Dan Butterworth took just 14 seconds to mark his comeback with a goal in Rovers Under-23s win at Southampton. Butterworth has been nursing a back problem since featuring for the first-team in pre-season, but the promising attacker was back in action
ACCRINGTON Stanley have been handed a home tie in the first round of the FA Cup. The Reds will host League Two leaders Crewe Alexandra on the weekend beginning November 8. Dave Artell’s side have made a fine start to the new campaign and currently
POLICE officers talk to more than 400 high school pupils about the dangers of knife use and the consequences. As part of the forces Operation Sceptre, officers visited St Christopher's CE High Schjool and Accrington Academy this week to deliver
WOULD you like to get some adorable snaps of your little one — with the chance to win some fantastic prizes? Today, our photographer was at The Mall Blackburn taking snaps for the Lancashire Telegraph's Little Treasures 2019. He will be at
Bradley Dack’s sixth goal of the season was particularly pleasing to the Rovers attacker given it was a first from outside the box since New Year’s Day. Dack has five goals in his last seven matches and 13 in the calendar year when steering a shot
Amari’i Bell took part in Monday’s training session and will be assessed on Tuesday morning ahead of Rovers’ trip to his former club Birmingham City. Bell missed the weekend’s game with Huddersfield Town with a knee injury picked up in training
NEW residential parking permit schemes could be set up across Lancashire – if there is public demand for them. Lancashire County Council last year took control of all existing permit arrangements, some of which had previously been administered
SEAN Dyche is pleased with how his Burnley side are progressing, despite defeat at Leicester on Saturday. The Clarets went down 2-1 at the King Power Stadium at the weekend as they came within a whisker of taking home a hard-earned point against
SHOCKING footage showing a teenager clinging onto a car bonnet as his drink-driving friend drove at 50mph has been released. The stunt in a red Volkswagen Polo involving Oliver Barton and driver Lucas Blanchard was filmed by back-seat passenger
Police were called to a newsagents after a drunken man stumbled into the shop and began abusing staff. The incident happened at around 9.10pm on Sunday on Old Bank Lane in Blackburn. A police spokesperson said: "The man had entered the shop and
A MAN was taken to hospital after police were called to an address following reports of concern for welfare. Officers were called to Atlas Road in Darwen at about 2.20pm on Sunday after receiving calls over the safety of the man in the property.
Britain's largest family have announced their brood is to expand even further with a new baby due next year - more than 30 years after their first child was born. Sue Radford, 44, announced she is pregnant with her 22nd child to husband Noel, 48
WITH nights drawing in and temperatures beginning to dip, most of us have already accepted that summer is pretty much over. But when it comes to the clocks, British Summer Time (BST) isn't quite over yet. Every year, clocks go forward by an
An investigation is due to be carried out after a man had to be rescued from a house fire in Blackburn. Fire crews Blackburn and Darwen were called to the incident in Mosley Street at around 11pm on Sunday. Four breathing apparatus were used
Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a teenage girl. Lucy Neville, who is 19, is missing from Burnley. She was last seen near to Westgate in Burnley on Friday. A spokesperson for the police said: "Lucy is described as
A police officer has been assaulted in an early morning fracas. Officers were called to a disturbance on Walter Street in Brierfield at around 5.45am on Monday. One of the attending officers, PC Burrow, arrived on scene and was met by a man who
A ROBBER who went on the run before being sentenced to five years in prison told a court he had been staying at his mum’s house the entire time. In April, Lee Wakefield failed to attend Preston Crown Court to face justice along with his three co-defendants
PLANS have been submitted for 12 holiday lodges on a farm in the Ribble Valley. Louise Monk is applying for the lodges on unused farm land at Pendle View, Primrose Lane, Mellor. Agent Gary Hoerty Associates have published a planning statement
AN ENGAGED man who was having an affair with another woman set her flat on fire in a drunken, jealous rage. Preston Crown Court heard 24-year-old Junaid Ahmed was seething about victim Aniyah Mahmood's plan to go out for the night with her sister
UNEMPLOYMENT figures for Blackburn are among the highest in the country — with one in five thought to be out of work — a shock new report on the ‘hidden unemployed’ has found. The OECD and Centre for Cities — both highly regarded and reputable
A junior football team will be proudly displaying the East Lancashire Hospice logo on their shirts for the next two seasons, after a fundraising dad sponsored the club. Gareth Mayoh, who is the father of Tom and Jack Mayoh, the fundraising shorts
UNITED Utilities are to carry out a CCTV survey of a culvert blamed for flooding on a residential road. Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has been in touch with the company and Lancashire County Council about the problem on Reedyford Road, Nelson.
NORTHERN Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has been asked to suspend the redrawing of a local authority’s ward boundaries until a bid to create a Pennine Lancashire super-council has been decided on. Pendle borough leader Cllr Mohammed Iqbal has written
THE Archdeacon of Blackburn led a pilgrimage of Lancashire parishioners to the Holy Land, where they found a ‘kneeler’ prayer cushion from a Rossendale church in Jerusalem’s St George’s Cathedral. Mark Ireland was accompanied by his wife Gill and
Two Blackburn school children excelled in the written word when they each won prizes in a national essay competition. This photo from our 1979 archives shows Stephen Noblett, 11, and Elizabeth Kennedy, 11, with the shield they won for St Paul's
A MAN was saved from being flung into the River Darwen by a set of iron railings. This picture from our archives shows 32-year-old David Wallace in 1979, with his Bedford transit van, which had failed to take a bend where Aqueduct Road joins Hamilton
A multi-award-winning dance charity that helps disabled and non-disabled individuals has been awarded a chunk of National Lottery cash. DanceSyndrome, based in Accrington, is among the thousands of projects throughout the UK that will benefit from
A PICTURESQUE Lancashire borough has welcomed more than four million visitors for the third year running in 2018. The latest county tourism statistics confirm Ribble Valley's popularity. They also reveal that tourism generated more than £260million
A COLNE supported housing scheme has been shortlisted for a national award. Limes Place provides 11 specially designed flats and 24-hour support for people living with mental health conditions, learning disabilities or physical disabilities.
A FORMER pub which suddenly closed earlier this year is set to be bought up by Blackburn with Darwen Council. The local authority is working to secure a deal to buy the Blackamoor Inn, Blackburn, in a bid to stave off other interested parties.
Rovers need to start turning their dominance in to points, according to Bradley Dack, who reflected on more dropped points at Ewood. Dack scored his sixth of the season to put Rovers ahead at the break against Huddersfield Town. But the visitors
ZOMBIES took over The Mall in Blackburn – for a thrill-seeking experience visitors would never forget. Wicked Experiences brought its award-winning ‘Zombie Nightmare’ themed event to the town for the second year running on Friday and Saturday night
