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  • School buses forced to turn around because of bad behaviour

    A HIGH school is cracking down on bad behaviour on its buses after drivers were forced to turn around when children started messing with emergency exits. Two drivers transporting Rhyddings children from the school’s temporary base at Hameldon College

  • Hospital searches for relatives of dead man

    HOSPITAL staff are appealing for the public's help to trace the family of a man who died in hospital. Eric Inman, 86, died from natural causes at the Airedale General Hospital in Steeton on Monday. He was known to live in Earby and Barnoldswick.

  • 'The phone has to ring' - Boss on prospects of January exits

    Tony Mowbray is happy to listen to loan offers for his fringe players - but says the phone must ring first of all. Rovers have a number of players who have become regulars for the Under-23s but in need of more regular game-time at senior level.

  • Man who threw brick through window of vets wanted by police

    A man who threw a brick through the window of a veterinary practice is being sought by police. Officers are keen to trace the man, pictured, in relation to a burglary that took place at the Town and Country Vets on Whalley Road in Clayton-Le-Moors

  • Dyche: Mour to come at Spurs with Jose in charge

    SEAN Dyche feels Jose Mourinho could be the man to take Spurs to the next level. But he is hoping to put a bump in the road when the Clarets make their first trip to the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium today. And Dyche has good reason to be optimistic

  • 'A good grounding' - Stanley loanees learning all the time

    Stanley are continuing to learn about their crop of loan players every day, according to Jimmy Bell. Jerome Opoku has been the pick of the temporary additions, with the left-sided defender having impressed since joining from Fulham. The 21-

  • Concern over whereabouts of missing teenage girl

    A 16-year-old girl who is missing from home has connections throughout East Lancashire, police have said. Officers are growing concerned for the welfare of Ellie Taylor, who is missing from the Blackburn area. She was last seen at 6.18pm on Thursday

  • Bygones: Pay up or you can't leave Blackburn!

    TODAY this is the site of one of the busiest junctions in Blackburn but back in 1890 when this photograph was taken things were a little more sedate. The turnpike house was situated on Preston New Road and stood at what is now the junction with

  • Bank card theft victim turned detective to find fraudster

    A WOMAN turned detective after her bank card had been stolen from her car. Blackburn magistrates heard she received a text to say her card had been declined at a nearby store and she went to investigate. The shopkeeper described two women who

  • Stanley hope to put preparation time to good use at Tranmere

    Jimmy Bell wants Stanley to use their extra preparation time to their advantage as they return to action at Tranmere. Having been knocked out of the FA Cup, Stanley were without a game last weekend and travel to Prenton Park after a 14-day break

  • Lane clear after crash on M60 at Trafford Centre

    A lane has now reopened after a crash on the M60. One lane was closed between junction 11 and junction 10 near the Trafford Centre while three vehicles were cleared from the road. Earlier, delays reached 40 minutes as eight miles of queues

  • Brain surgeon Henry Marsh returning to Clitheroe Grand

    THE acclaimed neurosurgeon Henry Marsh is returning to the Grand Theatre, Clitheroe, to talk about his remarkable second memoir, Admissions: A life in Brain Surgery. Marsh made the decision to be a brain surgeon after he had witnessed the miracle

  • Bygones: Darwen FC were pioneers of the Beautiful Game

    THE key role that the town of Darwen played in the rise of the popularity of football is just beginning to be recognised. Next year, the six-part Netflix drama The English Game written by Julian Fellowes, the man behind Downton Abbey, will look

  • Heartbreak as flooding hits homes

    ALMOST 40 years ago to the day, residents were left to mop-up their homes and businesses when torrential downpours brought flooding chaos to East Lancashire. Fire stations across the region were inundated with calls as rivers burst their banks and

  • Twins from East Lancs on track to artistic glory

    IDENTICAL twins are on the same plane when it comes to their artistic endeavours. Michael Youds picked up the Scottish Portrait Award in Fine Art prize for a rendering of himself and twin David. And David has earned plaudits in the Sky Arts Landscape

  • Appeal lodged over town tyre storage container

    AN appeal has been lodged after borough planners threw out a scheme to install a metal storage container for tyres at a car wash. Blackburn with Darwen Council refused the application at 63 Whalley Banks in Blackburn and now an appeal has been submitted

  • Plans revealed for more new affordable homes in the borough

    AFFORDABLE housing developers say new proposals would help boost Blackburn's economy. Great Places has submitted a new planning application for 56 affordable homes on land off Shakespeare Way in the town. The brownfield land was bought by Blackburn

  • 'Why more Muslim children should join the Scouts'

    A SCOUT leader believes all children regardless of which faith they follow should join a local group to experience things schools cannot teach. Nisbah Hussain is the leader of the 1Voice scouts in Blackburn and is also the North West regional commissioner

  • Little Treasures 2019: Full gallery of adorable pictures

    WHO will be crowned East Lancashire’s most adorable youngster in our Little Treasures 2019 competition? Our photographers were out in force capturing images of your cute kids at Accrington Market, The Mall Blackburn and Darwen Market. The photographs

  • Nominations open for community awards

    A COMMUNITY group in Blackburn has launched their prestigious community champion award nomination for 2020. The One Voice Annual Dinner will celebrate the eighth anniversary of the organisation, set up in 2011. In its seventh year, the dinner

  • Co-op Christmas community cash

    DARWEN Rainbows Brownies group being presented with a £2,399 cheque by team from the town's Hollins Grove Co-operative store. The cash was raised by customers and staff swiping their members' cards after each shop with one per cent of each transaction