Burnley enjoyed a winning return to Turf Moor after a second-half brace from the in-form Chris Eagles helped them to victory over Barnsley in their npower Championship fixture. The 24-year-old former Manchester United winger, who is starting
THE star of a Renault advertisement campaign that spoofed the village of Gisburn has accepted an invitation from the Ribble Valley Mayor to see the ‘real Ribble Valley’. And the visit of “Claude” is to be commemorated with a special sausage
BLACKBURN Rovers reserves suffered more late misery as Nathan Eccleston snatched a 3-3 draw for Liverpool in a thrilling encounter. The visitors raced into a two-goal lead through Danny Wilson and an Eccleston penalty inside 25 minutes, leaving Rovers
BURNLEY are being held to a goalless draw at half-time of their Championship clash with Barnsley at Turf Moor tonight. In an even first period, Chris Eagles went close for the Clarets - but neither team could gain control of the clash by the interval
A ROSSENDALE mum has plunged thousands of feet through the air to raise money for a charity close to her heart. Rochelle Coleman-Taylor, 30, from Rawtenstall, and her sister Victoria Coleman, from Bacup, threw themselves out of a plane in the
THE DEPUTY leader of a party set up to fight for the interests of Darwen people has defended his decision to live in Hyndburn. Phil Jones, who represents the Marsh House ward for the For Darwen Party, said he was living in Rishton with his
BRIAN Easton makes his league debut as Burnley boss Brian Laws is forced into a change for tonight's Championship clash with Barnsley at Turf Moor. Easton comes in for Danny Fox, who has failed to recover from the injury he picked up during Saturday's
The courtroom drama of Liverpool FC last week demonstrates beyond any doubt that football, at least at the higher echelons, is a dirty business. It also underlines that foreign ownership, even by individuals who are mega-rich on paper, can be a curse
Since when did referees start awarding penalties for fouls committed outside the box? Was this a rule change that was slipped in under the radar? Okay, sour grapes over, but it was a poor decision to send off Kevin Long – and while it did not hand the
In the immediate aftermath of a dizzying second half at Bramall Lane in which the Clarets had all three points, threw them away, got them back and them carelessly tossed them away again, a bitterly disappointed Brian Laws said: “If we want to march on
BARNSLEY boss Mark Robins believes Barnsley can take the weekend win over Nottingham Forest into tonight’s game at Burnley – and claim rare back-to-back wins. The former Manchester United striker was delighted with his men against Forest and wants to
CHORLEY actors are following the sell-out run of Willy Russell’s play Blood Brothers in June with a lesser known work from the writer, from October 19 to 23. The rare 1975 comedy Breezeblock Park is set on a Liverpudlian estate as a family
THE 2010/11 season opener for Blackburn Drama Club will be 1940s-set comedy Love’s A Luxury, from October 21 to 23. Love’s A Luxury has been described by the club as ‘Carry On Camping meets Some Like Hot’, with a bunch of theatricals escaping to the
CHARGES on Blackburn’s flagship multistorey car park are to be dropped, council bosses have announced. It comes after the Lancashire Telegraph revealed the £6.5million car park was being shunned by shoppers because it was up to 50 per cent
AN 84-year-old woman was knocked to the floor for her pension in Burnley yesterday. It happened around 10am as she walked along Temple Street after leaving Todmorden Road post office with her pension. She had put the money safely in
RAILWAYS fans from all over the country gathered at Hyndburn Sports Centre at the weekend for the Blackburn and East Lancashire Model Railway Society's annual exhibition. Exhibitors included Harry Drummond and friends demonstrating model building,
AS the search continues for efficiencies in the way the UK conducts its business, I write to ask why the Territorial Army has an establishment of 38,500, albeit currently recruiting to 28,000? Only some 1,200 have deployed, alongside regulars, each
THE new Rising Bridge business village near Haslingden has been completed. Lancashire County Council, which is behind the development, said there had been interest in the units. For more information call Petty Chartered Surveyors on 01282 456677
ROLLS-Royce’s East Lancashire workers have received another boost after the firm won a £245million deal with THAI Airways International. The aerospace giant, which employs 1,000 in East Lancashire, will supply its Trent 700 engines to power seven of
BOSSES at Burnley-based used car firm Auction4Cars said sales rose 21 per cent last month in a sign the market is improving. The company, which is based on the site of Motorpoint in Rose Grove Lane, said figures were now at a six-month high. Auction4Cars
BOSSES at a Ribble Valley hotel are celebrating after scooping an award. The Shireburn Arms, in Hurst Green, has been named the Best Kept Hotel and Restaurant in Lancashire’s Best Kept Village Awards, at the Gibbon Bridge Hotel. Delighted owner
Perhaps the mass production of chicken meat is not an aspect of modern life about which we can feel particularly proud, whether or not the end product gets a “halal” certificate. Of course, from the English Defence League point of view, the key
ESTATE agency Petty’s has been honoured at a prestigious business awards evening. The company was highly commended in the Commitment to Training category at the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce awards, held at Ewood Park, Blackburn. Lettings manager
A HOUSING expert has predicted that first-time buyers will help the market recover after another fall in prices. Simon Ainsworth, from East Lancashire law firm Napthens, said: “House price increases are cyclical, and we should eventually get to a
Ribble Valley AC member Leigh Lennon was one of eight athletes who attended the Commonwealth Games as part of the ‘On Camp With Kelly’ scheme. In the second of her reports for the Lancashire Telegraph, she describes leading a training session
PAUL Buckel and Simon Boardman will be hoping to light up the roads of Cumbria and North Lancashire when they contest the Morecambe Illuminations Rally. Buckel, from Accrington, will have regular mapman Steve Butler alongside in his Proton Satria,
A MAN has been taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital this afternoon after a collision between a car and a van on the M65. Two lanes were closed on the westbound carriageway between Junction 10 Padiham and Junction 9 Lane Ends following the smash
STAIRLIFT firm Multicare is pioneering an innovative new idea which will see the lifts recycled after they have been used. Stairlifts are generally wasted when they are no longer needed in the home because they have been approved for a specific disabled
A ROSSENDALE-based public relations agency has launched a specialist sports division. Viva PR, which also has an office in Manchester, has created Viva Sport on the back of work with Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa. The agency also
A TAXI driver has been arrested and suspended from driving over an alleged sex assault on a teenage passenger. The 25-year-old Asian man was arrested by police last week. He has been bailed pending further police inquiries and has been barred from driving
CHANGES to the redundancy policy for Rossendale Borough Council workers have been slammed. Council bosses have given the green light to revisions to their redundancy and grievance policy, ahead of tomorrow's crunch Comprehensive Spending Review announcement
With this week seeing Tina being given the ‘grace card’ through to next weeks show due to her illness, would it make another unlikely contestant at risk of being out of the running, especially with the Rumba being one the hardest dances to master
BIN man Roy Wilcock has been praised after notching up 41 years in the job – with hardly a day off. Mr Wilcock, 59, a Blackburn with Darwen refuse team leader, has received a long service award from his bosses. He has worked for the authority since
A WAR veteran is approaching 75 years 'not out' with Rawtenstall Cricket Club. Kenny Barnes, 85, also played more than 700 games for the club, despite missing three seasons while serving on board aircraft carrier HMS Glory between 1943 and 1946. He
A DELAY for a new mental health hospital has dealt another blow to a major business park in Burnley. Plans for Lancashire Care Trust’s 150-bed unit in 10 acres of ground at Pollard Moor, near Padiham, could be scaled back. The £37.5million project has
A YOUNG drunk who robbed his own mother, after threatening her with a pair of kitchen scissors, has been given 18 months in youth custody. Judge Andrew Woolman said Ian James Fraser’s attack on Sharon Donoghue, after she had refused to give him £50,
SO there we have it, Sir Alex Ferguson says Wayne Rooney doesn’t want to sign a new Manchester United contract - now sit back and await the outpourings of grief from heartbroken fans. Get over it. Footballers leave clubs; that’s the nature of the game
POLICE are to crush two quad bikes seized during a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Darwen. Officers were called to the junction 4 services of the M65 on Friday, and took the bikes off a group of male youths aged between 16 and 18, seen riding
A LANDLORD has been ordered to pay £1,370 for illegally evicting a tenant from her property. Susan Howson, of Parklands Way, Blackburn, admitted the charge after she changed the locks on the property in King's Road, Blackburn, whilst the tenant was out
A 15-year-old boy has been given a youth referral order for carrying a firework in a residential street. Neighbourhood police stopped the boy in Watery Lane, Darwen, at 8pm on Friday after calls from worried residents. The rocket was unlit, but the
In the immediate aftermath of a dizzying second half at Bramall Lane in which the Clarets had all three points, threw them away, got them back and them carelessly tossed them away again, a bitterly disappointed Brian Laws said: “If we want to march
JAY Rodriguez came of age in the summer. He insists he is now maturing on the football pitch too. The Burnley-born striker is enjoying his best run in the side since turning professional in 2007. He was but a boy then, celebrating his
PEOPLE are being asked to vote to get extra fast broadband internet access in Blackburn and Darwen. A nationwide survey run by BT is trying to discover which areas want so called superfast broadband most. But BT have promised that the five exchanges
BURNLEY manager Brian Laws has urged his players to keep the goals coming as they aim to shoot themselves back into the play-off places tonight. The Clarets boast 11 different goalscorers so far as they begin back-to-back home games with the
Blackburn Rovers look set to clinch the signing of former Lens midfielder Herold Goulon. The French free agent has agreed personal terms with the club and a deal is expected to be agreed in the next couple of days.
CUP heroes Clitheroe aim to get back to winning ways in the Evo-Stik League First Division North tonight as they make the trip to Prescot Cables. The Blues stunned Burscough in the first qualifying round of the FA Trophy on Saturday - but have
AN East Lancashire high school has left the Government National Challenge programme a year early after its exam results proved its hard work had paid off. Rhyddings Enterprise and Business School, Oswaldtwistle, has received confirmation that it is
DIAGNOSED with terminal cancer, Justine Hargreaves had to come to terms with the fact she would not see her children grow up. But, determined to be an ongoing presence in their lives, she drew up a ‘mummy manual’ of advice for them to read after her
WATCHING My Fair Lady, the old movie, the other night, when Professor Higgins sings ‘why can’t the English learn to speak?’, I thought how important talking and understanding one another is. Our country has always welcomed and absorbed people from
A ‘SUPERCAR’ built with engineering expertise from East Lancashire is set to smash the world land speed record by travelling at more than 1,000mph. The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC), a replica of which has just gone on display in London,
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the reinstatement of the railway between Colne and Skipton have presented their case to the European Parliament in Belgium. Andy Shackleton, David Penny, and David Walsh, of the Skipton – East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership
SAM Allardyce admitted ‘that felt like a win’ after a heroic 10-man Blackburn Rovers got skipper Chris Samba off the hook at Ewood Park last night. The giant defender was dismissed for a professional foul on the stroke of half time
A BUSINESSMAN was tied up in his own home and robbed of his dead wife’s keepsakes. Three masked men broke into the detached home of property developer David Knowles in Wiswell Lane, Whalley, around 8.30pm on Sunday night. They tied up Mr Knowles, who
Blackburn Rovers will take part in the Barclays Asia Trophy in Hong Kong next summer alongside Premier League rivals Aston Villa and Chelsea. The Premier League-affiliated pre-season tournament will also feature the Hong Kong First Division League champions
A FORMER squaddie who hit a man around the back of the head with a house brick after a dispute over the war in Afghanistan has been spared jail. Ex-soldier Martin Fletcher, 39, couldn't explain why he started making derogatory comments about the role
COURAGEOUS Justine Hargreaves this week lost her battle with cancer - but has left a Mummy Manual to steer her five children through life. The moving legacy includes advice telling the youngsters to always support each other, give each other
A MUM and her nine-year-old daughter were trapped as flames engulfed their home. Paula Bailey managed to pass Millie to firefighters through an upstairs bedroom window before she collapsed after breathing in smoke. Battling through thick
THREE paintings by Darwen artist Margaret Chapman go under the hammer today. The lots – an oil painting of old market buildings in Blackburn, a watercolour of a gas iron seller, and a colour print of people admiring a car – are featured in a specialist
