A HAMMER-wielding vandal left a trail of destruction across Nelson town centre this morning. Police were called after eight stores and banks, in Manchester Road, had their windows smashed in the early hours. Thousands of pounds worth
A CHILD evacuee from the Second World War is set to share his experiences in a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North. Donald Mitchell, from Colne, was just 13 when he set sail from Liverpool on an eight week voyage to Australia
A TEENAGER almost ‘eaten alive’ by two dogs has told friends how he ‘though he was going to die’. Daniel Boardman, 19, of Sands Road, Rishton, has been telling pals from his hospital bed that ‘he feels lucky to be alive’ after being savaged
West Indies suspect England may already be mentally 'on the plane' before Thursday's crunch World Cup Group B match. England's winter odyssey may be about to end in a whimper, and Windies captain Darren Sammy is well aware some of the opposition number
POVERTY, social exclusion and crime is making the lives of thousands of Polish immigrants in East Lancashire a misery, says a new support group. The project, which is aimed at supporting some of the 5,000 immigrants from Poland and other Eastern
Pakistan will try a new opening pair in their final Group A match against Australia after the repeated failure of Ahmed Shehzad. Kamran Akmal looks set to pair Mohammed Hafeez in Saturday's match as Shehzad has failed to provide a "single good start
POLICE used a Taser stun gun to restrain a man who was threatening paramedics and officers with two knives. Ambulance crews were called to a house in Fir Street, Nelson, after reports that a man in his mid-40s had taken an overdose in his home
Judging by the response to our survey of the growth of 'Big 4' (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons) supermarkets in East Lancashire in the past decade, most people have a gripe with these behemoths of British business. Farmers don't like supermarkets
A DAD involved in sex acts with a schoolgirl he met on a bus, has been jailed for a year. Burnley Crown Court heard how engineer Steven Davis, 35, was caught out when he sent the 14-year-old girl a video text message of himself committing a
Chicago Grey was given a fine waiting ride by Derek O'Connor before coming out on top in the 141st Year of National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham. The 5-1 favourite jumped accurately throughout the four-mile contest but still had plenty of work to do as
New Zealand have drafted in Daryl Tuffey to provide bowling cover for the remainder of their World Cup campaign. Tuffey, 32, has been brought in because Kyle Mills is struggling with a quad strain. National selector Mark Greatbatch said: "The medical
Shane Watson's magnificent 94 guided Australia to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Canada to move them to the top of Group A. The victory extended Australia's extraordinary World Cup unbeaten run to 34 matches while the North American side
What A Charm gave Paul Townend his first ever Cheltenham Festival success with a narrow victory in a thrilling renewal of the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. Arthur Moore's youngster was smart on the Flat and, having shown little on her first
Carlito Brigante gave Gordon Elliott his second Cheltenham Festival success, and his second of the day, with an impressive display in the Coral Cup. The five-year-old finished fourth in the Triumph Hurdle a year ago and was sent off at 16-1 for this
All-round entertainer John Barrowman has announced a tour including shows in Manchester on October 30 and November 15, Blackpool on November 6 and Liverpool on November 11. Best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in the BBC series’ Torchwood
First Lieutenant pulled victory from out of the fire with a narrow verdict over Rock On Ruby in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham. Oscars Well jumped the last in front but he landed awkwardly and Robbie Power did well
Sizing Europe turned in an ultra-game performance to claim the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. Henry de Bromhead's 10-1 shot, last year's Arkle winner, led a long way out for Andrew Lynch and battled on bravely to hold the
Jessica Harrington's Bostons Angel ground out victory in the RSA Chase under a jubilant Robbie Power. The stable's Oscars Well was luckless in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle as he made a bad mistake at the final flight under Power
Taking place shortly after the events portrayed in the first Two Worlds, this RPG sequel had ground to make up after the first 2007 incarnation failed to measure up against the host of other Xbox 360 RPG heavyweights. And the improvements here are
There was no doubt that Killzone 2 was an amazing sci-fi first person shooter – one of the best ever made. Killzone 3 does little to rock the boat, picking up where the second left off, and taking no prisoners throughout its brutal single-player story
Applications are now being accepted from teams wishing to take part in a sports quiz at Bacup Borough on Thursday, March 24. There is a cash prize of £100 to the winning team, with a case of beer for the runners-up. Entry to the quiz costs £10 per team
Grant Shenton of Ramsbottom United won the SKkits Vodkat League Premier Division goalkeeper of the month award for February. He is pictured with league development officer Geoff Wilkinson.
CO-manager Ben Hall says Barnoldswick Town’s rapid rise through the non-league ranks is down to hard work – and is hoping there is more to come from the Vodkat League Premier Division high-flyers. Hall and fellow bosses Stewart Airdrie and
Over the next few months I will be strolling around East Lancashire and places a little further afield in search of my favourite balance between history and natural history. This week I have been to Heysham which is one of the most unspoiled and historic
STEP back in time and meet some of histories most fascinating characters when Horrible Histories comes to Preston from March 15 to 19. Based on the CBBC TV series Horrible Histories, two shows are being run in tandem. The Awful
The day I came to Blackburn town They were busy pulling t'market down The watching crowd received a shock To see them smashing t'market clock Then getting hold of pick & spade They disintegrated Thwaite's arcade Having done this with
Gone are the days of playing our games In those dusty streets where all was grey. The games we played were great and cheap Didn’t cost a penny playing down our street. Where folk on doorsteps would tell their tales And our chatty
A CLASS photograph of the old Accrington Technical School brought back memories for Keith Drinkwater, who grew up in the town. He went to ‘Ossy’ Tech, as it was known, from 1950 to 1956. In his first year Keith was in form 1B and he
MEET the Smith brother and sisters of Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, with a host of trophies they won for swimming nearly 50 years ago. In 1966, when this photo was taken, the three had won more than 150 cups and awards for their aquatic skills. Posing
BLACKBURN-born actress Polly James had to watch her ‘ps and qs’ when she landed two very different roles in 1969. She had just started filming for The Liver Birds, the tale of two Liverpool lasses sharing a flat, when she landed a theatre job, playing
A GRIM Almanac is a day-to-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around Lancashire. The 190-page book, written by historian Jack Nadin, looks at the dreadful deeds, strange happenings and heinous homicides that shocked towns and villages during the
One of the best parts of recent boxing games has been the initial creation of your champion-in-waiting. But this first chapter of your own personal boxing story has been ripped from Fight Night Champion, replaced with a story-driven approach that gamers
THIS clever piece of kit that transfers the functionality of your Wiimote into an interactive pen and motion-sensing pad. Whether you’ve got serious designs on creating your own digital masterpiece, or kids who just want to have some colouring fun
When the original De Blob was released, it became an instant cult classic. Its colourful cartoon-like capers with a loveable new central character were simply inspiring. The sequel once again stars a free-spirited, super-absorbent ball-shaped Blob
Pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale finished 11th in the European Indoor Championships in Paris, her first major international competition as a senior. She was eliminated in the qualifying stage of the competition as the field of 20 was whittled down to
Elizabeth Greenwood missed the bronze medal by just seven seconds in the Inter Counties Cross Country Championships on Saturday as she took fourth place in the U13 girls’ race. The Lancashire team didn’t quite hit the high spots of 2010 when the senior
THERE was lots to celebrate for local drivers on last weekend’s Cockermouth based Malcolm Wilson Rally with Blackburn’s Phil Scholes and Matt Griffin both winning their classes and Clitheroe’s Russ Thompson also in the prizes. Scholes, and his Mellor
IT was around 1am on Sunday morning when Accrington Stanley finally made it on to the Football League Show at the weekend. Peak viewing time if you live in New York or Miami, but not much use in East Lancashire. Burnley had a rather more luxurious
AN event to raise awareness of autism takes place in Sunnyhurst Wood on Saturday, April 2. June Halstead, 45, whose son has the condition, set up the Together With Autism Group 10 months ago. Now, 70 families from throughout the borough attend monthly
Events in East Lancashire and further afield for Wednesday, March 16. BLACKBURN 10am to 4.45pm - Upstairs, Downstairs, exhibition about life in Victorian times, Blackburn Museum, Museum Street. 1pm to 1.45pm - Lunchtime organ
MORE than 60 vehicles were stopped as part of a crackdown on scrap metal theft in Hyndburn. But the operation only found one of the vehicles carrying scrap. Police teamed up with the Vehicle Operating Standards Authority (VOSA), British Telecom
By freezing council tax, Rossendale Council probably thought it was doing us a favour. In reality, it is causing more hardship to some of the poorest in society. I called the call centre on behalf of my mum who is almost 80. She
Home entertainment distributor MBL Group warned of job losses for "many of its employees" today after supermarket Morrisons pulled the plug on a 14-year relationship with the firm. MBL, which supplies Morrisons with CDs and DVDs, has put itself up
BLACKBURN Rovers star Brett Emerton sampled the town’s newest gastro pub. The Australian midfielder dropped in at the Oyster and Otter, in Livesey Branch Road, a joint venture between Thwaites and pub boss Jocelyn Neve. Brett tried fish and chips
THE owner of the dogs which mauled a man in Rishton has said they were not dangerous animals. Victim Daniel Boardman, 19, was savaged in Sands Road, Rishton, and taken to hospital. He was left with what police have described as ‘life-changing
LANCASHIRE firefighters have been unable to find any survivors so far in two days of ‘grim’ searches of the tsunami-battered Japanese coast. Six men from the county are part of the 63-strong UK International Search and Rescue team which flew
CONCERNED Blackburn Rovers fans are bidding to ensure their voice is heard around Ewood Park after proposing to set up a supporter’s trust. A small group of Rovers fans have decided they need an official and recognised organisation to represent their
BURNLEY chairman Barry Kilby has voiced his concern over proposals to restrict the budget for player wages, after being invited to give evidence at a Government think-tank on football. Westminster came to Turf Moor yesterday as part of the the Culture
AN abandoned plastics recycling plant in Rossendale is set to be converted into a waste transfer station despite residents enduring ‘20 years of suffering’ due to problems at the site. Residents living in Newchurch and Stacksteads are angry that county
POLICE are appealing for help to find two women they want to speak to in connection with a distraction theft. The incident happened at McColl’s Newsagents, in Castle St, Clitheroe, on February 12 at around 5pm. Sgt Gary Hennighan, of
A CANDLE has been lit at Blackburn Cathedral for the victims of the Japanese earthquake as ‘a focus for people’s prayers and concerns’. The Dean, The Very Rev Christopher Armstrong, whose family was badly hit by the Indonesian tsunami in 2004, led
GRANDMA of two Nickie O’Hara isn’t your average nana - for a start she’s only 38. The Blackburn office worker’s life was changed forever when she fell pregnant aged 18. Then just 17 years later history repeated itself when her daughter told
THANKS to everyone who attended our Roadshow Event in Bamber Bridge on March 9. Fourteen organisations were involved and most involved volunteers on their stands. In addition, over 30 new volunteers were attracted, confirming our belief that
The ‘Big Society’ has existed since man first decided it was morally and humanly right to support the weakest and most vulnerable. It has been supported by thousands of volunteers and charity workers who have put their time, money and energy into doing
TWO burglars stole £1,500 during a raid at a Clitheroe newsagents. The side window of the Brass’ Newsagents, Whalley Road, was smashed with a brick before two men entered the shop with torches and left with £1,500 in cash, between 10.40pm and 11.10pm
THE horrific injuries suffered by a teenager attacked by a pair of savage dogs once again raises questions about whether our canine laws are tough enough. Police had to use Taser stun guns to free Daniel Boardman from the jaws of the ferocious animals
As if the areas in the BB1 postcode have not had enough of vehicle insurance premiums, we now learn of another problem plaguing the area – scrap metal thefts in Audley and Queens Park. While it is regretful that scrap metal merchants cannot
Barry Geraghty is confident Big Zeb can put up a strong defence of his crown when he bids to repeat last year's victory in the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham later on Wednesday. The 10-year-old's jumping came in for criticism
A STRETCH of motorway in East Lancashire has been praised as part of an investigation in to dangerous roads. The report, released by the Road Safety Marking Association (RSMA), assessed more than 1,500 miles of motorways and A-roads. Of more than
Wherever more than two people wearing hoodies are gathered together… older folk will reckon there’s going to be trouble. That I’m afraid is the stereotypical view of many people of my age. When I see a group of teenagers hanging around in a park
A MAJOR review has been launched by NHS chiefs which could affect the future of two East Lancashire ambulance stations. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) must save £10.22million during 2011-12 and has drawn up a cost improvement programme
BOSSES at a Rossendale riding school were amazed after a foal made an unexpected entrance into the world. Polly, an 18-year-old pony at Fearns Equestrian Centre, in Stacksteads, was unknowingly pregnant and taking part in a early morning riding
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe is determined to look at “the bigger picture”, despite having their top six hopes dented by last night’s draw with managerless Coventry City. The Clarets took the lead through Jay Rodriguez in the 18th minute but
England are confident captain Andrew Strauss and key spinner Graeme Swann will recover from their stomach upsets in time to face West Indies in their must-win World Cup Group B match. Both players had to miss practice on Tuesday morning, the latest
QUESTIONS have been raised after Pendle Council bosses proposed ‘writing-off’ nearly £580,000 worth of bad debts. Unpaid council tax in the borough is currently at more than £260,000, and the bill for non-domestic rates has topped £318,000.
A YOUTH worker who attacked a 17-year-old and left him with facial injuries has walked free from court. Apprentice plumber Nathan Jackson, 18, fractured his own hand by the force of the strike. Jackson, whose best friend died when he was 16, may
THE Lancashire Telegraph is today calling on every Blackburn Rovers fan to get behind their club and roar them to Premier League survival. Results in the final five home games – starting with Blackpool on Saturday – will go a long way in deciding
A DRUNKEN Pendle binman who produced a knife to frighten a customer after a fallout in a crowded pub has been jailed. Robert Mlodzik, 50, was sent to prison for six weeks, which means he will serve three weeks behind bars. A judge said she had chosen
Phil Jones could make his return from injury for Blackburn Rovers reserves tonight. They face their Manchester City counterparts at Hyde United FC, kick off 7pm. Jones has been out since December 19.
Accrington Stanley’s reserve match against Wrexham at 2pm today will take place at Rossendale United’s Dark Lane. It is because of continuing issues with the pitch at the Crown Ground.
A NEW discount outlet is set to complete the regeneration of the former Woolworth’s in Burnley town centre. Bosses of 99p Stores say they will open the 140th branch of their chain at the St James Street premises later this month. Thirty-five new
A SUSPECT who has been on the run for more than five years following an armed robbery in Colne has been arrested on the Costa del Sol. Armed police swooped on Stephen Devalda, 28, while he was checking out of a hotel with friends in Marbella
A PENSIONER has succeeded in a tireless campaign to restore a ‘lifeline’ bus link to her area. And Anne Boothman has urged her neighbours to ‘use or lose’ the new service being trialled in the Openshaw Drive area of Blackburn. Residents
Coventry City caretaker manager Andy Thorn revealed he tore up Aidy Boothroyd's tactics book before leading the Sky Blues to a 2-2 draw at Burnley. The Sky Blues parted company with Boothroyd on Monday following a run of one win in 16 games
TOP notch comedian, writer, broadcaster and all-round British institution Arthur Smith takes his off-the-wall humour to Penrith, Barrow-in-Furness and Bury. In his latest show, the controversial stand-up and writer promises to reveal the truth
A BLACKBURN Rovers fan who died after he was hit by a rubbish bin thrown by another supporter looked like he was trying to head it away, an inquest heard. Witnesses told an inquest how John Taylor moved towards the object thrown in the concourse
TRADERS on Darwen's three-day market believe a new scheme for business rates will drive them away. One trader has seen fees rise 610 per cent because the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has changed the way it calculates rates. Previously
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman was delighted with his side’s performance as they closed on the League Two play-off places with a 3-1 win at home to Burton Albion last night. Goals from Phil Edwards, Ian Craney and Andy Procter handed
A MULTI-millionaire businessman has been mistakenly targeted by football fans in an email campaign. Stephen Heys has been bombarded with more than 100 emails in the mistaken belief he still owns rival supporter messageboards. Mr Heys
A TEENAGER was horrifically injured when a pair of savage dogs attacked him. Two police officers were forced to use Taser stun guns to free Daniel Boardman, 19, from the jaws of the ‘ferocious’ animals. Sixty police in riot gear, armed
England have a date with destiny against West Indies on Thursday - but win or lose in their crunch World Cup match, Jonathan Trott is convinced they are capable of future limited-overs glories. An alarmingly inconsistent campaign has meant England
Ireland skipper William Porterfield was left with mixed feelings after his side's exit from the World Cup was confirmed with a 131-run defeat to South Africa on Tuesday. The Irish, who produced the tournament's first upset - a three-wicket win over
Paul Webber feels previous course experience will be a help to Time For Rupert's chances in the RSA Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday. All of the seven-year-old's last five races, three over hurdles and two over fences, have come at the Prestbury Park
Jessica Harrington remains confident conditions will not be a problem for Oscars Well in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham. The six-year-old has been plying his trade to good effect in testing ground in Ireland this season
Ireland's exit from the World Cup was confirmed after a below-par batting display saw them go down by 131 runs to South Africa in Kolkata. After winning the toss, Ireland's disciplined effort in the field - that saw South Africa on 117 for five at
Colm Murphy believes Big Zeb is in peak condition ahead of his defence of the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham today. The 10-year-old's jumping came in for criticism in some quarters prior to last year's race, but he was foot-perfect
Hurricane Fly was a brilliant winner from Peddlers Cross in the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. The great hope of Ireland was sent off the 11-4 favourite and he cruised around in the hands of Ruby Walsh in mid-pack as Overturn set a strong
