MARTIN Olsson qualified for Euro 2012 and two of his Blackburn Rovers team-mates found the net on an action-packed night of international fixtures. Olsson played the full 90 minutes in Sweden's 3-2 home win over the Netherlands as they reach
A CANNABIS farm worth up to £60,000 has been uncovered in Darwen today. Police officers made the discovery when they raided a property in Lloyd Street this morning. Specially trained officers swooped on the address at 6.50am following
A 70-year-old man was left with head and back injuries after he was hit by a train this afternoon. Platform 1 at Blackburn Station was cordoned off when the man plunged onto the tracks and was struck by the Colne train around 4pm. Passengers
SENIOR doctors are urging people to think twice before visiting East Lancashire's emergency departments after a dramatic rise in attendances. Emergency staff said the number of patients had been growing rapidly and gave the example of last
THREE motorists were left with minor injuries after a crash in the overtaking lane of the motorway. Police said that a saloon car hit the central reservation area on the M65 between junctions six and seven westbound. Two other vehicles
A MURDER investigation is underway after the ‘heavily bloodstained’ body of a man was found at a house in Pendle last night. Police said they discovered the body of the man in his 40s after being called to the home in Portland Street, Colne
‘JUSTICE For Jane’ campaigners today hailed a ‘huge step forward’ in their bid to change the Bail Act. The Government have accepted ‘in principle’ John and Penny Clough’s proposals in the name of their murdered daughter Jane. The 25-
A THIEF risked his life to steal 50 metres of railway cable in Burnley this morning. The man, who leapt on to the railway line near the Reedley Hallows pub, in Barden Lane, shortly before 9am, fled after he was spotted by a Network Rail employee.
A TRUANCY prevention week was hailed a success last week in Burnley. Education reporter Nafeesa Shan investigates how an East Lancashire school is fighting the problem of absences. TEXT messages to parents, contracts for pupils who are persistently
A MAN and wife who each wed someone else in sham marriages in a bid to stay in the UK have both walked free from court. Illegal immigrants, Omorodion and Mercy Idehen, parents of three, went through ceremonies with Eastern Europeans in the
A MAN hit his dead mother’s partner in the face with a wine bottle ‘to shut him up’, a court was told. Kenneth Howson, 26, of Williams Road, Burnley, told police in his interviews that he had followed 55-year-old James Atkinson into a bedroom
This being the first week that any of our couples could be eliminated, were our celebrities going to up their game? Or was it going to make them more nervous than last week? In conclusion I think both, and with the dances being two of the hardest
A DRUG dealer who led police on a car chase and then thumped an officer as he tried to arrest him, has been jailed for 21 months. Burnley Crown Court was told how heavy cannabis user, Nasir Hussain, 23, had been involved in commercial supply
BURNLEY wheelchair fencer Suzannah Rockett has vowed to bounce back in style after getting her World Championships off to a bumpy start in Italy yesterday. The 44-year-old, who left Lancashire at the age of 15, took to the competition in Catania in
AN £18million specialist engineering and construction college is to be created to train East Lancashire’s ‘workforce of the future’. The University Technical College (UTC), will be one of the first of the kind in the country and will ‘revolutionise
I have in the past via these columns been guilty of attacking the manner in which the NHS spends its £90billion budget. On a positive note, I have recently attended Royal Blackburn Hospital as an outpatient for pre-operative assessment under the care
MANUFACTURING is the backbone of East Lancashire’s economy and that means engineering skills are vital to our future. It is also why the announcement of an £18million specialist technical college is hugely important. Youngsters from the age of
EDGWORTH residents have spoken out over plans to axe a key village bus service. Backed by Darwen MP Jake Berry, Blackburn with Darwen Council has been presented with a petition signed by 150 people calling for the 537 Edgworth to Bolton route
WATCHING the news and various programmes on TV, I am constantly amazed and astounded at the strength, optimism and resilience of the human spirit. Young soldiers, who have lost limbs, are tackling events and projects that many a full bodied man would
BRAVE cancer battler Madison Allan proved she was a real mummy’s girl by holding up a painting she made with the touching message ‘I love my mum’. The seven-year-old, from Lower Darwen, who suffers from neuroblastoma, can also be seen waving
THE chairman of the Clarets Trust has called on Burnley supporters groups to work together to strengthen the fans’ position at the club. Peter Pike said it was essential fans were united. He said: “We believe there should be a bigger input from the
LICENSEES at Pendle’s pubs and clubs are to be given special cloths which detect cocaine, as part of a scheme aimed at wiping out drugs in the borough. The cloths, designed to be wiped over surfaces, turn blue if they pick up traces of cocaine
Willy Cave, the world famous rally navigator, will be talking about his life in the navigator’s seat at the Lancashire Automobile Club’s autumn evening. Willy has been in international rallying since the 1950’s and worked for the BBC. His rallying
BLACKBURN Rovers have insisted they remain confident that Junior Hoilett will soon sign a new contract despite reports suggesting the Canadian could be lured away from Ewood Park by rival interest. Hoilett has been in talks over a new long-term
EDDIE Howe could be set to offer Marc Pugh a Turf Moor return. The Bacup-born winger came through Burnley’s youth ranks but was released after midfielder Chris McCann and former striker Kyle Lafferty were picked for professional contracts ahead
ACCRINGTON Stanley’s rearranged Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie against Tranmere is not currently expected to start with the visitors scoring a goal unchallenged. Stanley host Tranmere again tomorrow after last week’s second round clash was abandoned when
ROSSENDALE’S first ever pub to be run as a social enterprise offering training and work experience to disadvantaged young people has opened with a bang. More than 200 well-wishers turned up at the opening of Ramsbottom’s Eagle and Child
THE number of women having abortions has risen in East Lancashire — with a ‘worrying’ number of young girls undergoing the procedure. Fourteen abortions were undertaken by girls aged 14 and younger last year across the area. Coun Ron
RESIDENTS and traders have launched a petition calling for action after claiming cracks in their walls have been caused by lorries rumbling past. They said homes and businesses in Bolton Road, Blackburn, were being shaken to their foundations
AFTER a hard day’s work, so the story goes, steeplejack Fred Dibnah liked nothing better than a pint of Guinness and a good pie. And such was Fred’s love of a Holland’s Pie that he even painted his old Land Rover in the pie company’s colours
STAFF at Accrington Stanley Football Club are facing redundancy. Club bosses announced the cuts to staffing levels, not including the players, yesterday. Chairman Ilyas Khan says the cuts were a response to the club making a loss and
