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  • What's on: Housebound, Bury, November 22

    JIM is 68, stressed and ready to snap. At what? Anything; noisy neighbours, speeding cars, kids hanging about on the street corners... you name it, he'll moan about it; it’s the one thing he's good at. He makes Victor Meldrew look like an amateur.

  • Holcombe Brook Primary school Champs with a pile of prizes

    HOLCOMBE Brook Primary school is certainly in a class of its own with a crop of sporting talent. The school lifted the coveted Geoff Preston primary school special recognition accolade, at the Bury Sports Awards. The award, for outstanding sporting

  • Review: Jerry Sadowitz @ Albert Halls, Bolton

    “IT’S comedy — it’s supposed to be wrong!” So says Jerry Sadowitz to his audience at The Albert Halls after another 100mph barb hits its spot and prompts a collective intake of breath. The Jewish Scottish comedian and magician could

  • What's on: Pirates of Penzance, Manchester, January 8

    HE became famous for his impressions, but for the last six years Alistair McGowan has been carving out a niche for himself on stage — and he has even been nominated for an Olivier Award. And early next year he will return to the Bridgewater

  • Cheers! Burnley brewer Moorhouse’s wins top award

    Burnley's Moorhouse’s Brewery is celebrating after winning a top national award. Its new £4.2m complex in Burnley was judged Best Business Development at the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) Business Awards. The awards were open to more than

  • ‘Record breakers’ hope for Darwen Vale pupils

    pupils at Darwen Vale High School and Engineering College are looking likely to continue breaking records, said their interim headteacher. At a prize evening for years seven, eight and nine last night, John Lawson praised pupils’ achievements. He said

  • Burnley FC report £4million loss

    BURNLEY FC have reported losses of £4million after their first full season back in the Championship. The Clarets’ latest set of accounts for the year ending in June, saw the club lose £4,021,000 down from a profit in the previous year of

  • MP calls for a rethink on Rossendale Hospital demolition

    ROSSENDALE’S MP is calling on council bosses to review plans to demolish the site of the old Rossendale Hospital. Jake Berry makes the call after developers, Taylor Wimpey, launched a bid to demolish the hospital and replace it with 170 homes.

  • Burnley churches to share in £5m community cohesion scheme

    CHURCHES in Burnley are set to share in a £5million initiative to bring different faith communities closer together. No fewer than eight parishes in the borough will benefit from their involvement in the Near Neighbours programme, supported by the Church

  • Teenage Burnley burglar caught by his victim locked up

    A TEENAGE burglar who came face-to-face with his intended victim has been sent to youth custody for eight months. Sneak thief Matthew Dickson, 19, was chased out of the Dale Close property in Burnley by householder John Walmersley, Burnley Crown Court

  • Schools will need more places: Pendle MP

    PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has called for a debate on Government funding for additional school places following a visit to Barnoldswick Primary School. Mr Stephenson said in the House of Commons: “In the past year, a £3.5million rebuild of Whitefield

  • What's on: Freddie Starr, Bacup, April 28

    COMEDIAN Freddie Star will get over his early departure from I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here with a visit to Bacup. The funnyman will tell fans about his experience in the jungle and his one and only bush-tucker trail where he ate mice tails and

  • Colne sign Shadley Van Schalkwyk as pro

    Lancashire League outfit Colne have signed highly rated South African all-rounder Shadley Van Schalkwyk as professional. The 23-year-old right arm quick is also a powerful left-hand bat. He plays for the Knights back home.

  • Blackburn teenager has nose broken in street attack

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 15-year-old boy had his nose broken in an assault. The teenager was headbutted and needed surgery after the attack outside Ali Raj Takeaway, in Preston Old Road, Blackburn, at 11.30pm on Saturday, October

  • Three more poppy tins stolen in East Lancashire

    ANOTHER three poppy collection tins have been reported as stolen in East Lancashire. Last week, police released CCTV of a thief who struck at the Santander bank in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday. Officers believe, in the 60 seconds he was in the

  • The Story of Lancashire Cotton in new Ron Freethy book

    IT was the inventiveness of the machine makers, which drove the cotton industry in East Lancashire. From its beginnings as a cottage hand craft, the new technology of the time revolutionised textiles so that our county become the cotton capital

  • Many happy Rovers returns for Darwen gran

    A ROVERS-mad gran celebrating her 80th birthday today is hoping for a win this weekend as a present from Steve Kean’s men. Darwen resident Erna Binns has been a regular on the Ewood Park terraces for 55 years. Erna, who lives in Clarence Street

  • ‘Cowardly’ Blackburn robber punches pensioner

    A PENSIONER was punched to the floor and robbed in a ‘cowardly’ attack. Police said the 71-year-old man heard a noise outside his home in Barley Close, off Johnston Street, Blackburn, on Sunday night. When he went out to investigate, around 10.30pm

  • Teen firms launched by Blackburn with Darwen mayor

    A BUSINESS networking event tomorrow will see the official launch of two teen businesses. CR Web Designs and Create My Canvas will be launched by the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, Coun Karimeh Foster, at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy. It has been

  • Saints goal-den Jubilee

    THE Jubilee Shield is one of the oldest primary schools football competitions in the country and St Francis have waited longer than most to get their hands on the coveted prize. But after a near four decade wait, the Super Saints can finally get their

  • Prop star Billy takes centre stage

    BURNLEY coach Getty Schinkel has praised prop-turned-centre Billy Ingham for another match-winning performance in the 23-12 win over Garstang. Following his 10-point haul in Windermere last weekend – which included a try, conversion and penalty – Ingham

  • Pendle Leisure Centre pool closed after leak discovered

    A LEAK has caused the closure of Colne’s main swimming pool for the second time this year. Specialist contractors have been drafted in to locate the source of the latest problem, at Pendle Leisure Centre, in Crown Way. While the main pool is closed

  • Nelson rats alert blamed on boarded-up empty house

    A RATS infestation in a street in Nelson is being blamed on a boarded-up house that is littered with rubbish. One resident, who lives next door to the empty house in Fir Street, saw a rat in his kitchen on Monday and has heard several rodents

  • Clitheroe footballer pleads guilty to serious assault

    A CLITHEROE footballer has pleaded guilty to a serious assault during a 21st birthday party. Steven Mercer, a former soldier from Oswaldtwistle, had attended an awards presentation evening at Clitheroe Football Club moments before the attack

  • Ribble Valley in hydro power bid by the Forest of Bowland

    WITH its plentiful rainfall and many fast flowing rivers, the Forest of Bowland could soon be powering the Ribble Valley. Water mills historically used to grind corn and to supply power to the textile mills could now be used to generate renewable energy

  • Good ideas that go to waste

    Some good points were made by Roy Davies in his letter about young jobless (LT, November 11) but unfortunatley they will fall on deaf ears because politics is about point scoring and not taking good ideas on board! Aslam Hussain (via email)

  • Sheer lunacy of the judiciary

    The £17k award given to the illegal immigrant Joseph Mjemer has rightly angered many, given that he committed 20 offences since arriving in the UK in order to claim asylum. Judge Stewart decided that the Home Office were not rigorously trying to establish

  • Let’s not fail a whole generation

    IN East Lancashire, youth unemployment bucked the national trend last month, falling slightly. But it does not disguise the fact that the situation in this area is dire. There are nearly 5,000 people aged between 18 and 24 on job seekers allowance

  • Education is the way to stop smoking

    If I spot a driver with a cigarette in his mouth I try to give him a wide berth. There’s some evidence I read somewhere that drivers who smoke are more likely to have accidents – though this may also be because (in my prejudiced observation) they are

  • World champions bring judo joy

    THE smiles on the faces of young judo enthusiasts said it all as the cream of the crop put on a masterclass at Audley Sports Centre. Craig Fallon – Britain’s last world champion – five-time World silver medallist Karina Bryant and Blackburn’s own Olympic

  • Mill Hill will aim to win for Josh

    THE all-conquering Mill Hill U14s team are gunning for an unprecedented ‘treble-treble’ – and will dedicate it to goalkeeper Josh Pearce who suffered a horrific broken arm following a freak accident. The 13-year-old, who is also a member of the Blackburn

  • Jubilant Jake lands North West boxing title

    JAKE Leary has been crowned North West Amateur Regional Novice champion to stretch is unbeaten record to a magnificent seven. The 20-year-old from Bacup beat the taller, older and more experienced Loren Holland to take the title. It was the toughtest

  • Man attacked outside Haslingden pub

    POLICE are appealing for witness after a man was found with facial injuries outside a Haslingden pub. The 33-year-old suffered a fractured nose and spent two nights in the Royal Blackburn Hospital after the incident on Sunday at around 11.30pm outside

  • Pensioner killed 89-year-old in Burnley care home

    AN 89-YEAR-OLD woman with dementia died after being ‘punched in the chest’ by another elderly woman suffering from the condition after an argument in a care home. A coroner said Helen Noreen Patrick was ‘unlawfully killed’ in the incident,

  • Wong makes it three out of three

    BLACKBURN Harriers youngster Robert Wong made it three wins out of three as he continues to dominate his peers in the Red Rose Cross Country League. Wong was once again among the stand-out performers at the third fixture of the campaign, held at Bolton

  • Red Rose trial

    Red Rose Classic Motorcycle Club are holding a club trial on Sunday at Autotransmissons, Keb Cote, near Todmorden, starting at 10am. For more information visit redroseclassictrials. moonfruit.com.

  • Honeywell is speaker

    Clitheroe and District Motor Club past chairman Bill Honeywell is the guest speaker at the club’s weekly meeting at Waddington Social Club on Tuesday, November 29. Honeywell recently completed a Round Britain bike ride totalling 4,400 miles for Cancel

  • Entwistle the favourite

    Rishton’s Steve Entwistle is one of the favourites to win this weekend’s Hexham Historic Rally in his iconic Orangebox Mini. Entwistle, who finished sixth overall on last month’s Illuminations Rally, is seeded at car five in the ex-Roy Mapple Mini with

  • Scholes gains selection for international event

    BLACKBURN’S Phil Scholes is among only four British rally drivers to have been nominated to take part in the Fiesta International Shootout this week. The 22-year-old is currently in Cumbria taking part in the event after gaining selection thanks to his

  • Westholme look to defend crown

    WESTHOLME showed they aren’t ready to relinquish their Lancashire Sportshall League title just yet after getting the new season off to a flying start. The defending girls under 11s champions were the top team at Blackpool Sports Centre with talented

  • Barritt content to end season with a flourish

    BARROWFORD co-driver Daniel Barritt helped Alastair Fisher to third in class at the Wales RallyGB to round off an encouraging first season together on the FIA WRC Academy Tour. Northern Irish driver Fisher is only 23 and is competing in the Academy Tour

  • Chorley high school closed after fire

    A Chorley high school has been closed until next week and exams cancelled after an overnight fire damaged school buildings. Firefighters were alerted to Holy Cross Catholic High School, Myles Standish Way at around 2am today and found a ground

  • Cherry Tree to meet

    Ribblesdale League outfit Cherry Tree will hold their annual general meeting in the Preston Old Road clubhouse on Monday, December 5. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and all club members are asked to attend.

  • Veteran Clarets link up together again

    WELL-known former Clarets have been reunited at amateur side Burnley Grammar School Old Boys and non-league club Market Drayton Town. Burnley Grammar School Old Boys, who play in the East Lancashire League, are managed by former Clarets striker Andy

  • Clarets offer a seat with the team

    Burnley FC goalkeeper Brian Jensen is to unveil a life-size, interactive team photo outside the Clarets Store in Charter Walk. The Beast will be on Fleet Walk at 3.30pm today to open the 11-foot high mural, which adorns the wall opposite the new store

  • Clarets Blog: It’s not just the defence at fault

    GOALS don’t just change games, they have led to Burnley’s season so far continually changing course. Just when Eddie Howe thinks they are steering in the right direction, a softly conceded goal hits them like a tidal wave. Michael Duff could be back

  • Ings desperate to prove his worth to Clarets supporters

    DANNY Ings has vowed to show the Burnley fans that he was not a wasted signing when he returns from injury in the new year. Ings is yet to make his Clarets debut after suffering a serious knee injury in only his second training session following his