BLACKBURN Hawks are in Premier Cup action again on tomorrow with a tough tie against Telford Wildfoxes at the Arena. Telford, who operate in the English Premier League, one level above the Hawks, have already beaten Bobby Haig's men three times in cup
MEAN thieves couldn't spoil the spirit of Christmas even though they hit in Leigh. The town's traders have rallied to the aid of The Friends of Shopmobility after prizes for the charity's festive draw went missing from its headquarters in Spinning Gate
POLICE have vowed to continue their search for the body of an Accrington woman who was murdered and dismembered by her son-in-law. The assurances came as Muhammed Arshad, 37, was sentenced to life in prison for killing 56-year-old mother-of-six Zainab
A CHRISTMAS fair held by St Margaret's Church in Prestwich raised a cracking £1,891. The event was held in the Church House, St Margarets Road.
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes will give Portuguese defender Abel Xavier until the middle of next week to prove his worth. The former Liverpool and Everton full-back is training with Rovers in the hope of getting a permanent contract. The 32-year-old has
A DRUNKEN single mother sank her teeth into a police officer after being thrown out of a pub, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how night shift worker Beverley Caine, 29, had wanted to get back into the premises to get her coat and purse, rowed
BURNLEY's Blues Festival and Reach community event could be axed as part of council plans to save £1million. Other cuts could include withdrawing facilities for the over 50s, shutting down the council's community buildings, staff cuts and increases in
A STUDENT died of multi-organ failure just seven days after being admitted into hospital for what her family believed to be a tummy bug, an inquest heard. Shaista Parveen Rafiq, 22, of Blackburn Road, Accrington, died in Blackburn Royal Infirmary on May
IT started as a missing person investigation. Mother-of-six Zainab Begum had simply vanished from her home, sending her worried daughters to the police for help. Family members made and distributed posters appealing for information to help trace her and
HEALTH bosses have allayed fears that Ribble Valley patients will be left out in the cold after an Accrington dentist pledged to take his 5,000 patients to a new surgery in Whalley. Concerned villagers fear the new practice, in King Street, will exclude
CHRIS Kamara has jumped on board the Robbie Blake bandwagon by urging Premiership strugglers to take a gamble on the Clarets striker in the transfer window. Sky TV pundit Kamara this week announced Blake as the Coca-Cola Championship 'Powerade Player
STEVE Cotterill today warned that Burnley are a long way from fulfilling their dream of establishing a football Academy. Cotterill has welcomed the appointment of former Clarets defender Vince Overson, who was this week installed as head of youth development
RESIDENTS in the Chapels area of Darwen, battling to stop a waste transfer station being built near their homes have launched an email and letter campaign. A letter detailing proposals, as well as a section for people to add their names to protest, has
HIGHWAYS chiefs are planning moves to stop selfish car parking in Crawshawbooth. Lancashire County Council wants to create an off-street car park off Burnley Road and adjacent to Crawshawbooth Primary School. And officers say the work will give them the
ONE of East Lancashire's last remaining textiles firms is to ship the bulk of its work to Egypt - making 125 people redundant. Bosses at Hilden Manufacturing said they had no choice but to send their weaving, bleaching and dyeing operations overseas.
A DRUG-ADDICT house breaker who struck to feed his £40-a-day addiction is behind bars for more than four years. Burnley Crown Court heard how Simon Barras, 31, had already raided 12 homes and offended while on prison licence, just months after his release
A FORMER Nelson shopkeeper has been fined £250 with £50 costs after pleading guilty to selling a firework to an under-aged person. Mohammed Yub admitted selling the Standard Icicle Roman Candle to a 15-year-old girl at his former Reedyford Road General
POLICE have vowed to continue their search for the body of an Accrington woman who was murdered and dismembered by her son-in-law. The assurances came as Muhammed Arshad, 37, was sentenced to life in prison for killing 56-year-old mother-of-six Zainab
WHITEFIELD street wardens will be axed in four months, despite their acclaimed success. The five wardens will patrol Victoria and Hillock estates for the last time in March, along with two neighbourhood wardens in East Bury, because Government funding
A NEW resource centre for Home-Start Bury has been launched in Whitefield. The volunteer-led charity has set up a new facility for families and volunteers at the Elms Community Centre. The centre, in Green Lane, will offer a regular drop-in session, stay
CLOWNING around was not on the agenda for pupils at Prestwich Community High School even though they took part in a circus skills workshop. The youngsters tried their hand at juggling, stilt walking and plate spinning, with the help of the Circus Zapparelli
POLISH trialist Pawel Wozniak is a welcome arrival at the Interlink Express Stadium. Club officials who had not met the striker understandably had concerns that there might be communication problems. However, they didn't expect them to come from Wozniak
A DRUNK whose "appalling" driving killed a council official when he careered the wrong way down the M66 at Bury had his sentence reduced on Thursday in London's Appeal Court. Patrick Fanning (48) was jailed for seven years at Bolton Crown Court earlier
EVERYONE knows the village of Whalley is not the easiest place to negotiate in a car at busy times. And it is not difficult to understand the anger of local residents at the news that two dentists are to move into King Street from Accrington, bringing
IN your article on the financial difficulties being experienced by the local NHS Trust, the deputy CEO is reported as saying "a difficult position.... he would not be dealing with had the CEO not been on long term sick leave." Is this an admission that
RECENTLY I helped for five weeks with the poppy appeal and was very disappointed a few days after Remembrance Sunday when I revisited the memorial gardens in Corporation Park, Blackburn to see that all the poppy wreaths had been removed. These wreaths
I AGREE with the concerns Mr McMahon raised (LET, November 20) about the situation at junction 6 of the M65 in the morning rush hour. Eastbound traffic coming off here is having to queue along in the hard shoulder when the slip road becomes full due to
BURNLEY's Blues Festival and Reach community event could be axed as part of council plans to save £1million. Other cuts could include withdrawing facilities for the over 50s, shutting down the council's community buildings, staff cuts and increases in
FRIENDS in high places are always useful so no doubt Blackburn striker Jay Bothroyd will carefully nuture his friendship with Saadi Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The pair were both signed by Italian club Perugia 18 months
POLICE across Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale are set to launch a major winter crime offensive to freeze car crime. And the blitz will get off to a smashing start when officers from Pennine Division stage live 'break ins' in Burnley and Nelson next week
NATIONAL regeneration bosses have praised a design plan for the Whitefield area of Nelson, saying it will help drive regeneration. The Enquiry by Design plans -unveiled in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph last week - will lead to new house-building, the
WHATEVER chance the Conservatives had of regaining power from Tony Blair and "New" Labour went through the window this week when Michael Howard, their leader, alienated a large group of professional people: Burglars. Mr Howard, never one to waste an opportunity
MOTHER-OF-SIX Zainab Begum was described in court as much-loved and respected woman within her family and her community. The 56-year-old was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and emigrated to England with her first husband Noor Mohammed in 1968. They settled
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has called for the historic Lancashire County Council to be clearly marked on Ordnance Survey Maps. He is alarmed that there is a suggestion that the old county boundaries are to be dropped from this definitive description
WHEN I moved to Lancashire to work, I didn't realise what a big change it would be. Okay so I might not have to change my watch because the time zone's the same but it has taken a while to get used to the Lancashire dialect. The problems tend to arise
STEVE Cotterill today warned that Burnley are a long way from fulfilling their dream of establishing a football Academy. Cotterill has welcomed the appointment of former Clarets defender Vince Overson, who was this week installed as head of youth development
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes will give Portuguese defender Abel Xavier until the middle of next week to prove his worth. The former Liverpool and Everton full-back is training with Rovers in the hope of getting a permanent contract. The 32-year-old has
PLANS to uncover the River Blakewater in Blackburn town centre, unveiled this week, are expected to form the centre of a £150million regeneration project. But, as chief reporter DAVID HIGGERSON found out, if the river hadn't been there in the first place
By Kingfisher EAST Lancs-based Springview Fisheries were lying five points behind league leaders Liverpool AS going into the final match of the big Wigan AA Winter League last weekend and needed an outstanding performance to snatch the title from their
ALTHOUGH David Kelly has never played in Lancashire, he's featured in many bruising derby games over the years. Today's Turf Moor clash has an added ingredient though for the Preston assistant manager, who will renew acquaintances with no less than five
