"I am delighted that Duncan Fletcher has gone and from what I've seen of Peter Moores is encouraging. I never agreed with Duncan's policy of rest. I think the policy of playing is a better policy. Every time you ask a player Where did you learn the
"My vice-chairman, Murray, died two years ago and it really hit me far more than I ever thought. Murray was a true friend. We used to go on family holidays together and go and watch away games together and it makes you realise that there are things other
A 42-year-old man caught behind the wheel a month after being banned was found to be nearly four times the legal drink-drive limit. Blackburn magistrates heard that on the previous occasion David John Pennington had given a reading nearly three times
MATT Hope is in the form of his life. The veteran has been promoted to Lowerhouse's frontline bowling attack this season - and has responded in style. Hope has already bagged 21 wickets - second only to Enfield's Bernard Reidy in the amateur rankings
A TELEVISION campaign aimed at attracting more funding to the North West Air Ambulance was created in Darwen. White Noise, based at India Mill Business Centre, produced the commercial which has been appearing on screens since April. And air ambulance
Bosses at BAE Systems have played down reports the United States is to open its own corruption investigation in to arms deals. Sources in the department of justice in Washington have said it is almost certain there will be a criminal inquiry into allegations
A VILLAGE post office will be on the move next month - but not very far. Post Office Ltd has approved a proposal by the sub-postmaster to relocate Read Post Office 200 yards from 72a Whalley Road to the service station on the same road. The exact date
A SHOP assistant who was given a verbal dressing down by his manager returned to the store that night and stole cash. Waheed Ur Hassan Ashgar told Blackburn magistrates that the manager had called him "useless and incompetent." And he said that when
Lyrics to the song by Daniel Orlick ( Copyright 2007). Faith, I want to hear about Faith And how it moves those mountains That stand in the way of Hope Hope, I want to hear about Hope And how it brings you Courage And faith in the ways of Love
A FATHER attacked his ex-partner in front of their two children because she had been partying all weekend, a court was told. Lee Barnett, 23, accused Gemma Walmsley of going out while he had looked after their baby. He refused to give the child back
STEVE Cotterill admits Burnley are simply priced out of the market when it comes to players valued at considerable seven-figure sums. The Clarets have agreed to spend £340,000 on Albanian international wideman Besart Berisha, who will complete his dream
SCHOOLS in East Lancashire are to get more than £1million to give them better facilities for learning and healthy living. A variety of projects including school kitchens, sports pitches, new classrooms and even new loos have been approved in Lancashire
A HALF-naked thief who tried to snatch a woman's purse in Rawtenstall town centre was jailed for 14 days. Burnley magistrates heard how drunken and "laughing" Patrick Gilheaney, 25, tugged at shocked victim Beverley McKee's purse as she tried to carry
A YOUNG carer has overcome family difficulties and won a substantial bursary to help fund him through a degree. Liam Hope, 20, an IT student from Padiham, has been awarded a bursary from the Helena Kennedy Foundation to help support him through a BSc
A schoolboy has been calling at houses in Rosegrove claiming to be collecting money for missing girl Madeleine. He is wearing a local school uniform and is using a false name. He says he is collecting as part of a school project is a school project
A LODGER being thrown out of a house insisted on finishing his bottle of cider when police arrived to remove him from the premises, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates' Court was told that officers were met with aggression and threats when they attended
A DEPRESSED father-of-two who attacked his wife in a row over a baby's dummy was given a community order. Andrew Aspinall, 33, had punched Michelle Holden and then used her own hands to strike her around the face. Miss Holden was left shocked by her
A STYLIST is celebrating after being named the UK's favourite hairdresser. Joanne Catley, 34, of Pendle Street, Barrowford, did not know that one of her clients, Vikki Smith, had entered her name into the Head and Shoulders Nation's Favourite Hairdresser
A MAN with 20 previous convictions for driving while banned struck again - but magistrates said they did not want to ban him as he was now on the road legally for the first time in his life. Burnley magistrates told Kenneth Mortimer, 37, he could end
AN elderly man was targetted by thieves posing as police who talked their way into his home and stole from him. The 87-year-old pensioner, who has been the victim of burglars several times, was led to believe the con artists were police officers calling
A WOMAN who took her mother's new car for a spin in the middle of the night and crashed it was given a community order. Burnley magistrates heard how Rachel Hunt took the keys from her mum's handbag, sneaked out, hit a lamp-post in the vehicle, returned
AN ENGINEERING firm is set to make 35 workers redundant and outsource their jobs to Slovakia. The workers have been told they will be made redundant after the Skipton Road branch of Colne's ELE Advanced Technologies closes in September. But manufacturers
NEWLYweds split up on their honeymoon after the husband was unmasked as a gambling addict who had spent a £90,000 re-mortgage on betting. And Adam Green, 25, of Goldshore Avenue, Crawshawbooth, also spent £40,000 that had been set aside by his wife
A PUBLIC inquiry could be held into the death of an Iraqi civilian after The Law Lords ruled that UK human rights laws do apply to the case. They upheld part of an appeal by relatives of 26-year-old hotel worker Baha Mousa, who died while he was in the
A diesel spillage near the McDonalds on Trafalgar Street in Burnley caused traffic to be diverted on Friday afternoon. The road, between the junction of Trafalgar Street and Manchester Road, was closed for a few hours whilst the council cleaned up
A PARTY at the home of an asylum seeker ended in violence when two men fought out a vicious battle. Blackburn magistrates heard that a female who tried to intervene was kicked in the stomach by one of the men. Sarbust Hidyat, 31, of Accrington Road,
EAST Lancashire's champion golfer Andy Westwell defends his Harold Ryden Trophy title this week bidding to join an exclusive club. The 49-year-old has set his sights on becoming only the second golfer to land the much-coveted Trophy in consecutive years
AN RAF squadron leader has written a book on his devastating battle with depression in a bid to help others. In Ice on My Wings, John Farron MBE gives a humorous and sometimes heartbreaking account of how he fell into the depths of depression, struggled
A COMMUNITY polytunnel which was built without planning permission is set to stay. Teenagers from the Fosters youth club built the plastic structure in the car park behind the Fosters Arms, Barnoldswick, to grow flowers and vegetables. But they feared
TRIBUTES to a man with a "heart of gold" were paid at the funeral of a Blackburn pensioner who died after a raid at his home. Family and friends of 86-year-old Norman Foster, of Audley Range, attended a service at Pleasington crem-atorium yesterday.
A DARWEN pupil has been selected by the Lancashire Football Association to take part in a course for young coaches. Joe Walmsley, 16, will join a four-day Advanced Leaders Course next month in Ascot, after being assessed by the LFA in March. The accolade
A MAN who fled civil war in Haiti to live in East Lancashire has been hounded out of his new home by racist, homophobic yobs. Alex Juin, 27, from Haslingden, was repeatedly targeted and terrorised over his "colour and sexuality" by a gang who wanted
Blind and visually impaired people got a thrilling feeling of freedom behind the wheel of a car. The annual Blind Driving event held by Galloway's Society for the Blind at the BAE Systems site in Samlesbury saw more than 60 blind and visually impaired
A SEX offender failed the requirement to register annually after misreading the date on a reminder sent to him by the police, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates heard that Paul Stuart Bielby was four days late in complying with the requirement of being
MIKE Watkinson has hailed Lancashire opener Paul Horton as a shining example to emerging players looking to nail down a first-team spot. In his major breakthrough season, Horton is one of only three players to feature in all of Lancashire's opening six
COUNCILLORS have drawn up plans to spend more than £18,000 improving roads and streets across Rossendale. The funds allocated by the Lancashire Local Rossendale committee will be spent on better lighting by the Lumb Scar taxi rank, Bacup, and new mobility
Five Premier League clubs have been named by Lord Stevens as having breached transfer regulations. Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Middlesbrough and Portsmouth have all been named by the former Metropolitan Police commissioner in his final report to the
LEAVING Old Trafford was a difficult thing for Jack Simmons to do. After 21 years as a Lancashire player, the club's home ground had become a second home to him. He knew the trip from his home in Great Harwood to Manchester like the back of his hand
A SHOW organised by a Darwen family to raise money for a children's cancer charity had to be cancelled when comedian Bernard Manning fell ill. Darwen Library Theatre was due to host the event last Friday but the star was struck down by illness and is
TWO Burnley shopkeepers who sold potentially-lethal bootleg vodka have been fined. Nasir Mahmood and Asif Javed admitted offering the toxic 'Kremlin' vodka for sale for just £7.99 a litre at their shop in Raglan Road. Reedley magistrates heard the drink
AFTER the sentencing, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "Dhiren Barot and his gang were determined terrorists who planned bombings on both sides of the Atlantic. "We know Barot was the ringleader
This is the chilling video shot by members of a terrorist cell which contained Blackburn man, Junade Feroze. The video was filmed by al Qaida general Dhiren Barot and accomplice Nadeem Tarmohamed in 2001 and shows potential targets in New York city
THE court was told that the seven Muslims, who all grew up in the UK, helped draw up plans to strike at America and the UK with synchronised explosions at iconic buildings. Dhiren Barot also wanted to set off a radioactive 'dirty bomb' to cripple the
Dhiren Barot recruited impressionable young men to his support team, with members specialising in architecture, IT and systems engineering. The group were separately tasked to research technical information for the potential bombs and how to disable
RESIDENTS told a public inquiry how their community "where everybody was happy" was lost to make way for a controversial £34million academy. Time at the hearing was specially set aside so that residents from the Redearth Road area of Darwen, where
GREAT Harwood are set to unleash West Indian fast bowler Jermaine Lawson on the Ribblesdale League this weekend. The 25-year-old Jamaican paceman will make his debut against Earby at The Cliffe tomorrow. Lawson, who has played 13 Tests for the West
A BLACKBURN car dealer who was part of a terror cell plotting 9/11-style attacks on Britain and America has today been jailed for 22 years. Junade Feroze, 31, of Malham Gardens, Audley, Blackburn, had earlier admitted conspiracy to cause an explosion
AN anaesthetist who botched his role in an operation on a nine-year-old girl has been struck off by his professional body. The General Medical Council (GMC) panel has determined that Dr Mariyappan Balasubramanian be erased from the medical register.
A COMPANY has been fined £4,600 after an employee's hand was crushed in an industrial mangle. Steven Lord was left with long- term injuries after his right hand was drawn in between two rollers of a rinse mangle while he was working at Bowling Finishing
IF Blackburn Rovers want to remain competitive in the Premier League then it's imperative they find a new owner who can take the club forward. I know some fans are fiercely opposed to change and they firmly believe in the old maxim if it ain't broken
Billionaire Paul Allen is not the man behind the American group reported to be lining up a takeover bid for Blackburn Rovers. Reports in England had suggested that the Microsoft co-founder was preparing an offer for Rovers. But Michael Nank, a spokesman
CHORLEY'S Nick Dougherty was in dreamland last night after topping the US Open leaderboard. Dougherty carded a late birdie to set the clubhouse target during the first round of the US Open at two under par. Playing in his third US Open, Dougherty -
A 200-year-old pound note that could not be spent outside Lancashire has been sold for £900 at auction. The Bank of Blackburn note was printed by local bank Cunliffes, Brooks & Co, at a time in the late 1700s and 1800s when towns across England were
BRITAIN'S al Qaeda 'general' visited a car dealer's East Lancashire home as he recruited a terror cell to plot mass murder, a court heard. The UK cell set up by convicted terrorist Dhiren Barot included Blackburn man Junade Feroze, Woolwich Crown Court
RESIDENTS told a public inquiry that a high school should be developed instead of the Redearth Triangle as a site for a controversial £34million academy. Simon Huggill and Allen Walker, who are representing Redearth Triangle residents objecting to the
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes will snub any approach from Manchester City after being touted as the leading candidate to replace Stuart Pearce. Several sources in the media claim that Hughes has jumped to the top of City's hit-list following the collapse
Chairman John Williams and the rest of the Rovers board met yesterday to discuss the latest developments concerning a possible takeover. Several interested parties, both from Britain and America, are currently interested in buying the club, and the Walker
I THINK Blackburn with Darwen is a fantastic place, with a cathedral, a shopping centre, a large college, an arena, concert hall, Premiership football club and an MP as high profile as Jack Straw. With a large Asian population, a large diverse multi-racial
JOHN Smith has branded the new coalition running Blackburn with Darwen Council a farce and cited a humorous comparison. In reality, though, this is far from humorous as the unholy alliance has demonstrated a complete lack of principle as they are made
IT WOULD be fair to assume numerous readers may have experienced problems with their energy supply, especially when it comes to invoicing from certain companies. It makes you wonder whether the deregulations of the past were of any benefit to consumers
WOULD one of the anti- windpower protesters please tell me what the alternative is? Site them all at sea? Surely an extremely expensive alternative, and a more dangerous and difficult one for maintenance. Would they prefer a nuclear power station on
Chelsea have made it a hat-trick of free transfers for coach Jose Mourinho after landing Bolton defender Tal Ben Haim. Ben Haim follows Steve Sidwell and Claudio Pizarro in moving to Stamford Bridge for nothing as Chelsea continue to bolster their squad
Darwen are looking forward to hosting a crucial game tomorrow when they entertain current leaders Netherfield at Birch Hall. Netherfield currently head the Northern League by two points from Darwen, who slipped back last week following their defeat at
Leroy Lita is positive England can reach the quarter-finals of the European Under-21 Championship despite blowing a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Italy. David Nugent and Lita put Stuart Pearce's men in complete control midway through the first half
Fit-again Matthew Hoggard is relishing the prospect of bowling in tandem with his old Yorkshire team-mate Ryan Sidebottom when his England career resumes today. Hoggard, chosen in England's 12-man squad for the fourth Test at Chester-le-Street, headed
STANLEY boss John Coleman says he was disappointed' with the way the new League Two fixtures have worked out. The fixture list sees Stanley travel to Wycombe for the season opener on August 11 and travel away to Grimsby Town on Boxing Day. And rather
JUST as top reality programmes The Apprentice and the hunt for the next Joseph in Any Dream Will Do end, another offering has been laid on by the BBC. If you've not been reeled in by trailers for Mary, Queen of Shops, Mary Portas last night again proved
A COLLEGE has launched two specialist centres in a bid to get more young people jobs in business. The centres at Blackburn College will serve students from across East Lancashire Blackburn College last night officially unveiled its business and IT academies
SPORTING heroes and community champions from Ribble Valley were honoured by the council. Clubs, coaches, rising stars and volunteers were recognised for their hard work and commitment at a ceremony hosted by Ribble Valley Borough Council's sports development
BENTLEY Wood Farm is set to become the area's first Harvester Pub and Grill when it opens its doors in Hapton next month following a major refurbishment. Work to refit the premises, in Accrington Road, began on June 11 following the acquisition of the
