THE residents of Cornholme turned out in force as Pamela Lally was installed as Mayor of Todmorden at a ceremony in Todmorden Town Hall. Coun Lally, who lives in the village and has been a councillor for eight years, takes over from Brian Hewson. Her
FORMER Nelson solicitor and North West Liberal Democrat Euro MP Sajjad Karim has called for greater efforts to combat the production of toys by children. Mr Karim has been vigorously campaigning against child labour and especially the exploitation of
A MAN made subject to an anti-social behaviour order two years ago was described in court as a "success story." Blackburn magistrates heard that Robert Edward Bibby, 23, was doing so well that the police were happy for conditions on the order to be released
A KWIK Save branch in Burnley has closed today after workers were made redundant, union bosses have claimed. Bosses at retail union Usdaw said that staff at the Cog Lane store in Accrington Road were told this morning they were losing their jobs.
WRITER and naturalist Ron Freethy's next project is looming - but he needs your help. For he is starting preparations for a new book, which he plans to title 'Memories of the Lancashire Cotton Mills'. And he has called on readers for their recollections
LOCAL authority workers could be banned from smoking in their own cars while on council business. Rossendale Council is considering introducing rules preventing employees from having a cigarette while using their own cars for work purposes, as part of
THE bride and her new mother-in-law both ended up in police cells following separate incidents that were connected with a "travelling communty" wedding. Blackburn magistrates heard that a "great deal" of alcohol had been consumed in the celebrat-ion
A MAN jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire when he was stopped on suspicion of driving without insurance. Blackburn magistrates heard that Andrew Shaun Jeal, 22, gave false details to the police officer. But the man whose name he gave was
FORMER Burnley star Leighton James has admitted drink driving and without insurance. He was banned from driving for 16 months when he appeared at court yesterday. James told a police officer who stopped him that he had been drowning his sorrows after
STEVE Cotterill has spoken of his delight at the capture of Albanian international Besart Berisha after a month-long pursuit. The 21-year-old Hamburg forward will complete his dream £340,000 move to Turf Moor once a work permit has been granted. Cotterill
RESIDENTS have called on a council to protect the countryside around their village. A public meeting will take place in Huncoat tomorrow as villagers fight plans for a new industrial park. Residents are already upset with plans to build a massive new
THE spotlight falls this week on the neat, terraced house in Darwen used in a Norman Wisdom film back in 1960. For Looking Back has traced the property that was chosen for a scene in the comedian's little-seen There Was A Crooked Man, shot nearly 50
A MUM has told of her terror after her drink was suspected to have been spiked with a date rape drug on a night out. Mother-of-two Michelle Rhodes, 28, said the incident meant she could remember almost nothing about what happened to her after going to
BLACKBURN Rovers chairman John Williams has vowed to act after it was discovered the grave of the club's founder was in a derelict state. John Lewis, a coachbuilder and promoter of the Temperance Movement, launched the club in 1875. But author Peter
LANCASHIRE and England cricket star Andrew Flintoff has been crowned celebrity dad of the year. The married father-of-two, also known as Freddie', beat off competition from a host of other famous people to win the vote and receive an early Father's Day
A PATIENT given a 99per cent chance of survival before an operation to remove cancer died less than a month later, an inquest heard. Michele Howarth, of Bevington Close, Burnley, died on June 19 last year from complications after undergoing a tracheotomy
A HEALTH organisation has issued new a series of guidelines to help people avoid getting food poisoning from barbecued food. To coincide with National Food Safety Week, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West is reminding people on how to cook
The picture was taken at Brookside Oswaldtwistle. I can't see it surviving though it's in too public a place.
A song thrush nesting behind a satellite dish outside my house in Darwen. All photos were taken with a Canon 30D DSLR. 1088 was with a 18-55mm lens at 34mm 1/320s. 1098 and 1112 were both at 55m at 1/15s. All photos were at ISO 400.
Looking straight up at the India Mill Chimney, after several airliners left their signature across the sky.
FOUR cars had their tyres slashed in two communities. In the last two weeks, vandals struck vehicles in the Lammack and Beardwood areas of Blackburn. The latest incident occurred on Heartwood Close where two tyres on a silver Vauxhall Zafira were slashed
VISITORS going to Towneley Hall will have to pay to park as part of an initiative to reduce congestion. The 50p hourly rate charge introduced on Monday will only apply to the car park outside Towneley Hall and not the other car parks in the park. Long
Mark Hughes may have to play a game of patience in his quest to land the players he wants to strengthen his Blackburn Rovers squad. The Ewood chief's top priority is a proven goalscorer, and Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy remains his number one target
Stanley chairman Eric Whalley has revealed the club is on the verge of signing a new striker and centre-half. Whalley said the striker has league experience, but played non-league football last season, scoring 28 goals. And he said the Reds were also
A MOTORIST has been found guilty of causing the death of a 61-year-old man by dangerous driving after knocking him down on a pavement. And the family of victim Michael Parker said that although they were pleased with the verdict, it "in no way made up
SCHOOLGIRLS were the target of a flasher who shouted at them to get their attention before revealing himself, on Tuesday. The two 12-year-olds were on their lunch break when the incident happened, at about 2pm, in Olympia Street, Burnley. The man called
THE Countryside Tour of Horwich and Rivington is a five-stage event over six days from Tuesday June 19 to Sunday June 24. The SIS Lever Park Run is the first race on Tuesday at 7.30pm from the Crown Hotel, Chorley New Road, Horwich. It is roughly 6K
This is a shot I like very much, it was taken outside college on a sunny day. I think it looks almost like a painting. By Jenna Parrington, Blackburn College student.
FINAL arrangements have been announced for the military funeral of a soldier whose remains were found in Belgium almost a century after his death. The remains of Private Richard Lancaster - who was killed three months after the outbreak of the First
The bee picture was shot in my garden. It was hard to try to capture the bee specially when I have a phobia of them. I love the colour of the flower. By Jenna Parrington, Blackburn College student.
Mum and her nippers crossing Burnley Road leading into Todmorden. By Julie Walsh, Little Harwood, Blackburn.
Taken looking over Blackburn from Revidge Road on friday evening 8th June, beautiful sunset. By Julie Walsh, Little Harwood, Blackburn.
I took this picture when I was on a bike ride up a hill in Darwen on a freezing cold misty day. By Jack Carrington, age 12, from Blackburn.
Robbie Schofield and Sophie Hitchon have set Championship Records at the Lancashire Schools' Track and Field Championships at Blackpool. Robbie, representing the Hyndburn District Schools Association, clocked 1:56.0 in the intermediate boys' 800 metres
A NEW scheme could see landlords in one of Burnley's most deprived areas facing tougher controls in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour. Burnley Council is hoping to spearhead a selective licensing' scheme in part of the Trinity area, to tackle anti-social
BLACKBURN Rovers could be under new ownership before the new Premiership season kicks off on August 11. Chairman John Williams last night confirmed the club are in talks with several interested parties about a possible takeover, and significant progress
A HIGH-level government adviser has visited Pendle to learn about its race rela-tions strategy. The Communities and Local Government depart-ment's director of faith, race and cohesion, Mark Carroll, visited school-children at Marsden Heights Community
"WHEN you get a benefit in 1980, you don't think there's going to be too many years after that. "You think that's your pension. But I didn't want to finish. Why would I want to go back to being a draughtsman?" Why indeed? The Lancashire all-rounder
Rossendale Harriers' 40th anniversary celebrations got under way last week with the Waugh's Well Fell Race - the first event in the club's Anniversary Midweek Series sponsored by Ultimate Outdoors. It is most appropriate that the club should mark its
The 2300 Club of Blackburn, organisers of the Tunnock's Tour of Mull closed road tarmac rally, has announced the details of the 2007 John Easson Scholarship for young rally drivers. First run in 2004, the scholarship is named after rally driver John
Privateer Formula 2 Sidecar driver John Holden and passenger Andy Winkle recorded their finest results so far after finishing runner-up in both Race A & B at the TT races held on the Isle of Man last week. John, from Whalley is a F2 Sidecar veteran and
CHILDREN as young as 11 are loitering and drinking in Darwen parks, leaving families with young children afraid to use them. For eight weeks community support officers (PCSOs) have been out in Darwen on Friday and Saturday nights and have found groups
A BURGLAR under the effects of a cocktail of medication and drugs raided the living quarters of a pub. Jamie Reid went upstairs at the Dog Inn, Longridge, stole a mobile phone and has been jailed for two years and five months. Reid 28-year-old, of Berry
AN AWARD-winning Burnley butcher has been nominated for a local hero award. Stephen Berkins, 44, was nominated by satellite channel UKTV as a local hero, an award which honours Britain's independent shops, farm stalls, artisan producers, cafes, pubs,
YOUNGSTERS from several schools were the guests of honour as a wind farm was officially opened. The three turbines on Hameldon Hill, Burnley, were switched on yesterday after five East Lancashire schools took part in a competition to promote renewable
THICK, hearty wholesome chips are the order of the day for a new pub grub campaign. Steve Midgeley, 33, chef and owner of the Fielden's Arms, Mellor Brook, is on a mission get chip eaters in East Lancashire munching through plates of 'proper' chips rather
SATURDAY, May 28, 1966, was just another day for most people - but others will remember it as the day Burnley's old market hall was reduced to rubble. It was 96 years old and the entrance was so well built, dynamite was needed to bring it down. The
AN ANAESTHETIST who botched his role in an operation on a nine-year-old girl faces being struck off by his professional body. The General Medical Council (GMC) panel has determined that the performance of Dr Mariyappan Balasubramanian was impaired by
I WOULD like to thank the young man who ran after me and informed me I had left my wallet in a store on Broadway, which I duly recovered. Important things in there would have caused me to worry. His action in a day when crime is rife is to be highly
WITH reference to the letter from Mr Evans of Avondale Road and his impression that the Tories and Lib Dems and a current member of the For Darwen Party didn't have access to information or were not fully aware of the full costing facts relating to the
TO ALL the residents of Meadowhead Ward who voted Labour in the May elections for Elaine and myself, we send you our thanks, and to all the volunteers who worked hard for weeks knocking on doors, delivering leaflets and sitting on the polling stations
SO, people have now struggled with Blackburn's "Cinderella" bus service (12a and 12c) for a week. Practically everyone I have spoken to passionately dislikes the change. Older people are daunted by the extra journeys they will need to make to get enough
A TEENAGER has admitted charges of aggravated burglary and damaging property. James Smith, aged 18, of Roe Greave Road, Oswaldtwistle, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary at an address in Lightbown Street, Darwen, on May 26. The case is that he stole
Burnley face a tough start to the new Championship campaign as they host West Brom on August 11. In last season's corresponding fixture, Cotterill's men got the better of the Baggies with a thrilling 3-2 victory having trailed to two early goals. Following
BLACKBURN Rovers will kick off the new season at Middlesbrough on Saturday August 11 after the fixtures for the 2007/2008 campaign were unveiled this morning. Mark Hughes' side then face Aston Villa in their first home game at Ewood Park on Wednesday
ACCRINGTON Stanley start their 2007/08 League Two campaign with a tricky opening day fixture away at Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday, August 11. The Reds follow that up by hosting Darlington at the Fraser Eagle Stadium on Saturday, August 18, before travelling
NEW Clarets signing Besart Berisha has spoken of his family's traumatic past after he was threatened with kidnap by the Albanian mafia. The striker was just seven when he was forced to flee the former Yugoslavia with his family when war broke out in
WAKING up and looking out of a bedroom window to see a graveyard is not most people's idea of a room with a view. But a Padiham builder has converted the former St John's Church, Blackburn Road, Rising Bridge, into a luxury home worth nearly £1 million
HIGH-SPEED unmarked police cars are to be deployed on the M65 in a bid to curb a craze of young drivers filming themselves at speeds over 150mph. The crackdown comes as officers launched an investigation into shocking new footage of a car travelling
POLICE officers did not carry out their duties properly in the moments before a fatal crash, a court has heard. Michael Parker, 61, of Preston New Road, Mellor Brook, died almost instantly from head and chest injuries outside his home on November 11,
I've never been far from the sounds of marching bands during my 10 years as a cabinet minister. But there has never been anything quite like the last few weeks, when dress rehearsals have been taking place just outside my office windows for one of the
A majestic take on an old Celtic folk song. Lau - Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke - recently released their debut album, Lightweights and Gentlemen, to much critical acclaim, and this is probably the catchiest of their modern folk ballads
IT'S ALL over. My favourite TV show of the year, The Apprentice, reached a nerve-biting final last night, and I've got to admit, I'm gutted. Not at the result - I honestly wouldn't have minded if either Simon or Kristina won - they were both my favourites
HUNDREDS of people have already flocked to the big top in Witton Park, Blackburn, to see the "New Houdini" in action. The show has sold out both nights since opening on Tuesday with more than 800 people watching each time. And the man they all want
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has already saved more than half the £12.7million needed to balance this year's budget. Only three months in to the financial year, it has saved £6.7million through working more efficiently, but officials admit the savings
