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  • Unisex changing room rethink after second pervert strikes

    COUNCIL bosses have had a rethink on controversial unisex changing rooms after a second case of voyeurism. After the latest incident of a man peeking at naked females in communal changing rooms at the St Peter's Centre, Burnley, facilities are being

  • 3.7% council tax rise in ‘budget for everyone’

    COUNCIL tax payers in Hyndburn will pay an extra 3.7 per cent this year after councillors agreed a 'budget for everyone.' Among projects earmarked for investment are £110,000 to promote community safety and £57,000 to increase the number of dog fouling

  • Hero policeman found hanged

    A SERVING police sergeant who saved a man from jumping to his death has been found hanged at his home. Sergeant Craig Illingworth, 45, of Gisburn Road, Blacko, worked in the neighbourhood team in Rawtenstall, and had been an officer with the Lancashire

  • Firm fined after admitting causing flooding

    A CONSTRUCTION firm has been heavily fined for contravening by-laws which led to serious flood damage to three properties in Colne. Barnfield Constructions contract director Steve John Ryder pleaded guilty at Reedley Magistrates to the charge after the

  • Are our streets safe for women?

    Everyone knows that feeling. You might just be wandering back from the shop, but it's late, it's dark, and there's no one about. You hear footsteps behind you and your heart starts beating faster. You speed up, and try to glance around so you can assess

  • Call for Pendle witches to be pardoned

    CAMPAIGNERS are calling for the Pendle witches to be pardoned. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice led the calls after a petition was handed to the Scottish Parliament yesterday calling to clear the names of all people convicted under witchcraft legislation.

  • Decision delayed on East Lancs mental health unit

    MENTAL health bosses have delayed making a decision on the site of a £37.5million mental health unit serving the whole of East Lancashire. Lancashire Care NHS Trust, which administers psychiatric care across the county, cannot decide between Gib Hill

  • Wanna be in a band?

    Greetings from Blowjangler B, alleged Alto sax player with the world famous fun band Blowjangles. We are currently looking for musicians and wannabe musicians to join us in our journey of fun and merriment with a bit of music thrown in. If you play a

  • Bank error spending spree sisters jailed

    TWO sisters who blamed each other for spending £135,000 mistakenly deposited in a bank account have been jailed. The cash was splashed on high-priced electrical goods, furniture, groceries and even a £10,000 holiday to Florida. But 20-year-old Sarah

  • Fraudster goes missing in lunch break

    A FRAUDSTER has gone missing after magistrates let him leave the court for a lunch break. Stewart Simpson, 20, had admitted a string of deception charges before the Burnley bench in the morning. He was told to return in the afternoon for sentence and

  • Jack Straw's Chosen People

    Almost every day in recent weeks, clients and friends have complained to me that they seem to see an unprecidented number of less desirable people around the town centre these days. They are not talking about Goths or Trogs or any other so-called fashion

  • Richardson backs Mangan to fire Stanley

    LEAM Richardson believes Accrington Stanley's on-loan striker Andy Mangan can cause problems for any League Two defence. Mangan left the Reds last summer to join Bury, but returned to the Fraser Eagle Stadium last week on a month's loan. And the lively

  • Murderer used sword to stab his friend to death

    A savage killer who buried an ornamental sword in the heart of a former friend has been sentenced to 15 years for murder. Homeless Srinavatheepan Srirangarajah, 27, was convicted of brutally slaying Pirapakaran Krishnasamy - known as Praba - at a Shell

  • £150m boost for housing renewal

    REGENERATION bosses promised to revamp East Lancashire homes after earning a £150million Government grant. The cash will be given to Elevate, the company behind the Housing Market Renewal scheme, over the next three years, taking its total funding since

  • New bone scanner at Wythenshawe

    WYTHENSHAWE Hospital's groundbreaking Breast Services Centre has recently purchased a new bone density scanner. The £85,000.scanner will help to highlight potential damage to bone density caused by cancer drugs, administered as part of treatment for

  • Companies steaming ahead with airport construction

    NETWORK Rail and Carillion construction company are steaming ahead with work at Manchester Airport with improvements ahead of schedule. Not only have the companies rolled a new £15m road-over-rail bridge at the airport into place two days ahead of

  • Bakery to open new shop

    BAKERY chain Greggs is set to open a new shop in Blackburn. The firm has invested more than £100,000 in the new outlet, in King William Street, which will create 10 new jobs. Greggs area sales manager Pauline Bowker said: "The new shop is an exciting

  • March Farmers Market

    The monthly Haslingden Farmers Market is being held this Sunday, March 2nd at the usual venue, Holcombe Road, Helmshore from 9.30am to 2:00pm. All the best produce and attractions.

  • Hedgelaying Course

    Cronkshaw Fold Farm, off Alden Road, Helmshore are offering a 2 day hedgelaying course run by Ralph Lee. Ralph is a master craftsman at countryside skills. The days will start at 9.30 am and finish at 4pm. There will be a Farmhouse tea for all hedge

  • Roadworks overspend row

    A ROADWORK scheme to improve congestion and air quality in Darwen town centre has run more than £1million over budget. The scheme was initially estimated at £1.4million but went up to £1.8million after Blackburn with Darwen Council awarded damages

  • Doorstaff defend Good Night Club

    DOOR supervisors at a Nelson club have defended its reputation after it was threatened with closure by police. Licensing officers in Pendle have called for a review of the Good Night club, in Stanley Street, amid claims that it has become a magnet for

  • Your chance to play with footballing legends

    Legends Ian Rush and John Barnes are just two of the star names taking part in a special charity five-a-side tournament at the JJB Soccerdome in Blackburn. The event, on Friday May 9, will be run on a similar basis to the World Cup, with group stages

  • Interim ban for driver

    A DRINK-driver twice the limit has been given an interim ban while he awaits sentence by Burnley magistrates. The court was told how Martin Alcock, 28, was seen overtaking a bus on the approach to a blind left- hand bend near Colne. Police caught up

  • Retired teacher died after fall

    AN 87-year-old retired teacher died after surgery to repair a fractured hip. An inquest in Blackburn heard that Great Harwood-born Muriel Annie Williams suffered the fracture in a fall at home and raised the alarm after dragging herself back to the phone

  • Clarets receive 1,400 tickets for Stoke

    Burnley Football Club received an initial allocation of 1,400 tickets for the Championship game against Stoke City, to be played at the Britannia Stadium on March 8. Over 600 have currently been sold and the club has been informed that they may not

  • Firm's £10,000 donation to young carers

    A COMPANY boss has donated £10,000 to help a young carers project after being told of its good work by one of his staff. Darwen Group coach-builders, based at Whitebirk Industrial Estate, Blackburn, has donated the cash to help develop a mentoring service

  • Children given an activity mission

    PUPILS at St Anne's Edgeside Primary School are on a mission to get active following a visit from a children's charity. The youngsters at Ashworth Road in Waterfoot, raised £261 for MedEquip4Kids and their school by taking part in the Get Active with

  • Shops and offices to breathe new life into town centre site

    A TOWN centre shopping block is set to be transformed into a multi-million pound retail and office complex. Development giant Hurstwood - which owns the former Apollo cinema in King William Street, Blackburn - has confirmed it is in talks with traders

  • Straw hits back at post office 'hypocrisy' claim

    BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has hit back after being branded a hypocrite for opposing the closure of a post office. Conservatives slammed the Justice Minister and cabinet colleagues who are fighting plans to shut branches in their constituency. But

  • Lancashire Telegraph careers fair

    Qualified Ambulance Technician for North West Ambulance Service Clare Welch chats to Billy King from Blackburn who wants to know how to apply for a job like hers.

  • Lancashire Telegraph careers fair

    L-R are Operations Divisional Manager for Rossendale's Proud to be Differnt Blue Chip Company Clare Alessi, Rubina Jogee from Beardwood, Training Development Manager for Rossendale's Proud to be Differnt Blue Chip Jodie Shaw and Customer Services Divisional

  • Lancashire Telegraph careers fair

    Full time mum Donna Thomas from Birchall Ave in Darwen chats to Senior Advisor for Capita Beverley Heeds about oportunities for when her children go to school

  • Lancashire Telegraph careers fair

    Byron Eddleston 17 from Blackburn and his grandad Michael Slater chat to Connexions personal advisor Stewart Wade about finding a brinklaying apprentership.

  • Prince Edward to open health centre

    ACCRINGTON'S new health centre will be given a Royal seal of approval. The £7.5million Accrington Pals Primary Health Care Centre - named in honour of the town's First World War heroes - will be officially opened by Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex

  • School keeps on getting better

    AN EAST Lancashire school has been named as one of the country's most improving for the third year in a row. St Christopher's High School in Accrington has been recognised by the Specialist School and Academies Trust (SSAT) for making outstanding improvements

  • Rovers jury member needed

    CALLING all Blackburn Rovers fans - do you go to all your team's matches? The Lancashire Telegraph is looking for a committed, opinionated supporter to join the Rovers Jury, a panel of fans which discusses the big Ewood Park issues in the newspaper

  • Lawson sees off Valley class field

    Tim Lawson confirmed his early season form by beating a quality field to win the Rossendale Road Club at Bolton-by-Bowland in the Ribble Valley on Saturday. Lawson, a director of the Brockhall Village based Science-in-Sport Sports Nutrition Company

  • Cars - police launch clampdown on illegal sales

    A CLAMPDOWN has been launched in a bid to prevent the illegal sale of car parts and vehicles which have been written off. Lancashire Police has launched Operation Partridge, which will begin with a unannounced spot check at a motor salvage yard in Lancashire

  • Hughes is Grim Reaper for Toon bosses

    MARK Hughes is planning to heap more misery on Kevin Keegan this weekend by pushing Newcastle United closer to the Premier League's relegation trapdoor. A visit from Hughes and Blackburn has proved to be the kiss of death for two of Keegan's predecessors

  • Warning after sneak-in thefts

    police have urged residents to be extra vigilant after a spate of sneak-in thefts in Rossendale. Between 7.30pm and 7.58pm on February 24, offenders got into a house through an unlocked window in Douglas Road, Bacup, and stole car keys to a Mazda, registration

  • Traffic redirected due to car blaze

    Police and fire crews were called to a car blaze in Blackburn this morning. Fire crews received more than a dozen calls from commuters about the blaze on Haslingden Road at the junction with Bennigton Street. The car was thought to be a Peugeot.

  • VIDEO: Wayne’s water saving tips

    BLACKBURN'S Wayne Hemingway is urging people to save water after it emerged that some parts of Britain have less available water per head than the Sudan. Every day the UK uses more than 16 billion litres of tap water and, due to increasing population

  • Lindsay gunning for national glory

    Last Saturday was the first of four important races in consecutive weeks as the cross country season reaches its climax. The English National Championships is the traditional big day out for the rank and file club members, maybe even more so this year

  • Toon trio back to face Rovers

    Obafemi Martins, Mark Viduka and Emre could all be back for Newcastle's home game against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. But Stephen Carr's hamstring injury looks like ruling him out. Striker Martins has not featured for almost two months, after

  • Council votes ‘no confidence in services’

    A SECOND council has supported a "no confidence" vote against hospital bosses. Pendle Council members unanimously backed the no-confidence motion and called for an independent review into hospital services in East Lancashire in a named vote. They followed

  • Attacked man still 'stable'

    A 43-YEAR-old man who sustained serious head injuries during an attack in Darwen remains in a stable condition. Police on Saturday were called to Darwen Bus Station shortly before midnight and found the man from Preston unconscious. He had attended

  • Husband and wife are a great team

    CHRIS and Heidi Woodcock claimed a well-earned seventh place on the Jaks Bar Asphalt Stages in the Isle of Man. The husband-and-wife team from Clitheroe and district motor club brought their Mitsubishi Evo6 home less than five seconds behind winner Mark

  • Chip your dog

    Rossendale's dog warden Dave East is holding a microchipping session for dogs at Pets Corner, Bank Street, Rawtenstall, tomorrow, from 10.30am to 4pm. Pet owners will be charged a discounted rate of £10 per dog. Contact the shop on 01706 215623 for

  • Burglar raided his own mum

    A CONVICTED burglar who raided his own mother has been returned to prison - after being featured in the Lancashire Telegraph. Police issued a wanted' notice for Wayne Joseph Banham, 37, from Rawtenstall, after he breached the terms of a prison licence

  • Police to learn Polish

    POLICE in part of East Lancashire are to have lessons in Polish to help them deal with migrant workers. With over 2,000 migrant Polish workers in the Accrington area, a number of police officers will be learning some basic phrases in the language. The

  • Politicians unite over Post Office closures

    POLITICAL opponents have come together to condemn Government plans to close 56 post offices across Lancashire. Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat members of Lancashire County Council have slammed proposals that could have a devastating effect

  • Jewell leaps to Sav's defence

    DERBY County manager Paul Jewell has leapt to the defence of Robbie Savage after the former Blackburn Rovers midfielder has come under fire for some lacklustre performances. Jewell admits his new skipper has been poor since he joined the Rams from Rovers

  • Feniscowles Primary takes fifth in national biathlon

    The girls from Feniscowles Primary School in Blackburn have finished fifth team in the National Schools' Biathlon Championships in Bath. Hannah Jepson, Katie Jepson, Sally Searson and Ellie Haworth, all from Year 6, had to swim and run to earn points

  • Campus Fairtrade shop wins praise

    BURNLEY teenagers have been praised for running a Fairtrade shop on their college campus, And as a reward they met the Secretary of State for International Development to talk about the project. Hameldon Community College was one of five northern schools

  • Bird in full flight for Cumbria

    Three-times winner Paul Bird and co-driver Andy Richardson will lead the way in their Subaru Impreza WRC on this weekend's Malcolm Wilson Rally in Cumbria. The top 11 entries in the 43-mile gravel rally are all in WRC machinery, with Damian Cole and

  • Wilkinson's a quick learner in the saddle

    A wet afternoon in Sheffield was the catalyst for bike rider Adrian Wilkinson to take up circuit racing. And within six weeks, the 35-year-old lighting technician from Colne had chalked up his first class win in a national championship! Adrian, who

  • Choir’s TV success at the double

    A YOUTH choir from Pendle is celebrating after two television successes. Barrowford-based Arden Youth Choir beat thousands of choirs from across the UK to be selected to compete in the second round of the BBC Choir of the Year competition. And the news

  • Parish council meeting date announced

    The next meeting of the Parish Council takes place on Tuesday 4th March at 7.40pm. All residents are welcome to attend. The Police will be available to listen to residents concerns.

  • Coyle targets league's big-hitters

    OWEN Coyle has backed his Clarets side to pile the pressure on the Championship's big-hitters in their quest for a coveted play-off spot. The Burnley manager was delighted with his side's showing on Tuesday night as they turned in a professional performance

  • Man, 80, in blaze scare

    AN 80-year-old man escaped his burning home after a chip pan caught fire. Fire crews were called to the terrace house in Bury Road, Haslingden, at 7pm on Tuesday. Officers said the man had a "lucky escape" after he tried to extinguish the flames, before

  • Clarets land home draw in cup

    Burnley's youth team have been handed a home tie in the (Northern) semi-finals of the Puma Youth Alliance Cup. Terry Pashley's side will face either Mansfield Town or Hartlepool United, with the date of the tie to be arranged, but no later than Monday

  • Heathcote plans champagne new venue

    A Lancashire chef and restaurateur has announced plans to spend more than £1million on a flagship venue in Manchester. Paul Heathcote said that one of the main features of the new restaurant will be a wine cellar containing more than 50 varieties of

  • Drink driver hit man and drove off

    A VAN driver claimed he drove off after colliding with a pedestrian because he was chased by the man's friends and feared for his own safety. Blackburn magistrates heard that Rhys Ainsworth was routinely breathalysed after the 3.24 pm incident and found

  • An art to looking sharp in sixties

    Here's a photograph from October 1965 of Burnley Art School dance at Bank Hall Miners' Club, in Burnley. Are you on the photo? Do you recall the names of your fellow students?

  • Brenda recalls all her pals

    THE old photo from Coal Clough Secondary School, Burnley, which appeared on our page last week, chalked up much comment among former pupils. And we learnt, through Brenda Ashcroft, nee Smithies, the names of all the girls from class 3A. Brenda, who

  • Lancashire's new chief executive revealed

    LANCASHIRE County Council has appointed a new chief executive. Ged Fitzgerald, who is currently chief executive at Sunderland City Council, has been named as the new head of the fourth largest local authority in the country. Mr Fitzgerald, 46, who

  • Contest to crack safes killed child

    TODAY Looking Back unpicks the tale of the great safe contest in Burnley. The story of the fight to be the champion in the construction of drill, gunpowder and fire-proof safes comes from Pat Tempest, in the latest journal of Burnley and District Historical

  • Shoppers go potty for traditional attraction

    A TRADITIONAL pot fair has made a welcome return to the streets of Burnley after being absent for the past couple of years. Traders say the crowds attracted to the Curzon Street fair, which continues until Saturday, are proof that the old-fashioned gatherings

  • Judge orders arrest of man

    A judge ordered the arrest of a man after he failed to turn up at Burnley Crown Court to be sentenced. Sheraz Bhatti, 26, had sent a text message to his solicitor 25 minutes before he was due in court, saying he was in London, wasn't ready to be sentenced

  • Blown Away?

    The Planning Inspectorate has agreed to a public inquiry to look into Coronation Power's proposals to erect five large wind turbines on the moors overlooking Todmorden. Coronation Power finalised the designs last summer in the hope of finalising details

  • Dexter, ITV1

    ANY writer who can make you want to be friends with a serial killer has got to be pretty good at their job. And strange as it sounds, new series Dexter, which opened last night on ITV1 (first shown in the UK on FX) left me thinking 'what a great guy

  • A Vision in Lancashire for This and Every Age

    Canon Chris Chivers introduces exciting news of a month-long exhibition with events at Blackburn Cathedral. Exactly sixty years ago a book appeared in Holland. Like many books, it did so after a very long struggle to find a publisher who would actually

  • Man who fled violence starts new life

    A MAN who fled violence and government oppression in his homeland has told of his gratitude after learning English on a council-run course. Aung Kaung Myat, who fled Burma last year, was presented with a certificate for completing an English for Speakers

  • Commons should be called ‘Trough’

    IN THE light of the revelation of the abuse by MPs of their expenses and allowances - not to mention their heavily subsidised meals and drinks, shouldn't the House of Commons be more appropriately called The Trough?'. W J WOOD, Green Bank Farm, Gisburn

  • Reunion search for school pals

    WE ARE interested in contacting some school friends who were with us in Form 4A at the former Preston Catholic College in 1954-1955. Some of them moved up into the fifth form and left in 1956, while others of us went into the sixth form and left in

  • I’m embarrassed by my dirty town

    I AM writing about all the dirty graffiti in Blackburn. If a visitor came they would think we don't have respect for the things in our town centre. This is a disgrace, it is really dirty. People should have a special place to do graffiti because some

  • There’s still a lot to do to improve park

    WE are a group of young people undertaking the John Muir Award with the Lancashire Wild Life Trust. We have been working at River Darwen Park during the half term to help and conserve the area for the general public to enjoy. We started by protecting

  • Girl, 14, sexually assaulted on a train

    A MAN is being hunted by police after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a train. British Transport Police said that the man had sat next to the girl on the 8.03pm service between Blackburn and Manchester Victoria on Saturday February 23.

  • 'Strawberry drug' email hoax

    A HOAX email is being circulated that warns parents to be on their guard of a new drug that looks and tastes like candy. Lancashire Police said bogus emails are being sent warning people about a new drug known as 'strawberry quick'. The email, allegedly

  • Motto suits the team and town

    As you may or may not know - and if you are a Rovers fan you almost certainly will - Blackburn's motto is "Arte et Labore", which translates as "by art and by labour", and sometimes "by skill and hard work". Plenty of that on show at the weekend in that

  • Calling Redcoat Sue

    PLANS are now being put in place for what is hoped will be the largest-ever gathering of former Butlins' Redcoats. For a reunion is being organised by author A J Marriot, then known as Redcoat Alan, at Butlins Skegness, from May 23 to 26. And he is

  • The milk cup conundrum...

    A COUPLE have come across an old trophy, which originated in Blackburn, while browsing in an antiques shop in Cumbria. The cup, was engraved with County Borough of Blackburn, Clean Milk Competition, 1947, Palatine Billinge Nook'. Reg and Nora Cooper

  • Collapsing girls riddle

    TURN the clock back 43 years and the story of how a mystery illness struck 94 pupils of a Blackburn school made front page headlines. The drama unfolded in 1965 at St Hilda's C of E School for Girls and a fleet of ambulances ferried the girls to Park

  • Nigel goes the extra mile

    NIGEL Evans, Conservative MP for the Ribble Valley, ran a mile in St James' Park, London, in aid of Sport Relief. Mr Evans, along with around 100 MPs and Olympic rowing legend Sir Stephen Redgrave, all gave their support to the fundraising initiative

  • Treasure Hunt

    Can you solve the clues placed around the park and finally discover the hidden treasure? Meet in Nuttall Park, Nuttall Hall Lane, at 1pm on the 25 March to have a bit of fun... and who knows, you might just find the treasure! It will be a two-hour

  • 10,000 free tickets to Ideal Home Show

    One hundred years of home inspiration and innovation are marked this year as the iconic Ideal Home Show celebrates the past, the present and the future. The UK's best loved home show runs from March 14 - April 6 at London's Earl's Court and courtesy

  • Suspected arson attack as car torched

    A JOINT investigation has been launched by fire and police crews after a suspected arson attack on a Volvo car in Nuttall Street, Accrington. The vehicle was parked next to fencing in a secure car park when it was set alight just before 8pm last night

  • Win Unkle Bob albums!

    In amongst the manufactured pop drivel, the excitable indier-than-thou new Smiths-elects and the R & B soundalikes you too may have had the good fortune to have stumbled upon something quite special. Enter Unkle Bob with debut album Sugar and Spite.

  • Burnley schools near bottom of league table

    LEAGUE tables out today have dealt another blow to three schools created under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. Key Stage Three results for 2007 have Hameldon College, Shuttleworth Coll-ege and Unity College in the list for the bottom

  • Head brands Key Stage Three tables a 'nonsense'

    A SCHOOL has been labelled as one of the worst in the country for Key Stage Three results, despite having rapidly improving GCSE results. Lee Harris, headteacher at Blakewater College in Blackburn, dismissed the table which ranked his school fourth