A MYSTERY buyer has become the Lord of Bowland after snapping up the title at auction. The new Lord of the Ribble Valley area gets a range of ancient rights. But sadly, the Lord of Bowland does not receive the hunting forest, eight manors
Andy Sensale scored two goals against high flying Congleton Town to send Ramsbottom United into the next round of the Vodkat North West Counties League Challenge Cup with a 4-3 win. In a classic game of two halves Ramsbottom found themselves
BLACKBURN Rovers slipped to their 10th consecutive away defeat this evening as Dimitar Berbatov's second half strike broke their resistance. Wayne Rooney made sure of the points three minutes from time as he flicked Anderson's cross past goalkeeper
BLACKBURN Rovers have frustrated Manchester United for 45 minutes at Old Trafford this evening as they go in at the break 0-0. Rovers made their approach known very early on as, with David Dunn playing a deeper role in midfield, they looked to frustrate
PASCAL Chimbonda starts at right back for Blackburn Rovers tonight against a depleted Manchester United. The Premier League champions are missing both their centre backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, while Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has his
A Graham Alexander brace on his 100th appearance for the club has given Burnley a 2-0 victory over Hull City, but they were given a fright or two along the way on Hallowe’en night. The Scot put the Clarets a goal up at the break from the penalty
A Graham Alexander penalty on his 100th appearance for the club separates the two sides at the break as Burnley lead Hull City 1-0. It’s been a difficult week for the Tigers and their luck was out after only twenty minutes when referee Jones adjudged
Brian Jensen has recovered from his ankle injury and returns to the side for today’s visit of Hull City. Beast’s return means that Diego Penny drops back to the bench, while Graham Alexander starts in what will be his 100th appearance for the Clarets
FRANCO Di Santo believes he can still stake a late claim for a place in Argentina’s World Cup finals squad – starting with doing parent club Chelsea a big favour tonight. Blackburn Rover’s loanee is expected to return to the side for tonight’s trip to
THOUSANDS of people attended the funeral of a Blackburn mother-of-three this morning. Ayesha Mohammed, 39, died on Wednesday, a week after her husband was killed in a fatal house fire at the couple’s home in London Road. Friends, family, thousands
A ROW has broken out over how a ‘significant’ amount of Housing Market Renewal money is to be spent in Darwen. The council wants to buy a former Land Rover garage in Vale Street to clear the ‘big, dirty horrible’ site with money from the scheme.
MARCELLE Lazarus has today resigned as joint chairperson of Accrington Stanley. Lazarus was brought into the club by Dave O’Neill in the summer and became joint chairperson in July after O’Neill had taken over the running of day-to-day affairs
A £50,000 playground opened just three months ago has been wrecked by arsonists. Youngsters have been left heartbroken after the new park, off Newfield Drive in Highercroft, Blackburn, was ruined by fire on Thursday night – and council bosses say they
TWO of Peter Swan’s old clubs go head-to-head at Turf Moor this afternoon. One is in crisis, the other is suffering a minor blip. It is Burnley, not Hull, who the former centre half is backing to mount their recovery tomorrow and rediscover the winning
BLACKBURN ROvers will entertain Chelsea in the Carling Cup quarter final. Rovers' reward for progressing past Gillingham, Nottingham Forest and Peterborough in previous rounds is a tough looking encounter against the Premier League title chasers. The
A DOG warden said the emaciated condition of two dogs found in a Burnley mother-of-three’s home was the worst she had ever seen. Jane Grady said the two crossbred dogs, kept in a cage in Nicola Tattersall’s kitchen, were “all skin and bone”
HULL City arrive at Turf Moor this afternoon with under-fire manager Phil Brown being backed by Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce to turn the Tigers' fortunes around. After Burnley boss Owen Coyle defended his close friend, Allardyce has also come
A CABBIE who was renowned for his flowing locks and bushy beard has had it all shaved off in the name of charity. Chris Arthur, who sported the hairy image for 10 years, decided it was time for a change when a customer made a comment about his appearance
BURNLEY’S famous blues festival is set to be slashed to a single day because of financial worries, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. Promoters behind the Easter spectacular, which is usually held over three days and celebrated its 21st birthday this
CLARETS legend Leighton James insists Burnley’s Premier League novices must learn from today’s opponents Hull City to ensure their top flight dream doesn’t turn into a nightmare. The Welshman, one of the finest players in the club’s history, believes
MICHEL Salgado has always been one of football’s winners. A double Champions League success and four Spanish League titles are just the highlights of a glittering CV that cemented his place among the Real Madrid greats. Imagine then
CHILDREN as young as nine threw broken paving stones at a fire crew in an ‘appalling’ attack. The group of youths, aged up to 15, hurled the blocks of concrete at a fire engine arriving at the scene of a bonfire in Oxford Close, Audley, Blackburn
OWEN Coyle looks set to be handed a double fitness boost in time for this afternoon’s visit of Hull City. Both goalkeeper Brian Jensen and left back Stephen Jordan came through the final preparations in training yesterday. It was the only occasion the
EMBATTLED Accrington Stanley chief executive Rob Heys has received a big message of support from a surprising source. Merchant banker Ilyas Khan and Mr Heys have clashed during the Reds eight-week battle to raise funds for a £308,000 unpaid
