AN historic country pub and hotel has closed its doors after its parent company pulled the plug because of poor trade. The 15-bedroomed Old Rosins Inn, in Treacle Row, Pickup Bank, shut on Monday, ending more than 300 years of service. Staff have been
A ROSSENDALE company has secured a £1.5m contract to carry out a major project in dangerous Spanish waters. Bacup-based Pennine, part of the Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering Group, has begun to install 1,953 vibro stone columns to strengthen the seabed
Rossendale Amateur Operatic Society is holding auditions for its production of "Summer Holiday" on Wednesday 13th January at Haslingden's Manchester Road Methodist Church at 7.30pm. Males aged between 20 and 30 are especially welcome but don't worry,
A PROLIFIC school raider who struck at 15 East Lancs premises, clocking up hauls to the tune of £10,000, has won his freedom. Drug addict Michael Jackson, 24, who was put behind bars for three years in May 2008 for attacks on schools and heroin
Rossendale's £12m "Health Hub" (oh dear, more trendy jargon) is said to be ahead of schedule and is likely to open by mid-March. It must be due to all the good weather we're having!
MORE than 20 jobs are to be created after a cash injection of £90,000 was shared between four firms. The money, which is being invested by Pendle Council through the No Limits Finance for Growth Project, will create 21 jobs. In addition, 22 local
CONSERVATIVES are urg-ing their London HQ to end delays in choosing the borough’s election candidate. Labour’s candidate to become Hyndburn’s next MP, Graham Jones, has already started canvassing for the next election while local Conservatives have
AN investigation has been launched into whether bus services in East Lancashire operate fairly. It comes after concerns that a near-monopoly by Transdev Lancashire United leads to high prices for users. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred
EMERGENCY food supplies are being delivered to a borough's most vulnerable residents while they are trapped indoors. Not for profit group Community Wheels, which usually provides door to door transport for the elderly and disabled in Blackburn with
LANCASHIRE’s controversial office in Brussels is to be closed as part of £23million public spending cuts unveiled today. Bosses also announced about 200 County Hall jobs would be lost as part of the savings programme. The popular trailer
A MAN who plotted to kill his adoptive parents as they slept has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Christopher Monks, 25, hatched the bizarre plan through an internet website, where members took on animal personas. Monks persuaded 20-year-old
ACCRINGTON Stanley's League Two trip to Lincoln City on Saturday has been postponed. Lincoln called in a Football League referee today to hold a pitch inspection at Sincil Bank and it was decided that Saturday's match would not be able to go
YESTERDAY Lancashire Telegraph chief reporter David Watkinson and picture editor Neil Johnson visited homes in Cow Ark in the Ribble Valley by the only means currently possible - on a quad bike. The Ribble Valley village cut off for 20
Blackburn Rovers need to decide whether to offer Morten Gamst Pedersen a new deal, with his contract expiring this summer. Olympiakos and Celtic are both understood to be considering bids for the Norwegian. However, after showing signs of
A CONVICTED paedophile walked out of a Blackburn probation hostel because of alleged pressures from other criminals. Alan Keegan went to ground for about nine days. He travelled to Wales and lived rough before giving himself up to police. Preston
A sixth former from Stonyhurst College picked up a public speaking prize. Adaobi Anah won the best chairperson category in the Business and Professional Women’s Association Public Speaking Competition at Foxfields Hotel, Billington. Adaobi, from
COUNCIL bosses have come under fire for spending more than £20,000 to show Sky Sports in a library - while cutting thousands from its books budget. Now the subscription in Blackburn Central Library is set to be cancelled after it was revealed
THOUSANDS of hoax calls received by police and fire services in Easy Lancashire each year are stopping officers attending genuine emergencies. Figures show that Lancashire Police’s 999 operators have taken almost 5,000 hoax calls relating to the area
Pictures from the marooned Cow Ark village are now online. Click here to view our gallery of Cow Ark and its residents.
BLACKBURN Rovers fans will get the chance to watch three Premier League home games for a total of just £30 as they look for ‘fortress Ewood’ to help roar them away from relegation trouble. Supporters buying into the winter-warming ‘Big 3’ scheme can
WOOTTON Bassett is a small market town in Wiltshire. A few years ago it would rarely have made the front pages of the newspapers. But for the saddest of reasons, Wootton Bassett has come to signify the fundamental decency of the British people
HERE are a group of ‘Terriers’ on skis! Finding their snow feet are six members of the 4th East Lancashire Regiment, who were training for winter warfare in the spring of 1963. They stayed in a TA centre near the Scottish Cairngorms and took to
MORE than 100 people in Blackburn, including a church congregation, had to be vaccinated by public health doctors in January 1962 after a minister was traced as a smallpox contact. Pastor Garfield Spurdle, of the Apostolic Church, in Randal Street, his
THIS 1970 photograph is now 40 years old! It shows the young football team from Cedar Street County Primary School, Blackburn, after winning the Bob Crompton trophy. The photograph has been sent to us by Steve Whalley, who was in the team with his best
LOCAL history records show that 1962 was the year of widespread change in East Lancashire. It was the year that many of our towns swept out the old and brought in the new, with super shopping centres, office blocks and much road re-planning. Redevelopment
THE HOME Secretary has launched an appeal against the decision to allow an Iraqi death crash driver to stay in this country. It is understood that Alan Johnson has given the green-light to the UK Border Agency to take the case of Aso Mohammed
RESIDENTS in Brookhouse and Bastwell are to benefit from a new Community Beat Manager. PC Faxi Assi joins the North East Neighbourhood Policing team to work alongside PCSO Walter Roberts, PCSO Aitibar Shiekh and PCSO Richard Lamb.
A leading councillor has been cleared of wrongdoing after complaints that an email criticising a colleague was racist. Pat Case, a county councillor who is also deputy leader of Chorley Council, sent the email in May calling for the removal of Coun Hasina
ACCRINGTON Stanley's match at Lincoln City on Saturday is likely to be called off today. Lincoln are due to have a pitch inspection at Sincil Bank today and the chances of the League Two game going ahead are slim with snow and ice affecting most of the
WE have received an avalanche of photographs from readers throughout East Lancashire. From wintry scenes to huge snowmen, you've been busy snapping the whiteout. Keep sending in your snow scene pictures and we will publish them all online.
BURNLEY are hoping club legend Steve Davis will stay at Turf Moor, and not follow Owen Coyle to Bolton. It is understood the wantaway Clarets boss, who has been placed on gardening leave until a compensation deal has been thrashed out with
A PARAMEDIC attacked a 13-year-old boy who dropped chewing gum on his car from a double decker school bus, a misconduct hearing was told. Nigel Hamer was in traffic in Blackburn when the sweet landed on his vehicle from the top floor of a school
Accrington Stanley say they would be in favour of the formation of a supporters’ trust in the future. The Accrington Stanley Supporters’ Fund was set up in the summer in a bid to save the club from going out of business. Stanley are now on a sound financial
A ‘CULTURE of excuse’ is contributing to the decline in society – that’s the view of Mick Gradwell. The former detective superintendent, who worked his way up from a beat bobby to become the force’s senior investigating officer, has dealt with
FAMILIES in a remote village have been cut off from the outside world for the past three weeks after snow and ice blocked their only access road. Residents in Cow Ark, near Clitheroe, are furious that this winter’s policy of only gritting main
Cash-strapped Portsmouth will listen to offers for their entire squad as they look to solve their crippling financial problems. That news is sure to alert Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, who will now make a move for goalkeeper David James. But
BLACKBURN Rovers are expecting significant interest in Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts this month but a dearth of available striking talent could yet persuade Sam Allardyce to stick with the status quo. Rovers boss Allardyce has already
With the cold snap running into a second week, event organisers have been working hard to keep local athletes racing. At Whitworth near Rochdale, Andy O’Sullivan and his team of volunteers spent three hours on New Years Eve spreading grit around Cowm
BACUP have signed Steve Dryden and Nelson’s Christopher Ogunyode. The pair will be busy as Borough have almost 30 games to play before May 1.
Chorley Harriers have enjoyed such a successful 2009, that the club’s committee was unable to decide which was the ‘Best Performance of the Year’ – so split the award three ways. The Harriers held their presentation night at Chorley Cricket Club. Dominic
BURNLEY may turn their attentions back to Peter Reid in their quest to find Owen Coyle's successor. The former Manchester City and Sunderland boss went head-to-head with Coyle at the final interview stage in November 2007, following the departure of
BURNLEY chairman Barry Kilby wants to have Owen Coyle’s successor in charge for the Clarets’ trip to Old Trafford on January 16. Kilby and operational director Brendan Flood are working against the clock after being told by the Scot, just two
BURNLEY’S Premier League trip to the Reebok Stadium to face Bolton on January 26 promises to be an explosive fixture after this week’s tug of war for Owen Coyle. It is likely that neither club will be particularly relishing such a game so soon
ALASTAIR Campbell has expressed his sadness at the departure of Owen Coyle to Bolton. The former Labour spin doctor, and Burnley fan, criticised Coyle’s decision to leave for the Reebok Stadium. Campbell said: “When Celtic came knocking
A REVIEW of Burnley General Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre will begin this month, despite critics claims it will be a “whitewash”. The assessment, to be completed by March 30, will be led by Professor Matthew Cooke, the national director for
