A ‘DEVASTATED’ pensioner has spoken of his heartache after a pair of vintage motorcycles worth £30,000 were stolen. The Rudge Ulster and Norton Manx motorcycles had been on display at Anthony Kayley’s home in Skipton Road, Barnoldswick.
A HIGH school which counts some of Pendle’s most famous sons among its alumni is to be demolished after the keys were handed over to builders. Mike Carradice, a former pupil and teacher at Edge End High, Nelson, had the honour of being the
A tourism study for the borough is to assess the existing and potential contribution of tourism to the Rossendale economy. The study will look at the growth prospects for tourism through to 2027. Peter Crompton, who is leading the study says
A HASLINGDEN mum is among the first women in the country to treat menopause symptoms with a new natural food supplement. When Zoe Millington, 49, began menopause, symptoms such as hot flushes made her daily routine at work and home a challenge. Concerned
POLICE have been accused of using heavy-handed tactics after video footage posted on the internet showed them hitting Burnley fans with batons. MP Kitty Ussher and the Football Supporters' Federation are calling for a full investigation after
A SCHOOL has paid a moving tribute to a teenager who died suddenly. Tom Purdy, 15, of West Bradford, died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, last week after suffering a ruptured appendix. Tom, a year 10 pupil at
William Shakespeare’s furiously funny tale of mistaken identity The Comedy Of Errors continues the current spring-summer season at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. Guest director Roxana Silbert, who is former artistic director of Paines Plough
THE return of Gil Scott-Heron, who plays Manchester Opera House on April 25, must surely rank as one of the most remarkable, and unexpected, of recent times. Deservedly rescued from musical obscurity by the boss of XL records, Scott-Heron’s latest
KULVINDER Ghir (Goodness Gracious Me, The Real McCoy, Bend it Like Beckham) and Michelle Hardwick (The Royal) star in Tom Paulin’s gripping new adaption of Euripides’s Greek tragedy, Medea, which opens at The Lowry on April 13. Alone, betrayed by a
MMM, a bit of an odd one this. Like Princess Diana, Jade Goody, ridiculed for much of her life, has in the minds of some people, attained near sainthood in death. It’s fair enough that people grieve after a death, but why do we do it
I HATE The Wizard of Oz, but that doesn’t mean I want it re-written. Years ago, I endured endless TV replays of the stupid musical, and now it’s back, with a slightly re-written storyline and some of the original songs replaced with new ones penned by
Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Alexa Davalos, Liam Cunningham, Vincent Regan, Polly Walker, Pete Postlethwaite. Director: Louis Leterrier. DIRECTOR Louis Leterrier updates the 1981 swords and sandals epic
NEW Doctor Who Matt Smith has been invited to Ewood Park as a VIP guest after revealing he is a Blackburn Rovers fan. And club bosses have even pledged to reserve a parking space for his Tardis! Smith revealed his affiliation this week
Easter time is with us again. 40 days of Lent give way to Easter, which I always found scary as a youngster. From pancakes to Easter eggs. 40 days in the Wilderness to Gethsemane and thence Calvary. Celebrating the pretty cruel execution
ON the last weekend of the cross country season, Karl Billington has ended his winter on a high note. The Blackburn Harrier was the first counter for the England junior men’s team as they won the Home Countries International ahead of Scotland, Wales
ROSSENDALE Harriers enjoyed a successful 2009 on the track, fell, road and country – and even on the bike with Roy Flanagan picked for the Great Britain Duathlon Team at the World Age Group Championships. Back in the summer, the club’s senior track and
MINI man Steve Enwtistle gave his Cooper S the perfect send-off by winning its final event, the Northumberland Borders Rally. Entwistle, from Rishton, is retiring his well-known car from competition to embark on a new project. “It was the perfect way
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of six Burnley fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. You'll still need to buy the paper to see what our fans' panel thinks, but now you can join the
EACH Thursday, only in your Lancashire Telegraph newspaper, our panel of six Blackburn Rovers fans give their verdict on a big talking point of the week. You'll still need to buy the paper to see what our fans' panel thinks, but now you
Party boy Calum Best and N-Trance’s Kelly Llorenna will be in Blackburn on April 3 to launch new club night Rise at King George’s Hall. Promoters hope the planned monthly event will help put the town back on the clubbing map, with DJs set to play a
A ROSSENDALE tradesman has been voted the most loved joiner and builder in the UK. S & S Joinery & Builders director Stephen Hodgson has received the highest compliment for his customer service. Hundreds of people took part in a nationwide
READERS’ comments to the Lancashire Telegraph really do matter — it’s official. For the first time, a council has taken readers’ postings from the Lancashire Telegraph website as a gauge of opinion over plans to expand a new school in Blackburn
There’s no place better than with the Rovers’ crowd at an away match; and pure joy if the away end is up at Turf Moor and we’re winning. But, like David Dunn in his after-match comments, whilst I’m delighted we won, I’d be really sorry if Burnley
A FEW faces were recalled from our photograph last week, which showed a group of angelic youngsters taking their first communion at St Alban’s RC Church, Blackburn. Thanks to Magdalene Young, who spotted herself and named some of her other young friends
IN hiking togs and Easter bonnets, these girls were off on a camping trip to the Lake District for the bank holiday of 1962. They decided to spend the weekend in Ambleside and are pictured here with their bulging rucksacks and big smiles before leaving
DANCE teachers in East Lancashire say they are reaping the benefits of TV dancing shows. Instructors believe the popularity of Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance has boosted people taking to the dancefloor. But they
WHAT did you think about the ‘Chancellors’ debate on Channel 4 on Monday? I’m not asking the party political question, about who had the best policies, or about who was the better ‘performer’. Let the forthcoming General Election be the judge of
THESE scouts decided to stride out to mark the Easter holidays in 1962. They spent the bank holiday weekend, which was late that year and not celebrated until the end of April, on a hike. Pictured here enjoying a well earned rest from their labours
HOW many readers recall the sporting and athletic Gildert family, who used to live in Bedford Street, Burnley? This photograph shows mum Nellie, with her teenage children, from left, Brenda, Brian, Thomas and Irene. It was taken in 1962, when the four
A FIRE which swept through Padiham community centre robbed the town’s youth club of its headquarters. Young people had to wait two years before they got their own club again, in 1967. For the burned out building was converted for the county youth services
RECENTLY we heard about senior politicians offering to prostitute themselves for up to £5,000 a day. At that rate, they’d get more for two days’ work than a pensioner gets for a year. MARLENE HAWORTH, (address supplied).
DEAR doggie, it’s not your fault you are spreading filth in Witton Park, Blackburn. It’s your owners. Take me to my favourite places like the picnic area so I can do a no1 on all the tree bases, seats and rubbish bins and a drop on the children’s swings
BLACKBURN’S Thwaites Empire Theatre takes centre stage this year, as it celebrates its centenary. It’s been at the site in Ewood for 100 years, with its early beginnings as one of the country’s first electric cinemas. Now a new book,
RE the story ‘Watt a Waste’ (LT, March, 22). I was very poorly in January and was a patient in Royal Blackburn Hospital. The ward I was on got very hot during the day (the wards are always like that, hot and airless during the day – I know from past
OFF work for Easter and stuck for something to do with the kids? The Lancashire Telegraph has the answer. We’ve combed the area’s special events for the best things happening over the four days. From Easter egg hunts, to the re-opening
TODAY, Lancashire’s soldiers start the most dangerous mission of their lives. Some 600 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment have begun a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. The war-torn country has claimed the lives of 278
I AM writing to raise awareness of Macmillan’s Vote Cancer Support campaign. People don’t choose to have cancer, and they don’t choose which cancer they get. But the forthcoming General Election gives us all the opportunity to choose how we treat
ARUNA Dindane is still on Sam Allardyce’s radar but the striker is not the Rovers’ boss’s only option. The Lens striker has had further meetings with Rovers, after a potential loan deal broke down in January, as Allardyce continues his search
THE felling of 6,000 trees on the outskirts of Darwen has been welcomed by The Woodland Trust. In the past month, 12 hectares of conifers beside the A666 near Greens Arms Road in Turton have been removed by landowners United Utilities because of health
UniBond League First Division North outfit Chorley have completed the signings of Craig Carvey and Jack Smith from Blue Square North promotion hopefuls Southport.
BURNLEY'S deadline for online season ticket applications ONLY has been extended following a fire at the BT exchange in Paddington, Central London. This site handles credit card management and as of close of business yesterday Burnley Football Club
Accrington Stanley’s home game against Barnet, postponed this week because of a waterlogged pitch, has been rearranged for Tuesday, April 27 at 7.45pm.
Andy Holdsworth has taken over the captaincy at Chorley Cricket Club for the 2010 season, replacing Jack Catterall in the Windsor Park hot seat. Last season’s vice-captain Holdsworth is a middle order batsman, who also bowls medium pace and keeps wicket
THE former landlord of a Blackburn pub has appeared in court charged with allowing the premises to be used for the supply or attempted supply of class A drugs. Steven Mark Hanson, 44, former licensee of the Brownhill Arms is also charged with
AN apology has been demanded by councillors from an oil giant over a petrol leak which caused homes to be evacuated and left residents with headaches and nausea. Eleven properties had to be cleared following the leak at Shell’s Spring Bank filling station
Budding news hound Siobhan Cooley has scooped a prestigious national award in honour of the ‘excellent’ TV programme she produces. Siobhan, 21, of Cliviger, beat students across the UK to win the Best News Programme category in the National Student
THE funeral of a boy who died after being hit by a car near his home is to take place today. Philip Holmes, nine, was playing in Station Road, Huncoat, last week when he was hit by a Ford Focus after he stepped out between parked cars. The Huncoat
Lancashire County Cricket Club has this morning received notice that the three-day fixture against Durham UCCE scheduled to start on Saturday has been called off due to bad weather. This match was to be played at The Racecourse ground at Durham University
Aerospace giant BAE Systems has won a £111million contract with the Ministry of Defence to support and maintain the RAF’s Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft. Senior staff from BAE’s Samlesbury site will work on the deal, although the bulk of the work
A CONVENIENCE store in Rossendale which sold alcohol to kids could lose its licence. Moore’s Mini Market, in Brittania, has been criticised by police after failing every test purchase in 15 months. The store, which is based at 365 Rochdale
AN amazing array of colourful artwork is coming to Accrington, Blackburn and Burnley from April 8 to 10 as part of a huge interactive public arts festival. Parks, streets and shops will be transformed into art galleries featuring virtual bugs
SUPPORTERS have given their backing to relegation-threatened Burnley, after the club announced a 50 per cent increase on Early Bird season ticket sales. Almost 10,000 have been snapped up in the discounted period, which ended last night.
TONIGHT'S reserve team derby between Burnley and Blackburn Rovers has been postponed because of an unfit pitch at Accrington's Crown Ground.
SCRAP metal thieves brought nine hours of chaos to East Lancashire train services after ripping out 100 metres of copper signalling cable. Hundreds of passengers were hit as rail chiefs had to cancel 17 trains and delay another 12 while engineers
RAFA Benitez is being lined up to replace Roberto Mancini at Manchester City at the end of the season, especially if the Sky Blues fail to make the Champions League. ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman is looking to bring Duncan Ferguson out
THERE will be no love lost between brothers Glenn and Jason Lord when they take to the track on Sunday. The pair are contesting the opening round of Warton Stock Car Club’s Outlaws Championship – and Glenn’s got a score to settle. The
DISGRACED ex-Accrington Stanley captain Peter Cavanagh will join Fleetwood Town when his eight-month ban from football for betting offences ends next week. The 28-year-old was suspended from all football in August after the FA found him guilty
FORTY firefighters spent more than six hours tackling a blaze at a former cash and carry in a Blackburn town centre. Last night the Blackburn, Accrington and Darwen fire crews battled 20ft flames to bring the fire in the former Stott’s cash
There is just no stopping Burnley’s Jimmy Wright with yet another win added to his CV at the weekend. The West Pennine Road Club time trial promotion took in a loop from Knowle Green, near Longridge, through Hurst Green and Edisford and back
BLACKBURN Rovers’ fans look set to again enjoy the cheapest Premier League football next campaign after the club revealed season tickets would be available for the equivalent of just £11 per game. Continuing their move to ‘bring football back
THE North West's infantry battalion is to start a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan today. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment officially launch their duties after flying out to the warzone in the past two weeks
A VIOLENT knifeman who tried to rob and injured a "vulnerable" pensioner in his own home has been jailed for eight years. Drug addict Samuel Caddis, 29, who claimed he had been put up to the attack on Milton Duxbury to pay back a debt, had
The surreal and bizarre world of the Tiger Lillies is heading to Burnley. We were given a glimpse into the band’s parallel universe by founder Martyn Jacques. IMAGINE a theatre show designed by Tim Burton, directed by David Lynch and
POLICE closed one lane of the M65 following a crash earlier this morning. The inside lane on the westbound carriageway between junction 12 at Brierfield and 11 at Burnley was shut at around 7.20am while officers dealt with the accident. It
