EAST Lancashire voters put their questions to the three men vying to be Prime Minister in Britain's first televised General Election leaders' debate tonight. Before a live studio audience in Manchester and millions more watching at home, Gordon
PLANS for a 12metre-high wind turbine in a Ribble Valley beauty spot have been withdrawn following protests from councillors and residents. But applicant Stephen Tasker, who runs green energy company Energever, has vowed to resubmit the application
A MAN who threw a pint glass in a crowded Darwen pub, apparently because of spilled drink, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years' detention. Ryan Sutcliffe, 20, caused the injury at the third attempt, said a judge, having earlier tried
PLANS to build an ‘overbearing’ four-storey flats development have been withdrawn in a victory for residents. A bid to transform the boarded-up former Hill Top care home in Manchester Road, Baxenden, would have seen the dilapidated building
As one door closes another one opens! Rossendale Hospital Radio may no longer be, but Rossendale Radio is now broadcasting test transmissions from its base in Haslingden. The station operates on 104.7 FM and is housed at 12 Bury Road, Haslingden; 01706
Hospital Radio Rossendale is closing down after broadcasting for 30 years. They are having a final Open Day on 30th April and a live broadcast from 10 a.m – 5 p.m. They would like your help during their final broadcast and want to play Rossendale’s favourite
THE task seems simple, but in fact it is one of the most difficult a manager will face. All Sam Allardyce needs to do is buy a goalscorer. The Rovers boss has already made a striker his number one priority this summer, but the chances
A TEENAGE racist who 'terrorised' an Asian shopkeeper and his staff for more than two years has been sentenced to a year-long rehabilitation order. The 14-year-old has been banned from going within 100 metres of the Spar Shop in Rothesay Road
ASHWELL Prince and Steven Croft lifted Lancashire after their disastrous start to the County Championship season today. The pair shared a fifth wicket stand of 133 as they rescued Lancashire from their early shock. They were reduced
Comic Katy Brand is taking her Big Ass on tour and will be popping into Burnley on Monday, May 24. After three successful series of her TV sketch show, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, the larger-than-life comedian is taking around 15 of her characters
Ramsbottom United came from behind to claim a 3-2 win at Runcorn Linnets in the Vodkat Premier Division. Runcorn went ahead in the 16th minute but a Michael Morrison double before the interval and a goal from Andy Dawson gave them victory.
Barnoldswick Town lost 5-4 to Garforth after extra time in a dramatic West Riding Cup final last night. The match stood at 4-4 at the end of 90 minutes.
Ribblesdale swept all aside in an orienteerign event organised by the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Schools Sports Partnership. All 10 secondary schools took part in the event which was split in to two age groups, Year 7/8 and Year 9/10. Both age groups
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
A controversial late goal denied the Clarets a hard-earned point as league leaders Preston won 3-2. Two Michael King goals, including one from the penalty spot, had given Burnley a half-time lead at Gawthorpe yestersday. But a double from
BURNLEY Tennis Club ‘B’ have been crowned East Lancashire Indoor League Division Two champions. They clinched the title in the penultimate game of the season after beating Crosshill ‘A’ at the Blackburn Northern indoor tennis dome. With only one team
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
Devised and staged by Anthony WIlliams, Burnley Light Opera Society will bring the magic of musical theatre to life on April 17 and 18 with its latest outing. Award winner Anthony and the multi-talented cast will present an unforgettable evening of
IT WAS just three years ago that the breakaway Witton Warriors were formed to give a group of friends the chance to carrying on playing the game they love. Having become disillusioned with life at Blackburn Northern, the five friends decided maturity
ASHWELL Prince and Steven Croft lifted Lancashire after their disastrous start to the County Championship season today. The pair shared a fifth wicket stand of 133 as they rescued Lancashire from their early shock. They were reduced
A 21-year-old has been taken to hospital after he crashed his Mazda motorcycle in Halifax Road, Todmorden, at noon today. The rider is being treated in Huddersfield Riyal Infirmary where his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Ribblesdale High School hosted a primary netball festival for their ‘family’ of primary schools. Read, Simonstone, Chatburn, St James Clitheroe, Balderstone, Mellor and Salesbury all entered teams with more than 100 pupils taking part, supported by staff
PAUL Chippendale’s never-say-die attitude to score a goal he had no right in scoring summed up the fighting spirit of a Hurst Green team who lifted its first ever county cup. To a man, the East Lancs League side hussled and harried their Lancaster opponents
Thwaites Brewery made a shock first round exit from the Orphanage Cup after last season’s runners-up lost 2-1 to Senator. There was no such problems for holders Blackburn Teachers who beat Twin Valley 2-1. They now play Metals UK in the second round
KICK boxing ace Daniel Battrick has landed the British title at a packed out New Era Club in Accrington. The 11-year-old produced a near faultless display to beat Scottish champion Ryan Robertshaw on points. The St Oswald’s Primary School pupil adds
HURST GREEN boss Graeme Seedall paid tribute to his players after the Ribble Valley club won its first ever county cup. The East Lancashire League side beat Highgrove from Lancaster 2-0 to lift the Sharrocks LFA Amateur Cup at the County Ground in Leyland
Children at a Chorley hospice are set to benefit after Ladies’ Circle members hosted their annual regional luncheon in the town. Members from throughout the North West, including Blackburn, attended Shaw Hill Golf Club in Whittle-le-Woods for the event
The Blackburn and District Badminton Association are pleased to support the sport of badminton in the area, and are always looking to promote the game. Iain Bissett from the Roefield Leisure Centre in Clitheroe has organised a course of junior badminton
In the first division, in spite of suffering yet another defeat, Westholme “B” move off the bottom of the table. In this narrow defeat they were able to secure valuable bonus points putting themselves above St Philips and Halsteads. This was a lower
LANCASHIRE'S County Championship season got off to the worst possible start at Old Trafford this morning as they suffered a first 30 minute collapse. After losing the toss and being put into bat, the Red Rose saw opener Tom Smith sent back by Chris Woakes
IT was a night of firsts for Paul Buckel when he contested the Danum Road Rally. For the Accrington driver won the semi-experts class and finished in the top 10 – and he’d only gone for a practice run! “Maybe it’s all psychological because there was
THE fell running community, and Clayton-le-Moors Harriers in particular, are mourning the death of Stan Bradshaw. He died peacefully at home, a month short of his 98th birthday. One of the sport’s legends, Joss Naylor, once said: “Give Stanley Bradshaw
JAY Gardner was left contemplating his future in Caterham racing after a controversial opening round at Silverstone. Although the 29-year-old from Barrowford finished on the podium in his second race, he was later penalised 10 seconds and forced to hand
PHIL Scholes has gone straight to the top of the class with a winning performance on the Spring Stages. Scholes, who is contesting this year’s Peugeot 205 Challenge, won the 1600cc class and finished ninth overall on the Norfolk-based opener. “It was
Sophie Hitchon smashed her own UK U20 hammer record in her very first outing of the summer season. The 18-year-old Blackburn Harrier threw 65.83 metres at the Mansfield Harriers’ Spring Meeting to add more than two and a half metres to the 63.18m she
TROOPS from Lancashire have begun their tour of duty in Afghanistan as a ‘holding phase’ begins in the war zone. The command of UK troops in Helmand province, Afghanistan, was officially handed over from 11 Light Brigade to 4th Mechanised Brigade
BROKEN glass, dirty nappies and household waste are blighting a play area and surrounding fields. And one resident in the Higher Croft area of Blackburn said his Labrador-cross, named Diesel, has been limping for the past week after a piece of glass
TWO men are facing a total of seven years in jail for a ‘drunken prank’ which resulted in robbery. Kevin Duxbury, 24, of Cherry Tree Guest House, Islington, Blackburn was jailed for three years and Mark Holden, 40, of no fixed abode was jailed
FAITHFUL readers will recall that I started training for the Manchester 10K on May 16. I’m making progress, but it is hard work – age is taking its toll and, with a hectic social life, it is hard to say no to the odd pint of Black Sheep. Sadly therefore
A ROW over whether Marks and Spencer cafe staff were right to call security on a pensioner who was eating a biscuit she had bought in the store has hit the headlines worldwide. But is the situation a case of bureaucracy gone mad, or a grandmother who
Rupert Hill and Sarah Jayne Dunn star in hit play When Harry met Sally with music by Jamie and Ben Cullum at the Opera House, Manchester from May 10 – 15. ‘Can a man and woman ever really just be friends?’ That’s the burning question addressed
AN EX-indie rocker from Pendle is the brains behind a new social networking site for musicians which he hopes will rival Myspace, Facebook and Twitter. Sean Howarth, of Colne, said he decided to set up wohomusic after spotting a gap in the
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a potentially dangerous chemical spill at a Blackburn business park. The fire and rescue service was called to B and M Longworth, Sett End Road, Shadsworth, at around 2.25pm yesterday following reports that there had been
THIS is another who? what? where? and when? photograph, for which we need the help of readers. It’s been sent in by Eric Nolan, of Wilpshire, who has spotted his grandfather, John Nolan, among the besuited chaps who posed for the camera. A police inspector
THE young cubs look to be outnumbered by the brownies in this photograph dating from the 1940s And do they appear to be looking a little laid back? Maybe they reckoned with lots of girls around they wouldn’t be called on to do any work! The group were
TWO young Burnley girls received the Brownies ‘VC’ back in the sixties — the ‘fortitude’ badge. Jean Tattersall, 10, of Clive Street, and 11-year-old Susan Harling, of Daneshouse Road, who had both spent many months encased in plaster, belonged to the
A 128 years of history crumbled when the influential Brunswick Methodist Chapel, Burnley, was demolished back in the mid-sixties. The church, which had been patronised by some of the town’s leading families, such as the Greys and the Thornbers, since
I WOULD like to thank the lady, who answered my call to Darwen Health Centre in the early hours of Easter Saturday. Also, thanks to the three ambulancemen who came within ten minutes and took me to Blackburn Royal; all the staff at casualty that dealt
With all the bad publicity that has blighted the game of football, I should like to bring to your attention a recent visit by Chris Samba, of Blackburn Rovers, to St Bede’s Sports College. His visit provoked excitement, enthusiasm and pleasure in pupils
THE news that only 48 per cent of staff working at East Lancashire’s hospitals would be happy to have a friend or a relative treated in them is very concerning. The finding was part of a staff survey carried out on behalf of the Care Quality
SO you thought you lived in a Christian country and less than ten years ago, you probably did. But alas no more. Christianity, as practised by the dwindling few, is now under siege as never before. Our former national religion has now been so marginalised
RE the Marks & Spencer and Thelma Williams story (LT, April 12), I think the older generation of Blackburn with Darwen should boycott this store. We pensioners wish to be treated with dignity and respect and not as soft targets for store security who
JAMES ANDERSON plays for Lancashire as the Red Rose kick off their County Championship campaign today against Warwickshire. The pace bowler, who is returning from a knee injury, leads the Lancashire attack - but there is no place for West Indian
HUGE £35million drainage works have been put on hold after tram lines were discovered under a road. The first part of the project in Blackburn and Darwen was due to begin next month but now bosses at United Utilities say it will be delayed
JIMMY Anderson will look to fire Lancashire to the perfect start to their County Championship campaign today – and won’t even think about England duty until the end of the season curtain raiser. The Burnley pace ace, an absentee from England’s winter
A TOWN centre housing development will finally be finished after a delay of almost two years. Liverpool-based McInerney Homes started construction on the former site of Belgrave Mill, off Bolton Road, Darwen, in September 2006. The work ground to a halt
TRAIN enthusiasts gathered to watch as an iconic steam locomotive made a whistle-stop tour of Lancashire’s railways. The Tornado steam engine pulled into Blackburn railway station for two minutes as it made its way from Hellifield, along the Lancashire
A second Parliamentary candidate has been bitten by a dog while out campaigning. Last week, Burnley Conservative Richard Ali was snapped while out delivering leaflets in the town. Now Ribble Valley LibDem prospective candidate Allan
AN EAST Lancashire TV star is preparing to put his best foot forward by walking Hadrian’s Wall for charity. Former Brookside and Merseybeat actor John McArdle will trek the 87 miles from Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend in Tyneside
STEVE Coppell is set to be unveiled as the new manager of Bristol City. NOTTINGHAM Forest boss Billy Davies wants to snare Darren Pratley away from Swansea in the summer. STOKE'S Michael Tongue could eb on his way to Derby County in the summer.
A CHARITY shop celebrated the launch of its new vintage boutique section by giving away free hugs. Help the Aged held a day of live music and festivities at the store, in Blackburn Road, Accrington, to launch their ‘Identity’ boutique, featuring designer
BLACKBURN interactive whiteboard maker Promethean has appointed former headteacher and Cisco boss Jim Wynn as its chief education officer. Chief executive Jean-Yves Charlier said: “Jim’s knowledge of education systems across the world, together with
SEAN Lock has been locked inside a TV studio for some time now recording 8 out of 10 Cats and QI. But now he’s out and back on the road. The comedian is embarking on his first major nationwide tour in three years, including a gig at Burnley
CLITHEROE’S hopes of winning their first major cup competition in a quarter of a century ended in bitter disappointment at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium last night. The Blues deserved their big chance at the Premier League arena after ousting higher
DAVE O’Neill has promised Accrington Stanley fans that his takeover will be completed by the end of the season. Plans for O’Neill to take over Whalley’s majority shareholding in the club were announced a year ago but the complex nature of the
STEVEN Reid is set to be offered a Premier League lifeline by West Bromwich Albion – and more could follow him out of the Ewood Park exit door in a bid to strengthen Blackburn Rovers’ striker search. The Republic of Ireland international is expected
ONLY half of staff working at Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals would be happy to have a friend or a relative treated there, a shock survey has revealed. The finding has been branded ‘outrageous’ and ‘terrible’, with Burnley council leader
BURNLEY chief executive Paul Fletcher has spoken of Burnley’s determination to keep hold of their key players, whether they win their fight for Premier League survival or not. Record signing and top scorer Steven Fletcher, winger Chris Eagles
CHURCH-goers were given verbal abuse when they asked dog walkers to stop letting their dogs foul a popular park. Police are stepping up patrols in Greenfield Memorial Gardens, Haslingden, following complaints from residents and members of Manchester
