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  • Worsley Cup preview: East Lancs primed for Colne assault

    MARK Bolton is hoping he can lead the most successful team in Worsley Cup history to more silverware this season – but admits his East Lancashire outfit face a real tough test in the first round at Colne tomorrow. The famous old trophy has been in the

  • Darwen set for royal visit

    DARWEN’S first royal visit in 42 years will take place in July. Princess Anne will officially open Darwen Leisure Centre at lunchtime on Monday, July 5 - more than 77 years after her great uncle Prince George, Duke of Kent, opened Darwen

  • Blackburn Rovers set for Lancashire derby with Blackpool

    BLACKBURN-born striker Brett Ormerod hit the £90million goal to fire Blackpool into the Barclays Premier League after a 3-2 win over Cardiff City at Wembley this afternoon. The unfashionable Seasiders, who were in the bottom division just

  • Langho businessman in food and wine hall of fame

    THE businessman behind a Michelin-starred Ribble Valley restaurant has been given a slice of the limelight. Craig Bancroft, who runs Northcote Manor in Langho with celebrity chef Nigel Haworth, has won a coveted place in the Academy of Food and Wine’

  • Blackburn Rovers away kit on sale

    Blackburn Rovers’ new away shirts have landed after being delayed in Beijing by the ash cloud crisis. Fan Danielle Sewell was among the first to get her hands on one of the stylish shirts when they went on sale yesterday morning.

  • Blackburn worker knocked out after gate collapses

    A construction worker was knocked out cold when a metal entrance gate collapsed outside The Mall shopping centre in Blackburn yesterday. Paramedics and police attended the scene at the corner of Church Street and Railway Road around 10.15am and discovered

  • East Lancs breweries blast low-cost drinks promotions

    BOSSES from two East Lancashire breweries have blasted low-cost drinks promotions in supermarkets. Sue Allen, commercial director at Thwaites, said grocers selling drinks at below-cost price ‘cheapened brands’ - despite brewers relying more

  • Burnley: We won't waste our cash

    BURNLEY insist they will spend their money wisely this summer as they prepare for another Premier League push. The newly-relegated Clarets are set to benefit from a total of £48million in parachute payments, receiving £16m for next season.

  • Bhatt's the way to do it for Edenfield

    THE Lancashire League Twenty20 competition exploded into life last night - and Haslingden felt the full force of a shockwave at Edenfield. The unbeaten league leaders plundered their way to 204-6 from their 20 overs at Gincroft Lane. Chris Read top

  • Education drive in memory of Adam Rogers

    THE parents of Adam Rogers today unveiled an education programme for students in a bid to stop others becoming victims of spontaneous violence. Pat and Dave will take the initiative into colleges under the Consequences campaign which they launched this

  • Worsley Cup preview round-up

    Vishal Tripathi could make his first appearance of the season for Burnley if Northants give the all-rounder the all-clear. Burnley play Nelson in a tasty derby at Turf Moor. Colin Pemberton’s Nelson were Worsley Cup winners in 2006 and are enjoying

  • Prayers said at mosque for Nelson family killed in Pakistan

    MORE than 200 people packed the Yousaf family’s mosque as prayers were said for the murdered husband, wife and daughter. The event, at Brunswick Street Mosque, Nelson, yesterday was arranged by Mohammed Iqbal, a close friend of Mohammed Yousaf

  • East Lancashire BOGOF star banned for dangerous driving

    AN EAST Lancashire comedian who was filmed driving erratically on his way back from York Races has walked free from court. Burnley-born Jeff Brown, who is best known for his Safestyle UK ‘You buy one you get one free’ adverts, was filmed by

  • Lars: I'll fight for my future at Blackburn Rovers

    LARS Jacobsen insists he is prepared to stay and fight for his place at Blackburn Rovers despite failing to feature in a single game in the last four months of the season. Jacobsen joined Rovers on a two-year deal last summer but his arrival

  • Dezzi Higginson ready to Bury bad memories

    BLACKBURN boxer Dezzi Higginson returns to the ring next Saturday to relaunch his bid to become one of England's top lightweights. The 27-year-old is back in action when he challenges Rotherham-based Jon Baguley at the Castle Leisure Centre

  • Probe into 'unexplained' death of Colne woman

    AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the 'unexplained' death of a 19-year-old woman from Colne as police believe drugs may be involved. Rebecca Cardwell collapsed at a house in Hawley Street last Sunday and was taken to the Royal Blackburn

  • East Lancs set to swelter in the sun

    EAST Lancashire is today set to bask in glorious sunshine as forecasters predicted much of the country would enjoy the hottest weekend of the year so far. Temperatures in some areas of England were expected to reach to 27C, comfortably exceeding

  • Nelson husband, wife and daughter shot dead in Pakistan

    A GANG of four opened fire on the Yousaf family with automatic weapons as they prayed at a grave. Pakistani police said the murders of dad Mohammed, 51, wife Parviaz, 49, and daughter Tania, 23, of Howgill Close, Nelson, were 'disturbing acts

  • McConville happy to be at Accrington Stanley

    ACCRINGTON Stanley winger Sean McConville says he is grateful to be a professional footballer after the dark days of working at Primark were put further behind him by the offer of a new contract this week. McConville is one of 12 players to