A POPULAR cricketer from Padiham has died at the age of 30. Tributes have been paid to James Ibbotson who is thought to have died in his sleep at his home on Sunday. Friends and colleagues at Padiham Cricket Club today abandoned the third team’s
A BLACKBURN man's life has 'become a nightmare' after a rumour he'd won £84million of Euromillions spread out of control. He and his wife have faced a barrage of requests for financial help from people, with the story spreading as far away
Home-Start Rossendale is holding a Showcase on Wednesday 16th June to explain what the Home-Start scheme does, how they can link with other agencies in the area and develop ideas to help move the scheme forward. The Showcase will be held at the
MINISTERS have told council bosses to stop work on East Lancashire’s planned £50million bus lane, it can be revealed. In the first move from the new government on the Pennine Reach scheme, a letter has been sent from the Department for Transport
TOWN centres across East Lancashire were packed with fans watching England's game against USA last night. Fans of all ages packed out Colne’s Municipal Hall for a fundraiser to launch the Tom Petty Sports Foundation. Tom lost his life in a road
A MAN who tried to stop a woman being punched by her partner was knocked unconscious and stamped on in Accrington town centre. Gerard Mulholland, 26, of Fern Gore, had been out with his brother-in-law and friends in Church Street when he saw another
EXTRA police patrols are being drafted in after a mass brawl erupted between current and former pupils at three high schools in Pendle. Councillors have been told that trouble flared when students from Pendle Vale College, including some Year
A TEENAGE girl whose Burnley father is accused of her abduction has been found dead in a park in Northern Ireland. Darlene Bell, 15, had been staying at a residential care home in Newtownards before her death. She was the subject of a police alert
COUNCILLORS in Rossendale are leading the way to support the debut of a major charity race for East Lancashire. Council leader Coun Tony Swain and Coun Jason Gledhill, the leisure cabinet member, are both in training for the Jane Tomlinson Pennine Lancashire
PARAMEDICS said reports of assaults in the North West increased by more than a third in the wake of England’s tense 1-1 draw with the USA. Police and ambulance crews had appealed for calm, fearing passions sparked by the World Cup could spill
A TEENAGE girl whose Burnley father is accused of her abduction has been found dead in a park in Northern Ireland. Chief Inspector Jeff Brown, the borough's police commander, believes the threat posed by thieves from the likes of Burnley, Leeds
AN explosion risk forced police and firefighters to evacuate people from their homes yesterday after a fire at an engineering firm on the outskirts of Burnley. Fire crews were called to Phoenix Engineering, at the Summit Works, Manchester Road, just
BLACKBURN Town Hall is lighting the way during the World Cup in the colours of each team. Council bosses are illuminating the Victorian building in the colours of the teams’ flags, starting with England’s Saint George cross. Its low
BUSINESS support organisation the North West Development Agency has dished out far more in grants to Merseyside and Greater Manchester than to Lancashire, it can be revealed. The Government-funded body, designed to stimulate economic growth in the
