The Queen will pay a visit Blackburn on Thursday morning. Here is her itinerary. 9.55am. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Blackburn train station aboard the Royal train. 10.00am. The Queen will be greeted at the station entrance by
On Thursday the Queen will spend the day touring Blackburn and the Ribble Valley to mark her 80th birthday celebrations. But while most of us would give little thought to our own day trips out, Her Majesty's visit has been almost a year in the planning
DETECTIVES leading the hunt for armed robbers who tied up the father of celebrity chef Andrew Nutter and one of his chefs in an early morning raid today appealed for witnesses. Detectives said four men wearing balaclavas burst through the roof of Nutters
A BURNLEY nursing student has been highly commended in a national awards ceremony. Mike Jackson, from the University of Central Lancashire, has been highly commended in the Student Nursing category of the Nursing Standard Nurse of the Year Awards 2006
RUSH-HOUR drivers were pig sick' after a crash on a busy main road today. A trailer carrying 16 pigs overturned on the A56 just after the Ramsbottom turn off at 7.30am. The load, being towed by a Land Rover, was heading to an abattoir when the crash
A 91-year-old man has been left homeless following a fire days before he was due to receive an MBE for his services to football. And all Syd Parkinson, of Barrowford Road, Colne, was bothered about after fleeing the fire was his precious kit bag, which
FAMILIES in Brierfield are set for a better start in life after the opening of a new child care centre. SureStart Brierfield and Walverden yesterday moved into a new purpose-built home which will be known as The Family Tree Centre. The building, in
A CARE home in Colne has re-opened following a £1.5million makeover. Lancashire County Council chairman Bob Wilkinson cut the ribbon to celebrate the unveiling of Favordale Care Home, in Byron Road. He said: "This is an excellent development and a realisation
CLARETS midfielder Chris McCann is dreaming of playing in next year's Under-20 World Cup. That's the incentive driving the young Burnley star on as he lines up for the Republic of Ireland in the first of three important UEFA Under-19 Championship games
LOOK at the menu of many takeaways and you can be hard pressed to decide what exactly is on offer. Massala Mix gives you a clue in the title but when you walk in you are faced with an array of signs for pizzas, kebabs, burger chips and pies as well as
TUCKED away in the outer reaches of terrestrial television that's Five in case you hadn't guessed something unusual is happening. You may find this hard to believe but there's a comedy series which is actually quite funny. Now I'm not going so far
MAVERICK Irish instrumental outfit Lunasa have a gig in Burnley on June 3. After the huge success of their 2004 album The Kinnity Sessions, which won the BBC's Folk Album Of Year award, the band have built up a massive following. Lunasa - regarded
Kate Rusby, one of the leading folk performers in the Britain will play Burnley as part of a UK tour in October. Subtly maturing, a decade into her professional career, she blends the traditional songs learned in her childhood with her own intuitive
A TEENAGE football fan who was killed in a motorway smash was given a standing ovation at an emotional funeral service. Mourners whistled and cheered for 19-year-old Blackburn Rovers fan Carl Vause, like supporters do for footballers at his beloved Ewood
A BLACKBURN schoolboy has taken the first step towards his dream of becoming a Premiership star by lining up for a TV show featuring the UK's most talented young footballers. The star in question is nine-year-old Luis Stevenson who used his trusted left
PAUL Dickov is expected to sign for Manchester City in the next few days after parting company with Blackburn Rovers. The veteran striker, who scored seven goals in 26 appearances last season, has officially been released by Rovers following his decision
ROAD safety chiefs in Lancashire are launching a major new campaign to cut the number of deaths on the county's roads. The Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety wants to save lives by getting drivers to slow down. The speed-awareness campaign will
A BLACKBURN pub boss has admitted stealing £2,400 and a pool table from his town centre hostelry. A court heard how Mark Riley came up with a string of excuses for why weekly takings had not been banked. But eventually Riley, who ran the Exchange, Town
BOSSES at Clitheroe's Castle Cement have hit back after its Ribblesdale Works was named in the top 100 carbon emitting sites in the UK. The factory, which employs more than 100 workers, produced about one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the
THE England First candidates in two of Blackburn's wards played a blinder. Mad, racist and homophobic though their micro-party might be, nowhere did their leaflets even hint at what they really stand for. Apart from what the LET has highlighted (May
AN OSWALDTWISTLE man whose mum died of cancer when he was a teenager is running a half marathon in her memory. Alastair McEwan, 32, is hoping to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK when he runs in the Blackpool half marathon next month. He lost
THE secret to a happy marriage is "togetherness" said a Blackburn couple who celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary this week. Annie and David Burgess, of Mowbray Avenue, said they were still as in love as ever and couldn't believe it was 60 years
BOSSES at Blackburn's historic LG Philips factory, at Whitebirk, today said they were confident of securing the long-term future of the site just months after there were fears for the firm. The firm, owned by LG Electronics of Korea and Royal Philips
THE boss of an East Lancashire health authority says its escape from controversial merger plans is "excellent news". Paul Hinnigan, acting chief executive of Blackburn with Darwen NHS Primary Care Trust, said the authority could now form closer links
BLACKBURN with Darwen's new mayor was appointed last night at the annual mayor making ceremony. Coun Dorothy Walsh took over the mayoral chains from Coun Yusuf Jan-Virmani, and will hold the honour for a year. Her deputy mayor is Coun Fred Slater, who
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman could take the Conference champions to the continent as part of an already impressive pre-season programme. The Reds boss is looking into the possibility of organising a training trip abroad as he prepares his
BLACKBURN Rovers season ticket holders are in line for free European football. Hot on the heels of the hugely-successful Early Bird' renewal scheme, Rovers have now announced that every season ticket holder will get free admission to the first home UEFA
HYNDBURN Council has blocked plans to extend an Accrington care home. Proposals from MMR Care Ltd, which owns Moorhead Care Home, in Whalley Road, would have seen a three-storey extension added to the existing building to accommodate up to nine more
Sometimes things don't suddenly happen they creep up on you. While out shopping recently I noticed that my daughter's clothes cost more than mine. My girl manages to wear a different outfit every day. I, on the other hand, don the same clothes over
IN RESPONSE to the article (May 5) re the English First Party, I would like to clarify a few points in their policies. It is brilliant to see a party that specfically says "The EFP demand equality." Equality for all would be a wonderful thing. However
REPRESENTING the Conservatives in Meadowhead ward, Blackburn, at the recent local elections, I pounded the streets of this diverse area for countless weeks, listening to a wide variety of people. As they readily admitted that the Labour councillor Ron
I AM horrified that there are thousands of voters living in my home town who think black footballers should not be allowed to play for England. If the England First Party applied the same criteria to Rovers, and we couldn't have black or non-English
a man who died after being struck by a train in Oswaldtwistle has been named as Christopher Reynolds, of Church. Mr Reynolds, 32, of Queen's Road West, was killed on the tracks near Church and Oswaldtwistle station on Monday morning. Today neighbours
A 56-year-old nurse crashed into a neighbour's van and shunted it into his BMW as she returned from the shops. Anita Parkington-Taylor then reversed into a fence before driving off with her air-bag still inflated, Blackburn magistrates heard. A blood
SUPPORTERS fighting to save historic Turton Tower from closure are launching a new campaign. The future of the 15th century Tudor house hangs in the balance after Lancashire County Council served notice of its intent to withdraw £69,000 a year for the
AN investigation was underway today after a mysterious hole appeared suddenly in a Burnley street. Albion Street, Rosehill, was closed to traffic after the discovery of the hole yesterday afternoon by a member of the public and council engineers were
FRIENDS and associates of Jane Payne are being quizzed by police probing how the mum-of-one ended up dead in a remote East Lancashire beauty spot. Jane's decomposed body was found in a field in Thursden Valley at the weekend. She had been missing from
A RETIRED businesswoman has been hit with an ASBO after a "campaign of hatred and pure evil" turned her idyllic village into a "hamlet of horrors". Jeanne Wilding, 57, was accused of being "at war" with at least 15 individuals or organisations in the
BURNLEY Council's new leader marked his first day in the post by refusing to give the county council land for a new super school. Gordon Birtwistle's stance has put him on a collision course with Lancashire County Council, which was expecting to be
A TEENAGE college student has set up her own fashion label selling old fashioned-style dresses to boutiques in Hong Kong! And 17-year-old Burnley College student Alice Clarke is set to move there for six months this autumn after major manufacturer
BUDDING soccer stars in Pendle will be taking part in a competition aimed at boosting fitness and team-building skills. The 14th annual Pendle Youth Football Tournament is being held on Swinden and Bullholme playing fields, Barrowford. The event which
SOME of East Lancashire's brightest young bands will get the chance to peform live at the annual Mayfest to be held in Blackburn on May 26. The event is being organised by students on the access to music course at Blackburn College and will feature a
FORGET Eurovision if it's live music from all around the world you are looking for, look no further than Accrington on May 26 and 27. The Attic will be holding an international festival featuring bands from America, Scandinavia and Israel, plus a number
ONE of the men who made the Hacienda, one of the most famous clubs in the world, will be playing in Blackburn on May 26. DJ Graeme Park, a resident at the legendary Manchester club, will be the special guest at the North Bar. The last time he played
For over 20 years Altan have been regarded as one of the leading exponents of Irish traditional music. As they head for a date in Oswaldtwistle on May 24, we spoke to singer Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. CONSIDERING it's seven years since Altan last toured
AN EAST Lancs woman touched by the plight of two Thai children orphaned by the Asian tsunami has raised money to send the pair to school. And Ribble Valley villagers have come to the aid of the youngsters after hearing of their situation. The two children
A 22-YEAR-OLD Blackburn man who decided to do his girlfriend a favour wrecked two cars and damaged a house wall. Blackburn magistrates heard that Leon Eccles was left in his partner's car while she popped into a shop and got behind the wheel to turn
A WOMAN lived with the agony of a decade of sex abuse for 25 years before finding the courage to go to police and turn in her attacker. Now Neil Chadwick, 70, could spend the rest of his life in jail. Chadwick started his campaign of abuse against the
