Blackburn Rovers have played down newspaper reports linking them with a January swoop for West Bromwich Albion's Jason Koumas. The former Tranmere star, who is well known to Rovers boss Mark Hughes following their time together with Wales, has been
BRAD Friedel may be eyeing a new contract with Blackburn Rovers but the popular American has also begun laying plans for his retirement. Whereas most players tend to go into management or the media when the time comes to reluctantly hang up their boots
BLACKBURN Rovers today lodged a formal appeal with the Football Association over the red card shown to Tugay during Sunday's tempestuous 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Manager Mark Hughes launched a scathing attack on referee Phil Dowd after the Staffordshire
A ROW has broken out between traders and a council after a town's annual Christmas market was axed. Bury Council has said Ramsbottom's market on the first three Sundays in December was "time consuming, cost prohibitive and not popular with all shopkeepers
ONE in ten headstones in Pendle's council-administered church-yards are unsafe and need urgent maintenance work, according to a report. The report by Pendle Council's parks manager Fred Stewart said samples showed an estimated 150 out of 1,500 memorials
ASIAN armed forces veterans who fought in the Second World War met their British comrades to share experiences of the front line. Ex-servicemen Fazal Hussain, Mohammed Sadiq and Khadim Hussain, all from Blackburn, met Lieutenant Colonel Mike Glover and
THERE'S a group in the Ribble Valley that's moving to an African beat. The Saharan sounds are coming from members of Slap Happy Drumming, a community group that has been making a big noise out in the countryside for the last eight years. And now, to
ON November 9 I was given a parking fine. Not an everyday occurrence for me and, therefore, an annoyance. In this case however it was rather puzzling as I couldn't really understand how I had contravened the parking laws. The 'offence' was in Darwen
DOZENS of residents were given the chance to have their say over controversial £9million plans to refurbish Darwen leisure centre. Around 75 people attended a meeting at the existing complex last night, which was called after a similar event last week
A HAWK had to be rescued from a tree outside a Blackburn school after it escaped from Burnley. Firefighters used an aerial platform to rescue the harris hawk, a medium sized hawk which is common in South America. It was spotted hanging from a line on
A wallpaper firm is so proud of its roots that its adverts across the globe include the town where it all started alongside some of the world's most influential cities. Graham and Brown, based in Blackburn's Furthergate Business Park and Shuttleworth
A MAN accused of carrying out six armed robberies was being threatened with violence over unpaid debts at the time of the offences, a jury heard. Thomas Moffett, 43, of Roebuck Close, Blackburn, is on trial at Preston Crown Court. Three Blackburn shops
GRITTING bosses failed to treat a road in the hours before a serious accident, despite being warned of freezing temperatures, police have said. Lancashire County Council is facing calls for an inquiry following the crash, which left Accrington taxi driver
Cologne's 17-year-old goalkeeper Bjorn Bussman looks set to join Blackburn Rovers. The teenager has rejected an offer from the Germans and now looks poised to join Rovers' Academy instead. "He's going to go to England," said Christoph Henkel, the head
WINTER is well and truly here at the Fraser Eagle Stadium, and how do we know this? Is it the subs shivering as they warm up on the touchline? No. Is it the first sight of penguins on the canal? No. Is it the steam rising high into the sky above
ACCRINGTON Stanley have been dealt a huge blow with the news that influential captain Peter Cavanagh will be out until January. The 25-year-old defender limped off midway through the first half on Saturday against Hartlepool after landing awkwardly on
GRAHAM Branch could be in line for a Burnley recall if Jon Harley is sidelined for Saturday's Championship clash against Birmingham. The Clarets are sweating over X-ray results after Harley limped out of last weekend's 3-0 defeat at West Brom with a
A SCHOOL teaching assistant was found with 239 child porn images on his computer, a court was told. Police found the images when they raided David Stott's home in Westgate, Burnley. A judge at Preston Crown Court said that Stott, 20, had led officers
THIEVES have been slammed for stealing a satellite navigation system from an ambulance. And the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has warned criminals that stealing the equipment will affect only one section of the public - the sick and the weak.
THE parents of a man who died from septicaemia have received "substantial" compensation from a hospital in an out of court settlement. But Mark and Levina Brown, of Waterfoot, have said that their four-and-a-half year legal fight was "never about the
AN inspirational mother who overcame prejudice to turn her dream into reality was honoured at a star-studded awards ceremony in London. Saima Zeb, of Cedar Court, Blackburn, won the Shaw Trust Individual Achievement award after she achieved her dream
A SCHOOL choir impressed aeroplane staff so much with their good behaviour that they were asked to sing to fellow passengers. Staff at St Christopher's High School, in Accrington, had been concerned that their six-day trip to Hungary would be ruined
MOTORISTS are being warned of road closures as Whalley prepares for its annual Dickensian celebration. Shops staff will deck themselves in Victorian attire, while brass bands, steam organs, fire-eaters, jugglers and school choirs line the streets for
LANCASHIRE schools have hit back at claims that pupils are turning a blind eye to bullying. The assurances comes on the back of new research which shows that over half of the UK's seven to 18-year-olds had seen another young person being bullied during
THE American-orchestrated trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was a foregone conclusion and a highly prejudicial, prejudged farce and sham. If his appeal fails (and it will) Iraq will become a bloodbath in retribution for George W Bush's and
SO once more Coun Cheetham, of Lancashire County Council, puts his foot in. This time regarding libraries in Burnley (LT, October 20). He may only be the cabinet member for adult and community services but he seems to be the prime mover behind a number
A SUPPORT group for crime victims has urged people to help catch the robber who mugged a frail widow and put her in hospital. Victim Support, the counselling charity which Dorothy Hope, 77, will be referred to when she is released from hospital, said
NINE suspected drug dealers were arrested early today after 80 police officers carried out one of Blackburn's biggest ever raids. Operation Tobago saw police swoop on eight homes in Blackburn, Darwen, Great Harwood, Accrington and Oswaldtwistle following
The daddy of beyond-the-grave rap remains Tupac Shakur. Pac has been vastly more successful in death than he was in life. But this collection of previously unreleased tracks only confirms that: (a) Tupac was a much better actor than he was a rapper
