CLITHEROE'S brave FA Cup run finally came to an end with a gutsy performance in Harrogate. The Blues were always underdogs in this third qualifying round tie against the Blue Square North league leaders. And so it proved, as Town progressed with
BATS and brown asbestos have led to an extra £66,000 bill for the demolition of a Burnley leisure centre, it has emerged. Engineers could not begin to pull down the William Thompson Centre for 12 months after it was feared that bats were roosting in
Haslingden's newly opened panopticon could be the centre of activity for your children during half term week. On Tuesday, 23rd October a walk will take place from Rossendale Museum to the Halo at Top o'Slate. The walk starts at 10am and finishes around
Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman was thrilled with his side's 3-1 win at Dagenham & Redbridge. Coleman said: "I was delighted with the win and delighted with the way we played, we worked very hard. "The first goal was a candidate for, certainly
A DRUG dealer who operated from his family's taxi business in Brierfield has been jailed for 44 months. Jhangir Akbar, 38, used his job as a cabbie as cover for his activities, kept a stash of drugs in his taxi and was "soliciting" for orders, Burnley
Accrington Stanley made it two away wins on the trot with a convincing success at Dagenham & Redbridge today. History was certainly on Stanley's side as they had never dropped a point at Victoria Road in their previous three outings and that record didn't
A MAN who has beaten up his wife three times in the past is behind bars for 90 days after striking again twice in as many days. Robert Witter, 40, pushed victim Tracey Witter so she fell down the stairs and then the next morning acted as if nothing had
THE great-niece of a Blackburn Rovers hero killed in World War One said she was touched by the gesture of fans who honoured his memory. At a grave in Vlamertinghe near to the town of Ypres, Belgium, a group of Belgian Rovers fans laid flowers on the
PENDLE residents have a chance to take a guided tour of Nelson Town Hall next week with the mayor. The tours led by the Mayor of Pendle, Coun Allan Buck, were started by last year's and were so successful that the mayor decided to continue with them.
A BANNED driver stopped by police smelled of drink but was not over the limit, Burnley magistrates heard. The court was told Steven David Sheppard, 43, of Winewall Lane, Winewall, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance. An allegation
A PAIR of Accrington and Rossendale College students are competing in the national skillbuilding awards. Plasterer Jamie Critchley, 17, of Helmshore, qualified as a first-year student and is looking forward to the challenge of competing against more
A SCHOOL which was criticised by education watchdogs for its "low standards" a year ago has earned an encouraging progress report. Inspectors from Ofsted have returned to Nelson Castercliff Community Primary one year after serving the Marsden Hall Road
THE PREMIERE of a film featuring a Darwen girl's big-screen debut is to be held in the town to raise money for charity. Angela Lee is organising a screening of the film Grow Your Own, which features her daughter Sophie, to raise money for Derian House
PENDLE residents are being encouraged to tackle health problems that are worsened by poor housing conditions. Pendle Council's Housing Regeneration team is running a number of healthy homes events during Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week starting on Monday
WORKERS at a gifts firm are completing six 12-hour shifts a week in "excessive" efforts to earn cash before Christmas. A trade union has slammed bosses at Express Gifts in Church for allowing staff, many of whom are Eastern European, to work such long
AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a police van answering a 999 call collided with a taxi. The incident happened by a set of traffic lights at the junction of Eastgate and Whalley Road, Accrington, at about 12.50am today. The Ford Transit police van
RUSH hour traffic was brought to a standstill after a four-car pile-up on a stretch of motorway. Commuters travelling towards East Lancashire were caught up in the chaos on the M66. Police were called to junction 2, northbound at Bury at about 7am yesterday
Rossendale Aviation Society hold their monthly meeting at Haslingden Cricket Club on Wednesday, 17th October at 8.00pm. Anthony Firmin will talk about the USS Kittyhawk and his time in Australia. Also Malcolm Hargreaves and Stuart Daley will be showing
TROOPS serving in Iraq will be greeted by a taste of home when they arrive there next month. Pure Bowland Spring Water, which is based in the Forest of Bowland, has sent out a batch of bottles to Iraq for members of the Duke of Lancaster's regiment
A MAN was caught' on film as he stole two CCTV cameras from a fishing lodge set up to help keep Darwen teenagers off the street. But Blackburn magistrates heard that when Paul Anthony Mountain discovered the nature of the organisation he had stolen from
A YOUNG dad who stole and crashed a friend's relative's car later walked into a police station and owned up. Burnley magistrates heard banned driver Lee Foster's victim knew nothing about the escapade at the time. Foster, 19, of no fixed address, but
A MAN has been hailed as "Mr Radio Lancashire" after he died aged 73. John Fletcher W Richardson, died at Ninewells Hospital, Montrose, in Scotland on October 4 after a suffering a massive stroke and heart attack. Known for his distinctive Geordie
TWO women who approached a man in the street and asked for a light saw he was carrying a knife. Hyndburn magistrates heard that Lee Norman Newbury was abusive to the women who fled to a nearby pub and called the police. But the court was told Newbury
GORDON Brown has stated that over the next year for the first time, every hospital will receive a deep clean, to return our hospitals to the state they were in when they were built brand new. Here in Blackburn we have a brand new hospital that has problems
I AM writing in the hope readers may be able to help in my search for anyone who is related to Absolom Carter. Descendants of Absolom Carter, the child of Esau Carter and Catherine Yates, was born Blackpool mid 1800s, he married Alice Whalley, cir.1870s
THERE has been much comment since Alistair Darling made his pre budget announcement. The changes will benefit a sizeable percentage of the population. The inheritance tax threshold increase will be welcomed by much of middle England whose estates have
A LEADING Rossendale property group has won a prestigious award. Hurstwood came top in the luxury property category of a regional competition for Forest House, Leabank Country Estate, Rawtenstall. The winning property is one of four stone mansions.
A MAN who stole a taxi in the early hours then stopped and tried to make off, has kept his freedom. Burnley Magistrates heard how Daniel Andrew Morgan, 26, who has not passed his test and was on a community order at the time, then refused to give a breath
A DOCTOR who groped two female nurses at an East Lancashire hospital now faces a fight to save his professional life. Dr Patrick Chanda has been ordered to appear before the General Medical Council's fitness to practice panel on November 1 to answer
DETECTIVES want information after two attempted burglaries in Darwen. The first was at 2.30am last Tuesday when someone tried to break into a house in Turncroft Road but fled after setting off the alarm. The second happened between 10 and 10.30pm on
HEALTH chiefs are urging people to have their say on the location of a new mental health super hospital. Starting this month, a series of public meetings will be held to gauge which of the six East Lancashire sites will be the base for the new hospital
He may sing that the world is ours but on Saturday, Preston belonged to Ian Brown. The former Stone Roses frontman was in excellent voice, much to the delight of the packed Guildh Hall crowd who were on the verge of fever pitch when he strode confidently
The Hoddlesden Village Bowling Club recently held a doubles competition at Blacksnape bowling green. The winners, Ann Holden and Len Fish, received trophies donated by David Innes, of the Bowls Resource Centre, Darwen. Congratulations to the team for
A CENTURY-OLD company has devised a way of powering its vans and potentially hundreds of other firms' vehicles nationwide - with cooking oil. Dexter Paints has spent £250,000 opening a new production plant and set up a new company, Dexter Biofuels, to
RAIL services in East Lancashire will be on a go-slow from today for two months - thanks to leaves on the line. Autumn is once again wreaking havoc with train timetables running through Blackburn and Accrington and on to Colne. Leaves and rotting vegetation
