Hundreds of Lancashire jobs could be lost after the retail arm of Woolworths went into administration tonight. Woolworths has stores in Accrington, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Chorley, Cleveleys, Clitheroe, Lancaster, Morecambe, Nelson,
At Haslingden Community Link & Children’s Centre on Bury Rd. The Parent and Toddlers group is held on Wednesdays from 9.30 to 11.15am. Activities include play, games, art & crafts, music, messy play and lots of fun. Refreshments available. Contact 01706
The BBC drama, "Survivors", currently being aired was shot in and around Haslingden. Torside Hall in Helmshore was a prime location for the series which imagines the world after a virus decimates the population. The Hall is also being lined up for
Is being held at Helmshore Textile Museum on Sunday 7th December from 11am to 5pm. If you want a stall contact 01706 226459. The Farmers Market will also take place nearby at Airtours Car Park
KIDS are being armed against germs and food bugs – with briefcases. A project, run by Burnley Council and the Food Standards Agency, sees pupils in years five and six at primary schools being given cases to make sure food is safe to eat.
POLICE have teamed up with pubs and nightclubs in a bid to slash the number of rapes among Burnley’s late-night revellers. The town has been chosen to pilot a new project aimed at young drinkers in the run up to Christmas. Operation
A GROUP of residents are celebrating after being handed a lottery cash boost. Members of Stonemoor Bottom residents’ group in Padiham have been awarded £9,000 from the National Lottery Awards for All fund. And the “elated” residents have vowed to spend
THE youngster who got Burnley’s Carling Cup adventure up and running is desperate for the chance to play in next Tuesday’s quarter final against Arsenal. The Clarets defeated Chelsea on penalties in the last 16 but they may not even have been
PROPOSALS for a brand new £50,000 playground in Sunnyhurst Woods have been unveiled. Residents are now being invited to have their say on the proposals, which would see play facilities built just off the main path running through the wood. Blackburn
A MOTHER who failed to protect her baby from brutal assaults by her partner has failed to overturn a ruling that her child must be adopted. The Blackburn woman, who is in her 20s, but cannot be identified for legal reasons, challenged a care order in
A PENDLE school is celebrating after receiving its ‘best ever’ Ofsted report. Whitefield Infant School and Nursery Unit was rated as ‘outstanding’ in every category by inspectors after they visited last month. The result marked the continued
AN APPEAL has been made by Miss D Hartley regarding Burnley Council’s refusal of planning permission for a nine lodge/caravan units including one warden’s unit. The appeal is to be decided on the basis of an exchange of written statements by both
A PLANNING application has been received for a proposed single storey extension to front and side at Cant Clough Farm, Hurstwood Lane.
A mobile phone company is pulling its global office out of Rossendale. 2ergo, specialists in mobile phone solutions, is relocating its head office, which is currently at St Mary’s Chambers, Rawtenstall. But bosses are planning to take the current members
Carly Zucker and Nicola McLean are plotting to walk out of camp together. The WAGs admit they are desperately homesick and finding conditions in camp incredibly tough away from their footballer boyfriends, prompting a discussion about quitting I'm
David Van Day complained of creatures in his underpants after enduring another Bushtucker Trial. The former Dollar singer was chosen by I'm A Celebrity... viewers to take part in the Hell-o Phone challenge and, after successfully winning nine stars
Nicola McLean has vowed not to invite David Van Day or Timmy Mallett to her forthcoming wedding. The glamour model is set to tie the knot with Peterborough United star Tommy Williams next June and says she will ask several of her I'm A Celebrity...
Nicola McLean was dubbed "ugly pirate" at school. The glamour model was forced to wear an eye patch following corrective surgery on a squint, making her a target for bullies who mocked her appearance. Her mum Margaret told Heat magazine: "She became
Dani Behr has reportedly spent £15,000 on beauty treatments in a bid to win I'm A Celebrity... The 37-year-old presenter was said to have been worried about not looking her best alongside younger contestants Nicola McLean and Carly Zucker and so shelled
A BID by health bosses to turn a former supermarket into a £10m state-of-the-art health centre has been welcomed by councillors. Legal talks are under way to finalise the sale of the 1.3-acre, Kwik Save site, in Colne, to NHS East Lancashire
A MOTHER-of-three who took her two-year-old son a drunken late-night trip to a police station in the pouring rain, dressed only in a shirt, has walked free from court after a judge ruled she was not guilty of neglect. But Pauline Lomax was told by a
BRENDAN Flood will be able to wear his Robbie Blake underpants in the directors’ lounge without fear of reprisals if Burnley beat Arsenal at Turf Moor. The Clarets director celebrated the Clarets’ Carling Cup win at Chelsea by cheekily donning the ‘Bad
BLACKBURN Hawks missed the chance to move off the foot of the English National Ice Hockey League table following a 3-2 defeat away to fellow strugglers Newcastle Vipers. Hawks have now gone 10 league games without a win and have a real battle on their
CLITHEROE karters Jonny Buchanan and Kirk Cattermole are celebrating a double success. Buchanan, 18, from Brockhall Village, won the Senior Formula Blue title, while Kirk Cattermole, 20, from Clitheroe, scooped the Senior 125cc Rotax Max series
CAR parking charges on Ribble Valley Council sites are to waived on Saturdays in December in a bid to boost Christmas business. And in a further boost, charges will be frozen at their current rate until March 31, 2010. Council bosses
ROVERS Academy boss Gary Bowyer has called for his side to cut out the sloppy mistakes after seeing them end a disastrous November in defeat. Manchester United’s resounding 4-0 success leaves Rovers’ Under-18s reflecting on a month that has seen them
KATIE Anderton provided the inspiration for a gutsy fightback as Rovers Ladies overturned a two-goal deficit to claim a hard-earned point against Bristol Academy. Adam Lakeland’s team appeared to be sliding towards another home defeat in the league when
Andrew Flintoff has urged England to savour every remaining moment of their one-day series against India to try and learn the skills necessary to make them a major force at the next World Cup. England’s 19-runs defeat in Bangalore on Sunday earned India
MP JANET Anderson has announced plans to open her Darwen office to the public. From Monday, December 8, the office at 23 Bolton Road will be open between 10am and 4pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She said: “This service is in
BURNLEY have announced a half-season ticket offer, which starts with the return game against Barnsley at Turf Moor on Boxing Day. Adult half-season tickets for the Bob Lord Stand and the James Hargreaves Upper are £219, with tickets in the
MARTIN Paterson is hoping his two-goal blast at Oakwell is proof enough that he’s become an accomp-lished finisher in the Championship. The Clarets striker returned to his lethal best on Monday night with a brilliant brace that almost helped Burnley
THE stabbing of a late-night reveller in a street followed an “altercation” in a pub, it has emerged. Detectives have arrested and bailed two men after a 21-year-old man was found with two stab wounds in Church Street, Padiham, close to the
THE number of Lancashire team's fans arrested for football-related violence increased last season, according to a report. A total of 151 arrests of supporters of Accrington Stanley, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Burnley, Morecambe and Preston
Greece defender Vasilis Torosidis has played down rumours linking him with a move to join Rovers. The 23-year-old currently plays his club football for Olympiacos, but Torosidis insists that there have been no official offers for his services
A WOMAN has warned Christmas shopppers to beware of bogus text messages. Janet Shaw, 45 of Mill Hill, Blackburn received a text from a company which charged her £17 for a 10 minute call. She said: “I received a message that said ‘URGENT. Large
A COUNCIL leader could be set to snub a meeting to discuss controversial bus lane plans after claiming: “It feels like we are being blackmailed”. Coun Peter Britcliffe, of Hyndburn Council, said that he was angry people’s concerns over the Pennine Reach
SO Phil Mitchell has finally given in and got it on with hard-faced Shirley Carter in EastEnders. And although his pillow-talk left a lot to be desired (“This was a mistake”) I reckon he’s finally met his match. Phil has spent too long chasing the better-looking
Haslingden has entered into the Christmas spirit with the switch on of its festive lights yesterday. The event took place outside the library on Higher Deardengate where Haslingden High School and St Veronica’s RC Primary School pupils sang carols
A FORMER Royal Marine from Chorley has set up an online dating agency for British men to meet women from Russia and Ukraine. Steve Fowler said the service was needed because agencies in the UK were dominated by men. And he has defended the site, which
IT seemed a strange clash – gardeners and conservation types at odds with beekeepers. Especially since their difference of opinion is a matter of life and death. But that was the scene down at Darwen’s Sunnyhurst Woods where an argument has arisen about
CLITHEROE is a gem in East Lancashire’s crown with its winding streets and variety of small specialist shops. Those shops draw people from a wide area who are attracted by the character of the town’s retail experience. But Clitheroe’s market has never
ARE some footballers more equal than others? A question I was forced to ask myself when I heard about a call from Sir Alex Ferguson for Cristiano Ronaldo to get "special protection" from referees to stop him from being "kicked out of the
HUMAN rights charity Amnesty International said 99 per cent of senior schools in Lancashire are set to join in ‘Our Rights Birthday’ celebrations this year. The celebrations are designed to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
JUST six students in Blackburn with Darwen have signed up to the government’s flagship diploma scheme. The official figures show the borough is in the bottom three authorities in England for take-up of the new qualifications, which are supposed to bridge
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a car was set alight in the early hours of this morning. Police said they were making enquiries in an attempt to establish who set fire to the Vauxhall Astra, in Lytton Street, at around 12.30am.
IN response to the headline What a jolly waste’ (LT, November 15). The story highlighted the figure of £23,000 but having spoken to councillors and officials it is evident this figure is inaccurate and untrue. The story claims the trip to Blackpool was
REGARDING the story about the incident where Kelly Duxbury visited her family grave to find a pile of soil on it (LT, November 20). I know the upset and distress it can cause because I have exper-ienced it myself. My husband was buried on June 2 this
WITH all the debate regarding the museum extension, I feel that it was about time for somebody to propose a different option. The existing museum we have in Blackburn is and has been great for years; it contains a wide variety of exhibits from a wide
A MANUFACTURING firm is heading back to full capacity just three weeks after it was devastated by fire. Bosses at windows and doors manufacturer Octaveward, Balle Street Mill, Darwen, were left reeling following a blaze on November 5 which badly damaged
LANCASHIRE residents said they had nothing to hide after it was revealed council staff had been secretly sifting through people’s rubbish. It emerged yesterday that Lancashire County Council had been removing bags from wheelie bins and taking
ACCRINGTON Stanley are hopeful of luring Terry Gornell back to East Lancashire after he returned to Tranmere Rovers. The 18-year-old striker was recalled by the Wirral club as cover for injuries, bringing to an end a fine two-month loan spell
JOBS at a Burnley town centre shop are in jeopardy as the credit crunch bites deeper into the retail industry. MK One, which has a store in Manchester Road, has gone into administration for the second time this year. The fashion retailer was owned
STEPHEN Warnock has tipped Rovers’ Martin Olsson to become one of the Premier League’s best, claiming he has similar attributes to some of the game’s top attacking left backs. The Swedish Under-21 international gifted Spurs their winning goal on Sunday
AFTER forging links in the United States, Burnley are now focusing their attentions on Eastern Europe to try and capture to finest young talent. In addition to the link-up with Cary U23 PDL team, announced last week, Burnley FC director John
POLICE have released the picture of a wanted man. Shaun Wilkinson, 20, is wanted for robbery and possession of drugs with intent to supply. He is believed to be in the Mill Hill area of Blackburn or his home town of Preston. Inspector John Clucas
A FORMER councillor being served with an injunction banning him from town hall meetings swatted a legal representative with the court papers, magistrates heard. Process server Steven Baldwin, of Burnley, had been hired by Rossendale Council
THREE boys have been suspended from Witton Park High School, Blackburn, for their ‘mohican’-style hair cuts. Headteacher Gwen Onyon said they had strict guidelines on appearance that must be followed. One boy was ordered to leave classes yesterday after
A Ford Focus taxi and a Toyota Starlet collided at the junction of Railway Road and Church Street, Blackburn, just before noon yesterday. It is understood there were no serious injuries and traffic flow was not affected.
Police have named a man killed when his car was in collision with a bus near Chorley yesterday. Barry Britton, 48, of Highfield Road, Adlington, suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene following the collision, on the
Ribble Valley Borough Council has won a top communications award. The council’s 2007 annual report won the best publication section of the North West Pride Awards. The awards are run by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Ribble Valley
A GANG of youths are ‘putting lives at risk’ by ambushing drivers on zebra crossings and throwing bricks at their windscreens. The group of 30 teenagers have also been hiding at the side of the road in Shadsworth, Blackburn, and hurling the
THE ‘mummified’ skeletal remains of a new-born baby were found wrapped in a blanket in the attic of an empty house. Builders found the body of the boy as they prepared to renovate the property in Windsor Street, Colne. The detective,
A new strain of the animal disease bluetongue has appeared in the UK after infected cattle were brought into the country, the Government has said. The disease type, known as BTV1, was found in five imported animals near Blackpool, Lancashire, and they
PLANS to boost Clitheroe’s ailing economy by redeveloping the town’s market and introducing a major high street retailer have been outlined in a new report. The Ribble Valley Employment, Land and Retail Study suggests that a store such as Marks
