ANGRY residents forced County Hall bosses into a U-turn over a noisy stone-crushing plant. People living in Burnley Road, Cliviger, woke to find a Lancashire County Council machine close to their homes was being used to turn used kerbs and flagstones
THESE are Blackburn and Darwen’s worst litter grot-spots, according to Lancashire Telegraph readers. Debate about litter has been raging since a Blackburn with Darwen councillor branded residents “dirty sods” for the amount of rubbish on the streets.
TOWN hall chiefs have been slammed after an area visible from a council-run country walk was left overgrown and untidy. Grass and weeds next to the steps leading to Taylor Street, in Barnoldswick, are so high that a ‘poop scoop’ bin is almost invisible
PEOPLE in Lancashire have been named the third-best kissers in the UK – in a poll to mark National Kissing Day today. In an online poll of 1,000 men and women aged 18 to 55, 10 per cent of those asked said they had their best kiss in Lancashire
HEARTFELT tributes have poured in for a popular Blackburn man who died after being attacked in the town centre. His parents, Pat and David Rogers, today said they were “devastated” by the tragic loss of their “gentle, generous and attentive” son. They
Karen Robinson, Leader of the 48th Brownie Pack for over 13 years, is retiring. A new leader is now being sought to enable the pack to continue. Contact one of the church officers.
Rishton and Great Harwood Soroptimists have given a £600 boost to charity. At this month’s social meeting, last year’s President Margaret Worden handed over money raised from various events during her presidential year. Harry Grayson accepted
AN ‘IMPROVING’ Pendle primary school has been commended by education watchdogs for encouraging community cohesion. St Philip’s Church of England Primary School, was rated as “good” in every category by Ofsted inspectors after they visited last month.
A 2,500-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy has been returned to Stonyhurst College after more than 30 years. The remains of the unidentified young boy, aged five or six, left the Clitheroe Catholic boarding school in the 1970s for testing at Man-chester University
A big thank-you to the Parks Department who have been busy in the past week making Rosegrove Lane and the shops in Lowerhouse Lane looking pretty again with the summer hanging baskets. They have also changed the flowers on the railings near to the
NEWTS are amphibians distinguished from frogs and toads by the possession of a long tail. They are also slim and spend most of their lives in and around the ponds in which they breed. The word comes from the Greek word amphibious, which means a double
Two East Lancashire golfers will continue their bid to qualify for the Open Championship today. Clitheroe Golf Club’s assistant professional Ben Scott starts local final qualifying at Western Gailes in Scotland after progressing through the regional
NO-ONE should really complain about last week’s hot spell since we spend plenty of time moaning about the poor weather during the rest of the year. But the feelings of Dr Charles Thomson, an emergency medicine consultant at the Royal Blackburn Hospital
PENSIONERS are being urged to get active after a new scheme offering cheaper sport was launched. Ribble Valley Borough Council and have joined forces with Sport England to create the Silver Mondays scheme. Each Monday, a series of sports and leisure
TOCKHOLES-based Spring Chickens Over 50s group has applied for a grant to buy laptops so they can continue popular computer courses. The group was borrowing equipment from Darwen Access Point to run the ‘Computer courses for Beginners and Intermediates
AN East Lancashire campaign which saw more than 1,000 people urge the Government to create a tobacco-free future has won a national award. The region-wide ‘Let’s make smoking history for our children’ campaign won Public Sector Campaign of the Year,
LANCASHIRE Police Federation helped raise £4,100 for North West charity Heartbeat at a dinner dance. Heartbeat helps people recover and rebuild their lives after heart illness, heart attack, cardiac surgery, angina, and some types of stroke. The
NEW gradings have been awarded to members of Darwen-based Tower Shukokai Karate Club. On June 28, the club held a test at Edgworth School looking at candidates’ abilities in the three main disciplines of karate: kihon (execution of fundamental techniques
ROSSENDALE firms will benefit from a council-led initiative to fight the recession. Rossendale Against the Recession group has been set up to develop a plan to combat the downturn and make it easier for people and businesses to find the help they need
National selector Geoff Miller discusses Steve Harmison's exclusion from the England Test squad. Miller also discusses Graham Onions' inclusion, Monty Panesar's confidence and his belief in the Ashes team.
A HUGE robitic ‘Cyclops’ scarecrow was among the attractions at an annual scarecrow trail and garden festival in Trawden. Visitors were fascinated by the motorised and robotic scarecrows which were on display and took villagers many days to construct
LONG-awaited proposals to overhaul housing in the Daneshouse area of Burnley are at the centre of a new £6.3 million project. In a major step forward, investments will be made from Burnley council’s share of White-hall housing market renewal funding
Kevin Pietersen believes England's chances of winning the first Ashes Test have been boosted by an injury to Australia seamer Brett Lee. The fast bowler is a serious doubt for the first Test in Cardiff after suffering a rib injury.
CHRIS Samba has played down speculation that he could leave Blackburn Rovers. Manchester City, Everton and West Ham have all been linked with a move for the defender, while rumours have also surfaced connecting German clubs Borussia Dortmund and TSG
A PLANNING application for a two storey extension to side elevation at 27 Langfield has been received. The plans can be inspected at Burnley Council's Parker Lane office. Comments deadline is July 9.
Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson has launched an Early Day Motion in the Commons urging support for new writing talent. Mrs Anderson, a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, said it was vital that new writers were
THESE are the three sculptures which could soon be built in Rossendale. Councillors are set to decide this week whether to allow Fractured Frond, Ferroterrasaurus and Echofly to go ahead at Lee Quarry in Bacup. The three steel installations, which have
FIRE crews freed a woman from her vehicle after an accident on the M65. Two eastbound lanes of the motorway were closed following the smash between junctions four and five, near the Darwen exit. Police said four vehicles were involved in the accident
CLITHEROE town centre was brought to a standstill after a 4x4 was involved in a dramatic crash. The female driver was said to have lost control when travelling up Moor Lane at around 8.15am, and took out several bollards and flower pots before coming
A COLLECTION at Buffer Bear Nursery, in Burnley General Hospital, has raised £250 for a Pendle charity. The fundraising exercise was organised in memory of nursery nurse Janet Mulrooney, who was cared for by the Pendleside Hospice at Home team. The
Todmorden’s pro Chintha Jayasinghe claimed five wickets and scored 57 as his side beat Ramsbottom in the Lancashire League on Saturday. Result: Todmorden won by 9 wickets (Adjusted target) Points: Ramsbottom 0, Todmorden 12 Ramsbottom innings
Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o will drop his wage demands to join Manchester United for £25m. Chelsea are prepared to sell captain John Terry to Manchester City for £45m, but the central defender will only be allowed to leave if he hands in a written
Anwar Ali was an all-round hero for Colne as he claimed 7-39 after making 69 not out to complete the double over Rishton in the Lancashire League on Saturday. Result: Colne won by 31 runs (Adjusted target) Points: Colne 12, Rishton 4 Colne innings
New Zealand star Ian Butler claimed 4-46 in Lowerhouse’s win at Enfield in the Lancashire League on Saturday. Paddy Martin took 4-39 as Enfield were all out for 156. Lowerhouse passed their rain reduced target of 131 with seven balls to spare.
Reigning champions Accrington went down by seven wickets at Burnley in the Lancashire League on Saturday. Burnley wicket-keeper Chris Burton claimed five victims and a well-earned collection as Accringon posted 172-9. Burton then made
NELSON are in form and that is largely down to professional Robin Peterson. The South African spinner claimed 4-6 from seven overs as Rawtenstall were shot out for just 90 at Bacup Road in the Lancashire League on Saturday. Peterson then bludgeoned
Nelson are in final of the Lancashire League 20/20 competition after they strolled past much-fancied Haslingden on Friday night. Danny Kegg was the bowling star for the Seedhillites as he claimed 3-5 from two overs as the normally free scoring
MICHAEL Bisping is gearing up for the biggest fight of his life knowing if he can overcome a UFC legend he will get a title shot. The Clitheroe mixed martial artist takes on Dan Henderson this weekend on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s supercard
LANCASHIRE’S semi-final hoodoo continued once again as they lost to Hampshire by 64 runs in the Friends Provident Trophy at Old Trafford yesterday. It was the ninth time they had fallen at the last four hurdle in a competition since winning their last
Preston stole a march on second-placed Chorley as they defied thunderstorms to beat Darwen in the Northern League on Saturday. Preston’s dramatic three-wicket win over Darwen at West Cliff saw them make up ground as Chorley’s first against second showdown
BURNLEY have sold 1,000 of the additional 1,500 season tickets put on sale in the David Fishwick Stand. The remaining 500 went on general sale this morning, from 9.15am. The ticket office is still taking postal applications and invitations for seat
BLACKBURN Rovers are still cautious about a move for Italian striker Christian Vieri - even though it has been confirmed that the 35-year-old has now linked up with their pre-season training camp in Austria. Sources close to both Rovers and
RE your report on the banning of the wearing of a cross in school. Your article states: “The school’s prospectus, available on their website, states: ‘Jewellery is not permitted unless it has religious significance’.” Excuse me, but I would have thought
You have reported on the cross and chain worn by a Christian child attending a Christian school (LT, July 2). The school has a perfectly legitimate rule against necklaces. The fact that the chain had a pedant cross has nothing to do with the matter.
The letter from the Blackburn with Darwen Council employee (LT, June 30) quite rightly highlights the unnec-essary and unpopular cuts made to the cleansing budget by the Con/Lib/Dem/For Darwen coalition running the council. Yet this is not the only cut
I DO not live in Blackburn. However, having recently received a copy of an article printed by your paper (June 17) ‘Rovers’ Catch of the Day’, I could not help but write to express my outrage at the actions of the Blackburn Rovers Football Club. Exactly
A double-decker bus carrying majorettes from Blackburn got stuck under a railway bridge. About 50 members of Shadsworth Beehive Majorettes were travelling home after a competition when the accident happened in Stoke about 6pm yesterday. Lisa Mariner
MORE than £1million has been secured to convert a derelict Blackburn town centre pub to a help and advice centre for youngsters. Funding of £1,155,000 has been given for a major conversion of the Boulevard Pub, next to Blackburn station, to a one-stop
BLACKBURN Rovers are set to open contract talks with midfielders Steven Reid and David Dunn in the next few weeks. The duo both have just one year remaining on their current deals but suffered badly from injuries last season. Republic
A SERVICE to mark the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of the Somme was held yesterday at Blackburn Cathedral. Members of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, including the band, paid their respects to those who died during the battle, which started on July
BURNLEY may face competition from FC Twente for Andrew Driver’s signature. The Clarets were said to be closing in on the Hearts winger, who manager Owen Coyle first tried to bring to Turf Moor last summer. But the Dutch club, managed
HASLINGDEN shot to the top of the Lancashire League as they beat the rain and form side East Lancs at Alexandra Meadows on Saturday. They overcame Mark Bolton’s men by five wickets in the penultimate over as they passed a reduced target of
Luke Woodcock finally arrived in the Lancashire League on Saturday – and could have been forgiven for wanting to head straight back home until his amateur colleagues at Church fired them to a fine win against Bacup. The Kiwi was keen to make up for lost
ACCRINGTON Stanley will travel to Burscough for a pre-season friendly on Tuesday, July 14 at 7.45pm. Stanley signed keeper Zak Hibbert from the Linnets in March.
BLACKBURN Rovers have now made an enquiry about Ruud van Nistelrooy. Rovers boss Sam Allardyce last week responded to questions about van Nistelrooy’s availability by suggesting that he would be interested in the Real Madrid striker, providing the
DRUNKEN people enjoying the summer sunshine in East Lancashire have led to a huge increase in hospital admissions, accident and emergency bosses have revealed. Cases, including people falling from trees, getting into fights, and mowing the lawn in open-toed
New Ribblesdale Wanderers professional Jake Brown enjoyed a debut that may never be surpassed on a record-breaking day at Church Meadow. The 23-year-old South Australian shattered the Veka Ribblesdale League senior division batting record with an incredible
The top-of-the-table clash at Vernon Road was intriguingly poised when play was abandoned at 4.30pm with parts of the square and outfield under water. Chorley had made 178-5 in the 48th over when the rain came with Australian professional Chris Hartley
SAM Allardyce has insisted that Blackburn Rovers would have been making a mistake by keeping Matt Derbyshire – because he wanted to leave just as much as Roque Santa Cruz. While many Rovers fans were glad to finally see an end to the Santa Cruz saga
WHEN Burnley found out that the first ever Premier League match to take place at Turf Moor would be against Manchester United, Brendan Flood did not hesitate to contact a couple of old friends – Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville. A home game against
ACCRINGTON Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell has stressed that he and boss John Coleman remain totally committed to the club – despite recent suggestions that they would like a move to Tranmere. Coleman and Bell have taken Stanley from the
ONE of the happiest days of a mother’s life is when her daughter gets married. But, it was a rare double celebration for Linda Clements when she tied the knot in the same ceremony as daughter Amanda – remarrying her ex-husband William, Amanda’s dad.
