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The Friends of Rossendale Museum invite you to an illustrated talk on the East Lancs Railway on Thursday, 22nd April. The presentation is by Mr J Shelley of Bacup.

There is a dramatic presentation entitled "An Evening With John Wesley" at St James' Parish Church, Haslingden on Friday, 23rd April at 7.30pm. Tickets are £4 - Contact 01706 215533

TIM Cahill broke Blackburn Rovers' hearts at Ewood Park this afternoon after his 90th minute strike earned Everton a thrilling 3-2 victory. Jason Roberts thought he had rescued Blackburn Rovers a valuable point with a 20 yard volley on 81

BURNLEY almost staged a second consecutive away day comeback, but remain reliant on results elsewhere to keep their Premier League survival hopes alive. The Clarets were much improved on a first-half in which the Black Cats could comfortably

ACCRINGTON Stanley slipped to a fifth consecutive home defeat thanks to an injury time goal from Hereford United's Gavin McCallum this afternoon. Stanley, who had collected only one point from their previous seven games, stuck with the same

GOALS from Fraizer Campbell and Sunderland top scorer Darren Bent have put Burnley on the back foot in their quest for Premier League survival. The Black Cats have dominated possession and chances at the Stadium of Light, and could have gone in front

DAVID Dunn returns to Blackburn Rovers' starting line-up this afternoon for Everton's visit to Ewood Park. The midfielder is one of three changes made to the side that drew 0-0 with Manchester United last weekend, with Ryan Neksen and Keith Andrews also

ONE Sunday last month I was watching The Politics Show on TV when one of the presenters wound up by saying, in a roundabout way, that one burden would be funding the extra costs for a population that is living longer. The word ‘burden’ was actually used

Reading the Lancashire Telegraph I had to smile, more in sadness than amusement, at the offices that installed hot drinks dispensers because they deemed it dangerous to allow workers to use a kettle. I presume these are the same brainstormers

THE latest technology to save babies’ lives is being pioneered in East Lancashire. Parents will be able to find out whether their child is healthy using the state-of-the-art INFANT system. It can also detect any abnorm-alities and alert midwives

We’re all still picking up the pieces from the financial crisis. While the banks are back in profit, it’s unfair that people around the world are still feeling the effects. With the election around the corner, we have a great opportunity to make sure

BURNLEY manager Brian Laws is forced to change the side that earned their first away win of the season at Hull City last week, as striker David Nugent is ruled out with a hamstring injury. Chris Eagles comes back into the starting line-up to replace

ROSSENDALE artist Robin Sharples looks a picture of health – just three years after doctors gave him 30 minutes to live. The dad-of-one was left fighting for life after he collapsed at home with an infected gall bladder which turned to septic

A FEARLESS gran who hit the headlines after fighting off bogus officials after they tried to trick their way into her Blackburn home twice has died. Maud Tootle, 91, who lived in Roe Lee, struggled with the conmen when they tried to get into

SAM Allardyce believes Rochdale’s Keith Hill would be a worthy winner of the League Manager Association’s manager of the season award – but fears the lower leagues will once more be ignored. Unlike the Premier League award, the LMA gong is voted for

MARK Bolton believes the Lancashire Cup should be given greater importance in the cricket calendar – and insists his East Lancashire side will do all they can to make a winning start at Heyside tomorrow. Bolton leads his men into the first round tie

SAM Allardyce believes David Moyes’ ‘slowly but surely’ approach at Everton is the only model to follow at Ewood Park, but fears copying his pal’s European exploits could always prove a step too far. The Blackburn Rovers boss was in bullish mood as his

BRIAN Flynn believes Burnley’s current crop can still succeed where the class of 1975/76 failed. The ex-Clarets midfielder was part of the last team to play in the top flight before Wade Elliott ended a 33-year exile via Wembley last May

MORTEN Gamst Pedersen’s Blackburn Rovers future should be decided within the next few days – with the club still hopeful he will extend his stay at Ewood Park. Rovers believe Pedersen is still keen on striking a deal but want an answer, either way, sooner

A MAJOR Blackburn company has been snapped up by an American firm. High-tech manufacturer Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) is now owned by Illinois-based IDEX Corporation after being sold by East Lancashire founder Peter Cummings, it

A ROW has erupted between Burnley’s most senior policeman and a mother-of-two after she lashed the town’s record on burglaries in this week’s live TV General Election debate. Optician Jacqueline Salmon said in front of a 10 million TV audience

FRESH light is to be shed on Burnley after it was revealed that five out of every six street lights are faulty or don’t work. Around £35,000 is being spent on fixing the Victorian-style lamps, along the likes of St James’s Street, Parker Lane and Curzon

ACCRINGTON Stanley are in negotiations over a possible deal to buy a stand from Blackpool or Morecambe. Stanley are attempting to secure funding from the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative to redevelop the Coppice End of the Crown Ground but are making

THE future of a vital community group which serves schoolchildren, elderly and disabled people, has been secured after cuts had threatened its existence. Concerns had been raised over the future of the Garden Gate Association, which runs a community

PAUL Robinson insists Blackburn Rovers are the Premier League financial blueprint as he predicts the club’s ‘sensible’ approach will ensure “a solid top flight team for years to come”. The Rovers goalkeeper experienced the highs of Champions League football

CLARETS legend Jimmy McIlroy has called for the play-off winning heroes to become survival superheroes. Burnley bid to bridge a four-point gap from safety at Sunderland this afternoon, yet with just four games of their debut Premier League season remaining

THIRTY bags of mephedrone were seized from a Blackburn house just hours after the party drug became illegal. Officers swooped on the terraced home in Livesey Branch Road yesterday morning, in what is thought to be the first raid of its kind

A TWO-day celebration to mark St George’s Day has been planned for Darwen. Council bosses have set aside £5,000 from the neighbourhood board pot to lay on festivities in the town’s market square. They hope it will become an annual event similar to parties