Active Spaces Rossendale are organising a Ladies Only Walking Group. Walks begin on 27th July and the meeting place is Victoria Park, Haslingden. The walks are free of charge and organised to suit people of all ages and abilities. Meet at the main gates
Dansworks Dance Academy is running weekly Special Needs Dance Classes for young people between the ages of 6 and 18 years. The Saturday classes are from 4 to 5.30pm in The Doals Centre, Burnley Road, Weir, Bacup The classes are free for qualifying
A TEENAGE drug dealer was caught out by police after they found messages on his mobile phone from his customers. Burnley Crown Court heard how Amar Riaz, 19, had a mobile phone next to him when he was stopped in a car in Brierfield. When it was analysed
A POPULAR leisure centre could be on the verge of closure after £400,000 funding fell through. Mercer Hall, in Great Harwood, is in ‘urgent need’ of investment to improve facilities, council bosses say. The Queen Street facility, run by the arms-length
Rawtenstall pro Naved Arif claimed the stunning return of 8-35 as Lowerhouse slumped. Arif was on fire as ‘House were skittled for just 74 and then Josh Rushmore teed off as Rocky were in a hurry to get home. Rushmore raced to a half century from 37
Ramsbottom remain second spot after their eight-wicket win at Todmorden. Sub pro Ross McMillan was the star as he claimed five wickets to send Tod to 122 all out with only 56 from Alastair Harrison holding up Rammy. McMillan then hit 57 as Rammy eased
Nelson were far too good for Church as professional Burton de Wett and Tom Lord enjoyed big days with the bat, making half-centuries as Nelson posted 215-6. Church were then 85 all out with de Wett claiming four wickets, Richard Meade three and Lord
GALATASARAY are believed to be planning a new bid for Blackburn Rovers midfielder Vince Grella. The former Torino player looked all set to join the Turkish outfit earlier this summer before his involvement in the World Cup but, after a deal
Brendan Nash made 99 not out as East Lancashire won at Enfield to stay third. Nash helped his side to 235-4 and then claimed 3-37 but Asif Fazal’s 91 frustrated East Lancs and Enfield closed on 215-8.
Rishton beat Colne by six runs in a low scoring thriller at Blackburn Road. Rishton collapsed from 90-2 to 112 as Anwar Ali claimed 7-24 but there was drama to come. Colne collapsed to 13-5 before Ali and Gary Hunt and then Matt Walker appeared to be
STREET performers, musicians and fairground rides put a big smile on the faces of visitors to a festival over the weekend. The month-long Celebrate BIG festival culminated with the BIG Weekend, featuring a range of wild and wonderful events including
SOLICITORS are calling for witnesses after a builder died of abestos-related lung cancer. William Read, known as Bill, of Lynwood Avenue, Darwen, discovered he had the disease in 2008 and died in March 2009. From 1956 to 1971, he worked for building
A MAJOR campaign is being launched after it was revealed parents in East Lancashire are leaving hundreds of children exposed to killer diseases. Disappointing child immunisation rates for conditions including meningitis, polio and diptheria, as well
Accrington’s batting woes continued as they crashed at Burnley. They were skittled for 98 at Turf Moor with James Capstick (4-30) and Graham Lalor (3-24) on form. Chris Burton then top scored with 32 as Burnley reached 99-5.
HASLINGDEN stayed out in front of the Lancashire League’s chasing pack as they survived their tricky test at Bacup yesterday. The Bentgate outfit don’t have the best record at Lanehead but Mohsin Imtiaz clattered his way to 76 and professional Phil Hayes
THE mother of an 11-year-old boy left with ‘permanent damage to his eye’ following an incident in a school playground has called for a thorough investigation. Muhammad Parkar had been playing a game of catch ball with a tennis ball on all-weather pitches
A YOUNG motorist led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Burnley in a stolen car, a court heard. Unlicensed driver David Moore, 20, took his girlfriend’s Citroen Saxo from her home in Scarlett Street without asking. During the police
A CRIMINAL who has racked up 17 sets of convictions at the age of 20 is behind bars after offending while on a suspended jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard that Joshua Robert Percy Varey had been given the suspended term for assault after he punched
YES, Mrs Crowther (LT, July 12), we know and deplore what the situation is now in Palestine. What I asked was, what turned a Palestinian grant of land to the Jews to found Israel into a terrorist state? Mr Wilkinson failed to answer that question.
IN response to J Beardwood’s letter (LT, July 13), Gordon Brown has a lot to answer for: he borrowed and spent money like it was going out of fashion. At one time, our money was going to plant trees in Somalia. Gordon Brown sold off all our gold reserves
DOZENS of pupils at a Pendle primary school have been immunised against hepatitis A after four classmates were diagnosed with the condition. Four youngsters at Reedley Primary have contracted the condition, which is mainly caught through contaminated
That's the way to do it! as Punch would say. Come on Darreners, let’s organise a cycling Grand Prix around the town. It’s one way to get some of our potholes filled in. Blackburn town centre had the privilege of hosting the prestigious event for the
MAY I thank so many people who helped me during my husband’s illness. First of all my son Michael and my daughter-in-law Christine who do everything for me. Also my many friends and neighbours for their help and encouragement. And I must thank
THE man behind a management buy-out of a collapsed carpet firm has hailed it as ‘the best outcome possible’. John Wright will head up Renewal Carpet Tiles Ltd after it bought the stock and assets of Dutton Carpets, of Stancliffe Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn
ALTHAM design agency Creativeworld has won a prestigious deal to supply signs for the Millennium Logistics Park in Moscow. MD Clive Wood said: “We’re looking forward to the new signage project and I’m planning an early visit to Moscow.”
PLANS to reintroduce parking restrictions in the centre of Rawtenstall have found favour with traders. More than a year ago the two-hour limit on council-operated car parks in the Valley was suspended. But business leaders have complained that shoppers
FIRE chiefs are set to relax rules on recruiting retained firefighters in East Lancashire. Currently, retained firefighters must live or work within five minutes of their station, to help with response times. But Lancashire Fire Authority is now
A PHOTOGRAPHER is looking to track down a woman whose picture he took at a Ribble Valley event – so he can publish a set of charity Christmas cards. Lensman and journalist Garry Cook, 36, wants to include a shot of a woman taken at the Pickwick Night
LANCASHIRE County Council is recruiting a £98,000 director for its environment department – which has just shed 150 jobs. Bosses say the scaled-down department has saved £3million after reducing the size of its workforce from 1,000 to 850 by offering
A NEW bistro, Sloan’s, has opened in Sabden. It will service ‘rustic’ British, French and Italian cuisine from its base in the antiques mil in Watt Street. The bistro has been opened by Darwen-based Chris Sloan, 36, who formerly worked under chef
WATER firm United Utilities is ‘well positioned’ for the next five years, according to bosses. The company, which supplies water to the North West, held its annual meeting in Manchester on Friday. Investors were told that the firm could push on after
CLITHEROE made their move towards the Ribblesdale League title as they claimed two wins on a double header weekend. Peter Dibb’s men now have a 10 point gap at the top of a table that is still remarkably tight going into the final third of
A POPULAR Blackburn cafe stayed open for one final day today – as a councillor said it owed the council 'thousands of pounds' in rent. Cafe Beees, Church Street, had been expected to close on Saturday after being served an eviction notice by Blackburn
A RUNDOWN mill in the centre of Padiham could be the focus of legal action unless the owners take remedial action. Councillors in Gawthorpe ward had petitioned borough council chief Steve Rumbelow over the state of Perseverance Mill, off Dryden Street
A CLOTHING store with branches across East Lancashire is the latest to try to make a success of the former Woolworth’s store in Rawtenstall. Discount chain Ethel Austin moved into the Bank Street premises from its former home in the Valley Centre.
SAM Allardyce has tipped Brett Emerton to return to his Premier League best this season after insisting the Ewood Park outfit still need him. While sources in Turkey are claiming Galatasaray are back in for his Blackburn Rovers and Australian team
Men sobbing, kids wailing - you would think the World Cup was still going on. Yet all this hysteria is over a children’s cartoon. And, as a sequel, Toy Story 3 is that rare thing - a film as touching as the original with the added bonus
SO there was no Freddie Flintoff, maybe there never was a likelihood of the superstar stepping out at Darwen – but had the biggest name in English cricket decided to swap a weekend in Belgium for a day at Birch Hall, he would have been headline
COPPER thieves stealing cabling from telecom lines are facing a new weapon which coats them in invisible paint. Communications giant BT has become the latest firm to join the fight against scrap metal thieves who are costing them millions of pounds
THE mystery of a signed menu card found at a Fence pub in 1996 has been solved – after the man who put it there returned after 34 years. Staff at the Sparrow Hawk were puzzled by the signatures on the 1976 menu card, discovered in a time capsule when
BLACKPOOL and Sunderland are battling to sign Manchester United forward Danny Welbeck on a loan deal. Newcastle want to bring in Marseille's former Lyon forward Hatem Ben Arfa on loan. Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp intends to name Robbie Keane in
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to save Blackburn's Shadsworth Leisure Centre are set to meet council bosses tonight. The facility has been earmarked for closure as part of Blackburn with Darwen’s £4million cost-cutting plans. At a meeting last week
Chorley pro JJ Smuts marked his last game by beating the club’s professional batting record in the abandoned game at Lancaster. Smuts soon passed the seven runs he needed to surpass the 719 runs recorded by Kiwi Stuart Duff in 1987 on his way to 34.
Professional Aaron Heal starred with the bat as Lowerhouse were winners over Enfield at Liverpool Road. The Australian top scored with 65 out of his side’s 217-6 and received good support from Jonathan Finch, who hit 51. Enfield’s innings was halted
Ammer Mirza made 100 not out as Church were winners against Rishton in a Hyndburn derby. Mirza’s fine knock helped his side up to 219-6 from their 50 overs with Rishton professional Andrea Agathagelou claiming 3-54. Rishton needed 158
BLACKBURN’S eagerly-awaited new shopping centre extension opened its doors this morning. Strictly Come Dancing and Hollyoaks star Ricky Whittle officially opened the Mall's flagship Primark store at 9am and posed for photos with excited fans
Haslingden stayed on top of the table after their win over Todmorden at Bentgate on Saturday. Skipper Graham Knowles claimed 5-51 from 17 overs as Todmorden were 168 all out in 47.4 overs. Several Tod batsmen got starts but no-one went on to make the
East Lancashire professional Brendan Nash made 93 - but his side were thwarted by the weather and dropped down to third place as their game with Nelson was the only one not to produce a result. Nash fell just seven runs short of a century and was one
Accrington’s woes returned as they were well beaten by Bacup at Thorneyholme Road. The home side were bowled out for 128 with David Warren claiming six wickets - but they wouldn’t have got anywhere near that mark had it not been for 46 from number eight
Ramsbottom were big winners over derby rivals Rawtenstall at Acre Bottom with substitute professional Abdur Rehman starring for the title challengers. Rehman, who is over here with the Pakistan squad, spun his way to 5-39, while skipper Jon Fielding
Colne were in a rush to beat the rain as they thumped Burnley by nine wickets at The Horsfield. Professional Anwar Ali’s radar homed in on the stumps as Burnley won the toss and chose to bat. That decision seemed to be a mistake as they slumped to 24
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The thrills of close-up, live entertainment come to Leeds Childrens Holiday Park in Silverdale, when Circus Fiesta rolls into town on Thursday, August 19. Newsquest Northwest has teamed up with Circus Fiesta to promote this great competition to
AN investigation has been launched into the alleged exploitation of a Pakistani woman at the hands of her East Lancs boss. Police are leading the inquiry after the 27-year-old claimed she fled a life of ‘slavery’ in Blackburn and turned up on the doorstep
BARNOLDSWICK Town were given a tough test by higher league Lancaster City but more than held their own. Both sides created chances without really testing either keeper in the first half until Town took the lead. Spencer Jordan ghosted in to the area
HAVING scored 15 goals in their last two outings, Ramsbottom were given a tougher test over the Welsh border at Buckley Town. But the outcome was the same as the in-form Rams continued their impressive build up to the new season with another win. Ian
BACUP boss Brent Peters gave debuts to eight new players and it was one of his new boys, Ashley Higgins, who sealed victory. After Lee Oldham twice went close to opening the scoring, Luke Hargreaves blasted Bacup in to a 35th minute lead with a long
John Coleman is backing Ray Putterill to be a success at the Crown Ground after the midfielder put in an impre-ssive display in Accrington Stanley’s 3-0 weekend win at Northwich. The 21-year-old scored the first goal in the victory just days after agreeing
ZURAB Khizanishvili has been offered a route out of his Ewood Park nightmare having been told he has no future at Blackburn Rovers. The Georgian international has been told he can leave on a free transfer this summer and is understood to have
CLITHEROE came out on top in the warm-up match with local rivals Rossendale United thanks to goals from Mark Jackson and former Burnley player Ollie Devenney. Jackson gave the Blues the lead just after the hour when he slid in at the far post before
SOPHIE Hitchon struck gold at the IAAF World Junior Athletics Cham-pionships in Canada after winning the hammer in dramatic fashion. The Blackburn Harrier sealed victory with her last throw of the competition to become Great Britain’s first ever world
GOALKEEPER Lee Grant could wrap up his move to Turf Moor today after Burnley agreed a fee with Sheffield Wednesday at the fourth time of asking. An improved bid in the region of £1m – with possible £500,000 add-ons – was yesterday accepted
TRIBUTES have poured in for snooker great Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins, East Lancashire’s first world champion in 1972, who died on Saturday. Higgins’ death of throat cancer, aged 61, was confirmed in Belfast at the weekend. Higgins himself
THREE members of a family-run Burnley fashion business will enter the Dragons’ Den tonight. The representatives from Bobo Woman will appear in the hit BBC show to try and secure £75,000 from Peter Jones, Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden, Duncan Bannatyne
