A CYCLIST is set to start an epic 31,000km journey to every capital city in Europe, as well as his hometown of Blackburn, for charity. Steven Primrose-Smith, 40, will begin his amazing three-year-long ride next week taking in all 50 cities. Just two
THE family of a man who died in the East Lancashire Hospice, aged just 46, have urged people to support the charity’s £125,000 roof appeal. Peter Boardman, a father-of-two, died last month, eight months after he was diagnosed with terminal
A WOMAN has died after fire ripped through a sheltered housing bungalow in Nelson. The body of the woman, who is believed to be in her 50s and disabled, was discovered by firefighters after they were called to her home in Rakeshouse Road around 3am
TWO members of an armed gang who robbed two cash-in-transit vans and shot a security guard have had appeals thrown out. Dean Farrell, 24, of Billinge Avenue, Blackburn, was jailed for at least 11 years last May for shooting Loomis courier Imran Aslam
FIRE crews from all over East Lancashire are tackling a large blaze on Darwen Moors today. The fire started shortly after midday and eight crews from Lancashire and three from Greater Manchester attended the blaze, near Turton. Inspector
A PARATROOPER serving in Afghanistan has completed a remarkable endurance marathon at his base in the Helmand Province. Lance Corporal Robert Fisher, 39, who is serving with The 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment in Shahzad, ran around the base 26 times
ANYONE else fed up of seeing Blackburn Rovers be disrespected from all sections of the footballing world? I know I am. Fair enough, some people don't like what the club's new owners Venky's have done at Rovers over the last few months.
THIEVES who fill up and drive off from service stations in the Ribble Valley are being targeted as part of a new police operation. Detectives have joined forces with The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) and retailers to introduce Forecourt
NEWLY-laid allotments have been threatened by an ancient footpath – before the first full harvest for gardeners. Land off Greenberfield Lane, Barnoldswick, was set aside for vegetable patches last summer, when the first of 22 tenants moved in. But
Skipper Andrew Strauss admitted his England team fell well short at the World Cup, and changes may have to be considered to bring about the necessary improvements. England's 10-wicket quarter-final defeat to Sri Lanka in Colombo was a cruel end to
A SUICIDAL alcoholic who tried to set fire to himself in front of police was saved by an officer, a court heard. Darren Bannister, 43, had been armed with an open bottle of "barbecue lighting fluid" and a lighter after a row with his teenage son had
USERS of a skate ramp which has been closed by the council are being urged to bid for funding for new equipment. The skate ramp in Victoria Park, Haslingden, was removed this week for safety reasons, but the leader of the park’s friends group
A FIRE-damaged mill chimney is in such a dangerous condition that it should be demolished or repaired immediately, according to council officials. Bosses at Hyndburn Council said they were so worried about the state of the 100ft chimney at the Rhyddings
Sri Lanka proved a step much too far as England were trounced by 10 wickets for a humbling World Cup exit at the hands of Tillekeratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga. England's progress to the quarter-finals was unconvincing, involving a succession of improbably
