CHAIRMAN Ilyas Khan has finally completed his protracted takeover of Accrington Stanley shares bringing to an end Eric Whalley’s long association with the Crown Ground club. Khan, Whalley and managing director Dave O’Neill finally put pen-to-paper
Sri Lanka are to fly out veteran all-rounder Chaminda Vaas and spinner Suraj Randiv as cover ahead of the World Cup final amid injury concerns over Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews. Spin legend Muralitharan is set to play the last match of his
A DARWEN microbrewery which started in a garage has beaten the big boys to scoop a top award for its stout. Smokey Joes Black Beer, produced by Hopstar Brewery, was voted the second best stout in Britain by CAMRA. It is the brainchild
FIRE crews were called to a severe blaze at a house in Kingsbury Place, Burnley, at around 11am today. The fire had started in the bedroom and caused serious damage to that room, as well as other rooms in the end terrace property. It is not yet known
PLANS to ‘sack’ around 16 councillors in Pendle have been rejected by all three of the borough’s main political parties. Under proposals to streamline local democracy, councillors had been asked to consider reducing their numbers by a third. But
A DRUNKEN arsonist left a blazing Liverpool FC shirt hanging on a neighbour’s front door handle in a block of flats. Burnley Crown Court heard how Neil Wood, 39, appeared to have no motive for what he did. He could not remember doing it, but accepted
BUS fares are set to rise for pupils in Rossendale who go to school in Greater Manchester. Historically pupils from Bacup, Edenfield, Stubbins and Whitworth, travelling to the likes of Rochdale and Bury for their education, benefitted from a flat 80p
NETWORK Rail has completed an ecology and asset condition survey at the site of the Tordmorden Curve and have found no issues of major concern. A report into the feasability of the plans to reinstall the 500-metre stretch of track, which would improve
Bacup Borough went down to a 1-0 defeat in the Vodkat League Premier Division last night as Yorkshire raiders Silsden claimed a narrow victory. The defeat leaves Borough in 11th place in the table.
AN EAST Lancashire PR agency has been hired by defence giant BAE Systems. Viva, of Bank Street, Rawtenstall, will work with BAE on its in-house magazine, Heads Up. Tony Garner, Viva’s managing director, said: “It’s a wonderful commission for the
GIRLS outperform boys, children from rural areas fair better than those in towns and selective schools have higher pass rates then comprehensive schools. Those are the findings in East Lancashire from a detailed breakdown of last summer’s GCSE
AN ACCRINGTON who was the middle man in a mephedrone-dealing ring has been jailed for 12 months. Burnley Crown Court heard Matthew MacFarlane, 23, owed between £2,500 and £4,500 because of his own addiction to the drug. He claimed his
EAST Lancashire’s Indian and Pakistani communities ground to a halt yesterday as their countries clashed in cricket’s World Cup semi final. Tens of thousands of people across the area were among a billion people from around the world who watched
ROADS bosses have vowed to take a ‘new approach’ in a bid to get on top of the growing pothole menace across Lancashire. But they said that it would result in a vastly improved service, with the most severe fixed within 24 hours. A new report from
IF the screams of nearly 3,000 teenage girls are to be believed — and having heard them it is difficult not to — The Wanted have made it into the big time. Having just embarked on their first headline tour, the show is loosely based around a pun on
AUTHORESS Dorothy Whipple, of Blackburn, remembered old friends, and the people who had been kind to her, when she died in 1966. Dorothy was described as the ‘Jane Austen of the 20th Century’ by J. B. Priestley and her work enjoyed a period of great
OUR look back at St Chad’s Mission brought back memories of his younger days for pensioner Gordon Driver. Now 71, Gordon was born in Pleckgate, Blackburn, as was his mum Irene, who was better known as Renee. She used to live in a cottage next door
Blackburn manager Steve Kean has ruled out midfielder Vince Grella for the remainder of the season after he underwent an Achilles operation. The Australian has played just seven times in the current campaign, only twice since October 24, and
THE moving Mancunian memoir Once In A House On Fire is at The Lowry from March 31 to April 2 plus April 11. Adapted for the stage by Sarah McDonald Hughes, set across South Manchester during the 1970s and 1980s tells the story of a family of
BUS fares are set to rise for students in Rossendale who undertake their schooling in Greater Manchester. Historically pupils from Bacup, Edenfield, Stubbins and Whitworth, travelling to the likes of Rochdale and Bury for their education, benefitted
FILM and media students at St Mary’s College were given a taste Hollywood glitz and glamour at its Oscar style awards ceremony. The Blackburn-based college celebrated the achievements its budding movie makers during its fourth annual Oscar awards.
I saw you as you drove right past, You were it seemed a trifle fast. “calm your self, don’t get haughty I know you were exceeding forty. “what me I said…just as if It could not do it o’er a cliff. Sniffing the alcoholic mist He
TWENTY years after first starting to breed cairn terriers, Walter Bradshaw, of Rawtenstall, celebrated his 27th champion. Little did he realise in 1948 that the strain he developed would produce so many best in shows. His latest success, in the
BACK through the decades, Newman’s Footwear was once Blackburn’s biggest employer. Generations of families were once employed at the Garden Street works, manufacturing a range of shoes and slippers. And they were certainly quick on their feet when
IT was an odd setting for a duel, a misty day on a Burnley housing estate – but a challenge had been issued and accepted. In one corner was the Mayor of Burnley Ald John Parkinson, a single- deck bus and a sharp bend. In the other, the Burnley,
NATHAN Delfouneso believes Burnley can stand up to the mental and physical challenges of an action-packed Championship run-in. The Clarets are building up to the final nine games of the season – eight of which fall in April, beginning with
DAILY life for 73-year-old Edward Sowerbutts, of Nelson, was a world away from his days as a lad and youth. The pensioner, of Rupert Street, who had been born in 1893, recollected his younger days, back in 1966. Edward was just 11 when he first
Last year he was trying to attribute the Hitler moustache back to Charlie Chaplin, this year he's back and claiming to be the Messiah. Or is he? The show entitled Christ on a Bike offers an intelligent and alternative delve into the physical
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Steve Kean believes the pressure of a relegation battle can continue to bring the best out of his players as they prepare to return to action for the first time since their dramatic comeback against Blackpool. Rovers
A 40-year-old alcoholic and drug-addicted man pleaded guilty to a theft offence after finding God while going through rehab. Blackburn magistrates heard David Douglas Greaves’ last five sentences had involved custody as he stole repeatedly in order
HERE we go again: the war memorial wing of the former Blackburn Infirmary could be demolished to make way for housing. Is nothing sacred in this town anywhere? This building was paid for by donations from the people of Blackburn as a
The war memorial building at Blackburn Royal Infirmary (LT, March 26) is in such a state that the only thing to do is knock it down a.s.a.p. It is so bad that even the police are not safe going in when mindless people have got in to wreck it even more
THE criticism of Darwen MP Jake Berry by one of your correspondents was not just a cheap shot but a misguided one. The coalition of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and For Darwen, which ran the council until September of last year, were responsible
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council named best in Britain (LT, March 24). At what? Getting rid of tax payers’ hard-earned cash whilst cutting essential services? They are vying with London and spending £1million to pave part of Kind William Street
A CZECH mother-of-two wanted in connection with a sham marriage investigation has been arrested trying to get back into England, police said. Bozena Dunover, 40, was held at the Calais end of the Channel Tunnel when she handed over a passport
TWO men who were jailed for life for the brutal murder of a convicted rapist have had their minimum terms slashed on appeal. Alan Lee Street, 26, from Oswaldtwistle, was drunk and defenceless when he was tortured, beaten and stabbed with a
Burnley boss Eddie Howe says he is still waiting to hear from Chelsea about Jack Cork’s condition. The midfielder returned to his parent club on Tuesday suffering from a virus.
IT's not often I sit on the fence on a subject but the council’s ban on teddies and other keepsakes placed on headstones in graveyards has me confused. One part of me thinks if it brings comfort and solace to those who are grieving then so be it.
AN awards ceremony for a Ribble Valley school proved to be a poignant occasion as two former pupils were remembered. Special awards were dedicated to Tom Purdy and Matthew Alston, who both died last year, at the awards evening at King George
A CAMPAIGN to save Bacup’s traditional Friday flea market has been won thanks to the generosity of traders. Stallholders at the Union Street market have clubbed together to plug a £3,200 funding blackhole which threatened the weekly gathering
A KITTEN got itself in a right ‘oil’ mess when it became stuck in a car engine. Sanna the tortoiseshell crawled into her owner Shabaz Ali’s Vauxhall Golf outside their home in Palatine Road, Blackburn. Shabaz, 19, said his family started
RESIDENTS blamed rented houses and a lack of jobs for the deprivation in areas of Burnley highlighted in a Government report. The deprivation index study found the neighbourhood around Accrington Road, bordered by Clough Lane, Harold Street
A RED-headed Welshman teased me at the weekend that it was only people like him who were the ‘true English’. I was a migrant, like everyone else claiming to be ‘English’ – Anglo-Saxons from Germany and Denmark, who came during the fifth century
A BRAVE mum who has beaten cancer twice performed a daredevil stunt to raise money for the hospital where she was treated. Claire Matthews took part in a 190-metre zip slide across Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium in aid of The Christie
BURNLEY has slipped 10 places down the official poverty table of England to become the eleventh most deprived borough in the country. And Blackburn with Darwen is the 17th most deprived borough, the government’s three-yearly national deprivation
YOUTHS were seen riding motorbikes near the scene of a grass fire in Darwen. Firefighters attended the incident off Branch Road in Darwen around 8.30pm on Tuesday to put out the blaze.
MILL Hill train station, in Blackburn, is being targeted by graffiti artists daubing ‘tags’ on signs, shelters and benches. ‘LUM’ and ‘RIDDLER’ are being written in black marker pen in waiting rooms and platforms. PC John Phillips, said: “The vandal
FIT-AGAIN Chris McCann insists he will take his comeback one step at a time, and is not looking any further than next week’s reserve game with Morecambe. The midfielder, who has only had 100 minutes’ competitive action since January 2010, said
Daniel Barritt was back in World Rally action last weekend when he co-drove Alastair Fisher to fifth place on the Vodafone Rally of Portugal, the opening round of the FIA WRC Academy series, in a Ford Fiesta R2. Their build-up to the event
The U13 boys from Pendle Athletic Club have enjoyed a glorious winter season which has seen them lift three team trophies. It all started with the North West Road Relays held at Leigh last September when the ‘A’ team of Tiarnen Crorken, James
Katie Trickett and Gary Shaw returned Clayton-le-Moors Harriers’ Performances of the Year for 2010, receiving their trophies at the annual presentation held at the Mytton Fold Hotel. After winning the senior women’s title at the Red Rose Cross
CLASSIC RALLY: The Flying Scotsman passes through the region on Saturday when it follows a route through the Trough of Bowland, Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn. More details from www.endurorally.com KARTING: Sunday’s MBKC meeting at Three Sisters saw Sam
Pendle and District Motor Club held its annual Lee Holland Memorial Stages Rally at Anglesey Race Circuit last Sunday where Stuart Deeley and Alistair Dodd took top honours in their race-bred Lotus Banks Europa. Top Pendle members on the day were Mark
Simpsons Skoda of Colne and Preston, who are sponsoring Jonathan Greer on this year’s Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship, are hoping the Irish rally star gets a podium finish on this weekend’s Bulldog International Rally. The 22-
* Chorley Athletic Club are holding their Annual General Meeting and prize-giving tonight (Thursday) at St Peter’s Club, Eaves Lane, from 7.15pm. The AGM includes a motion from Chorley Harriers suggesting amalgamation talks. * An Audience
A COUPLE have told of their heartbreak after their ‘beautiful’ three-month-old baby died. Lauren Marie Tomlinson was a ‘normal, happy’ baby who had been smiling and blowing bubbles just hours before her death. Mother Ann-Marie Mack went
The Football Association are writing to companies in a bid to save the FA Cup as sponsors E.ON prepare to walk away. The FA have so far been unable to find a new sponsor for the famous competition. Arsenal are weighing up the option of signing Italy's
This is rubbish from Anderson. We talk him up when he is bowling well but this is tripe. Geoff Boycott gives his take on Jimmy Anderson as England struggled in the field against Holland Just to clarify that the television was not hit by
India's favourite cricketing son Sachin Tendulkar will play a World Cup final in his home town of Mumbai after helping his country beat Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali. Tendulkar was named man-of-the-match for his top score of 85 in India's 260 for nine
Captain Shahid Afridi apologised to Pakistan's cricket fans after his side suffered defeat in their highly-anticipated semi-final against arch-rivals India at the World Cup. Pakistan fell 30 runs short of clinching a place in Saturday's final against
SMALL birds are winging their way back into the gardens of Lancashire, according to a survey undertaken by thousands of familiesin the county. More than 11,000 amateur twitchers across 5,000 gardens in the county participated in this year’s RSPB Big
