BURNLEY go in search of a fifth straight win at Watford on Saturday but whatever the result Sean Dyche will remain level-headed in his approach to guiding the Clarets to Premier League safety. The Clarets are three points above the dropzone heading
Police are growing increasingly concerned for a 64-year-old woman who is missing from her home. Sandra Chadwick from Darwen, was reported missing on Monday January 14. She is described as white, 5ft 2inches tall, and of very slim build. This
A 39-year-old man has been charged with murder, after the body of a grandmother was found in a house in East Lancs. Shaun Sanders will appear before Preston Magistrates' Court on Saturday, January 19. Leanne Unsworth was found dead in a house
THOUSANDS of pounds are being raised for the parents of a stillborn baby after being denied IVF treatment on the NHS. Sarah and Mark Parsons, who are trying for another child, are having to look for private treatment after being told the devastating
Two men have been charged with burglary following a break-in in Burnley. In the early hours of Wednesday January 16, police received reports of a disturbance at a property in Dean Street. Officers were informed that at the time of the disturbance
A FORMER adminisration assistant and a customer services manager who together fleeced a plastics firm out of more than £780,000 will face a probe into their financial affairs later this year. Kathryn Jones, then aged 50, was jailed for 24 months
It was touch and go for Matt Mason on last night's episode of Channel 4's Hunted. The Royal Marine from Clayton-le-Moors managed to evade the experts but left viewers on tenterhooks, thinking, 'for just how long?' Thursday's episode started
A good time, not a long time, was how Paul Lambert described his time at Rovers. The 49-year-old took charge of will make his first return to Ewood Park since leaving his position as manager in the summer of 2016. He has faced Rovers since
ACCRINGTON Stanley have re-signed defender Janoi Donacien with the 25-year-old returning to the club on loan from Ipswich. He only joined the Tractor Boys in the summer, initially on loan before his £750,000 move to the Championship outfit was made
Rovers youngster Joe Grayson has joined League Two side Grimsby Town on loan until the end of the season. The defender penned a long-term contract extension at Rovers in November and will further his development on loan with the Mariners. Grayson
TRAINS between Blackburn and Preston, Colne, York and Manchester have been delayed after a man was seen on the railway line at Accrington. A National Rail spokesman said all the lines were blocked after the man was seen just before 12.30pm on Friday
A CHEF who opened one of the longest-surviving curry houses in the UK has died aged 88. Sher Mohammed, who came to the UK from Pakistan in the 1950s, first opened what was then known as the Khyber Café in Whalley Range, Blackburn, in 1967.
DETECTIVES have issued a new appeal as their hunt to find Burnley's most wanted man continues. Officers said they want to speak to Kevin King Yates, 25, following a string of burglaries across East Lancashire, as well threats of violence, cars being
A MUM is warning parents after a man wearing a balaclava robbed her 11-year-old daughter. Sophie Walsh was walking with her friend Grace Lister, 12, along Moor Road, Chorley, near the Co-op convenience store at 7pm on Thursday. A man dressed
TWO men arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a grandmother was found in a house remain in custody this afternoon, police have confirmed. The men, aged 38 and 39 and both from Burnley, were arrested in Wythenshaw on Tuesday on suspicion
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche believes the success of his current club and that of his former team Watford prove their is more than one way to be a hit in the Premier League. The Clarets finished seventh last season to qualify for the Europa League with
A REVELLER from Accrington who left a man in a coma in Bolton has escaped a jail sentence. Qasab Ali, 26, only hit Paul Gahan once outside a venue in August 2016, Manchester Crown Court was told. But after Mr Gahan fell to the ground, he struck
GOING to a football match was not always so effortless. Recently, I took my daughter to her first Blackburn Rovers match. It was a game we won and she seemed to be pretty happy so she had a nap halfway through. I did start thinking of what it
GRITTING lorries were out on the roads of East Lancashire this morning as the county prepared for snow. The move was a precaution after weather forecasters predicted wintry conditions in the afternoon followed by ice forming in the evening.
Paul Downing holds the cards when it comes to a possible January move away from Rovers. The defender has just six months to run on his deal at Ewood Park and has interest from at least one League One club. The 27-year-old has made just three
RAMSBOTTOM United supporters club chairman Dan Comer is using Leicester's Premier League win as inspiration for Rammy to get to Wembley. The Evo Stik West side had 17 fans make the 500 mile round trip to see their side progress to the quarter final
A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates via video link from Australia to answer historic child sex offences. James Rawstron, 69, of Freeman Street, Victoria, Melbourne, pleaded not guilty to two charges of committing an act of gross indecency
Rovers boss Tony Mowbray says he will ‘over-emphasise’ the importance of tomorrow’s home game with struggling Ipswich Town as his side chase a third consecutive league win. Mowbray knows his side, currently six points outside the top six, have
AS the first batch of cold weather hits the UK in 2019, we take a look back at when Queen's Park lake in Blackburn froze over. This fantastic picture was taken in January 1946. With weather plummeting down to -10 degrees Celsius, or 14 degrees
A FESTIVE break from his residential rehabilitation led to a Christmas relapse for a heroin addict. Blackburn magistrates heard Mark Farran reverted to old habits when he returned to Darwen and ended up stealing to fund his addiction. Farran,
A LEADING cakes manufacturer - based in Blackburn - has been given a £40million investment shot in the arm for 2019. BBF, of Sett End Road, has secured financing through Wells Fargo Capital Finance to develop is dessert business, which employs
BRITAIN could be sliding into a second Euro-referendum as the only way to break Parliament’s Brexit deadlock, two MPs believe. Hyndburn’s Graham Jones and his Blackburn Labour colleague believe a new public vote may be the only way to free the political
FRIENDS of a Burnley woman who was found dead in her house have set up a fundraising page to help pay for the funeral costs. Detectives launched a murder investigation after 40-year-old Leanne Unsworth was found dead in a house in Marlborough Street
TRAFFIC flow restrictions on Burnley Road affecting vehicles coming into Blackburn from Junction Six of the M65 should be lifted over the weekend. Part of the key route into the town centre have been subject to works connected with the final section
THE boss of one of East Lancashire's biggest firms believes his company would survive a no deal Brexit despite an initial financial hit. Colin Mustoe, founder and chairman of the Altham-based office furniture manufacturer changed his mind during
REFURBISHMENT works forming the first part of the Blakey Moor heritage scheme are set to be completed by mid-March. Work has been going on at 35 Northgate in Blackburn in recent months after a £91,000 grant was awarded. The building was last
COUNCIL officers are busy preparing for a Brexit “worst case scenario.” Blackburn with Darwen Council leader, Cllr Mohammed Khan, said work is ongoing to make sure council departments and services are ready in the event of a no-deal Brexit on March
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has switched its financial strategy to longer-term borrowing to avoid being caught out by uncertainty in the markets caused by Brexit. The council’s director of finance, Louise Mattinson, said the council had been borrowing
THOUSANDS of pounds-worth of mobile phones were stolen in a raid on a games store. Two balaclava-clad burglars used a crowbar to break into Games @ Nine in Nelson and took a safe containing more than 30 electronic devices, valued at £8,000.
BUS drivers say new uniforms have left them feeling the chill this winter. The group, who work for Transdev-owned Blackburn Bus Company, contacted the Lancashire Telegraph with their woes, saying they were forbidden by bosses to wear extra layers
A 30-YEAR-OLD drug user was found dead by paramedics at his home, an inquest heard. Jordan Cook was found in his Clitheroe home on May 28 after relatives called an ambulance. The inquest at Blackburn Town Hall heard how family and friends had
A COUPLE are leaving a pub because they said there were too many bars competing with them. Darwen publicans Zoe and Martin Evans, who have run The Crown in Redearth Road for five years, will be leaving in three weeks. The decision to quit 12
DRAG queens will be performing as part of an East Lancashire showcase next month. Accrington’s Lucie Bates has spent five months organising the event, Anti-Valentine’s Day Massacre, to be held at the Electric Church Club, Northgate, Blackburn, next
Richie Smallwood says he won’t be giving his central midfield spot up without a fight despite the emergence of Lewis Travis on the first team scene. Travis was expected to leave the club on loan this month, but is now set to make his sixth consecutive
A HOUSING agency has been slammed for dumping rubbish outside a property it owns. Household waste, clothes and wooden doors have been left outside a home on Whalley New Road, Blackburn for the past seven days. Neighbours say they have spotted
