STEVE Stone praised striker Dan Agyei after his match-winning double helped fire Burnley Under-23s to a 3-0 win over Hull on Friday. Agyei scored twice with Rob Harker also on target as the Clarets youngsters made it three wins on the spin. And
TWO dogs have attacked and killed several sheep near Darwen Tower. Detectives are searching for the owners of two Hungarian vislas following the attack on the Darwen moorlands yesterday between 9am and 10am. A police spokesman said: "It is
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of raping a child and selling cocaine. The 30-year-old, from Nelson, has today been charged with three offences, including raping a girl under 16, money laundering and possession with intent to supply class A
READING Shuiab Khan’s article on Shamina Begum in the Lancashire Telegraph on February 16 really annoyed me. Firstly he says the fact that she was only fifteen years old when she left Britain and went to Syria meant she did not have the life skills
THERE has in the last few days, been deposited in the homes around Clitheroe, what can only be described as political propaganda from the Conservatives and the Liberal parties. Each one carries a statement about how these political parties propose
Something had to change for Rovers at half time after an opening 45 minutes in which Tony Mowbray said his team were ‘unrecognisable’. What followed was three substitutions before the second period got underway, and another formation change.
TEN years ago teenage singing sensation Diana Vickers was embarking on the famous X Factor tour. The 17-year-old from Accrington had wowed TV audiences with her quirky performances and had been a favourite to win the show. She eventually finished
AN investigation into the cause of a large fire at a derelict school is ongoing, a fire service spokesman said. Dozens of firefighters were called to the former Ivy Bank School in Byron Street, Padiham, at around 1.50pm on Sunday. Crews battled
BOSS John Coleman is hoping Stanley's goals at Sunderland can open the floodgates as he prepares for tonight's home game with Oxford United in League One. The Reds had gone the equivalent of almost seven games without finding the net in the third
FUNERAL details have now been announced for the former Blackburn Rovers and England legend Fred Pickering. The 78-year-old died at Haydock Care Home in Ramsgreave on Saturday, February 9. He started his career at his hometown club in 1959 as
BALACLAVA-CLAD men used a claw hammer to attack a pensioner in his own home during a house burglary. Police were called to Accrington at around 6.45pm last Sunday after three men, posing as pizza delivery men, broke into the 66-year-old's home
A PENSIONER has thanked his ‘lucky stars’ after scooping a quarter of a million pounds from his winning lottery ticket. A man who wishes to only be known as Robin, from Burnley, received a huge surprise when the cashier at Accrington Tesco advised
DANNY Dyer has waded into the Shamima Begum controversy - saying the teenager should be allowed back into the UK. The EastEnders star said the runaway schoolgirl must have been "lost within her soul" to go to Syria. The 41-year-old told Good
A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates following an incident in which a garage worker lost three teeth after being knocked to the ground and punched more than 20 times. David Ostafi, 28, of Hamilton Street, Blackburn, pleaded not guilty
THE floodlights have gone out at Leyland’s County Ground and a sharp winter breeze is blowing through the air but Burnley Under-23 boss Steve Stone is more than happy chatting football. The Clarets came from two down to beat Bolton 4-2 last week
FORGET romantic crooning and soppy ballads, an anti-Valentine’s drag night went down a storm in Blackburn. The drag showcase, called Anti-Valentine’s Day Massacre, saw four professional UK drag acts take to the stage for a two-hour set at the Electric
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman and striker Billy Kee both believe Paul Smyth can prove to be a strong signing for the club. The frontman, on loan from Championship club Queens Park Rangers, opened his account for the Reds in Friday night's
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe picks out five talking points from the defeat to Middlesbrough. HOW AND WHY How and why it took so long, and falling down to 10 men, to show signs of life will be of concern to Tony Mowbray, as will a fourth
SAM Vokes is woven into the fabric of much of Burnley’s success in recent years. From dancing on his crutches at the promotion party of 2014, to sparking the next one with the winner against QPR two years later. The 29-year-old played his part
Rovers Ladies made it three wins in eight days – despite playing the second half with striker Saffron Jordan in goal. Goals from Jess Holbrook and Saffron Jordan had Rovers in front before a three-minute hat-trick from Alex Taylor ensured victory
Derrick Williams will serve a two-match ban after a second red card of the season, the Football Association has confirmed. The Rovers defender, restored to the starting line-up for Sunday’s game against Middlesbrough, was dismissed on the stroke
A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with indecently assaulting a woman in an Oswaldtwistle pub. Tommy Alan Speight, 25, of White House Lane, Oswaldtwistle, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a female in the Rhoden Inn on
Middlesbrough boss Tony Pulis felt going with two strikers was ‘the right system’ against Rovers after their 1-0 win at Ewood Park. In a rare move, the Boro boss partnered Ashley Fletcher and Britt Assombalonga as a front two against Rovers and
A SENIOR councillor has called on a high street bank to reconsider plans to axe two branches in Pendle. If Barclays presses ahead with proposals to close their Nelson and Colne sites, it would leave them with only their location in Church Street
A MAN injured himself as he fled a house fire. A fire service spokesman said plastic fences had caught fire and the flames spread to a house in Formby Close, Blackburn, at 7pm on Sunday. The house, made up of two flats, was badly burnt and
Harry Chapman is set to feature for Rovers Under-23s when they face Everton tonight (7pm). Chapman hasn’t played since signing from Middlesbrough last month, but could be given some game-time for Damien Johnson’s side. The Under-23s travel
A COUPLE have appeared before Blackburn magistrates after they were allegedly seen having sex in a van in the presence of a two-year-old child. The court was told Georgina Bray was seen performing a sex act on Carl Stoiles before engaging in sexual
A BLIND woman is backing a charity campaign to ensure support for patients losing their sight. Cllr Jenny Molineux, who works at Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals and is also a borough and county councillor, has an eye condition called
ONE man’s vision has led to a four-generation Blackburn firm celebrating its 100th anniversary. Bowker has taken the town’s name around the world - and is still expanding in 2019. But the centenary would not have been possible without the original
A WOMAN worked a three pronged scam in a Blackburn town centre store. Blackburn magistrates heard she stole an item returned it to the store and exchanged it and then went back again with the product and the exchange receipt for which she received
RESIDENTS of a potholed street will next weekend resurface it themselves because the council refuses to do it. Householders on Albany Road in Blackburn have spent five years asking their local authority to repair the carriageway outside their homes
SUPERMARKET staff who were seen throwing away sleeping bags and blankets belonging to rough sleepers have been slammed by those affected. Last week, bosses from the Morrisons store in Blackburn admitted that they had taken action against the homeless
A Whitworth Community High School student has landed a place at the prestigious Shockout Arts Limited dance institution in Manchester. Jasmine Somerwill, 15, from Britannia, Bacup, was selected from hundreds of hopefuls and will be studying a BTEC
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is calling on communities across East Lancs to transform an unloved space into a green haven in time for summer. Now in its fourth year, the RHS Greening Grey Britain scheme, is offering up to 50 intergenerational
A POLICE investigation into allegations of sexual assault by a senior Blackburn Cathedral clergyman has ended without any charges. The accusations of inappropriate touching by Canon Andrew Hindley were made by a woman and a teenage girl in April
EAST Lancashire Line operator Northern has reassured passengers that its current 40-year-old Pacer trains will all be replaced by the end of the year. Its promise came after fears the trains might still be in use next year. The Pacers, constructed
WE have taken a trip down memory lane looking for an image of Blackburn and surrounding areas down the years. And our trip has unearthed this picture which really does paint one thousand words of Preston New Road, Blackburn, around the turn of the
A MAN who was left writhing in pain in a muddy field waited for over three hours for an ambulance to come and help him -but paramedics never turned up. In the end, Andrew Hamilton, who had been out walking his three dogs near his Edgworth home
David Raya was at a loss to explain why Rovers weren’t themselves in a poor first half display in the 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough. Britt Assombalonga scored the only goal of the game on 19 minutes as Rovers fell to a fourth consecutive Championship
A PROPOSAL to build 10 homes on a small sloping woodland near a town centre has been branded ‘completely unacceptable’. The scheme would develop the 0.8 acres site off Fountain Street in Darwen with five pairs of semi-detached four-storey houses
THE vacant top two floors of a landmark town centre building could be set to be converted into 30 studio flats for young professional single people. The owner of The Burtons Building on Blackburn Road in Accrington would then restore its frontage
VANDALS have struck again at a historic glasshouse at the centre of a Victorian open space. Several panes of glass have been smashed at Blackburn’s Corporation Park conservatory. It is the latest damage caused by repeated attacks on the 1857
A GROUP of weightlifting mums has raised £1,858 for charity, by taking part in a gruelling lifting challenge. Throughout January, each member of the Rossendale-based Strong Mama’s, completed at least 24 hours of strength training, with the team
A COUSIN of The Queen has opened a new £4million Christian Retreat centre at Stonyhurst College, the Roman Catholic independent school near Clitheroe Lord Nicholas Windsor, the great grandson of King George V, opened Theodore House. The new Christian
In an aim to help reduce anxiety amongst women, a ladies gardening club is on the look-out for new green-fingered members. Lancashire Women’s Gardening Club is offering women across the county the chance to grow flowers, herbs or vegetables for
A TEENAGER who became involved in a lovers’ tiff ended up kicking his friend in the face. Brodie Strudwick said he was ‘acting as peacemaker’ between two of his friends when the incident occurred, but rather than helping things remain calm, the
A MAN who was left writhing in pain in a muddy field waited for over three hours for an ambulance to come and help him -but paramedics never turned up. In the end, Andrew Hamilton, who had been out walking his three dogs near his Edgworth home
