Rovers boss Tony Mowbray is confident Bradley Dack won’t be leaving the club this summer. The club haven’t received any bids for the 25-year-old who netted 18 goals last season, despite reported interest from newly-promoted Aston Villa and Premier
An investigation is underway after fire crews spent two hours tackling a blaze in a flat. Firefighters and police attended the ground floor property on Ivinson Road, Darwen, at around 8am on Sunday. Four crew members wearing breathing apparatus
Tony Mowbray feels there are some good options available to Rovers in the transfer market this summer. Mowbray has just returned from a family holiday, and having been out to meet with owners Venky’s in India, knows the budget he is working with
A SHOCKED community has paid tribute to a ‘beloved’ 11-year-old boy who died suddenly over the weekend. Police have confirmed that the boy died in the Royal Blackburn Hospital after he was taken ill at his home on Marsden Road in Burnley on Saturday
A spokesman for the service said two people were taken to hospital. EMERGENCY services were called out in the middle of night to rescue a person who had fallen into water. Firefighters and paramedics attended Bacup Road at 1.18am to perform
A WOMAN has died after being bitten on the hand and neck by a dog. Sharon Jennings, 55 from Preston, was walking her own dog on the old railway lines in Brookfield between 6pm and 7.30pm on May 31 when her pet and another dog started to fight.
Rovers players have paid tribute to Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh who died at the age of 49 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Orient announced Edinburgh's death, saying the former Tottenham defender had died on Saturday after suffering
A NEW leadership team is being put in place at an East Lancashire law firm. Simon Brown has joined Rawtensall-based WHN from the Money Advice Group to become their first managing director. He will be working with Michael Shroot, currently director
A TEENAGER is in a serious condition in hospital after being cut out of her car on Saturday evening. The police, fire service and paramedics were called to Centenary Way in Burnley at around 5.45pm to reports of a crash. An 18-year-old woman
AN engineering boss from East Lancashire has been disqualified as a director for three years after falling foul of the taxman. Brian Makinson had an unpaid VAT bill of £184,975 when R&B Civils went under in June 2017. An inquiry found that
ONE of East Lancashire's major commercial builders is predicting solid year-on-year growth. Latest results for Nelson-based Barnfield Construction have shown a 17 per cent turnover increase, from 2017 to 2018. And with an order book which is
TWO Darwen businesses looking to expand are doing deals with the council to buy their current premises. Multevo, formerly known as Multihog, occupies premises at Charles St which they rent from Blackburn with Darwen Council. The company has
TONY Jayawardena’s enthusiasm for the project which will dominate his life for the next month couldn’t be more obvious. His eyes light up as he looks around Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre where a new version of Hobson’s Choice is being staged
By JONATHAN GRIEVE AND CHLOE WILSON TOURISM in the Ribble Valley is booming, latest figures show. Recently released statistics show day visitors to the borough remained constant in 2017, while the number of visitors staying in the area overnight
MANY restaurants and cafés these days like to specialise in one style of food or another. One-such is Banny’s, basically the first building you come to when the M65 runs out in Colne. As part of the Boundary Mill operation, it has to cope with
THERE is nothing worse than having a guest around and then having to entertain him for a few days when you really don’t want to. I can understand people’s frustrations at President Trump visiting the UK but all in all things turned out pretty ‘okay
By CHLOE WILSON HAVE you ever wondered how the other half live — or how much their houses cost? Property experts, Zoopla, reveal the five most expensive streets in and around Blackburn and how much they estimate a house would cost. While
Pupils from a Blackburn high school dabbled in politics last week as they took part in a workshop run by UK Parliament. Youngsters from Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School (TIBHS) learned about the role of parliament and democracy from Senior Education
IT WAS a washout weekend across East Lancashire with events cancelled left, right and centre. But the 39th Slaidburn Steam and Vintage Vehicle Display festival ploughed ahead as planned - and hundreds enjoyed the cars, buses and tractors on show
RESIDENTS calls to scrap recycling bags and replace them with bins are to be adopted - but only for half of Burnley. Residents petitioned Burnley Council to introduce bins instead of the current system, which sees people forced to use white sacks
A COUNCIL bid to win funding for Haslingden town centre has progressed to the next stage. Earlier this year, Rossendale Council submitted an expression of interest to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for money to help transform the town. The
