Rovers have defensive injury concerns ahead of this weekend’s visit of Middlesbrough. Darragh Lenihan (knee) is a doubt after missing the Fulham defeat and investigations are ongoing to ascertain the severity of the problem. Captain Elliott
In an ideal world Rovers would have preferred Bradley Dack to have the night off. But how glad they were to have their talisman on the bench as he scored one and created a 96th minute winner for Joe Rothwell, two minutes after Stewart Downing looked
Tony Mowbray admits there were more concerns than positives as Rovers edged past Oldham Athletic in to round two of the Carabao Cup. Joe Rothwell scored a last-gasp winner, in the fifth minute of stoppage time after Stewart Downing had levelled
ACCRINGTON STANLEY - 1 SUNDERLAND - 3 ACCRINGTON Stanley have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle after falling to a narrow 3-1 defeat against Sunderland. It was Stanley's first home game of the season and it started well
Police are enforcing a Section 60 order in Burnley overnight following recent disorder. At around 8.30pm on Sunday, police received reports of a large disturbance in the Montague Road area of the town. Officers attended and the group made off
9:42pm FT and Sunderland progress to the next round 1-3
A car has crashed into the side of a house, causing firefighters to fear for the safety of the building. Emergency services were called to the property in May Avenue at around 3.20pm on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the fire service said: "One
JAY Rodriguez is happy to home following his exit from Burnley seven years ago. The striker transferred to Southampton after making 129 appearances in all competitions for the Clarets during his first spell at his hometown club. A £12 million
LANCASHIRE Police is set to get almost £3million in Government funding to help tackle and prevent serious violence and knife crime. The county is one of 18 areas across England to be allocated funding, with £1.82m from the knife crime fund and £1.16m
AN emergency evacuation has taken place of an East Lancashire police station - amid safety concerns for a four-storey car park. Contractors are said to have sounded the alarm over the condition of Pendle Rise in Nelson. And police chiefs have
POLICE are appealing for information for a missing woman. Lindsay Birbeck has not been seen since 2.30pm on Monday August 12, 2019, and her family are becoming increasingly worried as this is very out of character for her. Ms Birbeck has been
Bags packed, fridge cleaned, and ready to hit the road when the phone rang. It is safe to say Greg Cunningham was as prepared as he could be for a deadline-day move. But even then, the madness took him by surprise. Cunningham had been told by Cardiff
Rovers are closing in on a new Under-23s manager, with Tony Carss set to return to his role as head of coaching after leading the team in recent weeks. Carss was in the dug-out for the opening game of the Premier League 2 season, a harsh 3-1 defeat
ASHLEY Barnes is a firm fan-favourite at Turf Moor, so much so, Burnley fan Bacchus has recorded a grime song in his honour. Burnley boss Sean Dyche is not concerned as to whether his star man gets the recognition he deserves away from the club.
A MAN is in a serious condition in hospital after being rescued from a flat fire. Firefighters rescued the man, who is in his 60s, from the property above Omer’s Barbers in Accrington Road, Blackburn. Four fire engines were sent to the scene
Rovers have to make League Two side Oldham Athletic feel their quality when they meet in tonight’s Carabao Cup first round. That’s the view of boss Tony Mowbray who will shuffle his pack for the game at Ewood Park. Rovers were among the goals
Many of us would have studied, or known someone who studied at Blackburn College over the years. It started out as Blackburn Technical College back in 1888, The Fielden Street centre specialised in engineering and textile courses, and introduced
A SECURITY guard caught with three stun guns in five months has been given a suspended prison sentence. Burnley Crown Court heard father-of-two Mohsun Akbar had claimed two of the stun guns, found in his blue Audi on March 22 last year, were left
DOZENS of cars that have been abandoned for ‘weeks and months’ are causing misery for nearby residents and businesses. Those who live and work on Dickens Street in Blackburn are in uproar about scores of cars which have been left on the road.
DEMOLITION work has been completed on the first of two pubs in the shadow of the former Thwaites brewery in Blackburn. The Veteran, at the corner of Salford and Vicar Street which had not traded for more than 10 years, has been pulled down as part
THE East Lancashire railway line from Preston to Colne would be upgraded and extended across the Pennines to Skipton under a Labour government, the Shadow Transport Secretary promised yesterday. Andy McDonald gave a ‘cast iron’ guarantee the work
A POLICE officer who 'targeted vulnerable women' while on duty is among more than 11 coppers and police staff across Lancashire who have been arrested in recent years. Sexual assault, violence, misconduct in a public office and traffic offences
A MAN has been fined thousands of pounds for felling a tree protected under a preservation order. John Harvey, of Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £2,500 costs for the wilful destruction of a protected tree. The
PROPOSALS for council bosses to prepare the legal paperwork needed to implement a major £11.4million road scheme to cut traffic congestion on one of the main roads into Blackburn and improve access to the town’s hospital have been approved. The
MEASURES to prevent people parking on the recently-opened Carl Fogarty Way in Blackburn are in motion. Blackburn with Darwen Council executive member for growth and development, Cllr Phil Riley, passed proposals to turn the stretch of road into
A FORMER employee of a Blackburn firm of solicitors has appeared before the town's magistrates on fraud charges involving large sums of money paid into his personal account. Mohammed Khan, 26, of Hozier Street, Blackburn, is charged with fraud
TWO men were caught in the act of stealing from the Darwen household waste disposal site. Blackburn magistrates heard one of them jumped over the fence to try and escape but was arrested in the neighbouring compound. The second was eventually
A BURGLAR with a 30-year criminal past is back behind bars today after a judge described him as a ‘considerable danger to shops and commercial businesses in the Blackburn area’. Preston Crown Court heard Craig Grant’s latest crime spree saw him
POLICE have issued images of East Lancashire's most wanted men. They are wanted for a range of alleged offences. Anyone with information about their whereabouts should not approach the men but call police on 101. Scott Chinery, 28, from
A FAMILY jewellers is to close, after 34 years in business. Owners of Goldsmith Family Jewellers in Longridge announced yesterday that they are to retire and will be closing the Towneley Parade store in Berry Lane. The family business has been
A COUNCILLOR who founded Blackburn’s Nightsafe refuge for homeless young people has died aged 82. Politicians from across the political spectrum paid tribute to Edna Arnold who passed away suddenly at home last week. The Liverpool-born former
A MAN racially abused a pharmacist after being told he was banned from the shop. Blackburn magistrates heard the decision to bar Mark Baines had been made as a result of his behaviour on the last occasion he visited the shop on Coal Clough Lane,
A FORMER Burnley shop is to be converted into a teaching and training centre after a compromise was reached over off-street parking. Burnley Council planners turned down proposals to convert the former shop at 35 Green Street into the centre because
YOUNG eco-warriors are being recruited ahead to help save the planet – ahead of Blackburn’s first end-of-summer parade. Supporters of the Festival of Light have devised an environmentally-friendly crusade to stir up the imagination over the six-week
A MAJOR bid to create new performance spaces at Burnley Mechanics is back on track. Borough councillors have been told that progress has been made on a £3million bid to overhaul the Manchester Road venue. An application to the National Heritage
WHAT became the East Lancashire Cricket Club started as a military-based private sports organisation on Corporation Park in the 1860s. The Blackburn Alexandra Cricket Club, nick-named 'the cuff and collar brigade', changed its name in1890 and began
A NEW exhibition about the world-famous Lancashire Witches, including a first-hand account of their trial, is on display until November 3. It also features a supposed 'Witches Ball', lucky charms and a 'White Witch's pig's heart'. The exhibition
Tony Mowbray revealed Rovers were unable to compete with the ‘financial power’ of Fulham after missing out on Harrison Reed. Rovers made a deadline day move for Reed, only for the Southampton midfielder to make the move to Craven Cottage, making
