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  • Owen Coyle is back in management - landing job in India

    Owen Coyle has landed a new job in the Indian Super League. The former Rovers and Burnley boss has been appointed as head coach of Chennaiyin FC, replacing John Gregory who left the club last month. Coyle has been out of work since his six

  • Keep your Elf on the Shelf game strong with our new ideas

    IF you have children – or even just know someone who has little ones – then there is every chance that you have heard about the Elf on the Shelf phenomenon. On December 1 every year, households across the country are overtaken by mischief-making

  • The Lenihan effect: Stats highlight defender's importance

    Would it be too simplistic to draw the conclusion that Rovers’ form can be linked to the availability of Darragh Lenihan? Rovers have had their defensive struggles over the course of the last two seasons, and are yet to convince they have overcome

  • Booking boost for Rovers as first suspension amnesty reached

    Rovers have been handed a boost – reaching the first yellow card amnesty without a player receiving a suspension. Previously, Rovers had been sweating on four players being one yellow card away from an automatic ban that would be triggered when

  • Lancashire highest for drink-driving

    NEW data has shown drink driving offences in Lancashire increase in December. As Christmas approaches, people are attending parties and seem to not know when they are over the limit. Confused.com revealed 4,254 motorists were caught drink-driving

  • 'Rovers Revolution' will evoke memories of title-winning season

    Members of Rovers’ title-winning team will be at King George’s Hall tomorrow night to mark the launch of a new book that charts the club’s rise to the best in the land. ‘Rovers Revolution’ is the work of journalist John Duerden and examines the

  • Just announced: Diana Ross adds second Manchester date

    DIANA Ross has announced a second show at Manchester Arena next summer. She will round off the UK leg of her Diamond Diana - Top of the World tour with the show on Sunday, July 19. In June she will play the coveted Legends slot as Glastonbury

  • Fire service warning over log burners and chimneys

    The fire service have issued a warning to people using log burners and coal fires this winter after a fire broke out in a house. Crews from Rawtenstall and Nelson attended the fire in the bedroom of a property in Gorrell Close in Newchurch-in-Pendle

  • 'Personality coming through' - The development of Davenport

    The Premier League Cup win over Burnley was a 10th outing of the season for central midfielder Jacob Davenport as he continues his build up his fitness. Davenport is one of several fringe first-team players getting minutes under their belts for

  • Council bin wagons torched in late night arson attack

    An investigation is underway after five council bin wagons were torched when a compound was broken into. At around 11.50pm on Monday, police and fire crews were called to the Hyndburn Council compound in Brown Street, Accrington, following reports

  • Thick black smoke billows through town as tyres set on fire

    A large number of tyres were set on fire at a tyre repair centre overnight, causing thick black smoke to billow through the air. Fire crews tackled the blaze at Ri Tyres on Whalley Banks in Blackburn for about two hours, after receiving the initial

  • Reunion for ex-Shadsworth High School pupils and staff

    A FORMER councillor is organising a reunion for ex-Shadsworth High School pupils and staff. Two reunion events are being held at the former Shadsworth School site, on Saturday December 7, at 10am and 2pm. Naushad Surve, who represented Little

  • Supermarket fridge door accident 'changed my life forever'

    A MAN who only has 20 per cent neck movement after a supermarket fridge door fell on him says the incident has changed his life. Stuart Clegg’s world was turned upside down when a fridge door fell onto the back of his neck while he was leaning

  • Comic Relief brings a smile down the years

    EVEN in the hardest of times, East Lancashire's people always put their hands into their pockets for Comic Relief. It's in our blood to help others and provide support to those who are in a less fortunate position. Comic Relief was founded in

  • Jail for stalker who tried to ram barmaid off road

    A DRUNKEN man who tried to ram a married barmaid off the motorway after she refused to give him her number has been jailed. Burnley Crown Court heard how Albanian national Lirim Maqinaj followed his victim for 30 minutes from the Robin Hood in

  • HOLD THE FRONT PAGE: Toy explodes in face of daughter

    PLAYING games are meant to be fun but it was not like that for an eight-year-old girl from Blackburn back in December 1979. Brian Wadeson was recalling the drama and danger when a Star Wars yo-yo he bought from a suitcase salesman exploded in his

  • Terraced homes plan for former tanning salon

    SHOPS last used as a tanning salon could be converted into homes. A row of properties at 148-152 Blackburn Road in Accrington sold at auction for £88,000 in July. And now a planning application has been submitted to Hyndburn Council proposing

  • The plight of homeless children is revealed

    NEW figures reveal that 13 children across East Lancashire were homeless and living in temporary accommodation in March. Government statistics showed seven of these were in Blackburn with Darwen representing one in 5,586 of the borough’s 40,504

  • Wildcats pounce on top county club prize

    ACCRINGTON Wildcats Rugby League FC has been crowned 'Club of the Year' at the Lancashire Sports Awards. It was one three prize-winners from Hyndburn at the annual event on Friday at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Clayton-le-Moors. Baxenden St John

  • Singer wins haul of trophies at music festival

    A SINGER went home with an armful of silverware after the finals of a popular East Lancashire music festival. Evonne Beardsworth, 33, from Foulridge, won out in three vocal categories at the annual Luther Greenwood event in Colne. She got the

  • Blackburn fashion designer makes skirt for Princess Beatrice

    A FASHION designer whose designs have even caught the eye of royalty has won a global award. Former University of Huddersfield student, Celine Zara Constantinides was invited to Qingdao, China on November 7 for the World University Student Fashion

  • Pervert ex-PE teacher groomed 5 girls at school

    AN ex-PE teacher, who had a string of sexual relationships with under-age girls from his school, is facing jail. Geoffrey Openshaw, who taught at Darwen Vale, systematically groomed five youngsters, at different times, between 1979 and 1990, Preston

  • Win a £500 Christmas shopping spree at The Mall Blackburn

    THIS week the Lancashire Telegraph is launching an exciting Christmas competition in conjunction with The Mall Blackburn, in which a lucky winner could bag a shopping spree.  The competition is giving one Lancashire community group or sports club

  • Extension proposal for Blackburn school revealed

    PLANS to extend a free school for pupils who find it difficult in a mainstream environment have been revealed. The Heights school in Blackburn currently has three classrooms that do not provide adequate space to accommodate pupils, with static pillars

  • How Bennett has maintained leadership role in dressing room

    Elliott Bennett may have been left out of Rovers’ last two starting line-ups but has maintained a key figure in the dressing room, according to Tony Mowbray. Bennett came off the bench and produced an assist for Sam Gallagher’s late winner at Stoke

  • Sean Dyche believes Dwight's alright for England

    Sean Dyche believes winger Dwight McNeil should be in the frame for an England call-up after continuing to impress for the Clarets this season. The 20-year-old has been an ever-present for Burnley this season and has now made 33 Premier League