ACCRINGTON STANLEY – 2 BOLTON WANDERERS – 0 ACCRINGTON Stanley progressed to the last 16 of the Leasing.com Trophy with a 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers. A first half goal from Offrande Zanzala put the Reds in the lead before substitute Colby
Women’s FA Cup Second Round Burnley FC Women 2 Hull City Ladies FC 1 AN IMPRESSIVE performance by Burnley FC Women’s goalkeeper Lauren Bracewell and two goals by Sarah Greenhalgh saw the Clarets fight back to beat Hull in the Women’s FA
Rovers have expressed their condolences at the passing of former manager Jim Smith, aged 79. Smith took over at Rovers in June 1975, aged just 34, then in the second division, in what was his second job in management after leaving Colchester United
9:40pm It's all over and Stanley progress to the last 16 of the EFL Trophy with a 2-0 win over Bolton
SEVERAL malicious letters threatening to bomb post offices in East Lancashire were received by workers today – forcing a least one outlet to close for the day over security concerns. Ifthakhar Sarwar, the sub-postmaster at Scaitcliffe Post Office
A man last seen at the Salvation Army at the end of November is still missing. Police are growing concerned for the welfare and whereabouts of Liam Leather-Barrow who has been missing from Blackburn since November 26. A spokesperson for the police
AN East Lancashire election candidate has been caught up in a racism row. Rick Moore, standing for The Brexit Party in Blackburn, was filmed by Channel Four News standing by as one of its activists in Hartlepool insulted Muslims. Local Brexit
CAR insurance has become more expensive and more complicated in recent years leading some people to get caught out by changes in the rules. It used to be the case that driving your partner or someone else's car was no problem as long as you were
Rovers will travel with confidence for their away day double-header with Tony Mowbray hopeful they will be able to improve their points return on the road. Mowbray’s men have collected 21 of their 30 points this season at Ewood Park, but ended
JEREMY Corbyn returned to East Lancashire yesterday to promote his party’s ‘bold’ agenda for change to voters in marginal Pendle. The Labour leader, who addressed a rally in Darwen Library Theatre early in the election campaign, spoke to dozens
A MAN was twice found in possession of stolen property within hours of it being taken. Blackburn magistrates heard on the first occasion 300 euros were stolen from a car and less than four hours later Damon James Fielding was caught on CCTV exchanging
A MAN who was out with his girlfriend indecently assault a Blackburn pub manageress. Blackburn magistrates heard Ryan Leech slapped the woman's backside as she was escorting him from the pub. And as he tried to persuade her to let him back in
SIX people have been arrested as part of an investigation into nail bars allegedly employing illegal immigrants, money laundering and potential human trafficking offences. Police swooped on houses in Darwen and Bolton this morning and also searched
Joe Rankin-Costello will be part of an extended squad when Rovers travel for their away-day double-header. Rovers will head down to South Wales on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the Wednesday night game at Swansea City and won’t return to East Lancashire
A CANNABIS farm has been discovered in Nelson. Police arrested a man on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis and seized the plants on Monday. A police spokesman said: "Believe it or not this is not an address which is selling Christmas trees
IT'S the most wonderful time of the year. And plenty of homes have been spreading some Christmas cheer with their Christmas lights displays around the area this year. If you've got your lights up or you've spotted a particularly beautiful
BLACKBURN with Darwen's gritters were sent out last night due to freezing temperatures expecting to last into this morning. Today the minimum temperature could get down as low as -1.2C, with frost and ice predicted to last into the morning. A
A SHEEP had to be rescued after it became stuck in a stream. Firefighters from Burnley and Darwen, were called to Ightenhill Park Lane, Burnley, at 12.45pm on Monday to rescue the sheep. A fire service spokesman said two water rescue technicians
Corry Evans’ return to the side has coincided with Rovers’ winning run, and it’s his ability to recycle possession that has made the difference. That’s the view of manager Tony Mowbray who admits the midfielder’s international commitments did play
A YELLOW weather warning for wind has been issued for East Lancashire. Very strong winds are expected across the region today and may cause some disruption, the Met Office has predicted. A forecaster spokesman said there may be delays to road
Blackburn Hawks 11 Nottingham Lions 0 IT was a perfect evening both on and off the ice for Blackburn Hawks when both the players and fans delivered. For while the Hawks rattled in 11 goals without reply in their latest Midland Cup fixture,
BLACKBURN Rovers stars kicked off the festive season in style at the Junior Rovers Christmas Party. First-team players Sam Gallagher, Lewis Holtby, Derrick Williams and Jayson Leutwiler joined hundreds of young fans for the annual Christmas celebration
Rovers youngster Scott Wharton has been nominated for the League Two player of the month award for November. Wharton scored four times in the space of three games for the Cobblers last month, including two in a 4-1 win over Crewe Alexandra.
MORE than 150 kind-hearted bikers made a special delivery of toys and gifts to seriously ill children in time for Christmas. The Rivington Barn Bikers travelled in convoy to deliver a sleigh-load of presents from their base to Derian House Children
DESPITE being one of the younger members of the Burnley first team squad, manger Sean Dyche has told his older players to take a lead from Dwight McNeil. The Clarets boss described the 20-year-old as a ‘shining light’ and his performance at the
FIFTEEN children’s homes across East Lancashire are not providing sufficient levels of care to children in need, damning new figures have revealed. Of the 57 children’s homes across Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, the Ribble Valley, Hyndburn, Rossendale
POLICE have released images of men wanted in connection with offences including arson, dangerous driving, burglary and controlling and coercive behaviour. The public is advised not to approach them but to contact the police on 101 with information
A HOMELESS charity has restarted its winter out-reach project to donate food to the homeless. Blackburn-based Community Spirit is now looking for donations to help fund their nightly work. A team of volunteers, led by chairman Neil Mistry, go
IT'S getting ever close...the time when the man in the red suit comes delivering presents. But, turning up by a narrow boat in 1998 was a sight to behold as Santa handed out sweets and gifts to visiting children at the Weaver's Triangle Visitor
POLICE responding to a concern for welfare call ending up finding a Vietnamese fisherman growing £84,500 of cannabis. Burnley Crown Court heard how police had gone to the three-bedroom terraced property in Railway Road, Nelson, at 5.30am on September
A MAJOR East Lancashire charity which helped unemployed people into work will have to be wound up, its administrators have concluded. Blackburn-headquartered Bootstrap Enterprises no longer has the income or assets to meet its debts, accountant
A RENOWNED programme celebrating some of the historic outliers of East Lancashire is set to get a punk makeover. Boff Whalley, one of the founders of Chumbawamba, has united with friends Stephen Hartley and Casey Orr to explore the history of Pendle's
REGULAR readers of Bygones will have noted that the famed escapologist Harry Houdini didn't always enjoy happy times when he came to East Lancashire. When the Handcuffs King brought his stage show to the Palace Theatre in Blackburn, he barely escaped
COMMUNITY groups are working tirelessly to plan festive meals for isolated and vulnerable people. Blackburn with Darwen’s social integration programme – Our Community, Our Future – has given funding to various community groups to help them bring
A TALENTED former Accrington and Rossendale College painting and decorating apprentice has been highly commended in a national competition. Megan Talbot, from Rawtenstall, showcased her skills at the World Skills Skill Build Final at Birmingham’
DEVELOPERS are appealing after borough planners threw out an application for supported living in Accrington. In October, controversial plans to build assisted living flats on an Accrington back alley were thrown out, leaving campaigners overjoyed
THE OWNER of a plastic-free shop has unveiled plans to open a second after a successful response. Claire Plowes from Simonstone opened her first Turtle Bee shop in Great Harwood at the end of August. It won a lot of praise from shoppers, and
NEW government figures show the North West second-highest suicide rate in the United Kingdom for the second year running. The Office of National Statistics analysis shows 494 people in the region took their own lives in the first three quarters
A FATHER-OF-EIGHT had his head ‘caved in’ in just over a minute by two half-brothers after he sold their mother ‘bad drugs’, a jury has heard. Steven Thurston was found by a friend lying in a pool of blood on June 9 after brothers George Preshur
Tony Mowbray says Danny Graham and Stewart Downing will be in the forefront of his mind as he weighs up whether to name an unchanged team for a fourth game in a row. For just the third time of his tenure, Mowbray stuck with the same team for a
A NURSING home has taken inspiration from a Channel 4 documentary and allowed nursery children to visit its residents. Taking a leaf from Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds, MHA Belvedere Manor care home in Colne allowed youngsters from Lynwood Nursery
AN East Lancashire detective who helped put Joseph McCann behind bars said the public are much safer now the serial rapist has been given 33 life sentences. Detective Sergeant John McNamara, who has been a detective for 13 years, said the level
