BURNLEY RES 2 Thompson 23, 82 HULL CITY RES 1 Hughes 76 THERE were mixed fortunes for Burnley as the reserves recorded back-to-back league wins tonight. Captain Steven Caldwell stepped up his comeback from a pre-season groin strain by completing
A MOTHER has spoken of her devastation after her only son was left on a life-support machine following a crash. Tyrone Bridges, of Clitheroe, was injured when his Yamaha bike collided with a Mercedes articulated lorry on Tuesday. The
EAST Lancashire’s roads are being snubbed by a £2million highways improvement drive, it can been revealed. Just 15 per cent of schemes promised by the new Conservative leadership will improve roads and pavements in the east of the county – which accounts
A HEALTH watchdog has said progress is being made to improve emergency care in East Lancashire. But the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has highlighted nine areas of concern in the area’s hospitals where more work is needed. Yesterday members of the East
A NEW driver who killed a father of four after smashing into him as he tried to overtake on a notorious country road has been jailed. Aidan Nightingale, 23, at the wheel of his Renault Clio, hit Jonathan Salter's Land Rover, which was pulling a trailer
A MINI moto has been seized from two teenagers after an undercover police operation in Great Harwood. Officers seized the bike from the 17-year-old and 15-year-old boys after they were found riding it on Alan Ramsbottom Way. Both had
A former judge has pleaded guilty to drink-driving during appearance at Chorley Magistrates' Court. Bruce Macmillan committed the offence while a sitting judge at Liverpool Crown Court. Prosecutor Adrian Hollanby said that, when police
A CHORLEY man who was shoved in the face by Manchester City footballer Craig Bellamy after running on to the pitch at Old Trafford has been banned from attending football matches for three years. Jake Clarke, 21, a Manchester United fan, admitted
NELSON and Colne College has seen a dramatic rise in students signing up for catering and hospitality courses since its new facilities opened. Its kitchens have already produced chefs who have been taken under the wings of critically acclaimed chefs
BATTLE lines have been drawn between countryside lovers and a farm over a proposed haven for extreme sports enthusiasts. Proposals have been submitted to Rossendale Council by Gary Davis to install five tents on land at Scar End Farm, off Burnley Road
Having moved from England to Sydney, Australia, me and my family have found it impossible to find a Lancashire sausage anywhere. Shocking isn’t it? I have discussed the matter with several quality butchers in Sydney who are all happy to make us the sausages
With reference to the proposed playground at the rear of Haldane Road, Darwen, I feel I must put my objection in writing. I moved to this area six years ago and gradually had to endure my life being disrupted by yobs and their loutish behaviour. They
THE most eagerly anticipated East Lancashire derby in decades is less than three weeks away. Blackburn Rovers take on Burnley at Ewood on October 18 in the first top-flight clash between the two clubs since 1966. And already the excitement is building
DELAYS in building the proposed £10million health centre in Colne have been described as “unacceptable” by Pendle MP Gordon Prentice. He delivered the message to NHS East Lancashire Trust bosses when he met them at their Regent Street offices in Nelson
HULL City chairman Paul Duffen has dismissed speculation surrounding the future of manager Phil Brown as ‘mischief making’. Hull’s poor start to the season, and wretched 2009 overall – they have won just two and lost 17 of 24 league games since the turn
A PENDLE firm which organised the largest bike ride in Scotland is celebrating after scooping two awards. Barnoldswick-based Pennine Events won the Event Management award and Best Leisure Sporting Event of the Year at the Scottish Event Awards. The
ACTORS at Oswaldtwistle Players are celebrating after scooping the much-coveted award for best play at the prestigious National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) ceremony. Their winning production, Mary Barton, was chosen from more than 300 plays
A GROUNDBREAKING campaign to ‘Make Blackburn Safer’ has received backing from the Blackburn Rovers’ Community Trust. The voluntary group set up by local DJ Kirk Bullen continues to spread its message across the town and is set to work with the trust
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has compared Gordon Brown to Rovers boss Sam Allardyce. Justice Secretary Mr Straw said the beleaguered Prime Minister and Allardyce, who led his team to a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Saturday, both showed “good leadership
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing lead from the roof of the De Tabley Arms in Ribchester. The police helicopter was called and dogs searched the area on Sunday morning after reports of men on the roof of the inn in Ribchester Road.
THEY used to say ‘Government by the people, for the people’. But what we seem to have ended up with is ‘Government by the Government for the Government.’ What the people want doesn’t seem to matter — and who is it that is paying for all this Government
A BLACKBURN baby will get a taste of fame after becoming a billboard star. Six-month-old Isabelle Egan, pictured with her mum Sarah, is one of 10 babies from the county picked in a public vote and will appear together on billboards across the county
A BIT of harmless fun or needlessly provocative? Blackburn Rovers have brought out a controversial new T-shirt ahead of the eagerly-anticipated derby clash with Burnley on October 18 which boasts about the club’s 5-0 victory in April 2001. Rovers bosses
THE first-ever stage production at a new arts centre has been endorsed by literary legend Alan Bennett. Actors from Pendle Borderline Theatre will be bringing Bennett’s classic Talking Heads to the ACE Centre, in Cross Street, Nelson, next month. And
BLACKBURN Rovers’ fourth round Carling Cup tie against Peterborough will be played on Tuesday, October 27 at Ewood Park. Kick-off is at 8pm.
ALAN Martin will miss Accrington Stanley’s games against Shrewsbury and Cheltenham after a Scotland U21 call-up. Billy Kee is not in the N Ireland senior squad.
BURNLEY centre-half Andre Bikey has been called up by Cameroon for two international matches next month. The Indomitable Lions face Togo in a World Cup qualifier in Yaounde on October 10, before they take on Angola in a friendly in Portugal on October
Rui Patricio’s agent claims Manchester United have been watching the Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper for the past couple of seasons. The 21-year-old is highly rated and has reportedly been a target for United from the time Carlos Queiroz was Sir Alex Ferguson
Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard has been pencilled in to make his long-awaited return from injury next week. Bullard has played just 37 minutes for the Tigers since signing in January due to a knee injury. The 30-year-old is back in full training
Portsmouth have failed to agree a deal for Gary McAllister to join them as assistant manager. The former Scotland midfielder held talks over the position yesterday but no agreement was reached with the Fratton Park club.
AN ARTICULATED lorry overturned in a busy Nelson Road caused disruption to morning traffic this morning. Police said the vehicle turned onto its side in Reedyford Road, close to Barrowford Forge, just before 7.30am. The road was blocked and commuters
A SENIOR councillor has expressed her sorrow at the apparent demise of one of Burnley’s landmark venues. The Talbot Hotel, at the corner of Church Street and Ormerod Road, has been mothballed after a troubled 2009. Previously it had closed temporarily
A QUESTION for all married women: where is your wedding dress? Is it packed away in a special box? Stored away in the loft? Gathering dust in the spare room? Do you occasionally gaze at it and long to wear it one more time? A growing number of women
A REGISTRAR and former librarian who lived in Ramsbottom for 90 years has died. Mona Hall was known by many in the town where she worked as a registrar of births, deaths and marriages. Born in 1919, she attended Haslingden Grammar School after becoming
TRAFFIC calming measures have been installed on a busy main road in a bid to foil speeding drivers. Speed ramps have been put on Barrowford Road, which links Vivary Way in Colne, to Gisburn Road in Barrowford. Traffic on the road is expected to increase
A LIST of banks and building societies which Burnley council will invest in following the loss of a £1million deposit in Iceland has been dramatically slimmed down. Town hall finance bosses have hired specialist consultants to examine their investment
AN 85-year-old woman has fulfilled her dream of meeting her idol, singer Michael Ball. Edna Morris, of Melrose Avenue, Burnley, said she was still ‘high as a kite’ after getting VIP access to meet the West End singer at his concert at Blackpool
A flasher is being hunted in Nelson after two girls were stopped in the street. Police said the two 12-year-old victims were walking to school along Beaufort Street, between 7.45am and 8am on Monday, when the man struck. The pair heard a man whistling
A 56-year-old patient on a mental health ward at Royal Blackburn Hospital hanged himself at a time when staff thought he was getting better. An inquest heard that in the two weeks prior to his death David Bennett, a voluntary patient, had made
BLACKBURN Rovers’ England under 21 goalkeeper Frank Fielding has joined League One Leeds United on an emergency one-month’s loan deal.
RELIEVED Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman praised his side’s fighting spirit after they twice came from behind to earn a point at Port Vale last night. Phil Edwards scored from the spot and Andy Procter hit a last-gasp equaliser after Tommy
A CONSERVATION area could be revamped as owners of listed buildings are told to make urgent repairs. Two listed buildings which are on Accrington’s Cannon Street have been served with council notices requiring landowners to start making improvements
ACCRINGTON Stanley chiefs are remaining positive in their bid to raise £308,000 to pay off the club’s tax bill. At the half-way point of the Save Our Stanley campaign, backed by the Lancashire Telegraph, the club and supporters have raised £90,000 of
AN EAST Lancashire-based business has reported a surge in profits. The Original Factory Shop, based in Burnley, said its profits had last year shot up by 36 per cent, with turnover up 35 per cent for the 13 weeks to the end of August. The firm, headed
VETERAN batsman Mal Loye has quit Lancashire to re-join former club Northamptonshire. Since arriving at Old Trafford in 2003, 37-year-old Loye scored 10,603 runs in all competitions and was awarded a benefit season last year. "Contractual discussions
MARK Chilton has been named as Lancashire's player of the season for 2009 after a strong season with the bat. During the 2009 domestic season, Chilton played in all but one match for Lancashire and captained the one-day side when Glen Chapple
SAM Allardyce will not be asking too much too soon from Blackburn Rovers’ summer imports as he looks to avoid turning them into the latest Premier League flops. Nikola Kalinic, Michel Salgado, Steven Nzonzi and Elrio van Heerden have all arrived at Ewood
ACCRINGTON Stanley joint chairman Dave O’Neill still believes he is the right man to guide the club out of their financial crisis – but he says now may be the time to talk with Ilyas Khan and the Supporters’ Fund. On the proviso that the club issue new
North West TV viewers are being reminded to retune their Freeview digital boxes today to keep receiving all the available channels. The major retune is mainly being carried out to increase the number of homes which will be able to receive channel Five
DARWEN CC teenager Alex Davies received the “Cedric Rhoades Player of the Season” Award for 2009 at the Lancashire Cricket Board (LCB) Development of Excellence presentation evening. All-rounder Davies, 15, a student at Blackburn’s Queen Elizabeth
AARON Davies secured Blackburn Hawks’ first victory of the season with a superb hat-trick in Sunday’s rematch against Trafford Metros. After suffering a fourth straight league defeat away to the Manchester side on Saturday, Hawks reversed the
STEVEN Caldwell will hope to give Clarets boss Owen Coyle a major defensive boost by coming through tonight’s reserve clash against Hull City. The Clarets skipper has not appeared in Burnley’s debut Premier League campaign after sustaining a groin injury
DARWEN and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson has branded BBC bosses “spiteful” for scheduling this year’s Strictly Come Dancing at the same time X Factor airs on ITV. Mrs Anderson, a member of the culture, media and sport committee said: “This particular
A POLICE community support officer is facing jail after getting a child to perform sex acts via a webcam. Steven Kenneth Evans, 23, of Bolton Road, Abbey Village, resigned from the force following his arrest in April. Police slammed Evans and said his
