AN AEROSPACE firm has created almost 60 new jobs after a boom in business. Bosses at Weston EU have begun filling the positions on the back of an increase in workload in the civil aerospace sector and extended deals with giants Rolls-Royce and Airbus
HERE are the first batch of photos Lancashire Telegraph readers have sent in showing the extent of East Lancashire’s pothole problems. The Pothole Watch initiative was launched last month to find the worst cracks and craters in the road network
KERB crawlers have been warned that prostitution has a ‘limited future’ in Blackburn by the officer behind an ongoing crackdown. Sergeant Kevin Jones admitted that patrols under Operation Eton around Blackburn’s red light districts had slowed
ONE thousand jobs are to go at Blackburn with Darwen Council - a quarter of the entire workforce and 400 more than feared. Today bosses unveiled their final £28miilion cuts proposals, which will also hit vital services including adult and child
A 34-year-old mother and her 17-year-old son have been evicted from a ‘party house’ in Blackburn. Blackburn magistrates approved a three-month closure order on the premises at 38 Nuttall Street, Ewood, after police compiled evidence of 31 calls to the
MORE than £7million of Lancashire taxpayers’ money may never be recovered from the Icelandic banking crash, a report has suggested. Lancashire County Council had £10million invested in the doomed Landsbanki when it collapsed in October 2008. The authority
SIX people have appeared at court accused of staging an accident and putting in fake whiplash claims. Police said the five men and one woman from Blackburn were accused of being in two cars which collided at Whitebirk Drive roundabout off junction six
THE owners of Blackburn Rovers are looking for the nine-year-old boy who waited to greet them ahead of the home match against Tottenham Hotspur last week. Venkatesh Rao, who attended the match with his sister Anuradha and bother Balaji,
EAST Lancashire is set to be hit by more strong winds and rain for the next couple of days after taking a battering today. Winds will ease from today's highs of up to 50mph but rain is here to stay all week, according to the Met Office.
ANURADHA Desai has pledged that she and her family are in it for the long term as owners of Blackburn Rovers. Speaking exclusively on her first trip to the region, she said: “We are a very traditional family and the reason we bought the club was to
A DAREDEVIL stuntman has dedicated the past 20 years to dicing with death - all in the name of entertainment. Dave Goodwin, 40, car crash displays see him smash through a burning caravan, roll his vehicle in mid air and delibrating drive into
Chorley have sold 1,000 tickets for their all-ticket clash with Chester on February 19. Home fans wanting tickets should contact the club as none will be available on the day of the game.
DEREK McInnes and Sam Allardyce are among the bookmakers’ favourites to be the next manager of West Bromwich Albion after Roberto Di Matteo was sacked yesterday. St Johnstone boss McInnes was under consideration for the Burnley job last month
A WOMAN from Hyndburn has told of her ‘terrifying ordeal’ after a cyclone hit her new home in Australia. Ashley Linklater, 23, said she and her husband were forced to shelter in a home-made bunker in their Cairns home, made from a table and
Many of our local woodlands, especially those where oak trees grow, are not dead in winter. All they are doing is resting. In mild winters some spring flowers may be found as early as January. The year 2011 has not been a mild one but on the day of
MARKET traders in Haslingden could be granted more time to try and save their livelihoods. Rossendale Borough Council is considering granting traders threatened with the closure of Haslingden Market more time to form a co-operative so they can run their
An East Lancs pilot has become only the third Briton to fly the world’s most expensive fighter jet. BAE Systems pilot Peter Wilson, from Whalley, took the controls of the multi-billion-dollar F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet, in Maryland. Mr Wilson
GASTRO pub the Clog and Billycock is aiming to go ‘carbon neutral’ after installing a new eco lighting scheme. Managers at the inn, in Billinge End Road, Pleasington, near Blackburn, used Bamber Bridge-based Lumenata Lighting Design to install new lights
SEVERAL key shops in Colne are set to benefit from a makeover thanks to an improvement grants scheme. Revamps costing £3,000 each are scheduled for A White Room, Albert Road, nearby Textstyles and Mulligan & Sons, and Fox Cycles in Dockray
Were you ever a musician in the Royal Air Force? The RAF Music Services Association is looking for new members. We wish to contact any retired and former musicians who served in any of the RAF established bands or orchestras, including the WRAF band
STEVE Kean has called for more aggression from his Blackburn Rovers side after admitting ‘we were too open’ at the DW Stadium. The Rovers boss was disappointed with his side’s overall defensive display in their thrilling 4-3 defeat
AN EAST Lancashire man who was found guilty of killing his wife in France is set for yet another retrial after his conviction was quashed. Robert Lund, of Darwen, will now face a third trial for killing his second wife Evelyn, 52, and dumping
IN 1966, a very nervous nursing cadet called Joan Woodcock arrived at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Her first impression was that she had entered an army barracks, not a hospital. Everything, including the nurse’s uniforms was spotless. Hair was neat
Blackburn bobsleigh ace Paula Walker has won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Park City. The former St Bede's High School pupil slide to glory on the Utah track after recording the fastest times on both runs. The Great Britain number
THE marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton is unlikely to see a repeat of the jubilant scenes that greeted the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981. But the scale of media coverage since the couple announced they would marry on April 29 shows
This time last year I ‘did’ Cairo’s Tahrir Square when civil war and revolution claimed nobody’s mind. Only wide smiles celebrated Egypt’s Africa Cup triumph and, of course, the ever-lucrative extraction of shekels from all of us amiable tourists
MARTIN Paterson may not play again this season, after scans revealed the Burnley striker has re-torn a thigh muscle. The Northern Ireland international had only just returned from a similar problem that had kept him out for almost three months
As Chair of Lancashire Secular Humanists, I support Kevin Logan’s opening salvo in ‘Christians are being forced into the closet’ (LT, Jan 29). I couldn’t agree more: anybody whose religious belief so limits their ability to interact with the rest
JASON Roberts insists there were “no excuses” after admitting a lack of professionalism turned victory into defeat at Wigan on Saturday. The Blackburn Rovers striker looked to have sent his side on their way with an early opener at
BOSSES of a high street bank have delayed plans to close its Haslingden branch. Customers of Barclay’s Bank, in Haslingden were facing longer trips to look after their cash after it was announced the Deardengate branch was to close on February 18. But
EVENTS in East Lancashire and further afield for Monday, February 7. Pick of the day Hit musical comedy Spamalot, returns to the Palace Theatre in Manchester tonight until February 12. Based on the famous Monty Python sketches, Spamalot
EVERY Church of England high school in Lancashire is interested in becoming an academy, according to teaching unions. Now six unions have joined forces to fight the potential changes. No-one from the Blackburn Diocese was available for comment but
A NEW charity shop coming to Great Harwood is appealing for volunteers. East Lancashire Hospice will open its fifth charity shop in Queen Street in March. The hospice is looking for volunteers, who have a few hours to spare each week, to help
THE opening of Blackburn’s new market has been delayed by almost three months. The £8million development in the ground floor of the Mall shopping centre extension will now be officially unveiled on May 28. It was due to open on March
THE partner of a Brierfield father of five who died from cancer after refusing to see a doctor is urging others ‘not to leave it too late'. Wendy Dolling, 32, of Arthur Street, Brierfield, lost her partner Ian Leyland to lung, brain and spine
A RISE in officer retirements is behind a £500,000 overspend on the police pension budget, Lancashire Police Authority was told. Members of the resources committee heard that the average of 10 retirements a year was expected to see ‘a hump’ in the
EAST Lancashire Hospitals recorded a near perfect patient waiting time at the end of last month. Latest figures revealed that 98.9 per cent of the 2,667 patients who attended Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital’s emergency departments
Who fancies a day out in Blackpool on Saturday?’ A couple of years ago, I could say this and be guaranteed a unanimous ‘Yes!’ from my daughters. Now family trips are not so easy to arrange. More often than not, my children have other engagements with
RESIDENTS came out in force to take part in Darwen Leisure Centre’s first birthday celebrations. The £12million building in Green Street was a hive of activity on Saturday afternoon with numerous activities taking place across the centre for individuals
THE proposed move for Accrington police has been put on hold for six months. A business case to sell the grade II-listed building in Spring Gardens and relocate to a ‘fit for purpose’ base had previously required £1.5m from the force’s capital budget
THREE people have been charged over the stabbing of a 27-year-old found dumped in an alleyway. Margaret Gilheaney, 35, of Elizabeth Street, Accrington, Martin Maughan, 18, of Edleston Street, Accrington, and a 17-year-old girl from Accrington, have
AN elderly woman had to be rescued from her home after a blaze involving a microwave last night. Crews said the woman was led to safety by two neighbours following the fire in Westborne sheltered accommodation, Helmshore Road, Helmshore, at 11.15pm.
A COUPLE have spent six years transforming an old church into their heavenly home. The former St Michael on the Hill Church, in Burnley Road East, Lumb, Rossendale, has been turned into a modern five-bedroom house and is now for sale for £750,000 The
DEAN Marney declared beating Norwich a “massive win” in Burnley’s quest for a top six finish. The Clarets climbed back into the top 10 – five points adrift of the play-offs – thanks to Jay Rodriguez’s winner on the eve of the striker joining
CHORLEY lost vital ground in the Evo-Stik First Division North title race after they paid the price for a succession of missed chances. Garry Flitcroft’s Magpies should have had this game sewn up by half-time but they failed to land the decisive
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Not only is it essential to start the day with the right 'fuel' but it’s also a great way to spend time together as a family. Despite begin told this however, more than 50 per cent of Brits still don't
CLITHEROE slumped to their fourth home league defeat of the season after a late flurry of goals at Shawbridge. Fourth-placed Blues were looking to close the gap on the leading pack and started brightly but failed to convert any chances in the first half
Are you looking to spoil your special someone with something a bit more meaningful this Valentine's Day? Forget clichés - flowers have been done and teddies are for kids. Instead, this Valentine's is all about heavenly chocolate with a heart. So
Sorcery, swords and swashbuckling adventure have made Merlin one of the most successful dramas of recent years, pulling in audiences of around 7 million viewers per episode. The first episode of series three aired on September 11, 2010 on BBC One with
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman hailed his side’s character after they came from 2-0 down with two minutes left to claim a draw a Stevenage on Saturday. Stanley had never previously come away from Broadhall Way with as much as a point
TENS of thousands of East Lancashire workers could be forced to work Royal Wedding day — and for no extra pay. April 29 has been declared a public holiday, but the wording of employment contracts means up to 70,000 people in the area are
