A NEW £1.8million health centre is finally set to open in Blackburn following a two year wait. The Infirmary Waterside Health and Wellbeing Centre was meant to launch in July 2009. But construction stalled for 18 months because of uncertainty
A PROBE has been launched into claims tens of thousands of pounds worth of goods have been stolen from a farm shop in an organised theft. Huntley's in Samlesbury may have been targeted two or three times a week over the last two years, bosses
A GOVERNMENT agency has ruled it will not take enforcement action after a family of three were poisoned by carbon monoxide in their Pendle home. Tina Broughton, her son Jake, 13, and daughter Holly, 17, were slowly poisoned over a period of
A TINY trooper who battled back after suffering a broken back has finally enjoyed her passing-out parade. Shaunna Burdis was left in agony after a 16-stone colleague collapsed on her during an army physical training session. The former
A DAD-of-one who is battling a terminal illness is trying to drum up awareness of a rare condition with music. Mick Wake, 45, has a serious lung condition, deteriorating eyesight, constant headaches and bleeding from the ear and nose.
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SEVERAL youth clubs look set to close and nearly 70 jobs will be lost as part of a major shake-up of the county’s provisions for children and young adults. County Hall bosses say £8.4million must be found as part of the £179million cuts programme over
Eddie Howe has just completed his first season in charge at Turf Moor since joining from Bournemouth in January. In the first of a three-part series, we look back at how the Burnley boss made the most of a playing career cut short by injury at the age
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Phil Jones has been named in the England under 21 squad for next month's European Championship in Denmark. The 19-year-old defender is expected to play a key role in the tournament, having helped Stuart Pearce's men qualify.
POLICE in Lancashire will be the first to take lessons on protecting stalking victims to improve investigations. Senior officers will be attending the new National Stalking training Academy to improve understanding of the issue after a force
‘ENORMOUS progress’ has been made to resolve problems at a crisis-hit school. Headteachers John Lawson and Jean McGrath, who have taken over Darwen Vale High School, said the first local joint negotiating and consultative committee meeting
JOHN Jensen has agreed a new deal to remain assistant manager at Blackburn Rovers. Jensen, who arrived on a short-term contract in January, has signed a one-year rolling deal to continue working alongside Steve Kean. The former Danish
JASON Roberts insists the criticism Blackburn Rovers’ owners have received this season has been ‘unjustified’ after helping the club secure Premier League survival. The veteran striker opened the scoring as the visitors then raced into a
ONE of Lancashire’s former top detectives was staying in the resort where a British woman was decapitated, it has emerged. Former Detective Superintendent Mick Gradwell arrived in Tenerife for a holiday with his wife on the day that Jennifer Mills-Westley
PLANS are under way to hold a Darwen-wide real ale festival for the first time. Darwen Town Council members are in discussions to organise and fund an event, which is hoped would bring thousands of people into the centre. Council leader Steve Duncan
ACCRINGTON Stanley have released seven players following their play-off exit. Chris Turner, Andy Parkinson, Jon Bateson, Rory Boulding, Zak Riley, Andy Owens and Tom Smyth will all leave the club when their contracts expire at the end of June.
LANCASHIRE Telegraph health expert Dr Tom Smith has urged the Liberal Democrats to fight the Tories’ plans for NHS reform. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has threatened to veto the Health and Social Care Bill, which would give GPs control of
My Mum’s not doing too good…but she’s told me some funny stories about Bill the little boy. Seemingly at the age of three in Leeds I decided I was ready for school, so I went. On a walk back from the Post Office with my Gran, I just announced it
A 24-YEAR-OLD man stole a travel bag and a jacket from a van as he left business premises where he had been asking if there was any scrap metal. Blackburn magistrates heard Tony Johnstone threw the bag and jacket into a skip, unaware they contained
ALTHOUGH regarded as a coastal bird, the wigeon can still be found around reservoirs in East Lancashire. They roost on the water and feed on the marginal grass. As usual with ducks, the male is more colourful than the female. The reason is
CORONATION Street star Sam Aston has said he is nothing like his character and will not be rushing into having a baby in real life. Sam, 17, from Bacup who plays Chesney Brown has spoken about his controversial new storyline which will see
A FOUL-MOUTHED lout told police he hoped there was a riot and they would get killed following a Clarets v Blackburn soccer derby, a court heard. Paul Plowright, 49, threatened two female officers he would get in shape at the gym and put a knife in
A JUBILANT Steve Kean insists ‘we have lift off’ after seeing his Blackburn Rovers side power to a 3-2 win and Premier League safety yesterday. A scintillating first half display saw Rovers race into a 3-0 lead at Molineux and, despite two
FORMER Downing Street spin doctor and Burnley FC fanatic Alastair Campbell briefed business bosses on leadership. Mr Campbell was at Ewood Park, home of bitter rivals Blackburn Rovers, for a dinner hosted by restructuring group Leonard Curtis. It
THESE are the men police want to speak to in connection with the theft of fuel from a service station in Pendle. Police say a silver Honda Civic was filled up with petrol on Tuesday, May 10, at Colne Service Station, Burnley Road, before it
I WOULD like to comment on the letter by Ron O’Keeffe (‘Right course for knife girl’, LT, May 16). What Ron is suggesting is that for committing an offence and sometimes one that is very serious, a person should be rewarded. Whilst I am aware that
FOR some years now Lancashire police have taken a hands-on approach to tackling domestic violence. One of the cornerstones of this policy was instructing an officer to make an arrest even when the victim did not want any action taken. Today the
A 22-year-old woman went on a £2,000 spending spree using her mother’s bank card. Blackburn magistrates heard the money was in an account kept specially for the woman’s son who received independent living funds. And when she appeared in court Melody
NORTH West Air Ambulance has reminded its supporters that motorists aren’t the only people feeling the pinch at the pumps. The cost of fuel to keep the region’s two emergency helicopters flying is a staggering £400 per hour. The life-saving
MOTORISTS are being urged to take care on the roads after forecasters predicted gusts of up to 80mph. The Met Office has issued an amber wind alert, predicting 'a period of exceptionally windy weather'. Forecasters said that gusts could reach as high
SEVEN Suicide Squad ‘footsoldiers’ involved in a clash between Blackburn Rovers and Burnley fans have had their sentences cut. The violence in October 2009 flared around the Station pub, Cherry Tree, Blackburn, following the first-ever Premier League
A MAN has today admitted the manslaughter of a 30 year-old found dead at an address in Blackburn. Glen Mould, 36, of Delph Close, today denied murdering Dominic Bibby, between December 17 and December 20 last year and is due to face a trial
VIGILANTE residents have driven a former Blackburn Rovers mascot out of their estate after he was charged with child sex offences, police said. Scott Henderson, 22, from Blackburn, was charged last week with performing sex acts into a webcam
Blackburn Rovers fans were relieved and jubilant last night after victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers guaranteed Premier League football again next season. With owners the Rao brothers watching from the stands, Steve Kean’s team put in
A BAND fronted by a former Burnley schoolboy will perform at an album launch at former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook’s Factory nightclub. The track ‘Hollywood Lied’ by Super 8 Cynics is included on the Taste Masters 2 compilation
NINETY people carried out a ‘big freeze’ in Blackburn’s Mall to promote the need for new foster carers. Current carers and support staff formed two groups that rushed together outside Primark, and on meeting, stopped deadly still for
A ROAD had to be closed when a tree was blown down during gale-force winds yesterday. The tree blocked Ash Lane and Lowerfold, in Great Harwood. Sixteen-year-old Lancashire Telegraph reader Rebecca Sharples took this photo just after 5pm. She
AXED staff at a financial services firm are set to be offered a jobs lifeline by a rapidly-expanding East Lancashire business. Telecoms company Daisy Group has held talks with bosses at Homeloan Management (HML) after it announced plans to quit the
AFTER 55 years working in Darwen Market Hall, trader Eileen Guy is to finally retire next week. Having been recruited to help on The Grotto stall by her mum Mabel Eatough as a 12-year-old, Eileen, now 67, said the change would be ‘a big wrench
TOWN hall chiefs have been labelled ‘barmy’ amid claims Pendle Council refused to remove a wasps’ nest – because it required the use of a ladder. Barnoldswick councillor David Whipp made the comments after a resident contacted him to complain about
My daughters were horrified this week to see a photograph of singer Katy Perry without make-up. They couldn’t believe how different she looked; how, as they said, ‘plain and ordinary’. I explained how celebrities like her have both the time and
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe is hoping young professionals Alex MacDonald and Wes Fletcher will pledge their immediate future to the club. The Clarets boss offered new deals to four members of the development squad, from which Alex-Ray Harvey and Dominic
DOZENS of well-wishers braved the wind and rain for a civic parade through Blackburn’s town centre yesterday. To mark Councillor Karimeh Foster becoming the new Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, a procession led by a brass band, left Northgate at 11am
A MAN who made headlines when he lost his sight and got it partially back a year later has been spared jail for downloading child porn. Michael Harrison, 22, had a bestiality and sadistic sex video on his computer at his family home, as well as
A MOTORBIKE racer has claimed first place in a comeback ride almost two years after he was seriously injured in a horror crash. Multiple sidecar champion Dave Holden, 64, of Great Harwood, was treated in intensive care after breaking his shoulder
KEVIN Gallacher believes Blackburn Rovers showed they wanted survival more than Wolves on a dramatic last day of the season. Rovers won 3-2 at Molineux after leading 3-0 at half time, although both sides avoided relegation in any case as results
BLACKBURN Rovers fans will never forget the 2010/11 season for a multitude of reasons but you can be assured the majority will be well and truly glad to see the back of it. New ownership was always going to bring about change around Ewood Park
ACCRINGTON Stanley duo Joe Jacobson and Sean McConville have apologised to their team-mates after both were sent off in the Reds’ decisive play-off semi final second leg on Friday. Stanley’s hopes of promotion to League One were thwarted
POLICE want to place CCTV cameras inside the homes of battered wives to catch Lancashire’s worst repeat offenders. The pilot project has been welcomed by campaigners who said the devices would record vital evidence ‘capturing pictures that tell a thousand
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is the man West Ham owners David Gold and David Sullivan want to succeed the sacked Avram Grant at Upton Park - but McLeish says he will now walk away from St Andrews. Brad Friedel fears that Aston Villa might have to
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman is expected to start discussions with players today as he bids to tie the majority of his squad to contracts for next season. Coleman is due to meet the squad this morning, three days after their play-off exit to
MOLINEUX started the afternoon as host to Survival Sunday’s largest gathering of nervous wrecks, yet ended it the scene of a giant party. It was an afternoon of enthralling drama that few present are likely to forget in a hurry. In the
