MARTIN Olsson found the net in Sweden's 5-0 win in San Marino tonight. The versatile Blackburn Rovers player had been recalled to the Sweden line-up after being left out of the 18 altogether for Friday's 2-1 defeat in Hungary. Sweden were facing a San
TORRENTIAL downpours and strong gusts of wind caused chaos across Lancashire today. Motorists across the county were left queuing for hours due to flooding on roads while train passengers were also affected. There was also flooding on a number
FAMILIES were forced to flee their homes today after a blaze broke out in an attic. Nine houses in Lowerhouse Lane, Burnley, were evacuated when fire ripped through the roof of a mid-terrace property at around 11.50am. Around 36 residents
Wartime spirit is coming back to Colne on September 24 in the form of a 1940s charity fundraising event for Help For Heroes. Established in 1946 to serve families whose houses had been destroyed by war, Colne-based Boundary Bathrooms is celebrating
The 2nd Rossendale Scout Group Band performs the Last Night of the Chatburn Proms on September 23. High-standard of quality music are promised with the usual Prom favourites. The night is the final event in a 12-month season to raise money for the
I DON’T suppose it could ever be quite the same following the sad loss of octogenarian chairman Humphrey Lyttleton, but the remaining members of Radio 4’s hit comedy panel show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue demonstrated that they haven’t lost their superb
BLACKBURN homeless charity Nightsafe is relocating their offices, day centre and night shelter to the new CVS Resource Centre on the Boulevard. The office and day centre will move on Tuesday, September 20, and the shelter will be relocated sometime in
A NIGHT-time house raider also targeted a bandit machine at an Accrington working men’s club twice in a four-day crime spree, a court heard. Matthew Gray, 35, woke victim John Connelly after smashing his kitchen window in the early hours with
A PRE-season taster is on offer from Colne Dramatic Society as it pulls together some of the area’s best known performers for a charity play on Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17. Directed by Colne’s Beverly McKiernan, Love Letters by AR Gurney
In the unlikely event of a film being made about Burnley’s 2011/12 campaign, how about “The Incredible Shrinking Squad” as a title? The facts speak for themselves. On paper, Eddie Howe has 23 players. Except he doesn’t. Of those 23, Messrs Eckersley
GREEN-fingered volunteers are being sought to help a community planting scheme take root in Stacksteads. Incredible Edible Rossendale have already planted community gardens in Whitaker Park, Rawtenstall, at the bus stop in Waterfoot and in Bacup and
SCORES of people flocked to Padiham’s ‘Party in the Park’ at the weekend. The festival in the Memorial Park featured fun for all the family. There was entertainment for children, games and contests to enter, face painting and various
Barnet away is never going to be a glamour tie. The North London club have been perennial strugglers in recent years and seldom look like anything other than relegation candidates. I had hoped, therefore, that we might grab all three
THE head of an organisation which helps to bring businesses closer to the community has spoken of her “absolute delight” at becoming part of the 2011 Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards. Community and Business Partners (CBP) are sponsoring the Social
ARMY cadets across the region are set to benefit from a £5m development which has been completed at Holcombe Moor Training Camp near Ramsbottom. The project comprises a weekend training centre with accommodation for 202 cadets, as well as the county
A PICTURE of murdered Lancashire nurse Jane Clough will feature on cards that will remind police officers to ask grieving families about organ donation. The ‘Jane’s Card’ scheme has been launched as a pilot in the Preston area this month and will see
STUDENTS with an aptitude for maths and not English, or vice versa, have excelled in both subjects, thanks to an innovative new course. It uses techniques pioneered in the sporting world to movitate them to win. And bosses of training company Young
A RESIDENTS-only parking scheme for Mosley Street, Barnoldswick, has been rejected. Some residents had requested a scheme be introduced, but after road chiefs at Lancashire County Council and Pendle Council looked into it, they turned it down. The
Talented pupils from a Rawtenstall secondary school were congratulated for their hard work with a special awards ceremony. The highest achievers from Alder Grange Community and Technology School were presented with prizes at the end of year Celebration
A BLACKBURN primary school has been graded as good by education watchdog Ofsted. Shadsworth Junior School also received an outstanding mark for the way that children were made to feel safe. The 205-pupil school was inspected by Ofsted who praised it
a man was found unconscious in Bacup town centre with a suspected fractured skull. Police believe he may have been attacked and have launched an appeal for witnesses. The 41-year-old man from Bacup is thought to have been on a night
THE Pendle arm of a national charity has raised more than £1,500 in two street collections. Members of Pendle’s Lifecare UK took to the streets of Nelson to do their bit for the 'Crisis in East Africa Appeal'. The two collection teams, led by Mohammed
LITTLE Guy Whalley’s tiny steps are set to make great strides in helping his 16th century church to overcome dry rot. The plucky youngster was facing a big week already, even before tackling a sponsored walk for St John the Divine at Cliviger
CHAMPIONSHIP-winning skipper Charlie Cottam lauded the guts and determination of Lowerhouse professional Francois Haasbroek after the South African put his body on the line and went through the pain barrier to win the title. After Lowerhouse were bowled
There is a local derby in the North West Counties League tonight. Nigel Coates’ Colne play host to Bacup Borough at The XLCR Stadium (7.45pm).
Garry Flitcroft’s Evo-Stik League Premier Division leaders Chorley when they welcome second-placed Northwich Victoria to Victory Park tonight. New signing from Radcliffe Ally Brown is set to make his Magpies’ debut.
'WE need to wait because so far he has played one Premier League game and some minutes at Wembley. 'But potentially he is a fantastic player. 'He needs to play more games with Manchester United.’ That’s what Fabio Capello said about
Blackburn Rovers officially named a 22-man senior squad for the first half of the season at the end of last week. There is room technically still available for three more players, should free agents become available. Amine Linganzi and Herold
HYNDBURN Council has updated its equality rules. The council was last year rated as ‘achieving’ excellence in providing an equal service and aims to work up to an ‘excellence’ rating by 2013. The council has now replaced its equality assessment
A FORMER mayor is planning to transform an Oswaldtwistle pub into a funeral home. Paul Barton, who was mayor of the borough from 2009 to 2010, is hoping to bring the Foxhill Pub on Union Road back into use, after it closed in July. The former Woodnook
POLICE have released CCTV images of people they want to speak to following a number of petrol station ‘drive offs’ in Blackburn. A major crackdown has been launched in the area in a bid to tackle the problem. Every year there are thousands
TRAVELLERS, gipsies, Romanies. Now aren’t they the most romantic, evocative names and what a picture they conjure up? a picture of a freedom-loving people who are out on the road following some inner urge to roam freely and not to be bound by the restrictions
Hyndburn Council has been criticised for halting collections of clinical waste from the homes of ill and disabled people. The move will see items such as adult incontinence nappies and pads, plus colostomy bags, added to ordinary household wheelie
THE vicar at St Peter’s Church, Darwen, has announced he is leaving. The Rev Andrew Holliday joined as team rector in 2004 and has led a £250,000 fundraising campaign to repair the church roof and efforts to create a new unity chapel window. He has
YEARS ago, it was a pretty rare crime. But with petrol and diesel prices at all-time record high levels, fuel theft is now becoming a major problem. A full tank on a big car can easily be worth £80 these days and that’s no doubt why more and more people
A recent letter writer suggested that the police should be stricter with people who park half on the pavements. Why shouldn’t we get away with breaking the law? Lots of people are at it. As with cyclists riding on the pavement, there is no big
I wonder if, through your newspaper, I can trace members of my family from Burnley. It’s a long story but circumstances made me lose touch with my father and his family when I was a baby. I would like to learn of any family of Edward John Jenkins, who
THE Home Secretary stated on August 11 that “those who make the wrong decision, who engage in criminality, must be identified, arrested and punished, and we will make sure this happens.” Most people would assume from this statement that in the eyes
TRADERS in central Darwen say they are struggling to cope with parking tickets for loading and unloading outside their shops. Tickets have been issued in Duckworth Street to van drivers who are using spaces restricted to 30 minutes and no return
STATION ticket offices across Lancashire - including one which is the centrepiece of a new £2million railway development - could be axed. A hit list of 675 station ticket offices - including 114 in the North West - has been drawn up for ministers
STAFF at The Co-operative Food store in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, got dressed up in sun hats and shades for a summer beach party to raise funds for Mencap. Mencap is The Co-operative’s Charity of the Year for 2011 and money raised is helping
Gastro Hamper Louise Child, Kirkstone Avenue, Cherry Tree Mrs D Hennessy, Burghley Drive, Bradley Fold James Derby, Sandhill Close, Great Lever Kris Richardson, Queens Road, Accrington Mrs M Cross, Claytongate, Coppull
YOUNG actors brought the house down after learning a Shakespeare play. Sparks theatre group at the Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle, held a week of rehearsals for a Midsummer Night’s Dream before concluding with a performance at the Union Road theatre
FOUR members of an Accrington family have appeared in court over allegations that a man with learning difficulties was kept as a slave. They appeared at Burnley Crown Court yesterday over allegations that the 26-year-old man from Accrington was kept
A MAJOR rescue operation was launched after a sailor from Darwen accidentally made a may-day call while testing his radio on Ullswater. Rescue crews spent nearly two hours searching for the man and his yacht after he sent a message to coast
A BLACKBURN man has appeared in court charged with sexual activity in the children’s toilets at the town’s library. John Boyce McKeown, 34, of Ballantrae Road, is accused of entering the toilets, near the library’s children’s section, when he was prevented
MORE than 250 jobs could be created if plans to revive the fortunes of the former Mullards factory become a reality. Proposals have been drawn up for a new business park at the sprawling site at Simonstone, which once housed the cathode ray tube manufacturer
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A HEADTEACHER whose staff went on strike over her stance on disciplining unruly pupils has quit. Unions said teachers were ‘absolutely delighted’ that suspended Darwen Vale High School headteacher Hilary Torpey had resigned. She had been suspended
18 men have been arrested this morning in a series of dawn raids across Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside. The operation – code-named Operation Oak – is part of a major investigation into the supply of class A drugs across the three counties
BLACKBURN Rovers are putting plans in place to offer new deals to members of their existing squad after their summer recruitment drive came to an end last week. Rovers brought in eight new players before the transfer window shut on Wednesday
ACCRINGTON Stanley will go into tonight’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy first round tie at home to League One Carlisle without three suspended players after they opted not to appeal against Kevin Long’s red card at Barnet. Stanley boss John Coleman
OPERATIONAL director Brendan Flood believes Burnley’s first team door will be open to blood youth this season, as the club searches for the next Jay Rodriguez. The Clarets’ key transfer window objective was to hang on to their talented homegrown
SMART metering company Bglobal has announced jobs will be lost after a slump in sales. Yesterday bosses embarked on a consultancy period with what is understood to be a significant number of staff from departments across the company.
