A Rossendale teenager was glassed on a Burnley nightclub dancefloor in the early hours. The 18-year-old student was on a night out with friends at Lava Ignite nightclub in Hammerton Street when he was attacked, sometime between 3am and 3.30am
The work of Lancashire's magistrates has been recognised at a special reception at County Hall. County Councillor Geoffrey Roper, Chairman of the county council, hosted the event to recognise the role of magistrates since the fourteenth century.
A MAN who assaulted and racially-abused a bus driver was also said to have exposed himself, a court heard. Paul Monaghan, 39, was captured on CCTV causing trouble on the vehicle, which had pulled up at a stop in Colne, at 7pm. He punched the victim
A man faced magistrates charged with serious sexual offences involving a teenage girl and boy. Mark Leslie Dallison, 43, of Melville Avenue, Barnoldswick, is accused of two offences of sexual penetration involving a 15-year old girl, between
DINO Radice got off to the perfect start as head coach of Blackburn with an encouraging win on the road. The new head man was helped by a match-winning performance from Luke Copping who returned after a year out through injury. Copping
It is 10 years since the World Trade Centre attacks in New York. As this Sunday’s anniversary nears, Dermot Finch, from Clitheroe, tells for the first time his dramatic account of how he escaped as the twin towers came down. FOR one Lancastrian
A CONVENIENCE store and apartments could now replace aborted plans for a new hotel in Burnley. Plans were passed four-and-a-half years ago to build a 12-room boutique hotel with a bar and restaurant underneath, on the site of the former Hob & Gill Working
WORK costing £720,000 is set to take place to help combat the impact of school vandals and thieves. Repeated after-hours attacks have plagued Heasandford Primary School, in Burnley, over the past few years. But now, to prevent further trouble, the
ROSSENDALE new boys Varne Van Zyl and Will Sharratt sealed a narrow victory as they got their National League Three North campaign up and running. On a very wet Rossendale afternoon both sides tried gamely to produce any highlights. The valley side
COLIN Jones has thanked training partner Mark Felix for helping him achieve a strongman title – now he wants to follow in his footsteps. As Felix prepares to compete in his seventh World Strongest Man event, Jones is now setting his sights on domestic
MIKEY Worswick has set his sights on becoming the youngest ever world kick boxing champion after landing the Commonwealth crown at the weekend. The 19-year-old from Accrington beat Nigel Thomas in a one-sided contest in Luton to pick up his seventh major
WILPSHIRE’S Matt Griffin has won his class in the BTRDA Rally Series with one round to spare. The 21-year-old produced a solid performance at Saturday’s Wood-pecker Stages Rally in Ludlow, Shropshire – despite dusty cond-itions causing engine
18 men have been charged with conspiracy to supply class a drugs following coordinated police raids in Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Liverpool and Preston on Tuesday. The men were all charged with conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. They
OUT Of Joint's latest production at the Octagon certainly starts with a bang - a harrowing experience that gets the adrenaline levels rocketing and the audience well and truly paying attention. This tale of aid workers in the Congo may be set hundreds
A fast-paced farce where timing is the key is certainly not the easiest of productions to stage, and this cast pulled it off admirably. St Paul’s Players season opening was the mystery farce The Murder Room, which proved hugely enjoyable and raised
TEN years ago, some individuals might have found themselves targeted by vandals or even shunned by ignorant yobs if it was known that they had HIV. Thankfully, those shameful times have changed. Except, apparently, in the area of Blackburn where 61
I wonder if any of your readers would be interested in a “thought” of a magnificent edifice that could be constructed on Pendle Hill. It would signify the true centre of the British Isles, an honour for the Palatine of Lancashire. It would consist
AS we face dangerous cuts to our defence capability, worrying cuts to police budgets, and the degrading or loss of valuable community services, the issues of our EU membership and the size of the ring-fenced overseas aid budget are ripe for informed,
SANDYGATE Amateur Boxing Club held its annual awards night to honour the feats of its young boxers. The event, hosted by head coach and Burnley coach of the year Nik Tucker, was held at Rosegrove Unity WMC. Sandygate old boy, unbeaten professional Shayne
Lancashire supermarket chain Booths has refinanced its existing £56 million debt facility and extended its credit by a further £37 million to support its growth strategy, its adviser KPMG said. The Preston-based business wants to invest in a new store
THE Forbes Pre-Season Football Tournament has once again proved it is one of the biggest and best around after teams travelled from across the North West to take part. Despite team numbers being down on last year – mainly due to it clashing with Premier
THE general consensus since Scott Dann’s arrival at Rovers has been that he will form a central defensive partnership with Chris Samba this season. It is the logical conclusion, given that Rovers were said to have paid around £6m for one and spent all
ROSSENDALE Raptors Basketball Club has written a new chapter in to its exciting history after it became the first community club in Lancashire to be represented at a senior level in the national league. The club has been invited to join the England Basketball
A car turned upside down and landed in a reservoir this afternoon. Polcie, firefighters and paramedics were called to the water, close to Accrington’s Asda off Hyndburn Road, when the female driver became trapped at 2pm. The woman, who
YOUNG people in Hyndburn were taught how to fish as part of a scheme with police. Up to 10 young people aged between 9 and 14 were taken on fishing trips in August to Devine Fisheries, Broad Oak Road, Accrington. Funding for the equipment was acquired
Blackpool's new-look supertrams were unveiled today ahead of their launch next year. 16 of the new vehicles, built by Bombardier, will begin to run on the tramway between Blackpool and Fleetwood from next Easter. Blackpool has the
TWO disabled pensioners have failed in their High Court bid to stop Lancashire County Council slashing provision of care for needy adults. The women, who are in their 60s and 70s and cannot be named, brought about the challenge after the council cut
A Blackburn teenager breached an anti-social behaviour order when he entered Bolton Central Library. Charlie Tegland, 19, of New Bolton Road, Blackburn, admitted the offence, which happened on June 22. He was ordered, by Bolton magistrates, to
TWENTY taxis were stopped and checked as part of a police operation in Hyndburn. Prohibition and defect notices were issued to six taxi drivers after their vehicles were found to have defects including faulty brake lights, broken wing mirrors, leaking
WHEN I spoke to Burnley’s former number nine about its latest incumbent last week there were mixed feelings. Ade Akinbiyi was delighted that Jay Rodriguez had remained a Claret when the final whistle blew on the latest transfer deadline. But he was frustrated
BLACKBURN Hawks failed to get the new English National Ice Hockey League season off to a winning start – but showed plenty of promise in their opening encounter. Hawks slipped to a narrow 4-3 defeat against the newly reformed Billingham Stars in front
BARROWFORD’S Leah Hillman has become the first U13 girl in the country to throw the javelin further than 30 metres this year. The 12-year old Pendle Athletic Club athlete hit the top of the ‘Power of 10’ National Rankings list with an effort of 31.94
RECYCLING in Hyndburn is said to have ‘plateaued’ over the last couple of years. Recent statistics show the amount of waste recycled in the borough, 35per cent, is the same as last year. Despite a slight increase in paper recycling, this is offset
WE televise Parliament, so why not the courts as well? I was strongly in favour of televising Parliament, when this became a live issue 23 years ago. I’ve supported it ever since. The public, our employers, have an absolute right to see what
Burnley Liberal Democrat MP Gordon Birtwistle voted in favour of the Government's controversial health reforms yesterday. The Health and Social Care Bill received its third reading by 316 votes to 251, Government majority 65. The bill
A PAIR of sharp-shooting East Lancashire MPs took part in an archery contest on Speakers’ Green, in Westminster. Conservative MPs Nigel Evans and Andrew Stephenson, who represent the Ribble Valley and Pendle respectively, attended the first
TRADERS on a town centre street claim major changes to Blackburn’s traffic network are ‘killing business’. King Street has been reversed so that traffic now flows from the town centre towards Bank Top. This enables buses to access
THE future of Darwen Town Council is at breaking point after a furious spat between councillors. Four members stormed out in protest over a vote to remove the deputy leader, which Liberal Democrat members claim is an “unnecessary role”. Mayor Paul
More than one in four shops in Blackpool are empty, a new report revealed today. Nationally, one in seven shops have remained vacant over the past year and there is unlikely to be a significant improvement because of the current economic climate, said
DARWEN Town Council will not be contributing to the town’s Christmas lights display this year. Julia Simpson, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s project development manager, told the town council that due to budget cuts, there would be no borough funding
A COUPLE injured in a crash which partially closed the M65 have been allowed home from hospital. Laura Bass, 21 and Shaun Miller, 22, from Chorley, were involved in the incident near the Guide junction last Monday. Ms Bass’s Peugeot 206 flipped
Sir William Gage, chairman of the Baha Mousa public inquiry, today published his report. Here is his statement in full. Today my report to the Secretary of State for Defence entitled “The Report of the Baha Mousa Inquiry” is published.
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Steve Kean anticipates a real battle for places in the weeks to come as he prepares to select his first side since the club completed their summer transfer business. Rovers travel to Fulham on Sunday and Kean could be
FLYTIPPERS are costing Burnley taxpayers more than £500,000 per year, latest figures have revealed. Tackling dirty back yards and illegal dumping grounds has cost town hall environment bosses nearly £256,000, from April 2010 to March 2011. And the
An innocent Iraqi civilian died in British Army custody after suffering "an appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence", a public inquiry concluded today. The sustained abuse meted out to father-of-two Baha Mousa, 26, represented a "very
Basra in late 2003 was a city falling apart at the seams as over-stretched British soldiers tried to fill the vacuum left by the collapse of Saddam Hussein's police state. Despite huge controversy over the legality and morality of the war,
BURNLEY student Sarah Thorne has been dubbed one of the brainiest in Britain. The 16-year-old scored 100 per cent in all her GCSE maths modules, putting her among the best in the country. The former Blessed Trinity RC College pupil also
COFFEE shop worker Natalie Heston King braced herself to face one of her worst fears – a huge spider! Natalie, 25, a barista at Costa Coffee in The Mall, Blackburn, was challenged to hold a tarantula for ‘as long as possible’ in a bid to raise money
PEOPLE are being left stranded because of cut-backs to a hospital shuttle bus service, it has been claimed. Just days after a new timetable was introduced by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, the service, between Burnley General and the Royal Blackburn
TRAIN travellers can look forward to a new station opening in Chorley next month after it was announced Buckshaw Parkway would start operating on October 3. The two-platform station is between Leyland and Chorley stops on the Preston to Manchester
A WOMAN with HIV has said she will not be bullied by yobs after her home was targeted by vandals. HIV and AIDS awareness campaigner, Adrienne Seed, 61, from Blackburn, said she and her family have also endured personal abuse because of her condition
SAMPLE real ales or go behind the scenes at a police station as part of a guided tour through Lancashire's history from September 8 to 11. Some of the region’s finest buildings are taking part in a national celebration of architecture, history
THE family of six-year-old Madison Allan has won the battle to get £35,000 for new cancer treatment. Relatives accused health chiefs at NHS Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust of ‘putting a price’ on her life after hesitating to make a decision
BURNLEY stand to make £2million over the next five years from a new corporate initiative ready to launch at Turf Moor next month. The ‘Premier Club’, aimed at small businesses, is the latest venture the Clarets have come up with as they plan
A HIGH court compensation fight for children restrained in custody has been welcomed by a Burnley mother whose son was the youngest to die in a British penal institution. Lawyers representing the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) cited the
BLACKBURN Rovers' home game against Tottenham has been put back 24 hours to Sunday, October 23 at 3pm. The match has had to be switched because Tottenham host Russian side Rubin Kazan in the Europa League on Thursday, October 20.
FAMILY and friends of a five-year-old girl who has a rare form of cancer have launched a fund-raising campaign to send her on a dream holiday. Shaylee Houghton is set to start seven months of gruelling radiotherapy and chemotherapy after she
BURNLEY Reserves defied a breakdown to motor to a late win at Macclesfield Town. The young Clarets twice went behind after a delayed start but Shay McCartan and David Lynch got them back in it before Medhi Lazaar put them ahead with just over 30 minutes
