A SHOPKEEPER has been fined for living in his own home after failing to get planning permission to turn his converted stables into a house. But Michael Ryan, 58, today insisted he would not move out of his home' at Graystones Farm, Roughlee, despite
THE first step in building a new £55million shopping centre development for Burnley has been taken. The multi-million-pound Oval development plan for the former Pioneer supermarket site, which will include a department store and more than 25 shops, has
A BURNLEY teacher was fighting for her life today after collapsing while playing tennis. Vicki Taylor, 45, of Wellfield Drive, a languages teacher at Towneley High School, was taken by ambulance to the Royal Blackburn Hospital on Sunday after collapsing
CLITHEROE are desperately searching for a new goalkeeper after Peter Collinge signed for Bury just 48 hours before the start of the new season. The 19-year-old, who was an ever-present between the sticks last season, put pen to paper with the Shakers
WOLVES boss Mick McCarthy has admitted he is not looking forward to his trip to East Lancashire. The Molineux outfit have had a difficult start to the season and McCarthy is not expecting things to get any easier at Turf Moor tomorrow. The former Republic
BACUP skipper John Chapman admits that James Anderson's inclusion in the Burnley side has added "fuel to the fire" of an already red-hot clash. Anderson has been allowed to play for his old side by Lancashire as he continues to recover from a stress
COLNE manager Nigel Coates is facing a selection headache with at least five players set to miss this weekend's clash with Norton United. Gavin Cooper and Joe Burnside are long-term casualties and Guiseppe Lupiccolo will not be back for another two
WE'VE always had a terrific away support. And for a small town we've got terrific home support as well. You can't underestimate the part that plays in the team. We have one or two good young players and the support from the crowd helps bond them together
STEVE Cotterill has revealed he can't wait to welcome his old friend Mick McCarthy to Turf Moor. The Burnley boss said the two were good mates and talked regularly on the telephone. But he admitted the old pals act would go out the window for 90 minutes
BURNLEY defender Duane Courtney is the latest player to leave Turf Moor. The 21-year-old defender has had his contract cancelled and follows Danny Karbassiyoon who left the club earlier this week. But Clarets boss Steve Cotterill revealed there would
PUT your money on Blackburn Rovers to upset the big guns once again this season. After a feverish summer of transfer activity at Ewood Park, I believe Mark Hughes has put together a squad that is capable of matching last season's top six finish - and
KYLE Lafferty has been brought back down to earth with a bump by Burnley boss Steve Cotterill. The 18-year-old scored his first international goal - and the winning goal - for Northern Ireland against Finland on Wednesday night. And although Cotterill
MARK Hughes will tell his players we can push for the Champions League' when he spells out his plans for the new season in a special team meeting today. The bullish Rovers boss was met with disbelieving looks when he set his squad the challenge of
EAST Lancashire's students again had reason to smile with the majority of our A-level centres trouncing national pass rates. The biggest success story came at Burnley College, with its students recording a 100 per cent pass rate like last year. Every
EAST Lancashire was again home to some startling student success stories, with high flying pupils achieving some of the best A-level results in the land. Top performers included 18-year-old Laura Griffiths from St Mary's College, Blackburn. The Blackburn
HAPPA (Horses and Ponies Protection Association) is offering a family day out at the Rescue Centre, Shores Hey Farm, Black House Lane, Briercliffe, on Sunday. Doors open at noon and visitors are invited to take part in a programme of activities that
I have a dodgy look about me. Sometimes I look in the mirror in the morning and decide I look too dodgy for my own good and think it is better all round if I stay at home. This is not the kind of dodgy feeling you get when standing in TJ Hughes with
THE front page story (LT, Aug 10) regarding the lady, 76, sent a letter for a pregnancy test doesn't surprise me at all! In the past 12 months I have received a note telling me that a midwife was coming to give me an ante natal test (I'm in my 60s).
AM I retired, or am I not? As an old soldier who has grafted all my life, do I qualify for tranquillity in my twilight years, or am I subtly employed by the local council to help in the recycling programme, by virtue of complying with their instructions
It is a great shame that Islam has been demeaned through being hijacked and turned into a weapon of destruction in the same way that an aircraft can be. Organisations like Hezbollah, Hammas and Al-Qaeda are guilty of interpreting the teachings of Holy
A BAWDY biscuit tin brought a bit of raunch to the Ribble Valley yesterday when it was offered for sale. The titillating tin was sold by Shirley Kippax, widow of Bob Kippax, who owned Burnley-based Kippax Biscuits. Thousands of Huntley and Palmers tins
MASKED raiders subjected a family to a "terrifying ordeal", holding them at knifepoint in their home. A 50 year old and his family were subjected to the attack by three men who handcuffed, gagged and blindfolded him and his wife. Police have
AN ILLEGAL immigrant who carried out a double sex attack has been brought to justice - thanks to the Lancashire Telegraph. Accrington landlord Carl Marland realised that the description of John Nnanna printed in the paper matched that of a customer.
TV CHEF Keith Floyd has pulled out of Darwen's first food festival due to illness - after all tickets for his guest appearance sold out. Now organisers, who featured him on the Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Drink, of which the Darwen event
CRIME in Rossendale is set to be cut thanks to a new shelter - built by convicted offenders. The shelter, which opened officially yesterday, is designed to give youngsters a place to gather away from residents who raised concerns about juvenile nuisance
THE fight to save Earby Youth Hostel has won support from the borough's MP. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice has backed the council's plans to draw up a rescue package to save the historic site, in Birch Lane, which is to close because of a fall in visitors
YOUNGSTERS in Colne are celebrating after a playground was built to give young people something to do. And Pendle Council is throwing a big party to mark the opening of the new multi-use games area. Colne Neighbourhood Action Group has stumped up £25,000
THE man behind a 10-year facelift of Rawtenstall today revealed the scheme could see a massive £100million invested in the town. Property developers Hurstwood Group, based in Rossendale, are masterminding plans to transform the town centre, including
Burnley MP Kitty Ussher has welcomed a new dentistry degree, which sees 32 new dental placements in the North West. The degree, run by a consortium of the universities including Liverpool, Central Lancashire, Lancaster and St Martin's College, will allow
ROSSENDALE United haven't been able to shake their injury jinx before the start of the new season. Manager Derek Egan is without Bernard Morley (broken leg), David Eatock (double hernia) and Russell Clarke (ankle), while Adam Kozlowski still requires
Danny Karbassiyoon has spoken of his disappointment at leaving Burnley and not being able to repay the staff and fans for their faith in him. He said: "I wish things had worked out differently and I feel bad because the staff and the fans were really
Former Blackburn Rovers striker Jemal Johnson could be set to make his Wolves debut against Burnley with Jay Bothroyd facing a race to be fit and Carl Cort suspended. And Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy, who watched Johnson play 90 minutes in a friendly
JOHN Coleman believes Accrington Stanley are 40 per cent away from being at full throttle. And he has urged his flair players' to play their part in making up the difference. "I would say we're operating at about 60 per cent of our capacity at the moment
STEVE Wilkes has celebrated two wins out of two, but he believes there's still room for improvement in his Padiham side. The Storks boss has praised the team's work ethic which has led to wins over Bootle and Chadderton to leave them in fourth place.
BACUP maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a hard earned 1-1 draw against a strong Salford outfit last night. The Manchester side bossed the opening 45 minutes and took the lead on the stroke of half time through Nick Robinson. However
STEVE Mullen has praised the positive attitude of his players following Darwen's flying start to the season. The Anchor Ground club have won their opening two games of their NWCL Division Two campaign and will be looking to continue that fine form at
RAMSBOTTOM UNITED will be looking to build on their first win of the season when they travel to Leeds-based Thackley in the cup tomorrow. Steve Maden is doubtful with a calf injury but Matt Houldsworth is hoping to recover from a knock in time to play
NELSON boss Graham Howarth is urging his side to forget their midweek 6-0 hammering against FC United as they face Northern Counties East side Liversedge in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary round. Howarth said: "In the end we bottled it. We defended like
FORMER Blackburn favourite David Thompson has warned his new Portsmouth team-mates to expect a battle tomorrow when the two clubs meet at Fratton Park. Thompson is one of four new faces likely to make their Pompey debuts against Rovers, and the injury-plagued
RYAN Nelsen last night revealed he turned his back on a big-money move to Portsmouth because he believes he's got a better chance of fulfilling his ambitions with Blackburn Rovers. The New Zealand international, who was the subject of three separate
Steve Cotterill has revealed transfer-listed Gifton Noel Williams has a chance of playing on Saturday as Burnley take on Wolves. The big striker impressed in a closed-doors match against bitter rivals Blackburn Rovers at Brockhall earlier this week
ENGLAND star James Anderson is set to make a sensational return to Lancashire League cricket as part of his rehabilitation for this winter's Ashes series. The 24-year-old star has been out of action since March after suffering a stress fracture of the
EAST Lancashire students are set to be able to get their A-level and GCSE results online next year after a successful pilot scheme. Yesterday exam board Edexcel trialled an online service allowing 200 students from the West Midlands and West London to
PRINCIPALS today insisted sniping about whether A-levels have got easier should not overshadow East Lancashire students' success. Accusations that A-levels continue to be dumbed down have again been made after the results nationally went up for the 24th
AN East Lancashire MP has delivered a passionate speech on the global fight against AIDS - and accused health bosses of hi-jacking cash aimed at tackling the problem. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans told the audience at the Metro Conference Centre in Toronto
WHICH of East Lancashire's firms will scoop the top prize in this year's Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards 2006? We meet last year's Business of the Year - The Hurstwood Group. Hurstwood has become a byword for business success and one of the best-known
I'M a very healthy driver, who has had many parking problems, as your disabled readers are having in Blackburn, including the Royal Blackburn Hospital. What does annoy me is the constant moaning of disabled drivers about having to pay for parking if
TWO Langho residents are counting the cost after an out of control car caused major damage to their driveways and gardens. The incident occurred at 9pm on Wednesday in Whinney Lane and, according to police, the 30-year-old male driver from Billington
AN East Lancashire mental health authority has finally appointed a permanent finance boss - 18 months after their predecessor was poached by hospital chiefs. David Young has been appointed finance director at Whalley-based Calderstones NHS Trust, a mental
A PRIVATE firm has lost responsibility for some of the services it provides for Blackburn with Darwen Council following a review. The decision follows a review of the authority's 15-year partnership with Capita, which was signed in 2001, and the renewed
A FORMER Darwen man who went on the run when he realised magistrates were going to send him to prison returned to face the music 18 months later. Blackburn magistrates heard that John Taylor was asking to be sent to prison because he wanted to put everything
AN angler who promised his dying brother he would set up a business based on their love of fishing has finally seen his dream become reality. Tony Devine has spent six years setting up his Accrington fishery - and even had to sell his house to help finance
TWO sawn-off shotguns and a pistol were recovered by police following a raid on a home in Blackburn. Officers also seized a quantity of drugs following the swoop on a house in St George's View yesterday. Three men, aged 19, 22 and 42, have been arrested
THE complete sell-off of bus company Blackburn Transport to a private owner was agreed by councillors last night. The business, owned by Blackburn with Darwen Council, will be sold to Blazefield Holdings, a Yorkshire-based arm of French transport company
BURNLEY Council's new chief executive will hold an emergency meeting to try to find an alternative site for a controversial engineering depot. The move to meet with county council chiefs came after furious residents voiced their anger at plans which
WOULD-BE anglers in Lancashire are being the chance to join in the sport by fishing the area's rivers and canals. British Waterways is encouraging angling amateurs and enthusiasts alike to grab a rod and get fishing as part of National Fishing Week
The North West is among the top three worst offenders for fly-tipping by householders, according to new research. The data from the national fly-tipping database, Flycapture, highlights that this type of fly-tipping is costing local authorities as much
MANY of the 31 deaths of North West workers last year could have been prevented by simple, sensible precautions, according to the Health and Safety Executive. David Ashton, the HSE's regional director, said: "Year after year the same underlying trends
GOOD wrestling films are few and far between - as anyone who has seen Hulk Hogan's No Holds Barred or David Arquette's horrendous Ready to Rumble will testify. But Nacho Libre is an altogether different proposition, a quirky comedy centred on Nacho
THE off-road track where a 15-year-old rider was killed has been closed by council chiefs in Rossendale while an investigation is carried out. Rossendale Borough Council used its powers to serve a prohibition notice to shut the Enduro motocross track
A 75-YEAR-OLD man has been fined after scrawling "do not park here" in white paint on a van left outside his house. A policewoman on patrol in Higher Audley Street, Blackburn spotted retired Harry Sagar committing the offence, and daubing emulsion on
A CRACKDOWN on pubs illegally showing Blackburn Rovers matches live on TV is being launched amid fears that they are knocking thousands off home gates. Landlords are being warned that they face fines of up to £5,000 and having their licences revoked
