A HEARTBROKEN mother drew on the memory of her daughter killed in a car crash to find the courage to meet the burglar who broke into her home. Margaret Foxley told the burglar the laptop he stole contained treasured photographs of her daughter Jessica
THE owners of Burnley’s Keirby Park Hotel have been ordered back to the drawing board in their bid to revamp the landmark venue. Proposals to build an 11-storey apartment block on the side of The Keirby, as well as revamping the hotel and creating three
AROUND 40 jobs are to be created when a catalogue giant opens a new superstore in Colne next month. Argos is set to open one of its Argos Extra stores at Boundary Retail Park on November 5. The store will create both full and part-time jobs, as well
HEALTH bosses have moved to reassure people in East Lancashire that they do not hire foreign agency staff to man out-of-hours GP care. Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has raised fears of a “national problem” regarding the operation
A ‘DANGEROUS’ man who raped a 12-year-old boy behind a shop has been jailed for more than seven years. Raisuddin Patel, of Buncer Lane, Blackburn, attacked the child after befriending him and another boy in Whalley Range, Preston Crown Court
A SECOND-HAND book-shop in Clitheroe is closing after 13 years. The owners of Bowdon Books blame a fall in sales and tough market conditions in the second-hand book trade as the reason for closure. In January this year, the award-winning Kaydee’s Bookshop
OWEN Coyle says he has so much to thank Alex McLeish that he’s ensuring he won’t be leaving Turf Moor empty-handed tomorrow. But instead of three points, the Burnley boss hopes all his Birmingham City counterpart and countryman is walking away
A DARWEN headteacher passed her high school on her final journey after a tearful funeral service. Family, friends and Darwen Vale High School staff and pupils said farewell to Lynn Dunning today. The teacher lost her 10-year battle with
This week the sports team are looking ahead to the weekend's action including Burnley v Birmingham and Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers. This week the subjects up for discussion are: *Burnley's injury jinx and whether it will affect
The Jim Flood Memorial Quiz takes place at the IDL (Irish) Club, George Street on Thursday 8th October at 8pm. £2 entry per team including refreshments with prizes and trophies to be won. Contact 01706 214787.
THE CATERING firm which secured a multi-million pound deal to run the cafe at Clitheroe Castle eight months ago has gone into voluntary liquidation. Gold and Brown called in the administrators on Wednesday night after a ‘horrific downturn’
ACCRINGTON Stanley go into tomorrow’s game at Chesterfield in a positive frame of mind, despite players having to wait a day for their wages this week. The squad were due to be paid at midnight at the end of the month but had to wait until last night
COMPUTERS and a car have been seized during a terror raid at a terraced house in Nelson. The search of a house in Tavistock Street was concluded this morning, but police said the investigation was continuing. No arrests have been made
REWARDING, frustrating and demanding in equal measure. Life for Blackburn Rovers’ new Academy manager Phil Cannon has certainly had its fair share of ups and downs over the last 15 years. Theo Walcott’s Premier League return at the Emirates
LANCASHIRE Telegraph reporter Catherine Pye was named Young Journalist of the Year at the O2 Media Awards for Lancashire and Greater Manchester last night. As well as Catherine's success, seven other Telegraph journalists were nominated for the ceremony
RAMSBOTTOM United host Bacup Borough in the pick of the ties in the FA Vase first round tomorrow. The Rams will be looking for a repeat of last month’s scoreline when they won 3-0 at West View, with Anthony Johnson, Lee Connell and Matthew
A fiction anthology edited by Andrea Ashworth, 36, of Guide, Blackburn, is to be launched next month. Matter 9, published by Sheffield Hallam University’s Mews Press, features a selection of work by established guest writers, alongside the best new
MORE than a thousand jobs will be lost in Blackburn and Darwen in the next year, according to a new study. The forecast, by economic development experts Gavurin, predicts 1,300 job losses in the next 12 months, with the manufacturing sector
DARWEN’S new mayor has launched a furious attack on one of his Liberal Democrat allies, accusing him of being ‘negative about everything’ in the town. Now Coun Paul Browne, who came to the verge of quitting the Lib Dems two years ago, has demanded
THE Clarets are leading the way among the Premier League’s newly promoted sides, but Robbie Blake is backing them all to live to tell another top flight tale next season. Tomorrow’s visitors Birmingham, Championship title holders Wolves and
Padiham are at home to Hemsworth MW of the NE Counties League in the FA Vase First Round tomorrow.
LANCASHIRE firefighters are on standby to fly out to disaster-hit Indonesia. Up to 10 volunteers from the county’s fire and rescue service could be called on to help the aid effort after massive earthquakes this week left more than 1,100 dead, and many
Nelson face Yorkshire club Selby Town in the FA Vase tomorrow. Manager Alex Mugan will want to see his side repeat the second half form they showed against Rammy. Nelson came back from 3-0 down with two goals that pushed the home side to the limit
Colne face a home tie against Sheffield side Hallam and will be hoping to carry on the good work from another cup competition. In midweek they faced Unibond neighbours Clitheroe in the Lancashire FA Trophy and went through virtue of a second-half Ted
RAMSBOTTOM United host Bacup Borough in the pick of the ties in the FA Vase first round tomorrow. The Rams will be looking for a repeat of last month’s scoreline when they won 3-0 at West View, with Anthony Johnson, Lee Connell and Matthew Edgington
ACCRINGTON Stanley vice chairman Peter Marsden says he feels optimistic about the club’s future after meeting Ilyas Khan in London this week. Khan is the benefactor behind the Supporters’ Fund, who have offered to pay off all of Stanley’s debts
TWO of our UniBond sides go head to head tomorrow when Rossendale United welcome Chorley in the preliminary round of the FA Trophy. John Hughes will be hoping his Rossendale side carries on their free-scoring form from midweek when they entertain Chorley
Clitheroe entertain Belper Town from the Unibond First Division South in the FA Trophy and boss Peter Smith admits he knows little about the make-up of the Derbyshire outfit. “Obviously I’m aware of their results and that they are seventh in the table
Portsmouth’s players are expected to be paid wages owed to them in the next two days, the club have confirmed. Some players and executive board members at the club were not paid as expected earlier in the week due to “a delay in the transfer of funds
BLACKBURN Rovers’ Croatian striker Nikola Kalinic has told his country he does not want to be considered for international duty next weekend as he focuses on getting himself ready for the Premier League. The £6million signing from Hajduk
A NEW FOOTBALL pavillion has been named in honour of a councillor’s long-standing campaign. The former White Ash Football Pavilion, Oswaldtwistle, has been renamed Walmsley Pavilion in recognition of Coun Brian Walmsley’s long-standing support. Coun
Running time: 108 mins. Starring: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Cam Gigandet. Director: Christian Alvart. Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt haul the sets of their 1997 collaboration Event Horizon out of storage and
HUNDREDS of jobs could be at risk in a shake-up at Lancashire's County Hall. Plans have been unveiled for a restructuring of Lancashire County Council’s Environment Department, which employs about 1,000 people. Staff have already been asked whether
Running time: 99 mins Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Louis C.K., Rob Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor, Jonah Hill. Directors: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson. The truth about Ricky Gervais’s new comedy, co-written and co-directed
Comedy/Romance. Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Alistair McGowan, Caroline Goodall, Ian Ogilvy, Sophie Stuckey. Director: Donald Petrie. Released: October 2 (UK & Ireland). Originally titled My Life In Ruins, Donald Petrie’s
As the Band on the Wall venue in Manchester re-opened last weekend, we talked to electro heads The Bays, who played to a packed crowd on Sunday, about the legendary music venue. “The carpet won’t last,” percussionist Simon Richmond said. “Last
HOW long must it take television producers to find the socially backward people who actually want to appear on this programme? If anyone doesn’t know the concept by now, four people from the same city cook for each other in their own homes on four consecutive
Sitting on your sofa, blasting through countless bots and AI enemies all alone — you need a pretty impressive single-player story to keep you coming back for more. In Section 8, set on the war-torn planets of tomorrow, mankind’s greatest battle is about
THE Derren Brown effect is sweeping the nation. Love him or hate him, the TV illusionist is positively mesmerising. He’s always been something of a wonder to me, since I first tuned into his Channel 4 show Derren Brown: Mind Control, in 2000. But ever
Female lead characters have often been over-sexualised in video games — you only need to look at the slobbering following that Lara Croft has built up to see that. But Rubi Malone is a little bit different. For a start, she doesn’t spend the whole game
The Need For Speed series has long needed a lengthy spell in the developer’s garage in order to help it recapture the excitement of early instalments. It’s fair to say that the last two or three titles have fallen short of the winners’ podium. Shift
Once upon an ice rink there was a magnificent castle and an amazing fairytale about to begin... As Disney on Ice skated into Manchester to begin its UK tour of Princess Wishes, the audience was taken on a truly magical journey. From the markets of Agrabah
WITH 3,000 empty homes in Burnley set to be demolished, or revamped, a plea has been made to use some to help homeless families. The homes across the borough, chiefly in Burn-ley Wood and Daneshouse, remain mothballed, wait-ing to be knocked down, or
A DAIRY farmer in Colne is facing prosecution by three agencies over alleged suffering caused to livestock and the alleged state of his milking parlour and cow sheds. Hygiene officials raided Hubb House Farm, in Knotts Lane, at the end of last January
COMMERCIAL property company Hurstwood has re-opened an office in its former headquarters in Haslingden. Hurstwood relocated to a £2million office development in Bolton’s Navigation Park in the summer of 2008, but has taken the decision to increase
First up, this week I think we need to take Strictly Come Dancing off the air. I’m sorry, I tried to get into the mood of things and watched a full hour this week but I just could not see the point. Some people learn to dance and then do so in front
A MUM has hit out after claiming she was not told her severely disabled son was a carrier of the superbug MRSA. Janet Ashby said she only found out when Stuart Lee Davies, 32, was admitted to hospital - and placed in an isolation ward.
Janet Anderson put the interests of Preston before her own borough and constituents when she spoke out in favour of the Tithebarn development and against our demand for a public enquiry. By referring the proposals to an independent planning inspector
A PROPOSAL by the Labour Party to introduce free parking permits for inpatients at hospitals must be a comfort to people who need to use the facilities regularly. Health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to phase out car parking charges if the current
FREE car parking permits will be provided for all hospital inpatients under a future Labour Government – but not necessarily in Blackburn and Burnley. Health Secretary Andy Burn-ham has promised to phase out car parking charges if the current Government
HIGHWAYS chiefs have blocked National Grid’s plans to dig up newly-laid flags in the heart of Barnoldswick’s shopping area. The utilities company wanted to carry out the work in Church Street so it could lay a new gas main and services to properties.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Pendle doctor who went “the extra mile” for his patients. Dr Mahboob Alam, of Gisburn Road, Higherford, who has died at the age of 74, moved to the UK from India before settling in a Colne surgery for 25 years. The
A SOLICITOR from Cliviger is the latest canidate to throw his hat into the ring to become Burnley’s next MP. Property lawyer Richard Rawsthorn, 59, will stand for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the 2010 General Election. He will face Burnley council
THIRTEEN teenagers have been blamed by police for carrying out around 60 per cent of Burnley and Padiham’s burglaries and car crimes. Now mugshots of the bad boy baker’s dozen have been circulated to every police officer in the division as part of Operation
PLANS for a £20million museum in Blackburn town centre are in tatters after a funding bid was turned down. In a massive blow to the town’s regeneration plans, bosses were told the Heritage Lottery would not pay for their plans to open a “world
On Saturday and Sunday (3rd/4th Oct) the East Lancs Railway is having a family engines BIG DAY OUT. "Jinty" and his friends, train rides and activities all along the railway. Running betwen Rawtenstall and Bury. See www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk for
I would question the Police statement published in a local newspaper: “While there is an obvious increase in anti-social behaviour, it is good to see this has not led to an increase in crime”. In my experience, there can be a direct correlation between
PETER Cavanagh does not know whether he will return to football after he was one of five former Accrington Stanley players to yesterday lose their appeals against bans from the sport for betting offences. Cavanagh, Robbie Williams, Jay Harris
DAVID Dunn insists Blackburn Rovers have nothing to lose as he looks to end their Emirates Stadium hell on Sunday. Rovers have lost every Premier League clash at Arsenal since the Gunners moved to their new home in 2006, with a 0-0 FA Cup draw
BURNLEY captain Steven Caldwell has provided a timely boost ahead of tomorrow’s home clash with Birmingham City after declaring himself fully fit following an hour’s run-out for the second string in midweek. Caldwell’s recovery from a pre-season groin
BURNLEY striker Steven Fletcher has been called up for Scotland’s international friendly with Japan next Saturday, but there is no place in George Burnley's squad for fit-again captain Steven Caldwell or veteran Graham Alexander. Kevin McDonald and
AN office worker was forced from a moving vehicle by men wanted in connection to two thefts. A white Leyland Convoy van was broken into at Futures Park in Bacup and a bag stolen 30 minutes before a violent theft took place in Rawtenstall at lunchtime
A TOUT from Blackburn known as ‘Mr Manchester United’ got hold of hundreds of tickets using false names and made a profit of £14,000 on the black market. Suhail Patel registered several memberships with Manchester United and the Football Association
