Burnley have continued their Jekyll and Hyde form with another impressive home win, this time against Birmingham City. While Owen Coyle’s men falter away their home form is amongst the best in the league and on today’s evidence it is no surprise
IAN Dunbavin's penalty save was not enough as Accrington Stanley conceded an injury-time goal to lose at Chesterfield in League Two this afternoon. Dunbavin had saved an 89th-minute penalty from Jamie Lowry to seemingly earn the Reds a point
It’s all square at 0-0 on a blustery day at Turf Moor with the home side doing all the huffing and puffing. Burnley have had more of the possession but chances have been limited to long range efforts that have been turned away time and again by Birmingham
Culture lovers in the Rossendale area will be interested in the 2009 Preston Arts Festival which offers something for all. More than 80 events will take place during the two-week festival now in its ninth year. Organisers are promising "
ECONOMIC growth in East Lancashire is being hampered by council bureaucracy, a regional business boss has said. The two-tier structure - which sees district and county councils share responsibility everywhere in the area except Blackburn with
Owen Coyle left tongues wagging with his team selection for this afternoon’s game with Birmingham City. The Clarets boss has re-called Steven Caldwell to the starting line-up as captain but has also named Andre Bikey and Clarke Carlisle in his eleven
ACCRINGTON Stanley have brought Billy Kee and Ian Dunbavin into their starting line-up for this afternoon's League Two clash at Chesterfield. Kee comes in for Luke Joyce, with Bobby Grant expected to drop back into midfield, while Dunbavin replaces Alan
THEY say the world would be a boring place if everyone was the same and Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce insists the Premier League is no different. Allardyce goes head to head with his footballing nemesis on Sunday afternoon, as Rovers
Regarding the problem of teenage drinking, what the government spends on child welfare programmes doesn’t work. And I don’t think the 24hr selling of alcohol does any good at all. Meanwhile, our rulers tell us not to play conkers – and to use eye protection
BANNED former Accrington Stanley defender Robbie Williams has stressed that he is not a match fixer and says he never knew he was not allowed to bet on football. Williams this week failed in an appeal to get an eight-month ban from football
SAM Allardyce admits Blackburn Rovers are lacking an “away mentality” as he calls for them to adopt some of his old Bolton side’s doggedness and resolve. In his last eight Premier League games against Arsenal as Bolton boss, Allardyce’s Trotters
BRIAN Jensen was enduring a running dual with Danny Coyne for the Burnley gloves when Mark Yates was on the coaching staff at Turf Moor. Now it’s a battle to oust him from the number one spot as this Danish star continues to shine in the Premier League
It is a sad fact that we as a country seem incapable of unseating the unspeakable PM Brown and his failed Labour Government. And we are not entirely happy at the prospect of Cameron and his Tory Party and their apparent unwillingness to spell out their
ACCRINGTON Stanley’s John Coleman has been named among a shortlist of four for the September manager of the month award in League Two. Coleman, who takes his team to Chesterfield this afternoon, has been nominated after the Reds won three, drew one and
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen has rediscovered his hunger for the game after revealing contract worries played a part in last season’s dramatic dip in form. Blackburn Rovers’ Norwegian winger is finally returning to some semblance of the form that
DEFENDER Clarke Carlisle is relishing increased competition for places with captain Steven Caldwell ready to return – even if it means his place comes under threat. Scotland centre half Caldwell is desperate to start against Birmingham City this afternoon
A MATRON from East Lancashire has given the ‘gift of health’ to communities in Africa. Lorraine Goldsborough was determined to make good use of redundant health equipment from local community hospitals. So, she started collecting second-hand equipment
A FORMER solicitor and his wife were handcuffed and robbed in their idyllic Portuguese holiday home during a “terrifying” attack. A masked gang stormed into the Algarve villa of pensioner Bob Pickles, who spent his career working in Blackburn
BBC pundit Alan Hansen fears Blackburn Rovers may find it tough to get a result at Arsenal tomorrow. Rovers travel to the Emirates having lost their last seven away games in the Premier League. Hansen said: "Arsene Wenger’s young side
A TROUBLED business site in Rawtenstall, which was once on the verge being mothballed, has secured its first occupant. Less than a month after Rossendale council leader Tony Swain claimed traders would move into New Hall Hey, a computer firm has signed
FOUR drug dealers who police believe were responsible for a “huge” proportion of the heroin supply in Burnley have been jailed for over 13 years. Officers said that the gang had hundreds of customers throughout the town and caused misery in
