It is thought that the Mary Hindle Centre in Haslingden will reopen in the new year. The centre will be known as the "Agapao Impact Centre" focusing on multi-medi training and will house the soon to be launched Rossendale Radio. Bookings for the centre
Two Asda employees appeared on the Extra Factor spin-off show at the weekend. The "Back to Reality" item featured Andy O'Donnell of Loveclough and John Sedgwick of Helmshore destroying yet another fine song.
WHEN last year’s comedy festival winner took to the stage at King George’s Hall there was an air of expectation in the audience — and Jason Manford didn’t let us down. Two-and-a-half hours in and he was still going strong. Likening himself
A NELSON-based communications firm is celebrating after winning a prestigious accolade at the North West Dealmaker awards. Daisy Group PLC scooped the Deal of the Year prize in recognition of its £204 million reverse takeover of Freedom 4 and flotation
EAST Lancashire Hospitals' top casualty consultant has stepped down from his role as an associate director. Sanjoy Bhattacharyya was the trust's consultant and clinical operations director in emergency medicine and a firm advocate of the move to close
ACCRINGTON Stanley's home match against Macclesfield Town in League Two tonight has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. Heavy rainfall in the hour before 5pm left referee Tony Bates with no choice but to call the match off. A new date for
CONTROVERSIAL plans to increase pupil numbers at one of Lancashire’s most successful primary schools have been given the go-ahead. Education bosses at the county council yesterday rubber-stamped the scheme to expand numbers at Laneshaw-bridge Primary
DIG out your flares and polish those platforms until they sparkle – the 1970s are back with a vengeance. Boogie Nights is the latest hit show from Accrington Theatre Group, one of the country’s oldest theatre companies, who wowed local audiences
MEMBERS of Blackburn Arts Club received a boost from an unlikely source this week when former Emmerdale actress Lorraine Chase sent her good wishes. The club are staging a production of play Dead Guilty from tonight until Saturday. The play’s director
A POPULAR beauty spot could once again be used to supply drinking water for East Lancashire residents – after a 35-year hiatus. Utility bosses blacklisted Cowm Reservoir in 1975 after a blaze involving dumped tyres caused pollutants to enter the watercourse
A GREEN space in Bur-nley is set to be given a £50,000 makeover thanks to a scheme funded by Marks and Spencer and the council. The Bank Hall park area, off Colne Road, near the junction with Plantation Street near the town centre, is to be turned into
A-LEVEL students were taught the secrets of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Business students at Burnley College Sixth Form Centre were given tips from Farmhouse Fare founder Helen Colley. Multi-award winning entrepreneur Helen, who founded Farmhouse
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to give youngsters forced to live in refuges across Burnley and Pendle a happier time as the festive season approaches. Freemasons in the neighbouring boroughs have teamed up to provide good quality children’s toys to two
IN 2005, the Lancashire Telegraph conducted a special investigation into the problem of girls being groomed for sex by groups of older men. It lifted the lid on a sickening scene which saw predatory young men ply girls with alcohol and drugs, before
Last time my wife was in the Royal Blackburn Hospital, I complained, via the appropriate ‘form’, about the pathetic, bus (non) service between the hospital and Blackburn. Burnley people, no problem! That was in September 2009. I received no reply. The
A ROMAN Catholic priest who used to teach at an East Lancashire college has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Force’s Child Abuse Investigation Team investigating the alleged sexual abuse of a boy in
Ian Davies’s observation (LT, November 18) makes ample sense on the topic of the digital switchover. Since it began and when the BBC2 analogue signal was taken off air recently, households had to reset freeview sets to continue receiving the digital
THE new chairman of Pendle Leisure Trust’s Board of Trustees vowed to provide more facilities for residents after taking up the role. Keith Folley, who has been on the board for five years, has taken over the role from Bob Little, who retired as chairman
I WAS in a small minority of people last week. When the BBC News Channel announced that Cathy Ashton was likely to be the new “Foreign Minister” of Europe, I didn’t say “Who?” In fact, I stood up and cheered. It’s a brilliant appointment. Actually
TRADERS in Barnoldswick are celebrating after work, which would have meant digging up the road outside their shops in the run-up to Christmas, was postponed. Business owners in Church Street had received a letter from National Grid advising them of work
YOBS have been slammed by police for ruining the end of Colne’s Christmas lights switch-on. Between 30 and 40 youngsters congregated outside the Co-op store in Market Street, after the festivities. The youths, believed to be under the influence of alcohol
VIP Snooker has opened in the former Riley’s snooker club, Mincing Lane, Blackburn. The premises were left vacant when the national chain went into administration earlier this year. The new business will be run by entrepreneur Mohammed Iqbal,
I'm sure I speak for all Rovers fans in wishing Big Sam a speedy recovery from his forthcoming heart surgery. If contrary to doctor’s orders (and I’d like to think that Sam’s the sort of guy who takes little notice of such orders) he caught
So happy anniversary Owen Coyle. It is a measure of how far the club has progressed and how expectations have risen in his two years at the club, that thousands of Burnley supporters left the rain drenched Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon
BLACKBURN Rovers travel to Fulham tomorrow 11th in the Premier League, higher than they have been for more than a year, determined to build on their first away points of the season. Assistant manager Neil McDonald will again take charge, with
Business Link North West has extended its telephone service to 24 hours a day at weekends after an increase in calls from companies worried about flooding. The free service gives businesses advice on how to protect against disaster. Figures show 5,650
A FATHER-of-five, caught with a £2,000 heroin haul he intended supply to his addict partner and friends, has been jailed for 27 months. Former bodybuilder Alan West, 43, then using about eight bags of the drug himself every day, bought in bulk to save
EAST Lancashire firms are in the running to win regional business awards. The area has six representatives in the North West Society of Chartered Accountants (NWSCA) gongs, due to be announced on Thursday at the Stanley House Hotel, Mellor. Simon
THE MOTHER and Child monument in Blackburn town centre was covered in a mosquito net as part of a campaign to raise awareness about malaria. Charity workers Karem Issa and Ushna Mughal raised more than £100 for the organisation, Malaria No More The
TAXI drivers have called for help from the town hall to stop their vehicles being vandalised. Cabbies say measures forcing them to display stickers identifying their cars as taxis are making them a target to vandals and thieves. The signs, introduced
Hundreds of East Lancashire people attended the annual Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards, proving the North West has plenty of business success to celebrate, despite uncertain times. The glitzy award ceremony was held at Ewood Park, the
PLANS for 39 new homes in Whalley have been given the go-ahead by planning chiefs at Ribble Valley Borough Council. Developers Geoge Wimpey are proposing to build the two and five bedroom two-storey houses in Calderstones Park, Pendle Road. The
THINGS aren’t looking too good for Blackburn’s traditional three-day market. If we lose out and we no longer have that very valuable asset, we are going to be left with a smart shopping mall and just that, with nothing more to tempt out-of-town
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has confirmed both Danny Murphy and Andy Johnson are in contention for a first-team return in tomorrow’s Premier League match against Blackburn. Central midfielder Murphy, who captains the Cottagers, has been absent for the past
A COMMUNICATIONS firm is to create 150 new jobs when its second building opens in January. Daisy Group, based on the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, already employs 280 people at Daisy House and is now looking for new starters in the local area
A paramedic who was assaulted by a patient has spoken out against the ‘daily abuse’ suffered by frontline NHS staff. Shaun Tierney, 39, was assaulted after being called to the Yates’s Wine Lodge, Church Street, in Preston. Mr Tierney, who has been in
IS it fate, or just some strange coincidence that at the same time as people are celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, which symbolised the freeing of East Germany, Poland and other similar states from the tight reins of the USSR, that the final
AN aspiring Darwen model beat thousands of hopefuls to be named in the final of a regional modelling competition. Christopher Hedley, 20, has made it to the final 20 of Galaxy FM’s Manhunt competition and is now in the running to be featured in their
A TOWN councillor has claimed he was snubbed by the organisers of Darwen’s Christmas lights switch-on. Martin McCaughran said he and his children had hoped to meet former X Factor star Chico, who was the special guest for the evening. But only borough
A legal expert has warned pub landlords about ‘bandits’ taking money from game machines. Malcolm Ireland, head of licensing at Blackburn-based Napthens solicitors, said small groups had been ‘fiddling’ the machines, using keys to open them and find
FORMER bosses of a collapsed historic electronics firm have bought part of it for £75,000, administrators have revealed. Managers at Microtech Solutions, which was placed into administration in September, bought machinery and stock to trade under the
BREWERY giant Thwaites has put eight pubs up for sale across East Lancashire. But the Campaign for Real Ale has accused the Blackburn-based firm of imposing strict rules for would-be buyers which mean the sites can no longer be run as pubs.
Steve Waywell’s Chorley side were punished for squandering early chances at Lancaster in midweek and at Warrington on Saturday, losing 3-0 and 2-0. Waywell, clearly disappointed at the two recent defeats, said: “After we outclassed a highly-placed
BURNLEY councillors have welcomed the town’s teenagers into the Council Chamber to update them on the changes made since their last visit to the Town Hall back in March. The teenagers, who ranged from Years 7 to 11, represented the borough’s five
STEVEN Caldwell believes Burnley have overperformed this season to reach 10th position in the Premier League. The Clarets maintained their comfortable mid-table position following Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa and have surprised many of
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a woman they want to speak to after an 18-year-old student was punched in the face in an unprovoked attack outside Asda in Accrington. It happened shortly after midnight on Thursday, October 8. Anyone with information
MUSLIMS in Clitheroe say questions remain unanswered after a report into anti-terror raids in the town was published. Farooq Hussain, a co-ordinator at Clitheroe’s Masjid Mosque, reacted to today’s report by Lord Carlile, which was critical of Greater
A TEENAGER is set to become a star of the small screen when he appears in a new BBC1 series. Connor Ryan, 16, spent eight days filming Paradox, a futuristic police drama series which is due to begin broadcasting tonight. He will appear in the fifth
BRITAIN’S Got Talent has been cleared of breaching broadcasting rules over Hollie Steele’s tearful breakdown. Ofcom received 259 complaints about Hollie’s welfare – and that she was given a second chance – on the ITV show in May. The former Burnley
FIREFIGHTERS prevented an accident when they stopped a runaway blazing fruit and veg van in Blackburn at 3.30am yesterday. Crew manager Dave Hilliard said the van, in Syke Crescent, Shadsworth, had been stolen and set on fire. He said: “The electronics
STAFF from Hyndburn Council’s Audit and Investigations team baked a treat for Children In Need. Members of the team raised more than £70 after selling cakes to colleagues at the town hall. Council leader Peter Britcliffe said: “The team all rose
MANCHESTER United, Tottenham, Everton and Aston Villa are battling it out for Standard Liege’s £4m-rated Milan Jovanovic after Birmingham pulled out of the race for the Serbian striker. West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola will resist all attempts
GAEL Givet is expected to miss tomorrow's Premier League trip to Fulham after limping out of Sunday's victory at Bolton Wanderers. The French left back picked up a dead leg early in the game at the Reebok Stadium and limped through much of
RYAN Nelsen believes David Dunn could add an extra dimension to England’s midfield – claiming he brings a touch of ‘Spanish flair’ to the Premier League. Dunn scored his sixth goal of the season on Sunday to help Blackburn Rovers end their
It feels quite strange to write a column dominated by football and not financial matters – very strange indeed after the past few months. The draw away at Bradford was a very creditable point given the huge difference in squad sizes and wage
Blackburn’s Ricky Johnson narrowly lost on his pro debut after a points loss to Northamptonshire's Jimmy Henry. The 28-year-old light-middleweight - who trains at Lower Darwen-based Fit 2 XL gym - was beaten 58-57 on points. Johnson is hoping for a
NO team in the country has played more games than Accrington Stanley this season, but boss John Coleman believes his players can cope with the workload as they start another busy period against Macclesfield tonight. Weather permitting, Stanley
BURNLEY fans can don their flat caps as many of the 1970s team will get together for a Jimmy McIlroy testimonial dinner on Saturday, February 27. Vintage Clarets from the era will meet up for the dinner and may also be unveiled on the pitch
BURNLEY boss Owen Coyle wants to sign David Nugent on a permanent basis in January – but he is yet to find out whether he will have the funds to agree a fee during the transfer window. Coyle revealed last week that he is eager to increase his
A MAJOR investigation into girls being groomed for sex by older men has uncovered disturbing ‘paedophile parties’ in Lancashire. The victims, aged as young as 12, are often forced to have sex with a number of men at the gatherings. And
