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  • Police: Blackburn prostitute crackdown is working

    POLICE have said a new initiative to get prostitutes off the street and on courses was a ‘work in progress’ after a woman was brought before court. Officers in the Bank Top area have been issuing street sex workers and kerb crawlers with conditional

  • Huge cycling event coming to Pendle

    OLYMPIC star Bradley Wiggins and leading Tour de France riders will be heading to East Lancashire to race in the shadow of Pendle Hill, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal. British Cycling bosses have awarded the 2010 national men’s and women’s road

  • North West Euro MP: Mumbai terror attack changed my life

    A North West Euro MP has recalled the life-changing moment he stared a gun-wielding terrorist in the face and saw 12 people shot dead. Sajjad Karim, the Conservative MEP who lives in Simonstone, in the Ribble Valley, and was brought up in Burnley

  • Famous Accrington brickworks Nori closes again

    ACCRINGTON’S famous brickworks has closed again after management revealed orders were still scarce. Production at the Hanson Building Products factory, where Nori brick is made, re-opened on a trial three month basis in August as bosses hoped

  • Lynne’s legacy inspires stand-in head at Darwen Vale

    THE acting head-teacher of Darwen Vale High School has vowed to build on the legacy of is prede-cessor Lynn Dunning. John Lawson has been in his interim role for just a few weeks and said he was thrilled with the staff and students at the school. And

  • Burnley captain Caldwell admits: 'It's a rubbish tache'

    CLARETS captain Steven Caldwell admits he has taken some dreesing room stick this month after growing a moustache for the national prostate cancer campaign Movember. But despite being the victim of jokes from his team mates, Caldwell hopes

  • 'Super council' leader vows to fight for East Lancashire

    EAST Lancashire’s new “super council” met for the first time yesterday - and vowed to put aside local rivalries and fight for the area. The proposed racecourse near Simonstone was on the agenda, and a business leader said thousands of “traditional

  • ASBO-row Blackburn man to go into rehab

    AN ALCOHOLIC who made the life of flat tenants a misery has gone into rehab. John Bailey, 43, was fined £100 by magistrates after he admitted being drunk and disorderly and damaging the door of a 76-year-old woman's apartment at flats off Montague

  • Ewood Park could be World Cup team's base

    EWOOD Park could provide training facilities for some of the stars of world football if England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup is successful. Blackburn Rovers have thrown their weight behind Liverpool’s bid to become a host city for the contest.

  • Tomorrow can be a better day

    I was reminded recently of the stereotypical Lancashire response to the “How are you today?” enquiry: “Not as good as yesterday, but better than tomorrow.” Or the visiting football fan who asked a little lad in the street, “How do you get to

  • We'll deal with fixture pile-up, insists Burnley keeper

    BRIAN Jensen hopes the experiences of Burnley’s marathon promotion-winning campaign will stand them in good stead for a hectic Christmas period. Saturday’s trip to West Ham United kicks off a run of seven games in a month for the Clarets. Having had

  • Your Future - Have Your Say

    The Proposed Way Forward is the latest version of the Councils' Core Strategy and is out to public consultation between 16th November and 18th December 2009. The Proposed Way Forward sets out the Councils' preferred approach to future development

  • Strictly Come Dancing blog: Week ten

    After last week’s drama, were we in for another week of injuries? Or would we be bowled over by the pizzazz, glitz and glamour? Jade Johnson having to retire from the competition due to her knee injury is very sad, and I know she will be sadly

  • A Capella singers to perform at Clitheroe concert

    The A Cappella Singers are taking part in the “Mayor’s Music Series” in Clitheroe. The current mayor of Ribble Valley, Beverley Jones, was a former member of the group before leaving a few years ago. For her series of concerts, she has engaged

  • Colne joiner completes Great North Run for charity

    A joiner from Colne has raised £150 for Pendleside Hospice by completing the Great North Run. Neil Thompson completed the 13-mile race in one hour and 56 minutes, which represented a personal best. The cash is part of £1,300 raised for the Colne

  • Worsthorne residents' concerns over stream

    Residents have expressed their concerns about the amount of water in the stream in Swain Lane which, at times, fails to contain the the great weight of water in the hillside. It is classed as non-main watercourse which means it is the responsibility

  • Blackburn Rovers chairman in Carling Cup fans call

    JOHN Williams insists ‘fan power’ can help Blackburn Rovers a step nearer Wembley as he calls for Ewood Park to give Chelsea a Premier League welcome. Chelsea visit East Lancashire on Wednesday in the Carling Cup quarter final in good form, but the Rovers

  • Burnley winning a Long race

    BURNLEY manager Owen Coyle could make young Irish defender Kevin Long one of his first January signings. The Clarets have been tracking the 19-year-old Cork City centre half along with Celtic, Preston North End, Leeds and Charlton Athletic, and understood

  • Mess and bottles spoil our walks

    For the last six weekends I have taken my four-year-old son for a walk through the lodges on Watery Lane, Darwen, to feed the ducks, finishing in Whitehall Park for some old-fashioned fun on the playground. On each occasion we have had to dodge between

  • How about EU help in Helmand?

    The latest revelations that MOD civil service ‘pen pushers’ are to receive £47 million in salary bonuses this year, must surely be calculated to raise the blood pressure of most electors – in view of the rising number of body bags returning almost

  • Lancashire libraries revamp put on hold amid funding crisis

    SEVERAL libraries in East Lancashire have been placed in limbo after it was revealed a £935,0000 improvements programme has been put on hold. Libraries across the county, including Crawshawbooth in Rossendale, have benefitted from refurbishments

  • Football Rumour Mill - November 26

    BLACKBURN Rovers and Burnley are both keeping tabs on 25-year-old Lincoln City goalkeeper Rob Burch. Burch, currently under the management of former Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton at Sincil Bank, started his career at Tottenham Hotspur

  • Accrington Stanley pay off embargo debt

    ACCRINGTON Stanley will have the first of their two transfer embargoes lifted ahead of tonight’s Football League loan deadline after repaying a debt of around £75,000 to HM Revenue and Customs yesterday. Stanley had been barred from registering any new

  • Burnley boss Coyle hopeful over injury trio

    Burnley manager Owen Coyle is hoping for a triple New Year boost as Martin Paterson, Chris McCann and Jay Rodriguez make progress on their road to recovery. Paterson and McCann were both ruled out for three months with knee injuries – Paterson’

  • Brierfield Islamic boarding school plan set to be scrapped

    PROPOSALS for a 5,000-place Islamic girls boarding school in Brierfield look set to be scrapped. Talks have been held between Islamic Help, the Birm-ingham-based charity behind the scheme for Brierfield Mills, and prospective Pendle parlia-mentary candidate

  • New link for area to Blackburn town centre

    THE WHALLEY Range part of Blackburn is to get its own bus link to the town centre. In recent years the area has been left off the bus network, but yesterday Transdev unveiled the new service, named the Whalley Ranger. The service, which runs every 10

  • Jobs boost for new East Lancashire business park

    MORE than 120 jobs are to be created after a gifts firm took on a major unit at a new business park. And it is hoped that the move, from retail giant Findel, will signal the arrival of hundreds more jobs at the East Lancashire site. Experts said the