SHEFFIELD Wednesday are set to make a second move for Clarets manager Steve Cotterill. Burnley have already rejected one approach by the Owls to speak to Cotterill over the vacant managerial position at Hillsborough. But sources in Sheffield have
PADIHAM residents have celebrated taking over the running of the town's green. Burnley Borough Council handed Padiham Green to the town council earlier this year, and to celebrate, town councillors organised a family event with face painting, a bouncy
JOHN McGreal is sidelined for up to six weeks after tearing his medial knee ligament. Scans revealed the full extent of the injury, sustained by the veteran Burnley defender just before half-time in last Tuesday's 0-0 draw against Southend. Wayne Thomas
COMEDIAN Smug Roberts has come up with a show which is almost impossible to categorise. It's more work of theatre than stand-up and within the space of an hour will have you experiencing every emotion from laughter to tears. This autobiographical story
BLACKBURN Rovers fans are better behaved than their Burnley counterparts according to new figures for the number of banned fans. Championship League Burnley were the 10th worst in the league with 19 new banning orders in the last 12 months - taking their
A PENDLE school has had its knuckles rapped after an internal audit found "unacceptable levels" of internal control and expressed "ex-treme concerns" over financial practices. Laneshawbridge Pri-mary School called Lancashire Audit Service to check the
A deputy headteacher is turning her back on the schoolroom after 30 years - fed up with all the red tape that is "strangling the profession." Diane Kenyon has blasted the Government for turning teaching into a "nightmare" and says she is determined to
A FARMER who fought for six years to put up wind turbines on her land is celebrating now that the first one has been built. Jill Haselden, a mum-of-two, battled with Burnley Council for the turbines at New Barn Farm, Billington Road, Hapton, and won
ELEVEN workers at furniture company CSL have lost their jobs after the firm announced it was moving part of its business out of the area. The firm has confirmed it is moving its warehouse and distributution centre to Wigan, and said 11 people had been
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes felt his team were denied a clear goal' during yesterday's 1-0 derby defeat at the hands of Bolton Wanderers. The game was still goalless when a deflected effort from Lucas Neill appeared to cross the goal line
ONE hundred and nine homeless applications were made by young people in Blackburn with Darwen last year, a new report has revealed. A report presented by Sayyed Osman, deputy director of regeneration, housing and neighbourhoods, revealed that while 109
A CHINESE restaurant in Blackburn is to be blessed with a lion dance. And staff at Mr Fu's on Preston New Road are taking the ritual out on to the road so everyone has a chance to see it. The blessing has been organised after one of the restaurant's
A GREAT Harwood firm has revamped security at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium for an "undisclosed" sum. BSB Electronics, Cambridge Street, specialise in making the electronic element of access control systems, such as swipe cards and card readers, software
A MEDICAL student could be swapping his stethoscope for a life on the catwalk after winning the Lancashire Telegraph's model competition. Iky Darr, 21, of Livingstone Road, Witton, Blackburn, said he would make the most of the chance to become a top
A YOUNG mum infected with a serious blood condition has been jailed after being told she put other lives at risk by brawling in the street. A court heard that 21-year-old Katy Donnelly was a danger to the women she attacked because of the risk of cross-infection
CONSERVATIONISTS are asking residents to search their memories and help chart the Valley's history. Rossendale Council has teamed up with Rossendale Civic Trust to record the area's heritage through Conservation Area Appraisals. It is the first time
DREAMS of becoming a ski star could come true for East Lancs enthusiasts when the British Snowsports Tour brings talent scouts to Rossendale for the first time. The tour will be stopping off at Ski Rossendale, Rawtenstall, on Wednesday between 7-10pm
HIKES in school bus fares are forcing children to walk to school, putting them at risk on busy roads, a leading Pendle councillor said. Families in Pendle have been among the worst affected after some fares trebled as children returned to school after
AMATEUR footballers played in black armbands and held a minute's silence yesterday in tribute to a popular East Lancashire landlord who has died. Ian Jagger, 52, ran the Derby Arms, Colne, the Brunshaw, Burnley, and the Gordon Lennox Arms, Cliviger,
THE man who died in a head-on smash near Burnley on Friday was visiting family in Rawtenstall from his home in the Orkneys, his family revealed.. John Richard Suthers, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at an accident blackspot on the
PHILEAS Fogg made it in 80 days, but now an East Lancashire travel firm is offering jetsetters the chance to go around the world in just 23. MyTravel, which has call centres in Accrington and Helmshore, is the first travel company to offer the fast-track
A HEALTH boss has defended a decision to send more Burnley A&E cases to the new Royal Blackburn Hospital -after one of her colleagues said he had "major concerns" about waiting times. The new hospital would be able to cope with thousands of extra patients
WORK starts next week on a flagship new road bridge in Blackburn. The Freckleton Street area of the town is to receive a £12million boost, Plans include a major new road and a new £9million bridge. A new dual carriageway will link Barbara Castle Way
A GREAT Harwood firm has revamped security at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium for an "undisclosed" sum. BSB Electronics, Cambridge Street, specialise in making the electronic element of access control systems, such as swipe cards and card readers, software
FURIOUS Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman said seeing his side's seven-game unbeaten run end almost reduced him to tears. The Reds boss was furious with the way he felt his side showed too much respect to League Two leaders Walsall, and the lapses
AS the aftermath of losing a prized asset rages on, being faced with the league leaders is perhaps the worst possible scenario. Because, it will go one way or the other. Either the team will continue to thrive without their influential team-mate and
A PENSIONER who escaped a gas explosion in her flat got changed and headed off to bingo later in the day. Lucky Jean Atkinson, 74, said the experience was nothing compared to bringing up her six children, and that she was not going to let the fact that
HOSPITAL workers have been told they can't have a flu jab this year -sparking fears of a staffing crisis during the busy winter season. A worldwide shortage of the vaccine has meant hospitals and other NHS authorities have not been given their own supplies
IN A corner of England where folk are wary of the so-called Beast of Bodmin, another 'Beast' made his presence known. Brian Jensen's shot-stopping ability is certainly no local myth and the strapping Dane was ever-alert protecting Burnley's unbeaten
BLACKBURN striker Jason Roberts last night hit back at suggestions that he deliberately took a dive to win a penalty against Bolton Wanderers. Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce effectively accused the former Wigan star of trying to con referee Mike Dean following
JASON Roberts went from hero to zero in the space of three manic minutes as Blackburn Rovers suffered more penalty heartache in this breathless Lancashire derby. Sent on as a late substitute by his manager Mark Hughes, Roberts appeared to have snatched
THE man who died in a head-on smash near Burnley on Friday was visiting family in Rawtenstall from his home in the Orkneys, his family revealed.. John Richard Suthers, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at an accident blackspot on the
A LAST-gasp winner saw Bacup Borough record their second win and second clean sheet in less than forty-eight hours. Despite the narrow scoreline, Borough dominated the game throughout but several missed chances almost cost the visitors. That was until
NELSON made a good start with a Neil Chapman goal after eight minutes and looked capable of increasing their lead during the first half hour of this North West Counties Division One game. Dave Gray had the ball cleared off his toes when Craig Bradshaw's
For the second successive game, Ramsbottom put in a no-show to gift their opponents all three points. The writing was on the wall early on as Maine Road flew into a two-goal lead within the first nine minutes. Their first goal came after just four minutes
DARWEN were in great form as they hammered Daisy Hill on Saturday. Cliff Power got the ball rolling after five minutes but they had to wait until after the break to double their when Richard Fogarty made it 2-0. Brian Fogarty made it three on 77 minutes
PADIHAM recorded their biggest North West Counties League win of the season on Saturday when the beat Oldham Town 5-1 at the Arbories. Dominating most of the first half, the Storks went in front on 11 minutes when full back Steve Pickup headed in a Chris
By Eileen Whiston. C is for Charlotte, a lovely little girl H is for her golden hair that softly falls in curls A an angel in disguise, rosy cheeks and laughing eyes R renown for having fun, from getting up till her day is done L is for lucky,
I WOULD like to thank all the people who continue to send me their used postage stamps, in aid of the East Lancashire Hospice. Although I have never been a patient in the hospice, I have friends and neighbours who have, and it's through the care they
PLEASE could Councillor Millbourne tell us what is indicated in the September 2005 Torkidlsen Barclay Feasibility Report (p22) to Blackburn with Darwen Council on suitable sites for the new Darwen leisure centre? According to the LT (Oct 10) the site
REGULAR readers of the Lancashire Telegraph will recently have seen letters from George Hill, Bill Stemp and others opposing the building of the new Darwen Leisure Centre on the present site. What people may not have realised is that many of these letters
It's probably every band's dream to have Noel Gallagher call you pretty special' I'm not even in a band and I'd love Noel to say that about me. To add to that accolade, IV Thieves have already supported Razorlight and Paul Weller on tour, so why are
