A FORMER next-door neighbour of Mohammed Riaz has described him as a "loving family man". Maskin Khan, 55, said he had known Mr Riaz all his life, having lived next door to him as they grew up in Attock in the North West Frontier region of Pakistan.
HAPTON'S Daniel Barritt still has the world title in his sights with one race of the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship to go. Co-driver Barritt and Japanese driver Fumio Nutahara finished seventh in the penultimate rally in Australia last
Burnley Football Club supporter and Lancashire Telegraph juror David Evans passed away on Monday evening. David, known to his friends as Eli, was a popular and well-known figure on the local sporting scene. In the Lancashire Cricket League, he was a
WISLA Krakw defender Nikola Mijailovic has had his appeal against a five-match ban for racially abusing Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy rejected by UEFA. Mijailovic, 24, was banned by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Committee after an investigation
BLACKBURN Rovers are set to break with tradition and wear red for tonight's UEFA Cup clash with FC Basel at Ewood Park. Rovers have agreed to ditch their normal blue and white halves and don their red away kit instead, because BOTH of Basel's home and
BLACKBURN Rovers keeper Brad Friedel is set to play against FC Basel tonight - even if his wife goes into labour. Friedel's wife, Tracy, is due to give birth to the couple's second child any day, which prompted manager Mark Hughes to put both Jason Brown
WORK has begun on a £100,000 project to upgrade a cycle route to, and from, Burnley town centre. The stretch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal towpath between Barden Lane and Finsley Gate will be improved, including widening and re-surfacing. The three-mile
LIFE expectancy in Burnley has increased since 1997, according to new figures obtained by the town's MP Kitty Ussher. In the last nine years life expectancy has increased by a year for women, and two years for men, with the average Burnley woman and
COUNCIL staff will collect up bat droppings to use as a homing beacon so the animals don't get lost when they are turfed out of their current roost. Bat experts have told the Burnley Council the creatures, who live in the defunct Thompson Centre, will
A family is still fighting to stay in the country despite being told they have to leave. Nigel and Pearl Karim and their children Crystal and Calvin - pupils at Fisher-More High School, Colne, have been ordered to return to Pakistan. The Home Office
AN Accrington man is hoping a good Samaritan will come to his rescue after thieves wrote off a "lifeline" van used to transport a wheel-chair-bound friend. Making the plea is John Crawshaw, 41, of Moorfield Way, Accrington, whose Ford Escort van was
A MAJOR road safety campaign has been launched on one of East Lancashire's most notor-ious roads. Nine people have died, and 32 have been seriously injured, in the last five years on the A675 Belmont Road, Belmont, which runs between Blackburn and Bolton
A STREET lighting project costing £100,000 has been ruined by poor quality replacement bulbs that allow criminals to lurk in the darkness, according to a residents' association. Three years ago many of the standard sized lampposts throughout west Accrington
BURNLEY striker Andy Gray is happy to avoid the limelight - as long as he keeps scoring and the Clarets keep winning. The Clarets were widely tipped to struggle in the Championship this season, but have found themselves challenging with the big boys
The death of a 54- year-old Church man two weeks after returning from holiday was not connected with the chest infection he picked up in Malta. An inquest heard that Jack Frederick Coombey, of Blackpool Street, died as a result of a heart attack brought
WHALLEY driver Chris Day has admitted his Lombard Rally was doomed before a wheel had even turned. But things could have been so much worse had his mother Jackie not answered an SOS and made a 100-mile dash on the second morning with spare parts. Day
Four junior athletes from East Lancashire have become BOFRA Champions. Jack Thompson, Faith Biddle, Rebecca Swindells and Emma Flanagan were age group winners in the nationally contested British Open Fell Runners Association series held over the course
STEPHANE Henchoz has warned his Blackburn Rovers team-mates they could be left with red faces if they make the fatal mistake of underestimating FC Basel tonight. The 32-year-old defender knows from experience just how dangerous Basel can be after he
Accrington Stanley are hoping to resolve the situation regarding goalkeeper Rob Elliot and keep him at the club for the duration of his season-long loan. It was feared the popular stopper would return to Charlton Athletic this week but seems set to
ACCRINGTON Stanley midfielder Rommy Boco has been urged to rest for at least a month with a back problem. A specialist has advised the Benin international to stay out of action until December in an effort to speed up the recovery process and prevent
ROSSENDALE Council and Groundwork Rossendale have secured £15,000 to improve the quality of woodland at Thorn Bank, in Bacup. The woodland is now overgrown and too dense, the footpaths are muddy, and people feel unsafe walking through the woods. The
VALLEY residents are invited to see the latest plans for a windfarm above Bacup moorland. Coronation Power is holding the exhibitions at Bacup Leisure Hall today and tomorrow from 2pm-8pm, to show residents its proposals for a six-turbine wind farm at
A PARALYSED baby who was struggling to breathe was left without treatment for six hours after her mother said she was told a doctor could not be sent. When she called her local surgery's number at 6-30pm on Monday, single mum Lesley-Ann Farrow said she
ONE of most notorious stretches of road in East Lancashire ground to a halt yesterday after a collision between two heavy goods vehicles. The crash happened about 8am near to the Dunbia abattoir, formerly known as Rose County Foods, on the A59 at Sawley
NEIGHBOURS lined up and applauded yesterday as police boarded up a "drugs den". Officers went to court to secure an order to evict the tenant from her home in The Galleries, Nelson, and close the premises. The move came after a drugs raid there three
A THIRTEEN-year-old girl had a firework thrown at her by yobs. Becky Hobkirk, from the Roe Lee area of Blackburn, came forward after her mum read about a similar incident in the Lancashire Telegraph. Becky was with a group of friends off Whalley New
AN East Lancashire church's marathon fundraising trips have come to an end after raising around £200,000 for good causes. The St James 'express' has completed 42 journeys and raised more than £200,000 for various charities over a 19 year period. Between
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after masked robbers wielding a crowbar threatened staff in a village store before making off with £150. At 6.45pm on Tuesday, two masked men entered the Spar shop in Carter Fold, Mellor, and forced staff to hand over
THE newly-appointed principal of Darwen Academy today told how he turned his back on professional football with Blackburn Rovers to become a teacher. Brendan Loughran, 42, has been appointed to the job, which carries a six- figure salary, and will start
AN East Lancashire council has taken a major step towards securing the transfer of its remaining housing stock to independent housing associations. Ribble Valley is one of 38 councils to be given the go-ahead for the transfer of homes during the next
By Keith Sowerbutts. A woman spots a frail old man Sitting alone, as she passed on her way, So trying to be kind, wandered over and chatted A bit of company might brighten his day. She said: "I can't but help notice how happy you look, You've
I AM rather uncomfortable when foodstuffs are marketed under the halal' label because it tends to give an indirect inference that the mainstream products on sale would/may not be suitable (chocolate article LT, October 24). For the Muslim diet the suitable
WITH reference to the letter (LT, October 24) from Mr Harry Bunker. I sat in on the case involving Alex Cunningham at Preston Crown Court and the comments made in that court room made it quite clear to me that he was not an innocent victim. Some of
ATTACKS on Muslim women and property have increased since the veil issue was highlighted. Muslims are not against debate. But debate should be confined to seminars and lecture theatres where it can be debated rationally and intelligently by scholars
MRS Haselden of Hapton has been misninformed if she thinks her single 100metre wind turbine "will generate enough electricity to power 2,500 homes" (LT, October 23). This figure is based on the manufacturer's rated capacity of 1.3MW which is the machine's
THE fire at the Riaz family's home has re-started the debate over proposals to get rid of retained firefighters. For the retained crew from Accrington and Great Harwood, which attended the scene, is earmarked for the axe. Fire chiefs have proposed
THE death of Caneze Riaz and her four daughters is one of the worst tragedies to hit East Lancashire in living memory. It was the second blaze at an East Lancashire home to claim the lives of multiple members of one family within two-and-a-half years
Dozens of tributes have poured in to a condolence book set up on the Lancashire Telegraph website to the Riaz family. We opened the book yesterday afternoon following the mass outpouring of grief following the deaths. It is the first time the Lancashire
A NEIGHBOUR who tried to break down the doors of the Riaz family's burning house has told of his horror at not being able to save them. Mahmood Hussain, 54, who lives a couple of doors away from the family in Tremellen Street, said the alarm was raised
A FAMILY member visited leukaemia suffer Adam Riaz in hospital yesterday to break the news that his mother and four sisters had died. Caneze Riaz's cousin, Terence Clarkson, 35, of Bolton, said a family member had travelled to his bedside in The Christie
