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  • Reds will be raring to go

    ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman says his champions fully deserve their five-day break in Portugal. But he has insisted they won't be in holiday mode for the final game of the season. The Reds are currently enjoying a relaxing sunshine break

  • Sinclair edges fans’ award

    SKIPPER Frank Sinclair edged out Graham Branch to earn the Burnley fans' vote as Player of the Year last night. Sinclair won four main awards with Branch picking up three, while goalkeeper Brian Jensen and defender Jon Harley both picked up two gongs

  • Gallagher back for run-in

    Striker Paul Gallagher is firmly back in Mark Hughes's plans after the Rovers manager took the step of recalling him early from his loan spell with Stoke City yesterday. It means the Scotland international, who bagged 12 goals in 40 appearances for City

  • Rovers release seven

    BLACKBURN Rovers have released seven players as Mark Hughes begins planning for next season. A posse of players on the fringes of the first team squad, headed by Jerome Watt and Gary Harkins, have been told they will not be getting new contracts when

  • I’m singing a new Toon now

    For most of this season, how we've enjoyed crowing to the other teams in the Premiership as Rovers have soared and other, more expensively assembled, rivals have faltered. It's in the make-up of the majority of football supporters and at some stage I'm

  • Only Akinbiyi deserves gong

    "The players have got two player of the year awards nights this week," fumed an incandescent Steve Cotterill in the aftermath of Burnley's defeat at Millwall, "and they'll be embarrassed to walk in after that." If punters cast their votes in favour of

  • Care home reopens after £1.6m facelift

    A BACUP care home has reopened after bosses gave the building a £1.6million facelift. Residents at Olive House in New Line raised a glass to celebrate the official opening of the building following a year of renovation works. Lancashire County Council

  • Woman reach their GOAL in business bid

    BUSINESSWOMEN in Lancashire have scored a GOAL thanks to the work of a Barrowford woman. Clare Tetlow has launched the Girls Of All Leagues business which delivers networking events for women across the county, providing them with the chance to extend

  • Swim pool tragedy

    A 59-year-old man died from a suspected heart attack while taking an early morning swim at Ramsbottom Pool and Fitness Centre. The man from Bury, who has not been named, was a regular swimmer at the pool in Porritt Way and was spotted having difficulties

  • Boiler oil leak clears county court

    AN oil spillage sparked an evacuation of staff working at Rossendale County Court yesterday morning. Court employees noticed a strong smell after red gas oil leaking from a boiler inside the Grange Street, Rawtenstall building at around 9.20am. Firefighters

  • Deborah in Great charity effort

    A NELSON woman whose son contracted meningitis as a baby is preparing to take part in her first road race at the age of 39 to help raise cash to fight the disease. Deborah McCamon, of Rakes House Road, is entering the Great Manchester Run for national

  • Mechanic’s face burned as he fights blaze

    A MECHANIC was today recovering after half of his face was burnt while trying to extinguish a fire in a car he was working on. John Blackburn was working on a car at his self-named garage in Cumberland Street, Colne, at about 3.15pm yesterday when the

  • Burglars go on the rampage

    GANGS of thieves have targeted several homes across Nelson and Brierfield in the worst spate of burglaries in the area for a year. Police today promised to put extra patrols on the beat and called on people to take crime prevention measures after the

  • ‘Mother’s evil killer must be hanged’

    THE family of a mother-of-two poisoned by her "evil" husband should find out next month whether he will be sentenced to death. Shagufta Iqbal, 23, of Park Avenue, Blackburn, died three weeks after visiting husband Fayaz Ahmad in Kashmir last March.

  • You CAN transform your life

    A FORMER midwife with a rare bone disease has revealed how a new course helped her walk to the supermarket for the first time in 18 years. Margaret Hird, who had to retire 22 years ago, aged just 44, said the NHS Expert Patients programme would transform

  • Condi protesters lacked courtesy

    IN REPLY to Mr J D Mortimer's comments (LET, April 12). I am against war, all war. I think there are much more civilised ways to solve the world's problems. But there are things to consider. We have vulnerable young men there, soldiers who need and

  • Date set for final turbines hearing

    A PUBLIC inquiry into plans for two huge wind turbines on the moors above Edgworth will close next month, The original four-day inquiry, which began at the Barlow Institute on February 28, overran and was adjourned. Now Monday, May 15 has been fixed

  • Roads are closed for demolition

    MOTORISTS were today reminded that roads around Belgrave Mill in Darwen are due to close from Monday May 1 while the former Crown factory is demolished. Blackburn with Darwen Council has issued a temporary closure order on Wraith Street, from its junction

  • Sold! And bricks still to be laid

    THIS is the work being done to transform the site of the former Belgrave Mill in Darwen. The historic mill buildings off Bolton Road are being demolished and the site transformed into 127 houses and apartments. And the firm behind the scheme has revealed

  • Fears for hospital jobs are growing

    FEARS that jobs will be axed in East Lancashire hospitals have increased after managers urged departments to make "immediate" savings. Critics today said the prospect of some of the Hospitals NHS Trust's 7,000 workforce being axed was looking more and

  • Monkeys go nuts for Sam

    A BLACKBURN DJ is hoping to ape the success of chart-toppers the Arctic Monkeys after remixing their songs and winning world-wide acclaim. And leading the praise for 24-year-old Sam Flanagan are the band themselves. The master-mixer, who lives in Witton

  • Eight quizzed after dawn drug swoops

    EIGHT people were arrested in dawn raids as part of a major police investigation into suspected drug dealing, money laundering, and illegal car imports. Police swooped on Acorn Lodge Gypsy Caravan Site, Clayton-le-Dale, near Samlesbury around 6am today

  • Sutton: We can be champs again

    WICKETKEEPER Luke Sutton reckons it's just a matter of time before Lancashire become county champions once again. The former Derbyshire skipper, who made the switch to Old Trafford in the summer, is backing the red rose county to recapture the top prize

  • Elliot scoops fans' award

    ACCRINGTON Stanley's stars of the season were honoured at the supporters' club's annual presentation night, which was sponsored by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Goalkeeper Rob Elliot was the main winner on the night as the on-loan Charlton stopper

  • McCann joy as he scoops 7 awards

    CHRIS McCann was today in seventh heaven after landing a major trophy haul at Burnley's first Player of the Year awards night. And the teenage midfielder has just one word to describe a whirlwind nine months: "Unbelievable!" McCann, 18, bagged seven

  • Sleeping driver’s cocktail of drugs

    A DRIVER found asleep with his legs sticking out of his car at midnight had taken a cocktail of drugs, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Jason Cawtherley, 36, was later found to have had heroin, amphetamine and ecstasy and possibly cannabis

  • Plan for wind farm rapped

    a wind farm on moors above Bacup would be a "devastating blow" for the area, a leading councillor says. Developers want to build six turbines at land at Hogshead Law Hill, Reaps Moss, Britannia and are set to start a widespread consultation. But deputy

  • Raise your glass to the Clarets

    CLARETS fans can raise a glass and toast the club this weekend at the second annual Burnley Beer Festival. The three-day event in the Foundation Bar at Turf Moor kicks off at midday on Friday and finishes at 11pm on Sunday. There will be over 30 real

  • New name to give area a fresh life

    WORRIED shop owners in a part of Burnley are fighting to save their livelihoods by re-naming the area. Traders in Keirby Walk, Hall Street, Yorkshire Street and St James Street have teamed up to form their own action group Keirby Independent Traders

  • Invite to join park pals

    PENDLE people are being reminded they can have their say over the future of parks in the borough. The Friends of Brierfield Parks is holding its annual general meeting tomorrow at Brierfield Town Hall. The organisation acts as a middle-man between park

  • ‘Get real’ nappy plea

    A NELSON solicitor and Euro-MP has backed a campaign which could save families hundreds of pounds a year. Sajjad Karim has joined 145 other MEPs, MPs, Welsh Assembly members and Scottish MPs to back the Real Nappy Week. The event, in its 10th year promotes

  • Mailman’s 900-mile mission

    A KIND-HEARTED postie is using pedal-power to raise funds for good causes. Gary Webb, who works at the Nelson office, will be cycling almost 900 miles in just nine days from Land's End to John O'Groats with a team of eight. He is to set off on the mammoth

  • Driver stoned by youths

    A motorist was hit in the face with a stone after telling youths to get out of the road. The 20-year-old was driving in Towneley Holmes Road in Towneley Park when he sounded his horn and flashed his lights. As he drove past the youths he wound down

  • Missing Jane: two in murder quiz

    TWO men were today being quizzed by detectives on suspicion of murder as the hunt for missing mum Jane Payne took a new twist. Police arrested the two 38-year-old men, believed to be associates of the missing woman, late yesterday in the latest development

  • Volunteer rewarded

    A BLACKBURN volunteer has been recognised for her work with local children. Mani Sidhu, 19, of Lammack, has scooped an award at the 2005 North Western Millennium Volunteer of the Year ceremony. Mani, an independent volunteer, works with youngsters from

  • Straw: Fighter deal is possible

    BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has had positive' talks with Middle East government officials who could boost East Lancashire jobs by ordering aircraft made by BAE Systems. Mr Straw has been in Saudi Arabia and has revealed how he approached the Riyadh defence

  • Celebration leads to family strife

    BLACKBURN ARTS Club has started rehearsing its final production of the season Time of My Life - opening on May 2. The modern Alan Ayckbourn comedy, produced by Geoff Baron, tells the story of Gerry Stratton who has organised a family dinner with his

  • TV review: Great British Menu, BBC2

    ANTONY Worrall Thompson must have hit hard times. He's gone from a (sort of) respected chef to wannabe in one fell swoop after taking part in the BBC's Great British Menu. Not as a judge or expert but as a contestant! A decision even more baffling

  • Success for club

    THE committee of a working men's club in Accrington has been praised after turning around the club from a failing business into one of the most popular venues in town. Brewers Carlsberg and Tetley have presented the Canine Club in Abbey Street with a

  • Memorial bench for brave Jacob

    LEUKAEMIA victim Jacob Hesmondhalgh is to be remembered with a lasting tribute at Ewood Park. Jacob, 11, formerly of Darwen, died last week and his funeral took place yesterday in Cardiff, where he moved with his family two years ago. But his father

  • Superbug cases down

    EAST Lancashire's hospital authority has recorded its lowest number of MRSA cases since records began. The superbug struck 54 patients being cared for by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust in the 2005/06 financial year. This is compared to 69, 63, 66 and

  • MP still sees red over cash for United

    RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has stepped up his campaign against a £30,000 National Lottery award to Manchester United to get their staff fit. The Ribble Valley Tory has put down a Commons Motion on the issue after his original criticism of the grant

  • E Lancs airline ‘has been bought’

    EAST Lancashire's first airline has been bought by a Middle Eastern firm, in a move which could secure its future, it was claimed today. Last week it was revealed how Blackburn-based Global Spirit, founded by local businessman Tasejad Jeffrey, had closed

  • Celebrating being fully English

    WHAT a week! I was having a full English' on the train last Tuesday morning with granddaughter Katy. We were off to London on two different missions she to shop, I for a chat with the BBC. Then it was lunch on Wednesday with Alexei Sayle at the Chelsea

  • Daffs fundraiser a big success

    MARIE Curie Cancer Care would like to thank all the volunteers who helped during March to make the 2006 Great Daffodil Appeal collections such a success. The amount collected in the East Lancs area was £4,488.48. The charity would also like to thank

  • Funfair left park in a mess

    SADLY, the Easter Fair has been again to Blackburn. It started on April 13 and one of the main roads into the town looked a tip. There was litter all over the road and our lovely Witton Park, still trying to recover from the mess the November bonfire

  • Spend health cash on docs and nurses

    ON April 6 the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority made a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Health that will waste at least £5million on unnecessary bureaucracy. It recommends the creation of five primary care trusts in Lancashire

  • MP backs new private lottery

    Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans hopes a private lottery will ensure worthy causes like the Bowland Mountain Rescue Team do not lose out on cash grants. The Ribble Valley Tory is still incensed the hill heroes were turned down for much-needed money because

  • Inmate at Thai prison reveals 2-year ordeal

    A PRISONER who endured terrible conditions in a Thai jail has revealed how he was tortured by thoughts of mouth-watering food from an East Lancashire restaurant. Christopher Egan, 36, was given a 16-year prison sentence two years ago after he was caught

  • Stabbing appeal is renewed

    POLICE have renewed appeals for information after a man was left in a "serious condition" when he was stabbed in his own home in Accrington. Keith Bradley, 37, today remained in hospital after the incident in Willows Lane, near Mount Carmel School.

  • Hit and run crash

    FIVE teenage boys were arrested after a woman was injured in a hit and run crash. The Lancashire Police helicopter was scrambled above Oswaldtwistle yesterday after the incident, involving two vehicles. A woman, in her 40s, was cut free from her van

  • £3m plan to end bottleneck chaos

    A NEW £3million link road is planned to end years of traffic misery for residents and rush-hour drivers at a notorious bottleneck. Today most residents and businesses in Lower Darwen welcomed the plans, which they described as a "brilliant" way of

  • Players get that Monday feeling

    FOLLOWING the success of Burnley Garrick Club's recent Sweet Revenge, the players offer a little comic relief with On Monday Next from May 24. The play, a comedy by Philip King, will be directed by Derek Harmer-Morris, a relative newcomer to the Garrick

  • Cash bonuses for surgeries

    DOCTORS' surgeries are to be offered cash bonuses to help tackle one of Blackburn with Darwen's biggest health problems. Practices will get £10 for monitoring each patient with a smoking-related disorder that affects about 3,300 people, which is 2.1

  • American Dreamz (12A)

    IT was inevitable that someone would produce a film satirising the zero-to-hero fame lust of Pop Idol but, perhaps, a bit of a pity that the baton was grabbed by writer/ director Paul Weitz. After all, the man behind the American Pie franchise has