Darwen saw there hopes of an unpresidented quadruple dashed as the slumped to a dissapointing defeat at the hands of lowly Leyland Motors. After winning the toss and electing to bat Motors where soon in trouble at 35 for 5 with Keith Semple removing
THE race for the SponsorBank Lancashire League title is still wide open after Ramsbottom beat leaders Bacup by 48 runs yesterday. Champions Lowerhouse moved into second place - five points behind Bacup - after beating Burnley. Lowerhouse's Charlie Cottam
CLITHEROE skipper Neil Bolton saluted his team after they became VEKA Ribblesdale League senior division champions for the first time since 1994. Back to back weekend victories over Whalley and Ribblesdale Wanderers plus defeats yesterday for Settle
THOUSANDS of people turned out to enjoy the attractions of one of Pendle's largest annual shows. The 84th Barrowford Show - held at the town's park and Bull Holme playing field on Sunday -boasted traditional attractions such as classes for dogs, rabbits
A "DESPICABLE" drug addict targeted the elderly and vulnerable to fund his £36,000 a year habit. On one occasion a pensioner was pulled along the floor as he tried to stop Sean Lewis stealing his wife' s handbag. Burnley Crown Court heard how Lewis,
A BURNLEY lad is hoping to scale the heights of the world for charity - and boost his community at the same time. Dutiful Shaun Foxcroft, 21, of Kime Street, is aiming to reach the base camp of Everest as the pinnacle of his fundraising for Scope. For
A MAN "bottled" another man in a dispute over a £50 bet for shinning up a drainpipe, a court heard. Burnley Crown Court heard how Paul King was attacked by Samual Handforth, 20, in a late night incident in Kelbrook. It came after Handforth had been
I WOULD like to think Mr O'Neill's letter (LT, August 18) was sent to cause sensationalism. It was apparent it was sent by someone who has no concept of disability or disadvantage. I would like him to try to perceive what it is like to have very limited
I FEEL I need to inform readers of the new rail users' car park by the side of the Vue complex, Blackburn. The car park is run by NCP which operates a four-hour parking limit, and there is no option to purchase extra time as there is no machine.
A Lancashire Euro MP has criticised new rules which he claims will lead to thousands of tons of compost going to landfill sites rather than gardens and lawns and said: "What a load of rot." Former Rossendale MP and now Conservative deputy leader in
A charity wants East Lancashire firms to open their eyes to the potential of the blind and partially-sighted workforce. Action for Blind People Lancashire is holding a seminar to encourage more bosses to take on visually-impaired staff. The Employer
A FORMER supermarket site in Darwen has been brought back into use after lying empty for more than a year. And a new £800,000 pub is set to open on the Darwen site this week, creating 25 new jobs in the process. The Bridgewater, which has been named
AN ARMY paramedic home on leave has raised over £1,000 to help save a hospital's malnutrition ward in war-torn Sierra Leone. Aly-Joy Haworth will see the changes her fundraising activities have helped create as she returns to the poverty-stricken country
A college manager is delighted king of positive thinking Yehuda Shinar is returning to Blackburn. The Israeli is credited for instilling a winning thought process into the minds of England's World Cup winning rugby team and then footballers during a
Firefighters battled for over two hours to tackle a fire started deliberately at an unused nursing home. Three crews were called to Abbeydale, in Bamford Crescent, Accrington, at 9.45pm on Saturday after reports that two semi-detached properties were
COUNCIL chiefs today asked the public to turn detective and help identify the borough's most prolific graffiti vandal. The yob, who has caused thousands of pounds of damage to buildings, bridges and stone work in the last two months, does so with the
A 23-YEAR-OLD man repeatedly stole bubbly from a Rishton store over a six-week period. Blackburn magistrates heard that Gareth Edward Thomas' sold the proceeds of his visits to Whitehead's to fund a drugs lifestyle rather than a champagne one. Edwards
ALTHOUGH acquitting themselves much better than in the opening two games, managerless Chorley are still without a point. Experienced centre back Martin Clark, acting as caretaker boss, reverted to a 4-4-2 formation and the Magpies gave little away defensively
A BRILLIANT strike from Michael Cruz on the stroke of half time kept Colne's hopes alive after a disastrous first half which saw Atherton take a deserved 2-0 lead. The game was only three minutes old when Chris Farrer opened the scoring when he drilled
Clitheroe shot to the top of the Unibond League Division One with an impressive win over Bridlington. The young home side took the lead on three minutes when Simon Garner's shot from outside the box was deflected home by Ian Johnson. The second goal
ANDRE Ooijer was given a lesson in the harsh realities of life in the Premiership during a debut he will desperately want to forget. Pitched in at the deep end by his new manager, Mark Hughes, Rovers' new £1.7 million signing from PSV Eindhoven endured
BURNLEY assistant manager Dave Kevan insisted it was a point gained at Selhurst Park on Saturday and not three points lost. But he conceded the players were disappointed after losing two goals to set-piece headers. The Clarets bounced back from their
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes has backed Andre Ooijer to bounce back following his baptism of fire in yesterday's 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea. The Dutch defender had a torrid debut against the champions, conceding the penalty that led to
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes last night launched a scathing attack on John Terry, accusing the Chelsea skipper of deliberately going down in the area to earn his side a penalty. Hughes felt Terry effectively conned referee Mark Clattenburg into
A MOTHER of six was attacked by her partner in front of her children and flung down the stairs, a court was told. Leah Dugdale was left with two black eyes, friction burns, a swollen lip, and suffering concussion, after the beating at the hands of her
THIS is the first picture of tragic toddler Courtney Ann Shales who died following an alleged incident at a house in Nelson. Courtney, 11-months-old, was taken to Burnley General Hospital by paramedics after they were called to a house in Railway Street
IN reply to Edith McKenna and the gripe about parking at the new Royal Blackburn Hospital. She asked if consultants and other professionals pay to park? The simple answer is yes. I am a staff nurse at the hospital and I pay approximately £100 per year
IF it is true that the proposed new multi-million pound, multi-purpose leisure centre for Darwen is to be split over two sites, would the councillors who support such a decision please hold up their hands? I would have thought major reasons for having
AN environmental group has launched a series of free factsheets aimed at helping independent retailers. Envirowise says the traders can take a big step towards cutting waste and utility bills by taking advantage of the factsheets online. Check Out:
LEADERS at the North West's first Muslim state school have pledged to carry on improving after a flying start with record GCSE results. Previously privately-run Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School in Bicknell Street, Blackburn, reopened under local authority
EIGHT young film makers will see their work on the big screen in Blackburn this week. Teenagers who use Fusebox, a day centre run by Nightsafe, have been working with artists from Action Factory to create a film about how young people can change their
I'VE resisted until now but, sad to say, this weekend I succumbed. Yes, I watched X-Factor, the annual talent show that specialises in highlighting what little talent there actually is out there. Thankfully we are still at the initial audition' stages
A DARWEN councillor who highlighted a growing solvent abuse problem in the town today welcomed action to combat the menace. And Sudell ward Coun Roy Davies pledged to carry on tackling anti-social behaviour in the area. Last week the Telegraph reported
AN EAST Lancashire Territorial Army captain is helping keep British soldiers on their feet as they play their part in re-building part of Europe torn apart in a forgotten war'. Rachel Chattle is a physiotherapist at the Rehabilitation Centre, Banja
EAST Lancashire contains some of the most respected aerospace firms in the UK. But the industry must adapt if it is to have a successful future and compete against foreign firms. We met the Nelson-based North West Aerospace Alliance to see what must be
It is just as well we did not go abroad on holiday. Whittling down my hand luggage to three or four items in a small plastic bag would have been near impossible. I can't go anywhere without my essentials - which take up the best part of a wheelie bin
FIFTEEN East Lancashire teachers have proved they have what it takes to become headteachers after acting out the role in front of examiners. The teachers from schools across Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley and Rossendale
A YOUNG man's struggle with a disease usually associated with the elderly has been documented in a television programme he wrote and co-directed himself. Michael Gibson's battle with Parkinson's disease will be highlighted in a Channel 4 documentary
THE country's biggest rhythm and blues festival broke all records this weekend as thousands headed to East Lancashire to hear performances from some of the finest blues artists in the world. Now in its 17th year, the Great British R&B Festival featured
PLANS to ban puffing on cigarettes in East Lancashire hospitals have gone up in smoke after staff failed to attend training sessions to implement the new policy. And patients and visitors have been openly flouting the anti-smoking ban and lighting up
PADIHAM kept themselves up among the early pace-setters in NWCL Division Two after a 2-1 victory against Staffordshire side Norton United at the Arbories. In a game of few chances from open play, all three goals came from the penalty spot. Paul Fildes
NELSON'S best chances came in the first half at Glossop, but ironically they found themselves two goals down at the interval. And there was no way back for the NWCL Division One newcomers after that. Sam Hind gave Glossop the lead with a spectacular
BACUP Borough were made to work hard to keep their impressive unbeaten start to the season intact against a young and determined Stone side. Bacup had a couple of early chances, with Tony Carroll coming closest to breaking the deadlock. Carroll
WILL the real Burnley Football Club please stand up? After a Jekyll and Hyde start to the season, travelling Clarets fans were wondering which side would appear at Selhurst Park. Would it be the one that beat QPR and Leicester City so convincingly in
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman's Premiership wishes have come true. The Reds boss was dreaming of a Carling Cup draw with a Premiership club in round two, and on Saturday they were handed a trip to newly promoted Watford as reward for beating
ON paper, Accrington Stanley were celebrating a third game unbeaten in League Two, but manager John Coleman couldn't hide his frustration at another case of deja vu. For just as they did against Chester City and Darlington in the opening games of this
Blackburn Rovers have played down talk they are about to sign Manchester City defender Danny Mills. "That's one that was put to Mark as a possibility but we haven't pursued it as yet," said chairman John Williams. One player who could be coming
Burnley midfielder Alan Mahon has revealed the secret to his opening goal was precision not power. The Republic of Ireland international calmly slotted past Gabor Kiraly to put Burnley ahead at Selhurst Park. Steve Jones worked his magic on the wing
COLOURFUL gates inspired by Blackburn Cathedral's Lantern Tower are just one part of a £48,000 scheme to bring a taste of the Continent to the town. For council chiefs are celebrating a new town centre oasis offering continental-style dining - at a former
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a family of four in Cheadle Hulme have bailed a Blackburn woman who was arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers from Greater Manchester Police were granted a warrant of further detention at Stockport Magistrates
A MAN was due to appear in court today accused of attacking several people with a knife. John Brown, 63, haas been charged with two counts of wounding, and four counts of attempted wounding following an incident in which five people were injured. Police
LANCASHIRE police are set to launch a crackdown on short-sighted motorists with random roadside eye tests. And drivers whose eyesight fails the Vision MOTs' could face fines, penalty points - or even be banned from the road. The initiative was launched
Mekon is back! No, not the return of Dan Dare's melon-headed green nemesis - it's a fantastic new album from producer John Gosling. A big beat hero and former member of Psychic TV, Gosling has only released one record in the last six years - single
Possibly the best debut album I've heard this year, mixing dance beats, winding guitar solos, driving bass lines. Sounding like a mature version of The Automatic, or The Music with throat lozenges, this is a winning combination. Bands like Radio
Amp Fiddler's smooth soul is slickly produced and sung in silken tones, but something is lacking. The collection is quite eclectic, with tracks including funk, motown and hip hop references, jazz breaks and old school synths. A good thing, too -
