OSWALDTWISTLE Players latest production Road To Nowhere, running from October 18 to 21, has caused some confusion among theatre-goers - with some people phoning up to buy tickets to see Peter Kay's show of the same name. "The play, written by an Oswaldtwistle
ROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Janet Anderson has stepped up her road safety campaign by encouraging the public to show their support. The move comes after estimates that global road deaths will double within 10 years to two million a year, unless urgent action
A CHARITY animal shelter remains at "crisis point" after being inundated with requests to find a home for unwanted pets. Now staff at the RSPCA Animal Centre in Altham, the charity's only shelter in East Lancashire, have made an urgent plea to pet lovers
A PENDLE mum has revealed to the nation how she ran up debts of £50,000. Emma Ellis, 24, of Quaker View, Brierfield, featured on ITV 1's Tonight with Trevor McDonald as part of an investigation into debt deceit - where people run into the red without
CAMPAIGNERS are furious at the "appalling" revelation that Burnley General's A&E department was axed due to financial constraints. As we exclusively revealed last Friday, a letter leaked to the Lancashire Telegraph showed the £144million cost to upgrade
TWO Burnley councillors tried to rig an election using proxy votes in "a criminal agreement", a court heard. Manzur Hussain and Mozaquir Ali "took advantage" of the all-postal vote to ensure Ali's re-election in the Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward,
POLISH workers at a Clitheroe food firm are being treated to English lessons thanks to their impressed boss. Total Food Services, Pendle Trading Estate, Chatburn, hired the four Eastern European workers in January. The warehouse staff are paid the same
EFFORTS are being made to appoint one of East Lancashire's top NHS jobs, 22 months after the last permanent holder left. Blackburn with Darwen PCT is looking for a new chief executive. The search has been delayed for 22 months after the previous boss
BOOZERS are being urged to take soft drink between beers, spirits and wines as part of a crackdown on East Lancashire's damaging alcohol culture. A campaign has been launched with a clear message - alternate when you drink and what you drink. It is
I COULDN'T help noticing that in Burnley cockroaches shut down the market hall yet in Blackburn mouse droppings fail to elicit a response when found in a grocer's shop. Can anyone explain to me why that is the case? Surely both are hazardous to
MORE THAN 100 Darwen jobs are to be created to meet increased demand for information about TV Licensing. Capita, which runs a call centre from India Mill, is expanding its staff of 210 to about 340. Bosses said 130 jobs were being created to meet
ACCRINGTON Stanley will be rolling out the welcome mat when five ambitious football fans attempt to visit all 92 football league clubs in 92 hours. The club has agreed to donate memorabilia as the fundraisers tackle the challenge. Ray and James Wallwork
SHARE prices in a Blackburn firm rocketed by 25 per cent in one morning after it was revealed the company was at the centre of a takeover bid. Management at Inter Link Foods plc are hoping to take over the company in a deal worth more than £60million
A £450,000 play area in Blackburn has been turned into a no-go zone for families - even before it's been officially opened. The Oakenhurst Road play area was completed by Blackburn with Darwen Council just six weeks ago, but already residents who were
Blackburn athlete Martin Kerry has returned from his second World Triathlon Age Group Championships after competing for Great Britain in the 45-49 age class. The Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the same venue where Martin made his
BLACKBURN Rovers' Under 18s returned to winning ways courtesy of a 2-1 victory against Wolves. Gary Bowyer's side were in front inside three minutes, Josh O'Keefe scoring with a header from Alan Judge's well-flighted corner. Judge then added the second
Nelson will aim to keep their recent run of good form going when they travel to rivals Ramsbottom tonight. The Blues have scored eight goals in the last two games without conceding but Nelson boss Graham Howarth, who will be without Duncan Bennett,
Rossendale United manager Derek Egan is hoping his strikers can rediscover their scoring touch as they travel to play Goole tonight. United lost on Saturday after creating a whole host of chances and their lack of a finishing touch ultimately cost
CLITHEROE striker Simon Garner has signed contract terms with the Blues, turning down an offer from Stalybridge Celtic. The youngster had attracted the attentions of top teams in the area but put an end to speculation by committing his future to Clitheroe
BLACKBURN Rovers' new goalscoring sensation Shabani Nonda today insisted his best is yet to come. The DR Congo international, who joined Rovers on a season-long loan from Roma on transfer deadline day, grabbed his first Premiership goal in Saturday's
BLACKBURN Drama Club's first play of the season, from October 11 to 14, will strike a chord with anyone who's ever been on a team-building away day. Neville's Island, is about four out-of-condition businessmen sent off on a team-building exercise in
There will be a complete role reversal for Stella Whitehouse and Serenna Wagner when Pendle Opera perform The Marriage of Figaro in Burnley on October 12 and 13. When they appeared together in Cosi Fan Tutte at Towneley Hall, Burnley, in July Serenna
TENANTS of Green Vale homes in Bacup and Stacksteads can soon choose who they want to manage their estates. A ballot will be sent out by Bacup and Stacksteads Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) asking whether it should be they or another organisation
OPPOSITION councillors have demanded an inquiry after a convicted thief got a job as a binman and stole from an Alzheimer's victim, 92. Leaders of Pendle Council's Labour and Conservative groups, Couns Mohammad Iqbal and Tony Beckett, said the authority
PROSTITUTES and drug addicts have been using empty Brierfield homes due to be demolished as part of a multi-million regeneration programme. Police have drafted in extra patrols around the canal corridor area and say they have to stop the problem. And
HOSPITAL cuts are playing into the hands of far-right parties, says Labour leadership candidate John McDonnell. The MP has called on the Government to scrap plans to close or downgrade up to 60 hospitals, including Burnley General. He warned that the
WE'RE the girls to get you fit... that's why our DVD's a hit. One, two, three four... here's the help you're looking for. And this could soon be the drill command across East Lancashire as pupils are turing to cheerleading to keep fit. Some 5,000
CUSTOMERS at the Cornerhouse Cafe Bar in Padiham cannot be blamed for being distracted by the work in progress as they try to enjoy their meals. Cafe owner and renowned local artist Stephen Ormerod has set up a creative studio in the corner of the cafe
A BRAVE off-duty Royal Marine chased a knife-weilding thug who had confronted a 16-year-old girl. Now police officers are set to put the 17-year-old lad up for a commendation because of his heroic actions. Police said the thug approached the girl as
RESIDENTS fear lives are at risk from speeding drivers on a rural Darwen road. Now they have formed a community group and claim something must be done before winter brings an even greater risk of accidents. Darwen MP Janet Anderson has backed their
A DARWEN pensioner had to be rescued by firefighters after taking a tumble in Sunnyhurst Wood. The 79-year-old woman escaped with cuts and bruises after stumbling off a footpath, causing her to fall down an embankment. Two fire crews from Darwen were
residents and future buyers are invited to view the first show home at the former Belgrave Mill in Darwen when it officially opens on Saturday. Mayor Coun Dorothy Walsh will open the three-bedroom home at Belgrave Heights, Bolton Road. Greg Johnson
A snoozing Manchester United fan had £2,000 worth of football memorabilia stolen from his home after going to bed for an afternoon nap. The man had gone to sleep upstairs at his home on High Street, Accrington, at 2.30pm on Sunday. When he awoke an
TWO brothers have taken to the road in a bizarre charity challenge - driving across Europe in an old banger while dressed as gangsters. Sam Cocken, 26 and his brother Matthew, 24, will also be firing water pistols at fellow competitors from their £100
I READ in the LT that Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson has signed to the Sustainability Community Bill, part of which is to provide basic facilities to the community post office shops etc, whilst promoting, protecting and enhancing the power of
IT'S incredible! Blackburn with Darwen Council still wants to go ahead with the so-called academy in the Redearth Triangle. It has been told so often that this isn't the right place for it, but doesn't listen to what people are saying. Councillors think
THE story (LT, September 15) about the armed robbery on staff filling a cashpoint at Tesco, Hill Street, Blackburn, made me really think. I have stood waiting for a taxi after shopping at a well known Blackburn supermarket on more than one occasion and
AN amateur footballer broke the jaw of an opposing player in a fight on the pitch. Trouble broke out towards the end of a match between Clitheroe Royal British Legion and Burnley Belvedere, where one footballer apparently stamped on someone else, Preston
UNIONS have blasted education chiefs for agreeing to wipe the slate clean for a Darwen school which has racked up debts of £60,000. Teaching unions claim other local authority-run schools will lose out because of the decision. Darwen Moorland High School
A NEW traffic-free route right through the middle of Hyndburn has been launched. The Hyndburn Greenway links Baxenden, Accrington town centre, Church, Rishton and Great Harwood. The cycle path also joins with other off-road routes that run into Blackburn
Kieran Carr of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers won the silver medal in the of the British Fell Championships over 60s. The series finished with Kieran winning his class at the 17.5 mile Peris Horseshoe at Llanberis to add to his win at Sedburgh, but even
JACK Simmons insists the future looks bright for Lancashire after a promising season from the club's young guns. Despite losing out in the race for the County Championship, the Red Rose county can take encouragment from running title winners Sussex close
West Brom remain silent on the speculation surrounding their vacant managerial position, in which Burnley's Steve Cotterill is reported to be among the candidates. The Clarets insist no official approach has been made from the Hawthorns for Cotterill
ACCRINGTON STANLEY are to receive a plaque and a huge thank you ahead of tonight's clash with Bury, for saving the Gigg Lane club from going bust. Back in 2001 the Shakers were in financial meltdown, staring at the abyss and balancing on the brink
ACCRINGTON STANLEY have just one more hurdle to get over in their debut season back in the Football League and manager John Coleman is hoping they can jump it tonight at Gigg Lane. Rommy Boco scored the Reds' first goal on their return to the league
A SCRAMBLE for Burnley's interim captaincy is set to take place while Wayne Thomas serves a lengthy suspension. The FA have confirmed that Thomas is banned for four games following his thoughtless red card in Saturday's 3-2 home defeat to Southampton
By Sheila Brennan. I look at rows of smiling faces All sat in neat array Soon to cross the threshold For it was our final day. The girl behind an actress In front now a country vet Teaching children is the girl Who was the teacher's pet.
THEY'RE at it again over on BBC2, blurring the lines between documentary and drama. Last night's Nuremberg - Nazis on Trial, was the first of three programmes looking back at the war crimes trials which followed the end of the Second World War. First
A FAMILY-of-seven have been left heartbroken after their cat died from eating poisonous slug pellets. Now Russell Walton is warning others of the dangers of putting the pest control in gardens following the death of the much-loved seven-year-old tabby
A CATHEDRAL Canon is delivering the perfect 75th birthday present to his pal Archbishop Desmond Tutu - a Rovers shirt signed by the club's South African players. Canon Chancellor Chris Chivers became friends with the Archbishop when he worked in South
SHE'S lived through both world wars, watched the first man walk on the moon, and is older than Henry Ford's Model T car. And had she decided not to carry on working for an extra few years, Katherine Moran would have started collecting her pension before
WITH the fifth anniversary of 9/11 upon us, terrorism has become something of a startling obsession and shockwaves are now starting to reverberate through Hollywood. A recent example is the brutally realistic vision created in the film United 93 and
INTO The Woods, the latest production by St John's Amateur Operatics and Dramatic Society, runs in Colne until September 30. Bethan Rigby plays Little Red Riding Hood and Simon Jackson is the wolf in the show at Pendle Hippodrome Theatre on Market
LANCASHIRE students are being urged to get immunised against meningitis as they embark on university life. The call from the Meningitis Trust follows research that reveals students are an 'at risk' group of the disease. One in four students carry the
