Juande Ramos' presence failed to have the desired impact as the new Tottenham boss watched Christopher Samba snatch a 2-1 win for Blackburn Rovers right at the death. Samba curled home a fine strike to secure Rovers' sixth straight victory and only
A BRAVE schoolboy with both arms broken struggled to push his bike over a mile to hospital - only to have the cycle stolen when he got there. Shane Starkie, 13, had been playing with friends at the skatepark near the Globe Centre, Accrington, when the
A CLEARED murder suspect's father snapped and attacked an attendant after receiving two parking tickets in a day, a court was told. Burnley Magistrates heard how Ian Jeffrey, 64, also set about two police oficers who turned up to arrest him, hitting
A YOUNG mum died after falling into a diabetic coma while she slept, just weeks before she was due to have a kidney transplant. Nicky Brown, 22, had become increasingly unwell after developing type one diabetes, the most serious form, in her early teens
THE Burnley-born Lord Mayor of London has created a special prize to honour community champions in his home town. John Stuttard, who grew up in Marsden Street and later lived in The Mount, Briercliffe, made the offer following a visit to his native Burnley
PLANS to relocate cancer care services an extra 13 miles away, affecting patients in Barnoldswick and Earby, have been put on hold temporarily. Controversial moves to shift the in-patient oncology ward at Airedale Hospital to Bradford Royal Infirmary
A CRAZED knifeman who had attacked six terrified people has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. John Brown, now 64, stabbed two shopkeepers in their premises on Blackburn Road, Accrington, before turning the weapon on three members of the public
A CHURCH minister has appealed to vandals to stop spraying his church with graffiti. Police said Trinity Methodist Church in Parson Lane, Clitheroe, was targeted by a gang of youths just before 10am on Monday. Purple and red spray paint was daubed
A MAN who has lived through two World Wars said some of his most memorable moments have been watching Blackburn Rovers play. Lifelong Rovers fan Edward Thornley celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, surrounded by his close family and friends as
A YOUTH group is set to find out whether the next phase of regeneration works on the club's building can go ahead. Youngsters aged seven to 18, parent and toddler groups and other community groups meet at the Carus Centre in Hoddlesden on a weekly basis
A POPULAR music shop that was badly damaged in an arson attack could re-open before Christmas, bosses have revealed. Musical instruments worth £100,000 were damaged in the blaze at the Music Box shop, Whalley Road, Accrington, in April. The owners of
WORK to reopen a Rossendale museum has been put back for a month after it was discovered more repairs were necessary. Currently engineers are remodelling Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, using Heritage Lottery Fund cash, to make it disabled-friendly and
A UNITY concert is taking place in Blackburn next month in memory of tragic Rossendale girl Sophie Lancaster. Promoters of the one-day music festival at the Sir Charles Napier pub, in Limbrick, didn't even know Sophie, who died after being attacked in
REMIXING has come a long way in the last couple of years. Previously, hack DJs would accept a commission from a band or pop act desperate for some nightclub kudos, bang a lazy house beat in the background and watch the money roll in. All this has
