JIMMY ANDERSON has been ruled out of cricket for at least two months after suffering a stress fracture of the lower back. Lancashire today revealed the shock news after receiving the result of a scan on the 23-year-old Burnley-born paceman who made an
THE LIBRARIAN of a popular Rossendale library left a heartfelt final parting shot on the day of its closure. Catherine Jobling put up notices in Waterfoot library window which read: "In memory of Waterfoot Library, died 29th March 2006, leaving behind
ENVIRONMENT bosses investigating a diesel spill which seeped into a Pendle stream have found a second leak. The Environment Agency launched a probe last week after resident reported a substance leaking into Earby Beck, which is home to brown trout and
NELSON has been named the cheapest place in Britain to buy a house. And while Nelson was a buyers' market, the banking group Halifax said homeowners in Darwen were quids in after recording one of the fastest rises in the value of property over the past
BURNLEY Council has given the green light to restarting Sunday car boot sales on King Street car park. The weekly sales started last September but were put on hold in January due to the winter weather putting off traders and customers from taking part
A MOTHER today blasted school bosses who left her son in tears after withdrawing his place at a camp for talented children. Nathan McNeilly, 10, was among 40 bright youngsters offered a place by St John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School, Colne,
HUNDREDS of people marched to Towneley Park for the annual May Day festival. Trade union members, friends and families all joined the parade from Burnley Town Hall, accompanied by a marching band. At Towneley Park they enjoyed all the fun of the fair
ONE OF the proposed schools under the £250m shake-up of education in Burnley and Pendle is set to become the first in the county to produce its own power through green electricity. The scheme moved a step closer today after plans for two of the town's
Paul Thompson has won the Manx Mountain Marathon for the third consecutive yea. The race, at 30.5 miles, is the longest individual one day fell race in Britain. It covers the length of the Isle of Man from Ramsey in the North East to Port Erin on the
WHAT a difference a few years makes. One of the last occasions four-time World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty raced in public, it was in front of 120,000 people at Brands Hatch in 1999 before he announced his retirement in 2000. But on Sunday he was
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has called on football's governing bodies to clear up the rules regarding qualification for the UEFA Cup once and for all. With just two games of the season remaining, Hughes is still not one hundred per cent sure whether Rovers
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes is ready to exact his revenge on Chelsea tonight by leading Rovers into Europe at the champions' expense. After a season of remarkable twists and turns, Rovers can cement a top six finish, and a place in the UEFA Cup, if they
A CHARITY sporting dinner at The Dog and Otter, Great Harwood, raised more than £1,500 for three charities. Great Harwood Rovers, Cancer Care Relief and the Epileptic Society were all beneficiaries from the event, which included a five-course meal followed
IT was with great sadness that I read an announcement by an eminent church leader. He states that in his opinion there will be no Christian religion in 40 years' time. I remember when Easter was the only time you got new clothes, when males and females
RE: Parking tickets (Letters, April 11). I also had a parking ticket. Yes, I was over time and wet through and thoroughly fed up with Blackburn's heavy handed manner to customers and visitors. I would have appreciated the opportunity to pay more (a
FLY-TIPPERS and litterbugs are being warned they face a renewed crackdown after new rules gave council officials extra power to deal with them. Blackburn with Darwen Council has allocated £650,000 to catch and prosecute more people polluting the borough
THE Blackburn-based Asian Business Federation has become one of just 13 organisations in the UK to be handed a safety award. The group, set up to support and promote Asian businesses in Lancashire, has won the Workers' Adviser Challenge Fund Award, set
VISITORS to an East Lancashire garden festival are to be propelled back in time by a spectacular fly-past from a Second World War Spitfire. The fighter, which was built in 1944 and saw service in the Mediterranean in the last days of the war, will make
LANCASHIRE County Council has been named the "Most youth-friendly council" in a prestigious awards scheme. The local authority landed the title at the Young People Now: Positive Images awards held at the House of Commons. The national awards are handed
A HYNDBURN uniform manu-facturer has been honoured for its work designing outfits for opticians Vision Express. Simon Jersey, based on Sykeside Drive, Altham business park, scooped two awards at the 2006 Company Clothing Industry Awards. The firm was
A Clayton-le-Moors teenager was named best recruit at his passing-out parade. Private Luke Holden, 17, completed his combat infantryman's course at the Infantry Training Centre, in Catterick, last month. After leaving St Augustine's School, Billington
THE creator of a website which referred to Darwen as a "hell hole" and called its residents "chavs and yobs" has stood by his claims. But he insisted that the site was firstly a tongue-in-cheek website and secondly a way of bringing the "problems" of
IN response to Kas Wachala's sweeping statement regarding Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (LET, April 18) being one of the last bastions for the overprivileged children in the community, I should like to raise the following points. The majority of children
BLACKBURN MP and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is being tipped at Westminster to take over as Deputy Prime Minister if John Prescott is forced to quit over his affair with his Diary Secretary. And some observers even see Mr Straw as a leadership candidate
PRIME Minister Tony Blair today made a surprise visit to Blackburn today in a bid to boost support for Labour ahead of Thursday's local elections. And, speaking exclusively to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph during his visit, he said the poll would
A NEW stable block at a Burnley-based animal charity is set to open. The Walter Leslie Bartley Memorial Stables, which cost almost £137,000 to build, will be officially opened by the Horses and Ponies Protection Association (HAPPA). The additional block
BURNLEY's voice on controversial proposals for the shake-up of hospital services in East Lancashire must be heard loud and clear' the town's MP said today. Kitty Ussher is urging everyone to respond to the formal consultation on Burnley General Hospital
BOSSES are being urged to fight back against biased' legislation by a Rawtenstall-based firm. First Business Support, a national business based in East Lancashire, helps clients cope with employment and health and safety legislation. The company has
Colne's dramatic society is staging its latest production from now until May 7. Mixed Doubles is a series of short plays on relationships, in particular, marriage. The production includes pieces by Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn and Fay Wheldon. Mixes
TWO historic canal-side buildings in Nelson which have stood empty for 10 years are set for a new lease of life. Plans to turn Whitefield Weaving Shed and Lomeshaye Bridge Mill into 18 business and industrial units as well as building four homes on the
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes reckons the absence of Frank Lampard and John Terry could give Rovers a crucial advantage against Chelsea tonight. Blues boss Jose Mourinho has indicated he will rest all of his England stars for a game which Rovers need to
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen reckons a win over Chelsea tonight could signal the dawn of an exciting new era for Mark Hughes' rapidly improving Blackburn Rovers. Rovers take on the newly-crowned champions at Ewood knowing a victory would see them cement a top
TEENAGE striker Kyle Lafferty is promising to hit new heights for Burnley next season. The 18-year-old Irishman grabbed his first Clarets goal in the final match against Luton on Sunday, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Lafferty, who scored three times in
PAUL Cook is preparing himself for an emotional night at the Interlink Express Stadium. The Accrington Stanley midfielder played his final professional game in the Reds 2-0 defeat at Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday. And he will bid a final farewell
THE season may only just have ended for Nationwide Conference champions Accrington Stanley, but they are already making plans for next term. The Reds fielded a number of trialists in yesterday's friendly with UniBond First Division outfit Clitheroe.
Reviewing Burnley's 2005/06 campaign is easy. Dig out last season's end-of-term piece, take out the bit about the good cup runs and it's more or less job done. Just as in 2004/05, the Clarets got themselves into a promising position, sold anyone worth
In a week of managerial non-appointments, it was ironic when the news of Alan Curbishley's resignation came out before Saturday's game with Charlton. Here was a man who, in his own words, 'was walking out of the front door before being booted out the
Ribchester Amateur Theatrical Society is putting on a show set to confuse and delight in equal measures with Ray Cooney's modern farce Caught In The Net, from May 11 to 13. If you think your life is complicated imagine the life of two-timing taxi driver
THE best thing about Bank Holidays isn't the lie-in or the thought of a four-day week it's getting a chance to discover some of the TV gems ladies of leisure and students enjoy all year round. Loose Women yesterday seemed like a hot pick. Four strong
THE longer national politicians are in office it seems the more arrogant they become, and the more contempt they show for their office, and us. At the moment it would appear there is a passion for mismanagement and a belief that our opinion is of no
THE chronic asthma problem facing East Lancashire is revealed today World Astham Day. The area has among the highest national rates of people with the disease, with Blackburn with Darwen sixth out of more than 300 English regions. Of almost 8,000 English
A STORY in the LET (April 14) said around 5,700 patients a year from Blackburn and surrounding areas will soon have to travel to Burnley for pre-booked hospital treatment. Why? This is not good enough, no thought has been given to the sick, elderly and
I AM not at all surprised that an insurance company claims Blackburn roads are ranked amongst the most dangerous in the country. Everywhere you look there are obstacles placed in the centre of the road disguised as pedestrian safety zones. They are
A WOMAN today revealed how she gave up everything to help build an orphanage for tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. And despite her legs being covered in infected and septic mosquito bites, Andrea Holden said she had no regrets in leaving Blackburn to help
ACCRINGTON Stanley's promotion heroes have won praise from the Government for their "triumph in the face of adversity." Sports minister Richard Caborn has written to the club's chairman Eric Whalley to offer his congratulations. The high-level praise
A decision on plans to change a warehouse into a waste transfer station for handling recyclable materials was deferred so planning councillors could visit the site in India Street. RU Recycling wants to use a warehouse to store and transfer glass,
A DARWEN mum whose son stopped breathing shortly after his birth has paid for an infant resuscitator for the hospital which cared for him. Alison Leyland, 37, of Chapter Road, raised £1,000 after organising a charity ball with friend Janet Bailey. She
VILLAGERS in Tockholes who fail to clean up after their dogs are being warned they could face fines. Increasing amounts of dog dirt left on pavements was highlighted in the area's newsletter Tocus Talk. Now clerk to the parish council Geraldine Foster
THE price of homes in Darwen has risen at one of the fastest rates in the country over the past year, the Halifax said today. While homeowners in Darwen were quids in, the banking group said Nelson was more of a buyers' market after revealing the town
A PIONEERING Blackburn with Darwen project to encourage recovering drug addicts and alcoholics to improve their literacy has received a national award. Blackburn with Darwen Council was named runner-up in the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
A TEENAGER who walked free from court after killing her mum's boyfriend could be facing jail after apparently breaching the conditions of her sentence. Sophie Holbrook, 17, formerly of Royds Street, Accrington, was given a three-year community rehabilitation
I'm looking for the death notice (after 1901) for Thomas Houghton, St Helens or vicinity. He was a former engine fitter at "The Works". If you have any information, please click here to send an email.
I'm looking for any Salmon family in the Burnley area. My side started with George in 1765 and the last name I have is Essie Holmes Salmon b.1896 to Reginald Salmon + Esther Holmes. Other names in the tree are Brunton and Powers. If you have
Silent Hill is yet another attempt to translate a successful video game series to our cinema screens. It's a brave bunch of filmmakers to try that these days, what with the appalling track record of game adaptations Tomb Raider, Resident Evil and Doom
