A TRIBUTE to the "club that wouldn't die" was launched at Accrington Stanley's home win over Wycombe at the weekend. Phil Whalley, 37, grew up watching Stanley at Peel Park in the 1970s and wrote his latest book on the club following their historic promotion
It is reported that West Bromich Albion will appoint their new manager, to which Burnley's Steve Cotterill is heavily linked, before the end of this week. A board meeting is being held at The Hawthorns this Thursday, whereby the Baggies hierarchy are
ACCRINGTON Stanley will be without Rommy Boco for Saturday's crunch match with Swindon Town. The influential French-born striker has teamed up with Benin for their African Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone on Sunday. And Boco, who jetted
BLACKBURN ROVERS assistant manager Mark Bowen is the bookies' favourite to take over at Norwich City. The former Canaries player, who starred at Carrow Road for nine years making 399 appearances, is currently 4/1 to replace Nigel Worthington, who was
Blackburn Rovers' in-form striker Benni McCarthy was eyeing up possible matches against former clubs Celta Vigo and Ajax in today's UEFA Cup draw. McCarthy, who has five goals in all competitions so far this season, began his career with the Dutch
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes was expecting a tough UEFA Cup draw today - but he admitted he couldn't wait to pit his wits against Europe's finest. Rovers' reward for dumping Red Bull Salzburg out of the competition is a place in the lucrative
A 92-year-old woman's arm was broken when she was mugged - for a pack of minced meat. The pensioner was walking home from shops along a back street near Cleaver Street, Duke Bar, Burnley, when the robber grabbed her and pushed her over. He snatched
SEVEN men have been questioned by detectives investigating the stabbing of man through one of his kidneys. The 23-year-old Pendle man was stabbed in the early hours of Saturday by the junction of Stanley Street and Manchester Road in Nelson. Police
VOTERS caught up in an alleged election fraud conspiracy said to be led by two councillors told a court that handwriting on proxy voting forms was not theirs. Four more Burnley voters took to the witness box at Preston Crown Court and said that after
RESIDENTS in Rossendale are being reminded to return their electoral register forms as soon as possible. Council chiefs in the Valley say the register is due to be published in December and door-to-door canvassing is now underway for those who have not
KATHLYNN Walton was 92 years old yesterday. But on what should have been a day of celebration, she is having to come to terms with the possibility of losing her home. She is one of around 30 vulnerable elderly people at a care home which has been earmarked
THE family of a seven-year-old hit and run victim have backed a new police appeal urging those protecting the man responsible to turn him in. Detectives have launched a new poster appeal for information into the death of Olivia Whiteside after revealing
COUNCIL bosses have pledged to catch and prosecute fly-tippers who dumped thousands of litres of suspected toxic chemicals at a Hyndburn beauty spot. Large amounts of a bright-blue substance spilled out on to the countryside after six huge 1,000-litre
ANNIVERSARIES are often the most difficult time for people who have lost loved ones. For many people the most difficult of all these are birthdays, when celebration is replaced with sorrow, when thoughts for the future are replaced with reflection on
BUDDING movie-makers are to get their work shown at a prestigious national film festival. Children from Darwen and Colne have been chosen from 220 productions entered from across the UK and overseas. Youngsters aged 12-14 at Pendle Community High School
CLAY pigeon and game shooting is on the rise and helping to boost East Lancashire's rural economy, a study claims to prove. Traditional farming areas are reaping rewards from the popularity of sporting shoots, the survey says. According to the survey
DARWEN'S first wind turbine is in place and will produce electricity for the next 20 years. Chris Driver, 47, of Meadow Head Lane, Tockholes, had the nine-metre-high turbine approved by the council and put it up less than 24 hours. A council spokesman
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has mounted an early season play-off push. Almost six months after the Reds clinched promotion back to the Football League, boss Coleman has urged his players to aim for a top seven spot, and insists there is no
Burnley striker Andy Gray insists he is more interested in team glory than his own personal achievements. The Clarets sharpshooter is setting the Championship alight with five goals in his last five matches. Norwich felt the full force of the Scottish
A MUM was dragged into an alleyway and raped as she walked home from a night out in Burnley. The 45-year-old Burnley woman was heading home alone through the town centre when the attacker pounced in Hammerton Street. The rapist forced the terrified
TWO pals who rebuilt a classic car are raising cash for charity - by taking bets on how far they will get on a 800 mile journey before it breaks down! Burnley Hospital Radio chairman John Robinson has spent the best part of three years re-assembling
A DRUGS boss who went on the run for six years has been jailed for eleven-and-a-half years. Arshid Khan, 36, who laundered the profits of drugs through Harle Syke Post Office, Burnley, and in luxury cars, was convicted of conspiracy to supply heroin
A TINY Pendle school has been given a ticking off - for being too modest. The telling off' has been handed to the 13-pupil Roughlee CE Primary School in a glowing inspection report from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). Schools now have
RESIDENTS, pubs, churches and community groups are being warned they could face legal action if they don't register their November 5 bonfire. The registration scheme in Burnley is being run again this year after it was successfully piloted in 2005.
MULTI-million pound plans for Rawtenstall's outdated Valley Centre are hoped to be revealed by Christmas, council chiefs have said. The £33million developm-ent of the Valley Centre and the town hall area is set to be one of the biggest devel-opments
TWO butchers have devise a sizzling way to raise funds for a brave youngster. Natasha Harley, of Minster Crescent, Darwen, was born with Cystic Fibrosis and must undergo constant treatment to help her battle the threat of chest infections. The 11-year-old's
MENTAL health patients who should be admitted to hospital will be made to live in the community following an NHS shake-up decision, a watchdog boss has warned. Health chiefs have approved plans to reduce beds and replace all of East Lancas-hire's mental
A BODY found in a field just metres from Royal Blackburn Hospital has been identified as missing Blackburn man Gordon Doonan. Mr Doonan, 38, of Hollin Bridge Street, had not been seen for over two weeks and police had launched a missing person inquiry
A POSTMAN who stole credit cards from bags of mail that he then failed to deliver has been jailed for three months. Steven Robinson, of De Lacy Street, Clitheroe, rifled through envelopes to remove credit cards that had been sent out by banks to residents
ONE of Darwen's longest-established charity shops will be handing out goody-bags to celebrate its reopening next week. Help the Aged, in School Street, has been closed for the past month for a full refit for the first time since opening in 1995. The
Chris Hart has been presented with the Les Rogerson Trophy, the award given by the Lancashire Athletic Association to the athlete who, in the opinion of the committee, was the best in the county over the previous 12 months. The presentation was made
ROSSENDALE United owner Andrew Connolly insists he won't turn his back on the Stags despite a period of upheaval at the club. Director Steve Hobson and secretary Kevin Proctor tendered their resignations last week reportedly saying they weren't getting
CLITHEROE manager Chris Stammers reckons there is no crisis at Shawbridge, despite losing two home games on the bounce and failing to score on both occasions. But he believed it would be a huge test of character to see how his side responds when they
IN response to the comment from Ruth Loft who runs Beardwood Support Group. Our organisation will hopefully be something which works in conjunction with existing groups in the area and not in competition. With regard to my treatment throughout my illness
WHILE suffering from a cold recently I needed something to cheer me up so I decided to watch the Liberal Democrat conference. Well, it worked. I've only just finished laughing. What an irrelevant weak shower they are. Can you just for a minute imagine
CAN Blackburn with Darwen Council would like to explain why schoolchildren are charged full price on the buses? The first we knew was when my 14-year-old was told to pay full and handed a leaflet, nothing through the schools, no leaflets on the bus prior
PARENTS who have been subjected to extortionate increases for transporting children to school should thank their lucky stars they do not have a child with special needs. If they did, and they chose an appropriate school - as advised by Thatcherite administrations
D ROBERTS of Redvers Road, Darwen (LT, Sept 12) says that Councillor Paul Browne is the only councillor "who speaks up for every Darwener." Unfortunately, in the case of Coun Browne's comments regarding takeaways, the exact opposite is true. Because
The first website of its kind in the UK, www.Green-Car-Guide.com, launched last week and is designed to help motorists make an informed choice about environmentally-friendly cars. Increasing numbers of editorials, ranging from the October edition of
