A CAR boot sale in Darwen raised £156 for three-year-old Nicholas Robinson, of Beech Street, Great Harwood. Lois Thornber, 63, of Ratcliffe Street, Darwen, organised the sales for the Highfield Club in her street and decided to raise money for the little
A MAN was nearly three times the drink limit when he drove a mini- moto on a main road in the early hours. Mark Anthony Black, 19, also had a passenger on the back of the machine, Blackburn magistrates heard. They headed along Bolton Road and reached
RESIDENTS in Haslingden are the first in the borough to benefit from a pioneering venture aimed at saving lives. Data Link is a national voluntary scheme for anyone living at home, which ensures vital medical information is available to the emergency
A BURLY builder left a supermarket assistant in "excruciating" pain after giving her an almighty' slap on the backside. But red-faced John Andrew Stevenson, who was drunk when he carried out the assault, apologised to his victim after he appeared in
THE original buildings at Burnley General Hospital are facing demolition, health bosses have revealed. But the town's civic society has hit out at the demolition plans, saying the four 1876 buildings were among the town's finest architecture. The three
BURNLEY brothers Mark and Thomas Balmer had a day of mixed fortunes when they competed in Round Two of this year's Super 1 MSA British Kart Championship at PF International Race Circuit, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire. Both of the lads compete in the
RAIDERS struck at a furniture factory for the second time this year and stole £20,000 worth of three-piece suites. The thieves used an angle-grinder to hack their way into the Furnico compound, Phillips Lane, Colne. They then loaded the furniture on
TWO councillors have been quizzed by police as part of an investigation into whether an election leaflet broke the law. Labour councillors said the leaflet, produced in Urdu, had been circulated by LibDems to selected areas, and claimed it could stir
POLICE are warning people not to become the victims of a fool's gold' scam in Burnley. Officers said they had received reports of a gang - believed to be of Eastern European origin - trying to pass off fake gold' jewellery as the real thing. In the
VERSATILE Burnley teenager Chris McCann has his sights set on securing a regular first team place next season. The Dubliner, who has emerged through the Turf Moor youth ranks to become one of the club's brightest prospects, is aiming to build on the
A MAYOR drew his tenure to a close with a hop, skip and jump to celebrate unsung community heroes. Included in a busy timetable on his Community Day' this week, Rossendale Mayor Coun Peter Steen helped on a litter pick in Bacup, served tea at Rossendale
SUNDAY was cool and wet in Lancashire, but in London temperatures soared to 21 degrees - every marathon runner's nightmare. Twelve months ago, 15 men from our area smashed the three-hour barrier in the Flora London Marathon, with eight breaking 2:50,
THIS is it. It's make or break time for Stanley on Saturday, so fasten yourself in. It's the biggest game in the club's history - a case of winner takes all for ourselves or Macclesfield. If we win, we stay up, it's as simple as that. That is for certain
A SCHOOLGIRL was locked in a house at midnight and molested by a man who had taken drugs and given her drink, a jury was told. Craig Morrison, 36, was said to have played a pornographic film in front of the 14-year-old and two younger girls, stroked
A man who admitted sex assaults on two teenage girls has been jailed for 18 months. Peter O'Malley, 51, had previous convictions for unlawful sex with girls in 1978, 1983 and 1995, Preston crown court heard. O'Malley of Preston Old Road, Blackburn,
John Lenehan sent us this soothing scene of a glorious sunset casting its beautiful light over the Blackburn canal.
Proud mum Sandra Meyer sent in this stunning photograph taken by her daughter Gemma. Gemma captured the colours of a motorway at night from a bridge over the M65. Sandra, of the Fox and Grapes Hotel, Preston New Road, Blackburn, said: "She is a 1st
THE Elevate scheme for regeneration which aims to change the face of East Lancashire could be delayed in a borough after a £600,000 funding hold up. As part of the scheme owner-occupiers of homes earmarked for demolition are allowed to apply for a £30,000
THE race is on for the SD34 Road Rally Championship - and the title chase couldn't be closer. Reigning champion Terry Martin, from Blackburn, is tied for the lead with Colne businessman Pete Jagger as the series approaches the halfway point. Both drivers
AN old Darrener', who grew up with a love of fly fishing, has dipped into his memories to complete a book of his life. Derek Harwood's A Life on the River' tells the story of his childhood in Darwen and Blackburn, after the Second World War and takes
BLACKBURN Rovers' striker Paul Gallagher's father has appeared in court charged with harassing the player's mother. Magistrates heard that Daniel Gallagher had lost the bond with his son because of alcohol abuse, which also led to him attempting suicide
AN accident victim's death has prompted scores of readers to throw their support behind the Lancashire Telegraph's Wasted Lives Campaign. The tragic events in Mellor Lane, Mellor, highlighted the grim toll of death and serious injury among young drivers
A BLACKBURN car dealer has admitted being involved in an Al Qaeda terrorist bomb plot. Junade Feroze, 31, of Malham Gardens, Blackburn, was one of four men who pleaded guilty to plotting against the UK and the United States. The men admitted conspiracy
THE mother of a Langho hotel and restaurant owner has died after falling at her home in Portugal. Craig Bancroft, 46, who runs Northcote Manor alongside Nigel Haworth, has travelled to Lagoa in the Algarve after his mother, Susan Bancroft, in her seventies
THINGS went from bad to worse for a company managing director, and ended with him making his first appearance in court. Blackburn magistrates heard that Darren Halliwell had moved into a pub after the break-up of his 23-year marriage. And, after drinking
A parachute jump for charity will take place this Sunday after strong winds forced its postponement at the weekend. Lindsay Reed, 28, a hair-dresser at Revive, Duckworth Street, and Denise Gee, 39, a trader at Darwen three-day market, will leap 10,000ft
Car salesman Adam Hosker, 27, survived eviction in last night's cult TV show The Apprentice. Adam, from Blackburn, saw his group lose the task set by Sir Alan Sugar, to sell photographic art and was taken into the boardroom for the second week running
A MUM was beaten up by a couple, a jury at Burnley Crown Court was told. Catherine Hewitt, 23, was said to have been punched by Lisa Proud - whose daughter goes to the same nursery as her child -- and her boyfriend Wayne French. French was also alleged
Three pensioners walked into the local bar, Each one with a dog on a lead, The barman gave each one a bottle of beer, To the animals paid little heed. The first chap watched as his loving pet Poured out his beer in a glass, While the second man's
TOURISM minister Shaun Woodward was visiting Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery today.. The MP for St Helens was meeting staff and viewing displays at the tourist attraction in Museum Street. Blackburn with Darwen Council chiefs said the museum was just
A DARWEN amateur dramatic society is putting on a seaside comedy show, running from May 9 to 12. St Cuthbert's ADS is performing Good Old Summertime, set in an Edwardian seaside boarding house. It centres on the landlady, her Cockney maid, a handsome
BURNLEY and Blackburn World Cup winner John Connelly has paid tribute to former England team-mate Alan Ball - who died of a heart attack aged 61. Lancashire-born Ball was the youngest member of the successful Three Lions side that landed the 1966 World
A FRIEND of Junade Feroze spoke of his support for the terror plotter. Feroze and Zamir Hussain, 24, of Shackshaft Street, Blackburn, were returning from a car auction in Bamber Bridge when police pounced. Feroze had been working at his brother Javaid's
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Jason Roberts is convinced he and Benni McCarthy can set the Premiership alight next season. The Rovers strike-pair have scored four goals between them in the three games since they were reunited up front by manager Mark Hughes
MORE than 130 litres of alcohol have been confiscated, six arrests made and nine fines issued as part of a week-long blitz on anti-social behaviour in Burnley. In addition, as part of the special operation which ran from Friday, April 13, to Saturday
Pendle Council develop-ment control committee will meet tonight to make a final judgment on applications in which area councillors have gone against council policy in their decisions. Proposals including a replacement phone mast at Folly Hall Farm, Brierfield
Youngsters at a Burnley nursery school watch as the town's new sixth-form is built. Catalyst Lend Lease, the developers behind the Burnley Campus, Barden Lane, have left a gap in the fence so children from Barden Lane Nursery can see the new development
I've been abroad much less since I moved from the Foreign Office to become Leader of the Commons just under a year ago. But I made a lot of friends, as well as acquaintances, during the five very intense years in which I served as British Foreign Secretary
WHEN Burnley was a cotton heavyweight in the world, many of its female workers earned their pay in the mills. Indeed the 1921 census shows that out of every 1,000 female workers, 776 worked in the textile industry - and the pattern was repeated in neighbouring
ACCORDING to the chief officer of Age Concern, not all pensioners are claiming their welfare rights (LT, April 20). But on the contrary, most of us have and, like in the Grand National, quite a few have fallen at the first fence. Only the other week
CAN you believe we've been in Iraq for four years now? I still receive occasional messages from friends and former colleagues currently serving, and from what they tell me, and the conclusions of my own research - well, things are now considerably worse
Blackburn Rovers will play Huddersfield Town in a pre-season friendly at the Galpharm Stadium on Wednesday August 1. Mark Hughes has agreed to send a side to take on the League One club, who are now managed by former Oldham striker Andy Ritchie. "First
I FIND it hard to believe that motorists are still using mobile phones while driving. The increased fine and three penalty points does not seem to deter those who wish to flout the law. I think the law is far too soft with these offenders. Instead
NOT surprising Darwen station - which could be nice if not for the thuggish, apathetic nature of some citizens coming in all shapes, ages and sizes - is in the mess it is in, rife with vandalism. Waiting for the Blackburn train on Friday, two mini-crimewaves
HAIR salon staff proved they are a cut above the rest when it comes to raising cash. Staff at Darpo Hair Spa, Foulridge, held an Easter raffle which raised £130 for Pendleside Hospice, Reedley. Butcher David Ingham, whose shop is in the same street,
A HUGE brawl involving more than 20 people armed with axes, knives and power tools is being investigated by police. One man is still in hospital after being attacked with an axe following the fight on a car park off Carr Road, Nelson at 8.30pm on Monday
BURNLEY has been given the green light to try to become a Fairtrade town. MP Kitty Ussher's campaign to achieve Fairtrade town status moved a step closer when councillors approved plans to promote and use Fairtrade products. The Fairtrade Mark is a
A SCHOOLGIRL will be living out every child's dream this summer when she becomes head of play for a holiday company. Camping company Eurocamp has hired Abbi Beckett, 12, of Whalley, as consultant on fun games and activities to play outdoors, across the
IAN McCulloch must put friendship to one side at the Snooker World Championships as he plots the downfall of pal Anthony Hamilton. The 36-year-old Lancastrian stormed through to the tournament's last 16 after gunning down defending champion Graeme Dott
ACCRINGTON Stanley chairman Eric Whalley has issued an SOS to Reds supporters and urged them to help Save Our Season. Macclesfield Town visit the Fraser Eagle Stadium on Saturday for a must-win match if Stanley are to avoid relegation back to the Conference
TWO primary school teachers who were having a "highly charged and sordid" affair shared obscene text images of a young girl, a court was told. Deputy head Alastair Clark, 48, of Helmshore, and reception class teacher Alina Bibby, 56, were well respected
OH LORD. I'm almost lost for words after last night's Apprentice. It's like the gobby hopefuls haven't yet cottoned on that we're no longer in the 1980s, with over-aggressive selling tactics, shoulder-padded power dressing and gaudy make-up leading
A tribunal has ruled in favour of a couple who were charged £1,500 for a service that should have cost them just £50. The pair bought their home in Lynwood Avenue, Clayton-le-Moors, only to find that the previous owners had carried out alterations without
RAMSBOTTOM welcomed a royal visitor when the Duchess of Gloucester officially opened the new library. The Duchess was greeted at the library and adult learning centre, in Carr Street, yesterday afternoon by Mayor of Bury, Coun Jack Walton, and his wife
Two Blackburn companies have been announced as North West finalists in the 2007 National Business Awards. Neale's Waste Management in Walker Road is up for The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award while MDA in Queen Victoria Street is in
