NELSON skipper is hoping that the arrival of New Zealand international Craig McMillan will kick-start their season. McMillan, a veteran of 55 Tests and 197 ODIs, was due to link up with the Seedhill side just after the World Cup. But a stomach injury
BLACKBURN'S Nick Dougherty admits the US Open holds a special place in his heart as he bids for Major glory next week. The 25-year-old former Shaw Hill golfer jets out to Pennsylvania tomorrow for his third consecutive US Open outing, hoping to capitalise
A PIONEERING group is taking Lancashire folk music into the 21st century - swapping cloth caps and whippets for MySpace and eBay. New wave folkies The Lancashire Hotpots still have the same preoccupations as most bands of their ilk - a good pint, good
A SIGNED David Beckham shirt is among the lots to go under the hammer in an auction organised by Bowland High School. The PTFA of the Clitheroe school is hosting the Some Enchanting Evening fund-raising ball on Friday, June 15, at Stirk House Hotel,
A MARTIAL arts duo have become a roaring success by winning a national Chinese lion dancing competition for the third year running. Kung fu masters Steven Burton and Dave Eccles, from Blackburn, competed against teams from across the country to claim
TRAIN services in East Lancashire are set to be disrupted as the result of various engineering works being undertaken on behalf of Network Rail. Retimed trains and replacement bus services will affect commuters from Monday, mainly on routes from Blackpool
WORKMEN are to be given free crime prevention kits in a bid to reduce the number of vehicles being targeted for expensive tools and electronic equipment. A mutli-agency action group has been set up to tackle vehicle crime in Hyndburn. Hyndburn Community
THE fixtures are out next week, and then it won't be long before the lads are back for pre-season training in preparation for the 2007-08 campaign. It's perhaps the one part of the job that few of them relish. I know the first week back was always a
LEISURE staff took the plunge to take part in Burnley Council's 2007 lifeguard challenge. The competition attracted 25 council staff who were put through their paces by training officers Scott Bryce and Natalie Metcalfe. The challenges took the form
BLACKBURN'S market traders have revealed concerns about the town centre revamp. The £66million shopping centre planned for the Mall will include a new £5million market on the ground floor. The existing market site will possibly be turned into a retail
A POLICE pursuit ended with a car crashing into a field and two teenagers being taken to hospital. An investigation is to be launched by the Independent Police Complaints Commission after the incident in Altham Lane, Altham, at 2.30am yesterday. Police
AN elderly woman who found a dead rat in her back yard was shocked to be told to remove it herself. Alice Calvert, 72, of Pemberton Street, Roe Lee, Blackburn, found the rodent when she returned home from holiday. After her initial shock, Alice contacted
A TOP judge has laid to rest a neighbours' row about two fences, which ran up over £100,000 in legal bills. The dispute began in January 2002 when property developers converted two run-down barns at Norcross Farm, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Longridge
EXPERTS have launched a hovercraft competition in a bid to encourage girls from across the borough to take an interest in science and engineering. Engineers from Manchester University are behind the unique competition, being staged at Darwen Vale High
BRENDAN Flood is hopeful that this summer's signings will help Burnley turn on the style next season. The millionaire director has outlined his intention to back Steve Cotterill with adequate funds ahead of the new Championship season, although the Clarets
By: David Bartlett PARENTS have been told to keep their children in check after the second stone throwing attack on a train in a week. A train from Blackpool South to Colne had to be taken out of service after it was attacked between Burnley Central
Mark Hughes statement on Bentley pulling out of the England squad: "David has told me he is exhausted and I completely understand. "Although he takes representing his country very seriously indeed, David has barely had time to catch breath over the
Stuart Pearce feels he has been let down by David Bentley after the midfielder's surprise withdrawal from England squad for the European Under-21 Championships. The Blackburn starlet has left manager Pearce a man short for the tournament in Holland after
A DRINK-driver who got behind the wheel for the third time while over the limit had been upset as his child was up for adoption. Burnley magistrates heard how Adam Baker, 27, was spotted driving erratically by police in the early hours in Colne and smelled
A COMPANY has been fined after two workers were burned in an explosion. JD Macadam and Son (Garages) Ltd of Hyde Park garage, North Valley Road, Colne, pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws and was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £3,372.15
THE 1920/21 season was a memorable one for so many reasons, not least a run of 30 league games without defeat. It's not surprising that such a phenomenal run of form, which set a record that stood for more than 80 years, resulted in Burnley being crowned
HASLINGDEN professional Dan Christian has no troubles handling himself out in the middle - that's because the big hitter used to hand out hard knocks on the rugby pitch. The 24-year-old from Narrandera, five hours from Sydney, grew up on a staple diet
ACCRINGTON Stanley will be giving every player a chance to stake a claim on the club's pre-season tour. The Reds have finalised their plans which include a week-long trip to Scotland with matches against Brechin City, Arbroath and East Fife, between
IDENTICAL twins accused of breaching an interim anti-social behaviour order within four hours of it being imposed have won their freedom - but are banned from Waterfoot. Ashleigh and Katie Lynch, 19, were given the order by Rossendale magistrates last
A BRAVE son has told of his joy at returning home 10 months after a horrific holiday accident that left him paralysed. And Adam Wood, 21, of Lime Road, Haslingden, said he was most looking forward to spending time with his son Brandon, two. Adam was
THE TEENAGE driver of a car that crashed whilst being pursued by police has been arrested. The 19-year-old man was detained on suspicion of dangerous driving, possession of drugs, driving whilst impaired and failing to stop after he was released from
A FORMER company boss who fled to the Middle East after fleecing more than £600,000 from her employers was caught after returning to the UK when war broke out. Lorna Farenden flew to the Lebanon when police launched a probe into the thefts - but was
A TEENAGER given a potentially life-long sentence after stealing eight slices of cake and robbing a baker of £60 had the punishment quashed today. Andre Lennox, 19, of Hargrove Avenue, Burnley, was ordered to serve an indefinite term of Detention for
THE Ministry of Defence is being sued by the family of an Iraqi hotel worker who died while in British military custody. Lawyers for the children and father of Baha Mousa, 26, say they are looking for "hundreds of thousands of pounds" in damages. The
A BOXER accused of murdering Burnley teenager Jane Young is facing 14 further charges. Factory hand Lupine Silva, 22, appeared at Christchurch District Court, New Zealand, on Wednesday, charged with ploughing his car at speed into a group of teenagers
A teenage sex pest has been jailed for seven years after exposing himself to two schoolgirls. Kevin Hayman, 18, of St Matthews Street, Burnley, also tried to grab one of the teenagers as they made their way to school in January. He had pleaded guilty
AN anaesthetist accused of botching an operation on a nine-year-old girl told a tribunal he had been suffering from stress in the run-up to the incident. Dr Mariyappan Balasubramanian is accused of serious professional misconduct after the girl,
A DRIVER attacked a fellow motorist despite a police van queueing four vehicles along. Blackburn magistrates heard that Steven Groom, 40, punched his victim through the open window causing distress to three children who were in the car with their father
The annual Lancashire and Ribble Valley Countryside and Garden Festival gets into full swing today(friday). The three day festival in Hawkshaw Farm, Longsight Road, Clayton-le-Dale will have piglets competing on Saturday. It is the first time pig
A MAN who came across a blank cheque "missing" from Nelson health centre filled it in and cashed it to the tune of £1,500. Burnley Magistrates heard how Peter Hamilton, 28, who was on benefits, thought it was his lucky day when he came across the cheque
AMBITIOUS plans to transform Accrington are being put into place after an expert team of regen-eration specialists was appointed. Hyndburn Council has contracted Manchester-based planners URBED to look at public spaces, transport routes, parking and
NEW initiatives are helping to reduce the trauma for couples struggling to conceive - and others preparing for childbirth. Patients have responded well to a series of innovations being pioneered at the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital
AN elderly woman has been found dead in a reservoir near Burnley. Freda Kemp, 76, of Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, was discovered lying face down in the water at Clowbridge Reservoir on the border of Burnley and Rossendale. The grim discovery was made by
PARAMEDIC'S STORY. Andrew Swinburn is training manager for the Lancashire Ambulance Service's Accrington-based trauma management. He said: "The level of injury depends largely on the speed the car was going at. "But hitting the steering wheel column
BLACKBURN Rovers' summer transfer plans hinge on Rafa Benitez's bid to sign a top striker for Liver-pool. Benitez is poised to spend big on a proven goalscorer as he attempts to turn the Merseysiders into serious title-contenders next season, and that
The tragic death of Adam Rickwood, aged 14, from Burnley, raises very serious issues about the treatment of vulnerable children in the care of the State ("Mum's fury at Adam inquest ruling", 1 June 2007). Although Adam was known to have mental health
In response to your article: Terrible twins 'last for just four hours' (Lancashire Telegraph, June 1). Kids these days don't think that using threatening, abusive or insulting words and or behaviour is inappropriate or unacceptable behaviour. It has
My heart goes out to the families involved in emergency eviction from Astley House, Darwen. My Mum has suffered the same trauma twice in the past couple of months, the last one lasting for two hours. How do you put everything together? All their wordly
Gordon Muchall's first half-century of the season helped Durham to recover from a mini-collapse before bad light ended play for the second successive day of their LV County Championship clash with Lancashire at Chester-le-Street. After slipping from
With regard to the article concerning the changing of Hyndburn's name to 'Accrington and District' (Lancashire Telegraph, June 6), I think the arguments for this are only desirable to the people of Accrington. I never tell anyone that I live in Hyndburn
THE Lancashire Telegraph has challenged the owner of a care home which shut at six hours' notice to answer eight key questions over the closure. The move came as it emerged that Prof Mohammed Iqbal Memon is listed as sole director of the company which
Blackburn's David Bentley has withdrawn from the England Under-21 squad for the forthcoming European U21 Championship in Holland due to fatigue. The Rovers winger returned on Thursday morning after three weeks with the England senior squad following
EAST Lancashire's postal service is set to be thrown into chaos after workers agreed to strike over pay. They are part of about 130,000 postal workers nationally who are members of the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) set to walk out this month after
THE revamp of Blackburn's shopping centre will finally start in October - with a flagship store to spearhead the £66m scheme, bosses revealed. Clothing giant, Primark, will take the anchor site at the redevelopment, which will stretch from Debenhams
A skip placed next the a school was set on fire by arsonists. Firefighters were called to All Saints Primary School, Church Street, Clayton-le-Moors,just after 10.45pm last night (thurs). Crews managed to stop the fire spreading to the building.
Three men have been ordered to pay a total of £700 for dropping litter. The prosecutions were brought by Blackburn with Darwen Council as part of zero tolerance campaign on rubbish. Bosses said taxi driver Mohammed Azad, of St James Road, Blackburn,
A PATH could be restored to the motorway services near junction four of the M65 at Darwen. When the site was being developed, builders used the 36-metre route from Redvers Road to the main service area. But once building was completed, the owners removed
A LORRY driver has been accused of causing death by dangerous driving following an accident in which a retired lecturer was killed. Valerie Taylor, 63, of Haslingden Old Road, Rawtenstall, died after a lorry, carrying 40 tonnes of scrap metal toppled
MORE than 250 people attended the first sportsman's dinner for Barrowford Celtic Football Club. Diners were entertained by Irish comedian Dusty Young and compere Mike King, while the after-dinner speaker was former Liverpool FC player and European Cup
A BOSS of Burnley Football Club has been given a Royal role by Prince Charles. Dave Edmundson, head of strategic development at the club, has been annouced as the Prince of Wales' ambassador on corporate responsibility in the north west. In a personal
