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The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on Thursday 6th September at 7pm in the Village Hall, Mellor Lane. Please feel free to come along for the public session.

ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has made a deadline-day swoop for Ross County defender Sean Webb. The 23-year-old Northern Ireland international has signed a contract until the end of 2007, with a view to extending that next year. Webb, who

When Bethany Taylor was born at just 23 weeks, nobody expected her to make it through the first 24 hours. But the young battler proved everyone wrong - and now she is ready for her first day at school. She is relishing this next challenge and cannot

FORMER Rovers winger Giorgos Donis is excited at the prospect of facing his old club in the UEFA Cup. Donis - who starred for Rovers in the 1996/97 season - is the current boss of Greek outfit AE Larissa, who have drawn Rovers in the UEFA Cup first round

A MOPED-riding teenage flasher who struck five times was spared a jail term after a judge said he needed help. Shane Michael Whittaker, 18, exposed himself to female dog-wakers and joggers whilst committing a sex act, Burnley magistrates were told.

THIEVES have caused up to £40,000 worth of damage to Towneley Hall's revamped Stables Cafe weeks after it opened. Raiders stole lead from the roof at the restored visitor attraction, forcing Burnley Council to have to find the cash from its coffers in

A BLACKBURN councillor has vowed to clear his name after a complaint was made about him to a council chief executive. Coun Salim Lorgat denied claims he had been abusive to members of a community association. A complaints has been made to Blackburn

FORMER Rovers striker Shabani Nonda has signed for Turkish giants Galatasaray from AS Roma. The 30-year-old spent last season on loan at Ewood Park and managed a seven-goal haul in 29 games. Nonda was linked with moves to several European clubs but

A tattoo artist is offering free body art to the 100th customer through the door of her new shop. Tammy O'Sullivan, 29, will be opening Pins and Needles on Tuesday September 4. The shop, at 290 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, will offer a compre-hensive

A 17-YEAR-OLD has become the first person in the Harle Syke and Briercliffe area of Burnley to be given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order as part of a campaign to tackle underage drinking. Stuart Graham, of Shore Avenue, was handed the order by Burnley

POLICE have arrested another four people on the third day of drugs raids in Pendle. Four warrants were issued and four arrests were made in Nelson this morning. The raids took place in Charles Street, Rock Street, Thursden Street and Sackville Street

A MOTORIST who fell asleep at the wheel has admitted causing the death of a boxing coach by dangerous driving. Trevor Thompson, who was his son Gary's coach, was dragged out of the wrecked BMW on the M6 near Rugby, but died in hospital from his injuries

Take a look around the historic Tudor manor house Hoghton Tower in our latest video. Over the centuries the tower has hosted royalty, Charles Dickens and possibly even William Shakespeare. If you have any comments about the video, please add them

THE family of a forklift driver who died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 28 have spoken of their shock. Father of one, Andrew Brydges, of Dryden Street, Padiham had no signs of illness when he collapsed at his new home. Andrew, who used to

TWO burglars who targeted an elderly Darwen woman in a "professional" house raid have been jailed for a total of eight-and-a-half years. Preston Crown Court heard that one of the pair - Brett Duxbury - even went back to the victim's home the following

ERYCA (East Rural Youth & Community Centre) ERYCA is one of the voluntary groups within East Rural. All of the voluntary groups within East Rural work closely together. The date for The Annual General Meeting is looming and all members of the

THE positive contribution made by young people in Rossendale should not be undermined by the tragic death of Sophie Lancaster, according to youth workers. 20-year-old Sophie was attacked in the early hours of Saturday, August 11 at Stubbylee Park in

ALMOST £3,000 was raised at an all-day music festival in memory of a Darwen woman. The Dawn's Day event, held at Marigolds in The Green, raised £2,965 for charity in tribute to Dawn Quirk who died of cancer aged 24 in February 2004. On Sunday, bands

Muttiah Muralitharan will have to wait until next week before he knows whether his bicep injury will rule him out of the inaugural World Twenty20. Murali has been prevented from bowling in Lancashire's County Championship match against Kent at Canterbury

BUSINESSES across Burnley and Padiham are being invited to submit their entries for the prestigious 2007 Burnley Business and Innovation Awards. This sponsorship funded event, on Thursday September 20 at Towneley Hall, is organised by Burnley Borough

A HISTORIAN and teacher, nicknamed 'The Ancient Britain' by his pupils, left an indelible stamp on Burnley. Walter Bennett wrote a four volume 'History of Burnley', further books on the Pendle Witches and the History of Marsden and Nelson, and two about

IT was the late 1920s when a little boy called at the home of a Todmorden doctor and said he wanted to play the trombone in the local orchestra. The boy was 11 years old and his name was Geoffrey Love - and he was only one of many musicians who began

AT LAST, the search is over! Steve Cotterill has filled the right back void with the signing of Graham Alexander - a player of experience and quality. It's just what we needed and it will be a big addition to the squad - not to mention the penalty takers

LOOKING Back has still not reached the end of its journey in the tale of Syd Smith and his Station Garage taxi business. This week we have a photograph from Irene Whalley, of Blackburn, which shows a group of drivers and a man in a bowler, who could

A UNIQUE scheme to tackle a borough's flytipping problem has been devised - using scarecrows. Youngsters in Huncoat have been creating the eight-foot tall figures, which are going to be placed in some of Hyndburn's worst dumping hot-spots. It is hoped

THIS is the first glimpse of what a proposed new multi-million pound supermarket in East Lancashire could look like. It comes after around 150 residents attended a special meeting to discuss unpopular plans to build a new Tesco in Great Harwood.

COUNTY council patrols started in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak are being relaxed as worries about the spread of the disease reduce. During the outbreak, Lancashire County Council trading standards and police undertook patrols to ensure that

BLACKBURN Northern are closing in on the elusive league and cup double in the Veka Ribblesdale League. Tomorrow, they host struggling Settle, while chasers Baxenden - two points behind - travel to Ribblesdale Wanderers.

DARWEN CC travel to Netherfield tomorrow knowing that a defeat will more or less rule them out of the title race. St Anne's lead the way with 182 points, with Morecambe two points further adrift. Netherfield are third on 173, while Darwen - on 169 -

SIX teams are still in with a shout of the title as the Sponsorbank Lancashire League enters the penultimate weekend. Rishton still head the pack, but their lead has been whittled down by Rawtenstall, while Burnley, Ramsbottom, Todmorden and East Lancs

BACUP manager Brent Peters is staring at a horrendous absentee list that includes 10 first-team players who will be missing for their match away to Atherton Collieries tomorrow. Peters, who watched his side slump to a 5-0 defeat during the week, said

Blackburn Rovers midfielder Paul Gallagher has joined neighbours Preston North End on loan. The Scotland international go will be at Deepdale until January. Several other Championship clubs, including Hull, QPR and Stoke City, were also believed

A RETIRED electrician's mate died of lung cancer after working with cables covered in asbestos powder for decades, an inquest was told. Leslie Francis Ford, 84, of Lyndhurst Avenue, Knuzden, had been diagnosed with mesothemiola, a lung cancer caused

A BLACKBURN acting school has expanded its operation and moved to new premises. Following a successful year during which many members secured roles in film and internet advertising campaigns, The Actor's Studios has announced plans to move to Thwaites

DELTA Blues star Catfish Keith is coming to Darwen on October 26. The footstomping deep blues musician is performing at the Library Theatre. Tickets are now on sale now. Call box office on 01254 680137.

Ray Peacock, star of the Edinburgh Festival's sell-out show The Comedy Zone is headlining Lock n Load comedy night at King George's Hall, Blackburn on September 1. The no-nonsense northerner presents audiences with an unpredictable variety of comedy

GENESIS and Phil Collins fans are in for a treat at Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn, on September 8. Tribute band Face Value are making a welcome return to the theatre, with their show that recreates the sounds and performances of Genesis and Phil

ENGLAND manager Steve McClaren said he was happy to bring David Bentley into the squad having left the 22-year-old midfielder out of this month's friendly with Germany. The omission was punishment for his controversial decision to withdraw from the

Blackburn Rovers' advisors have held discussions with a number of different parties interested in buying the club. But the Lancashire Telegraph understands no formal offers have been made and the books have not been opened to anyone as yet.

BLACKBURN Rovers have been drawn against Greek outfit AE Larissa in the first round of the UEFA Cup. Larissa finished 10th in the Greek top flight last season, but qualified for the UEFA Cup after beating Panathinaikos 2-1 in the final of the Greek

Burnley manager Steve Cotterill, who has ended his long search for a specialist right back with the capture of 35-year-old Alexander, hopes to make another signing before the transfer window closes at midnight tonight. However, he admitted a move for

PHOENIX Nights star Justin Moorhouse is bringing his autumn stand-up comedy tour "Who's The Daddy?" to Blackburn on September 23 and Burnley on September 8. I'M FIRST in a long line of interviewers who Justin Moorhouse has to speak to today to promote

Blackburn's David Bentley and Aston Villa winger Ashley Young are in England's squad to face Israel and Russia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers.

A PERVERT attacked two girls who were playing in a field, subjecting them to a serious sexual assault. The youngsters, aged nine and 10, who are both from Darwen, were in a field between Chapels Brow and Ivinson Road near to St James' Church when they

FACTORY workers are celebrating the safe return of their beloved guard dogs after they went on a five-mile walkabout and ended up on a busy roundabout. Five-year-old Nelson and three-year-old Max, both Alsatians, managed to wriggle through an insecure

THE Pendle Forest Orienteers have organised a day of orienteering. It will take place at Peel Park and the Coppice on Saturday 29 September. The event starts at 10.30 and lasts until 12 noon and admission is free. For more information visit

Sooner or later it was going to happen - my kids' shoes now cost more than mine. Just last week I was in a shop and I ended up buying shoes for my one-year-old that were a full five pounds more expensive than mine. How this happened I have no idea.

NURSES in East Lancashire are supporting a campaign to dispel myths about what palliative care means to cancer patients. For many the term deals solely with the support and assistance which medical professionals can offer at the end of an individual's

10 years ago Laura Watson, head prefect at Walton High School, Nelson, was chosen to represent England at the National Young Leaders' Conference in Washington DC. She was nominated by her teachers and joined other young people from across the world

One happy day I got my first bike Impatient thought I'd give it a try, Well I hadn't rode one before in my life scrambled on, you could say I felt high. Keen as mustard to impress my Ma, without wobbling I circled the block with her watching I

The Rossendale Farmers' Market will be held this Sunday on Holcombe Road, Helmshore, from 9.30am to 3.00pm. "At a Farmers' Market local producers sell the produce they have grown, raised or manufactured themselves. Rossendale Farmers and Products Market

The cause of a former nursing chief's death was drowning, an inquest confirmed yesterday. Margaret Yates MBE, 69, died off the coast of the Isles of Scilly after a sudden change in sea conditions. The inquest was adjourned by Isles of Scilly Coroner

A MOTORIST killed on the A59 in Clitheroe earlier this week has been named as Gilda Dickinson, 60, of Rakehead Lane, Stacksteads. The former art teacher was pronounced dead at the scene and a post mortem examination found she died of chest injuries incurred

THE winners of last year's Lancashire Telegraph model competition have told how it put them on the road to success. They spoke out as we launched 'Have You Got The Look? 2007'. Ikrash Darr, 22, known as Iky, and Sarah-Jayne Lincoln, 20, were crowned

Police are hunting for a 'vulnerable' Blackburn man who went missing while undergoing hospital treatment. Joseph Farrow, 64, is 5ft 4in, clean-shaven, medium build and tanned, with short, dark brown straight hair. He was last seen around 10.30pm

I MUST answer the letter by Mrs Anne Kenyon (LT, August 22). This sounds like another cover version of an old record -HGVs are responsible for all the accidents on Grane Road, Haslingden. Yet when a weight limit is imposed we get the same radio info

PAUL Cann's letter advising patients have nothing to fear from statins does nothing to reduce my concerns about these drugs, which seem to be prescribed with abandon. My fear of statins arises from the potential for significant adverse effects. Muscle

WE, the councillors who courted popularity according to Mike Madigan, did our homework before making the promises about waste management. We were responding to the wishes of the electors who are fed up with the smells and health problems associated with

Over the years I have worked alongside every organisation in what is called the Public Sector. I soon realised that procrastination, prevarication, poor organisation and lack of communication, and co-operation, were the rule. Recently I attended a meeting

ONE of East Lancashire's biggest ever charity walks took place on the day Princess Diana died. And Ian Woolley, a former East Lancashire hospital trust chairman, has recalled how her death cast a shadow over the walk along the M65 as 5,000 people helped

A DEDICATED Princess Diana fan will be paying her own special tribute to the princess this weekend. When the Princess died, Angela Lee (right), 44, went to Kensington Palace and spent 10 hours queuing to write her own personal message of condolence at

A VISIT from Princess Diana was a real morale boost to the people of Pendle, according to a former mayoress of the borough. Diana visited Nelson in 1989 for the opening of the Ithaad centre in Cross Street. Edwina Sargeant, of Colne, was one of the

A TEENAGER who met Princess Diana on a visit to a community centre described the royal as a sweet and caring person'. Princess Diana won the heart of the people of Nelson when she made her first royal visit to the town for 35 years in 1989. Shazia Akhtar

ALL eyes will be on Monaco this lunch time as Rovers find out which side they will face next in the first round proper of the UEFA Cup. UEFA have already done a pre-draw, which means Rovers, who are seeded, will face either: NK Dinamo Zagred, of Croatia

SIR Simon Towneley was the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and responsible for looking after the Royals when they visited the county. And Sir Simon, now 85 and from Cliviger, said that over the years he met Princess Diana he saw a big change in her. Sir

As the nation today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, we have looked back at her visits to East Lancashire. We spoke to people who met the Princess of Wales on her visits during the 1980s. They have recalled their brush with

DARWEN boss Steve Mullen has told his players they have to reproduce their home form on the road if they are to mount a serious promotion challenge. Mullen's men go to Bootle looking for their first points away from the Anchor Ground where they have

GRAHAM Alexander may have moved less than 22 miles to join Burnley, but Clarets boss Steve Cotterill insists it has been a big upheaval for the Scotland international. Alexander has spent eight seasons at Preston North End, where he made 403 appearances

DAVID Bentley was today hoping he had done enough to win a recall to the England squad. The Blackburn Rovers midfielder staked a strong claim for a call-up with a stunning goal and a man-of-the-match performance against MyPa-47 in the UEFA Cup last night

FA Cup preliminary round winners pick up a cheque for £1,000 and Rossendale boss Derek Egan insists the cash is important as his side gear up for a home tie against Dinnington Town of Northern Counties East Division One. "It's an important game to us

Mark Hughes was delighted to see Blackburn Rovers book a place in today's draw for the first round proper of the UEFA Cup after they beat MyPA 3-0 on aggregate. And the Rovers boss believes his players have no reason to fear anyone in this year's competition

ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman admits last Saturday's loss at Lincoln made un-pleasant viewing - and he should know after watching the game on video four times. The Reds boss has gone over the 2-0 defeat with a fine toothcomb and he is hoping

CLITHEROE manager Neil Reynolds admits he's excited at the prospect of meeting local rivals Chorley in the first round of the FA Cup. But first they have to negotiate a tricky preliminary tie against St Helens at Shawbridge tomorrow. And the Blues will

GRAHAM Alexander could be set for his second appearance against Colchester United in as many games after signing a two-year deal with Burnley. The Scotland defender, who featured for Preston North End against the U's last weekend, is in line to make

Terry Fildes returns to the dugout this week hoping to turn Nelson'S fortunes round. After drawing their opening fixture against Trafford, the Blues have lost their last four league games. But Fildes, who was attending his son's wedding in Cyprus, was

PADIHAM are facing an injury crisis ahead of their home match against Holker Old Boys tomorrow. Manager Steve Wilkes is without eight first team regulars: Barry Shuttleworth, Gavin King, Danny Dignan, Damien Morrison, Martin Broderick, Ed O'Neil, Chris

COLNE will be looking to take their recent good league form in to the FA Cup tomorrow when they host Nantwich Town in the preliminary round. The Holt House club are on a run of two wins and a draw but boss Nigel Coates knows the UniBond Division One