Early on Saturday Morning, many of Burnley Woods resident's along with two of the three Ward Councillors, Cllr Jeff Sumner, Cllr Frank Ashworth, and Burnley's Leader Cllr Gordon Birtwistle alongside members of Dall St. Res. Assoc. Stood and campaigned
A NINE-YEAR-OLD East Lancashire boy will help lead out England's footballing stars for Fabio Capello's first match in charge. Lewis Garratty, of Grizedale Close, Clayton-le-Moors, won a competition to be a mascot for the friendly match against Switz-erland
A NURSE has died while diving off the Cayman Islands during a holiday. Tina Baxter, a matron at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals, passed out during a dive and returned to the surface unconscious off the north west coast of Grand Cayman
A CONVICTED conman with a track record for stealing from the elderly had £91,000 in bank accounts opened with fake names. Robert Barker, 58, has been jailed for two-years-and-six-months after admitting money laundering. After the case, police said they
A MOTHER reported her son to police after finding a stash of heroin under his bed while cleaning his room. And now 21-year-old Martin Walden is starting an 18-month prison sentence after admitting possessing the drug with intent to supply. Burnley
TWO police officers delivered a baby in the back of a car after the mother was prevented from getting to hospital by a road block. Officers closed Haslingden Road near to the Royal Blackburn Hospital for two hours for investigations after Brian Dickson
SHOPKEEPERS claim vandals are getting away with attacking their premises - thanks to an "ineffective" CCTV system. Businesses in Fleming Square, Blackburn town centre, said the nearby camera could be the answer to their problems. But they branded it
Burnley were today reported to be weighing up a swoop for former Blackburn and Manchester United striker Andy Cole. A Sunday newspaper claimed the Clarets are close to bringing the Sunderland attacker on loan. And it also reported a move for Argentine
PLANS for a golf driving range look set to be thrown out. The £280,000 golf driving range, over 1.3 hectares in Raven Farm, in Cuckstool Lane, Fence, would be on green belt land. The range, with 10 booths constructed of oak-lapped boards with "blue
A MAN is alleged to have attempted to drag his estranged partner out of a taxi by her hair and then an ankle. But magistrates heard that while Jason Lynton Woods admitted assaulting Billy Marie Pinnington, his version of events was very different. And
YOBS have been ripping down elderly residents' drainpipes - and using them to sling mud at people's homes. Police have pledged that the "unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated". They said that the majority of drainpipes had been stolen from elderly
A TEENAGER was groped in daylight as she walked to Nelson and Colne College. Police have appealed for witnesses to the attack at 11.45am on Tuesday, January 15. The attack took place at the junction of Fleet Street and Scotland Road, Nelson, after the
A 10-year-old boy was knocked down after running into the road to retrieve his football. And the incident has prompted angry residents to demand that railings be put up around the field where he was playing. The Accrington Road Neighbourhood Watch Committee
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL investigation to discover the secrets of Sunnyhurst Wood has got the go ahead. Darwen Local History Society has secured a £5,000 grant from the borough council to fund the archaeological assessment of the park's history by experts
A man allegedly told his partner he was a vampire before biting her three times. William John McInerney, 24, of Douglas Grove, Darwen, was ordered to stand trial at Preston Crown Court when he appeared before Hyndburn magistrates and pleaded not guilty
A FATHER-of of two who smashed a man's jaw has been jailed for two years. Gordon Schofield, 26, had attacked victim Gavin Stamp in the doorway of his ex-partner's house. He then turned on the mother of his children Rachel McLaughlin and punched
The security cameras and lighting on the outside wall at St Marks Church have been completed now, this should stop the vandalism that has happened recently. Also there has been a few vehicles broken into in the area lately. Make sure you keep the
OFSTED inspectors gave a Bacup primary school a plan to help it improve. During a recent visit, St Mary's RC in Tong Lane, was given an overall rating of satisfactory by inspector Dave Byrne. He reported to staff and children that most of the time,
A DAD-of-two who twice sank his teeth into his partner remembered nothing about it - but told a court if she said he had done it, he had. Burnley magistrates heard how drunken Daniel Livesey, 20, bit Amy Jones's leg after a night out - and had done a
A MAN who grabbed his partner by the throat during an alcohol-fuelled row only released his grip when her face started to change colour. Hyndburn magistrates were told David John Holiday attacked Jane Bartrup again after they had both had a sleep, this
A MAN became angry when his secret' girlfriend reneged on an arrangement for him to walk her home after a karaoke night. Hyndburn magistrates heard the couple had ignored each other during the night in the Imperial pub, Accrington, because her sister
HANDBAG thieves are on the prowl around Waterfoot. Three houses were broken into in Booth Crescent between 8.30pm and 9pm on Tuesday. Two handbags and their contents were stolen from two of the houses. From the third, offenders took a wallet, and drove
Susan Reed, 53, of Clitheroe Road, Whalley, was remanded on bail by Hyndburn magistrates charged with assaulting her 27-year-old daughter Britta Reed, causing her actual bodily harm. Peter King, defending, said his client had made certain admissions
A WOMAN ended up in court after paying a "man with a van" to take away rubbish from her home - which he then dumped on the roadside. Rosaleen Maughan, of Barnes Street, Church, pleaded guilty at Hyndburn Magistrates' Court to contravening the Environmental
POTENTIALLY-dangerous prescription drugs have been lost in Blackburn, police said. A medical bag containing insulin was reported lost on Thursday at 8.30pm. Police believe it was lost at Morrisons, Blackburn. It is not yet clear whether the bag was
SUDELLSIDE Community Association is to hold a meeting to update residents about its future following the Royds report on community centre closures. The review, commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen Council, concluded that most of the borough's community
A MAN went round to smooth things over with his partner - after drinking 25 pints of lager. Yvonne Catlow refused to let Anthony Pepper into her house and he responded by putting his foot through her front door. Pepper, of Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, pleaded
A PRIMARY school headteacher has been arrested on suspicion of downloading indecent images of a child. Damian Marsh, 42, who is head of St Andrew's C of E Primary, Nuttall Lane, Ramsbottom, was also arrested over an allegation of common assault, police
ARMED police shot dead a dog after it dragged a man down a street by his hand. Officers said they had no choice but to take the action in Cherry Street, off Audley Range, Blackburn, shortly after 11pm last night for the public's safety. Emergency services
COUNTY councillor Steve Large has been allocated £1,250 from Lancashire-Local grants scheme. The money can be used to promote or improve the social, economic and environmental well-being of the rural area. Grant applications already received throughout
A DIFFICULT start to trading in 2008 resulted in half of the companies listed in the East Lancashire index seeing the value of their shares fall. And financial experts have warned of tough times ahead as fears of a US recession loom over the UK economy
