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  • Rossendale Museum Family Activities

    Monday 7th April, 1.30 - 4.00, Sculpting with Card and Paper - Wednesday, 1.30-4.00, Clay Modelling Workshop - Thursday, 10.00 - 12.00, 1.30 - 3.30 - Spring Crafts - Friday, 1.30 - 3.30, Under the Sea - Contact 01706 260785

  • Bringing Stories to Life

    Free family arts and crafts sessions in the April holiday at Haslingden Library. Make and take crafty things to bring stories to life with resident artist. Drop-in from 11.00 - 3.00pm. Monday 7th April - For children 3 years and over.

  • Full-time: Norwich City 2 Burnley 0

    BURNLEY will almost certainly have to wait until next season before reviving their promotion ambitions after this disappointing show at Carrow Road. The Clarets struggled to recover from the early blow inflicted by Dion Dublin, when the veteran found

  • Full-time: Blackburn Rovers 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1

    ROVERS' European ambitions took a knock as they picked up just a point against Spurs. Dimitar Berbatov gave the visitors a seventh-minute lead when he bundled home Jermaine Jenas' cross. And Rovers had Brad Friedel to thank as he denied the Bulgarian

  • Half-time: Norwich City 1 Burnley 0

    DION Dublin's quickfire opener rocked unchanged Burnley at Carrow Road. The veteran striker was completely unmarked when he side-footed home inside the six-yard box to give Norwich the lead after just 61 seconds. The Canaries continued to look dangerous

  • Half-time: Blackburn Rovers 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1

    ROVERS can count themselves a little lucky to be level at the break. Spurs have had much the better of things at Ewood Park this afternoon and went ahead when Dimitar Berbatov bundled the ball home after Jermaine Jenas slid the ball across the box on

  • Yuk! Actually, that sounds very tasty

    THOSE of us who co-habit with their HABs (husbands and boyfriends) know there's nothing nicer than those rare occasions when you've got the house to yourself for the evening. The drill goes something like this: arrive home from work, get straight into

  • The Friday Night Project, Channel 4

    DIVA Mariah Carey is possibly the most irritating woman alive. This week she has already infuriated radio bosses when she cancelled interviews because she's "not a morning person" turning up 24 hours late for an interview with Radio 1. So I was not

  • Bentley Wood Farm, Hapton, Burnley

    Address: Bentley Wood Farm, Accrington Road, Hapton. Phone number: 01282 457881 Lancashire Telegraph review by John Anson from April 5, 2008. HEALTHY eating is much in vogue as far as the supermarkets are concerned but when it comes

  • Interview: Suzanne Shaw

    THIS time last year Suzanne Shaw had faded into the background, becoming known as "that blonde one from Hear'Say", with her former fellow band members hogging the limelight. But in recent weeks the 26-year-old Lancashire lass has become a celebrity the

  • Road repair cash made available

    PARISH councils in the borough are being urged to put in bids for highway repairs to Lancashire Local Ribble Valley in the next month. They have nearly £40,000 to spend until April 2009, but applications for local schemes, such as improvement of footpaths

  • Vehicle hits back of police car

    A Citroen Saxo was badly damaged when it collided with the back of a Vauxhall Astra police car in Bolton Road, Blackburn. The incident happened around 3.50pm yesterday, close to the old Blackburn Royal Infirmary site. The cars were heading away

  • Campaign to be welcomed

    ALCOHOL abuse is a huge problem in East Lancashire. Every weekend hundreds of young people go out on the town and drink to excess without a thought for the consequences. This has been a problem for a number of years and there have been countless campaigns

  • Coley irked despite Stanley win

    STANLEY boss John Coleman admitted he had mixed feelings after his side's victory over Dagenham last night. Phil Edwards' goal just after the break was enough to earn Stanley a vital win. But Coleman was disappointed with the manner of the victory.

  • It’s hair today gone tomorrow for hospice helper

    A PUB regular has had his head shaved to help a landlady raise £10,000 in memory of her husband. Pam Cockett wants to raise the money for Macmillan Nurses and Pendleside Hospice, Reedley, Burnley, who cared for her husband Billy when he had cancer.

  • Workshops get message across

    PUPILS were given the chance to step into police officers shoes when they took part in counter -terrorism workshops. In workshops run by Sergeant Ken Kirwan from Lancashire Constabulary's Special Branch Pendle Vale College students were asked to how

  • Reconstruction to highlight safe driving

    A ROAD traffic reconstruction was staged to highlight the import-ance of safe driving to Burnley youngsters. Pupils from schools across Burnley watched the demonstration by firefighters as part of a multi-agency community day at Burnley FC's Turf Moor

  • Quinton still chasing Ewood deal

    FORMER Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune is still trying to impress Rovers manager Mark Hughes. The South African went on trial with Blackburn at the same time as Swiss star Johann Vogel, but injuries have prevented him from making any impression

  • Vandals destroy war memorial shelter

    VANDALS have damaged a shelter that was built to commemorate those who died in the First World War. Coun Lynn Wilson, conservative councillor for the Netherton ward of Great Harwood, said the hut in the town's Memorial Park had seen it walls and roof

  • Cheeky Alex is fitting in well

    ALEX MacDonald has only been training with the first team for a fortnight, but he hasn't shied away from dressing room banter. And manager Owen Coyle believes his cheeky edge will stand him in good stead, even though he was the butt of it after scoring

  • Motorbike found burnt out

    An investigation has been launched after a motorbike was discovered burnt-out in Rosetta Avenue, Burnley. Fire crews arrived at the scene at approximately 4.50am on Saturday but the bike could not be salvaged. The incident is being treated as suspicious

  • Ade: Elliott deal is a Clarets coup

    ADE Akinbiyi believes Wade Elliott's new deal has been a major coup for Burnley. After the winger committed to the club until the summer of 2011 by putting pen to paper last week, manager Owen Coyle said he would have cost the Clarets "£1million plus

  • Firefighters called to suspected gas leak

    A SUSPECTED gas leak in Cross Street, close to the Frank Barnes Group depot, forced firefighters to be called out. When crews arrived at the scene in the early hours of Saturday morning the smell of gas had disappeared and no further action was required

  • Reid: Joker Keane is my big influence

    ACCORDING to Steven Reid, Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane, is the joker in the dressing room. But the 27-year-old Rovers midfielder, who will be making his 100th Premier League appearance today, insists it will be no laughing matter if the Spurs

  • Duff has written off his season

    MICHAEL Duff is refusing to put himself under pressure to make a first team return this season, but admitted a comeback within the last five games would be a bonus. Burnley manager Owen Coyle revealed the defender had been in his thoughts for the last

  • Hughes is chasing quality - not quantity

    MARK Hughes insists he will be focusing on quality rather than quantity in his summer spending. And, although the Rovers boss admitted it was becoming more difficult to compete with the Premier League's big spenders, he was confident the Ewood Park outfit

  • Hairy bikers hit town

    THE Hairy Bikers' will be the main attraction when the Lancashire Food Festival begins today. The TV culinary duo - Simon King and Dave Myers - will officially open the 11th festival at 10am at Accrington Town Hall. They will also be appearing in