John Coleman was a happy man after seeing his Stanley side hold on for a big pre-season win against Marseille. Sean McConville and Offrande Zanzala, from the penalty spot, scored in eight first-half minutes with French international Florian Thauvin
If this was the most unlikely of friendlies then it produced an even more remarkable result. Two goals in eight first half minutes helped Stanley stun the French giants in this glamour friendly at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford. Marseille’s
A WATER company has said that houses in Rossendale may currently have little or no water this evening. United Utilities said they were aware some customers in Rawtenstall, Haslingden and Helmshore may have no water or low pressure. The water
AN ALL singing surgeon will join veteran comic Jimmy Cricket in a concert. Consultant surgeon Rob Hart, from Chorley, is to share the bill at Preston's Playhouse Theatre on Sunday (July 14) with the TV favourite. While the ever popular Irish
TWO attempts to steal cash machines have been made in Lancashire. Investigations are underway into two attempted thefts in Morecambe and Longridge at 1am and 1.40am respectively. Officers were called to the Sainsbury's store in Inglewhite Road
A PROLIFIC burglar who stole £500,000 of cars from driveways across East Lancashire has been jailed for seven years. Police said Kevin King-Yates had been responsible for more than half of all car thefts across the county in his three-month thieving
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy described as the light of his family’s lives has died in an accident on a farm. Harry Lee is thought to have fallen from a telehandler-type vehicle and been run over by it in what police have described as a tragic accident.
A MAN arrested in Bacup has appeared in court charged with murder. Raheel Khan, 27, who was arrested in the town on Tuesday, appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court this morning charged with murdering 20-year-old Mohammed Feazan Ayaz
RESIDENTS have been left frustrated and disappointed after plans to expand Hyndburn Academy were approved. People living on Stourton Street had expressed concerns over the impact proposals to knock down two blocks as part of a comprehensive refurbishment
A WOMAN who claims she lent her car to a fellow party guest ended up being arrested. Blackburn magistrates heard the car was crashed into a house as soon as it set off and the driver ran off. Rebecca Sarah Anderson initially co-operated with
MANCHESTER Airport has been ordered by the aviation regulator to improve its treatment of disabled passengers. Travellers on inbound flights to the UK's third busiest airport are being forced to wait "unacceptable lengths of time" to receive assistance
A DRIVER stopped by police was not aware he was banned. Harun Gul, 26, of March Street, Burnley, pleaded guilty at Blackburn magistrates to driving while disqualified and without insurance. He was banned from driving for five months and fined £120
ADVICE has been issued for residents as more than two thousand competitors are set to descend on Blackburn with Darwen up for this weekend’s gruelling Ironman UK triathlon. This year the country’s biggest and longest running ironman race will come
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 21-year-old who died at an East Lancashire reservoir. Friends and family of Ben Heany have set up a JustGiving fundraising page to help pay for the funeral costs of the former Shuttleworth College student. He drowned
RIBBLE Valley singing sensation Lauren Jean Schofield could be sharing Beat-Herder’s main stage with American disco legends Sister Sledge this Sunday. The Bowland High School pupil will be singing her version of Dolly Parton’s mega hit Jolene in
GAWTHORPE Hall is hosting an evening of William Shakespeare themed entertainment this month. An outdoor production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is being performed on Saturday, July 27, at 6.30pm. The performance is produced by Off The Ground
A GUN plotter who went on the run during his trial ‘played the system’, a Judge has said. Judge Heather Lloyd, who had given Hasriat Omar Khan dispensation not to attend on certain days of his trial after he had claimed his wife was having pregnancy
LEA Salonga will mean different things to different people. To some she will always be associated with the musical Miss Saigon which made her a star and to others she will forever be the voice of Disney’s Princess Jasmine in the animated version of
WHEN pop queen Madonna heard Dream Frequency’s monster dance hit, Feel So Real, she instructed one of her talent scouts to run the rule over the Preston hit makers. Ian Bland, who now runs Maison Records from his Lancashire home, was working as
A BEEKEEPER has blamed the spraying of chemicals on wild flowers near his hives for the loss of around 50,000 bees. Bob Fulton has around a dozen hives in his garden in Pole Lane, Darwen, however, the 87-year-old discovered one of the bee colonies
THE musical history of Darwen is being compiled for a new exhibition later this year. Terry Walsh and Ian Gillibrand of Darwen Music Projects are looking for information and memorabilia from bands and venues in the town. Ian said: “Terry was
A THUG broke into his estranged partner's house and threw a knife at her while his three hysterical children watched. Burnley Crown Court heard how Daniel Yates, 27, also assaulted his ex-partner's aunt and threw a knife at her during the 'traumatising
COUNSELLING charity The Magdalene Project has opened a new suite of counselling rooms in Nelson. Guests included Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson and Christine Kirk, the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. The opening ribbon was cut by Anna Lancaster
THE horrific extent of the injuries suffered by a ‘murder victim’ have been outlined to a jury. Home Office forensic pathologist Dr Naomi Carter told Preston Crown Court how Sajed Choudry suffered a number of cut wounds to his head, including a
A SMELL as bad as ‘rotten cabbage’ and ‘rats as big as cats’ are the problems caused by a neighbouring house's rubbish, a man has claimed. William Traill said the problem has got so bad that he won’t let his grandchildren play out for long, as the
PUPILS, parents and teachers at a primary school have been celebrating beating the national SATs results today, with a particularly strong performance in maths. Sudell Primary School in Darwen achieved excellent results in reading, maths, GPS and
WORK will being on building a new Home Bargains store in Blackburn next week. The firm is the first to take up a place along the highway linking Blackburn’s £12m ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ to the town centre. The scale of the proposed development
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council is among the one in three local authorities that don’t provide vital technology for young deaf children to use at home and it’s leaving many of them facing a daily battle to hear their family and friends, the National
PROPOSALS for a new Northern Forest dreamt up as part of the Government’s 25-year plan to improve the environment should be expanded to include Lancashire, councillors have claimed. A motion to Pendle Council by Liberal Democrat councillor Tony
CALLS have been made for Pendle Council to declare a climate emergency and work to become carbon-neutral by 2030. Liberal Democrat councillor Tony Greaves is calling on Pendle Council to declare a climate emergency and set a programme aimed at “
STANLEY fans will be hoping the stars come out when they face Marseille in their marquee pre-season friendly tonight. Andre Villas-Boas’ French giants are in England as part of their build-up to the new campaign and face John Coleman’s side at
BRADLEY Johnson insists his desire to play in the Premier League is greater than ever – and he’s hoping to help Rovers make their return. The 32-year-old arrives at Ewood Park from Derby with a wealth of experience at the sharp end of the Championship
TOP international and British cycling teams are gearing up for the Fort Vale Colne Grand Prix on Tuesday. The national men’s race is heading to Colne for its toughest circuit in what will be the 4th race in the 2019 series. The high powered events
THE FAMILY of a dad who suffered a heart attack at a leisure centre have praised quick-thinking staff as ‘lifesavers’. Paul Eidsforth, 54, had the heart attack in the changing rooms at Hyndburn Leisure Centre, after taking his five-year-old son
A UKIP official has strongly criticised Pendle Council for considering a resolution condemning Nike over its production of trainers that many Muslims have condemned as blasphemous.t Craig McBeth said the motion proposed by Whitefield Conservative
THE number of children in care across Blackburn with Darwen has reached historically high levels. Executive member for children, young people and education, Cllr Maureen Bateson, said there were currently 409 children in the council's care across
GOVERNMENT cash will be used to fund four new posts providing support for rough sleepers and beggars in East Lancashire. Blackburn with Darwen Council has been successful in leading a Pennine Lancashire bid to the Ministry of Housing Communities
A COUNCIL has started taking bookings for a £1.4million scheme with six new state-of-the-art sports pitches and courts. The work at the Edisford Sports Complex in Clitheroe is on schedule for completion by September. Now Ribble Valley Council
THERE has been a "dramatic decline" in Britain's Christian identity over the last 35 years - with a "substantial increase" in atheism, a state-of-the-nation survey has suggested. Slightly over one-third (38%) of the 3,879 people polled for the British
BLACKBURN MP Kate Hollern has written to council bosses expressing her constituents’ concern over proposals to allow Heron Foods in Shadsworth to sell alcohol. The application is to be brought before Blackburn with Darwen Council licensing committee
GRAZING cattle are the only inmates at the site of a Second World War prison camp at Knuzden, marked only by the decaying remains of bunkers and huts. But soon the field and the little known historical remains will disappear under the bulldozer
SHOPS can be seen coming tumbling down on a major town road. Dug out from the Lancashire Telegraph's archives, the photo was taken on July 25, 1990 in Preston New Road, Blackburn. The shops were to make way for a new inner relief road.
LOVE Island has helped Stanley’s players forget the aches and pains of pre-season and prepare for French giants Marseille in an Oxfordshire army camp. John Coleman’s side were whisked away to the Dalton Barracks in Abingdon to be put through their
UNITED Utilities has been told to clean up its act by the Environment Agency which said it must improve its performance. The agency described as "simply unacceptable" the efforts of water companies to protect the environment after the report, published
ROVERS Ladies now know who they will face and when on their first foray into the Women’s Championship next season. The opening day sees Gemma Donnelly’s side travel to Lewes on Sunday, August 18, the game at the Dripping Pan Stadium a 1pm kick-off
