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  • How Jack Vale gave Arsenal defender Holding a tough night

    Jack Vale has been on the periphery for Rovers Under-23s in recent seasons - but there will be high hopes this can be a real breakthrough season. With Joe Nuttall, top scorer in Premier League 2 football in 2017/18, having moved on to Blackpool

  • Man fined £2,500 for felling tree

    A MAN has been fined thousands of pounds for felling a tree under a preservation order. John Harvey, of Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, was fined £2500 and ordered to pay £2500 costs for the wilful destruction of a protected tree. The 66-year-old

  • Hunt for builder who set up Breaking Bad-style drugs factory

    DETECTIVES are hunting a builder who helped set up a Breaking Bad-style drugs lab to cook amphetamine in rural Lancashire. Darren Henderson, 52, was sentenced to seven years behind bars for conspiracy to supply a controlled drug at Preston Crown

  • Lonely dog has spent 901 days waiting for a 'forever' home

    This loveable lurcher has been dubbed the ‘loneliest dog’ in Bolton after spending 901 days waiting for a ‘forever’ home. Eight-year-old Sam has been in the Destitute Animal Shelter since February 2017 and remains its longest-serving resident.

  • Team news: 'Investigations' ongoing over Lenihan's injury

    Tony Mowbray says Darragh Lenihan won’t feature in the Carabao Cup tie against Oldham Athletic as 'investigations' in to his knee injury continue. Lenihan missed the defeat at Fulham, with Mowbray revealing the Irishman felt ‘fluid in the back

  • Mowbray confirms Bennett will continue as Rovers captain

    Tony Mowbray has confirmed that Elliott Bennett will take over the captaincy at Rovers with Charlie Mulgrew having left the club on loan. Bennett wore the armband on 16 occasions last season, in the absence of Scotland international Mulgrew, who

  • Teenage driver did 70mph in a 30 zone during police chase

    A TEENAGE driver led police on a high-speed chase around Accrington in the early hours of the morning. Blackburn magistrates heard Kye Hayman attracted the attention of officers because of the speed he was driving at. During the 10-minute pursuit

  • Car flips onto roof in a crash during morning commute

    A CAR overturned in a crash. Firefighters from Burnley were called to Rossendale Road in the town at 6.45am. A fire service spokesman said there had been a crash involving the car, which was on its roof, and another vehicle. The road was closed

  • Missing 13-year-old teen found

    A 13-YEAR-OLD girl who went missing on Friday has been found. Amy Davidson, from Colne, was last seen in Accrington. However a police spokesman confirmed she has been found. The spokesman said: "Happy to report Amy Davidson has been found

  • Police catch thief with stolen tools in his house

    A SCAFFOLDER who burgled a glaziers and was caught by police hours later with stolen tools in his house changed his mind about his guilt. When Craig Saint Lewis was interviewed by police about the theft, he told officers: “Is that the one where

  • I'm better than I was before - Pope

    NICK Pope believes his long injury lay-off gave him time to sit back and reflect on his whirlwind time. The man between the sticks admitted it was hard to keep his spirits up at times, but always tried to think about how he could improve when he

  • 'Real gentleman' former deputy council boss dies suddenly

    A FORMER councillor who died suddenly has been described as a 'real gentleman' by his colleagues. Tributes have been paid to Brian Roberts, a former Conservative councillor for St Oswalds Ward in Oswaldtwistle for 15 years, coming onto Hyndburn

  • Crime cash to assist vulnerable women

    TWO projects catering for vulnerable and isolated females in Blackburn with Darwen have won share of £25,000 recovered from criminals. Grants have been given to 10 projects in Lancashire after the relaunch of the county Police and Crime Commissioner

  • Use Boris NHS cash to save Calderstones: MP

    RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has called for government cash for a new 40-bed low-secure unit for people with learning disabilities to earmarked for the Calderstones site. Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an extra £1.8 billion for

  • New charity's helping hand for little Darwen battler

    A ONE-year-old born with a muscle-wasting condition has been given a major helping by a Blackburn firm. Isaac Wood, from Darwen, was born with a form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which threatens to limit his development and movement. The

  • Williams wants central Rovers role after Mowbray chat

    Derrick Williams says he only wants to be considered as a central defensive option after making his first appearance of the season at Fulham. Williams started 10 of Rovers’ final 11 games of last season in central defence and was drafted in for

  • This church is now offering a Post Office service

    THE congregation of St Peter's Church in Belmont are getting a first class service in more ways than one. As well as rousing hymns and inspiring sermons, the church will also be delivering Post Office services. And completing the trinity is

  • Drink driver had 5 pints at Wetherspoons in Skipton

    A DRINK-DRIVER narrowly avoided serious injury after a wooden fence post smashed through his windscreen after he crashed off the road and into a field, heard Skipton Magistrates Court. Robert Pate, 52, had been drinking with friends in Skipton and

  • LETTER: Council's drive for new homes 'bad for environment'

    NOT long ago Cllr Andy Kay of Blackburn with Darwen Council stated in this paper that the council where worried about climate change. I now read in this paper that the council, could give the go ahead for 60 new houses to be built in the Little

  • Concert will aid parish church lychgate appeal

    A CHURCH in East Lancashire is hosting a summer concert to help fund its lychgate repairs. The lychgate at the front entrance of Edenfield Parish Church is an important factor in the church being listed as a Grade II* building. A campaign has

  • Facebook 'waste man' gets £1k court bill for flytipping

    A MAN who offered a waste removal service on social media has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after pleading guilty to fly-tipping. Jamie Mittelmeyer had advertised a waste collection service on Facebook, Blackburn Magistrates heard. The

  • MP meets with small firms to talk business

    HYNDBURN MP Graham Jones has taken the temperature of local small firms. He met bosses and entrepreneurs from the borough and Haslingden at a special round table event at Church's Elmfield Hall. Organised by the Federation of Small Businesses

  • Brexit Party announces Hyndburn hopeful

    THE Brexit party has announced its candidate for Hyndburn at the next General Election. Ex-soldier Gregory Butt, 60, from Great Harwood will stand against sitting Labour MP Graham Jones . The veteran of the Falklands War, awarded an MBE in