BURNLEY are three points clear at the top of the Lancashire League table with two games to play after a successful weekend. Dan Pickup’s men started their double header with a 34-run win at Norden on Saturday. The Turf Moor side successfully
COLNE have sealed promotion and will be playing in Division One of the Lancashire League next season. The long-time leaders got over the line despite defeat a 43-run defeat at second in the table Middleton on Sunday. Colne had started the weekend
TEN-MAN Chorley’s tough start to life in the National League continued with a 5-1 defeat at Notts County. The Magpies are bottom of the table having picked up four points from their opening seven games. After losing 6-1 to Solihull Moors and
The annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships took place today at The Rose ‘N’ Bowl pub in Stacksteads, Rossendale. Deemed as one of the world’s craziest culinary competitions, the annual event saw contestants wrestle around for two minutes in
Emergency services were called to a building fire early on Sunday morning. Fire crews from Nelson and Burnley stations attended a fire at a commercial premise on Railway Street, in Nelson at around 1.25am on Sunday. A spokesperson for the fire
Tony Mowbray felt the time was right for Andrew Fisher to leave on loan in a bid to push his credentials to become a regular Rovers ‘keeper in the future. Fisher has been third choice at Rovers for the last three seasons but is yet to make a league
A MURDER inquiry has been launched as detectives say the body of a woman found in a cemetery is believed to be that of missing mum-of-two Lindsay Birbeck. A senior detective said it was ‘the news that nobody wanted to hear’ as he confirmed police
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has promised to ring the changes for the visit of Rovers - which could see a first start for Ravel Morrison. Summer signing Morrison got his first minutes of the season, after joining on a free transfer, in the
STANLEY winger Sean McConville has apologised for his red card in the defeat at Fleetwood Town. The Reds lost 2-0 at Highbury on Saturday as their winless start to the new League One season continued. John Coleman's side were already two goals
A MURDER investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Haslingden. Police said officers were called at 10.30pm on Sunday to reports of a fight outside Regent Street Working Men’s Club in the town, where a man received serious
A PERSON was rescued from an embankment of the Alum house Brook in Darwen. Firefighters were called to the embankment at 2am after the person had fallen into the water in Shorey Bank. A fire service spokesman said crews used a basket stretcher
A COURT heard how a woman in her seventies was living in squalor in her Hapton home. Blackburn magistrates were told the woman was living in a neglected house with no heating, no hot water and no fridge. Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the
A COUNCILLOR says ‘people power’ won the day as plans for 129 homes were rejected – for now. Applicants Miller Homes wanted to build an estate off Red Lees Road, Cliviger. Council officers recommended that councillors should approve the plans
A HEROIN addict refused to give a blood sample after police saw him driving erratically and at high speed. Blackburn magistrates heard Peter Michael Ashcroft was also a disqualified driver but he did not know about the ban which had been imposed
EWOOD'S Fox and Hounds pub gets the Shire horse star treatment in May 1994 after its pool players won the annual Thwaites brewery championship. Landlord and landlady Derek and Janet Howarth proudly hold up the championship shield with the famous
MORE than half of the money spent by Lancashire police on buying good and services since 2017 has gone to suppliers within the county, This amounts to £62million and covers everything from the delivery of hay to its mounted division to the development
IT is National Dog Day so we are celebrating some of the prize pooches around East Lancashire. We asked our readers on Facebook to get in touch with the photographs of their dogs and they did not disappoint with hundreds of photographs of cute
PATIENTS with sore throats or earache in a borough will be encouraged to attend a same-day appointment with a pharmacist rather than see their GP. Those phoning or attending their surgery in Blackburn with Darwen with a minor illness will be offered
Rovers’ lack of goals isn’t of concern to captain Elliott Bennett who has backed the forwards to start firing soon. While Rovers own the second defensive record in the Championship, only Brentford have scored fewer than Rovers’ three from five
WORK on a new housing estate on the site of an ‘eyesore’ former mill is going well — with the first occupants expected to move in later this year. The £3.5million Langroyd Place development in Skipton Road, Colne, will have 32 two and three-bedroom
THEY came in their thousands to flood a town with the timeless sound of Rhythm and Blues. For the 30th time Colne was swamped by musicians and fans to celebrate the beat that inspired modern music for the masses and the connoisseur.
A HISTORIC town centre street got a fiesta feel yesterday to celebrate its continuing transition back to its Victorian roots. A Samba band and dancers led the way as Blackburn's Northgate became 'Morphgate' for the day to highlight moves to make
A CHATBURN-RAISED and internationally-acclaimed fine art photographer and printmaker is the star of a new exhibition. Chloe McCarrick, who attended St Augustine’s RC High School in Billington, is one of 19 leading British artists showcased in the
A MUM who has been diagnosed with incurable cancer is being supported by family and friends who have said they will do 'all they can' to make her final dreams come true. Nadia Scott, from Great Harwood, was found to have an aggressive stage four
A TOP doctor has warned patients to watch for symptoms associated with Lyme disease after a rise in cases. Dr Penny Morris, a medical director for Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group, has urged people to be watchful for the disease
A CASH-strapped rural medical practice could close unless a new provider can be found to run it. Slaidburn Health Centre near Clitheroe is under threat of imminent closure after the current provider East Lancashire Medical Services, said it would
