POLICE and paramedics were called to a Blackburn street on Thursday evening. Footage shot by a passenger in a car passing the scene showed police talking to two or three people sat on the pavement on Dickens Street, just outside the town centre
Greg Cunningham revealed the devastating news that he faces ‘a number of months’ out with a knee ligament injury. But where will Tony Mowbray turn now? Rich Sharpe assess his options. STRAIGHT SWAP The most likely option would be for
How big a blow to Rovers is an extended period on the sidelines for Greg Cunningham? It's a real setback given the fragility (kind words) of the back four. From what I have seen he looks potentially a very good full-back. He exhibits,
Greg Cunningham will be out for ‘a number of months’, after scans revealed he has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury. Cunningham underwent a scan at his parent club Cardiff City on Monday after sustaining the injury in the early
Well that certainly looks good doesn’t it? Perhaps not as good as straight after the match when we were sitting pretty in fourth but still, seventh is still very satisfying. We’re just three points behind third-place Arsenal… and we’re three
THREE men are due to appear in court today over an alleged £4million cannabis farm which was discovered in Darwen. Police raided industrial premises on the Apex Trading Estate in Lower Eccleshill on Tuesday morning. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000
JOHN Coleman admits he admires the way Brian Barry-Murphy has his Rochdale side playing football. The pair will be in the opposite dug-outs on Saturday as Accrington Stanley travel to the Crown Oil Arena. Barry-Murphy played under the management
Adam Armstrong is focusing on his performances, not position, as he looks to keep up his recent good form. Armstrong could well be a victim of the era he’s operating in, used as a ‘wide striker’ rather than an out-and-out goal-poaching No.9.
DOZENS of new homes will be built in Accrington after planning permission was granted. Hyndburn Council planning committee members gave the green light to proposals by Gleeson Homes to build 46 new homes on land off Miller Fold Avenue in the town
OFFRANDE Zanzala made it two goals in two games as he scored the second goal in the 3-0 against Oldham Athletic in the EFL Trophy. The converted spot kick meant that, after eight weeks out with a hamstring injury, Zanzala is now full confidence
HAYDN Gwynne is relishing playing the title role in Hedda Tesman currently running at The Lowry. “As an actress you don’t usually get to behave this badly on stage unless you’re playing the Wicked Witch,” she said. Indeed, she compares her
6:00pm Work will resume tomorrow! Thanks for following the blog, we'll have more pictures tomorrow of the demolition work
A DRIVER was caught racing at an astonishing 68mph on a 20mph road during a police operation. Neighbourhood policing officers spotted the driver, driving three times the speed limit, on Royds Avenue in Baxenden yesterday. The motorist, who
PENDLE schools have been recognised in the annual Artsmark Awards. Ran by Arts Council England, schools across the country were rewarded for going out of their way to provide high quality artistic or creative education. Six schools from Pendle
James Tarkowski says he’s desperate to break back into Gareth Southgate’s England squad after once again being snubbed by the Three Lions’ boss. The Clarets centre half has been in superb form this season but will be forced to watch the Three Lions
THE Ramsbottom Rake returns on Sunday with riders battling out to conquer the famous old hill. The long running time trial, first competed for in 1929, it one of the toughest hill climbs in the country – a 875 metre sprint that includes a 25 per
BLACKBURN band The Illicits have announced a major homecoming show to round off a remarkable year. The band were signed by Alan Magee, the man who discovered Oasis, to his new record label Creation 23. They became the first band to appear on
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was traumatised after he was robbed at knifepoint for his bike. A man came up behind Brandon Hodgson and threatened him with a knife on a side road in the grounds of Burnley General Hospital near Ebor Street on Friday at 7.40pm
ONE of Blackburn town centre's best-known pubs is set to be transformed into a cabaret club. Work has begun to bring the colour and spectacle of The Friends of Dorothy to The Adelphi, in Railway Road. Ambitious impresarios Tony and Tom Bromwich
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has unveiled its programme for hate crime awareness week. Council bosses are encouraging people to “spread love not hate” during the course of the week with a number of activities for local people to get involved in
THE Mall Blackburn is creating a Halloween den of wizard workshops, storytelling, treasure hunts, prizes and creepy crafts. The shopping centre has announced its programme of events for the run-up to October 31. They will be available during
PENDLE peer Lord Tony Greaves has expressed fears a new consultants' report could scupper the reopening the Colne to Skipton rail link. He raised the issue with junior transport minister Baroness Vere at Westminster on Monday. Liberal Democrat
YOUNG students were sent on a trip to learn about how Muslims fought alongside the British Army The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment organised the trip and invited Blackburn’s Tauheedul Boys School, and two of community organisation One Voice groups
A WIFE was caught by a carer trying to strangle her motor neurone disease suffering husband, a court heard. Dispensing technician Margaret Ormandy gave up her job to look after her partner after he developed the condition in 2011, Burnley Crown
A CONTRACTOR and a farmer have each been fined £11,500 after slurry contaminated a tributary of the River Hodder. An investigation was launched by the Environment Agency after a pollution incident occurred at Withgill Farm in Great Mitton in April
SCIENCE fiction is meeting pet therapy at 20 Lancashire care homes – as residents are provided with robotic furry friends. The android cats and dogs are designed to combat loneliness without mess and fuss. The 20 mechanical pets behave like
LANCASHIRE is to get 153 new police officers in the next 12 months. The announcement was made by Home Secretary Priti Patel as she set out recruitment targets for the first year of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's drive to recruit 6,000 additional
YOBS drinking, taking drugs and being abusive 'are making elderly and vulnerable people's lives a misery'. Burnley Council leader Cllr Charlie Briggs has called for housing association Calico Homes to take action after residents complained about
BLACKBURN MP Kate Hollern hold three advice surgeries for constituents this weekend. Tomorrow (Friday) she will be at the Shadsworth Community Hub, Rothesay Road, from 3pm to 4pm and at the Cheets Community Centre, Lawrence Street from 5pm to 6pm
MUNN'S Corner in St James' Street, Burnley, pictured here in 1896, took its name from the premises there of Robert Munn's chemist's and druggist's shop (centre). Mr Munn was also registrar of births, marriages and deaths. Soon after this picture
MUCH-LOVED High Street favourite Woolworths is pictured in this photo, taken sometime between 1950 and 1952. The store in St James’s Street, Burnley, opened in 1924. Woolworths had a presence in the town until 2009 when it closed after the now
A NEW women’s group called Coffee Natters has been launched to support leadership among South Asian heritage females. The Coffee Natters group is part of Blackburn community organisation One Voice and has already conducted events and projects from
In 83 days, the transfer rumour mill will kick in to gear once again as the January window re-opens. But what does the future hold for these six Rovers players? Joe Grayson Rovers have a clutch of young central defenders, with Scott Wharton
