A PENSIONER suffered head and leg injuries as she was hit by a car. Police and paramedics were called to Blackburn Road in Great Harwood at 6pm after the 74-year-old was hit by a car at 6pm. The road has been closed to allow emergency services
A RUNNING club is holding a memorial event for one of its members who died. Described as a 'great runner' by a club coach, Michael O'Donnell died unexpectedly at the weekend. The runner, who owns Forrest Fabrics in Halifax Road, Briercliffe,
MORE than 540 homes in Blackburn are without power. Electricity Northwest has confirmed 543 of its customers in BB1. An Electricity Northwest spokesman said: "We are aware of a fault in BB1, Blackburn, affecting 543 customers. "Our engineers
A SHOPPING centre extension helped to boost a town’s Christmas trade ‘massively’, town hall bosses have said. Reports on Chorley’s Market Walk footfall show that town centre visitor numbers rose sharply in December. Around 40,000 visitors passed
COUNCIL bosses in Blackburn with Darwen say only a fifth of their lifeguards will face the full impact of proposed salary cuts. Union officials have called a series of one-day strikes following a job re-evaluation exercise for the authority's 25
Rovers prospect Isaac Whitehall has agreed a two-and-a-half year professional deal. Whitehall is the first of Rovers’ current Under-18s crop to sign professional terms with the club and comes as reward for his impressive progress this season.
Former Rover Martin Olsson is set to spend a week training with Championship side West Bromwich Albion. Olsson has been away with the Sweden national team in a training camp in Doha, but asked to be released from national duty to return to England
Rovers midfielder Tom White has extended his stay at National League high-flyers Barrow until the end of the season. White’s deal was coming to an end this month, but having not featured on the losing side since joining the club in October, his
A MAN was stabbed in the back and hit on the head with a baseball bat. Police were called after the victim was attacked from behind while sitting on a bench in Colne Road, Brierfield, near the war memorial at around 4pm on Thursday, January 9.
THREE men and a boy have pleaded not guilty to the hit-and-run murder of Blackburn mum Alison McBlain. Dean Tarim Qayum and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared in the dock at Preston Crown Court this morning,
CONTROVERSIAL footage of the police arrest of a suspected car thief - where several blows are apparently landed on the prone man - has led to an independent watchdog being called in. A video clip of the arrest, in Lonsdale Street, Accrington, involving
A WOMAN who drove into the back of a car stopped at traffic lights was later found to be more than four times the legal drink drive limit. Blackburn magistrates heard Catherine Callaghan admitted drinking a bottle of wine, beer and shots before
Three men were taken to hospital following a late night crash involving two cars. Emergency services were called to Hibson Road in Nelson just before 11.30pm on Sunday. Fire crews from Nelson worked with cutting equipment to remove the roof of
A NEW newspaper is being launched covering all things Salford - and it's being published by the team behind the Lancashire Telegraph. Salford City News is a brand new title being launched by Newsquest, one of the UK's biggest regional news brands
A MAN in dire financial straits after his release from prison applied for a DWP loan and was offered just 8p. Blackburn magistrates heard Carl Poynton was looking for cash to tide him over until his benefits were paid but the "computer" calculated
Morten Gamst Pedersen remains a man close to Rovers fans’ hearts. Pedersen pulled on the Rovers training gear once again, using the club’s facilities to help in his search for a new club, training with the fitness staff as well as the Academy sides
Delivery company Hermes has launched an investigation after shocking photos emerged of packages strewn in the back of one of its vans and scattered across a depot in Yorkshire. . The pictures, taken in the week after Christmas, show parcels littered
SEVERAL trains in East Lancashire have been affected after debris fell from the roof at Preston Station. Rail operator Northern has announced that the 10.11am Colne to Preston service will start at Burnley Central, missing out Colne, Nelson and
A YELLOW weather warning for strong winds in Lancashire has been issued. The Met Office predicts gusts of up to 40mph could cause widespread disruption tomorrow. Forecasters say they will develop on Tuesday and are likely to bring some disruption
CUSTOMERS of TK Maxx and Homesense are being urged to bring back some DW home candles with wooden wicks because of a risk of choking from an excessive amount of toxic smoke. They are model numbers 138160, 138666, 138677 and 138723, sold with different
Ben Brereton’s absence from the matchday squad for Rovers’ draw with Preston was due to Harry Chapman being preferred, according to Tony Mowbray. Brereton started Rovers’ previous two matches, defeats to Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest, but
Police have released an image of a man they wish to speak with in relation to a shoplifting incident. Officers in Colne want to chat with the man, pictured, after items were stolen from the Booths Superstore in Barrowford in September. A spokesperson
HOGHTON schoolboy Stephen Ormerod walked away with nine awards at the national poultry show in London in October 1979. Stephen of Tower Cottages, was one of more than 1,500 entrants in the poultry section of the Fur and Feather Show held at Alexandra
A COUNCILLOR has said he is happy a high school is doing all it can to look after its pupils. The comments from Cllr David Stansfield, who represents the Helmshore ward, come after a Haslingden High student was hurt falling from a bridge the A56
A CAR thief who was caught out after twice leaving his DNA or fingerprints at the scene has been jailed for 32 months. Burnley Crown Court heard how 21-year-old Jordan Woodburn left a nine-year-old girl scared to sleep at night after sneaking into
A BATTLE over a vacant cemetery lodge in East Lancashire is set to come to a head this week. Council officials in Pendle are proposing that the lodge, at Nelson Cemetery in Walton Lane, should be sold off. But members of the Nelson Area Committee
THE owners of an award-winning restaurant are bidding for a return to their agricultural roots. While building up The Fisherman's Retreat in Ramsbottom, the Magnall family owned the nearby Twine Valley Farm. Borough planners in Rossendale have
RAWTENSTALL’S roads could be in line for a £10million-plus upgrade. On Thursday, Lancashire County Council’s cabinet will be asked to approve the submission of an expression of interest’ to the Department for Transport’s new Local Pinch Point Fund
FORMER Blackburn MP Barbara Castle’s role in the Profumo sex scandal featured large in the new BBC TV drama series ‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’. The future Labour cabinet minister’s March 1963 questions about an alleged affair between Miss Keeler
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build more than 125 homes on open land in Burnley have succeeded at the second attempt. Councillors had earlier thrown out a bid by Miller Homes for the site in Red Lees Road, Cliviger, amid concerns about how sustainable
A FATHER will perform alongside his band at an event organised in memory of his son – who died of cancer at just 23. Blackburn engineer Jake Turner died in September just a matter of months after being diagnosed with a rare type of cancer that
UNION bosses say lifeguards in Blackburn and Darwen stand to lose up to £3,000 a year as part of a wages restructure. Strike action led by the union Unite at Blackburn and Darwen leisure centres began over the weekend. Five dates for 24-hour
AN extra £70,000 is being sought to pay for home adaptations for the elderly and infirm in Ribble Valley. Twelve households in Clitheroe, Whalley and surrounding areas are still on a waiting list for the likes of walk-in showers, stairlifts and
ASHLEY Westwood insists Burnley have time on their side when it comes to turning things around and moving towards the right half of the Premier League table. The 3-0 defeat at Chelsea, a fourth in a row for Sean Dyche’s side, means the Clarets
Tony Mowbray believes Ryan Nyambe’s desire and workrate can prove detrimental, and goes some way explain his run of hamstring injuries. Nyambe was forced off in the 1-1 draw with Preston at the weekend having just returned from hamstring strain
A FATHER-of-three who went after his former partner’s new lover with a pitchfork has dodged jail. Defence counsel Richard English told Preston Crown Court his client David Bond had been drinking before the attack on Robert Deary in Blackburn.
