BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche insists he never lost faith in Matej Vydra making his mark at Turf Moor. The Czech forward went around 15 months without a Premier League start for the Clarets. But Dyche feels it is a measure of Vydra's professionalism
A HISTORIC town centre building is to be restored to its former glory thanks to a National Lottery-funded heritage initiative. Work on the £400,000 renovations of The Exchange at numbers 99 to 101 Blackburn Rd, Accrington, have begun. They
WITNESSES have described seeing a male behaving suspiciously – dragging a wheelie bin through a cemetery in the days before a teaching assistant’s body was found there. Preston Crown Court heard statements from several witnesses after a 17-year-old
MARK Hughes is a doubt for tomorrow’s derby with Bolton Wanderers. The experienced centre half was a rare absentee for Tuesday night’s game at Oxford United with a calf injury, leading to manager John Coleman fielding what he believes to be the
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a missing pensioner who could be walking around confused. Terence Ensor, 75, was last seen outside a property in Kingfisher Close, Blackburn, at around 9.30am today. Mr Ensor, who is from Blackburn but
A BOROUGH'S portion of council tax for the majority of homes will rise by £1.98 a year. The annual bill for a Band A terraced house in Burnley will rise by 1.9 per cent £204.13 - seven and a half pence per week more. It followed a five-hour
SEAN Dyche admits he has a 'welcome headache' when it comes to picking his front line to face Newcastle on Saturday, with Chris Wood in contention for a first team return. Burnley’s top scorer has recovered from the hamstring injury which forced
EFL clubs have agreed in principle to push the summer transfer deadline back to the end of August. The decision, which will bring Championship clubs into line with League One, League Two and Premier League clubs, will be subject to a process to
THE new owners of one of East Lancashire’s best-known hotels have announced ‘a significant investment’ in its future. Uncertainty surrounded the award-winning Stanley House Hotel and Spa in Mellor after it was bought by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, the
SEAN Dyche admits he has a 'welcome headache' when it comes to picking his front line to face Newcastle on Saturday, with Chris Wood in contention for a first team return. Burnley's top scorer has recovered from the hamstring injury which forced
THE body of a man was found in the Leeds and Liverpool canal in Blackburn this morning. Police were called to Lockside off Bolton Road at around 11am and set up cordons around the towpath. The man is believed to be in his 50s and police are
Rovers reporter Rich Sharpe hands out his player ratings from the 0-0 draw with Stoke City. Christian Walton 7 Apart from a poor kick early on, which gave Sam Clucas a chance to shoot from distance, didn’t put a foot wrong. Held on to a Campbell
UNDERESTIMATE Bolton at your peril - that is the message from Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman to his players. Wanderers are propping up the League One table after starting the season with a 12-point deduction for going into administration.
EIGHT men from Blackburn have been arrested after an attack in Preston city centre left a man fighting for his life. Police have now issued a CCTV images appeal over two other men they believe may have been involved in the incident. Around 2.40am
AN appeal has been launched to find a missing teenager who was last seen in Accrington. Desemme Jones who was last seen in the town at around lunchtime on February 26. A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "She is 14 years old and is described
IT was a frustrating night for supporters at Ewood Park on Wednesday night as Blackburn Rovers saw their play-off hopes suffer a slight setback following a 0-0 draw against struggling Stoke City. Tony Mowbray's men were looking for three points
SOMETIMES, a story feels like it belongs to one person, who lets us in on it. But sometimes, a story is a shared thing – passed on, transformed, evolving. Always growing, and finding new shoots, new roots. So it’s proved with A Monster Calls. Patrick
Sam Gallagher was Tony Mowbray’s top target last summer, a player Rovers have tracked ever since his productive loan spell came to an end in 2017. But what exactly are Rovers wanting from him? After 31 Championship appearance, it’s hard to know
AN ACCRINGTON high school has re-opened after coronavirus fears following a recent ski trip. In a letter sent to parents, bosses at St Christopher’s CE High School announced on Tuesday that the Queen's Road West school would be shut on Wednesday
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SCHOOLS are not being advised to close in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), despite recent outbreaks in Europe. Around a dozen schools have sent staff and pupils home to self-isolate for 14 days after returning from half-term
A man has been banned from selling animals for four years and ordered to pay more than £1,000 for failing to have licence to run a pet shop. Burnley Council took Ben Allen Jones (24), of Countess Street, Accrington, and his business Bensons Aquatics
Stoke City held on for the point they came for at Ewood Park and were particularly well disciplined under the instructions of manager Michael O’Neill. The Potters boss is no stranger to setting up a team to contain, having done it to great effect
3:23pm Our fan gallery fron the gamne last night is now online, take a look at the pictures HERE
MCDONALD'S triple cheeseburgers are back after more than 25 years - but you can't get them everywhere. The 520 calorie burger was last featured on UK menus in line with the 1994 World Cup. The upgrade on the double cheeseburger has today been
MOTORISTS are being warned to expect delays on their daily commute this morning due to a heavy fall of snow overnight across East Lancashire. Meanwhile, children at St Anne's Church of England Primary School in Rossendale will have a day off as
SEAN Dyche says a united front, and a desire to stay on the front foot, is what has prompted an upturn in Burnley's away form. The Clarets have notoriously suffered from travel sickness in the Premier League. Their best return was seven away
MATEJ Vydra is thriving from the support he’s receiving on and off the pitch, according to Charlie Taylor. Vydra was surrounded by jubilant team-mates when he scored his first goal of the season at Southampton, after coming off the bench for Chris
MOST towns and villages throughout East Lancashire appear quite different to how they looked not many years ago. Factories and mills, pubs and clubs, shops, grand houses and churches have disappeared or taken on a new lease of life, if that’s the
A FAMILY engagement party ended in a punch up. Blackburn magistrates heard company director Julian Wixted admitted punching the other man three times. But Deanne McGinty, defending, said CCTV footage showed several other men assaulting the same
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has been accused of a ‘whitewash’ over its treatment of the Facebook post by former deputy-leader Andy Kay’s which led to his expulsion from the Labour Party. A report to next week’s meeting of the borough’s standards
A BAKER with a pretty pink cake shop is making waves at a luxury department store with her tasty creations. Cupcakes and macaroons from Sugar and Layer Cake Company, Clitheroe, are proving popular at Harvey Nichols in Manchester. Natalie Owens
A FORMER church site with permission to knock down existing buildings and construct new homes failed to sell at auction. The former St Chad’s church in Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, was up for grabs by Pugh Auctions in Salford earlier this week.
Tony Mowbray says Rovers’ still have options at the back – despite losing Darragh Lenihan to suspension. Lenihan will miss this weekend’s visit of Swansea City, and next weekend’s trip to Derby County, after picking up his 10th booking of the season
A LAWYER whose controversial firm was branded "a disgrace" by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal cannot practice again without agreement of a judge. In May 2018 Kamran Akram, owner of Bolton law firm Asons, was barred from acting as a solicitor
JESS Judd won a silver medal at the National Cross Country Championships in Nottingham. The Blackburn Harrier finished in second place behind Anna Moller - the same ‘one-two’ as the BUCs Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh earlier this month
THE Mall Blackburn has teamed up with the organisers of World Book Day to bring stories to life in the shopping centre. It will host entertaining story-telling sessions starting on World Book Day, Thursday March 5, and ending on Sunday, March 8.
THE female Asian Labour councillor at the centre of a selection row told party members she had been subject to 'a campaign of intimidation when she withdrew from standing for office again, it has emerged. Cllr Saima Afzal, who represents Blackburn
A ROMANIAN shoplifter who stole 17 boxes of Gaviscon and 34 boxes of Poligrip Fixodent told police he was going to send them to his parents because the products were expensive in his home country. Blackburn magistrates heard Adrian Mihai was in
A COUNCIL-owned business centre sold for almost three times its guide price at auction. Blackburn with Darwen Council had listed Brookhouse Business Centre in Whalley Range up for sale, with a guide price of £375,000. But when the site went under
EAST Lancashire runners were out in force as they made the short trip to Bolton to take part in the annual Lostock 6 Mile road race. In a race won by Carl Darcy of Salford Harriers in 29mins 43secs, Chris Walton from Accrington Road Runners was
