YOUTH groups in Hyndburn are being invited to take part in a summer environmental arts project, aided by some of the area's leading artists. Five pieces of artwork will be created as a result of the Prospect Foundation charity's Earth 20:20 project.
A MAN who claimed housing and council tax benefit after he had started a new job has been fined £200 by magistrates. John Rigg, 34, of Bracewell Street, Burnley, continued to claim housing and council tax benefit from Burnley Council for two months after
AN awards ceremony celebrating Asian people's contribution to the North West will take place this weekend. Eleven people from East Lancs have been nominated for the Fusion Awards, co-sponsored by the Lancashire Telegraph's sister paper Asian Image.
The final act of the winter athletics season took place at Preston Grasshoppers RUFC when the Mid Lancs Cross Country League held its Presentation Evening. The six race series ran from October to March with fixtures at Leyland, Burnley, Liverpool,
MORE than £1million worth of improvements are to be made to public transport and highways in Rossendale after a developer was given permission to build three new stores. Rossendale Council unanimously approved the Hurstwood Group's plans to open more
A COURSE which educates teenagers about the dangers of speeding cars is to be extended, thanks to the Lancashire Telegraph's Wasted Lives campaign. And young people have pledged not to be passengers in cars being driven too fast after taking part in
FLIGHT upgrades, tickets to rock and roll gigs and plush hotel suites - not the demands of A-list celebrities but just some of the perks claimed by East Lancashire's MPs. And the free jaunts taken by two of the politicians included trips to exotic destinations
A BURNLEY teenager has been given a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order after police said he made a community's lives a misery. Police secured the order against Robert Simpson, 17, of Cog Lane, at a hearing at Burnley Youth Court. It follows two convictions
A band has beaten musical hopefuls from around the world to win a prestigious songwriting contest. Outsider were the overall winners of the pop category in the annual intenrational John Lennon Songwriting Contest with their song Understanding. The win
LANCASHIRE Police has axed the free newspaper it delivers across the county in to save money. Police bosses blamed the demise of the force newspaper, Newsbeat, on "increasing budget press-ures." They said the £48,000 spent publishing Newsbeat twice
Shopkeepers have been angered after council officers gave planning permission to a takeaway. Planning officials at Pendle Council have granted outline planning permission for a fast-food restaurant on Colne's North Valley retail park. The decision
BURNLEY striker Andy Gray has revealed he is finally back to his best. And after netting his first goal in two-and-a-half months against Norwich on Tuesday night he is hoping to end the current campaign on a high and help fire the Clarets towards a promotion
COUNCILLORS have been warned not to use town hall email addresses on election campaign material after a council leader was accused of breaking the rules. Labour's Kate Hollern, who is standing for re-election to Blackburn with Darwen Council in Wensley
TWO YEARS ago, a team of seven athletes from Clayton-le-Moors Harriers successfully completed the Everest Marathon. They ran 26 miles and 385 yards from an altitude of 17,500 feet following a gruelling 17 day trek through the Himalayas. But that
A FAMILY-RUN bus firm has warned it may fold after county bosses delayed paying an £80,000 bill for a concessionary travel scheme. The owners of Coast Links Express, based in Oswaldtwistle, said they struggled to pay staff due to the debt, dating back
PENSIONERS across East Lancashire are missing out an average of £580 a year by not claiming benefits they are entitled to, Age Concern has said. Half of pensioners across Lancashire are failing to claim council tax benefit, the charity said. Other
THE Ribble Valley has been named ninth best place in the country to bring up a family. First place went to East Dunbartonshire in the Reader's Digest poll. The report said safe streets, strong schools and thriving towns backed by a strong community
Why are the Brits so poor at languages? I failed O level French 3 times. I guess over the years with a caravan, I've spent 18 months of my life there. But I wouldn't even be able to hold a conversation with a 18 month old French toddler, would I? Blackburn's
DISABILITY campaigners have hit out at council bosses after a motorist was given a ticket despite display-ing his blue badge. Frank Jensen, 84, was one of the first motorists to be fined under a new parking crackdown at Towneley Hall, Burnley. Mr Jensen
AN amateur singer has become an internet star after children filmed him on their mobile phones and posted the footage online. And Tony Pollitt, who impersonates stars ranging from Elvis to Eminem, said he was glad to finally get some recognition and
GRIEVING relatives have been warned to beware of flower-eating rabbits, which could destroy their floral graveside tributes. And council bosses have said that it is not allowed to cull the culprit at Blackburn's Pleasington Cemetery because it is banned
CAR salesman Adam Hosker became team leader but lost this week's task in the fight to become Sir Alan Sugar's new apprentice. But despite being beaten by just £10 in the race to see who could sell the most sweets at London Zoo, the Blackburn contestant
A FORMER councillor put tenants' lives at risk from carbon monoxide and gas leaks, a tribunal was told. Letting agent Shabbir Ahmed, of Charles Street, Nelson, lost his appeal against Pendle Council after it carried out emergency work to make a house
A MAN went to get his watch fixed and walked out with an £8,000 diamond ring after an assistant gave it to him by mistake. But the thief was caught three years later when the same assistant recognised him when he went back into the jewellers' shop.
LANCASHIRE were made to toil away on the opening day of the LV County Championship at Edgbaston yesterday. Warwickshire batsman Jim Troughton lived up to his pre-season pledge to do things his way by plundering a glorious century as the Red Rose county
A CHIP shop boss turned drug dealer has been ordered to pay back £120,000 he made from crime. And if he fails to stump up the cash, Craig Oldfield, 35, of Greenock Street, Burnley, faces two years in prison. Police said the confiscation order sent out
BENNI McCarthy became the first Blackburn player in almost a decade to score 20 goals in a Premiership season as Rovers won this battle of the vanquished FA Cup semi-finalists. The former Porto striker, who joined Blackburn for a bargain £2.5 million
THE first event in memory of a popular boxing coach takes place in Darwen tonight. Trevor Thompson, of Ivinson Road, was killed in a car smash on the M6 in Warwickshire in February. Trevor had been a passenger in a BMW car which had been returning home
A FOUR-year-old boy who has severe learning difficulties is being helped to talk, thanks to his amazing relationship with a pet macaw. Until recently, Dylan Hargreaves had a vocabulary of just 10, one-syllable words after being diagnosed with a series
BLACKBURN chairman John Williams has backed the BBC's decision to employ their first ever female commentator on Match of the Day - and he hoped Jacqui Oatley would be announcing a Blackburn victory on her debut at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Oatley,
A PERVERT who prompted a judge to call for urgent action after he flouted a community order by refusing medication for tuberculosis is now receiving treatment. Shahfasal Pervez, 20, was given a three-year community punishment, after pouncing on a woman
ON Sunday, Cath Woods, of Blackburn, QEGS teacher, wife, mother, long-time fundraiser for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and my friend, is taking part in the London Marathon. Cath says she's crazy. She says it's a huge challenge 10 years after her breast
WE do lots of walking with the "stepping out group" and also on our own. There is so much overgrowth on the hedgerows on some of the gardens that we have to walk into the road. If all the owners took as much trouble on the roadside of their hedges
I'VE just read that the NHS is unlikely to be free at the point of use within 10 years according to doctors. A BMA poll of 964 young GPs and hospital doctors found 61 per cent thought some patients would have to pay for some treatment by 2017. Four
AT New Year the Liberal Democrat administration in Pendle hailed their deal with Lancashire County Council regarding the Marsden Heights Community College as brilliant' - a win win' situation for the community. By Easter we hear of their concerns over
HAVE readers heard of the old Clubhouses area of Burnley? According to the late Leslie Chapples, who was born there prior to the outbreak of the First World War, it was one of the town's worst slum areas. A dedicated local historian, his recollections
MARK Hughes reckons Blackburn fans are finally seeing the real Jason Roberts after he scored for the second time in four days as Rovers beat Watford 3-1 at Ewood Park last night. After the disappointment of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea
COUNCIL bosses are trying to help create a European-style cafe pavement culture in Blackburn with Darwen. And the move is also seen as a way of helping cafes cope with the new smoking laws which come into force on July 1. Bosses said that the £272 cost
THE sinew-stretching slog to the summit of Shear Brow on a bicycle certainly brought out the spectators. In fact so many people lined the slope during the 1951 and 1952 hill climbs, the police put a stop to the proceedings after just two years. It had
A MAN from Hapton has been given a football banning order following violence at Manchester United's Champions League clash against AFC Roma. Darrell Flood, 45, was seen to throw a plastic bottle at Italian supporters, after it had initially been thrown
CAR salesman Adam Hosker became team leader but lost this week's task in the fight to become Sir Alan Sugar's new apprentice. But despite being beaten by just £10 in the race to see who could sell the most sweets at London Zoo, the Blackburn contestant
TWO Darwen women are taking a 10,000ft plunge for charity on Sunday. Lindsay Reed, 28, a hairdresser at Revive in Duckworth Street, and Denise Gee, 39, a trader at Darwen three-day market, will leap from an aero-plane in Flookburgh, Cumbria, to raise
A WOMAN who injured an innocent bystander when she threw a half-pint glass in her local pub has been ordered to pay the victim £500 compensation. Preston Crown Court was told Joanne Pickering, 20, had not intended to injure anyone when she threw the
BLACKBURN'S claim to have the shortest yellow line in the UK has been shattered after an 18-inch line was found in London. Last month we revealed how Blackburn with Darwen Council workers had painted a 39-inch long double yellow line in Swift Close,
ACCOUNTS have now been filed for the charitable trust of the millionaire backer of Darwen's controversial academy. The Charity Commission said The Rodney Aldridge Charitable Trust, which will put £2m into the £34m academy, had failed to file the information
EAST Lancashire's housing regeneration scheme which has seen hundreds of dilapidated homes demolished offers value for money, according to the man spearheading the scheme. Max Steinberg, chief executive of Elevate, said he was happy to defend the record
