Three people were taken to Burnley General Hospital following a collision involving two cars in Shuttleworth Hall link road, Hapton. A Ford Focus and Vauxhall Zafira collided at 6.30pm yesterday and the male driver of the Vauxhall was cut from the car
A TALENTED hairdresser has been chosen to style the queens of the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week. Rebecca Moffatt says she can't wait to get her hands on the hair of models who will be strutting their stuff at one of the fashion world's most prestigious
IT was the day they came to bury Burnley, but the Clarets lived to tell the tale as Neil Grewcock and Ian Britton secured not only the 2-1 win over Leyton Orient, but, more significantly, the club's Football League survival. Kick-off was delayed by 15
THE millionaire sponsor of the proposed Darwen Academy told a public inquiry he would pull out of the scheme if its decision went against him. The hearing to decide whether permission will be granted for the compulsory purchase of property on land earmarked
AT THE age of 28, Jack Simmons thought his chance of playing county cricket had gone forever. After missing out on a contract with Northamptonshire in the early-60s, the recently-married cricketer had just taken a job at Lancashire County Council after
PAUL Mullin believes Accrington Stanley are heading in the right direction following their pre-season captures. Stanley boss John Coleman has made three summer swoops to date, bringing in Partick Thistle goalkeeper Kenny Arthur, experienced Burton midfielder
STEVE Cotterill is poised to make Albanian international striker Besart Berisha his second signing of the summer. Burnley last night refused to confirm or deny the move. However, it is understood the final details are being ironed out as the player
THREE film-makers are hoping to put East Lancashire on the map by shooting their own rival to cult film The Breakfast Club - with aliens. Simon Ashton, Andrew Birtwell and Karl Grieve are preparing to film over the summer and are searching for new stars
POLICE responding to a report of a wedding reception disturbance at a Chipping restaurant had to squeeze' past a Mercedes car as they went down the drive. But minutes later they set off in pursuit of the car only to find it had crashed into a stone wall
BLACKBURN is the top town in the UK for people working outside the traditional nine to five. According to banking company First Direct, 57 per cent of the borough's working population work different shifts compared to 43 per cent who work nine to five
THE FIGHT to save a special school has received a boost from Blackburn MP Jack Straw as a petition opposing the closure tops 5,000 names. Parents, staff and pupils from Crosshill, Blackburn, takes in young people with moderate learning difficulties (
BURNLEY Garrick Club will announce next season's productions at an evening season preview at Haggate rehearsal rooms on Thursday, June 28, 7.30pm. Club members, season ticket holders and other interested parties are invited to the meeting where they
AN historic building which used to be a school could be transformed into a community centre. Community Alliance Ltd has applied to Burnley Council to turn the former Healey Wood School, off Spring Hill Road, into offices, workspaces and a community area
BURNLEY director Brendan Flood says it was vital for the club to bring back its reserve side. The Clarets dropped its second string team last season due to the small size of its squad. But they have now reapplied to enter the Pontin's Holiday League
A GANG who robbed a group of teenagers and torched their car have been jailed for at least 12-and-a-half years. Burnley Crown Court heard how the "drink and drug crazed" defendants launched the unprovoked onslaught as their victims were parked in an
WHAT'S the purpose of politicians? One is certainly to debunk people who think they are experts. To cut through the jargon and the gobbledygook and the special pleading, and to point out when the emperor's conceit is not matched by his wardrobe. In
THE new owner of a cricket ground has told the club it has to leave its home of more than 100 years at the end of the season. Jonathon Webster made the announcement as he unveiled plans to turn the ground used by Stacksteads Cricket Club into a community
A CRIMINAL who racially abused a police officer while subject to a suspended jail sentence has been jailed for eight months. Burnley Crown Court heard David Rickwood, 20, used offensive comments along with BNP jibes after he was arrested. The court
CCTV cameras are to be installed in an underpass notorious for flashers in a bid to make it safer. An £80,000 scheme is being planned to improve the subway and the motorway bridge leading down to Nelson and Colne College's main Reedyford site, Scotland
A RAIDER who took part in an attack during which a man was stabbed three times in his own home has been jailed indefinitely. Craig Greatorex, 30, at first claimed he was being forced to take part and then that he had been recruited as the "muscle man
A MARTIAL arts expert is providing classes to youngsters and adults on how to protect themselves ag-ainst knife attacks. Karate black-belt Martin Yankey says he has been inundated with requests about how to combat the growing threat posed by knives.
AFRICA! What can I say? Nothing like the picture I had in my mind: the images of men in safari suits, zebras, lions and blazing sun. The Jo'burg we flew into was experiencing an unusually cold start to their winter. It's a vast new city and is of
A DISTRICT judge has ordered the forfeiture of £1,200 seized during a raid. Blackburn magistrates heard that digital scales and traces of cannabis were also found in the raid at the home of Jason Jeal, who denied that he had ever been a drug dealer.
A SCHOOLBOY with dreams of stardom marked his 11th birthday by recording his first CD. Keen singer and actor Adam Fenton of Cranfield View, Darwen, went into the studio in a bid to emulate Take That with his version of their number 1 hit Shine. The
YOBS attacked four churches in one night daubing them with racist and anti-religious graffiti. The attacks in Rishton, which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage, have been branded "mindless and totally unacceptable" by one vicar, who said he was
A MAN was killed when a car mounted the pavement and tried to undertake a recovery truck which was dealing with the aftermath of an accident, a court was told. Michael Parker, 61, of Preston New Road, Mellor Brook, died almost instantly from massive
A MAN adopted' five cannabis plants rather than see them thrown out by a friend. Blackburn magistrates heard that Gary Gibson's small-scale farm was uncovered by police and the plants would end up being destroyed after all. Gibson, 37, of Hollin Bridge
Blackburn Harriers won their latest fixture in the Northern Track and Field League at Cleckheaton by almost 100 points. The combined Burnley and Pendle team were sixth of six in the same fixture, yet it was a Pendle athlete who stole the limelight.
SINCE becoming campaign manager for "Prime Minister-in waiting" Gordon Brown, Jack Straw has been tipped for a number of top cabinet jobs when Tony Blair retires. We look at what the future holds for Blackburn's MP. "AS GORDON Brown's campaign manager
Blackburn Rovers have distanced themselves from speculation linking them with a move for the Southampton defender Chris Baird. The 25-year-old, who is rated in the £2.5 million bracket, recently handed in a transfer request at St Mary's and he has since
A ROBBER who threat-ened a pensioner in his home with a knife has been jailed. Preston Crown Courrt heard how the 74-year-old victim handed over his wallet and credit cards and attempts were then made to withdraw cash from his account. His gold chain
WORK colleagues have sent a get-well message to a trainee builder who was seriously injured in a barbecue accident. Sam Gee, 18, of Sawrey Court, Clayton-le-Moors, sustained 40 per cent burns after a friend poured petrol on to the flames in the yard
A DOCTOR who cheated the NHS out of payouts for check-ups he didn't carry out has failed to be restored to the medical register. Dr Shiv Dey, 54, claimed to have carried out a series of medical examinations on patients at his surgery in Burnley Road,
Andy Todd's future at Blackburn Rovers could be resolved at some point later this week, according to his agent Peter Harrison. The 32-year-old defender has been told by manager Mark Hughes that he can leave this summer, providing a club meets Rovers'
A FORMER heroin addict who was found lying dead in his bedroom by his sister died of natural causes, an inquest heard. Coroner Michael Singleton said he was unable to establish for certain the cause of death in the case of Brian Norris, 26, of Padiham
Michael Vaughan came through a difficult five days to become statistically the most successful captain in England history and hailed "a great week for Test match cricket". Vaughan started the Test embroiled in a row over his criticism of all-rounder
RE: Darwen Academy. Again we have Labour councillor Dave Hollings decrying the coalition parties over their "backtracking" of an election promise. It is the first time in local government for the For Darwen party, so they would not know what the then
I WISH to write to in support of Roy Martin's letter on "Scout Camp Sex Fiend Jailed" (June 9). My wife too, is a magistrate and as Mr Martin states: "If longer penalties are thought to be appropriate then they are sent to the Crown Court." This in
EAST LANCASHIRE is being inundated with 52.6million items of junk mail a year and around 570,000 were addressed to dead people. The figures from the Office of National Statisitcs were released by the Bereavement Register, which offers a free service
POLICE had to cordon off an area of Darwen after a 34-year-old man climbed onto the roofs of a terrace of houses and threw slates at people below. Blackburn magistrates heard how Daryl Barnes had been drinking pernod and vodka and on several occasions
PROMISING winger Keith Treacy has been tipped to make a major impact at Blackburn next season after putting pen to paper on a new four-year contract with the club. The 18-year-old Dubliner, who has been hailed as the new Damien Duff' in his native Ireland
BLACKBURN Rovers' Matt Derbyshire had to watch from the bench as England U21s drew a blank against the Czech Republic in their opening match of the European Championships. Derbyshire was left kicking his heels as David Nugent and Kieran Richardson missed
SOMETHING bad happened at the weekend - I got sucked in by Big Brother. I don't know how it happened. I suspect it was a combination of boyfriend being away, a couple of glasses of wine, and not much else on the telly. The fuss in the papers about
A RECKLESS and stupid' teenager filmed himself driving at 140mph on the M65 and using the hard shoulder to pass shocked motorists. Nathan Campbell's mobile phone clips were uploaded onto the video website YouTube after he sped along the westbound carriageway
CAKE company Inter Link Foods has been suspended from the stock market after its bankers refused to wipe out some of the firm's debts. And chairman Jeremy Hamer said the action was taken after rival Irish-based food firm, McCambridge Group, pulled out
Mahan Air is to increase its long-haul services out of Manchester. From 27 June, Mahan Air will operate five flights a week from Manchester Airport to Tehran with onward connections to Dubai, Lahore, Delhi and Bangkok. To celebrate Mahan Air are giving
A family escaped injury when a blaze broke out in their home sparked by defective wiring on a hot water heater. Fire crews said they had been to the address in Ellison Fold Terrace previously to fit smoke detectors which alerted them to the fire yesterday
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at a shed in Roebuck Close, Blackburn, yesterday at 12.30pm. Firefighters were called to the blaze which spread to the roof of the shed after a neighbour spotted flames. A 47-year-old woman was treated
A BADLY-needed sup-port worker for people living with the spectre of HIV and AIDS is set to be recruited for East Lancashire. For some time the East Lancashire Sexual Health Local Implementation Team has been concerned about a lack of provision for HIV
RAIL services in Lancashire are being hit by engineering work on behalf of Network Rail this week. Retimed trains and replacement bus services have affected commuters mainly on routes from Blackpool through to Colne. Until Thursday the 10pm service
