A manhunt has been launched for a suspect accused of slashing his ex-girlfriend's throat. Police took the unusual step of releasing the details of Martin Lacey after allegations that he had tried to get into her home last week. And officers said there
Accrington Stanley's quest for a league clean sheet continues after they were beaten 2-0 by Stockport County. The Reds had gone eight games without a shut out before kick off, and with just two minutes gone of the game at Edgeley Park that run had stretched
MARK Hughes insisted Jason Roberts could still have a future at Blackburn Rovers. The former Wigan striker, who had been frozen out of the first team following his decision to hand in a transfer request last month, returned with a vengeance at Bolton
POLICE have vowed to bring one of Lancashire's 'most wanted' criminals to justice after he has spent three years on the run. Officers have renewed appeals for information about Ajay Kaushal's whereabouts to mark the anniversary. Kaushal and fellow underworld
A DRUNKEN joiner dangled a baby over the edge of a bridge 25ft above a river, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told it was similar to the infamous incident when pop star Michael Jackson sparked worldwide controversy by holding his child over
A THIEF who stole lead flashing from a couple's home as they slept needed cash to buy food, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Mark Anthony Zoth disturbed his victims when they heard footsteps on the roof in the early hours of January 4.
A PERVERT sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl in a park after completing a shift of community service at the venue, a court heard. Maksood Ismail, 52, stayed behind after spotting the child playing at Wilson's playing fields, off Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors
A DRUNKEN mother who befriended another lone woman in a Burnley nightclub helped herself to her purse, the town's magistrates heard. The court was told how Kelly Davies, 26, took the cash and left the purse in the ladies' loos. She could not believe
THREE men have been charged after heroin and cocaine were seized during a series of drugs raids Substantial amounts of the drugs were found when police executed warrants on Monday at three addresses in Blackburn. The three men were all arrested and
Local under 8 football team Fenny Reccers recently were presented with their new kits, which were kindly donated by the Butlers Arms from Pleasington by Rovers striker Matt Derbyshire. After the presentation Fenny Reccers player George Caton was able
COLNE is bidding to become Lancashire's first carrier bag free town. It is hoped that by the end of this year, every resident will have been given a large cotton or jute re-useable shopping bag to encourage them to ditch the carrier. The national Plastic
COUNCILLORS have been challenged to give up their annual allowances to pay for Darwen Tower to be lit up. Liberal Democrat Paul Browne wants the town's other 16 councillors to show they are "true Darweners" by giving up their £5,884 pay. He said he
A SAINSBURYS worker who helped himself to £1,200 from the tills spent it on gifts and holidays, Burnley magistrates heard. The court was told how Jack Eastwood, 18, who started thieving when he pocketed £10 from the float and nobody noticed it had gone
COUNCIL bosses have warned tax payers could foot the bill for the £4.5million budget deficit faced by Pendle Council over the next three years. The council is seeking to make £715,000 savings over the next financial year (2008/9). Council bosses admit
JASON Roberts came off the bench to score a spectacular injury-time winner for Rovers. It was Roberts' first league goal of the season, and gave Blackburn the points following a superb second-half display. Kevin Nolan's first-half opener separated the
EVERY single piece of medical equipment in East Lancashire hospitals will be cleaned over the next four months. The Government has ordered health trusts throughout the UK to carry out massive cleaning operations in a bid to cut the number of hospital-acquired
A FATHER took part in an early hours raid on a Lancashire Army Cadet Depot, where a large machete was left behind, a court heard. Matthew Cooke, 21, was part of a gang who attacked the premises in Halifax Road, Brierfield, and cut himself on glass at
YOUNG offenders who persistently commit crime in Lancashire are now being dealt with more swiftly than ever, according to police. The latest figures show that after being arrested it took an average of 51 days to bring young offenders to justice. Comparing
Kevin Nolan's spectacular strike separated the sides in what was a poor first-half at the Reebok. The Bolton skipper hooked the ball over his shoulder from an acute angle following a crossfield ball from Joey O'Brien. Bolton were looking to chalk up
PLANS to create a new lane at one of Ross-endale's busiest junctions have been dropped after research showed it would not reduce queues. A review of traffic flow at the Tup Bridge junction in Rawtenstall by Lancashire County Council has found there would
Employers and businesses have the opportunity to take part in Rossendale Borough Council's "Healthy Workforce" scheme designed to encourage employees make healthy changes in their lifestyle and health. Contact the Council's Environmental Health Team
A COMPANY has completed a £1million takeover of a rival business - becoming one of the largest companies of its type in the North West. Injection moulding specialists MG Plastics Ltd, based in Marsh House Lane, Darwen, has taken over neighbouring Stuma
DETECTIVES have been left scratching their heads after a spate of wheelie bin thefts. More than a dozen bins have been stolen from outside homes in Mellor and Read over Christmas and New Year. Police are investigating whether it could be part of a chain
DRUG treatment needs to be overhauled for East Lancashire to beat the problems of addiction, a leader campaigner has warned. Father Jim McCartney, chief executive of drug treatment charity Thomas, has called for an end to prescriptions for methadone
A man alleged to have made nuisance phone calls which were said to have left the victims psychologically damaged has appeared before Burnley Magistrates. Ian George Parry, 48, of Pennine Road, Bacup, faces eight allegations of assault causing actual
A BINMAN has been accused of five indecent exposures. Vincent John Mills, 39, previously of Broadfield Road, Accrington, denies the charges, which relate to four alleged incidents in Burnley in late December and one in Blackburn on January 3. He appeared
COUNCIL bosses want a 150-year-old fruit and vegetable firm to stay in Pendle - despite a raft of complaints about the business from neighbours. Bosses at Richard Wellock and Sons, Skipton Road, Trawden, considered relocating after residents complained
A YOUTH worker faces an anxious wait to discover whether an operation to save his eyesight has been successful. Graham Helm, 33, of Laurel Street, Bacup, is hoping the emergency procedure he had at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital will work so he can
POLICE are warning people not to leave their doors unlocked after a number of sneak-in burglaries in Ramsbottom. Thousands of pounds worth of property has been stolen. Chief Inspector Karan Lee of Bury Police said: "Burglars are looking for things they
THE family of a woman who was found strangled at a 65-year-old man's house have been left "absolutely distraught" by her death, according to a local community leader. And the area where Sobia Hussain, 25, lived in Nelson is set to come to a standstill
A CAMPAIGN to get interactive speed signs in Blacksnape has succeeded after 18 months' effort by community associations. Coun Julie Slater, the East Rural Network and Blacksnape Community Association have been calling for the signs, which can be changed
A 24-year-old Blackburn man "got mad and lost it" when his girlfriend came home two hours after him on New Year's Day. Hyndburn magistrates heard that Richard Stuart Queen punched a hole in the bathroom door and then damaged items in their son's bedroom
HOW could I ever vote Labour? They need 15 years to right the wrong and link pensions back to earnings. They took more Parliamentary time debating the Fox Hunting Bill than they did over sending British troops to fight in an illegal war in Iraq to seek
MR Walker of Barrowford asked (LT, December 31) why I had not replied to his email of November 18, to which the answer is that I cannot recall ever having seen it. Would not it have been polite to check this by telephone before criticising me in the
IN yet another Government IT disaster, a £244million project to monitor dangerous criminals has collapsed. The C-Nomis computer system was supposed to share information between prison and probation staff to allow newly-freed convicts to be properly supervised
WE English are a tolerant people, we hear this all the time from MPs and civil rights people, usually in connection with immigration. I think tolerant should be changed to stupid. Where else in the western world would people put up with the injustices
A drunken mother-of-two whose daughter is a doctor attacked a paramedic and spat at a police officer. Marilyn Williams, 54, turned on the two victims after she had been found collapsed in the street and they arrived to help her. Williams, whose
Two men have been charged with the murder of an East Lancashire father-of-five who was shot in front of his family in South Africa. Former Burnley businessman Fred Picton-Turbervill, 46, was shot in the head a week ago when two gunmen burst into his
A CONSTRUCTION firm is playing a key role in a multi-million pound Hilton hotel building scheme. Barnfield Construction, which is based at Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, has been commissioned to work on two hotels in a £300million UK-wide expansion
