SHOCKED neighbours saw police swarming over their street as part of an investigation into ticket touting at top football matches. The move came as Blackburn man Suhail Patel, 32, was arrested at Manchester United's Champions League home game against
Saturday 8th March a working group will be meeting at 10.00am at Ball Grove Park Colne. Please see below details of some of the actions that will be taking place. Please turn up and join the group, spend a Saturday doing something that will improve
OWEN Coyle played 76 minutes as Burnley Reserves beat Blackpool's second string 2-1 at Fleetwood Town last night. The Clarets boss led the attack and went close to scoring on seven occasions, but Alex Ray-Harvey and Alex McDonald came up with the two
A FATHER murdered in a Burnley park may have been attacked after coming to the aid of his bullied son, police have revealed. Mohammed Shafiq, 50, was stabbed in the abdomen and hit over the head with an iron bar in Thompson Park, beside Burnley College
"ALL of Burnley's schools can succeed, just give us time". That's the message from the head of the town's only school created under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project to be praised by Ofsted. And Elaine Dawson, head of Sir John Thursby
BLACKBURN Rovers are weighing up a move for a proven international midfielder who is available on a free transfer. The Lancashire Telegraph understands the player -who we cannot yet name - is set to star at this summer's Euro 2008 Championships. He
A NEW headquarters for East Lancashire Primary Care Trust in Nelson has been given the green light by councillors - despite fears over it not being the right site. Blueprints for the primary care trust to move from its temporary Lomeshaye industrial
A 30-year-old woman has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by telephoning a taxi firm and asking them to lie to the police. Clare Alexandra Sagar, of Dukes Brow, pleaded guilty to driving with
A SUSPECTED robber was arrested after being tripped up by a supermarket shopper at the scene of a crime. Police said a 55-year-old female worker at Morrisons in Railway Road was punched in the head when a man jumped over the counter and tried to make
THE INDEPENDENT Police Complaints Commission has tonight launched an investigation into Lancashire Constabulary's handling of an emergency call from murder victim Mohammed Shafiq. Mr Shafiq, of York Street, Nelson, died after being stabbed in the abdomen
A POPULAR community centre is set to get a £33,500 facelift after funding was announced by the local council. Improvement works will take place at Hippings Vale Community Centre, Oswaldtwistle, to repair rotten doors and windows. Hyndburn Council has
A FORMER soldier who went AWOL from Burnley Magistrates' Court as he was facing possible jail was arrested, but spared immediate custody after all. Fraudster Stewart Simpson, 20, disappeared from the court last Wednesday after he appeared before the
A Darwen teenager who got involved in an argument at his mum's engagement party lashed out and put his fist through her 51-inch plasma TV. But Blackburn magistrates heard that Michael Gaskin thought the £1,500 TV could be repaired and didn't need to
A JURY has been unable to reach verdicts in the case of a Burnley man accused of sexually abusing two girls. The jury at Preston Crown Court was discharged when they failed to reach verdicts after deliberating for seven hours. It was alleged that Graham
DARWEN Police Station should be open 24 hours a day to reduce thuggery and vandalism, according to a town councillor. Paul Browne, the Liberal Democrat member for the Sudell ward, called for the change after it was revealed that the police precept
POLICE are urging residents to mark their property and lock up premises after a spate of shed break-ins. Three outhouses, all on Acre Street, Whitworth, were raided between February 29 and March 1. Forty cans of lager, a petrol generator and a bag
West Street Resident's Association Community Garden has been nominated for Best Contribution to Burnley's Built Environment Award. The garden has been shortlisted to 3 finalist and the award ceremony is Wednesday 12th March. We would like to thank
A DEALER who threw drugs from his bedroom window and tried to swallow a large rock of crack cocaine during a police raid has been jailed for five years. Lukman Bapu traded on the streets and took orders over the telephone - and had a workforce who were
A TAXI driver faces losing his livelihood after being convicted of racially abusing a woman motorist. Tahir Mahmood was told by a judge: "You are a professional driver. It is wrong anyway to abuse other drivers, even worse to use racist abuse."
A MAJOR campaign has been launched to tell people what health care facilities they should use following a major organisation of hospital facilities. The Take Care awareness campaign aims to highlight that although "blue light" emergencies are now treated
POLICE in Rossendale have been given a new van to help them get round their beat. Developers B& E Boys donated the white Ford KA van to help local police officers in Ross-endale East to reduce incidents of crime and disorder. PC Mick Woods and PCSO
LANCASHIRE skipper Stuart Law insists he won't be pushing Andrew Flintoff through any unnecessary over-load as the Red Rose county gear up for their pre-season tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Flintoff has begun the slow path back to bowling fitness
A BANNED teenager stole his father's company car and crashed into a wall in the early hours, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how former soldier Sean Richard Hatfield, 19, confessed all when his father saw the damage and admitted he had been
A CRACKDOWN has been ordered on drinkers at Turf Moor after a steward was allegedly assaulted by a Burnley fan. Club bosses are upset that fans in the James Hargreaves stand have been taking bottles of alcohol into the upper tier - which is against
SOCIAL networking sites will become the next tool to be used in divorce proceedings, according to an East Lancashire solicitors. And Antonia Love, head of family law and partner at Farleys, which has branches in Blackburn, Burnley and Acrington, said
On Palm Sunday, which is March 16, at 6.30pm the choir of St. Mary's Church, Mellor will present ' The Crucifixion' music for Choir and Congregation. The organist, Mr Frank Ashton, extends a very warm welcome to all to come and take part in this preparation
STUDENTS and staff at Nelson and Colne College helped raise hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity. The staff and students of the college, based across two sites in Colne and Nelson, donated cash for Macmillan Cancer Support. On the day £352.03 was
POLITICIANS in Pendle are calling for a referendum on whether the UK should be in, or out, of the European Union. Liberal Democrats say a new opinion poll shows most people support their demand for a referendum on membership of the European Union. Commenting
Here's your chance to win a pair of tickets to Preston V Wolves. With another great Championship Season underway, we've teamed up with Wickes - the Official Home Improvement Partner to the Football League Championship, to give you the chance to watch
A SERIES of police meetings are to take place in Darwen this month for residents to have their say. Sergeant John Cisco said: "These police and community together meetings are designed as a forum where people can come along and discuss local policing
A HERO who saved a neighbour's life has been invited to meet the Prime Minister and receive a bravery commendation - if he can be found. Vernon Barratt, 58, is one of four people shortlisted for Public Hero of the Year by the the Fire Services National
MURDER squad detectives are searching for a metal bar and a blade after a father-of-five was killed while intervening in a fight between students in a Burnley park. Police have drained the lake at Thompson Park following the alleged murder of Mohammed
Chorley ace Nick Dougherty is part of a strong line-up taking part in tomorrow's Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. The Shaw Hill golf professional is still in with an excellent chance of qualifying for Europe's Ryder Cup team later this year, despite
COUNCILLORS raised concerns about over-supply of office space as revised plans were approved for Nelson's new art centre. The £1.2million four-storey Arts, Cultural and Enterprise Centre (ACE), on the site of the former Lambert's market and Salvation
A TEENAGER who raided a house for a boiler to earn himself just £30 left damage to the tune of up to £4,600, a court heard. Burnley magistrates were told how Daniel Allonby, 19, told police he hadn't had a penny. He had with him wire cutters, wrenches
A dad disturbed at 7.30 on a Sunday morning found his drunken 22-year-old daughter and a friend drinking whisky downstairs. Blackburn magistrates heard that Jodie McGuire became abusive towards her father after he told her to go to bed and her friend
A town councillor told his colleagues: "From this application I think he is proposing to build a castle." Mr M Routledge was seeking planning permission for extensions and alterations to all elevations at Bradmoor House, Stansfield Hall Road, Todmorden
POLICE in Blackburn are warning people to keep sheds secure after a spate of break-ins. Community Support Officer Nigel Brooke, who covers Mill Hill, Ewood and Lower Darwen, said: "In the past month three sheds have been broken into in the Mill Hill
A YOUNG runner from Blackburn has organised a jog through Witton Park on Saturday to raise money for a care home. Kelly Lonican, 12, from Leicester Road, Blackburn has decided to get a group of friends and family together to complete three and-a-half
Clarets legend Andy Payton has donated £562 to Pendleside Hospice. The former striker gave £2.50 from every sale of his "Natural Born Claret" DVD to the charity. Fundraising manager Kaye Bartle said: "The hospice is entirely funded by donated money
ONE of Burnley's new "superschools" is performing well, Ofsted inspectors said. The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme in Burnley came under fire yesterday when it emerged that Shuttleworth Community College would join Hameldon College in
Hundreds of pounds worth of goods were stolen in a burglary at the Iceland store in School Street, Darwen, around 2am on Sunday. A window was smashed and 20 bottles of vodka were stolen, along with a number of food items. Damage to the window and theft
AN MP brandished a copy of the Lancashire Telegraph in Parliament during a debate on the closure of Lancashire's Post Offices. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice said that the newspaper recognised that the disappearance of smaller branches would damage the
IT'S all too easy writing a column like this to sound like a world-weary Victor Meldrew moaning about everything and everybody. You have to be careful too about generalising and tarring everyone with the same brush. It's a trap that's oh so easy to
A Bolton Wanderers fan was arrested as he walked to Ewood Park shouting that Blackburn folk were "interbred" and "scum". And Michael Paul Marshall's drunken outburst landed him with a three-year football banning order when he appeared before Blackburn
YOBS have been ripping stones from a canal wall to break ice on a stretch of a Blackburn water-way. Police are investigating after damage was caused to the stone wall which runs alongside the canal in Bolton Road. Police Community Support Officer Michelle
BEST selling author Josephine Cox will be returning to her home town, Blackburn, tomorrow for a series of events. Tomorrow afternoon she will take a storytelling masterclass Beardwood High School and then go on to a reception hosted by the Mayor, Councillor
BLACKBURN Rovers chairman John Williams is confident David Bentley will sign a new deal with the club before the end of the season. Discussions have already taken place between Williams and Bentley's advisers and, with the club keen to reward the midfielder
WE must never forget that what spawned Castro was what the USA allowed its criminal class to do to Cuba. The USA saw Cuba as a dumping ground for the powerful criminals in the USA that it could not bring down without consequences to the economy and stability
BURNLEY manager Owen Coyle admitted he was unsure why both captain Steven Caldwell and first-half substitute Joey Gudjonsson were sent off in the 2-0 defeat at Hull City last night. The pair were dismissed for two yellow card offences, after Hull's Caleb
I FEEL I must give some support to the person who wrote in regarding restless leg syndrome. As the doctor said, there is little known about it, but there is help out there. Please go and see your GP and ask him to refer you to a neurologist. This is
IT appears Blackburn with Darwen Council's intention for the removal of long-stay car parking in Darwen goes back some time. The council's website under Borough Plan' which was adopted in 2002 and sub-headed Darwen Town Centre' states in relation to
Immanuel's Church, Pleasington will be hosting their Annual Starvation Lunch on Sunday March 16. This day is Palm Sunday, a day which always falls the week before Easter, to celebrate the event which was recorded by all four Gospels - the arrival of
TEACHERS and pupils celebrated after receiving a good report from government Ofsted inspectors. The staff and 39 children at St Stephen's Primary School, Rock Lane, Tockholes, were inspected and were given a Grade 2, or Good, score. The school was
CLITHEROE manager Neil Reynolds was delighted with a clean sheet after his side held top-of-the-table Skelmersdale to a 0-0 draw in UniBond Division One (North). Blues goalkeeper James Mann was the hero of the night at Shawbridge, producing a string
Former Ribble Valley mayor, Charles Warkman, has died at the age of 90. Mr Warkman, who represented Mellor on the borough council for many years until his retirement last May, was the mayor during 2004/05. He lived in Hob Green, Mellor, and died on
BURNLEY lost ground on the play-off pack on a night when both the Clarets and fellow promotion hopefuls Hull City were reduced to nine men. Clarets boss Owen Coyle couldn't hide his disappointment that they had failed to take advantage of some favourable
A gutsy and tireless display by Chorley proved too much for Blue Square North side Burscough as the Magpies reached the final of the Lancashire FA United Co-Operative Trophy for the first time in 15 years - winning 2-0 at Victory Park. Liverpool and
LANCASHIRE chief executive Jim Cumbes insists the Red Rose county are happy with James Anderson's Auckland stint. New Zealand Cricket have reluctantly agreed to allow England to fix up important match practice for the Burnley-born seamer in their domestic
Ryan Sidebottom claimed a crucial late wicket to help England finish with a flourish on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand today. New Zealand looked to have overcome a late afternoon flurry of wickets with Ross Taylor and in-form Brendon
An application for a proposed change of use from a dwelling to three flats has been refused planning permission by Calderdale MBC's planning department.
ROSSENDALE DJ Andy Kershaw was freed from jail in the Isle of Man yesterday and told to go home to England with his mother to recover. The former Radio One DJ was arrested on Monday for breaching a restraining order after sending abusive text and voice
A GARAGE was badly damaged after a fire broke out in the premises yesterday. Firefighters were called to the commercial garage in Preston New Road, Mellor Brook, at 4.49pm. Police said they had received several calls about the incident from passing
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut a three-year-old boy out of his bed after his head became trapped between the metal bars. The boy, from Martin Drive, Darwen, had been playing on his bed when he became trapped. He and his mother struggled for 15 minutes to get
Tom Daggett, member of the Young People's Choir, considers whether there is value in taking a scientific approach to Christianity and Religion. This day in 1496, King Henry VII issued letters to John Cabot (a navigator), authorising him to explore
ANDY Holt booked Rossendale Amateurs a place in the LFA Shorrock Cup final after beating Hurst Green in a keenly contested East Lancashire derby. There was a decent turnout at Clitheroe FC's Shawbridge for a semi final that may have been short on quality
NINETY pupils from an East Lancashire school took time out from their studies to become world record breakers today. The youngsters from Darwen Vale High School, had to "juggle" a football for at least 10 seconds on any part of their body except their
A FORMER Olympic ace spent his life savings buying land to build a gymnastics centre of excellence only to have the plans vetoed. Craig Heap has been told that his dream to build a £2m national gymnastics school near his family farm off Greenhead Lane
