A POLICE officer saved the life of a drunken football fan by dragging him from the path of a train with seconds to spare. "I thought he was a goner", said Sergeant David Grant as he told of the dramatic weekend rescue. Sgt Grant was on duty on platform
Members of Rishton and Great Harwood Soroptimists enjoyed an evening at the Auberge Restaurant Rishton to celebrate the installation of their new President. Retiring Presidents Beryl Timmins and Mavis Dickinson installed Margaret Worden as
A GRATEFUL father has paid tribute to hospital surgeons after they saved the left foot of his 11-year-old son following a road accident in Nelson. Medics at the Royal Blackburn Hospital battled on Thursday night to save the foot of Junaid Hussain's foot
COCAINE with an estimated street value of £13 million has been seized by police. Six men have been arrested after the haul was discovered when two cars were stopped and searched at a UK port yesterday morning. Police said it is one of the biggest
A MOTORCYCLIST died after his bike collided with a car. Scott Campbell, 35, from Rishton, was treated by paramedics in Accrington Road near Read for multiple injuries. But he never regained consciousness and died at the scene. Police have launched
As reported in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in December 2006, Darwen documents had been abandoned, covered in asbestos dust under Darwen Town Hall. Following this report a few months later all the documents had disappeared, where? no one seems
A MOTORIST died after his car smashed into the central reservation on the A56 at Haslingden. The red Landrover Freelander was the only vehicle involved in the crash at 3.15am on Sunday near the Tesco supermarket junction, police said. The driver is
Crystal Palace sent out an ominous statement of intent as they sealed a place in the Coca-Cola Championship play-offs with a thrashing of the 10 men of Burnley. Neil Warnock's Palace have stormed up the league in the second half of the season and after
DARWEN stallholders are calling for a 25 per cent reduction in their rents to save the town's market. Traders are urging Blackburn with Darwen Council to drop the rents in the three-day-market by a quarter until regeneration works in the town are completed
A FOOTBALL Association probe is underway after 'unusually large' wagers prompted some bookmakers to stop taking bets before Accrington Stanley's 2-0 defeat by Bury. The FA has pledged to "look very closely" at at the game after "an unusual amount of
TEN-MAN Burnley stand little chance of spoiling Crystal Palace's play-off party. The Clarets fell behind to a Ben Watson penalty after just seven minutes, with defender Clarke Carlisle sent off in the process for his clumsy foul on Scott Sinclair. Victor
SHOPPING centre bosses have revealed that they are just weeks away from finalising £15million expansion plans in a bid to 'fight back' against retail parks and other town centres. Bosses at the Arndale Centre, Accrington, said the development could include
The Football Association "will look very closely" at Accrington's 2-0 defeat by Bury yesterday after some bookmakers stopped taking bets on the match having seen "an unusual amount of money" being placed. Both William Hill and Coral closed their book
POLICE discovered two drugs factories' - including one of the largest seen in East Lancashire - on the same day. Officers raided the former Proctor and Proctor accountancy practice in Carr Road, Nelson, on Friday afternoon, after being informed that
A YOUNG dancing duo from Pendle have melted the heart of TV's Mr Nasty - and won through to the next round of the Britain's Got Talent Show. Eight-year-olds Charlie Dixon and Krista Hyatt, alias the Cheeky Monkeys, wowed the audience at the Hackney Empire
A HOUSE raider possibly facing a minimum of three years in jail was spared prison after a judge said the sentence would be unjust. Burnley Crown Court heard how Christian Ormonde, 38, could have been locked up for three years as a "three strikes" burglar
SOLDIERS back from Iraq said they "felt like superstars" after being given a five-minute standing ovation from 26,000 thousand fans at Ewood Park. Twenty soldiers of Burma Company, 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, were presented with service
ORGANISERS of the Great Harwood Agricultural Show are aiming to make the last event at the showground the best ever. The 141st Great Harwood Agricultural Show will move to a larger site next year because more and more attractions are being added annually
A COMPANY hopes that its latest six-figure signing will give it the cutting edge in acquiring future business deals. The East Lancashire Box Company, Spring Street, Rishton, has spent almost £500,000 on a new cardboard cutting machine which bosses have
