Archive
-
Date
Grandmother from Barrowford dies after M65 plunge
A GRANDMOTHER died after she ‘appeared to jump’ from a footbridge over the M65 yesterday. Rosemary Carr, 80, suffered serious injuries and died at the scene at Junction 13 shortly after 8am. No vehicles were involved, police said. Police closed the
-
Date
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
A COMBINATION of terrible defending and superb goalkeeping sent Rovers crashing to their heaviest defeat of the season. It was an undeserved but never-the-less dispiriting defeat. Gary Bowyer’s side dominated the second half after doing much
-
Date
FULL-TIME: Burnley 1, Bournemouth 1
BURNLEY came back from behind for the second game in a row to stay top of the Championship and rescue their unbeaten run, stretching it to 11 league games thanks to Danny Ings' 14th of the season. After an all-action but goalless first half on former
-
Date
Accrington Stanley 0 Tranmere Rovers 1
Accrington Stanley suffered FA Cup heartache as a last minute Ryan Lowe goal knocked them out at the first hurdle. The Reds bossed the game for long periods against their League One opponents Tranmere Rovers but paid for their profligacy in front
-
Date
British Legion helped wounded Accrington soldier
AS thousands of people prepare to honour those lost in wars at Remembrance services across East Lancashire, one soldier has told how the Royal British Legion helped him after being wounded in battle. Sapper Sam Taylor, of Accrington, was discharged
-
Date
Matchday live: Burnley v Bournemouth
3:07pm No surprises that it's already an end-to-end game 3:07pm Tom Heaton has to stretch to tip over Brett Pitman's deflected shot. Threatened to dip under the bar. Elliott
-
Date
TEAM NEWS: Stanley v Tranmere
Accrington Stanley recalled striker Kayode Odejayi to the starting XI for their FA Cup first round tie at home to Tranmere Rovers. Odejayi starts up front alongside James Gray with Lee Naylor coming in at left back in place of Laurence Wilson in
-
Date
Brighton & Hove Albion v Blackburn Rovers: Matchday Live
4:19pm Totally against the run of play Brighton double their advantage. Todd Kane gives the ball away and Craig Conway stands it up from the left and Jake Forster-Caskey is left unmarked to wrong foot with header into the corner
-
Date
Brighton & Hove Albion v Blackburn Rovers: Team News
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Gary Bowyer has named an unchanged side for this afternoon’s Championship clash at Brighton & Hove Albion. Tommy Spurr was an injury doubt after coming off with an ankle knock in last Saturday’s 1-0 home victory over
-
Date
TEAM NEWS: Burnley v Bournemouth
DEAN Marney returns to the starting line-up after recovering from the thigh strain that has kept him out of the last two games. The midfielder resumes his excellent central partnership with David Jones, with David Edgar returning to the bench in the
-
Date
Review of Lancahire County Council's One Connect partnership
A COMPREHENSIVE review of Lancashire County Council’s One Connect Limited partnership with BT will be undertaken after a deal over commmunity alarms was abandoned over spiralling costs. The authority’s new Labour leaders vetoed the alarms proposal after
-
Date
Ewood trio to speak at conference
THREE key members of Blackburn Rovers manager’s Gary Bowyer’s backroom team have been invited to attend a special end-of-season event. Head of sports medicine Dave Fevre, head of sports science Chris Neville, and club doctor Duncan Robertson have been
-
Date
Rovers star Walsh earns call-up
BLACKBURN Rovers Ladies starlet Keira Walsh has been named in the England squad for the UEFA European Women’s Under-17s Championship. England will host the finals between November 26 and December 8, taking the tournament outside of Nyon, Switzerland,
-
Date
Three's not a crowd for Rovers boss
BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer may get round the problem of which of his top centre-backs to leave out by playing all three. The return of Grant Hanley from suspension has handed Bowyer a major selection poser. It is one that could be answered for
-
Date
Lowe's rugby league inspiration
JASON Lowe has been drawing plenty of admiring glances for his performances for Blackburn Rovers of late. But the tables have been turned this week and it is Lowe who has been doing the marvelling. The in-form midfielder took a break from preparing
-
Date
Vokes earns call-up
Sam Vokes has been named in the Wales squad for next week’s friendly with Finland. The Burnley striker, who has nine goals to his name this season, joins Real Madrid star Gareth Bale and Arsenal ace Aaron Ramsey in Chris Coleman’s squad for Friday night
-
Date
Man United clash for Burnley youngsters
Burnley’s youngsters will once again take on Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup after the two sides were drawn together in the third round. The Clarets famously knocked out United at Old Trafford in last season’s competition with Jason Gilchrist,
-
Date
Jones: We've got the fight
DAVID Jones believes the Clarets have no better incentive to get back to winning ways than staying in top spot, saying: “We’ve definitely got something there worth hanging on to.” The league leaders go into their head-to-head reunion with former manager
-
Date
Dyche called on Howe
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche has revealed how he called on predecessor Eddie Howe after taking the Turf Moor hotseat. Howe’s feet were firmly back under the table in his second spell in charge of Bournemouth when Dyche was handed the Clarets reigns. And
-
Date
England calls a credit to Clarets says Dyche
JAY Rodriguez’s England call-up is something the club and the whole town can be proud of, says Burnley manager Sean Dyche. The former Claret received recognition for a consistent level of performance for Southampton in the Premier League, and goals,
-
Date
Stock: Boss was clever with change
BRIAN Stock has warned friend and former boss Eddie Howe not to expect any favours on his return. The ex-Clarets chief will walk down the tunnel at Turf Moor tomorrow for the first time since leaving for a second spell as Bournemouth boss in October
-
Date
David Eyres column: Credit Clarets for Jay-Rod
THE good news keeps pouring out of Burnley, what with Sean Dyche and Danny Ings doing the double with the manager and player of the month awards for October, another England Under 21 call-up for Ings, and now a feather in the club’s cap with Jay Rodriguez
-
Date
England must take chance in Rugby League World Cup
ENGLAND’S moment of truth arrives today as they take on the mightily impressive Fijians in Hull – and they appear to be muscling up for a slugfest. Coach Steve McNamara is giving hooker James Roby, half-back Gareth Widdop and Tom Burgess the day off
-
Date
Stanley boss ready to create new memories
JAMES Beattie has called for his Accrington Stanley side to create new FA Cup memories. It is 10 years to the day since an Andy Gouck wonder goal completed a giant killing against Huddersfield Town, when the Reds were still a part-time club in the Conference
-
Date
Rising star Machaj ready to make big impression
HOPEFUL of soon going head to head with David Haye and the Klitschko brothers in sparring, Adam Machaj is determined to show that Anthony Joshua is not the only rising star of British heavyweight boxing right now. Machaj will fight professionally for
-
Date
Petition call after Blackburn pensioner knocked down
THE manager of a charity shop close to where an elderly woman was badly injured after being knocked down by a taxi has launched a petition calling for new safety measures. A 90-year-old woman was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital on Thursday after being
-
Date
Blackburn teacher suspended over feet tickling and sniffing incident
A SCHOOL has suspended a teacher over claims that he tickled and sniffed children’s feet. Police have arrested a man on suspicion of ‘assault by touching’ and four young boys have been quizzed by officers. Parents said they were stunned when they
-
Date
Stacksteads pupils pay respects for Remembrance Day
YEAR six students from a Stacksteads school paid their respects to the fallen by decorating Remembrance Day poppies and observing a two-minute silence. The Holy Trinity CE Primary pupils, who are aged ten and 11, took part in a service at the Peace
-
Date
East Lancashire tourism winners announced
TOURIST attractions and businesses across East Lancashire are celebrating after winning at the Lancashire Tourism Awards. Eight firms from the area were awarded for excellence at the 10th annual event, held at Blackburn Cathedral. Guests at the ceremony
-
Date
£76m of savings plan for Lancashire County Council
EXTRA cutbacks on learning disability services form the backbone of a new £76million savings programme being undertaken by Lancashire County Council. Labour leaders at County Hall said they have been forced to find unprecedented service reductions at
-
Date
Best ever GCSE results celebrated at Burnley college
A SCHOOL celebrated its best ever GCSEs at a special awards event. Students, staff and parents from Sir John Thursby Community College in Burnley celebrated the achievements of the year so far. Those at the event heard how 2013 students achieved a
-
Date
Colne to host Lancashire's first 'death cafe'
A CAFE event that aims to get people to talk openly about death is coming to Colne later this month. The death cafe phenomenon has seen events spread up across the world, but this is the first time it has come to Lancashire. The organiser of the Colne
-
Date
Gritters in East Lancashire ready
EVEN given the British unnatural obsession with all aspects of the weather, the late cold snap which gripped East Lancashire earlier this year took on almost apocalyptic dimensions. And while the winter of 2012-13 could not hold a candle to the sub-zero