Tonge professional Hashan Dumindu hit a stunning 118 off 102 balls to help secure a memorable come-from-behind Premiership victory at home to Kearsley in Saturday’s round of Anthony Axford North West Cricket League matches. Sri Lankan Dumindu, batting at number three, saw his side slip to 93-8 before marshalling the tail to a 174 all out total in 35 overs. He shared a ninth-wicket 58 with captain Conor Lord and 23 for the 10th with Kieran Fletcher. Lord contributed only four and Fletcher nought not out as Dumindu crashed nine fours and 10 sixes. He later struck once with the…
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The first property on a new housing estate at the site of a former home for older people has been occupied. And a further three properties at the former Greenways Home for the Elderly in Darwen are already under offer. The new houses in Salisbury Road – just a stone’s throw from Sunnyhurst Wood – is the second site to be brought forward in Darwen by Blackburn-based Lang Estates. The mixture of 11 detached and semi-detached houses have been built on a former brownfield site previously owned by Blackburn with Darwen Council, where Greenways once stood. The home was closed in 2013 as part of the authority’s…
A loss-making horse-riding venue including an Olympic-sized arena in the East Lancashire countryside has been earmarked to become five detached new homes. Proposals have been submitted to knock down the Barden Lane Stables and Livery Yard in Barden Lane, Reedley, between Fence and Burnley. Philip Portch of Accrington-based Acquestra NW6 Ltd wants to replace most of the buildings with new houses. If Pendle Council approves his planning application there would be four new single-storey properties while a remaining building would be converted into a similar house. Three of the homes would have three bedrooms and the others would have two.…
Take a first look at restoration work on Blakey Moor Terrace after boards covering the stretch have been taken down. Work on the new terrace has been ongoing for a number of years. Earlier this year, the footpath was back in use as scaffolding went up on the opposite side at King George’s Hall. On Tuesday, the full footpath on the terrace was back open as the covers were removed. The terrace had fallen into serious disrepair before Blackburn with Darwen Council earmarked it for regeneration as a key part of the £3.8m Blakey Moor Townscape Heritage Project to create a new…
Asda confirmed it had begun consultation with 72 staff based at the EG Group headquarters in Blackburn. The decision will affect staff working on the Asda Express operation at the head office at Waterside, off Haslingden Road. The company said it was looking to ‘support affected colleagues’ and ‘redeploy as many as possible to suitable vacancies in Asda’s head office in Leeds.’ Staff in Blackburn are set to be working until the end of July or the end of September, according to a worker who said the mood among affected staff was ‘rock bottom’. Asda said the consultation related to the former…
A hairdresser has thanked his loyal customers after being named in a list of the top 10 barbers in the region. Bad Company Barbers is one of 10 battling it out to be named the region’s best in the Lancashire Telegraph competition. Bad Company Barbers launched seven years ago inside Salvage House. For the past five years, it has been welcoming customers to a purpose-built barbers shop in Abbott Works on Back King Street, in the heart of Whalley. Since it launched, it has become one of the most sought-after stylists in the county. Jonnie Shaw, who runs the barbers, completed his NVQ Level 3 at Blackburn College…
‘Censoring Palestine’ was aired at Blackburn Central Library last week in an event organised by the Blackburn and District Trades Union Council. The documentary investigated the numerous ways ‘censorship’ is having a toxic effect on society. A spokesperson for the organisers said: “The restrictions on free speech, publishing and social media are only a part of the story. “Hard-won freedoms of assembly and protest are becoming more and more restricted as government agencies try to micromanage huge demonstrations of angry citizens who want to speak out against ethnic cleansing and genocide. “Jewish people supporting the rights of Palestinians are accused of being ‘antisemitic’.…
A man who was the first person in the UK to receive a groundbreaking gene-editing therapy on the NHS, said he felt ” privileged and lucky” and he hoped it would free him from a lifetime of blood transfusions. Tim Chronis, 28, from Blackpool, has beta thalassaemia, which means he does not produce enough haemoglobin – the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen round he body. It can leave people severely tired, weak, and short of breath and can also be life threatening. The therapy, called Casgevy, was carried out at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Mr Chronis said…
The mother of the youngest victim of the Manchester arena bombing says she doesn’t want to be “referred to as a victim” and instead prefers “warrior”. Saffie-Rose Roussos was eight years old when she was killed – along with 21 others – as a bomb was detonated at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017. Lisa Roussos was critically injured, her leg so badly damaged by shrapnel surgeons had only hours to restore the bloody supply to stop it being amputated. Speaking for the first time on DM NEWS with her consultant plastic surgeon, Professor Vivien Lees,…
A British parachutist died when his wingsuit failed to get enough speed falling from an Italian mountain, an inquest has heard. Dylan Roberts, 32 and from Cumbria, was killed 20 seconds into a flight from a well-known base jumping cliff in the Alps in June 2022, his inquest was told. Concluding his death was a “tragic accident”, Cumbria Coroner Margaret Taylor said Mr Roberts was a highly experienced skydiving instructor who took safety extremely seriously. His family said Mr Roberts, who helped to co-ordinate parachute stunts on a Mission Impossible film, “died doing what he loved”. Mr Roberts, from Dent,…