The Shane Lee Column I CAN'T imagine there are going to be many more weeks like this in my career. Just being selected to play for Australia in the game against Kent last weekend was an enormous thrill. And, of course, there was the chance to impress
A HOUSEBOUND pensioner is having to pay £4 in taxi fares every time she goes to see her GP round the corner because of a two-year wait for a wheelchair. Winnie Preston, 75, of Ennerdale Avenue, Shadsworth, Blackburn, read the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's
RECENT correspondence concerning traffic-calming and future planning for our towns highlights two very urgent problems. Bolt Hole Politicians: Commonsense and the right to free speech is a thing of the past, for these elected representatives. Even the
COUNCILLORS have backed a call by villagers at Dunnockshaw for a change in planning laws. It follows the registration by Lancashire social services of a controversial children's home. Dunnockshaw Residents' Association was formed to fight the change of
RELATIVES of East Lancashire's fallen war heroes are being given the chance to pay their respects to their loved ones. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Association (QLRA) is preparing for a visit to the battlefields and war cemeteries of the Somme in France
ICE hockey stars from Canada could again be gracing Blackburn Arena in the coming season. Lancashire Hawks, stepping up their search to find new imports, have visited Canada over the past week. "We are anxious to get the best players we can and we have
THE Environment Agency has been accused of attacking an award-winning nature reserve to make way for a flood defence scheme. Villagers in Lomeshaye village, Nelson, created the Loamy Wood plant, water and wildlife sanctuary from rough land near the banks
TIM Sherwood is desperate to put his "nightmare" behind him and start showing Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson just what he can do. And Hodgson himself warned the men currently holding the midfield berths that they must maintain their present high standards
EDUCATION bosses in Lancashire are rushing through a package of bids for millions in Government grants to help repair crumbling schools. Labour announced earlier this year a £1.08 billion package to pay for repairs to the nation's classrooms. And County
NIGEL Gleghorn has vowed to fight his way back into Chris Waddle's Turf Moor plans. A Clarets regular under Adrian Heath last season, the ex-Burnley skipper has found himself out in the cold as Waddle re-vamps the midfield department. Gleghorn said: "
The Saturday Interview: Brian Doogan meets new Ewood goalkeeper John Filan IN Irish, the name means wolf. But in Ireland the O'Faolains were branded horse-rustlers. They came from Roscommon and they left, changing the family name to Filan, with their
LANCASHIRE are in danger of missing the boat in their bid to sign Shane Warne. Warne's agent Austin Robertson is currently in England for talks with a number of interested counties, and Lancashire chief executive John Bower has joined retiring chairman
NAEEM Ashraf stepped off the plane, was taken straight to Cherry Tree's clubhouse and immediately declared: "I want to go for the double". That was four months ago and, now that goal is in sight, the quiet-spoken Pakistani all-rounder is completely satisfied
Lancashire League ANDY Barker's Enfield are the form team of the Lancashire League and 'fear nobody'. Eight wins on the trot - picking up seven bonus points in the process - have brought them to the threshold of a championship challenge. Tomorrow they
PULSE - music and more, with Simon Donohue LEGAL strife and serious illness left Echobelly singer Sonya Aurora Madan sick to the stomach - and the band on the brink of splitting up. But as the clouds lifted to reveal their shining new single, the glamorous
I HAD hoped that Mr Chambers, Hyndburn Chief Executive, might have responded to my earlier comments regarding traffic calming. Instead we are given the outrageous statement that "traffic-calming saves lives" from one of his acolytes. As there are no records
EATING her cornflakes with chopsticks is just one of the challenges facing teenager Laura Jackson as she tries to raise £3,000 to pay for a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to China. The 16-year-old from Kelbrook has a host of sponsored events planned to
