A JAZZ band with no fewer than 28 members will take the stage this Friday at the Hornby Theatre, Blackburn Library. The group, called the Jam Factory, is the brainchild of double bass player Steve Berry, of Revidge, who had three successful albums in
A REVOLUTIONARY test for diagnosing meningitis will be considered for use in East Lancashire's hospitals if it can be proved it works, according to health bosses. The new blood test has been developed by scientists at Cardiff University and the University
TWO burglars sparked a murder investigation into the death of a 31-year-old woman after breaking into her house and finding her body in the bath, a court heard. Police believe Pauline Stevenson, who was largely immersed in water and covered with bedding
WHAT odds on a penalty shootout being needed to decide tonight's FA Cup replay at Ewood? If that turns out to be the case - and Rovers and Newcastle have already drawn three times this season - then a little bit of FA Cup history will be made. For neither
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent made the trip to Coventry last night and was impressed by the club's reserve side as they collected a deserved point from Pontin's League First Division leaders Coventry. Although Neil Moore and Glen Little had a run out for
ALAN Shearer is set to miss out on tonight's FA Cup fifth round replay after going down with a bout of flu. The England captain, who also missed a Premiership return to Ewood in December with hamstring problems, was left behind last night when his Newcastle
A BAN on genetically modified food in school meals is being demanded by a leading East Lancashire environmental campaigner. Friends of the Earth spokesman Brian Jackson is seeking a five-year freeze on the use of the food until full testing proves it
Alf Wright's Afternoon Music Hall - The Jimmy Cricket Laughter Show, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 4pm. "Carmen" The Musical, presented by Blackburn Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle, 7.30pm. "Walking Sticks" - talk by Mr B White
A TOWN council has slashed spending on hospitality to bring down its share of the borough's council tax. Clitheroe town council's share of the tax is to fall from £13 on a band D property last year to £12.37. Ribble Valley councillors last month unanimously
AN internal inquiry was launched by the police complaints authority into the Masonic dinner dance case in which two innocent businessmen were assaulted. Blackburn MP Jack Straw demanded a full independent inquiry into the extent of Freemasonry within
RALLYING: Daniel Harper heads a trio of East Lancashire rally drivers aiming for success on this weekend's Bournemouth Winter Rally, the opening round of the Mintex National Championship. Harper, from Barley, near Nelson, and his Burnley-based co-driver
CUP replay controversy has torpedoed a school's bid to reach the last 16 of a national competition. Blackburn's Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School were dumped out of the Mindzone Individual Schools' Trophy after a dispute over extra-time rules. The school
ATHLETICS: Catherine Riley's stunning run in the AAA's indoor championships has earned a place in the national side competing in Paris this weekend. The Park High School pupil's win in Birmingham made her the national 800 metres champion in the under
HARWOOD'S hopes of ending a dismal sequence of crushing defeats were blown apart by a killer strike from Lee Cooper in first half injury time. The Reds were still in the hunt until Cooper pounced on a right-wing cross and blasted past Andy Johnston to
RAIDERS struck at a Burnley supermarket - ramming a security manager with a trolley before fleeing empty handed. The incident happened at Burnley's Asda store when the alarm was raised after a spotty-faced man was seen trying to walk out with goods without
A "BROODING" jilted boyfriend left a £1,300 trail of damage when he turned up at his ex-girlfriend's home and tried to hit her. Father-of-two, Stuart Derek Clarke, 25, was locked inside the house, wrecked a computer system and damaged three doors, Burnley
A NIGHTCLUBBER ended up unconscious with her face covered in blood, after she was pulled to the ground by a drunken woman, a court was told. The woman, mother-of-two Christine Rosena Gilchrist, 25, then lashed out at a second victim, an epileptic, who
ALAN Shearer is set to miss out on tonight's FA Cup fifth round replay after going down with a bout of flu. The England captain, who also missed a Premiership return to Ewood in December with hamstring problems, was left behind last night when his Newcastle
BURNLEY utility man Peter Swan is facing a six-week absence as he needs a cartilage operation to sort out his knee problems. It's another blow for Turf Moor boss Stan Ternent but has been tempered by the rapid return to action of Glen Little. Little,
BOSSES at legendary football club Accrington Stanley have accused Hyndburn Council of failing to support the team which helped put the town on the world map. The Reds claim they have fought a two-year red tape battle with the council in a bid to get cash
"Excuse me, you haven't seen Roar's drum, have you?" asked a concerned Rovers official. Eh? Apparently the Ewood mascot had mislaid a vital part of his equipment. But, with the Wednesday 'band' in the Darwen End and the Blackburn End drummer pounding
CHECKING on the progress of Burnley duo Carl Smith and Colin Carr-Lawton with Ethinikos this week, colleague Pete Oliver tracked down the Greek club's manager Howard Kendall. And our man was intrigued to find that, given the position of Ethinikos at the
A ROW has blown up after a Pendle councillor obtained discounted air tickets through an official fact-finding visit to Kashmir even though he was not part of the delegation. Pendle Labour Group said Liberal Safdar Hussain bought cut-price tickets for
I SHARE the anger of the town's Liberal Democrat leader, Councillor Gordon Birtwistle, at the disclosure that staff at Burnley College got Christmas-present "profit sharing" handouts worth a total of £60,000. Not just because, as he says, there are plenty
POLICE investigating a quick-fingered conman who preys on old folk have urged residents with elderly neighbours to help. Inspector Stuart Coates, of Darwen Police, appealed for information about the man after two more addresses in Darwen were targeted
A TEENAGER was fighting for her life today after suffering multiple injuries when she plunged through the upstairs window of a terraced house. Kelly Duckworth, 19, was found lying in the street after the incident in Branch Road, Burnley, yesterday. She
STAFF at Little Harwood Post Office are celebrating National Lottery success after scooping a top award in a retailers scheme. The store is among just 2,000 lottery retailers in the country to recieve a Gold Standard in Camelot's Best Lottery Practice
YOUNGSTER Uwais Hassan sent a balloon up, up and away in a race organised by his school - and got a letter from Denmark in reply. Uwais, seven, joined other pupils at Audley Infants School, Blackburn, taking part in the balloon race last month. Danish
A SEVERELY disabled five-year-old boy is off to Florida to swim with dolphins after a successful £10,700 appeal. Luke Hill, of Shadsworth, Blackburn, cannot walk or talk because of brain damage sustained when his skull was fractured as a baby. But his
A DRUNKEN woman who started a blaze at her council home had to be dragged out unconscious. Burnley Crown Court heard how "chronic alcoholic" Michelle Wheatley, 31, had children from a previous relationship, but did not have a clue how old they were. Wheatley
BURNLEY utility man Peter Swan is facing a six-week absence as he needs a cartilage operation to sort out his knee problems. It's another blow for Turf Moor boss Stan Ternent but has been tempered by the rapid return to action of Glen Little. Little,
CONFIDENT Newcastle believe they are still bang on course to meet Everton in the FA Cup quarter finals. Manager Ruud Gullit was in bullish mood after his team had been held 0-0 by Blackburn Rovers at St James's Park 10 days ago. And he and his players
VIOLENT crime and public disorder in Clitheroe town centre looks set to be tackled with a series of get tough measures. Police, traders and businesses have all voiced concern about problems in the town over the weekends. Crime rates rise on Friday and
Val Cowan Surfs the Net HUMAN rights organisation Amnesty International has launched a new web site called Rhetoric Vs Reality, which aims to expose another site Amnesty says is presenting "misleading information" about Tunisia. The Amnesty site, http
HEAVY snow cut off much of Rossendale and police motorcyclists took hot drinks to trapped motorists as the M66 ground to a halt. Several villages on high ground in the Ribble Valley were also cut off while the M65 was reduced to one lane in each direction
TONY BLAIR's launch of the National Changeover Plan - spending tens of millions of pounds preparing Britain to join the euro - is, he says, not a change of policy, only a change of gear. But as the wraps now come off the leadership's previously cautious
REGARDING your article (LET, February 9) concerning council rent arrears and also the issue of council tax owed, why can't this money be taken at source? When I was working, my Income Tax, National Insurance and pension contributions were taken from my
FIRST, Len Rushton (Letters, February 11) had a go at me, and now a Mr B Maguire (Letters, February 17). I'd like a final word on this whole issue of Rev Kevin Logan's attack on the homosexual community. Don't take me to task, Mr Maguire - I never once
THREE actresses from Burnley have been picked to play the roles of the Pankhurst family suffragettes in a BBC1 Northwest Tonight feature. Brenda Kean, who is well-known for her work with the fiftysomething Theatre Company, will take on the role of Emily
I SEEM to have upset G E Rayner (Letters, February 18) by giving credit where credit was due - to well-paid Tory MPs Nigel Evans and Iain Duncan-Smith. I wrote (Letters, February 12) of an actuality that has only now been resolved and was more concerned
REGARDING your report (LET, February 11) on the refusal of Blackburn's town hall planners to allow the National Westminster Bank to install wheelchair access to their premises, one of the reasons given was it's being a listed building. So are the old
A FILM of life in Burnley over the last 100 years is being planned by Burnley Camcorder Group. The film to be released for the new millennium will be produced to coincide with a book being prepared by Towneley Hall. Camcorder Group chairman David Parker
THE Times obituary column of December 8, 1998, announced the death at the age of 86 of Baron Robert Rochschild, Belgium Ambassador to Britain from 1973 to 1976, during the reign of Prime Minister Edward Heath. The two were great friends and linked in
CAMPAIGNERS calling for a ban on the sale of genetically engineered products at foodstores say they will step up their protests in the light of mounting public concern. Burnley and District Friends of the earth protested outside Burnley's Sainsbury store
A TEENAGER was fighting for her life today after suffering multiple injuries when she plunged through the upstairs window of a terraced house. Kelly Duckworth, 19, was found lying in the street after the incident in Branch Road, Burnley, yesterday. She
A PIECE Of Burnley FC history has been brought back to the heart of Turf Moor to kick start plans for a Clarets museum. Chairman Barry Kilby has revealed that a claret and blue shirt from the 1914 FA Cup Final and two medals will begin a collection which
HIGHWAYS bosses say resurfacing work which will cause two months of motorway delays should help safeguard the future of barn owls living near the M65. A £2.6 million resurfacing project began this week between the Huncoat and Burnley junctions. Highways
OUTDOOR clothing firm Karrimor has finally been sold with a £9 million price tag after weeks of negotiations. The firm, which employs around 150 at its Clayton-le-Moors headquarters, has been bought by South African leisure group Cullinan Holdings. And
A PENSIONER who sexually assaulted two schoolgirls has begun a three-year jail term. Brian Waddington, 66, showered young girls with gifts and offered his two victims cash to let him indecently assault them. Burnley Crown Court heard how one of the children
AN institution which has raised money for Accrington Victoria Hospital for 90 years has made its last donation. The Accrington Linen League, established by wives of doctors and other prominent men in 1908, has now officially disbanded. The group, which
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Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy A QUESTION which I am often asked is why do flowers bloom in the spring. The answer is simple. Tall trees spread their leaves in summer and cut out the sunlight to the flowers and small shrubs. The trees time the emergence
LIVERPOOL keeper Brad Friedel is developing a poor reputation with the Anfield faithful. But it's not the American's fault. Eager autograph hunters camped outside the players' exit on match days have recently been unable to secure the American's signature
WE should not walk on by when we see crime or anti-social behaviour being committed, says Home Secretary Jack Straw. But fine though this is in theory, in practice would not ordinary citizens have no need to run the risk of either a kicking from a criminal
I SENT a donation to Labour MP 'Red' Ken Livingstone this week - though I've no time for his dinosaur-style of socialism. And, after all, when he was in charge of the old Greater London Council, it was loony Leftism institutionalised and l don't think
THOMAS McClung, 20, of Bute Crescent, Paisley, Glasgow, was fined £150 with £45 costs by Blackburn magistrates after admitting using threatening behaviour and failing to answer bail. Emma Keogh, prosecuting, said McClung and three other men were standing
