BRIAN Reid and Mark Robertson have been offered new deals to keep them at Turf Moor. The pair are out of contract in the summer but Stan Ternent wants them to stay and form part of his future plans. The Burnley boss confirmed: "I have made Brian Reid
MEMBERS of Bacup Golf Club fought to save the life of John Moffatt when he collapsed at the fifth tee on Saturday. Secretary Tom Leyland said David Trickett and Michael Tighe, who were with Mr Moffatt, gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and massaged his
POLICE have called off their search for a car involved in a suspected hit and run accident after new evidence emerged. Investigations revealed George Holdsworth, 63, of Burnley Road, Colne, injured his head in a fall rather than being hit by a car. He
CARL Hutton is the man who will lead Blackburn's celebrations to mark the start of the 21st century. HE has been given the task of co-ordinating the 52 themed weeks Blackburn with Darwen Council has planned for the year 2000. Already the council has won
GILLINGHAM manager Tony Pulis is backing Burnley to be in the Second Division play-offs next season - provided they avoid relegation this time around. It was a remarkable viewpoint to be expressed by a man whose side had just thumped the Clarets 5-0 with
AN ARMED robber made several visits to a car showroom before attempting to steal a designer jeep at gunpoint, detectives have revealed. The bogus customer tried to steal a Cherokee Jeep after taking it out on a test drive with a salesman. And police have
Blackburn Hawks 6 Swindon Chill 5 WHEN the going gets tough you can count on Hawks to come through. Bobby Haig's battlers showed true grit at the Arena on Saturday just when it looked as though their hopes of landing the English Premier League were about
BRIAN Kidd sensed problems before his side went out to take on West Ham. The Rovers boss revealed that, for the first time since he took over, he had "sniffed" some apprehension in the players. It cost them the first half when West Ham inflicted the two-goal
Burnley 0 Gillingham 5 - Pete Oliver's big match verdict THOSE of us who thought Burnley had enough points in hand and enough about them to avoid the drop should perhaps think again after this debacle. The Clarets were abysmal in all departments until
A TOWN centre pub is hoping to become the first in Blackburn to open until 2am every night. The Borough Arms in Exchange Street is applying to magistrates for a licence to serve drinks into the early hours. If the move is successful it could open up the
CHRIS Sutton today rubbished a Sunday newspaper story linking him with a £10 million move to Chelsea and told Blackburn Rovers fans - "I'm staying here." And, even if Rovers were to go down, Sutton said he would still be prepared to stay if the club wanted
STAN Ternent faced up to the crisis at Turf Moor today vowing to lead the Clarets out of relegation trouble. Ternent shouldered the blame for Saturday's debacle when Burnley were trounced 5-0 by Gillingham to slump within three points of the relegation
A DEFIANT Jack Straw was back at work today vowing not to quit over the Lawrence fiasco and insisting he had no regrets about his weekend holiday in France. But he did say that he deeply regretted the fact that the names of witnesses and informants who
West Ham United 2 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Peter White's big match verdict HARRY Redknapp's pre-match prediction had rather a hollow ring about it after Blackburn Rovers had slipped back into the Premiership's bottom three, their survival hopes looking as
Blackburn Breast Care Support Group meet Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. "A New You" - skincare and make-up demonstrations. Diabetes Awareness, St John's Centre, Victoria Street, Blackburn, 5pm-7pm. Friends in Bereavement meet
A MILLENNIUM project to boost TV reception in a village in the shadow of Pendle Hill has taken a step forward. Barley television community group, set up by the parish council and other villagers, is focusing on replacing the out-dated mast that sends
COMING back from his two-day holiday in the south of France to calls for his resignation bursting about his head, Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw remains defiant. But he ought to be chastened too. For while it was not his or his department's
A "PEACEMAKER" ended up having his ear bitten in a pub struggle. Harvey Mayor had been on the ground with his attacker, Steve Craig and hadn't noticed his injury until it bled heavily, Burnley Crown Court heard. Craig, 22, described by a judge as "no
A COUNTY Councillor is due to appear at Blackburn Magistrates this month charged with attempted gross indecency in a public toilet. John Howard Eccles, of Casterton Avenue, Burnley, is a serving county councillor for the Burnley rural area. He retired
MORE than 100 members of a small Pendle church gathered to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Guest speaker Eric Hughes, from Liverpool, was at Hebron Hall, Walter Street, Brierfield, on Saturday to mark the golden anniversary with the congregation. He was
CHRIS Sutton today rubbished a Sunday newspaper story linking him with a £10 million move to Chelsea and told Blackburn Rovers fans - "I'm staying here." And, even if Rovers were to go down, Sutton said he would still be prepared to stay if the club wanted
STAN Ternent faced up to the crisis at Turf Moor today vowing to lead the Clarets out of relegation trouble. Ternent shouldered the blame for Saturday's debacle when Burnley were trounced 5-0 by Gillingham to slump within three points of the relegation
AN event to help small firms make the right connections is being staged next month. A group of business support agencies in East Lancashire has joined forces for the event to help firms find the right way to secure additional funding or management support
A NEW range of products developed in East Lancashire which will help give street cred to city cyclists was being launched today. Carradice, based in Nelson, has designed a new range to be unveiled at a major industry exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham
MORE than 100 members of a small Pendle church gathered to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Guest speaker Eric Hughes, from Liverpool, was at Hebron Hall, Walter Street, Brierfield, on Saturday to mark the golden anniversary with the congregation. He was
A DEFIANT Jack Straw was back at work today vowing not to quit over the Lawrence fiasco and insisting he had no regrets about his weekend holiday in France. But he did say that he deeply regretted the fact that the names of witnesses and informants who
PRIMET High School has raised concerns at Pendle Council's plans to earmark an environmental site for houses. The council wants to develop the site off Highfield Avenue, Foulridge. But over the past four months students have worked with the British Trust
POLICE have called off their search for a car involved in a suspected hit and run accident after new evidence emerged. Investigations revealed George Holdsworth, 63, of Burnley Road, Colne, injured his head in a fall rather than being hit by a car. He
Four people have been charged with drugs offences following a police operation targeting suspected dealers. Police seized substances believed to be heroin after arresting five men and two women in Blackburn town centre and at a house in Great Harwood
A SON who took advantage of a banking blunder to obtain more than £12,000 which rightly belonged to his father has been jailed for six months. At a previous hearing Kevin Scranage, 31, of Oakenbottom Farm, Ewood Bridge, near Haslingden, was found guilty
A JOBLESS father of four who gave false details when he tried to rent a £600 a month flat with his girlfriend has been spared from jail. Former wine bar owner Richard Edgehill, 32, had "fanciful and unrealistic aspirations" when he gave false details
POLICE are asking for help to trace a man branded a danger to the public who escaped from a courtroom earlier this year. Detectives want to track down Blackburn man Shaun Shaw and want anyone who has seen him or knows his whereabouts to contact them.
VANDALS caused more than £1,000 worth of damage when they went on a wrecking spree at Clitheroe Castle. They smashed up a wooden bench, damaged a bowling green and broke lights in the Castle grounds. Police believe youngsters caused the damage and are
Eric Lever on why 20,000 supporters, including thousands from Burnley, were at a Rovers reserves game EAST Lancashire, alas, has had its dose of Cup fever for this year. But even if the Rovers' run had lasted, could the excitement ever have matched that
PETROL prices tumbled to £1.23 a gallon as two garages in Burnley town centre fought a price war that knocked a third off the cost of petrol in a week. Motorists queuing for the cut-price fuel caused a traffic jam to the Gannow Top M65 junction as the
LECTURERS at Accrington and Rossendale College protested at the main gates over new contracts, despite a Court of Appeal ruling that they could not strike. Staff on the peaceful "protest lines" did not try to stop people going into work. Staff at Blackburn
BY degrees, our once-repressive laws on drinking hours have begun to come up to date, but the departure being sought at Blackburn, enabling a pub to stay open until 2am every night, is one that should be approved with caution. Approval should not be withheld
REGARDING recent views on homosexuality in Your Letters, it's always interesting that, when Christians quote the Bible they always take little segments that express what they want to believe, but ignore the what goes before or after, thus presenting a
Accrington Stanley 2 Spennymoor United 3 STANLEY'S hopes of beating the drop were dealt a hammer blow after Martin Bowes' late winner settled this crucial relegation showdown. The Reds simply could not afford to lose against one of the few sides they
IN reply to Mrs Chris Wilkin-Wyke (Letters, February 9), who regards the Rev Kevin Logan's views on homosexuality as bigotry, being a God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian, I am only too pleased to see that Mr Logan is true to his calling, stating his
THE FA Cup is coming to Brunshaw Primary School next week and pupils are preparing to go football crazy. On March 10 the school will focus on football. Pupils can be photographed next to the trophy and members of the England ladies national football squad
ISN'T it rather ironic, in the light of the present situation in Kosovo, that the American Civil War was caused not by the slavery issue - though this became a cause celebre - but because certain southern states wanted to secede from the Union? Now, we
POLICE are to send a report to the Crown Prosecution Service on a road accident in which an elderly woman was seriously injured and later died. Mary Latham, 80, of Chapelhouse Road, Nelson, died in Burnley General Hospital on February 5, eight days after
SEVERAL letters have appeared recently about the review of special schools by Blackburn with Darwen local education authority. Parents, children and others are understandably anxious about what it will mean. We hope that we can set the record straight
MEMBERS of the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service are celebrating the exchange of contracts for a new resource centre in the former North West Water offices in Yorkshire Street, Burnley. It will provide accommodation, centralised
A JOBLESS father of four who gave false details when he tried to rent a £600 a month flat with his girlfriend has been spared from jail. Former wine bar owner Richard Edgehill, 32, had "fanciful and unrealistic aspirations" when he gave false details
TWO apprentice bakers have joined the upper crust! Philip Gribble, 19, and Paul Tagg, 18, have both won awards for their skills. Philip, a former pupil of Fisher More High School, Colne, was named Blackburn College's best second year part-time bakery
ASIANS are being urged to volunteer as organ donors as kidney disease increases. The Department of Health says too few people in the community register to allow their organs to be used for transplants after death. There are 574 people from the Asian community
