CRICHTON: Never overly extended, the keeper did what he had to and had no chance with the City winner...6 ROBERTSON: Pleasing return from injury for the right-back who came through a tough test against Mark Kennedy with honours even...7 COWAN: Another
A FORMER town hall could be turned into flats, if councillors are prepared to accept a lower cash offer for the building. Government rules mean that Pendle Council, which owns Barnoldswick Town Hall, must get the best possible price for it and the authority's
BURNLEY duly bowed out of the Worthington Cup last night and were also hit heavily in the pocket as a result of a lack of television interest and a small Turf Moor crowd. But Clarets chairman Barry Kilby took the financial blow on the chin and is still
ASYLUM seekers from overseas who want refuge in Britain may be on their way to East Lancashire under emergency measures unveiled by Blackburn MP and Home Secretary Jack Straw. Council leaders in the area have pledged to do all they can to help Mr Straw
Worthington Cup 1st round, 2nd leg: Burnley 0 Man City 1 (aggregate 0-6) - Pete Oliver's match verdict CREDIBILITY restored, Burnley can now concentrate on the League - as the cup vanquished say. With no chance of overhauling a five-goal first-leg deficit
WORKERS were today due to attend the funeral of a popular colleague who died after a battle against cancer. Catherine Louise Allman, 28, of Swan Meadow, Clitheroe, died in the Royal Preston Hospital on Thursday. She lived with her parents Les and Audrey
ROSSENDALE recorded their first league victory of the season last night thanks to veteran striker Jim McCluskie. The former Morecambe front man scored twice and club captain Simon O'Brien netted the other as United proved too strong for the Cols. It took
NORWEB announced the axing of 1,200 jobs - more than a fifth of its workforce. And a spokesman said the company couldn't guarantee jobs would not be affected at the major Whitebirk depot in Blackburn and other sites in East Lancashire. Norweb blamed price
AUSTRALIA coach Geoff Marsh is to resign at the end of the current tour of Sri Lanka - and that could alert Lancashire. The Old Trafford club have still to decide how to fill the gap left by Dav Whatmore, now back in charge of Sri Lanka, and Marsh's name
THE East Lancashire Football League is desperately short of referees for the season which starts on Saturday, August 28. Anyone interested in officiating on the league is asked to contact the referees appointments secretary Eric Norman on 01254 208192
I AM amazed that any politicians can advocate the legalising of cannabis. Tobacco was initially hailed as the panacea for all known ailments. Now, it is supposed to be the cause of most life-threatening ills. Tests on cannabis have shown that it destroys
WINS for Millennium and Peel Park mean that the championships of both divisions in the Accrington and District Cricket League will not be decided until the final round of matches on Saturday. A 52-run victory for Millennium over Attock moved them to within
FOR a man of such high calibre as Mr Roy Martin to resign from Blackburn with Darwen Racial Equality Council after being a member for many years, then there is something seriously amiss. And, I am afraid, there is probably more to this than meets the
JOHN Blunt in his article "Campaign overkill" (LET, August 11) summed up the bloodsports fiasco in a straightforward, down-to-the-knuckle way. He doesn't pull punches. He sums up and says what so many of us believe - that fox-hunting, grouse shooting,
A taxi driver was hit with a bottle and his windscreen was smashed in an early morning attack. The driver picked up three men all with shaven heads in Accrington at 4am on Saturday and took them to Burnley. One of them gave a false address and on arriving
BURNLEY'S bid for more police to stamp out lawlessness in the town has been rejected by Lancashire Chief Constable Pauline Clare. Council bosses called for more officers on the streets following a town-wide wave of protests against vandals, wreckers and
AN amateur singer is hoping to make a record to raise funds for kidney disease sufferers. David Navin, 30, of Chapel Street, Rishton, has been inspired by the struggles of his partner Jackie Navin against ill health. Jackie, a 37-year-old mother of four
BURNLEY duly bowed out of the Worthington Cup last night and were also hit heavily in the pocket as a result of a lack of television interest and a small Turf Moor crowd. But Clarets chairman Barry Kilby took the financial blow on the chin and is still
DEMOLITION workers have moved in to knock down a ramshackle pavilion which became a meeting place for boozy nuisance teenagers. The former playgroup building at Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle, was highlighted by a neighbourhood policeman as a den where
ENGINEERING group Wyko is close to sealing a management buy-out deal valuing the industrial distribution and engineering group at £92.2 million. The company, which operates the Swan Bearings site in Blackburn, said it was in continuing discussions with
WORRIED residents affected by plans for the largest housing estate in Pendle in years will get twice as long as usual to have their say over the proposals. Despite advice from planning officers, Labour and Conservative councillors put aside political
Notts County 2 Bury 0 (agg: 2-1) BURY crashed out of the Worthington Cup to a Notts County side who were much the inferior in both legs of the tie. Bury were coasting comfortably but infuriatingly failed to score a number of great chances. Then, in the
TOPSY-TURVY Clitheroe, missing several key players, slumped to a disappointing defeat at league leaders Fleetwood last night. A headed goal from substitute Keith Johnstone just 14 minutes from time settled this First North Western Trains League First
WAS there not a curious fact buried away in the reports last week of the murder of convicted drug dealer John Neale and his wife, who were stabbed to death at their South London home? For it was disclosed that the Rolls-Royce-driving Mr Neale had been
FED up with your job? Career plan going down the pan? How about a gift of £10,000 from the taxpayer to make you feel better and persuade you to try your luck in another calling? Don't scoff - this is a serious plan to wave the disillusioned officers in
The opinions expressed by John Blunt are not necessarily those of this newspaper AS the pictures fade of the annual rite of 18-year-olds hugging each other in ecstasy over their A-level successes as pass rates rose for the 17th year running, it seems
A LIMITED edition polo shirt to mark the tenth anniversary of the Great British Rhythm & Blues festival is sure to hit the right note with the tens of thousands of fans expected to converge on Colne this weekend, according to organisers. "I'm sure
TINY tot Tom Whipp lent his dad a helping hand to lead a campaign to save a Pendle baby clinic. Ten-month-old Tom and other babies whose parents use the facilities at Butts Clinic, Barnoldswick, helped launch a petition to persuade health bosses not to
FIRE chiefs have launched an urgent investigation after children risked setting off a potentially lethal timebomb by starting a fire in a disused mill packed with discarded gas cylinders and tonnes of timber. The first floor of the mill, in Aqueduct Street
MANCHESTER City boss Joe Royle gave Terry Cooke the benefit of the doubt over whether his Worthington Cup winner against Burnley last night was intentional. Cooke completed a 6-0 first-round aggregate win for the First Division club with the only goal
RAIL bosses who run services in East Lancashire have been told to improve the way they deal with complaints from passengers. First North Western, along with other rail operators, have been warned by rail watchdog supremo Tom Winsor, that they must deal
LANCASHIRE'S chief constable has spoken about her fight to get things right after her management style was put under an "uncomfortable spotlight" by a highly critical independent report. But Pauline Clare goes on to reveal in her own annual report that
BRIAN Kidd was today hoping to complete the first phase of his Ewood rebuilding job and stressed: "It is up to us now." Benfica full back Steve Harkness completed a medical last night and Rovers were hopeful that last minute "technical hitches" at the
Fair, Corporation Park, Blackburn. Alf Wright's Music Hall, Blakeys Cafe Bar, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 4pm. "Bringing History Alive," Turton Tower. 1pm-4pm. Stagecraft, Haslingden Public Hall, Regent Street, 9am-4pm. American Line Dancing, King
COURAGEOUS Steven Tomlinson from Preston won Blackburn's Europrint two-mile fun run, and afterwards revealed that he was awaiting results from a heart test. Fifteen-year-old Steven, who runs for the Lancashire Cross Country team, had experienced chest
DARWEN boss Steve Wilkes had keeper Lee Purvis to thank for two stunning saves which preserved his side's 100 per cent record in the First North Western Trains League Second Division. After Michael Douglas had given The Anchormen an early lead, Purvis
A PLAGUE of disease-carrying rats was threatening to invade towns and villages throughout Britain, a shock report warned. And East Lancashire environmental health departments had already taken on more staff to catch the slippery potential killers. The
RESULTS - Division One: Cherry Tree 95 (P Newton 7-40), Great Harwood 96-1 (C Ramsker 78); Earby 128, Clitheroe 129-1 (J Green 59, M Coulter 57); BGSOB 158-3 (P Blakey 76), Ribblesdale W 160-4 (J Rain 59); Stacksteads 165-3 (P Dickinson 77), Salesbury
STANLEY new boy Gary Williams made a sensational start to his Accrington career, scoring after only 12 seconds. Manager John Coleman made four changes from the side which beat Peterlee on Saturday, including all three of his new signings from Ashton United
I THINK one of the reasons why businesses in Darwen are closing down is because people are keeping away from the alcoholics in town. Most of them sit outside the market hall. People are beginning to feel intimidated with it all. With their bad language
Bolton Wanderers 5 Darlington 3 (agg: 6-4) BOLTON won a Worthington Cup thriller against much-fancied Third Division outfit Darlington to book a passage to round two. Level from the first leg, Bolton went two goals up inside six minutes through an own
WE were pleased to read 10-year-old Michelle Dagger's observations (Nature Watch, LET, July 14) and learn that the hedgehog is still visiting her garden. Obviously, Michelle and her family know to watch out for hedgehogs when strimming. Hedgehogs nest
PADIHAM'S make-or-break victory over Ribblesdale Wanderers has kept alive the champions' hopes of giving Stephen Gee a memorable send-off at the end of the season. And it was Gee himself who played a key role in the win over Jennings Ribblesdale League
ACCORDING to your report (LET, August 18), female employees at Burnley Town Hall are having a lot of days absence because of "stress." Something should be done, they say. I will tell you about stress. I care for my 92-year-old, doubly incontinent mother
SIX Burnley fans are being offered free admission to every home game and one of the best seats at Turf Moor - but there's a catch. The club needs six stretcher bearers for all the remaining games of the season including league, cup and reserve team fixtures
A DRUNKEN man held a knife to the throat of a woman with whom he was 'infatuated' and dragged her into his house, a court heard. But Burnley Crown Court was told that Arthur Watson, 52, had acted completely out of character as he believed violence against
BRIAN Kidd was today hoping to complete the first phase of his Ewood rebuilding job and stressed: "It is up to us now." Benfica full back Steve Harkness completed a medical last night and Rovers were hopeful that last minute "technical hitches" at the
A LEARNER driver whose parents were on holiday took his father's car without permission and crashed it in Accrington before fleeing the scene, a court heard. Lee Hughie John Davis, 19, of Carter Avenue, Hapton, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and failing
CARPET fitter Graham Schofield is on a roll! Graham travels the world for Haslingden-based carpet underlay manufacturer Duralay as its demonstration and installation expert. And he was recently called in by television station Meridian to fit carpets for
Nature watch, with Ron Freethy FLOWERS always add something to the countryside but some are less welcome than others. Two plants in particular are a nuisance in and around East Lancashire. These are the giant hogweed and the rosebay willow herb. The giant
BUSINESSMAN Peter Laycock has returned to Rossendale from America with a new invention under his belt. Peter, 46, has obtained a worldwide patent for a new design of braces which make it easier for people who have difficulty getting dressed through disability
WORKMEN carrying out repairs accidentally set fire to the roof of a detached house in Fence. Flames from a blow torch set fire to insulation or dry wood and despite efforts by workmen to put out the blaze, the fire spread through the roof void causing
THIS Friday sees the final of the preliminary competition of the Hyndburn Mayoral Six-a-side Challenge between Griffin's Head of Huncoat and Accrington and District League leaders Attock at Accrington CC beginning at 6.30pm. On Bank Holiday Monday, August
POLICE had to be called to remove a drunken man from the accident and emergency unit at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Blackburn magistrates heard that Ian Buxton refused to stop shouting and swearing when told to by police and was eventually arrested after
IT GOES all the way up to the top, this pious Labourite obsession with driving motorists up the wall. The apparent reaction in Hyndburn to the salutary lesson which voters gave the council's now-ousted Labour group over its anti-car traffic calming excess
A WOMAN who demolished a neighbour's porch after accidentally accelerating her automatic car in reverse today spoke of her shock. Margaret Whittle, of East Park Avenue, Darwen, crossed the road in her P-reg Rover Metro and smashed through metal gates
GUNNER Andrew Eccles has spoken about the difficult task of helping to restore peace in war-torn Kosovo. Andrew, 27, of Darwen - known as 'Cakey' to his friends - is serving with the Fourth Regiment Royal Artillery who are part of the British contingent
