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  • Welcome crackdown on nuisance

    THE ordeal that two families suffered at the hands of nuisance neighbour Michael Stuart Kirby were summarised by a police chief as "years of torment." And what a hell they underwent in 19 years living next door to him. One of the couples had their kitchen

  • Thin's in is wrong

    I FEEL sorry for the ladies who are constantly bombarded by images of thin, almost bulimic women on TV, in films and other media. Thinness is not the norm, so why don't producers, editors and the like -- especially when fashion is involved -- show more

  • Cellar 'spy' not so good

    REGARDING your report on the 'spy in the cellar' (LET, July 3), while having the highest regard for club owner Margo Grimshaw, who supports the device that some licensees object to brewers Daniel Thwaites installing, you quite rightly pointed out that

  • Smear wait a disgrace

    WHY is it that women in the Blackburn area have to wait an alarming six to eight weeks to hear the result of their vital cervical smear test? We're constantly told early detection of cancer saves lives, yet this makes a mockery of cancer awareness. The

  • £750 fine after landlord's illegal eviction

    A LANDLORD has narrowly escaped being sent to jail after he illegally kicked out a mother and son from one of his properties. Tahir Khaliq was given a two year conditional sentence after he pleaded guilty to illegally evicting tenant Carole Gregory and

  • Boro out of Sutton chase

    MIDDLESBROUGH have formally withdrawn from the race to sign Chris Sutton, putting Rovers' move for Brian Deane on hold. The former Blackburn striker had asked for more time to weigh up a £6 move from Chelsea with Celtic and Aston Villa also in the running

  • Navy plants hearts of oak

    THE Royal Navy is to leave a lasting memory in Lancashire by planting oak trees at a school in Preston. Captain Dave Nickisson, a Royal Navy careers officer, planted the saplings at the Archbishop Temple School, in St Vincent's Road, as part of a national

  • Back to an old haunt

    A GROUP of psychics are set to return to their old retreat following a series of bumps in the night... Preston Psychic Club are to hold regular seances at the Unicorn pub after it was discovered that it harboured a ghost dating back to the 16th Century

  • Wildlife plan 'ignored'

    AN independent councillor has launched a fierce tirade on Preston Borough Council for not honouring its commitments to protect wildlife. Coun Terry Cartwright has attacked a council strategy plan, produced in conjunction with Lancashire Wildlife Trust

  • Top gallery talent-spot artists' work

    TWO self-taught Preston artists are to have a brush with fame after being spotted by a curator from a major London gallery. As a result of their artwork on show across the Fylde, Dave Crossley and Pete Ball have been commissioned to produce a masterpiece

  • Breaking the Euro barriers

    A PRESTON councillor has spearheaded a a pro-European event. Broadgate councillor Alan Valentine (pictured) together with Sara Priem, the president of the Young European Movement, attended the first day of the week-long Preston Youth 2000 conference which

  • Petrol prices are 'ripping folk off'

    THE SPIRALLING cost of petrol has prompted a furious attack from a Preston Tory candidate. Graham O'Hare, Preston's Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, has slammed the escalating cost of fuel -- accusing Tony Blair of 'ripping folk off'

  • Support for action areas

    POLICE say they have had tremendous public support for Burnley's new action areas aimed at combating crime and disorder in the community. Four districts of town -- the Burnley Lane area of Daneshouse, Brunshaw, Burnley Wood and Leyland Road -- are the

  • Body on moor is missing former milkman

    A BODY found on the moors above Trawden has been identified as that of missing Burnley man Colin Patchett. A post mortem examination suggested there were no suspicious circ- umstances, said Det Insp Steve Brunskill. The badly dec- omposed body was found

  • Infirmary chefs clean up

    EIGHT caterers from Royal Lancaster Infirmary have been awarded their Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate after an intensive five week course. The course was optional, and involved many hours of study for the dedicated caterers, including chefs, supervisors

  • Council grits teeth over payout

    A COUNCIL road gritting team has scooped a tax-free £1,000-a-head payout -- even though the men spent the winter nights at home with their feet up. Burnley council has agreed to hand out the money to the winter maintenance squad for NOT working after

  • Shield is added to impressive display

    LANCASTER Castle played host to one of Lancashire's most charming events last Friday. The castle's magnificent Gothic Shire Hall saw the High Sheriff of Lancashire, Rodney Newman Swarbrick Esq, CBE, DL, present the shield to Mr Eric Jones, Constable of

  • University gets clean bill of health

    LANCASTER University has been given a clean bill of financial health in a report from a city lender. But the sport by Standard and Poor's warns that the university could face new financial challenges in coming years. The university has now been given

  • Suitable case for treatment

    A CARNFORTH woman has spoken out after it took four hours for an ambulance to arrive at the scene of an accident. Dorothy Dickenson, of Victoria Street, was forced to use the ambulance service after her 72-year-old friend fell and fractured his leg. The

  • Knockout blow!

    FRANK Bruno and the It's a Knockout team will roll into Morecambe this weekend - but local TV viewers will miss out on the action. Channel 5 is hoping a bumper crowd will turn up to see Keith Chegwin, Lucy Alexander and big Frank host heats of the knockabout

  • Future tense for Ryelands

    THERE were stormy scenes at Lancaster Town Hall this week as Ryelands residents shouted down a £22 million proposal to demolish 250 properties on the estate to build new houses, play areas and a community centre. Angry council tenants and home owners

  • Rain means draw

    RAIN brought a premature end to the proceedings at Fox Lane where Leyland had to be content with two points in a losing draw. Fleetwood captain John Wright and Michael Dewhurst put on 36 for the first wicket before Wright was trapped lbw and six runs

  • Preston want a replay

    PRESTON have called on Lord's to order a replay of their controversial National Knockout match with Chorley last Sunday (July 2). Chorley were judged to be the winners on faster run rate when stumps were pulled at 8.30pm, a decision which mystified many

  • Soccer: Stateside trip for Trotters

    BOLTON Wanderers will travel to the United States for pre-season training because their training ground at Euxton is out of action. They have already lined up three friendlies in Denmark and after those they will fly to Indianapolis on July 21, where

  • Athletics: Powell power

    White Rose 10K: Pauline Powell was in blistering form in the White Rose 10K at Skipton finishing 13th of over 250 runners in 35:26. Only three East Lancashire runners were ahead, her Blackburn Harrier team mate Evan Cook in 8th, Alan Clarkson of Clayton

  • Soccer: Anderson signs

    Preston should complete the signing of Toulouse winger Iain Anderson today. The Scot was on loan at Deepdale at the end of last season and manager David Moyes had been working to secure his services full time since the end of last season. After missing

  • Fell running: Lakes success

    TWO local athletes have conquered the Bob Graham Round, a seventy two mile tour of the Lake District which involves climbing 27,000 feet to reach 42 peaks. To be successful it has to be accomplished in 24 hours. Jane Grundy who has been a member of Accrington

  • Golf: Gilford gets tips from Faldo

    LEADING blind golfer Andrew Gilford took the chance to pick up some tips -- and vice versa -- from former Open champion Nick Faldo this week. The Blackburn player, the country's lowest handicapped blind golfer with a mark of 13, was among a handful of

  • Golf: Dougherty in reserve

    NICK Dougherty is first reserve for Britain and Ireland as they attempt to defend the world amateur team trophy in Berlin in eight weeks' time. The Shaw Hill ace will be on stand-by as the four-man side -- Beaconfield's Luke Donald, Paul Casey, from Surrey

  • Burglar's drugs cost £1,000 a week

    A BURGLAR who helped himself to an old lady's cherished jewellery was in the grip of a cocaine and heroin addiction costing him almost £1,000 a week. Burnley Crown Court heard how Jason Davies, 27, who struck another 17 times, was so sick of his lifestyle

  • Ten years ago: War on pub drugs

    POLICE declared war on drug dealers who were stepping up their trade in pubs. Police warned landlords they could face jail sentences if they turned a blind eye to drug dealing. Police in Blackburn, Hyndburn and Rossendale had dealt with 142 cases of cannabis

  • Complex bid for entertainment

    A COUNCIL is planning to build a £3 million leisure complex itself in a bid to bring more entertainment to an East Lancashire town. Through it's joint venture company, Globe Enterprises Ltd, Hyndburn Council is currently investigating the viability of

  • Wanted boy, 13, goes on the run

    A SCHOOLBOY wanted for a string of burglaries has escaped from social workers twice in the space of a week and is believed to be on the run in the Accrington area. Police today warned residents in the Blackburn Road area of the town to be on the look-out

  • I can't tell Dean his mum's dead

    A HEARTBROKEN father who lost his wife and son following a blaze which destroyed their home today admitted he has yet to find a way to tell his Down's syndrome son that his mum and little brother are dead. Anguished Brian Stoddard says he cannot bring

  • What a nuisance!

    A NEIGHBOUR who put two families through "years of torment" has been issued with a court order which bans him from plaguing people in the street where he lives. Michael Stuart Kirby, 49, of Charles Street, Oswaldtwistle, has become the first nuisance

  • Is there a doctor on the web?

    GREAT news for everyone who holds the medical profession in utter contempt. Dr Vernon Coleman, the newspaper columnist and voice of common sense, has his own website. Brilliant. www.vernoncoleman.com

  • Site review: Just the kinda place for girls

    A NICE lady rang me up last week and asked if I wanted to do a site review of a new i-Mag aimed at teenage girls, My Kinda Place.com. As someone who is not, and never has been, a teenage girl in his life, I feel uniquely qualified to do so. I found it

  • Elementary, my virtual Watson

    INSOMNIA. It affects us all from time to time, and we all have ways of dealing with it. Me? I embrace some quiet time and use it to catch up on my Sherlockian activities. That is, I repair to some unobtrusive corner of the sprawling Gothic mansion that

  • Pre-season tickets on sale now

    TICKETS for the Clarets' home pre-season games against Premiership sides Newcastle United and Manchester City go on sale tomorrow. The tickets, costing £10 for adults and £5 concessions, will go straight on general sale for the games on Monday, July 31

  • Runaway leaders next on fixture list

    MORECAMBE return to Woodhill Lane to play St Annes, as only five points separate the two sides, the game is likely to be closely contested. They have already met twice this season. In the league, at St Annes, Morecambe got a losing draw, and in the Lancaster

  • Anderson on his way

    PRESTON North End were last night closing in on winger Iain Anderson after French club Toulouse backed down on demands for a £700,000 transfer fee. Sources inside the club say Anderson spent yesterday (Wednesday, July 5) at Deepdale thrashing out a deal

  • Service growth slowing

    THE region's service sector companies continued to grow last month but the rate of expansion slowed, a survey said today. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's (CIPS) survey of the UK service sector showed firms reporting further growth of

  • Superhighway for the m-way!

    A FIRM is planning to bring the information superhighway to the motorway after striking a major deal. Interactive Touchscreen Systems is installing internet terminals at service stations under a trial with leisure giant Granada. Visitors will be able

  • Gigg Lane set for Grand Final

    GIGG LANE, home of Bury FC and Swinton RL, will be receiving maximum coverage on Saturday July 29 as the Northern Ford Premiership Rugby League Grand Final is beamed around the North of England into hundreds of thousands of homes. Yorkshire Television

  • Court hears rape claim denied

    A DARWEN man has denied a claim that he raped a woman in her home. Robert Jackson told a jury at Preston Crown Court that he had sex by consent with the woman on the floor of her home and everything seemed fine when he left her property. The 45-year-old

  • Toxin tests go on at playground

    COUNCILLORS who dramatically closed a children's playground amid fears that cancer causing chemicals were in the soil today said they hoped to have a conclusive answer on contamination by the end of next week. Rossendale Borough Councillor Neil Smith

  • Recipe: Super scones

    SCONES WITH PLUM AND PEACH FRESH JAM AND CLOTTED CREAM (Serves six) SCONES 225g plain flour 40g creamery butter 150ml milk 15ml caster sugar JAM 300g fresh plums, stoned and sliced 200g fresh peaches, stoned and sliced 150g caster sugar grated rind of

  • Recipe: Pie in the sky

    LEMON MERINGUE PIE (Serves six) PASTRY 200g plain flour pinch of salt 100g butter cold water to mix FILLING 2 medium lemons 60ml cornflour 250ml water 25g butter 55g caster sugar 2 large egg yolks TOPPING 2 large egg whites 100g caster sugar shreds of

  • Two in court on murder charge

    TWO youngsters charged with the murder of Blackpool man Frankie Greer appeared in court this week. Detectives from Lancashire Constabulary arrested Clifford John Briggs, 18, from Attingham Walk in Denton, Manchester, along with a 16-year-old male from

  • Council 'regrets the closures'

    SOCIAL Services executive member Councillor Sue Wright sounded upset when she spoke at the meeting of the council's move to continue with the cuts in residential care provision. She said it was with regret that the plans were made. "If I had the choice

  • Head for 16 years retires

    A MASS to celebrate the achievements of a dedicated headteacher who retires this summer is to be held at St Kentigern's Church, Blackpool on June 11. Peter McCarthy (pictured), head of St Mary's RC High School, began teaching at St Joseph's College, which

  • Schools cut the red tape

    FYLDE schools are cutting back on red tape and spending more on learning, a new report says. Figures released this week by the Department of Education and Employment have revealed that schoolchildren in the area benefit more from increased spending on

  • Top Tory hears complaints

    THE Shadow Secretary for Social Security, David Willetts MP, was in town on Tuesday (July 4) speaking up for the rights of Blackpool's pensioners. This comes amid great public anger about the proposed closure of six of the town's eight council-owned residential

  • No tears from smiling clowns

    IT TAKES a lot to stop clowns from smiling, so when an East Lancashire downpour greeted Charlie and Pepsi on their first day in Blackburn, there was no danger of the grin slipping from their faces. Instead, the comedy couple quickly turned it into their

  • Drivers plan more bus strikes

    BUS drivers are stepping up their pay dispute with strikes planned for Friday July 7 and Monday July 10. Stagecoach Ribble drivers have already held seven one-day strikes as part of their long-running dispute with company bosses. Drivers based at depots

  • £1.6m lottery win

    A SYNDICATE of Blackburn factory workers is believed to have won £1.65million on the lottery -- and still turned up for work this morning! The employees at the Philips television components factory at Whitebirk hold a winning ticket from last night's

  • Our courts are in pole position

    A PIONEERING system designed to speed up the courts system for young offenders in Lancashire has paid dividends in its first year. Statistics were released by the Home Office this week on the amount of time it takes the courts to deal with persistent

  • Write on James!

    COURAGEOUS youngster James has overcome his personal handicap to scoop a national honour. A little more than two years ago James Caunce of Knowsley Road, Blackburn, fell and shoved his right hand through a plate glass window. The 10-year-old required

  • Atheltics: What's On

    THE final race in the 'On the Run' Park Series will be held tomorrow evening at Astley Park, Chorley. It is also the 6th race in the Chorley Millennium Grand Prix. The 5K run which takes place over tarmac and stone tracks starts at 7pm from the main gates

  • Atheltics: Appeal boost

    RUNNERS from all over the North West rallied around the cause when Andy O'Sullivan held his fund raiser for the British Olympic Appeal last week. The hundred and thirty athletes, who were flagged away by the 1960 high jump silver medallist Dorothy Shirley

  • Netball: Hyndburn girls net national crown

    HYNDBURN Under 13s are national netball champions. For the first time in their 15 year history, the Hyndburn youngsters beat off all opposition to be crowned the All England Netball Association National Junior Champions at Ipswich last weekend. "It was

  • Big names have designs on town

    LEADING internationally-acclaimed architects are queuing up to design Radcliffe's new museum. John Pawson, a leading British minimalist architect, has thrown his hat into the ring and sent one of his assistants to the town for a site visit. Pawson's portfolio

  • The Crooks of the matter

    CLAUDIA Schiffer versus Garth Crooks. Remind me exactly why England were rated as a bigger no hopers than Tyson's next opponent when the World Cup bid was announced today. The chances of England success were about as good as Phil Neville timing a tackle

  • Pair in custody

    AARON White, 20, of Adelaide Terrace, Blackburn, and Lee Suddick, 18, of Johnston Street, Blackburn, were remanded in custody until July 12 by Blackburn magistrates charged with taking a car from outside a car showroom. White is also charged with driving

  • Thanks for vouchers

    THE children and staff of Gisburn Primary School would like to say a very big thank you to all readers who kindly sent Tesco vouchers to our school. This year we collected 7,800. We have banked these and, hopefully, next year, or the year after, we will

  • Mobiles a menace

    ACCORDING to a mobile phone company's advertisements, the train can be your office, sending written messages and e-mails. They don't mention you can also take and make calls to the general annoyance of other passengers. Between them, mobile phone poseurs

  • Wrong end of stick

    G METCALFE (Letters June 30) appears to have completely grasped the wrong end of the stick in his implication that the cost of policing hunts is in some way due to a need to control the behaviour of the hunt participants. The opposite is in fact the case

  • No justice in drug decision

    AS readers may have heard, NICE, the government advisory body on health treatment, is proposing to withdraw funds for the only prescribed drug available to help multiple sclerosis sufferers -- Beta interferon. NICE knows that this drug has been scientifically

  • No thanks to government

    WITH reference to Hyndburn Labour councillors Jean Battle and Pam Barton (Letters, June 30) highlighting empty properties, it is quite convenient to ask questions now, but let us not forget that it was under the last Labour administration that grants

  • £1.6m lottery win

    A SYNDICATE of Blackburn factory workers is believed to have won £1.65million on the lottery -- and still turned up for work this morning! The employees at the Philips television components factory at Whitebirk hold a winning ticket from last night's

  • What a nuisance!

    A NEIGHBOUR who put two families through "years of torment" has been issued with a court order which bans him from plaguing people in the street where he lives. Michael Stuart Kirby, 49, of Charles Street, Oswaldtwistle, has become the first nuisance

  • Leigh hit by Dean stunner

    CRAIG Dean will play no further part in Leigh Centurions' push for Grand Final glory. The scrum-half has had surgery to cure a groin problem and his season is over. "It's a disappointment," admits coach Paul Terzis. "But even with a couple of weeks rest

  • EU laws for everyone

    LANCASHIRE MEP Chris Davies was today taking a leading role in a battle over the environment. Mr Davies was due to tackle the issue of whether European environmental law should be enforced in the UK and every other EU country at the European Parliament

  • Birthday celebrations

    ENVIRONMENTAL projects in East Lancashire funded by Lancashire Waste Services (LWS) are celebrating today (July 6). The LWS Lancashire Environment Fund supports a wide range of projects across the county from research and development into minimising waste

  • Pedal of the Nile

    A BIG-hearted worker from Sharoe Green Hospital, in Preston, is gearing up for a challenge of a lifetime. Charity champ Gordon Jackson, 46, of Almond Close, Penwortham, will be putting the wheels in motion when he sets off on a cycle trek along the banks

  • Homing in on thugs

    PEOPLE in Preston and Leyland can look forward to a safer community after Lancashire Probation Service announced its plan for cutting crime in the area. In their annual report published this week, probation chiefs have outlined details of how they intend

  • Homes chiefs answer critics

    HOUSING bosses in Burnley have hit back at council critics who condemned the standard of workmanship at some under-renovation homes in the town. Burnley and Padiham Housing chiefs say there have been problems with two jobs on a Brunshaw estate project

  • Vandals incite church's wrath

    A CHURCH minister has spoken out over the lack of response by the police after two of his churches were badly vandalised. Canon Jim Duxbury said thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to St Margaret's Church, in Hapton, at the weekend, and that

  • Lounge wizards!

    TWO Lancaster music makers are taking lounge music to dizzy new heights. Living Room are an acoustic duo, James Wood and Steve Lewis, who are looking for local living rooms to stage impromptu, improvised music. Using guitar, voice and percussion, their

  • Vandalism on the rise claim

    A MORECAMBE estate agent had the windows of his new office smashed as violence erupted in Morecambe over the weekend. Ian Thomas of Ian R Thomas estate agents had only recently seen work completed at his new office on Pedder Street. Yet he will now have

  • City's benefits management questioned

    THE PUBLIC has snubbed a special council hotline set up to shop local benefit cheats. Only seven cases have been reported to the anonymous hotline and, of the three that were followed up, none led to prosecutions. The low response to the shop-a-cheat

  • Pets left to die in skip

    SHAKEN but still alive, these gerbils have had an amazing escape. Callously dumped by heartless owners, the tiny animals were found by a passer-by in a skip on Maurice Road, Nelson, and were handed in at the animal welfare centre RSPCA Altham. It is not

  • Youths serve up abuse to Julie

    TENNIS players had to call out police after a gang of youths started hurling obscene comments and making rude gestures at a female player. Geoff and Julie Brindle are members of Craven Tennis Club and play doubles in the Burnley Marsden Evening League

  • Preston dented

    BLACKPOOL were struggling at 96 for 5 and Preston must have thought they were in with a chance of pulling off a surprise, but a 48-runs partnership for the sixth wicket between Steven Croft and Paul Danson dented Preston hopes. Danson and Darron Walton

  • John 50 a boost for DAF

    IT WAS a brighter performance by Leyland DAF at Lune Road where their four points from a losing draw took them off the bottom of the table. DAF captain David Makinson put Lancaster in but David Heywood and Danny Hagan knocked up 57 for the first wicket

  • Soccer: Barry back at Bury

    Oswaldtwistle's Barry Shuttleworth, who was released by then Shakers boss Stan Ternent in 1998 and has been at Blackpool for the last couple of seasons, is on trial at Bury. Other trialists include Mike Lyons and Amrit Sidhu from Derby County.

  • Athletics: Mixed marathon blessings

    MIXED pair Ray Moulding and Eileen Peat beat all the veteran men's teams to take the veteran's prize in the two day long Saunders Mountain Marathon. To qualify as veterans their combined ages had to exceed 80, in fact it exceeds 120. Their remarkable

  • Fell running: Viga thirsty three

    Newly crowned fell champion Katie Ingram was beaten by Chorley Harrier team mate Victoria Snape at the Viga Thirsty Three at Heapey, but both girls finished ahead of all the senior ladies. Peter Dickenson was the leading junior man in a race won by Blackpool

  • Angling: Leeds lands bronze

    ANGLER John Leeds landed a superb bronze medal in the individual event of the Embassy Division One National Championship -- angling's number one event! Leeds, a 33-year-old slaughterman from Langroyd Road, Colne, enjoyed the best result of his angling

  • Local cricket: Gillespie handed Aussie recall

    RISHTON pro Jason Gillespie has been recalled into the Australian squad. The pace bowler will be playing in a limited over three-match indoor series against South Africa in Melbourne. It's a blow to Rishton who have recently begun to find consistent form

  • Five years ago: Cemfuel and asthma

    "HORRENDOUS" levels of asthma in children in the Ribble Valley were blamed on Cemfuel in a new independent study. Dr Dick Van Steenis, a retired GP interested in pollution-related asthma, told a meeting of Cemfuel campaigners that the explanation for

  • Lock up your shed

    POLICE are urging people living in Oswaldtwistle to lock up their garages and sheds following a spate of break-ins in the area. Burglars are getting easy access to expensive items which should be locked up in garages and sheds, says DS Mark Rothwell of

  • MP joins leaflet row quit call

    A LABOUR MP has joined calls for a councillor embroiled in a row over allegedly racist election leaflets to quit his seat on an Hyndburn Council's new cabinet. Coun Douglas Deakin took the council's personnel portfolio after last month's election. During

  • A site that goes up to 11

    A FEW years back there was a big survey to find the funniest film ever made; the result was a much-deserved win for This Is Spinal Tap. And you can't argue with that. Find out just how funny it is, and continues to be, at the official Spinal Tap website

  • Caring face of business.

    BUSINESSES which give something back to the community are celebrated on a new section on our This is Lancashire site. The Care Index aims to make sure that firms that do good deeds get those deeds publicised to the community they are serving. Businesses

  • Table talk

    YOU are organising a top-notch social function; you've got the food right, the bar is all set up, the venue is perfect -- but how do you keep your guests amused after the coffee and petit-fours have been dished up? Simple, just click onto Speakers Corner

  • Bootleg cigarette seller jailed

    BOOTLEG cigarette seller Andrew Bailey, whose customers were workmates at British Aerospace in Samlesbury, was jailed for two months when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates. And stipendiary magistrate Jonathon Finestein said the sentence should

  • Veggie food for thought

    IT'S amazing what you can find out when you're wired up. As a leading web journalist type, I get reams of interesting facts and figures emailed direct to my computer screen, ready to share with you, the loyal readers of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph

  • Youngsters on track or awards success

    BLACKPOOL'S leading pack of budding sports stars have cleared the first hurdle to track and field glory by becoming the first in the resort to cross the winning line and achieve a coveted national coaching qualification. Twenty seven pupils at Collegiate

  • McGuinness a winner all the way

    MORECAMBE ace John McGuinness was on top form to claim first place in Sunday's 250cc motorcycle clash at Silverstone. The 26 year old led from start to finish, edging out his closest championship rival Callum Ramsey by four seconds. "I concentrated on

  • Police issue date-rape drug warning

    POLICE fear Lancaster clubbers are falling prey to so-called 'date rape' drugs after a series of incidents in the city centre. Officers have warned revellers to keep a close eye on their drinks following five incidents in recent weeks where victims have

  • Island trip

    BURNLEY Supporters Club are hoping to run a trip to Burnley's opening game in the Isle of Man tournament on Sunday, July 23. The one-night stay at the Stakis Douglas Hotel kicks off with a coach departure from Colne at 11pm on Friday, July 2, picking

  • Brass happy to battle

    CLARETS stalwart Chris Brass is ready to stay and fight for his place as he lines up another crack at First Division football. Brass started just four League games as Burnley clinched promotion last season. But rather than look for pastures new, Brass

  • Foxes hunt Davidson

    LEICESTER City are ready to swoop for Rovers defender Callum Davidson as Graeme Souness begins to streamline his Ewood Park squad. Davidson effectively became surplus to requirements once Souness signed Liverpool left-back Stig Inge Bjornebye. And Leicester

  • One in four take no break

    ONE in four office workers in the region don't take a lunch break, according to a new survey today. A poll of 1,000 staff found that six out of 10 only leave the office for 30 minutes or less at lunch time. In contrast, office workers in Spain take a

  • Concern grows for missing mum

    Concern is growing for the safety of a mother-of-five who has been missing from home since Tuesday. Margaret Sprague, 54, of Sudell Road said she was going to visit a friend and never returned. She is white, 5ft 8in with a medium build, curly brown greying

  • Making miles of cash

    KEEN cyclist Terry Unsworth is relying on pedal power to help raise cash for two good causes. The 57-year-old married father-of-two, a sales manager at Brookhouse Composites Ltd, based at Darwen's famous India Mill, has joined 23 other Bike Aid cyclists

  • Recipe: Bubbling with flavour

    BUBBLE AND SQUEAK WITH HONEY ROASTED SAUSAGES (Serves four) INGREDIENTS: 450g cooked creamy mashed potato 1 small cabbage, finely shredded 1 onion, finely sliced 30ml vegetable oil 450g pork sausages 15ml clear honey 25g flaked almonds PREHEAT oven to

  • Oh I say...Wimbledon week recipes

    WITH Wimbledon fortnight well under way, there is no better time to celebrate all things British -- even if our players haven't much to celebrate. And that doesn't mean dripping umbrellas and extortionately expensive strawberries and cream. Traditional

  • Lottery bid to perk up park

    FLEETWOOD'S Memorial Park could soon be set for a £500,000 facelift if a bid for lottery funding is approved. An application for £375,000 is due to be put to the Heritage Lottery Fund's (HLF) urban parks programme and the bid was welcomed at a recent

  • Tate's end of the pier show

    MURALS on Blackpool's South Pier could be described as "way out"... and that has resulted in two Lancashire sign artists exhibiting at London's Tate Britain gallery. Partners Dave Crossley and Cleveleys-born Pete Ball, of Preston-based Wet Paint, have

  • Cinema usher shoots thriller

    A ST ANNES cinema usher is calling all the shots now as he sets about directing his first short film. James Wolstenholme, of Coniston Avenue, St Annes, along with two friends Simon Morgan and Jemma Twist, start shooting a 20-minute film called Psycho

  • WPC's claim causes crisis crisis

    WOMAN Police Constable Reehaina Saddique has plunged Lancashire police into an embarrassing crisis. Two weeks ago, the man she accused of sexual harassment, PC Paul Wilkinson, was found dead in his burnt-out car at Much Hoole on the outskirts of Preston

  • £27.5m truck deal

    A TRUCK dealer has won a £27.5million order to supply more than 500 vehicles. JDS Trucks of Forrest Street, Blackburn, is celebrating what is the largest ever civilian order of Renault trucks outside France. Salford-based vehicle rental and contract hire

  • Music award marks quality

    LANCASHIRE'S music service has been acknowledged with the prestigious Investors in People Award. The service provides support to pupils in schools, colleges and music centres throughout East Lancashire. The service also runs a number of high quality orchestras

  • Classrooms could empty at wakes week

    HEAD TEACHERS in Blackburn are today facing the prospect of empty classrooms during the final week of term after it was discovered the last day will fall after the start of the town's traditional holiday weeks. Schools under the local education authority

  • Keep pet Joe behind bars

    AN animal lover has been issued with another warning about her pet monkey -- he has to be kept under lock and key until his fate is decided. Mary Stanton, 73, of Harrison Street, Blackburn, has allowed her capuchin monkey Joe to roam free in her home

  • £500,000 bid to update museum

    A HUGE half a million pound improvement package has been put together for the under-used and outdated Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. Blackburn with Darwen Council has unveiled plans to integrate the two museums, create new display areas, build a cafe

  • Netball: England hopes

    HYNDBURN'S Lyndsay Parkinson will have to be on top form at the weekend when she competes in the England netball trials. The 13-year-old Bury Grammar school pupil enjoyed success last weekend, firing her side to victory in the National Championships in

  • Athletics: Race Calendar

    July Thur 6th Aggies Staircase 4M/900' (Darwen) Fell Fri 7th Park Series 5K (No 3) Chorley (Millennium GP6) Park Sat 8th Tockholes Gala Fell Race (provisional) Fell Sun 9th Ron Hill Leyland 10M Road Sun 9th Preston Women's 10K Road Tues 11th Stoodley

  • Great Stott's bronze

    THE Blackburn and District CTC racing section enjoyed an outstanding day of success last Saturday in the 25 mile national championship for CTC members on a course near Hull. Ian Stott of Clayton-le-Moors pedalled his 90 inch fixed gear machine at over

  • Athletics: English title for Ingram

    KATIE Ingram ran the last 100 yards of the Sheephouse Lane Fell Race at Rivington with a beaming smile on her face, knowing that she had clinched the English under 16 fell championship. "I had been very nervous before, I knew it was a tough race, and

  • Athletics: Track Round Up

    HYNDBURN'S Anna Griffiths had a day to remember in the first ever McDonald's meeting at Preston's new track. She won the 'Field athlete of the match' award after winning the under 13 shot with a Grade 1 Standard 8.85. She also raced to a Grade 1 Standard

  • County cricket: Lancs finally find top gear

    ANDY Flintoff hailed Lancashire's best one-day performance of the season before linking up with the England squad in London today. They crushed Essex by 68 runs to book a NatWest Trophy quarter final at Surrey or Sussex, with Flintoff proving his fitness

  • GOLF: Eaton knocks on Open door

    SIMON Eaton will be looking to go one step further than last year when he tees it up in regional qualifying for the Open Championship. The Burnley assistant made it to the final qualifying stage 12 months ago and will be out to follow the same route when

  • Elderly demonstrators protest

    ANGRY throngs of banner-waving demonstrators gathered outside the town hall yesterday (July 5) to protest about Blackpool Borough Council's plans to close six out of the eight council-owned residential homes. During the debate councillors were heckled

  • Rain denies Pool

    Preston 44 - 6, Blackpool 191-7 PRESTON won the toss and put Blackpool in to bat. And it appeared a very prudent decision when Blackpool lost their first wicket with only one run on the scoreboard. Martin Pickles was caught behind by Paul Mann off Julian