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  • It's hands free or face a fine

    WE all openly admit to have seen it - and surely there can be few who can honestly say that they haven't actually done it. What sin are we talking about? Using a mobile phone while driving without a hands-free kit which from today becomes an offence punishable

  • Make a difference for the children

    WE OFTEN witness in these pages the problems facing our children and young people today, including abuse and bullying, bereavement and family breakdown, extreme exam stress and truanting. I wonder if readers realise that this month they have the opportunity

  • Fact file...

    A LOOK at the key moments from the game against Spurs. ROVERS BRAD FRIEDEL: Didn't have too much to do for his first clean sheet of the season. Made one blinding save from Postiga but the Spurs striker was flagged offside anyway. 7 MARKUS BABBEL: Solid

  • Gallagher earns his Spurs

    BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness was glowing in his praise of Paul Gallagher as the teenage striker helped to inspire Rovers to a vital victory against Tottenham on Saturday. The 19-year-old Academy starlet made his full Premiership debut against the Londoners

  • Vrat's the way to hit the winner

    THE betting booths inside Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon reported brisk business in the build-up to kick-off. Blackburn fans, reacting to the news that Paul Gallagher was to make his first start in the Premiership, backed the 19-year-old in their droves

  • Woman's body in canal

    POLICE launched an investigation after the body of an elderly woman was found floating in the canal in Burnley. The body was spotted by passers-by in Thompson Park at just after 10am yesterday. Police were called and the underwater search unit were called

  • Young to give views on outdoor leisure

    SKATE park users are to be asked their views on the future of outdoor facilities for youngsters in the borough. A skate park aimed at keeping skaters out of the town centre opened in Burnley's Queen's Park earlier this year and the council have now set

  • Family devastated by Jack's tragic death

    THE devastated family of a popular Burnley pensioner today spoke of their heartache following his death in a road accident and said: "He'll be sorely missed." John Fallows, known to friends and family as Jack, was walking back to his home in Cardinal

  • Festival attracts wealth of talent

    THE prestigious Luther Greenwood Memorial Festival drew in crowds of talented youngsters and adults from across the North during its opening weekend. Young musicians flocked to the popular event to take to the stage and dazzle the judges with their talents

  • 50 years ago

    JACK Robinson, Blackburn district secretary with the Transport and General Workers union, called for a public inquiry into the reasons why a number of staff had left corporation transport over a five year period. He said there must be some reason for

  • Store reopens after revamp

    THE Co-op Food Market in Great Harwood has re-opened its doors after undergoing a massive £210,000 refurbishment. The upgraded facilities at the Queen Street store includes a new news area, improved electrical section and the introduction of butchers

  • Governor retires after 40 years

    A TRAILBLAZING former Mayor of Hyndburn has retired from the governing body of a Great Harwood school. Jessie Hall has stood down as a governor of Our Lady and St Hubert's RC Primary School, Harwood Lane after nearly 40 years on the board. The octogenarian

  • 'Horse fall' rider fighting for life

    A MAN was today fighting for his life after falling from a horse in Accrington. Police are working on several witness reports to establish how Allan Clynch, 56, of Portland Street, came to be lying in the road with serious injuries. Officers today said

  • No space for hilltop UFO

    A GIANT UFO designed to boost tourism in Hyndburn is still looking for a place to land after the scheme was rejected by councillors. The £50,000 flying saucer was one of six panopticons earmarked for East Lancashire. But the local authority has decided

  • Energy Minister opens innovative e-lab

    THE Minister of State for Energy, e-Commerce and Postal Services was today due to visit the innovative Broadband eLaboratory in East Lancashire to declare the project open. And MP Stephen Timms announced a competition which will help up to four businesses

  • There's no place like home for the football, says Stan

    BOYHOOD Sunderland fan Stan Ternent was a happy man after Burnley made their point on Saturday. Ternent returned to his native North East hoping the Clarets could darken the mood at the Stadium of Light. And after an impressive display, the Burnley boss

  • Souness defiant after bust-up

    BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today protested his innocence after a bust-up with referee Graham Poll. Souness was banished to the stand after an altercation with Poll during the second half of Saturday's 1-0 win over Tottenham at Ewood. The fiery Blackburn

  • Moore 'gutted' after draw

    GOAL hero Ian Moore admitted Burnley felt "gutted" following their thrilling 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light. The Clarets twice hit the post before Moore found the target in his 150th appearance to cancel out Kevin Kyle's first half opener for Sunderland

  • Project to help disabled gain in stature

    A NEW project to help physically disabled peopleto get involved in their local community through the use of information technology has been officially launched. 'CyberSKills' is a scheme dreamt up by Lancashire County Council's Social Services department

  • The truth behind all those DIY jobs

    I HAVE just apologised to my husband. For years I believed that he loved DIY. I genuinely thought that, when faced with a bathroom wall in desperate need of tiling and armed with the necessary gear, he was as happy as a pig in the proverbial slurry pit

  • Switch-on a dazzler

    HARDY Darreners braved the weather to enjoy the town's official Christmas Lights switch-on. More than 800 people wrapped up to join in the festivities -- with a fantastic firework display proving to be the main dazzler! Events began at 3pm when youngsters

  • Jail threat for crash dentist

    A DENTIST who crashed his car as he left a pub in Chapeltown while nearly four times the legal drink-drive limit has been warned he faces jail. Blackburn magistrates heard that Walter Rollo Gray was seen by a police officer staggering up the drive of

  • Fun day in aid of animal sanctuary

    CROWDS of supporters flocked to an open day to boost funds at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, Edenfield. Visitors saw more than 400 animals and there were lots of other attractions including stalls, raffles, face painting and tombolas. The sanctuary costs

  • Move to axe free parking

    A CONTROVERSIAL plan to charge for car parking in Rawtenstall will go out to public consultation. The scheme could generate an extra £80,000 per year, with town centre shop and office workers being asked to pay £450 a year. Councillors are keen to seek

  • Offender gets 'control and change' sentence

    A ROSSENDALE criminal has become the first person in East Lancashire to be given a tough new community sentence instead of going to jail. Philip Peter Brearley, 20, is only the third person in the county to have been made subject to the pioneering Intensive

  • Working towards better skills learning

    YOUNG people in 40 secondary schools across Lancashire will benefit from a new service to bring a business mentality into the heart of the school curriculum. The Learning and Skills Council Lancashire today revealed that the county will be a lead area

  • Tories slam postal voting proposal

    BLACKBURN Conservatives are calling on Blackburn with Darwen Council to drops plans for postal voting in next year's elections until a police investigation has been concluded. Chairman of Blackburn Conservative Association, Joe Smith, spoke out after

  • Paper boys warning

    HUNDREDS of newsagents could be breaking the law if they have not checked the age of their newspaper boys and girls. Blackburn with Darwen Council today issued a reminder that by law, children must be 13 years old or above to start any kind of part-time

  • Man dies six weeks after alleged attack

    A MAN arrested for assault could today be facing murder charges after a 29-year-old died six weeks after an attack. Andrew Rawes, formerly of Burnley Road, Blackburn, died in Queens Park Hospital on Saturday morning with his mother at his bedside. Police

  • Proposals for big shake-up in local government

    THE draft shortlist of proposals for the biggest shake-up in regional government for 30 years was announced today. Each of the three options put forward by the government's Boundary Committee would result in a major re-organisation of councils in East

  • Match stats...

    THE key moments and player ratings from the game against Barnet. JAMIE SPEARE Back in the starting line-up for the first time since the opening day of the season and looked like he'd never been away as he commanded the area, made firm punches and good

  • Howes goal not enough

    A GOAL three minutes into injury time robbed Padiham of what would have been a hard-fought away victory at Ashton Town on Saturday. Instead they had to settle for a 1-1 draw and only a share of the points from their North West Counties Division Two fixture

  • Cruel winter's day for Preston

    A controversial penalty decision from referee Jeff Winter sent Preston on their way to a 2-0 defeat at Bramall Lane. He awarded United a 30th minute penalty after Jack Lester fell over Preston keeper Jonathan Gould as the Scottish international attempt

  • Amoruso was the perfect role model

    I WRITE on behalf of myself and my sister who were lucky enough to have attended the prize night for St Bede's RC High School referred to by Mr Challoner (Letters November 20). Everything he said about Lorenzo Amoruso was spot on. What a lovely man he

  • Problem services were not shown

    LIKE many people, I have watched for six Thursday evenings on ITV1 the series 'Are You Being Serviced?' about how Blackburn with Darwen Council operates some of its services. Although I found the programme to be informative, I can only believe that the

  • 'No consent needed' for wind farm

    UNITED Utilities and Peel Holdings have recently applied to DEFRA for permission to build a 65 MegaWatt wind farm on land at Scout Moor, straddling the border between Rossendale and Rochdale. The development will comprise 26 turbines, each of them 100

  • Chairman to rescue with £1m

    BURNLEY FC chairman Barry Kilby has jumped to the club's rescue once again with a £1million offer to buy the Clarets' leisure centre. Mr Kilby has already injected more than £3million from his own pocket into the club he supported as a boy. But with Turf

  • Man dies six weeks after alleged attack

    A MAN arrested for assault could today be facing murder charges after a 29-year-old died six weeks after an attack. Andrew Rawes, formerly of Burnley Road, Blackburn, died in Queens Park Hospital on Saturday morning with his mother at his bedside. Police

  • Souness defiant after bust-up

    BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today protested his innocence after a bust-up with referee Graham Poll. Souness was banished to the stand after an altercation with Poll during the second half of Saturday's 1-0 win over Tottenham at Ewood. The fiery Blackburn

  • LYNNE BOYES assess Rovers' win on Saturday

    AT last, our first Saturday afternoon win at home since the opening day of the season. All Rovers supporters breathed a huge sigh of relief after Saturday's final whistle. A win and a clean sheet - deep joy! The first half was certainly nothing to write

  • Probe into death of Clarets star's son

    AN inquest into the death of the youngest son of a former Clarets star will be held later this month. Johnny Waldron, 26, died earlier this year after apparently choking on food at his home in Italy. His death came a year after he moved to Naples with

  • Chairman to rescue with £1m

    BURNLEY FC chairman Barry Kilby has jumped to the club's rescue once again with a £1million offer to buy the Clarets' leisure centre. Mr Kilby has already injected more than £3million from his own pocket into the club he supported as a boy. But with Turf

  • Theatre may close while new use is decided

    NELSON councillors will tonight discuss plans to mothball Nelson's Civic Theatre so a new use can be found for the building. A Save the Civic Theatre campaign was launched last month amid fears it could close. But council bosses have stressed permanent

  • Crackdown on illegal parking

    PENDLE Council is set to back plans to get tough on illegal parking when it takes over from police traffic wardens next year. The Nelson Committee, which meets tonight, is expected to welcome a scheme to create a partnership with Lancashire County Council

  • 25 years ago

    THE chairman of Ribble Valley Licensed Victuallers' Association criticised magistrates for calling time on Christmas Eve drinking. Bob Davies said the decision not to extend the 10.30pm deadline would mean drivers would dash back to Blackburn in order

  • 10 years ago

    MINIBUS companies complained they were being driven round the bend by traffic wardens at Manchester airport's Terminal 2. Furious firms said the set-up, surrounded by double yellow lines and with only 10 minutes waiting time, was a disgrace. Courtesy

  • Moore 'gutted' after draw

    GOAL hero Ian Moore admitted Burnley felt "gutted" following their thrilling 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light. The Clarets twice hit the post before Moore found the target in his 150th appearance to cancel out Kevin Kyle's first half opener for Sunderland

  • McCarthy wants to cage The Beast

    MICK McCARTHY felt that keeper Brian Jensen was the inspiration behind Burnley's draw at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. The Black Cats boss was rendered almost speechless by a stunning display between the posts by the Clarets number one. He said: "

  • Burnley fan CHRIS FLYNN gives his reaction to Saturday's game

    The point we achieved yesterday is possibly the best of the campaign so far. It could, and perhaps should, have been even better with the Clarets unlucky not to take all three. Most fans would have happily settled for a point prior to the match and that

  • Fact file..

    A LOOK at the key moments from the game against Sunderland. BURNLEY BRIAN JENSEN: Superb display, leaving even Mick McCarthy singing his praises after an array of stunning stops. 9 DEAN WEST: Handed the short straw as he came up against Downing and his

  • Talk about timing

    Ian Moore talked on Friday of his disappointment at not scoring more goals ahead of his 150th appearance for the Clarets. But 24 hours later, he was the toast of Burnley after a spot of goal-poaching Andy Payton would have been proud of. Moore might even

  • Woman beaten up over text message

    A 41-YEAR-OLD Darwen man "went berserk" and throttled, punched and head butted his partner after reading text messages on her mobile phone, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates heard that David John Evans refused to let Janice Scott go to work and in

  • Villagers in 'slow down' plea to drivers

    COMMUNITY leaders in Hoddlesden are calling on drivers passing through their village to take more care. Parish councillor Collette Ellis-Dears says Long Hey Lane, running for about a mile-and-a-half through Hoddlesden and Pickup Bank, near Darwen, has

  • Artwork will be reflected in river

    A NEW, permanent artwork to celebrate the River Irwell has been commissioned and will take pride of place in Bacup. Artist Katayoun Oashban Dowlatshahi has been commissioned by Commissions in the Environment, Lancashire County Council and Rossendale Borough

  • Muslim advice on rights in work place

    A LEAFLET was launched today to inform Muslims of their new rights at work. Retail trade union Usdaw has teamed up with the Labour Party, the Muslim Council of Britain and the Coalition Against Racism to produce the guide. The move comes as the Government

  • Players give boss selection problems

    ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has revealed it's decision time. And Saturday's new-look defence against Barnet has given him plenty of food for thought for this weekend's FA Cup second round trip to Bournemouth. Inspired form from Paul Howarth

  • Star striker Mullin takes sting out of Bees' tail

    JOHN Coleman's local pharmacist could be in for record sales of Paracetamol this week as Saturday's new-look rearguard did enough to give the Accrington Stanley manager more than just the one selection headache. With the Reds' chief forced into three

  • Carl and Colne coast it

    DESPITE leaving key players on the bench after a tough FA Vase encounter with Hallam, Colne reached the semi-final of the Division Two Trophy in a game that was as good as over after 28 minutes. A quality strike from Carl Howarth gave them the lead after

  • Baker's double secures semi spot

    DARWEN secured a place in the last four of the Division Two Trophy with a well-earned victory over Castleton Gabriels at Butterworth Park. The visitors started brightly and experienced striker Paul Baker rose to head home from a Daniel Stubberfield centre

  • Overson in charge of Rams

    VINCE Overson has quit Padiham to become the new manager of Ramsbottom United. The former Burnley defender has been installed as the permanent replacement for Andy Grimshaw just two months after taking over the reins at the Arbories. But despite his short

  • A head start when it comes to languages

    THERE is a certain 'je ne sais quoi' about a country primary school in East Lancashire. Turton and Edgworth CE Methodist Primary School is leading the way in foreign language education, having set up six month exchanges with French pupils. The school