I WOULD like to thank the thousands of people who kicked, threw, coached, encouraged, drove, swum or applauded during August to take part in the Year of the Volunteer's Sports Month. Nearly six million sports volunteers give 1.2 billion hours per year
TWO of Burnley's most 'prolific criminals' were today starting jail sentences totalling almost 17 years after they admitted a string of violent offences. Police welcomed the sentences given to Anthony Horrocks and Steven Hargreaves and described the pair
BLACKBURN Rovers have revealed their delight at securing Arsenal's David Bentley on loan for the rest of the season. The capture of the attacking midfielder completed a successful final day of the transfer window, on which Rovers also completed the signing
TWO of Burnley's most 'prolific criminals' were today starting jail sentences totalling almost 17 years after they admitted a string of violent offences. Police welcomed the sentences given to Anthony Horrocks and Steven Hargreaves and described the pair
A GREAT Harwood primary school will remain closed for the first two days of the new term because building work to extend two classrooms has not been finished. Pupils, who were due to start back at Our Lady and St Hubert's RC School, on Monday will now
A SERVICE which has found more than 5,000 volunteers for charities and businesses is facing closure unless it can find £75,000. National Lottery funding has run out at the volunteer centres of Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Services,
MULTI-MILLION pound plans for Clitheroe Castle should see the Norman monument survive for another 1,000 years. That is the promise being made by Ribble Valley Council leader John Hill, who has urged councillors to get behind the project. Ribble Valley
DANIEL Barritt and David Higgins contest this weekend's Ulster Rally desperately hoping that Irish eyes will smile on them. Fo the pair, who were firm favourites for the British Championship's Production Cup, have endured a nightmare season so far. Currently
Cott's court swoop The 20-year-old, who was on trial at Turf Moor earlier this summer, arrives as immediate cover for Wayne Thomas following the knee injury that has cruelly ruled the stopper out for the rest of the season. Courtney has signed a two-year
TOWN centre bosses in three Spanish towns are looking to Darwen as a blueprint for success. Officials in Barbastro, Alquezar and Acaniz, situated in the Aragon region, plan to set up their own town centre partnerships. And Darwen has been highlighted
BULLDOZERS have moved in to demolish a popular Stacksteads church. But today former members of the congrega-tion said the move would sound the death knell for the Catholic faith in the village. They described it as an 'end of an era' after contractors
SEVEN people, including a police officer, have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a Blackburn teenager who went missing 70 days ago. One man, not the policeman, has been charged with abduction, two counts of penetrative sexual activity
TRY telling a Geordie that cricket is now the country's number one sport. You'd get a short, sharp, two-word reply: Michael Owen. No argument. No debate. Football is king. The rest follow. And they're right. The notion that cricket is now the sport every
MARK Brown celebrated the end of his illustrious Paralympic career with his own race! On Monday evening, 60 close friends ran in the Mark Brown Multi-Terrain Race - an event staged by expert organiser Andy O'Sullivan in Mark's honour. The plot seemed
VOLUNTEERS are a vital resource in helping keeping charities and all kinds of sporting, social and other organisations afloat. And encouraging people to give up their time to do unpaid work and then training them for new roles is no easy task either.
IT is scandalous that the X43 bus service has been withdrawn from Colne. To use the excuse of large numbers of schoolchildren possibly using the service is ridiculous at best and discriminatory at worst. As the bus service is a limited stop service, it
SOON this year's programme of orchestral concerts will be starting. These concerts usually get such a rousing, foot stamping reception, that it is obvious there is a good following for classical music in this area. Maybe we have something we can share
THE FOOTBALL season is once again upon us, which is good for those going to watch. However those living in Lower Darwen will have to endure our small hamlet regularly being turned into a car park, where even the backs of houses get blocked. Leave before
SEVEN people, including a police officer, have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a Blackburn teenager who went missing 70 days ago. One man, not the policeman, has been charged with abduction, two counts of penetrative sexual activity
AN inquest into the death of a Nelson nurse due to go on trial for murder has been opened and adjourned Anne Grigg-Booth, 52, of Henry Street, was accused of murdering three elderly women at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, West Yorkshire. Grigg-Booth
A FORMER soldier has told how thieves broke into his house and stole his service medals while he and his daughter slept. Steve Martin, 51, moved into Chapel Street, Nelson, with his four-year-old daughter Pagan just three weeks ago. But he was horrified
A SERVICE which has found more than 5,000 volunteers for charities and businesses is facing closure unless it can find £75,000. National Lottery funding has run out at the volunteer centres of Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Services,
A SONGWRITER who turned to music while caring for his sick wife reached the final of a national competition. Now Nick Pamplett, who only picked up the guitar two years ago, plans to go one better and win next year's contest. The 48-year-old claimed he
Cott's court swoop The 20-year-old, who was on trial at Turf Moor earlier this summer, arrives as immediate cover for Wayne Thomas following the knee injury that has cruelly ruled the stopper out for the rest of the season. Courtney has signed a two-year
BLACKBURN Rovers have revealed their delight at securing Arsenal's David Bentley on loan for the rest of the season. The capture of the attacking midfielder completed a successful final day of the transfer window, on which Rovers also completed the signing
