IT WAS a busy 2005 for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School's drama students after tackling comedy, drama and adventure. The Blackburn school has a long tradition of performing musicals annually, but now that drama and theatre studies are part of the QEGS
LAST week we reported an attack by council leader Kate Hollern on what she said was an ineffective opposition on Blackburn with Darwen Council that was "bad for the borough." Conservative leader Colin Rigby claimed the system was stacked against opposition
Blackburn Hawks assistant manager Graham Lomax is calling for his players to stand up and be counted as they head into their final two English National Ice Hockey League games of the season. After an unexpected defeat to Nottingham Lions last weekend,
ARE the speed cameras sited in all directions really doing the job as intended at their outset? Let's examine facts -- 271 extra cameras erected in the last six years but no reduction in fatalities in that time. How many more of these spying devices are
I WONDER whether readers could help the work of International Aid Trust? We are a Lancashire-based Christian charity working in many parts of the world, including the disaster areas in Asia and amongst the destitute and deprived in eastern Europe. A main
NO wonder Blackburn residents are up in arms over the threat of prosecution over bin bags being left by council binmen (LET, January 28). It is utter madness for binmen to refuse to take all refuse away. It is their job, they work for the cleaning department
Blackburn Rovers' on-loan striker Florent Sinama Pongolle is relishing the prospect of making a quick return to Merseyside with his new club today. Pongolle joined Rovers from Liverpool last week on a short-term loan until the end of the season, and he
NEW Wrexham striker Matt Derbyshire has revealed he joined the League Two club on the advice of Blackburn boss Mark Hughes. The promising 19-year-old agreed to join the injury-ravaged Dragons on a one-month loan earlier this week after Hughes persuaded
BLACKBURN Rovers look to have beaten Chelsea in the race for one of Irish football's brightest young talents. Republic of Ireland Under 15 international Gavin Gunning has indicated he's ready to snub the Premier League champions and sign for Rovers after
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a pensioner was left with serious head injuries when he was hit by a car. Robert Larner, 74, of Lincoln Court, Church, was crossing Hyndburn Road, near Accrington town centre, when he was clipped by a Mini. He
A DRUNKEN man who subjected his girlfriend to a vicious assault - and brought shame on his devout Muslim family - has kept his freedom. A court heard how Khalid Hussain's victim, mother-of-two Marie Lord, thought she was going to die during the onslaught
FORMER England international Michael Ricketts has revealed he has no regrets about being labelled a 'one-cap wonder'. The Clarets striker won a call-up to Sven Goran Eriksson's squad in February 2002 following their qualification to the World Cup. At
BURNLEY legend Steve Davis is relishing taking his first tentative steps into football management. The former Clarets defender took charge of his first game as reserve team boss this week after replacing Mark Yates - a 1-0 defeat to Bury. But Davis feels
LANCASHIRE'S player of the year Andrew Symonds has refused to commit himself to a full season of county cricket. The Queensland all-rounder, who has become a regular for the Test team, said he wanted to cement his place with his national side and didn't
MARK Hughes is ready to use the Intertoto Cup as a possible passport into Europe if Blackburn Rovers fail to finish in the top six in the Premiership. Hughes is still convinced Rovers will qualify for a UEFA Cup place automatically by pipping North West
STEVE Cotterill believes young Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty will improve tenfold by remaining on loan at Darlington. The Belfast-born 18-year-old has been a huge hit in the north east, scoring three times in six appearances since joining the Quakers
A MAN who bought ecstasy for sharing with a friend has been jailed for 20 months. A court heard how 55 ecstasy tablets were discovered when police searched Dale Johnson's address in Darwen. He was verbally abusive and physically volatile while officers
A TELEPHONE call alleging that a 24-year-old Blackburn man was having an illicit affair set off a chain reaction which led to him being locked up on suspicion of kidnap, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Christopher William Hull was a
A MOTHER whose son was "minutes from death" before he was rescued from a burning house has backed a campaign to ban chip pans. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to throw away their chip pans as part of National Chip Week, which starts
What's on in Lancashire on February 3. BLACKBURN Ewood and Mill Hill PACT Meeting, Mill Hill Community Centre, 7pm. "Swing Commanders," Thwaites Empire Theatre, Aqueduct Road, Ewood. "The Fabulous Allstars," Foresters, Fecitt Brow. "Jamie and Trevor,"
DESPITE the double shock of successive defeats in what was described as "the weekend from hell", assistant manager Graham Lomax remains confident that Blackburn Hawks can still win the English League. Blackburn lost 11-4 at home to the Dundee Stars in
MACHETE-wielding raiders could have tailed a security van from Manchester to Rossendale before holding up guards as they filled a cash machine, it was revealed today. Detectives hunting the masked raiders, who held up the Securicor van at the BP Rossendale
MARK Hughes is ready to use the Intertoto Cup as a possible passport into Europe if Blackburn Rovers fail to finish in the top six in the Premiership. Hughes is still convinced Rovers will qualify for a UEFA Cup place automatically by pipping North West
THE GOVERNMENT has stepped in to save an Accrington school's plan to create an £8million sixth-form centre. In November St Christopher's CE High School prompted opposition when it announced its intention to open the sixth form. Accrington schools Mount
COUNTY council bosses were today blasted for subsidising a bus service which costs them £24.72 a week for each passenger. On average only one passenger gets on each 210 Clitheroe to Longridge service, which operates five times a night, two nights a week
SKY Sports presenter Chris Kamara has slammed Leicester City for their "shocking" attempt to unsettle Burnley manager Steve Cotterill. The Clarets recently turned down a request to speak to Cotterill by the managerless Foxes - setting off a chain of events
STEVE Cotterill believes young Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty will improve tenfold by remaining on loan at Darlington. The Belfast-born 18-year-old has been a huge hit in the north east, scoring three times in six appearances since joining the Quakers
LANCASHIRE'S player of the year Andrew Symonds has refused to commit himself to a full season of county cricket. The Queensland all-rounder, who has become a regular for the Test team, said he wanted to cement his place with his national side and didn't
RESIDENTS are outraged after youths urinated and pushed dog dirt through letterboxes. And Darwen MP Janet Anderson says the yobs' parents should pay for their children's behaviour. Residents in Birch Hall Avenue and Duddon Avenue, Darwen, contacted the
DOG wardens are patrolling cemeteries after reports that pet owners are allowing their animals to foul on graves so they don't have to pick up the mess. Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses believe some people are taking their pets through graveyards
A MAN found asleep in his car at 5.45 am had only gone out to move the vehicle before he went to bed, a court heard. But his impromptu snooze cost Malcolm Ian Fee a two-year driving ban and £300 in fines and costs. Fee, 44, of Cornelian Street, pleaded
FOREIGN Secretary Jack Straw sparked a battle of the superpowers -- by laying down a challenge at a Blackburn bowling alley. The town's MP brought America's ambassador to town for a weekend and took him to the new £18million cinema and bowling alley at
