Countdown to TV advert row on debt
EAST Lancashire MPs Nigel Evans and Kitty Ussher have waded into the row over TV brainbox Carol Vorderman advertising debt consolidation loans.
Straw's tribute to town’s first socialist MP
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has written a tribute to the town's first Socialist MP Philip Snowden who started his career as a Tory "Bogeyman" and ended up branded a Labour traitor.
Movie stars in Straw poll
AL Pacino, Alan Rickman or Steve Coogan the Westminster guessing game has begun over who will play Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in a new film.
Tight security for Rice visit
THE tightest security arrangements ever witnessed in East Lancashire are being drawn up ahead of Condoleezza Rice's visit to the area.
What a fine mess
HALF of the on-the-spot fines handed out by police in a bid to crackdown on troublemakers have not been paid, it has been revealed.
MP Janet bears a grudge
A PRO-ANIMAL rights MP has set up a "grisly" encounter after calling for an end to the army tradition of wearing bearskin hats.
Levi action welcomed
THE family of tragic toddler Levi Bleasdale today welcomed a government pledge to crackdown on drivers who kill.
My sympathy for Tessa, by Straw
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has spoken of his sympathy for beleaguered cabinet colleague Tessa Jowell claiming people should not be hounded over allegations about their families.
Assurances on hospital care
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep intensive care beds at both Queen's Park Hospital and Burnley General Hospital today welcomed a Government assurance that Accident and Emergency and some form of intensive care provision will remain at both sites.
Janet’s parking perm
AN MP has joined the calls to extend free parking in Rossendale so she can get her hair done without getting a parking ticket.
