IMPRESSIVE all-rounder Shawn Flegler is not to return as Lowerhouse professional. Flegler scored 962 runs at an average of 45.8, took 74 wickets at 19.01 last season. And he helped Lowerhouse to sixth position in the Marsden Building Society Lancashire
BURNLEY Enterprise Trust has welcomed two new members of staff to its busy team as business and employment advisors. Nelson man Afzaal Mahmood, 23, formerly worked as a petrol station manager in Accrington. He says he is looking forward to helping people
LADBROKES revealed at the end of this one-horse race that not a single punter among the 13,367 crowd had backed the correct score. Not surprising really, when you consider the facts. Reigning champions Blackburn Rovers went into the game with two healthy
SPECIAL edition copies of Emily Bronte's classic "Wuthering Heights" have been presented to pupils at a Blackburn secondary school by British Telecom. But the books are only a small part of the help that BT is giving to Queens Park High School, Shadsworth
THE body of a taxi driver who died after a road accident has been flown to Pakistan. Mohammed Salim, 37, of Palmer Road, Blackburn, died this week nearly a fortnight after the accident at Knuzden, when Mr Salim's black cab collided with a 20-tonne M65
VIOLENT crime and drugs are the biggest problems faced by police in Accrington, according to the chief of the division. But Superintendent Malcolm Rawcliffe went on to say that the overall crime rate in the borough was falling and his officers were winning
LANCASHIRE County Cricket Club have appointed Blackburn teacher and broadcaster Dave Edmundson as the new Old Trafford secretary. The Queen Elizabeth Grammar School physical education master beat off over 100 applications to land the prestigous post.
CLITHEROE gave their loyal supporters an early Christmas present and plenty of cheer as they swept aside Northern League side West Auckland and booked their place in the last 32 of the FA Vase. The opening minutes were a frantic affair with both teams
THE FOREIGN Office has confirmed that Indian authorities have been involved in a bloody shootout with Al-Faran rebels holding student Paul Wells. It is believed the four Western tourists held by the Kashmiri separatists came through the incident unscathed
DIRECT, uncompromising, straightforward, undeviating, forthright, no frills, route-one. Describe it how you wish. But courageous Chesterfield certainly cause an abundance of problems for Burnley each time these two lock horns in combat. The surprise packets
THE number of firms going to the wall in the North West is levelling off, according to the latest figures. Statistics show that there were 21 receivership and administration orders in the North West during November - the same number for the second month
A STRATEGY meeting was due to be held today to discuss the future of Lancashire's vital aerospace industry. Key aerospace decision-makers at both regional and national level have been invited by the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace, which represents
EAST Lancashire shoppers are swapping their Sunday joints of beef for other meat, as fears about mad cow disease continue to rage. Sales of beef dropped by as much as 40 per cent for some butchers and at least one East Lancashire school has taken beef
FOURTEEN people were arrested in dawn swoops today as part of a police operation targeting one of the area's biggest crack cocaine drug gangs. More than 75 officers raided nine different addresses in the Blackburn area searching for the drug, as well
A THUMPING good product won students a £50 prize. The students from Blackburn College devised a painless stress-relief weapon and named it the Boombastic basher, after the hit pop song by Shaggy. And it was a big hit when their company, called Stressless
A SECURITY company which has convicted criminals among its employees claims to have "eradicated shoplifting" at a town centre shop. And the manager of the Loc 19 firm claims the Blackburn guards - not believed to have criminal convictions themselves -
PUPILS have been left heartbroken after burglars ransacked their school, stealing Christmas gifts collected for the homeless. Thieves smashed their way into St Hilda's High School in Burnley and wrecked three rooms and stole 50 gift-wrapped shoe boxes
ACCRINGTON Stanley earned a hard fought point at Gainsborough in a match of few goal-scoring chances. Gainsborough took the lead in the 12th minute, Grant Morrow crossing from the right from Paul Ellender to powerfully head beyond Rob Mulloy. After 24
HENNING Berg summed up Blackburn Rovers' defeat at Coventry in one word - "Embarrassing". Rovers' players didn't argue with manager Ray Harford's assessment of their contribution to Saturday's 5-0 thrashing, their heaviest defeat since the Premier League
SHELLSHOCKED Blackburn Rovers today emerged as the frontrunners to snap up Wales defender Chris Coleman - from under the noses of Coventry City! The Crystal Palace centre-half has revealed he could be ready to link up with the champions and deliver a
ANGRY Jimmy Mullen today turned his fire on the Clarets defence and told them: "Get back to basics." Burnley had to rely on a late equaliser from goal king Kurt Nogan to wrestle a 2-2 draw against Second Division form team Chesterfield. But Mullen was
