A COUNCILLOR is mounting a bid to have an all-weather play area constructed in his ward to give youngsters somewhere to congregate. Councillor David Smith said many people living in the Sunnyhurst area of Darwen have complained there is nowhere for children
A COUPLE of Saturdays ago, young Daniel Kegg was stacking shelves in an Asda superstore while Roger Harper was playing one-day international cricket in the Caribbean. But while the vastly-experienced Guyanan guided his adoring Bacup team mates to their
IF Chris Harris should ever come to write his autobiography, he might consider a special chapter on 24 hours in the life of a professional cricketer. It would make interesting reading. Around 8pm local time on Saturday night, he was boarding a London-bound
THE 18 TOP firms - including British Airways, BT, Marks and Spencer and the Post Office - which have got together to launch a campaign to fight discrimination against employees on age grounds are quite right, even if the question of financial costs overshadows
RESIDENTS in Briercliffe got a surprise when a hot air balloon came down behind their homes in Lydgate last night. The balloon, from Pendle Balloon Company of Clayton-le-Dale, Blackburn, set off from the De Tabley at Ribchester for an hour long flight
INTEREST-FREE loans will soon be on tap to help householders replace poison lead pipes. Blackburn and Darwen are among the country's lead blackspots, with shock levels of up to 1,000 times the recommended limit discovered in homes in a survey five years
BOBBY Mimms has been released by Blackburn Rovers at his own request, with 12 months still to go on his contract. The 32-year-old keeper is desperate to play first team football again. And, with England man Tim Flowers the undisputed number one at Ewood
FOUR fighting fit fund raisers put their stamina to the test in an outward bound course for the SuperScan Appeal. Team members from branches of the Marsden Building Society travelled to Ullswater to take on gruelling activities, including crawling through
A SECOND sponsor has pulled the plug on Accrington Stanley at the end of one of the most devastating few days since the club crashed out of the Football League. Bosses at the town's Greyhound Ford garage have told the club they will not being carrying
TWO-GOAL Carl Stead believed the complexion of the FA Vase final turned following his incredible first effort and that the second, a dubiously-awarded penalty, "killed Clitheroe off". But he commended the fight shown by the Blues during the entire game
A GRIEVING father today called for a full inquiry into how his son died during the course of a police arrest. Father-of-two John Gardiner collapsed and died as he was being arrested by police officers in Glenluce Crescent, Blackburn, on Friday. The Police
A TRUST has been set up in memory of the former East Lancashire woman murdered in the Dunblane massacre. The Gwenne Mayor Trust will raise money for artistic, sports or educational projects to benefit primary schools in Scotland. The 45-year-old teacher
EIGHT great strides were made by Clitheroe in this season's FA Vase. But when it was time to make the final giant leap, sadly, they were found lacking. Whether it was a case of not being able to or not being allowed, Clitheroe simply did not reach a level
JANET Anderson's bill to make stalking a criminal offence was today being resurrected in the House of Lords after the government's attempts to kill it in the Commons on Friday. The Rossendale and Darwen MP was furious after ministers prevented her bill
DOUBLE world champion Carl Fogarty roared back into the spotlight with victory in the third round of the World Superbike Championship at the Hockenheim circuit in Germany. Fogarty - who survived a 100mph practice crash - won the second race on his Castrol
TORY spin doctors have warned John Major to pray for no bad headlines on health. But whatever its impact on voters, none could hardly be more embarrassing than that today which claims that one of the major planks of the government's NHS reforms is a dud
PASSING drivers helped rescue a motorist after his car overturned, hit a bridge support and burst into flames in an horrific motorway accident. One put out the flames with a fire extinguisher from his own car and a passing nurse stopped to give first
TOWN centre crime in Accrington has almost halved in the first three months of this year. And police and council bosses believe they are winning their fight against the criminals. Latest figures show the overall crime rate in the town has fallen by a
NIGEL Evans called for dramatic improvements in House of Commons facilities for constituents, as he took 60 Clitheroe Grammar schoolchildren round Parliament. The Ribble Valley MP believes more must be done to ensure parties such as the schoolchildren
