A VICIOUS rapist attacked a lone woman motorist after jumping into her car when she stopped at town centre traffic lights. The 40-year-old mother was threatened and forced to drive into a secluded ginnel after her attacker struck at the traffic lights
YOUNG Sarah Norris was so upset at the sight of homeless people in Manchester she decided to do something to help. Eight-year-old Sarah, a pupil at Water CP School in Rossendale, said: "I had been to Manchester with my family. "As we were driving back
A BID to bar Princess Diana from hospital operating theatres by East Lancashire MP Gordon Prentice has failed. The Labour backbencher had been incensed by photographs in national newspapers of the Princess of Wales watching an open-heart operation on
THE Inland Waterways Association is transporting a giant jigsaw piece by canal to the World Canals Conference Centre in Birmingham as part of its golden jubilee celebrations. It will pass through Pendle today, Burnley tomorrow, Hyndburn on Sunday and
FIRMS in Pendle are being offered the chance to get free information technology training. Nelson & Colne College is offering the service after a successful bid to the European Social Fund. The college will stage a launch next week to give small and
WHALLEY go into the weekend's "double-header" in the Vaux Ribblesdale Cricket League bottom of the table and still seeking their first point, writes PETER WHITE. But professional Mark Fallon is confident that the club will soon be looking up in a different
A RECENT Labour election leaflet featured one of the many directional signposts erected about Blackburn town centre and the canal towpath. The one pictured is sited on the town hall frontage and I note that the sign for Corporation Park is pointing the
SHANE Warne, Bobby Simpson, Wes Hall, Eddie Barlow...the names roll off the tongue. Great cricketers every one, all former professionals of Accrington CC, and men who need no introduction. Then there are Bill Finney, Alec Jackson, Billy Ormerod and Johnny
FEW COULD fail to be moved by the plight of Clitheroe teenager Naheeda Begum who is now in hiding with her boyfriend after a last-minute escape from an arranged marriage. Naheeda refused to board a plane to Islamabad with her father after learning she
TODAY WE carry yet another story about East Lancashire health authority bosses defending their decision not to release vital information to the Press. Only a few weeks ago, a shroud of secrecy was thrown around a salmonella outbreak, and now the authority
PUBLIC health bosses are aiming to get to grips with the increasing problem of obesity among East Lancashire people. The area health authority's public health director Dr Stephen Morton said the soaring number of overweight residents was set to become
MORE businesses in the North of England are planning to invest in major assets than anywhere else in the country, according to a report out today. Almost two thirds of businesses in the region said they were planning to invest over the next three months
ROGER Sharpe (Letters, April 17) is entirely correct in his analysis of the NHS. I raised the matter of the scandalous state of affairs at the now-defunct Yorkshire Health Authority with my MP and was told in turn by John Horam, the Parliamentary Under
Calling all Al Jolson impersonators. Would-be "Mammy" singers will be able to take to the stage at Clitheroe's Civic Hall Cinema on June 2 - National Cinema Day. To celebrate the silver screen centenary, Civic Hall manager John Williamson has decided
THE Tories are bowing out of the tug-of-war with Labour over the Hyndburn mayor's chain. Both political groups had been expected to nominate a candidate for the role of first citizen at next week's annual council meeting and mayor-making ceremony. But
SOCCER fans are flocking to Lancashire as tourist bosses prepare to net some of the financial spin-offs from the European Football Championships. Thousands of supporters from Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Russia will be coming to the North West
BUSINESSES will get the chance to surf the Net at the next meeting of a new club. The East Lancs Export Club, launched by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, will focus on the opportunities available through the Internet at its meeting on May 30.
JASON Wilcox will collect his first England cap in tomorrow's friendly against Hungary at Wembley to crown his remarkable comeback from a career-threatening injury. The Blackburn Rovers winger got the green light from England coach Terry Venables at lunchtime
NOW that the Tory Government has once again increased National Health prescription charges to £5.50 per item, what will be next - dental and optical care? What has happened to the once 'free' NHS? People do not mind paying reasonable amounts for prescriptions
A TELEPHONE call from Rossendale MP David Trippier brought joy to nurses, doctors and patients at Rossendale General Hospital. The hospital was threatened with closure when the regional health authority axed a £2 million plan to modernise the kitchens
CUSTOMS officers today launched a new weapon in the battle against East Lancashire drug smugglers - in the shape of a round-the-clock hotline. Launching the scheme a senior officer appealed to the public: "You are our eyes and ears, we need you to track
KIM Rostron retained her Northern Women's Championship at Seaton Carew with a superb three and two victory over Yorkshire's Georgina Simpson. The Clitheroe golfer closed out the match with a tremendous three-wood shot from about 200 yards on the par-five
LANCASHIRE captain Mike Watkinson can't wait for Mike Atherton to disappear on England duty - to ease his selection problems. Watkinson admits that leaving players out is the worst part of his job and for the current championship game against Notts at
HERE at Drayton Manor Family Theme Park, we are about to open The Haunting. It is the first public participation ride of its kind to be opened in any British theme park - a 'mind-blowing' experience when the walls and floors shake, ceilings shudder and
PENSIONERS in a 'threatened' sheltered housing complex have issued a bring back our warden call to councillors. Residents at Gerald Court, Burnley, have signed a 42-name petition demanding the town hall appoint a new resident warden to offer them help
A WILDLIFE site is being opened up to the disabled - but volunteers need help. Marshland saviours from the Grimewatch award-winning Lomeshaye Marsh Preservation Group have protected and developed the riverside site for several years. Now they want to
REGARDING comments on the police in Darwen, (LET, April 25 and Letters, May 4). We have always found Inspector Harry Bretherton to be helpful and always available. His co-operation in assisting us to set up a steering committee with the local youth, teachers
