THE decision by Tony Blair and his spin doctors to do a U-turn on devolution for Scotland and Wales has sparked off a fierce debate within the Labour Party about Blair's autocratic style of leadership. Mr Blair appears to want the policies of the Labour
THE BOSS of the company aiming to take over Hyndburn Transport today said that job cuts could be on the way at the Accrington based firm. Hyndburn councillors voted to enter into negotiations with Blackpool Transport on the same day that workers at the
A BUSINESSMAN is offering a reward in a bid to trace the vandals who broke into his company compound and caused £14,000 worth of damage. The wreckers, believed to be local teenagers, sneaked into Harrisons Coaches in Clayton-le-Moors and smashed 112 windows
I DON'T know about John Farrar (Letters, July 1) being baffled by Labour's claims to be the party of youth, but I am baffled by his delusions that the Conservative Government are sound managers of the economy, especially when the figures on youth unemployment
A SCHOOLGIRL stunner from the Ribble Valley has her sights set on supermodel stardom. Teenager Sally Eaton, of Clitheroe, has been voted one of the UK's newest catwalk queens after reaching the final of a national modelling competition. The finals of
A NOISY crowd of anti-poll tax demonstrators brought chaos to a council chamber before police ejected them. The youths interrupted the Hyndburn Council meeting with a loud whistle before shouting : 'No poll tax jailings.' They then shouted abuse at councillors
NELSON hairdresser Sara Veevers has got the call from the British Athletics Federation to join the Great Britain team at Hexham this weekend. Sara will compete in the high jump in the Under 23 International involving the home team in a triangular tussle
ONCE more the bigots and the warmongers seem to winning the battle in Britain's Bosnia - Ulster. A thousand more British troops are being sent into the province, to add to the 17,500 already there, as the peace process stutters to a halt before the burning
THERE is no doubt that the horror of St Luke's Church of England School in Wolverhampton could have been another Dunblane. Had the madman who attacked those innocent, bright-eyed children had a gun instead of a machete, today the school gates would have
YOUNGSTERS raided their wardrobes and sorted through their old toys to hold a jumble sale in aid of charity. Five-year-old Holly and Amy Astley, eight, together with their friends Debbie Taylor, nine, Zoe Brown, eight, and Charlotte Taylor, eight, set
TWO more men appeared in court today charged with the murder of nightclubber Kevin Sudall. Paul Smythe, 18, of Pendle Drive, Blackburn, and John Francis Aspinall, 23, of Gloucester Road, Blackburn, were remanded in custody until July 17 by the town's
THREE young competition winners had a whale of a time when they took to the waves for an adventure weekend on board boat. Christopher Sherrington, Michael Walsh and Camille Claux were selected to take part in the Ocean Youth Club sail in a contest run
MYSTERY surrounds the death of 14 year-old Isabella Stewart found collapsed at her Nelson home only six weeks after her older brother also died. Members of the tragic Stewart family moved to Nelson following the drugs overdose death of 22-year-old Isaac
BURLY centre-forward Jason Beckford is training with Burnley. And if he impresses Clarets chief Adrian Heath in the first few weeks of pre-season training it could lead to a permanent move to Turf Moor. Heath also revealed today that he is giving a trial
ALAN Irvine doesn't speak a word of Dutch. But, when the Blackburn Rovers youth coach visited Amsterdam, he knew he was speaking the same language as the coaches at the world-famous Ajax academy. Irvine, who has tended to the continuing development of
CLUB diehards will meet tonight in a bid to save one of Nelson's oldest social centres from closure. Mounting debts and lack of leadership has taken the Irish Democratic League Club to the brink of disaster. Just 20 of the 100 members turned up to Sunday's
A GROUP who started an appeal for the family of a young cancer victim were stunned to discover that unscrupulous teenagers have been cashing in on the charity. The organisers of the Ragen Lonsdale Appeal have now sent out a warning to residents not to
COMPUTER firm P&P has seen its profits edge up again. The Haslingden-based group announced pre-tax profits in the six months to June up by five per cent to £6.5 million. Turnover increased by four per cent to £179.2 million and the interim dividend
THERE is a band of friendship among those who stand together in war. Frank Curry, a friend and fellow soldier on the hill positions of Burma in World War Two, set out with his company on a patrol to clear a Japanese position. From another ridge, we gave
A HUNT has been launched for a crazed pervert who attacked and robbed two prostitutes. Blackburn's red-light district has now been put on full alert following the horrifying assaults which happened within a fortnight of each other. In the first incident
AS the holiday season gets into full swing I always think of the natural history which thrives in and around fresh and sea water. I enjoyed two long days by the water last week and although I had to put up with some wind and rain there were also generous
UNIONS from four East Lancashire colleges have joined forces to fight for more cash for higher education - and urge their bosses to stop rowing with each other. National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education members from Blackburn, Accrington
ROLLS-Royce is about to break a record at Farnborough's International Air Show. The company will display a record number of aero engines at the September industry showcase. Nineteen exhibits will represent every type of Rolls-Royce engine in use today
THE HIGH life suited Rossendale Marine Roger Eldergill down to the ground when he became one of the first people to abseil from Blackpool Tower. Ex-Falklands commando Roger, of Dunnockshaw, and three fellow Marines jumped to it for charity, hoping to
ONE cannot help sharing the exasperation of solicitor Simon Jones on hearing that police objected to longer opening hours for the F J Nichols pub in Blackburn town centre. They were not worried about the usual hazards associated with late night drinking
FUND-RAISERS are being urged to pull on their boots and take part in a mammoth sponsored walk to boost the coffers of the Meningitis Research Foundation. The nine-day trek across Lancashire and Yorkshire starts on September 14. It will cover a 160-mile
A FACTORY worker has relived the moment he saw a friend fall to his death in the jaws of a paper crushing machine. Craig Wolfenden told a Blackburn inquest how he watched in horror as his workmate Mark Earnshaw fell from a stationary conveyor belt into
TREVOR Sinclair will not be leaving Loftus Road for Ewood Park this summer. QPR boss Ray Wilkins continues to insist that his star forward isn't going anywhere, despite the London club's relegation to Division One. But, in any case, I can reveal that
LANCASHIRE captain Mike Watkinson today set his sights on a Lord's double. Watkinson's one-day wonders have already reached their fifth Benson and Hedges Cup Final in seven years - they take on Northants on Saturday. But first they faced Curtly Ambrose
BURNLEY College has plugged into the information super highway. This month, the teaching centre has become an Internet service provider, enabling students, businesses and schools to undertake training courses and do home and course work via the college's
TONY Blair says he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons if he became Prime Minister. What a cruel, inhuman and cynical remark! I suppose this appalling statement was intended to increase the Labour Party's chances of winning the next election. With
