ALMOST 2,000 people waiting to hear if they will get a grant to improve their homes are to have their applications cancelled by Blackburn Council. The move follows changes in the law over how grant cash is handed out to the public. And town hall bosses
ROMANTIC couple Sheila Birt and Alan Huxley lit up Las Vegas by surprising a group of family and friends with the news: "We're getting married in the morning." The couple spent six months planning the marriage after deciding to join a party of 11 people
THE shocking news that 67,000 sheep were burnt or drowned at sea after a fire on the ship carrying them from Australia to the Middle East, quite rightly caused outrage among the general public world-wide. How many more times must these tragedies occur
CHILDREN from a special school in Burnley have been recording their favourite songs on to a tape to sell to their parents. Primrose Hill is the first special school to take part in the project organised by the Rockenbay Song and Dance Company, based in
A MOTHER-OF-TWO died under the wheels of a delivery truck just moments after finishing work. Christine Morris, 34, had just walked out of the Envopak Industrials factory in Burnley yesterday when she was crushed under the rear wheels of the truck which
SKIPPER Tim Sherwood believes a ring of confidence is the key to a Blackburn Rovers revival. Rovers were facing fellow-strugglers Coventry this afternoon in a game crucial to both sides. But Sherwood feels better times could be just around the corner.
Turf Moor Notes, with TONY DEWHURST THE Clarets Independent Supporters Association held another successful meeting on Thursday. Guest speaker was director Clive Holt who addressed an audience around a 100 at the Centre Spot. "It proved a very worthwhile
IF your life has been touched by the sadness of cancer, you may like to help Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund in the fight against the disease by joining in 'The World's Biggest Coffee Morning' next Friday. Last year in Lancashire, 23,016 people took part
STAGECOACH has secured the top job in the new board of Burnley and Pendle Transport. North West boss Brian Hinckley is chairman of the new board of directors, but Burnley Council leader Kath Reade said there was no casting vote and decisions would be
PULSE, with Simon Donohue KEYBOARD wizz Tony O'Neill has gone from being a performing arts student to a member of his musical hero's band in the space of a month. Tony, 18, couldn't believe his luck when he walked out of the course at Accrington and Rossendale
IS it not amazing how a few years can dim the memory? Albert Morris (Letters, September 11) conveniently forgets that it was the socialist predecessor of Mrs Thatcher who was virtually dragged off the plane by the Gnomes of Zurich to stop him and his
BURNLEY will not pursue their interest in Italian trialists Roberto Vezzosi and Andrei Capecchi. The Italy youth internationals returned home last night and I understand the Clarets will not extend their Turf Moor trial. The pair played together in Wednesday's
LIBRARIES across East Lancashire are facing a double threat from underfunding and new technology, according to an annual report. Library chiefs believe a worrying fall in demand can be linked to the cuts in funding in recent years. And John Hodgkinson
TOURISTS to northern France will soon be able to sample a little piece of Hyndburn history. Three ambassadors for Accrington Pals are spending this weekend in the Somme armed with leaflets, plates and postcards to leave in the French museums. The ill-fated
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to create a taxi rank in Nelson bus station is still being given the red light by planning officers, despite a concerted campaign by cab operators. A report to Pendle Council's Nelson area committee, which meets on Monday, recommends
PAUL Barnes is the latest conscript in Adrian Heath's Turf Moor revolution. But, as NEIL BRAMWELL discovered, there is more to the £375,000 record Burnley buy than mere footballing prowess. PAUL Barnes would look on the positive side of a holocaust. Whereas
MECHANICS tried to tackle a fire which broke out at a Burnley garage while they were welding a car. But the blaze quickly spread into the roof timbers and firefighters from Burnley and Nelson spent more than three hours at the scene, fighting the fire
HAWKS will blood their two new recruits Neil Abel and Colin Downie in this weekend's Northern Premier League ice hockey double header at Paisley tonight and at home to Whitley Bay tomorrow (face-off 6pm). Vastly-experienced defenceman Abel, 36, is reputed
A MAJOR clean-up campaign designed to transform the image of the River Darwen has been launched. The Darwen River Valley Initiative is a partnership of businesses, local authority representatives, community groups and government agencies. The ambitious
LABOUR leaders were accused of 'sour grapes' after voting not to support a £235,000 new community centre scheme which will cost them nothing. Burnley's Community Forum group is on course to win a £115,000 Millennium Commission grant towards the cost of
INTREPID transatlantic yachtsman Neil Eatough will set sail from Southampton tomorrow for a voyage of a lifetime. Mr Eatough, from Burnley, is a member of a 14-man crew who are sailing the Commercial Union Assurance yacht in the BT Global Challenge. He
PLANS to build a small retail park on a disused mill site close to Accrington town centre have taken a step forward. Office furniture manufacturers Lupton Bros have won a long-running battle with Hyndburn Council over the future use of their former site
A SERIES of seminars will be held to highlight careers opportunities for members of the Asian community. A wide variety of organisations will be on hand to give advice in English and Urdu. The events are a partnership between East Lancashire Careers Service
A PILOT scheme planned to tackle persistent offenders in Burnley could pave the way for a national strategy. Burnley Safer Cities has bid for £100,000 government cash over three years to back the Dordrecht Initiative - first tried in Holland - which targets
POLICE are considering whether any kind of criminal offence has been committed by a man who was injured making mini-bombs at his Clitheroe home. The man, who has not been named, suffered serious hand injuries when a "bolt bomb" he was putting together
Ewood Notes, with PETER WHITE BLACKBURN Rovers have beaten off competition from several top clubs, including Merseyside pair Liverpool and Everton, to sign schoolboy Ben Chamberlain. The midfielder, from Buckley, is a member of the Welsh under-15 schoolboy
