TWO hundred years ago, Tom Paine, the Norfolk-born political writer completed his most famous book 'The Rights of Man.' He proposed reforms such as the abolition of hereditary titles and the slave trade; Universal Suffrage, fixed-term Parliaments, payment
AN ANGRY couple have taken legal advice in a bid to get compensation from British Gas after claiming fumes started to leak from behind a new fire installed by company engineers. Chris Jones said one of the engineers told him there could have been a build
DRUG sellers could exploit a legal loophole to peddle a potentially lethal drug on the streets of East Lancashire. A recent change in the law forced sex shops, clubs and bars to take the drug amyl nitrite off their shelves. But trading standards officials
THE production of Dolly, the cloned sheep, is sad evidence of a prevailing attitude that animals are nothing more than commodities which can be manipulated and mutated to suit our needs. Dolly is the first of her kind. But while the technique used to
ANGRY MP Janet Anderson has called for a special debate to mark International Women's Day so the House of Commons can discuss Tory backbencher David Evans' insulting remarks about women. The loose-talking Tory MP for Welwyn Hatfield said women in politics
CASH rewards for top athletes are huge. But BRIAN DOOGAN discovered that for competitors like AMANDA PARKINSON, who recently ran for Great Britain in Japan, a good time can help compensate... THERE it was, black and gooey, looking like wastage from some
THE stridency of John D Farrer (Letters, February 18) betrays his frustration at being found out. Of course, his Tory mentality tells him that being exposed as a puppet for Tory Central Office would be counterproductive, so it is essential to deny it.
JUTTLEY (Letters, February 25) makes some sweeping, yet totally incorrect, statements regarding unitary status and Blackburn councillors. Blackpool's council tax, he says, will be substantially reduced, while Blackburn's will increase on achieving unitary
CRIME-BUSTING projects in East Lancashire have been held up as a shining example of how to crack down on criminals. The successful "Homesafe" and "Youth Works" projects have been highlighted in a new publication by Crime Concern, the national crime prevention
PETER WHITE reports ROY Hodgson will lack for nothing when he sets about the task of fulfilling Jack Walker's European dream for Blackburn Rovers - least of all money. Mr Walker has vowed that his ambitions remain as strong as ever. And he revealed that
SOCCER fan Gary Slinger has set his 18-month-old son an ambitious goal: to play for Blackburn Rovers before his 18th birthday. And the proud dad has put his money where his mouth is by placing a £10 bet at 25,000-1 with his brother Lee, an Earby bookie
SINGLE mum and former councillor Kathleen Gilgallon has graduated from the Open University. Kathleen, of Queen Street, Padiham, hopes her knowledge will help guide her 14-year-old son Philip through his GCSEs next year. The health visitor said: "I was
BURNLEY are still hunting Raith Rovers' Scotland Under-21 international Paul Browne. The defender has returned to Scotland after a week long trial at Turf Moor and Burnley are monitoring the situation closely. The Clarets are planning to watch Browne
POLICE are to launch more operations targeting known criminals when the new police division covering Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale comes into being in April. Supt Mike Griffin, who will head the new division, spoke of the success of Lancashire-wide Operation
A BUDDING ballerina may have to turn down a place at a top dance school - because of the high cost. Clarie Stott, 12, is among a handful of hopefuls to be picked to join the prestigious Hammond School in Chester. But the £11,000 a year fees may dash her
FANCY being a film star? Well, here's a chance if you are as fanatical about Rovers as Neil Groves, of Bournemouth. Neil is producing a 10-minute graduation documentary for his degree and needs someone - "As nuts about Rovers as I am," he says - to be
A COUNCIL blunder left a works soccer team threatened with legal action...unless they paid one penny! The letter was sent to the team manager at Crown Eyeglass, Blackburn, for hire of the football pitch in Witton Park - even though the bill for £287.25
JACK Walker dismissed inferences that he or anyone else had "interfered" when Kenny Dalglish was manager at Ewood. And he outlined what had been agreed with Dalglish. He said: "There were no disagreements from myself, or the chairman Rob Coar, or the
FAST Food outlets have been urged by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans to end their ban on British beef. His call to McDonalds and similar chains to sell UK source beefburgers has the backing of embattled agriculture minister Douglas Hogg. As the slaughterhouse
THE "Spaceman" is back - and he landed just in time to fire Bury back towards their First Division target zone. Ex-Turf Moor favourite Adrian Randall is known as the "Spaceman" by his Bury team-mates, because of his laid-back approach to life, since arriving
