MAY my wife and I say thanks to the Lancashire Constabulary for their superb service in recovering some garden property that was stolen from us during the night? In just over two hours of my reporting the theft of a lawnmower and strimmer, the police
HOME Secretary Jack Straw today launched an investigation into why it has taken nearly two years to bring the killer of an East Lancashire man to justice. The torment suffered by Howard Benson's family has been made worse by the fact his killer has already
A SUNNY spell meant extra lolly for ice cream suppliers. East Lancashire folk were eating unprecedented amounts of anything manufacturers could produce in an effort to keep their cool. Even if the skies had clouded over, some shops would have been without
Ribblesdale League PACE ace John Hughes hit a rich seam of wicket-taking form as Cherry Tree marched on at the top of the Vaux Ribblesdale League. He captured 9-35 as Whalley were skittled for 54 - the first time a Cherry Tree player had achieved the
Lowerhouse v Haslingden WHEN you are bowled out for a paltry 76 on a bad track you have no right to make a game of things - let alone win it. When you bowl the opposition out for 76 on a half-decent batting track but then go on to lose there are questions
WITH regard to K Watson's remarks in "'Hairy' journeys in my invalid car." (Letters, July I), I am in a similar position and agree with all that was said about travelling about. There are some very high kerbs and this entails planning your journey to
THE anguish and disregard for the feelings of an East Lancashire family still awaiting justice over the killing of their son is quite appalling. For it is now two years since Maurice and Lilian Benson's son, Howard was found dead with head injuries. Yet
ONCE again, Ulster erupts into violence as the loyalist marching season provides the flashpoint. Like last year, it is the decision to allow the Portadown Orangemen to march their traditional route down the Catholic Garvaghy Road in Drumcree that provokes
SINGER and budding actress Sally Cooper was today in the land of make believe after being plucked from obscurity to become one of the two girl singers in the re-formed pop band Bucks Fizz. Bubbly blonde Lancashire lass Sally, 20, beat off competition
A FATHER and son who fell asleep together on a settee died as smoke fumes filled their candle-lit council house. The 35-year-old man and his six-year-old son, who have not yet been named by police, were found dead in the downstairs room of a house in
CHRIS Waddle today told Burnley-if you want me make me an offer! But I understand the club are going for someone with more experience and are expected to reveal their target soon. Ray Wilkins, Jack Charlton, Wrexham's Brian Flynn and Terry Yorath are
A BUSINESS leader has hit out at the new Chancellor for failing to stop plans to phase out a popular tax break. Simon Moyle, chairman of workwear firm Simon Jersey which employs more than 200, is disappointed Gordon Brown's Budget did not act to support
IN reply to the remarks in 'Relatives must share blame for tragic tots' (Letters, July 2), I'm sick and tired of the thoughtless busybodies who have nothing better to do than air their views on a family they know nothing about. There was more than enough
TEENAGER Kelly Jones was left heartbroken after thieves stole her pet rabbit and guinea pig. The night time raiders broke into the family's shed in Carr Road, Darwen, and took a mountain bike belonging to Kelly's 14-year-old brother Stuart, a garden strimmer
AN era of service to St Theodore's RC High School, Burnley, closed with the retirement of three teachers. Dave Preedy, Sylvia Sutcliffe and Dr Ken Durkin bade farewell to the school where they had taught for a total of 75 years. Mr Preedy taught physical
STUDENTS are doing their bit to help sell Burnley to the outside world. Youngsters from Ivy Bank High School in the town have produced corporate brochures for Burnley to highlight the benefits to business of locating in the area. The prospectuses have
CHRISTMAS lights could be switched on again in Rossendale after a change of heart by councillors. Lights were banned from the Valley's streets and town centres in a bid to shave £20,000 off the borough's spending plans. The cash was needed to improve
BLACKBURN Rovers today denied any bids have been received for Graeme Le Saux. Originally, Le Saux was supposed to be heading South, according to the newspaper reports, following his summer wedding. Now he is being linked with former boss Kenny Dalglish
IS that it? It's been a long time, up on this hill. A hundred years...some warm, sunny days, yes, but mainly 100 years of rain, mist, snow, ice - and that never-ending wind whipping across the moors. I know the people of Darwen think a lot of me, but
POLICE are to travel with train drivers in a new bid to crack down on rail crime. Transport police will have radio links from the cab to uniformed officers who will swoop to arrest the trackside vandals. The warning comes after another incident on the
TELEGRAMS from the Queen and Social Security Secretary minister Harriet Harman greeted Florrie Medlock on her 100th birthday. Rossendale born and bred, Mrs Medlock received flowers and congratulations from family and friends as she welcomed them to a
HOBBIES and pastimes are the themes of the Blackburn with Darwen Council's 1997 photographic competition. Gallery 19 in Blackburn is donating £80 worth of prizes for the three overall winners of the competition.. The shop is also giving a £50 portrait
RUMOURS of a romance between Captain Mark Phillips and Lancashire woman Jane Thornton were scotched. The Princess Royal's ex-husband was spotted with Jane, whose parents lived near Chipping, at the Savernake Forest Horse Trials in Wiltshire. But his father
Sunday League LANCASHIRE are back on top of the Sunday League and back in business as a Championship force. But their plans for success on a third front, the NatWest Trophy, are being undermined by a growing injury crisis. Lancashire meet struggling Sussex
Lancashire League IT'S men like Phil Mooney who give East Lancs a distinctive edge over a majority of the other teams in the EW Cartons Lancashire League. And it's such strength in depth which will ensure East Lancs are around when the title is decided
THE curtain will be raised on a £12 million state of the art multiplex cinema early in 1998. Warner Village Cinemas has announced the 12-screen centre will open in January just off junction 6 on the M61, at the newly created Middlebrook Retail and Leisure
A DISABLED man has been forced to cancel a fund-raising effort for a hospital after being taken ill. Spina bifida sufferer Mark Read, 27, of Knuzden, Blackburn, was due to race up and down Blackpool promenade for 26 miles on July 13. But the charity event
ROSSENDALE television wardrobe supervisor Sarah Pope was killed in a road accident on the M5 while returning from filming the Hollyoaks series. Mrs Pope, 51, wife of former Granada TV announcer Jim Pope, died when the mini-bus returning the Mersey TV
Looking Back, with Eric Leaver THE '20s and '30s are bywords for hard times but, though they couldn't afford to live like lords in those days, working class folk in East Lancashire could eat like them - on oysters. These days, at the famous Roberts Oyster
READING through various councillors' election statements, I cannot find any that said that, at the first opportunity, they would vote themselves a vast pay increase. Now that they consider that being a councillor is a job rather than a public service,
CONTROVERSIAL security firm Group 4 took over the transport of prisoners in East Lancashire from the police today. And the company, famous for its well-publicised great escapes, vowed today: "We'll do everything humanly possible to ensure a smooth transition
