DO the drivers of the black cabs which stand on Penny Street and Church Street, Blackburn, know the Highway Code? I am sick and tired of the cabs on Penny Street doing a U-turn from their stand when facing up the street when wanting to go down. The other
CHRIS WADDLE joined Burnley as player-manager today, brought Glenn Roeder with him as his right hand man and the duo immediately set their sights on promotion. "I think Burnley are a big club and the division they are is a false one," said Waddle, who
I WAS really angry at the criticism of the families of babies Levi Rose and Tara Jane Howe (Letters, July 2). The writer has obviously not had the sort of dealings with the Social Services that my son has had with them with regard to his daughter aged
MOVING tributes to football fan Adrian Marshall have been placed at the road junction where he received fatal injuries. Adrian, 39, of Mancknols Street, Colne, was a pillion passenger on his brother Andrew's motorbike travelling home from work on June
COLLEAGUES at Mersey Television today paid tribute to Sarah Pope, the Rossendale mother killed when a minibus returning a film crew from location, crashed on the M5. Mrs Pope, 51, of Newchurch, died instantly in the accident involving four vehicles near
A DANGEROUS bend at a busy Ribble Valley bridge was set to be straightened after the latest in a series of accidents damaged the parapet. The Blackburn Road bridge over the RIver Ribble near the De Tabley Arms at Ribchester had had a history of accidents
LANCASHIRE were today hit by a new NatWest Trophy injury scare surrounding Neil Fairbrother. Fairbrother aggravated his thigh injury in his innings of 70 in Sunday's tie against Middlesex, and captain Mike Watkinson said today: "It has been tight again
A NEW town hall department is being set up which will offer a wide range of advice and help to people in Blackburn and Darwen. Details of the service are included in the council's white paper on rights advice and entitlement. The department will offer
JAZZ greats from throughout the country gathered in Clitheroe for the funeral of top pianist Stan Barker. They then took to the stage at the packed Trinity Methodist Church and serenaded the gathering with his favourite tunes. Stan enjoyed an international
DOES the Labour Government give a damn about pensioners? Not content with scrapping tax relief on the arrangements made for a secure future, they are now going to raid pension funds, in a way which would have made the late former Labour MP Robert Maxwell
Angry Burnley businessman William Nodds is offering a £200 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who broke into his car. Property valued at £500 was stolen when a screwdriver was used to get into the Toyota vehicle
TOWN halls in East Lancashire will share out a jackpot of more than £45 million worth of European grants over the next year. The cash is part of a £290 million package which will be targeted at industrial areas in the North West hit by the depression
HAVING read both sides of the debate over fluoride and the health authorities' assurances that it is safe, maybe we should ask the children what they think. It is they whose lives have been made a misery through fluoride. They did not have a say when
I HEARTILY agree with Mr C. Bakewell (Letters, July 1) concerning soft sentences. Life should mean life for brutal and wilful murder. Ninety per cent of people would agree. In fact, recent headlines confirm Mr Bakewell's view. One read: 'Alarm over murderers
POLICE are appealing to people to keep a lookout for a 14-year-old girl who went missing from home more than a month ago. Roxanne Wilkinson was last seen on June 6 when she left her Great Harwood home saying she was going for a walk. The police were contacted
Turf Moor expert Tony Garner applauds the Burnley board for their daring Chris Waddle swoop CHRIS Waddle, manager of Burnley. I can hardly believe it. The former England ace brings big name glamour and flair back to a footballing outpost of East Lancashire
ZAMBIA-born Nicola Lindsay has taken over as marketing manager at the Blackburn Arena. The 23-year-old graduate takes up the post after a spell in the marketing department at Preston North End. Nicola is a graduate from Loughborough University where she
A TERRIFIED shopkeeper who watched a robber point a gun at her son's head during a raid hit out today after the case was dropped when a witness disappeared. Dawn Abbott, 31, could only look on helplessly as a thug wearing a scarf and hat pointed what
PLANS for another retail park for Blackburn could lead to 'overkill' claims a traders' association official. Creswell Estates Limited and British Gas have put in a joint planning application for six stores on the site of the former gas depot in Russell
ROSSENDALE will miss out on a share of European industry cash - because the area does not meet the criteria for funding. East Lancashire councils are bidding for £45m, part of a £290m package which is being targeted at industrial areas in the North West
A CAT cut off the electricity to thousands of homes throughout East Lancashire. It found its way into an electricity sub-station at Clayton-le-Moors and was blasted by 33,000 volts as it climbed near switches - and lived. But it was so badly hurt it had
HAVING recently had need of the services of the out-patient department of Blackburn Infirmary, I would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the fracture clinic and the diabetic foot clinic. They were kind, considerate and very dedicated, in
JAILED civil servant Gordon Foxley robbed hundreds of East Lancashire defence workers of their jobs when he took huge bribes from foreign firms in exchange for UK ammunition orders. Now one of those firms is back on the approved list, having paid "substantial
THE promise of a good schooling for every child in Britain is delivered in the government's White Paper, Excellence in Schools. With its watchwords of "zero tolerance for failure," it honours Labour's election pledge to make education its top priority
AN 83-year-old woman, who had trouble swallowing food, choked to death in hospital on tablets and a special diet supplement drink. Mrs Mary Alice Lord, of New Line, Bacup, a retired greengrocer, had been in Rossendale General Hospital for eight days until
A FIRM has had its phone bill cut by £1,000 by telephone giant BT. Instant Search, based in George Street, Whalley, sells company reports and other information and was one of ten runners-up in a competition run by BT. The prize was £1,000 worth of free
Off The Record, with Peter White THE bowler shuffled past the umpire and launched a high, looping delivery which plunged rapidly towards the rough just outside the batsman's leg stump. Trying to read the flight and the ultimate destination of the delivery
PUB landlords in Blackburn have welcomed plans for a major crackdown on boozy troublemakers. Blackburn MP and Home Secretary Jack Straw is aiming to call time on the lager louts with a series of tough new measures. The Licensed Victuallers' Association
A PILLION passenger was killed and her husband injured when they were thrown from their motorbike in an horrific road crash. Tracey Autton, 29, died instantly when she was tossed from the bike into a post. The accident, early this morning, involved a
ON MARCH 31, 1924, a plush new cinema opened its doors to the public and the movies came to Blackburn. Described as the "finest cinema in the kingdom" showing "super programmes of the highest class," the Majestic charged the equivalent of 5p for a cheap
MYSTERY today surrounded the whereabouts of a family who hired a priest to beat them after believing a spirit had possessed them. Horrified neighbours called police when they heard screams coming from the family's house as the bizarre exorcism took place
THE spotlight will shine on a group of youngsters tomorrow when a television crew takes over their school. The makers of Channel 4 programme Collector's Lot will be at Benjamin Hargreaves CE Primary, Accrington, to speak to the pupils about their project
ANDERS Andersson's move from Malmo to Ewood Park looks a definite starter and could be completed in the next couple of days. The young Swedish midfielder was discussing personal terms with Blackburn Rovers today, after the club agreed a deal in principle
HUNDREDS of business leaders from across the UK are preparing to do battle in the Ribble Valley. The Mitel Challengers Trophy is being held in the countryside surrounding Stonyhurst College from Wednesday to Saturday. The team event will see managers
