A £5 million swimming pool and multi-purpose sports centre will start to take shape next year - just two years after the old pool had to close because of a dangerous structure. The Lottery dream has won the backing of Todmorden town councillors and members
ROY HODGSON is convinced that Martin Dahlin is the right man for Blackburn Rovers - on two fronts. The Rovers boss feels that he has signed not only the type of striker the club badly needed, but also one with whom the supporters will be able to relate
A NEW wonder drug to treat Alzheimer's Disease has been put on hold by health chiefs who fear it might raise unrealistic hopes. Donepezil is the first-ever pill to be licensed in the UK to treat the devastating effects of the condition. Campaigners believe
A PLUMBER suffered burns to his arms after a gas cylinder caught light following an accident with a blowtorch. Andrew Pettinger, of Whalley, was working in the bathroom of a house in St Hubert's Road, Great Harwood, when the accident happened. His cylinder
we would win title' says Nawaz READ professional Shahid Nawaz well remembers the expectancy at Whalley Road before the season began. "We thought we would win the league," he recalled. "Some at the club thought it would be a piece of cake. "Well it's become
THREE young children were orphaned after their parents were killed in a head-on crash while setting off on a family holiday. Philip and Julie Dewhurst, of Ribchester, died in the crash yesterday afternoon, while their three sons, Dean, eight, Paul, six
CHRIS Waddle has made a new striker his number one target. But after four new signings at Turf Moor in the space of a week - and an outlay of £425,000 - he says he's in no rush to nip into the transfer market again just yet. "If we are a bit weak department-wise
MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER MATTHEW DIXON IS AIMING TO FOLLOW IN SEB COES'S FOOTSTEPS. BRIAN DOOGAN MET THE PROMISING ATHLETE BEFORE HE SET OFF TO REPRESENT GREAT BRITAIN IN THE EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS POUNDING the streets at 9am does not come easy to
SKIPPER Andrew Hindley has spoken of his delight at coming third in the gruelling round-the-world BT Global Challenge. Andy, whose parents live in Hollins Lane, Accrington, arrived back in Southampton after the 30,000 mile race on Wednesday. Crowds of
ORANGE badge holder Fred Holt of Bacup was pipped at the post in his bid to become the UK's top disabled driver. Fred, 57, who had a multiple heart by-pass operation last year, was a runner-up in the northern finals of the 1997 RAC Response Disabled Driver
NORTH WEST roads are being cleared of cones in time for the summer rush of holidaymakers. Travellers to Manchester Airport, the Lake District, Blackpool and North Wales should find few roadworks to delay them as the Highways Agency is restricting work
THE Motorway Superwalk '97 is poised to become one of the biggest charity events ever to hit East Lancashire. The event will take place on the new seven-mile route of the M65 on August 31. More than 1,300 entry forms have already been returned but organisers
LANCASHIRE have reluctanlty conceded that Wasim Akram's season is over. The Pakistan pace star was due to go under the knife today with the shoulder problem which has troubled him all season. Wasim has played just one championship match and a handful
THE Aussies have some serious thinking to do about the role of Michael Bevan before Thursday's Fourth Test at Headingley. It's hard for me to say one way or the other whether he should be dropped because he is another of the touring party who is a team-mate
HITTING balls on the golf course has been far more enjoyable for Meyrick Pringle this summer than trying to do the same on the cricket field. "It's probably the worst season I've ever had with the bat," declared the South African who has appeared in three
A BIG thank-you has gone out to parents, staff and sponsors who turned a charity soccer match into a roaring success. The match between parents and staff at Beardwood School, Blackburn, raised £1,109 for the East Lancashire SuperScan appeal and earned
PULSE - Music and More compiled by Simon Donohue FORGET the Troubles. It's the music that matters in the world of hard-working "Irish" band Gone Beggin'. In reality, the four-piece Darwen outfit are about as Irish as a Blackburn-brewed pint of Guinness
THE fight to find student hostage Paul Wells is being hampered because militants who might hold important clues often die before they can be questioned, it was claimed today. James Bowman, director of the Hostages In Kashmir Campaign, said rebels captured
