FIGHT injury victim Peter Webb is now back home after a life-saving operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. Peter, 24, of Grane Street, Haslingden, collapsed some hours after being involved in a street brawl with another man. His family sent
TONY DEWHURST reports from Windsor Park, Belfast THE empty stands of Belfast's Windsor Park Stadium formed an eerie backdrop to Chris Waddle's Burnley debut. The Clarets player-manager featured for 63 minutes of last night's 2-1 victory over the enthusiastic
THE increasing cruelty against animals is a symptom of a general breakdown in society. Until we learn to live in harmony with the natural world and respect animals, we are on a slippery slope. We have been brainwashed into viewing farm animals as little
OASIS star Noel Gallagher should be urged to join the battle against youth drug-taking if he attends a Downing Street party, Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans said today. Mr Evans, co-chairman of the all-party drugs group, warned Tony Blair that he had responsibilities
LITTLE Stuart Cook is today playing happily back out on the street where he cheated death in a freak road crash. Stuart, four, suffered just a small fracture to his skull and a cut to his ear when he was crushed in his toy car outside his home in Cotton
THE battle to save Burnley's century-old Victoria Hospital was lost. District health bosses voted for temporary closure of the major hospital unit as part of an emergency plan to get the authority off its financial sick-bed. But their survival package
ANDY FLINTOFF was set to play his last game in a month for Lancashire today. Flintoff came into the championship picture for the clash with Hants at Southampton, but next week joins the England Under 19 squad of which he is captain for the series against
A JOB advertisement in your paper (LET, July 16) contained a paragraph which read: "We are seeking to raise the representation of black and ethnic minority groups. Therefore applications are welcome only from people in these groups," with a reference
WITH a mighty 180-seat margin in the Commons, what is Tony Blair up to as he offers Paddy Ashdown and other Liberal Democrats seats on a special Cabinet committee? It is a rare departure in British politics and a high-minded gesture when he has no practical
SUPERMUM Jackie Carter is set to conquer the pain barrier and take part in a once-in-a-lifetime charity walk. The 39-year-old has undergone 10 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans since November 1994. Jackie, of Prospect Avenue, Darwen, has had two
TIM Flowers underwent surgery to repair groin damage last night and is definitely out of the start of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership campaign. Flowers had played without any apparent problems against Gothenburg, Norrkoping and Dundee United in Sweden.
WHEN are we going to have our pavements swept? The council spend a fortune on useless, expensive, atmosphere-polluting juggernauts that hold up traffic while making a pretence of sweeping the gutters. This, while a workman flicks the odd larger piece
TOUCHING prayers written by young parishioners prove that student hostage Paul Wells has not been forgotten. Youngsters living in the Feniscowles area were urged to put pen to paper by the Rev John Cree, of Immanuel Parish Church. The prayers, many of
A PUB landlord pays £2,300 a year in council tax - but it doesn't get all his rubbish emptied free. Dave Cork, new landlord of the Railway Hotel, Huncoat, has been told by Hyndburn Council he will receive one sticker per week which he then applies to
A COUPLE are appealing for the safe return of their daughter's wedding video. A camera containing film of the ceremony and reception went missing as Michael and Maureen Sunderland prepared to leave their hotel on Monday. It is feared the £900 JVC camcorder
I MUST draw to your attention a matter of grave local concern and also of far-reaching national implication if the trend is repeated throughout England and Wales. I refer to the imminent closure by the Environment Agency of Witcherwell fish hatchery.
I WOULD like to thank the staff in the ladies' department at Tommy Ball's warehouse in Blackburn for their help. I was looking for some backless shoes because I have had a very badly blistered heel - and I haven't been able to get any shoes on for weeks
LAGER louts and winos are turning a shoppers' rest area into a boozers' beach party, it has been claimed. The drinkers are buying booze at local off-licences and spending the day sunbathing and partying round a bench that was put up at the bottom of Bank
RESIDENTS were on the road to having the dirt track leading to their homes revamped because it was designated an ancient highway. The track, from Wesley Street to Badger Wells Cottages in Sabden, was almost impassable in winter but no-one would accept
DRUGS are the curse of our society - an evil which wrecks the lives of its victims and the root of a crime plague that afflicts us all. But one of its most wretched aspects is the widespread resignation that little or nothing can be done to defeat it.
BOSSES at an East Lancashire exercise equipment firm had their breath taken away when they scooped one of the top prizes in a television business contest. Blackburn firm Shapemaster Fitness won £25,000 for coming second in Granada's tough Flying Start
PLANS are in the final stages for the fifth Rossendale Valley Motorbike Show with promises that this year's event will be bigger and better than ever. Organisers are expecting a record 30,000 visitors to Rawtenstall for the event on September 28. This
THEY are the neighbours from hell. Music blares out at all hours of the day and night, siblings shout insults at everyone they meet and dodgy deals are done in the living room. The Battersbys of Coronation Street - headed by mouthy mum Janice, played
A CAMPAIGN to make cars a thing of the past in Blackburn town centre is to be launched by highways chiefs. Town hall bosses are to step up the campaign to drive cars away from the town centre when Blackburn with Darwen Council breaks away from County
LIVES at risk from motorists parking on pavements, Burnley Police and Community Forum was told. Coun Marion Smith said that not only were vehicles damaging the footpaths but pedestrians were also being forced to walk in the road to get round them. "Everyone
DOCTORS at Burnley General Hospital are treating a patient with the potentially fatal illness Legionnaire's Disease. Jack Cheetham, 61, of Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, was today "stable but poorly" in the intensive care unit. It is understood he contracted
TEENAGER Tracey Woodward and her family are playing mum to an orphaned foal...but it may not be enough to save his life. Two-week-old Charlie's mum Sapphire, exhausted from the birth, died from a rare throat condition. Now the Woodward family, of Crow
GORDON COWANS looks certain to join Burnley as the new Clarets reserve team coach. The ex-Blackburn Rovers and England man will replace the experienced Harry Wilson. Turf Moor player-boss Chris Waddle confirmed the move today and said: "We've had a chat
