A NEW wallpaper range is set to help save endangered species across the world. Crown Wallcoverings are making a contribution to the Worldwide for Fund for Nature for every roll of its new Go Wild collection sold. The collection, aimed at the children's
A HOSPITAL has admitted wrongly prescribing heroin substitute methadone to a patient on an alcohol withdrawal drug. The mistake by a junior doctor at Burnley General Hospital, working under consultant Dr Ian Blake, was only noticed when Beryl Dwyer handed
ANGRY residents are calling for urgent action to clear travellers off playing fields outside their homes. A camp of more than a dozen caravans has been set up at Feniscliffe playing fields, Blackburn - land owned by St Wilfrid's CE High School. The school
A GROUP of globetrotting students from around Lancashire have jetted off on a trip of a lifetime after scooping a prestigious scholarship. The nine teenagers are spending two weeks in Guatemala, Central America, as part of the Daniel Thwaites Scholarship
A SUPERMARKET cafeteria had a special occasion when a wedding party turned up among the shoppers and ordered 99p breakfasts for 20 guests. Staff at the Asda store, Accrington, were stunned when the bride and groom and their guests arrived complete with
LOWERHOUSE skipper Matt Hope has defended his players after professional Corrie Jordaan's decision to cancel his contract for next season. "The players felt that we wouldn't win the title if Corrie were to come back," said Hope, who left the door open
IT IS a laudable decision by the J D Wetherspoon pub chain to ban controversial alcopops, which are linked with under-age drinking. But is it enough? Hardly. For while Wetherspoon's action will cut sales in their pubs by up to 15,000 bottles a week, it
COUNCILLORS planning to build a new town hall are being advised how to avoid a multi-million pound mistake. Rossendale councillors meet on Thursday to agree the steering group which will oversee plans to convert Rawtenstall's Ilex Mill into a new town
A DOWNHEARTED scramble-biker says he is selling his machine because he has nowhere to ride it without a backlash of complaints. And enthusiast Devron Wood today defended fellow scramblers and hit back at critics who have attacked them for causing noise
MARK Harvey will make his first championship appearance for two years for Lancashire at Blackpool tomorrow. Harvey has been called up for the game against Warwickshire in place of Andy Flintoff, who is captaining England Under 19s against Zimbabwe, in
I too share the feelings of correspondents who object to Blackburn Council's £25,000 grant for minority languages. Alas, as usual, I feel our objections will come to nothing. Time and time again, the council have proved they don't give a damn about public
BRAVE Charlie McMurray is today riding his bike, paddling and even mastering picture crossword puzzles to the amazement of doctors and his family. Just two months ago his parents were told three times that the seven-year-old might not live through emergency
FIFTY years after India and Pakistan gained independence, Asian women are making their mark in this country in such diverse fields as politics, business, the media, arts and academia. We spoke to four positive role models for Asian women who have all
I READ with interest your report that Blackburn with Darwen Council is to 'get tough' with dog owners who allow their pets to foul pavements and other public places. I would like to point out to these civic worthies that few, if any, dogs of my experience
I POSTED a letter at my local Post Office on the afternoon of July 25. It arrived at its destination in Australia on July 29. I call that first class. J TURNER, Haslingden Road, Blackburn. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000
A FOOTBALL tournament involving 700 youngsters might have to be cancelled unless travellers leave Feniscliffe playing fields. Blue Star Youth Football Club had planned to host a major tournament at the playing fields this weekend. But they have been unable
SHAREHOLDERS of privatised giant United Utilities are creaming off more than £90 from every water customer in East Lancashire, it was claimed today. Figures have revealed that North West Water users contributed an average of £93 each to the company's
A LAW firm has been taken over in an expansion move. Accrington-based Acklam Bond has acquired the practice of the late E Martin Shutt, who had an office in Wellington Street St John's, Blackburn. Acklam Bond will continue to operate from its main office
IN Britain, we are fortunate to have some of the highest standards of animal protection in the world. Time after time when urging foreign governments to end cruelty in their countries, our own bloodthirsty sports are thrown back in our faces. The Bill
A TEAM of employees took time out to go back to school. Workers from British Aerospace at Samlesbury took part in an environmental project at St Mary's School in Mellor. The project involved building a pond at the school as part of a facelift for an overgrown
THE region is bucking the trend in business failures, according to latest figures. Between January and June this year, 92 North West companies called in the receivers, compared with 82 in the same period last year. Year-on-year figures for national business
NEW ways of saving cash in Burnley Council's housing repairs service were hammered out at a three-hour meeting. Council bosses met tenants group leaders, trade union representatives and staff to look at ways of making the service, which is heading for
Off the record with PETER WHITE THE bandwagon condemning the flood of foreign footballers currently forming a veritable invasion of English football continues to gather momentum. At the wheel is Professional Footballers' Association chief Gordon Taylor
THE St John Ambulance Brigade would like to appeal to anyone interested in learning first aid, or anyone who has taken a first aid course to help us. We need new blood. Our membership has been steadily declining. But organisations requesting our services
A COUNCIL was planning to pour its housing cash into rundown areas in a bid to head off massive slum problems. Members of Burnley Council's housing committee decided to change course in their fight against the area's housing crisis. But officials and
SO Robin Cook has been having a bit of nookie away from home. Tony Blair says he has sympathy with his problem, but it is a personal problem which won't interfere with his government job. Well, he is Foreign Secretary and is always away from home. What
THERE is no real surprise in the report today claiming that North West Water's customers are paying £93 each to shareholders. Nor that this amount is equal to 42 per cent of the average £222 bill. For, ever since privatisation, water users in the North
A SEVERELY disabled father of two has been left housebound after thieves stole his electric wheelchair. Francis Davies, 42, who suffers from a neurological nerve disease, was shocked to discover his only means of transport had disappeared from the backyard
A FORMER pupil of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn, Professor Ian Duerden has died of cancer at the age of 55 in Canada. Professor Duerden, a metallurgist, grew up in Blackburn and attended St Luke's Primary School. He obtained a degree at Leeds
AN alcohol charity today welcomed a pub chain's decision to ban the sale of controversial alcopops and said: "Let's hope every bar in East Lancashire now does the same." J D Wetherspoon announced it was axing the strong, fruit-flavoured drinks from all
CHRIS Waddle today appointed Clive Middlemass as Burnley's new Youth Development Officer at Turf Moor. Middlemass takes charge of the Burnley Centre of Excellence immediately and will relinquish his role as chief scout. Waddle explained: "There has been
CHRIS Sutton has been given the all-clear following a two-day stay in hospital at the end of last week and is determined to press his claims for a place in Blackburn Rovers' starting line-up against Derby County on Saturday. The £5 million striker was
