PLANS to give bishops the power to expel rebellious church wardens will be opposed in parliament by Burnley MP Peter Pike. The Church of England move follows a row between the church hierarchy and a group of churchwardens in Norfolk who defied the sacking
Coca Cola Cup 1st round 2nd leg: Burnley 2 Lincoln City 1 (Burnley win 3-2 on aggregate) - Tony Dewhurst's big match report CHRIS Waddle revealed his new Turf Moor role - as a claret and blue sweeper! Waddle slapped on the number four shirt and tugged
A PARTY reveller slammed bosses of the new Millennium nightspot in Blackburn after EastEnders' Grant Mitchell failed to turn up for the opening. Bio-chemist John Jones and a party of 22 friends travelled 50 miles from Liverpool to the Cicely Lane club
ONE of the problems with the modern-day curse of "neighbours from hell" and communities that have their lives made a misery by out-of-control hooligans is the perception that little or nothing can be done. Not so. Decent folk need not suffer. They can
MAJOR research today revealed that alarmingly low levels of surgery are being carried out on East Lancashire heart patients. Health experts have expressed concern about access to cardiac services for the ethnic minorities, people over 65 and patients
DETECTIVES investigating the rape of a 13-year-old Burnley girl are following up new leads following a good response from the public for information. But they still want to hear from a man who was with the attacker shortly before the late night Friday
CHRIS Waddle celebrated his first managerial victory today as the Clarets joined the Premiership big guns in tomorrow's Coca-Cola Cup second round draw. Waddle saw the Clarets clock up a hard fought 2-1 victory over Lincoln City - his first senior win
I DIDN'T think your streaker story (LET, August 21) was very funny because people get done in the courts for this. I praise Hyndburn Council for the road humps because where I live it's like Le Mans or Oulton Park with the noise and cars going down at
RESIDENTS campaigning against the closure of a footpath into Blackburn's Witton Park have been told access will be restored - in two years time. People living around the park have been protesting against Blackburn with Darwen Council's decision to erect
DISGRACED East Lancashire police officers have been charged with discreditable conduct following an incident at a raunchy strippergram show. The Police Complaints Authority ruled that 22 officers should face disciplinary proceedings over alleged indecency
ROY HODGSON has rightly urged everyone to remain calm despite the encouraging start to the season. There is reason for optimism and I am sure he is quietly delighted by the manner in which the wins have been achieved, especially against Aston Villa. There
I SUGGEST people stop dredging up the past and put some positive support behind one and all down at Ewood. There are too many Rovers' fans who harp on about "ambition" while doing nothing but damage to the club they supposedly support. If Rovers fail
BRAVO, Mrs S Evans (Letters, August 20) for putting in writing the feelings of many Blackburn music-lovers. I have been to many local outdoor concerts over the years and enjoyed them all. I can't understand the intransigence of the Leisure Department.
FREE school dinners for 18,000 of Lancashire's poorest children were due to be axed. Thousands of pupils at primary, secondary and special schools were likely to lose out because of a change in the rules, effective from April 1988. But hard-pressed parents
ROYAL Air Force Tornadoes took off for the Gulf before dawn to protect Iraq's marsh Arabs from persecution from Saddam Hussein. The jets, which left RAF Marham in Norfolk in two waves, were Britain's contribution to an allied effort to stop Iraqi air
CRISIS club Lancashire have been rocked by a fresh off-field blow with the departure of chief executive John Bower. And now it appears that batsman Jason Gallian will be following Bower and Chairman Bob Bennett out of Old Trafford. Bower, who was appointed
EAST Lancashire has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the country. Yet, today it is revealed that alarmingly low levels of surgery are being carried out on victims. Some people, major research shows, are waiting more than a year for investigation
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy AS August gives way to September it is an ideal time to study not only the fruits and seeds but also the animals which feed upon them. Look out for fields and hedgerows full of thistles which are fed upon by birds such as
ON my way to the Lions' Gala at Witton Park, Blackburn, I was confronted by people collecting signatures for a petition to save the footpaths in the Buncer Lane area. I was surprised, since I always thought that no legal footpath could be closed without
ORGANISERS of a bikers' festival expected to attract hundreds of riders from across the country have agreed to use a noise meter to keep down the din and allay residents' fears. Leather-clad motor cyclists will this week-end gather in a farmer's field
BILLY McKinlay and Jason Wilcox have not yet been ruled out of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday. Manager Roy Hodgson will be going 'home' to Croydon and Selhurst Park where he began his football career with Palace. And
