PRINCE Andrew found himself the target of the sharp wit of archer Gordon Aldred during a glittering awards ceremony in London. Gordon, of Byron Square, Great Harwood, was collecting the prestigious Torch Trophy awarded annually for exceptional services
A FRAIL child who won an award for her courage died after suffering an epiletic fit at a special school, an inquest heard. Courtney Monica Allen, 11, was born with a condition meaning she had to have both kidneys removed soon after birth. Her grandmother
POLICE officers were in mourning today for a former Lancashire Chief Superintendent and athlete killed in a motorbike accident. Barry Sanderson, 53, died when his BMW bike left the road yesterday lunchtime on a bend on Rivington Lane, Rivington. No other
IT is a regular occurrence for the road outside St Francis's School on Cherry Tree Lane, Blackburn, where I live, and for residents' drives and pavements to be blocked on school days from 3.30pm until 3.45pm by parents' parked cars. Other parents, in
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has "quick-stepped" up his campaign to save an East Lancashire school's banned Sunday tea dances. He has sent a 250-signature petition in favour of the Sabbath shindig to Blackburn MP and Home Secretary Jack Straw after Burnley council
PEOPLE living along a busy main road through Colne are bracing themselves for traffic gridlock and preparing for an unhappy Christmas after the opening of the M65 extension. "This is a Christmas present our town could do without," said Councillor Tony
STUART Ripley joined Damien Duff in the treatment room after Blackburn Rovers' confidence-boosting victory over Arsenal at Highbury. And Ewood boss Roy Hodgson will be hoping his luck is not going to turn sour and that he doesn't have his wings clipped
I AM studying for a degree in quantity surveying at Salford University. I am carrying out research into the effectiveness of closed-circuit TV in town centres in reducing crime. To measure this, certain objectives will have to be met. These include calculating
A NEWLY-appointed Burnley hospitals boss has resigned after it was discovered he had been convicted of fraud. And today regional health chiefs launched an inquiry into how Brierfield businessman Arshid Khatana became a non-executive director of the £90
A SCHOOLBOY was today critically ill in hospital after being seriously injured in a road accident in Accrington. Fourteen-year-old pedestrian John Potter suffered head, chest and leg injuries when he was involved in a collision with a vehicle in Manchester
FOUR people were arrested today after police swooped on the homes of suspected drug pushers in a series of raids. Detectives targeted five homes in Blackburn at 6am and recovered stolen property and a quantity of substances believed to be drugs as part
AFTER yet another abysmal performance from Burnley on Saturday all Clarets fans must now be asking the question of where we go from here. Despite the fact that I have previously criticised the board of directors for their failure to run the club as a
AWARDS have been handed out to schools, councils, volunteers and individuals who have worked to improve the environment. The Standing Conference of South Pennine Authorities presented its annual accolades at Burnley Town Hall. Winner in the individual
A BBC documentary raising doubts about the Eurofighter's performance and value for money was attacked by industry leaders in Lancashire today. Last night's Panorama programme into the £42 billion fighter on which thousands of local jobs depend questioned
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Don Mackay was on a top secret mission to try to strengthen his squad for an Ewood promotion push. And his target was Barcelona's Scottish international striker Steve Archibald - the man Rovers had tried to sign at the start of
WHEN the Tories were in power, Hyndburn's council leader constantly told the electors to blame the government for the state of the council's spending power. Now New Labour are the government, what does he say about the proposed increase of at least six
THE GOVERNMENT is in a stew at home and abroad over beef. For it is risking a new "beef war" with Europe by declaring a unilateral ban on EU meat imports that do not meet the strict hygiene rules applied in this country. And, back home, it is in trouble
A NURSERY school was given top marks after a visit by OFSTED inspectors. Officers found the 46-pupil Howard Street Nursery was "an effective school with a significant number of strengths." Their report said children's attainment met national expectations
A SMOKING ban by Pendle Council is set to be extended to more areas. At present the authority's no-smoking policy only relates to offices and administrative buildings. Now councillors are being recommended to extend the policy to cover workshops, canteens
CHRIS Waddle is considering promoting one of his young strikers to the first team squad to try and boost Burnley's bid to climb away from the Second Division relegation zone. Kevin Henderson and Colin Carr-Lawton are the potential candidates in the frame
SITTING in that gridlocked single-lane purgatory we call Blackburn town centre, I thought of some of the pearls of wisdom which have recently been handed down to us by the council. Up to £1,000 fine for dog fouling. Some 12 to 15 years ago, signs appeared
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Blackburn pub landlady Freda Brown, who died on Sunday. Mrs Brown, a well-known figure behind the bar at the Star and Garter, Blackburn, for 18 years, was 65. She was born in Middleton, Manchester, and ran a number of
A BEAT-the-burglar scheme aimed at the over 55s has had a 100 per cent success rate. None of the 144 homes in Haslingden fitted with special security devices in the last year has been burgled. Now all over 55s in the town are urged to contact Age Concern
HOPES of a New Year start on Blackburn's crucial Eastern Radial route were ruined. County planners had secured a promise of £2.5 million in Euro grants for the road, on condition work started in 1993. But they were told the Department of Transport would
THE miseries, it seems, are still calling the tune over the popular pensioners' dances that they have stopped at Burnley because they fall foul of the cobwebbed 200-year-old Sunday observance law. For council officials, who last month brought down this
THE sister of murdered father-of-seven Raymond Hampson today made a desperate plea: "Help catch my brother's vicious killers." Part-time doorman Mr Hampson, 39, died after being kicked and punched in the head in a violent attack by a gang of men outside
A PENSIONER underwent surgery yesterday after being targeted by a vicious mugger during a shopping trip to France. Mrs Doris Brown, in her 70s, was attacked as she left a restaurant in Calais on Saturday evening with her daughter Joan Grogan. The former
FINANCE experts have predicted £4.3 million will have to be cut from services and council tax bills will rise by 5.5 per cent in Blackburn and Darwen. Some of the cost-cutting measures could lead to redundancies at the town hall and council departments
MORE than £1,000 was raised for children's charity groups at the annual civic carol concert in Blackburn. More than 1,100 people attended the event, organised by the Salvation Army and Blackburn with Darwen Council. The Salvation Army, St Gabriel's Junior
I WAS unable to be at the demonstration for a pelican crossing on Preston Old Road at Cherry Tree, Blackburn, last Thursday because my son, Ben, was injured while crossing the same road the night before. It shows the desperate need for a pelican crossing
PADIHAM Medical Centre was closed today after a boiler exploded in the early hours causing heat and smoke damage to surgeries and treatment rooms. The centre, owned and run by five doctors, was making arrangements to use rooms across the road at Burnley
HUNDREDS of newsletters have been distributed to homes and businesses in a problem-hit area of Nelson as part of an ambitious scheme to improve life for residents. Pendle Council will carry out a survey of Nelson West, covering parts of Whitefield and
TORY MP Nigel Evans has blasted the Government in the wake of the new beef-on-the-bone ban which came into force at midnight. The Ribble Valley MP met a delegation of angry North West farmers at the House of Commons yesterday. Afterwards he declared:
