BOXER Prince Naseem Hamed likes to have a go at potting when he's not punching. The world champ has just taken delivery of a Padiham-manufactured Riley Aristocrat snooker table at his home in Sheffield. The table was the one used at the British Open held
TWO major contracts have been won by an engineering firm as full-scale production of the Eurofighter nears. Brookhouse Patterns is to provide the tooling for all the carbon fibre composite components on the fighter aircraft. The contract is one of the
HUNDREDS of election leaflets were being urgently reprinted in Burnley today after a blunder by local Labour party bosses. The error came to light when it was discovered that the names of Labour's two candidates in Whittlefield ward did not match up with
A CONSULTANT surgeon revealed that a shortage of nurses in the Blackburn area could lead to "grave problems". Jack Magell told Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley health authority, which was discussing a report by the Association of Anaesthetists and
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Burnley accused of burglary was found hanged in his prison cell. Prison staff at Preston fought to revive Andrew Pounder, from Oxford Road, Burnley, when he was found by his cell mate on Saturday at 1.30am. He was on remand after
A YOUNG woman was battling for her life today after suffering severe head injuries when she was knocked down by a tractor on an unlit country lane. Valerie Pickard, 32, was hit by the tractor's nearside wheel near the Copy Nook Hotel outside Bolton-by-Bowland
A TERRIFIED mother has told how she had her face slashed in a vicious attack outside her own home. The mother of three - who does not want to be named because she fears reprisal attacks - was attacked in the back yard of her home by two mystery men. The
IAN Beach should have been celebrating his 28th birthday today...if he had lived to see it. Ian changed from a normal child from a good home into a drink and drug-crazed schizophrenic before dying in a Blackburn bedsit. As the debate continues about how
Northern League A BURST of five wickets for three runs off hostile pace bowling by Chorley's Western Australian professional Jo Angel at Windsor Park wrecked Leyland DAF's bid for a third consecutive Northern League victory. But it was not quite enough
PEOPLE who attended the concert 'Mary Magdalene' at St Paul's Church, Barnfield, Accrington, on Sunday evening enjoyed an accomplished performance by the Conchord Singers. More than 70 people attended the concert, which tells the story of Christ's resurrection
IF THE row over the presidency of the European Central Bank marring the launch of the euro seems to have had little impact on sterling or other European currencies, then the City's apparent dismissal of it as a political fuss may yet be telling. For the
Tuesday Topic, with Christine Rutter AS a male ballet dancer, Damian Jackson is bound to get some stick. Despite following in the footsteps hugely successful stars such as Wayne Sleep and Rudolph Nureyev, Damian's career in tights is still steeped in
A GOALLESS draw against their great rivals Everton has clinched the Lancashire League Second Division (under-18) championship for Blackburn Rovers B team with two games remaining. And that means they will bow out on a high note. For Rovers A and B teams
CLARETS chairman Frank Teasdale has given the nod for the first £200,000 of Peter Shackleton's takeover cash to be spent on returfing Turf Moor. But the club were still today waiting for the arrival of the £1 million up-front 'loan' from Shackleton's
Pete Oliver's end-of-season report THE fact that only three players who started Burnley's first game of the season were in the side that beat Plymouth to stay up on the last tells its own story. And with Chris Waddle using a total of 32 players in League
CHRIS Waddle will open talks tomorrow aimed at ironing out his future at Turf Moor. And he will also make detailed contract offers to the players he wants to keep next season. The Burnley player-boss will meet chairman Frank Teasdale in the morning no
FILTER firm Longworth has just completed its latest contract in Spain. Longworth, of Blackburn, has supplied a filter recycling plant for Catalana de Polimers, Spain's largest producer of polyester fibre. The firm has been using Longworth equipment for
STAFF from an Altham firm have been hitting the road to help keep traffic on the move. Siemens Traffic Controls, which specialises in signalling equipment, including traffic lights and systems for car parks and bus lanes, has launched a promotional campaign
THE hard men and women of sport turned out to pound the roads of Pendle during the borough's annual triathlon sports event. As usual the event attracted top class athletes from across the country prepared to push themselves to the limit. The triathlon
LEYLAND truck workers agreed to work Japanese style and take an 18-month pay freeze in a bid to back a management buy-out. In return, nearly 900 at Europe's most modern truck assembly plant, were to be classed as "staff" in a package of new working practices
CONTROVERSIAL Labour Euro MP Mike Hindley slammed the Government for its 'minimal programme' and told MPs to be loyal to the people who elected them. At the 20th annual May Day rally in Towneley Park, Burnley, Mr Hindley said: "I would never ever expect
SOCIAL services bosses at County Hall have denied a decision has already been made on the future of homes for the elderly. Rumours have been circulating that Lancashire County Council has decided to sell off all its homes for the elderly. And opposition
LANCASHIRE found themselves under new Benson and Hedges Cup pressure today. Leicester's win over Warwicks at Grace Road yesterday threw the group wide open - and made it vital that Lancashire crushed Minor Counties at Norwich to improve their poor run
SO council tenants in Burnley are going to get a 'friend' to give them advice about the 'sell-off' of their homes (LET, April 28). What of the estates which are adopting the right to manage themselves? Groups on these estates have gone through long and
IN answer to Barry Walsh (Letters, April 21), a call by a churchman, in this case the Bishop of Blackburn, for an end to the arms industry is surely what one should expect from a man of the cloth. The Church of England may be one of the wealthiest of
THE medical world - and investors in drugs firms - are galvanised by a research breakthrough in America that promises a cure for all kinds of cancer. It is a development that will fill millions of ordinary people with hope. For despite all the real advances
LIKE a pack of hounds scenting the fox, national newspaper journalists descend on the seaside home of the child killer Mary Bell in matters that are not in the public interest in their tactless and tacky trade of exposing the past and trying a person
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Haslingden 3 Kidsgrove Athletic 2 HASLINGDEN FC folded last night - but went out with a bang not a whimper! The Tangerines saved one of their best ever performances until last, fighting back from 2-0 down to beat champions-elect Kidsgrove 3-2 on an emotional
Cummings and Goings - a fan's-eye view, with Stephen Cummings HOPE, concern, fear, relief - four words which not only sum up the events of Saturday afternoon, but also seem entirely appropriate as a description of the Clarets season, This has been a campaign
