DRUG addict Paul Rothwell had become so caught up in the grip of heroin he was prepared to do anything to feed his addiction. And many believe his dependence on the drug led to his death at the hands of Kenneth Hartley. The two had known each other all
A BRAVE schoolgirl who battled a mystery disease has been honoured for her courage in the 1999 national Child of Achievement Awards. Lucy Greenwood, 11, of Sunnybank Close, Helmshore, was nominated by Christine Myers, deputy headteacher at Helmshore Primary
A COLD-BLOODED killer was starting a life sentence today for murder - thanks to the bravery of three key witnesses. Detectives have said the evidence of three street girls, who braved threats and intimidation, was vital for the conviction of Kenneth Hartley
A COLD-BLOODED killer was starting a life sentence today for murder - thanks to the bravery of three key witnesses. Detectives have said the evidence of three street girls, who braved threats and intimidation, was vital for the conviction of Kenneth Hartley
TIM FLOWERS has put in a transfer request, admitting that he will have to leave Ewood if he cannot get first team football. "I have no problems with Brian Kidd, no problems with the club and certainly no problem with John Filan, but I think everyone must
Burnley v Luton Town - Pete Oliver's big match preview THE last time Gerry Harrison played at Turf Moor, he was carried off having given everything to the claret and blue cause as Burnley survived relegation to the Third Division by the skin of their
THE execution-style murder of Paul Rothwell sent shock waves through the small world of drug addicts in Blackburn. Word on who was behind the cold blooded killing spread like wildfire and many people lived in fear for their own lives. Addicts and prostitutes
GRIEVING mother Joyce Brogden has told how she knew within hours who had shot her son. Paul Rothwell's mother was born and bred in the Bank Top area and has known all the key players in the murder most of her life. Joyce, who has since moved out of the
CHRIS Sutton handed Blackburn Rovers fans a major boost today, just as they were finally coming to terms with the £4 million departure of Ewood skipper Tim Sherwood to Tottenham Hotspur. As Sherwood moves out, Sutton has moved in - investing in a new
Accrington and Blackburn CHA Club: Wiswell Moor. Meet at Bull's Head car park, Wilpshire, Blackburn, 1pm. Leaders: B and S Britland. Choral Evensong sung by Ashleigh and St Nicholas Singers, Blackburn Cathedral, 3.30pm. Creative Writing Workshops, Accrington
IMPROVEMENTS to country lanes leading to a booming village are being demanded. Ribble Valley Council's planning committee is to write to Lancashire County Council expressing concern at the state of Elker Lane and Northcote Road, two main routes into Brockhall
A MYSTERY blaze gutted a classroom at Billinge High School, Blackburn, destroying equipment worth more than £1,000. Headteacher Roger Eckton said the wooden rural science block would have to be demolished after the fire, thought to have been caused by
A TIDAL wave of crime is driving businesses out of Blackburn, according to a company boss who was burgled ten times in three years. Brian Potts, of delivery firm PHS, lost thousands of pounds in stolen office equipment. He said he feared he could be uninsurable
I DON'T mind Prince Charles having Camilla Parker Bowles as his mistress, but to be our queen? - Never! OLIVE SLATER, Sussex Street, Nelson. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion
NEARLY two years after their general election disaster and still trailing miles behind Labour in the latest opinion poll today - not even gaining from the government's "black" Christmas spate of difficulties - the Tories are plainly in need of a big new
IF, as you report (LET, January 26), drastic cuts are needed in the police budget, then could we be informed of the total cost of the recent action against motorists during December, when thousands were stopped and questioned and only a handful found
THREE strikes and you're out - a term appropriate to soft ball rounders. But the Government and judiciary are about to use it against wrongdoers who, if they appear before the court three times, will serve a sentence. People making laws along these lines
LOOKING at the picture on your 'People' page, headed 'Double Success' (LET, January 28), my first impression was that Blackburn housing chiefs were celebrating a 'Gotcha' award. Yet, you have carried no reports about flying saucers landing, so one wonders
A RAIDER who targeted a newsagent's rang a taxi from the shop and escaped with a £3,000 haul - while the owner slept in the back room. Craig Kennedy, 30, had been sent to prison for 27 months for two burglaries in November, 1997. A year later he was given
SHOPPERS at the Victoria Centre in Harrogate are enjoying a breath of fresh air thanks to a filter firm. Interfilta of Burnley has supplied specialist filters for the air conditioning plant at the shopping centre. Converted for the new archive on 14 July
STEVE Davis is bidding to guide Burnley to their highest League position of the season by leapfrogging his former Luton Town team-mates tomorrow. You wouldn't have staked too much on Burnley being above Luton by this stage of the campaign after the two
A NEW centre to help Lancashire's family owned firms thrive has been launched. The Stoy Centre for Family Business aims to study and encourage the independent business sector which makes up around 76 per of UK companies. Set up nationally seven years
FORMER Burnley FC player Paul Fletcher is to give Lancashire business leaders his tips for success. Paul, who recently landed the job as commercial head of Wembley Stadium, is joining forces with business coach Mark Fitzmaurice at an event to be staged
DRINK-fuelled crime on the streets of Hyndburn is higher than ever before, with offences of drunkenness more than trebling in the last five years. And the fact that drink played a major factor in the death of a father-of-seven, kicked to death outside
EMPLOYEES are being urged to 'Give some time in '99' to help the local community. The Blackburn Partnership Employee Involvement project aims to match up companies in the borough with needy causes in the area. Firms already involved include Marks &
A SPATE of mill fires causing £12 million of damage has prompted an insurance warning. In recent months, a catalogue of fires in the Rossendale area have wreaked havoc on companies including Rossendale Slipper in Rawtenstall, National Carpets in Bacup
FIRMS living by the waterside are being offered help to clean up their act, with the launch of a new award scheme. This has been set up in East Lancashire under the umbrella of the River Enhancement East Lancashire project and the Mersey Basin Campaign
THE people of East Lancashire are being asked to be trailblazers in an environmental initiative. Planet Pledge 2000 aims to get as many people as possible to promise to take small steps to improve the environment. The idea is that if everyone takes small
TIM FLOWERS has put in a transfer request, admitting that he will have to leave Ewood if he cannot get first team football. "I have no problems with Brian Kidd, no problems with the club and certainly no problem with John Filan, but I think everyone must
ARCHITECT Peter Hitchen has a new role. Peter of Clitheroe who has headed up the design team at JYM Partnership since it was founded in 1996, has been appointed associate partner. The Bamber Bridge firm last year handled projects valued at more than £10
Wright On! A wry look at life, with Shelley Wright AS the only daughter of a 50-year-old man left disabled by an unfortunate industrial accident and whose liver practically packed up on Christmas Eve, I feel I am fairly well placed when it comes to offering
CAMPAIGNERS who fought for ten years to save Colne's Hartley Hospital were praised as a scheme to transform the building into a retirement village finally got the go ahead. The plan to convert the former hospital and its grounds into nine flats, 53 homes
A LEADING East Lancashire Liberal Democrat has urged the Government to sign up to a single European currency to give industry a "fighting chance". Gordon Birtwistle, the group's leader on Burnley Council, made the plea as top party officials toured Stuart
CAMPAIGNERS who fought for ten years to save Colne's Hartley Hospital were praised as a scheme to transform the building into a retirement village finally got the go ahead. The plan to convert the former hospital and its grounds into nine flats, 53 homes
Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview RICCARDO Scimeca aims to improve Aston Villa's title chances and put more relegation pressure on Blackburn Rovers, simply by doing what comes naturally when the two sides clash tomorrow.
STEVE Davis is bidding to guide Burnley to their highest League position of the season by leapfrogging his former Luton Town team-mates tomorrow. You wouldn't have staked too much on Burnley being above Luton by this stage of the campaign after the two
IN reply to the Rev Kevin Logan (Letters, February 1), I am getting rather bored by this minister's pompous views and double entendres. As a man of the cloth, he ought to know better. Of course, everyone is entitled to a personal opinion on any matter
BLACKBURN Hawks will have a new face in the ranks this weekend - even though it's a month since the ice hockey transfer deadline. Solway Sharks netminder Gordon Langford has been drafted in by "special dispensation" for Hawks home English Premier League
MY car was off the road this week and I was obliged to walk to and from my home in Waterfoot for a couple of days. The journey took me along Burnley Road East from the town centre to Shawclough Road, a distance of perhaps a mile or so. I have to say that
A LEADING headmaster has called on Blackburn Rovers boss Brian Kidd and other professional managers to help combat increasing violence on school football fields. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School head Dr David Hempsall was speaking at a unique conference
WHEN travelling abroad in certain countries - the USA and many others - British citizens are required to have up to six months left on their passports before they expire. Mine expires in November, 1999, and so if I want to go to USA next July or August
EDUCATION chiefs say teachers in the Burnley area should not think they are failing because an action zone to raise classroom standards may be set up in the town. Burnley is to be one of three areas in Lancashire bidding for education action zone status
A £3 million bid to make Burnley an education action zone offered a golden opportunity to build on the success of local schools, a headmaster said today. Kieran Heakin, head of St John's Junior School, said the chance to link with parents, business, education
A FED up shop owner is quitting Brierfield town centre in protest after claiming the local council has done nothing to help his business. Martin Muldowney has spelt out his annoyance at Pendle Council with a sign in the shop window saying he is moving
