BLACKBURN Rovers have agreed a package deal of around £1 million for St Mirren's talented teenage duo Burton O'Brien and David McNamee. The youngsters and their parents are now considering their options, with several other major clubs having tracked the
A WOMAN in her 70s suffered head and arm injuries when she was thrown down the stairs of her home by bogus callers. Thelma Isherwood was taken to hospital and was too shocked to talk to detectives about the incident. The 78-year-old, of Highfield Road
FRAIL elderly and disabled people faced an uncertain future due to massive cuts in government support for Lancashire's social services. The county council was forced to make provisions to close four old people's homes and five children's homes, while
HOW I appreciated the sincerity of Mrs C Dodds (Letters February 1) in calling for Crosshill Special School, Blackburn, not to be closed. I work as a practice nurse and occasionally come into contact with children who have 'special needs.' Despite their
LANCASHIRE expect to know this weekend whether Muttiah Muralitharan will be their overseas player this summer. The county expect a definite answer from the Sri Lankan management in the next two days. Reports that the Old Trafford attentions have turned
LAUNDERING can be carried out easily these days, or, rather, washing dirty linen in public can. Turn on the television and you are bombarded with an array of seedy, unfaithful, shifty or downright crooked people being interviewed or goaded by chat show
ANDREW Dickson is gunning to rediscover his red hot early season form in a make or break weekend of ice hockey action for Blackburn Hawks. Like his team, the Canadian forward has lost top spot in the English Premier League of late. He lies second behind
BARLICK played some of their most incisive football of the season in the opening half of this President's Cup game. The opening goal arrived after both teams missed a couple of half chances. Then on 10 minutes, Paul 'Cogsy' Corrigan got the first of his
DESPITE possessing formidable knowledge of the mythical trials and tribulations of pensioners under Tory rule, I would guess G E Rayner (Letters, Feb 3), has little practical experience of pensioners' existence under New Labour. Last year, my 96-year-old
ONE thousand UK meat inspectors staged a 24-hour strike and picketed slaughterhouses earlier this month, partly because of the intimidation and abuse they receive from slaughtermen. By law, all carcasses have to be inspected before they leave the slaughterhouse
THE news that HIV comes from chimpanzees (LET, February 1) is further evidence of the dangers of Africa's escalating trade in meat from wild animals - known as bush meat. It confirms that the bush meat trade is not only threatening the survival of chimpanzees
POLICE in Burnley have released video stills of a hit and run accident in which a woman suffered serious injuries. They are appealing for motorists seen in the shots or anyone else who can help to come forward. The pictures show a burgundy Ford Sierra
FIFTY years ago sisters Irene and Vera Holland stood proudly outside St Peter and St Paul's Church in Rishton having married the men of their dreams. And now they are celebrating a double golden wedding. Irene had met her husband Albert Clarkson outside
Drive and Stoll, with Ron Freethy - today, along the shore at Blackpool "WALKING along the Prom Prom Prom Tiddly om pom pom" reminds me that I can't sing, but I love strolling. Walking along the front at Blackpool in winter is marvellous and if you stick
CAROL Shepherd has been appointed corporate sales executive at Altham-based Simon Jersey. Carol will be responsible for developing the firm's corporate division which has clients including DHL and Hertz Europe. Converted for the new archive on 14 July
A FATHER-of-three who lost his job at a tissue factory claims he was made redundant because he is a part-time firefighter. But the managing director of Teral Tissues, Great Harwood, claims the decision was 'nothing personal' and was made along with 18
MPs have praised British Aerospace over its involvement in the Airbus project Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle has put down a Commons Motion highlighting the role of the firm in the project which provides thousands of jobs in East Lancashire, mainly at BAe's
DETAILS of one of the largest house building schemes in Pendle in recent years have been unveiled by developers Fairclough Homes. The company has submitted plans for 144 detached houses on fields bordered by Halifax Road, Nelson, and Edge End Avenue and
POLICE in Burnley have released video stills of a hit and run accident in which a woman suffered serious injuries. They are appealing for motorists seen in the shots or anyone else who can help to come forward. The pictures show a burgundy Ford Sierra
A WOMAN suffered head and arm injuries when she was thrown down the stairs of her home by bogus callers. Thelma Isherwood was taken to hospital and was too shocked to talk to detectives about the incident. The 78-year-old, of Highfield Road, Clitheroe
ASSISTANT chief constable of Merseyside Police Paul Stephenson is returning to Lancashire to become deputy chief constable. Mr Stephenson was one of the youngest officers in Lancashire promoted to the rank of superintendent when he was 34. The 45-year-old
A YOUNG actor who cut his teeth in amateur productions at Blackburn College has got his big break in a major TV sitcom. James Slark - stage name is James Carlton - has secured a starring role in the 13 episode ITV series Days Like These, which starts
Reading v Burnley - Pete Oliver's big match preview THE name Casper is more synonymous with putting the ball in the net at Turf Moor than keeping it out. But first and foremost that's what Chris Casper will be trying to do when he shores up the Reading
A MOVIE company is planning to film part of the amazing life story of a reformed drug addict from Blackburn in the town this summer. And the production team is calling on local people to help out as extras when the cameras arrive in June. Stephen Smith
A SECURITY guard meant to be watching over a factory at Christmas, went nightclubbing - then took friends back for a party, a court was told. Burnley Crown Court heard how Paul Orange, 21, allegedly reversed a fork lift truck into valuable machinery at
Wright On! - a wry look at life, with Shelley Wright IN the last seven days I have been through every excuse in the book and still haven't come up with any reason for branding my grandma Bolton's answer to Bernard Manning in last week's Wright On! - and
MOTHER and son Heather and Michael Dawes have teamed up to get a new venture on the menu. The duo have recently set up the Newmarket Cappuccino Bar and Delicatessen in Deardengate, Haslingden, and have already expanded by taking on a third member of staff
THE case for help for East Lancashire's manufacturing industry has been taken to the top. A high ranking delegation met with the minister responsible for assisted area status to put their argument forward for the area to secure millions of pounds worth
HOUDINI Jack Russell terrier Bart decided to make a bid for freedom from the garden at her pub home and ended up on the neighbour's roof. How the seven-year-old managed the great escape is a mystery to her owners at the Hargreaves Arms, Burnley Road East
COMMUNITY leaders in East Lancashire are planning to cross the racial divide in a bid to tackle the menace of drug abuse. A major new anti-drugs campaign will see the Christian and Muslim communities join forces in a partnership to be unveiled at a major
JOHN Filan picked up a special award from Wilkinson Sword yesterday to mark his outstanding performance at Aston Villa. But the Aussie keeper is just happy to be fit and well after a serious injury scare in the last round of the FA Cup against Sunderland
LENNY Johnrose today joined Burnley in a £250,000 deal in time to make his debut against Reading at Turf Moor tomorrow. Burnley boss Stan Ternent returned to former club Bury to swoop for the 29-year-old midfielder. Johnrose was a mainstay of Ternent's
THE sister of convicted murderer Kenneth Hartley today told of how the menace of drugs had ripped her family apart. Hartley, 26, was jailed last week for the murder of Paul Rothwell in what was described in court as a drugs-related shooting. Tammy Parkington
SATURDAY Accrington and Blackburn CHA Club: Pickering Fold. "B/C" grade ramble. Meet Myerscough, Longsight Road, Samlesbury, 1.30pm. Grand Opening of Holistic Clinic, 6a Alder Drive, Hoghton, 10.30am-4.30pm. Chemists and therapists welcome to new new
A TEENAGER who fought back from the brink of death after she was struck down by meningitis today threw her weight behind calls for more research into the disease. Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Elizabeth Baines, 16, is backing an appeal by Ribble
LANCASHIRE was to get the North's first four lane motorway in a £50 million to widen the M6, including two new bridges over the River Ribble at Samlesbury. The Ministry of Transport said the six-mile scheme from junction 30 at Bamber Bridge to junction
AN urgent investigation is promised over new fears that genetically modified food - Frankenstein food - could cause long-term damage to human health. Let's hope that the probes are more thorough than those which missed so much vital evidence when mad
IT is heartening to see community leaders in East Lancashire and Christian and Muslim religious heads joining in a partnership to combat the drugs culture. Its launch at an Ewood Park, Blackburn, conference tonight is welcome proof that the people who
IN response to Linda Green (Letters, February 4), one charity that could have helped her re-home the stray kitten she took in was Pets In Need. We have several people on our books desperate for a kitten or other animal. There is also Blackburn Cat Rescue
CRUSADERS A from Blackburn appear firm favourites to land this year's East Lancashire title. However, they were held to a 2-2 draw by Hawks A (Burnley) which followed a recent 3-2 defeat of Burnley. Hawks' Chris Flynn is playing his best chess ever since
ERIC Beardsworth's account (LET, January 28) of the old Accrington Grammar School brought back many fond memories. As a near-contemporary of his, having gone there in 1959, I remembered all the teachers he referred to, apart from one. His mention of '
AMBITIOUS plans to reopen a former mill as a £2.6million, multi-purpose community centre have been unveiled in Accrington. The New Era centre in Paradise Street is set to receive a complete facelift in a year-long project. Professional artists have been
IT'S a common thought: Why should somebody be allowed to saunter around all day, seemingly without a care in the world, when you can't afford to be a minute late for your 9-to-5 job? The Government wants to end what they see as the 'something for nothing
A DELEGATION of councillors was due to meet the receivers at Buoyant Upholstery today, in a bid to stave off further redundancies at one of Pendle's biggest firms. The aim of the meeting at the Nelson firm was to investigate the prospects of the furniture
