ALEX Ferguson, astonishingly, said he did not realise that Manchester United's draw at Ewood last night had condemned Blackburn Rovers and his former assistant Brian Kidd to relegation. Either Fergie was playing his 'mind games' again and taking the Micky
IT has come to our attention that leaflets are being posted to addresses in East Lancashire purporting to be from the British National Party and showing a front page article from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. This newspaper wishes to make clear that
A TEENAGER who lives in the knowledge he could go blind at any time has won a national education award. Whitworth High School pupil Matthew Haven, 15, travelled to St Bartholomew's Hospital in London to collect his America On Line (AOL) Child of Resolution
A CHURCH cleaner caught driving while banned was told to keep out of trouble - but went and did the same thing again. Darren Phillip Roberts, 19, who was said to have "something of a reputation in Earby" got behind the wheel again because magistrates
SUPERBIKE world champion Carl Fogarty admitted he had little sympathy for Rovers' plight. The Blackburn bike ace and Manchester United fan was at Ewood Park to watch Rovers slide out of the Premiership. "When I go out I give 100 per cent, even if the
KENNY DALGLISH: "You need players as committed as they were tonight (to survive). You also need players free from injury. I thought they made a great commitment to do it but it is the results you get against the teams at the bottom that dictate. They
AN ENTIRE pub football team has been left high and dry after their kit went missing just hours after their last match of the season. The 13 shirts, shorts, pairs of socks and goalkeeper's kit, belonged to the Station Hotel FC, who play in the Sunday league
EXCLUSIVE By PETER WHITE JACK Walker has told manager Brian Kidd and the Ewood board: I want Blackburn Rovers back in the Premiership this time next year. And the man whose backing helped to build a championship team just four years ago has vowed he remains
CLARETS youngster Paul Scott is continuing a remarkable Burnley footballing dynasty by being placed on stand-by for the England Schools under-15 squad. The 14-year-old, who attends Burnley's school of excellence, is following in the footsteps of his brother
CAMPAIGNERS in Guide have been given two important dates in their bid to stop a huge retail development overwhelming their village. The Government has decided that a public inquiry will take place on July 26 into the project to create a hotel, petrol
BRIAN Reid was left stunned by his release from Burnley after being offered a contract earlier in the season. Reid was one of 12 players handed free transfers by Clarets boss Stan Ternent as he cleared the decks to help with his summer squad building
INFLUENTIAL Blackburn Rovers fans who have helped build the town on the back of the team's Premiership success today vowed the revival would continue despite the drop to first division football. Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw, who could not
Rovers 0 Man United 0 Peter White's Big Match Verdict THE last time Blackburn Rovers bowed out of the top flight of English football, they did an embarrassed and almost apologetic soft-shoe shuffle as they dropped through the trap-door. A fifth successive
PARENTS at the centre of the Ribble Valley school places row are bracing themselves for appeal hearings at the end of the month. Parents in outlying villages are protesting against plans to send their children to secondary schools in neighbouring boroughs
Sites and sounds: B*Witched are web's big hit B*WITCHED, Dave Stewart and Massive Attack were among the acts who took awards for their internet sites at the UK Music New Media Awards. The chart-topping Irish girl band's site (http://www.b-witched.com)
AN East Lancashire software firm set up 11 years ago was sold for £12.1 million. Mentor Systems Ltd, run from an office in Ainsworth Street, Blackburn, was snapped up by computer giants Misys And the deal was to bring a jobs boost as the company planned
AT LAST, Home Secretary Jack Straw grasps the hem of the cloak of secrecy that envelops government, councils and public bodies in Britain and prepares to unveil a long-awaited and sorely-needed Freedom of Information Bill next week. Not only this, he
MEMBERS of the North Lancashire Clarion Cycling Club met last week at an annual general meeting to select a new secretary to replace Harry Aspden of Langho who has held the position since 1936! Harry is well known throughout Lancashire and England as
CROSSHILLS completed a double, double when they won the President's Cup beating Rolls Royce 4-2 on penalties after the teams had drawn 1-1 after extra time. They had already completed their second successive Division One league title following their recent
THERE have been complaints that the Lancashire Track and Field Championships were being held too early in the season, but at Stanley Park, Blackpool last weekend, East Lancashire athletes showed that they were well prepared as 22 of them scooped 29 county
THE eye condition, glaucoma, accounts for 13 per cent of those on the blind register and yet this loss of sight is usually preventable if the disease is detected early and treated. During our annual awareness campaign, Frog Week - For Relief Of Glaucoma
PROBLEMS with poor TV reception in the shadow of Turf Moor should soon be a thing of the past. Last year, Burnley FC installed a 'self-help' transposer to amplify the reception in the Fulledge area, after residents claimed building work at the ground
NEWLY-CROWNED Accrington Carnival Queen Claire Calverley is looking forward to leading a glittering procession through the town. Accrington and Rossendale College student Claire, 17, was chosen ahead of 19 other local hopefuls as the jewel in the event's
A PUB manager told police "bare-faced lies" about her criminal record when she applied for a licence, Hyndburn licensing magistrates were told. But Sharon Morris was granted a protection order for Millers in Blackburn Road, Accrington, despite failing
CONSERVATIVES in Hyndburn have announced a team to run the council for the year ahead following their stunning victory at the local elections. Tory leader Peter Britcliffe will take up the reins of power at the council's annual meeting next week, with
Peake Practice with Ray Peake of Callum's Bistro, Accrington SUMMER has arrived on its usual intermittent basis - one sunny day followed by two rainy and four cloudy. However, because it is summer, the "barbies" are out in abundance - no, not the dolls
A COMMUNITY group has created a peaceful haven in Blackburn. The Safe Haven Community Garden has been built by members of the Langham Road Local Focus Group, with help from Blackburn with Darwen Council. The group, which produces a newsletter on local
"Manchester United didn't send us down that's for sure. Just like Manchester United have not won the League on one game tonight. We put ourselves down from the first game in August" - Brian Kidd Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images
THE rubber dinghy has sunk. The players, having jumped ship on Saturday, paddled furiously and belatedly. But, as the air hissed out of their inflatable, those efforts were drowned out by every single Blackburn Rovers supporter that stayed behind after
A MOTHER hit out at Burnley magistrates after being banned from driving. Amanda Jane Smith, 21, who has a disabled daughter, asked the bench: "Do you not think we have suffered enough?" She added: "That doesn't give my daughter access to anything except
HENCHOZ: To keep the likes of Yorke and Cole to a minimum of genuine openings was a fine achievement. He also produced moments of international class defending and only needed to improve his distribution to be head and shoulders above anyone on the pitch
LIVERPOOL are homing in on Blackburn Rovers defender Stephane Henchoz, as the vultures start to circle after relegation was sealed at Ewood last night. Manager Gerard Houllier, assistant Phil Thompson and, significantly, executive vice-chairman Peter
Janet Anderson MP Surgery, Sudellside Community Centre, Darwen, 5.30pm-6.30pm. Lancashire Clog and Folk Festival, Accrington Town Centre and Oswaldtwistle Mills. Luis Palau, King George's Hall, Blackburn. Race Night, Clitheroe Football Club, Shawbridge
AFTER you'd seen the movie and bought the T-shirt, there was a chance to see the real thing, as a dinosaur exhibition opened at Clitheroe Castle Museum. Anyone who had even heard of the blockbuster movie Jurassic Park could enjoy a fascinating display
REGARDING the excavation in the grounds of Blackburn Cathedral (LET, April 17), as a lad in the late 1930s, I worked at Taylor's chemists and these cellars which have been exposed were part of their shop at No 7 Darwen Street. Incidentally, under a flagstone
BLACKBURN schoolgirl Lisa Richardson answered a late call from the England selectors on Thursday, and travelled to Northern Ireland the following day to run in the Knockdhu International Fell Race. She helped the England under 20 ladies team to take victory
HOW would you like to experience the wonders of Egypt on an eight-day bike ride through the last 3,000 years of history along the River Nile? I'd like to invite you to saddle up in support of Mencap, who simply ask you to pay a £250 registration fee and
VAN driver Jason Ashton earns a living out of delivering the goods. And now he's appealing to local companies to follow suit in a bid to help him make the grade as a professional golfer. The 28-year-old former Harold Ryden winner turned pro over the winter
I WAS disappointed to see (LET, May 7) the listing of local election candidates' results were tabulated in descending order of votes gained for all wards - except Whalley. The impression could be gained that the last candidate was bottom of the poll.
TWELVE months ago Ged Furey was on the crest of a wave after embarking on a voyage which would take in some of the top golf courses in the world. The Pleasington professional had fulfilled a long-term ambition by qualifing for the European Tour and was
IT is to be hoped the re-elected members of Blackburn Council don't crow too loudly over the latest charade, laughingly called a local election. Theirs is not a victory in the true sense. It was a result handed to them by the apathy shown by Blackburn's
Gary Keedy is in line to replace Chris Schofield as Lancashire shuffle their spinners for tomorrow's Championship match against Northants at Old Trafford. Schofield, the young leg-spinner who went close to a shock England debut in Sydney last winter,
REGARDING your report (LET, March 31) and Mrs Ruth McGrear's remarks (Letters, May 5), now is the time for North West Water and Burnley Council to get their act together and re-route the two surface water sewer pipes that empty on the pond at Mill Hill
I RECENTLY lost my Dad after a short illness. He lived with us as part of our family for eight and half years. One of his sayings was: "I came with now't, I'll go with now't." Hence, he never made a will. Big mistake! Although he had no estate, he had
I FULLY endorse the comments of Mr T Kendall (Letters, April 27) on the need for the Government to help working men's clubs. I am treasurer of a small private club in Blackburn and the cost of keeping the doors open is getting more difficult by the week
A DRUNKEN businessman threatened pub customers with a metal bar after "stewing" over a row, Burnley magistrates heard. Joseph Heyworth, 28, brandished the wheel brace above his head as if he was about to hit somebody as drinkers shouted and screamed,
EXCLUSIVE By PETER WHITE JACK Walker has told manager Brian Kidd and the Ewood board: I want Blackburn Rovers back in the Premiership this time next year. And the man whose backing helped to build a championship team just four years ago has vowed he remains
BRIAN Reid was left stunned by his release from Burnley after being offered a contract earlier in the season. Reid was one of 12 players handed free transfers by Clarets boss Stan Ternent as he cleared the decks to help with his summer squad building
NURSES at an award winning hospital "took their eye off the ball" and the personal touch with patients suffered, an official review has found. Staff at Pendle Community Hospital were "upset and demoralised" when they were told there would be a top management
NURSES at an award winning hospital "took their eye off the ball" and the personal touch with patients suffered, an official review has found. Staff at Pendle Community Hospital were "upset and demoralised" when they were told there would be a top management
