MEL Gibson's Braveheart got a run for his money from the Knights of Longshank when they re-enacted the journey to Scotland to fight William Wallace. The group, which has members from Blackburn, Hoddlesden, Bolton and Wigan, attracted the crowds to Hoghton
TENSIONS which led to a brawl in the Audley area of Blackburn have been ironed out, say police and community leaders. Around 50 men were involved in the fight in Chester Street which started after a shopkeeper caught a youth stealing from his shop on
FROM Marcus Malone's opening debut at The Great British R'n'B Festival, Colne, to Sister Monica's volcanic finale this was one extraordinary day of eclectic blues. Any person that can get the crowd dancing before it gets dark is special and Malone's irrepressible
PAYTON: Proved the difference between the sides again with his eye for goal turning one point into three...8 JOHNROSE: Had his quiet spells before coming into his own late on with a couple of shuddering tackles to protect Burnley's lead...6 SUBSTITUTES
A MAN today told of his horrific ordeal after he was slashed across the face in a street attack by two men. Craig Eccles, 25, of Carlinghurst Road, Blackburn, needed ten stitches to the wound in his face after the attack on Pump Street on Friday night
BURNLEY businessman John Turkington is predicting a bright future for the Clarets after being elected onto the Turf Moor board. Turkington's long-anticipated appointment as a Burnley director was confirmed when he was unanimously voted onto the board
A GROUP of young people from Bank Top, Blackburn, will see grinding poverty at first-hand when they visit the streets of Bombay. Nine men and women, aged between 19 and 23, supported by Blackburn with Darwen Council's youth service, are leaving soon for
BRIAN Kidd is demanding much more from his players, despite Blackburn Rovers' first victory of the season at Norwich on Saturday. Egil Ostenstad opened his scoring account with a double to claim a long-awaited 2-0 win - their first at Carrow Road for
THE leaves were cascading from the trees and the harvest had long since been safely gathered in by the time Burnley's points tally reached double figures last season. It took the Clarets 11 games stretching into October for them to garner those 10 points
SOME of Blackburn's largest employers are set to claim thousands of pounds in compensation from Norweb after a series of lightning power cuts have disrupted production. Firms in the Whitebirk area have been affected by the power cuts, which have also
THE pre-match onfield 'huddle' by the players, to do a bit of bonding, underlined the point that it was more about team focus than individuals as Blackburn Rovers took the first stride on the road to rehabilitation. But it was impossible to ignore the
Accrington and Blackburn CHA meet Billinge End/Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm, for evening ramble. Line Dancing, Guide Conservative Club, School Lane, Guide. RNLI Chairty Shop, Lord Street West, Blackburn, 10am-4pm. Blackburn Local History Society Summer
FIFTY years to the day that Blackburn's last tram ran, Jim Halsall aims to take thousands on nostalgia trips on the town's old street cars. He was a lad of just 12 when, standing with what seemed to be the town's entire population on Accrington Road as
A WAITRESS escaped a blaze that gutted a restaurant kitchen and set the roof alight. The breakfast-time fire was at the Little Chef at Rising Bridge, but plucky Deborah Milner, of Carr Hall Street, Haslingden, recovered to help contain the blaze before
LANCASHIRE Lynx finished their season in style with a second successive victory when they defeated mid-table Keighley at Victory Park. A brilliant defensive performance paved the way for the victory with Lynx sealing the game with two tries in two minutes
CRICKET: Darwen began the crucial last four games of the title tun-in with an impressive victory against Leyland DAF to maintain their nine point lead at the top of the Northern League. Darwen's opening attack of professional Richard Petrie and Andrew
JOE Scuderi was the name on everyone's lips at The Horsfield on Saturday. But despite his valiant efforts, Colne couldn't stop arch-rivals Nelson from taking another giant step towards their second consecutive Lancashire League title. There are few better
RETURNING tomorrow from his from his summer holiday, Prime Minister Tony Blair will find a fuse fizzing for an explosion that could blow up in the middle of the coming conference season, exposing Labour to splits over Europe as damaging as they have been
PADIHAM professional Mark Harvey lifted his side to the top of the Jennings Ribblesdale League. He scored a rapid 77 not out as the Arbories club took a run rate victory over neighbours Read, and gave them the chance of retaining the title with just two
REGARDING your report, 'Inquiry into I quit decision' (LET, August 17), as each day passes the waters around the Blackburn with Darwen Racial Equality Council become more murky. Should not the councillors involved in this blatant act of cronyism be man
A MINISTER who welcomed all faiths and sections of the community to his church bade farewell to parishioners at his final service. The Rev Dr Andrew Rowley pioneered inter-faith gatherings in his five years at Padiham's Nazareth Unitarian Chapel. Now
REGARDING your very interesting article about evacuees (LET, August 17), I can vaguely remember, when I was about three years old, living in Manchester, the noise of the bombs and the searchlights following the planes. I also remember being put into a
Wayn's world got a whole lot brighter when he carved out a business of his own. After 15 years of working in the stone trade, Cliviger man Wayn Dawe fulfilled his dream of owning a firm - thanks to a little help from ELTEC's FirmBase business start up
TWO men are in Burnley General Hospital - one with serious stab wounds - after two separate attacks in East Lancashire. One of the victims, a 27-year-old man from Kenilworth Drive, Earby, was stabbed in the head and abdomen as he returned from a night
A CAR crime crackdown has led to 60 arrests and a 38 per cent fall in offences in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. In the Burnley and Pendle areas car offences were happening at an average of 12 a day. That has now been cut to around half. Operation Fleece
Leading by a point after the opening day, Dougherty was among the victors as Great Britain won the foursomes 3-. And they wrapped up a 15-9 victory overall by winning five of the eight singles matches. Yorkshire are the new Northern Counties League champions
ROSSENDALE chalked up their second consecutive league victory of the season thanks to goals from Craig Sargeson and Steve Carling. Micky Graham's men moved up to sixth in the table after another powerful display blew away a physical North End outfit.
NELSON showed real character and determination to come from behind twice and go on to take all three points against Ashton Town at Edge Green Street. In the opening stages Ashton demonstrated why they have been enjoying a good start to the season and
NURSING sister Carol Taylor was greeted with bedpans instead of confetti when colleagues turned up in their uniforms to watch her wedding. Staff from the children's medical unit at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, sneaked out of St Paul's Church, Hoddlesden
ANDY Payton was quick to spread the praise around after his third goal in three league games accounted for Stoke City and made it three wins out of four for Burnley. Payton struck the Clarets winner for the second week in a row in a 1-0 victory. But he
LANCASHIRE'S Chief Constable could be in line for Britain's top police job. Pauline Clare has been tipped as one of the candidates being considered by Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw for the post of Scotland Yard's first woman Deputy Commissioner
BRIAN Kidd was more upset than most about the badly broken leg suffered by Norwich's midfielder Phil Mulryne - for he had worked closely with the former Manchester United youngster when they were both at Old Trafford. But the Rovers boss was quick to
SHORT: A real rock at the back for Rovers, especially when Norwich piled on the pressure after going two goals behind. Also looked capable of being a threat from set pieces at the other end...8 DAILLY: Few problems except for a dodgy spell just before
A SERIES of missed chances almost cost Chorley the match and it needed a smart piece of finishing by substitute Keith Evans in the closing stages to save the Magpies a point from a scrappy encounter. Bustling Belper were always quick to close Chorley
STANLEY conspired to throw away three points in a match they should have won to leave themselves without a victory in four league games. Two goals in the last 15 minutes gave the Gladiators an unlikely victory and heaped more misery on John Coleman's
MIKE Atherton kept Lancashire's CGU National League title bid on track with another superb one-day innings at Old Trafford yesterday. Athers ended unbeaten on 64 as Lightning passed Leicestershire's total of 166 with seven wickets and 16 balls to spare
THE Houses of Parliament should be scrapped and replaced with a new purpose-built People's Parliament, claimed an East Lancashire MP. Rossendale and Darwen's Janet Anderson said Parliament was a glorified gentlemen's club and was completely unsuited to
ENFIELD skipper Andrew Barker has put himself in with a chance of beating the club's amateur batting record - held by brother Gary - after another prolific weekend when he scored 171 runs without being dismissed. Barker's blitz began in a one-sided win
INTERIOR designer Graham Wynne teamed up with young artists to officially open the new Blackburn Wickes store. The celebrity is a familiar face on the popular television show Changing Rooms and his little helpers had taken part in a drawing competition
THE celebrations continued as day two of the Great British R 'n' B Festival of blues continued to throw familiar faces and unknowns together. Surprisingly, therefore, music was always the winner and the massed throng witnessed a real treat. Continuing
NEW "stepless" buses, on the road from Wednesday, will give East Lancashire passengers a chance to walk into the future. The latest vehicles in easy-access public transport will make it easier for disabled, elderly and pram-pushing passengers to get on
WHILE enjoying my writing colleague Albert Morris's grandchildren's sayings, I thought I would relate something my own grandson, Ian, aged four, said to me. "Nanna have you got tights on?" he asked. I replied yes and he said: "Well they have got lumps
THE EW Cartons title race could be decided on Sunday when East Lancs go to Seedhill holding a three-point lead over defending champions Nelson with two games remaining. East Lancs underlined the vast difference between top and bottom of the league yesterday
BRASH American Colin Edwards advised Carl Fogarty to stop 'crying' and concentrate on racing just hours before the two races. "If Carl would get the water out of his boots, he will be up there with us. I guess he's upset because I smoked him," advised
I SHOULD like to thank Jack Straw (LET, August 20) for speaking out against the scroungers, vandals and thieves who blight the areas of Blackburn where they settle. Having had a garage broken into twice this year, I am pleased to see a glimmer of hope
I WAS shocked to learn that asthma and wheezing in young children has almost doubled in the last decade. So I am appealing to readers to join me in the fight to conquer asthma. I have asthma myself and, as team captain for this year's Great British Swim
CONSERVATION charity The Woodland Trust is inviting people to walk to raise money. The trust has organised a sponsored walk in Burnley on September 25 as part of its Walk for Woodland campaign, which aims to highlight the threat to woodland. The proceeds
THE last but one member of the former Burnley Borough Police Force, PC Les Cherry, is retiring. From the end of the month, the only remaining Borough officer will be the boss of the Pennine Police Division, Chief Supt Mike Griffin. Les, 54, joined up
A WOMAN fought off a sex pest by kneeing him in the groin after she was indecently on her way home near Accrington. The man approached the woman on a footpath behind a carpet showroom near the junction of Whalley Road and Whinney Hill Lane, Altham West
A CHEMICAL firm which closed down a manufacturing operation following a gas leak has been granted permission to re-open part of its factory. Bosses at William Blythe's Ltd, Church, say they are monitoring the processes carefully as they bring production
A WOMAN was left with suspected broken ribs after she was attacked by a robber in the centre of Oswaldtwistle as she returned from a night out. And police want to hear from a couple who ran from a nearby takeaway to help the woman and give chase to her
GREEN schemes across East Lancashire are blooming, thanks to a cash boost from the county council. LEAF - Lancashire Environmental Action Fund - gave £170,000 to various parish and community schemes, including a nature reserve at Fox Hill Bank, Hyndburn
BARROWFORD buzzed with life as showtime brought thousands flocking to the village. The annual agricultural show saw the park teeming with visitors and streets and pubs packed for the village's big day of the year. And after the fourth successive year
LANCASHIRE Cricket Club were checking out the eligibilty of Joe Scuderi today with a view to offering the South Australian a two-year playing contract, writes ANDY NEILD. The Old Trafford club have contacted the Colne professional about the possibility
A WONDER goal from Gary Highton sent Harwood crashing to their second defeat of the season in the First North Western Trains League Division One. And it meant the Merseysiders got quick revenge following their opening day defeat at The Showground three
