THERE is a place for the stiff upper lip in this Rugby World Cup. But it only when the gum shield is slipped into the mouth to cushion the blow of a thumping right hook. Rugby union, like ice hockey, is a sport which exhibits double standards when it
A FORMER East Lancashire Tory MP today warned that the Conservative party was in danger of becoming a "laughing stock." Sir David Trippier, right, spoke out after a series of high-profile rifts and wrangles at this week's party conference in Blackpool
EAST Lancashire people do not appear to be rushing to get tickets to see the attraction billed as the biggest in Britain - the Millennium Dome. In a straw poll of eight East Lancashire shopowners selling the tickets through the National Lottery network
DOORSTEP conmen who prey on old folk will be targeted in a new joint campaign launched by the police and North West Water . This year 164 senior citizens in Lancashire have had money and property stolen after allowing phoney workmen into their homes.
Birmingham City Reserves 0 Burnley Reserves 0 IN A GAME of few chances neither side was able to break the deadlock as the Clarets returned from St Andrew's with a point to add to their Pontins League Premier Division tally. Tom Cowan went close for Burnley
A FURIOUS mother has lashed out at club bosses for allowing her 12-year-old daughter into a popular nightspot. And Angela Jones is furious that she was forced to pay a £4 entrance fee before she could get into the Blackburn club to find her daughter.
MITCHELL Thomas has won his first piece of silverware as a Burnley player. The Clarets defender has been named the Second Division player-of-the-month by Match magazine - an award that assistant boss Sam Ellis feels is fully justified. "I think the management
TWO people were killed today on a hilltop route dubbed East Lancashire's death road. Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the accident in Grane Road near Belthorn at around 9am after a lorry and two vehicles collided close to the Grey Mare
YOUNG fire raisers caused thousands of pounds of damage after breaking into a former mill. Firefighters were called to the three-storey building in Brunswick Street, Nelson, owned by Barnfield Construction. Intruders started the blaze in bales of yarn
FOUR-TIMES winner Ged Furey will be bidding to regain the BS Property Developments Lancashire PGA Championship at Southport and Ainsdale next week. The Pleasington professional won the title on his last outing but other commitments have kept him out of
SMURFIT Paper and Board Mills of Burnley sponsored the revived Blackpool Marathon this year, and together with organiser Ron McAndrew have secured the future of the race for five years. As part of the project, company employees competed for the Smurfit
MORE motoring misery is lined up for people who use the A666 through Darwen, aptly dubbed "the road from hell." We all accept that crumbling 90-year-old water mains have to be replaced and that roads and bridges have to be repaired from time to time.
CLAYTON Ladies fell squad is the team of the moment. Just a week after winning the English Championship silver medal, their eight strong team won the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay in a new record time. It was a different story for the men though, as for
FORMER East Lancashire MP Sir David Trippier has warned that the Conservative Party is in danger of becoming a "laughing stock" following a series of high-profile rifts at this week's conference. Sir David is much respected in these parts and he won many
A FOOTBALL team is planning a Millennium celebration after being allowed to return to their 'spiritual' home after a five year absence. Hapton Football Club will kick of the Year 2000/2001 season back on Hapton Recreation Ground after Burnley and District
SO the greedy, grasping farmers are to get an additional £500 million pounds in subsidy payments on top of the billions they already receive and immediately start screaming that they want more. How much longer have we to cough up so that they can enjoy
I WOULD like to point out to Matthew Southworth (Letters, September 15) that the doctrine of laissez-faire has been discovered to be, not a rational philosophy of life, but a clever smoke screen behind which landlords and factory magnates could act at
YOU can forget penalty shoot-outs, this is what real Cup-tie drama is all about. Substitutes who scored with their first touch of the game. A last minute equaliser. Blatant penalty appeals, turned down with only minutes on the clock and a dramatic winner
AARON Hargreaves of Trafford recorded his second victory in Sunday's Burnley Fire Brigade seven-mile road race, after easing away from Roger Brewster in the last two miles. Hyndburn's Neil Tatterall was third. For Hargreaves, who went to school in Burnley
WHAT is this country coming to? There was a time, not too long ago, when our homes were safe and we did not need alarms or mortice locks. We could walk the streets and countryside without fear of being mugged. Our children could play out without fear
ONLY a short while ago, I had every respect for Councillor Adrian Shurmer, in that he stood up for what he believed in - so much so that the people of Netherton Ward in Great Harwood gave him the necessary mandate to effect those beliefs. Even the Conservative
AN aid worker is appealing for people to fill shoe boxes full of goodies to bring Christmas cheer to Albanian orphans. Roy Ewart will be making his tenth visit to the country over the festive season, but he needs people to start collecting gifts now so
DISABLED drivers and passengers who could lose their parking spaces to taxis mounted a street protest to get their message across to council planners. With placards saying: "You want my parking space - do you want my disability?" Tony Palmer, Geoff West
A BENEFIT day binge turned out to be the last drinks for alcoholic Michael Baxter, an inquest heard. After drinking all day he took prescribed drugs and the two proved a lethal mixture, the hearing was told. Mr Baxter, 39, of Burnley Road, Accrington,
PEOPLE in Great Harwood will make the final decision on whether council land in the town centre is sold to make way for a new supermarket. Council leader Peter Britcliffe told a public meeting at Central Methodist Church hall, King Street, the controversial
A £400,000 investment will help local employers tap into a wealth of talent. The cash is being put into the Lancashire and Cumbria Work Experience Network which organises work placements for graduates and students from local universities and colleges.
KATE Hibbert was just a few furlongs away from becoming a very rich woman. The 40-year-old of Norfolk Close, Clayton-le-Moors, backed five out of six winners in a new horse racing accumulator bet and scooped £7,000. But she missed out on at least £50,000
ENGINEERING firms are enjoying a slight improvement in their business but the industry's recovery remains fragile, according to a survey today. Export orders have fallen for the eleventh quarter in a row, mainly because of the strength of sterling, but
Peake Practice - food news, with Ray Peake, of Callums Bistro, Accrington LET me begin this week by thanking and congratulating all the readers who wrote confirming they made a savoury tart on Saturday, September 25. Wine vouchers and cheques for £5 made
ALMOST one in five firms in the North West are still not ready for the effects of the millennium bug, according to figures. And many have not got contingency plans if things do go wrong. More than a third of small and medium sized businesses in the North
TOP property agents have given East Lancashire the thumbs up for business. The East Lancashire Partnership invited commercial and industrial property agents from Manchester to London to tour local industrial estates and business parks. The visitors saw
LONG-suffering residents fighting a plan to build homes off their narrow cul-de-sac will have to wait another month to find out whether they have been successful. Councillors deferred a decision on an application to build 16 detached homes off Milton
A MAN granted planning permission to build a house 22 years ago has been given 18 months to complete the work or face seeing it pulled down. Graham Bennett, of Castle View, Barnoldswick, was given an extra six months by a planning inspector on top of
RESTAURANT owner Carole Brown has scored her first ever hole-in-one on the eighth at Clitheroe. Carole, who owns Brown's Bistro in the town, used a seven wood to pull off the feat five years after first taking up the sport. "I was shocked when it happened
VISITORS to Hapton are being encouraged to "ride and stride". Hapton Parish Council has marked out a four-mile route from the village's railway station. It takes in some of the best parts of surrounding countryside - and some local pubs! Jo Garrigan,
A FORMER East Lancashire Tory MP today warned that the Conservative party was in danger of becoming a "laughing stock." Sir David Trippier spoke out after a series of high-profile rifts and wrangles at this week's party conference in Blackpool. Former
FUND-RAISERS stepped out in style at a fashion show and dinner dance in aid of the East Lancashire Hospice. Catwalk models, dressed by Solitaire Fashions, Darwen, paraded for an audience of 175 people before a charity auction, raffle, Mexican-style dinner
BARNSLEY are likely to have to come up with some hard cash if they want to keep Blackburn Rovers' teenage defender Keith Brown at Oakwell, where he has made a big impression. Young Scot Brown has played four first team games for Barnsley since joining
An Evening with Josephine Cox, County Hotel, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Salvation Army Band and Songsters, St James Church, Lower Darwen, 7.30pm. Refreshments available. Accrington Camera Club meet Primetime Centre, Rishton, 7.45pm. "Himalayan Experience," -
MORE than 60 jobs could be created at a £1 million office development which has been given the go-ahead on land next to Whalley railway station. Whalley developer Andrew Ronnan has been given permission to build four two-storey office blocks and a manufacturing
BOSSES at Clitheroe's Ultraframe have parted company with their chief executive - just days after appointing him. The firm said that Ian Mills - who was to take up the role after leaving his job as head of a builders' merchants - would not now be coming
FORMER Duxbury Park and Shaw Hill pro Howard Bennett, who coaches all the Irish national sides and Chorley tour star Lora Fairclough, and amateur partner Tom Nowell from Pleasington were beaten by a shot in the Rudding Park Ping Super 60s' Tournament
THERE'S no doubting the favourite green at Whalley for the Bywater brothers Jeremy and Christopher. A year-and-a-half after Christopher aced the third, Jeremy repeated the trick with his first-ever hole-in-one on the same green. Playing it as the 12th
NICK DOUGHERTY etched his name on the Faldo Junior Series trophy for the second time in three years to continue his phenomenal season. The 17-year-old Shaw Hill member won the tournament for the top junior players from Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden,
FILM producer and countryside campaigner David Puttnam launched a major drive to keep Lancashire green. He said thousands of acres of countryside were under threat from water privatisation, development and road expansion. As president of the Council for
THE first match of the Towneley High School Futsal League kicked off with brilliant start for the Egg Heads who smashed three past the Rejects. Kieron Craggs was the first to spot cracks in the Rejects' defence to open the scoring and, despite some brave
PENDLE Girls ARLFC achieved the unique distinction of being able to put teams out from Under 11s to Under 16s when they took on the girls from Bradford - a first fixture for the under 16s team. Despite torrential rain, which saw the postponement of Saturday's
YOUNG rugby players got the chance to run rings around members of the current England rugby World Cup squad at an open day at Blackburn rugby club. However the likes of rugby stars Dan Luger and Kieron Bracken were cardboard cut-outs. But it was just
YOU can always expect close rivalry when you get two Blackburn and Burnley teams playing against each other - even if it is a friendly netball match! And on this occasion it was Burnley College who got one over the arch enemy in a local derby that wasn't
ALLSPEEDS are once again proving that they are going to be the team to beat. A 10-0 thrashing of one of their closest rivals, Buraccs, shows that even at this early stage they are odds-on favourites to retain the title. Allspeeds Keith Ward and Keith
PRECISION, technique and a steady hand were the order of the day when the Red Rose Land Rover Club held its annual novice trial competition. The Tyrol Novice Trial Course was open for Land Rover lovers who fancied trying their luck at off-road activities
CARL Fogarty returns to the scene of last year's World Superbikes Championship glory with this year's hard work already done. Fogarty clinched his third world title at Sugo, 200 miles north of Tokyo in Japan, in a dramatic final day of the 1998 season
MRS JM Given's account of how her father had to use his life savings for residential home fees (Letters, September 14) is a chilling omen of what fate may have in store. This scandal has come about through the Tory government's closure in the 1980s of
A FORMER Clarets goalkeeping star who is putting his career collection of soccer memorabilia under the hammer declared today: "I am not destitute and this is no slur on Burnley FC." Medals, caps and jerseys relating to the career of 1970s England under
MITCHELL Thomas has won his first piece of silverware as a Burnley player. The Clarets defender has been named the Second Division player-of-the-month by Match magazine - an award that assistant boss Sam Ellis feels is fully justified. "I think the management
BARNSLEY are likely to have to come up with some hard cash if they want to keep Blackburn Rovers' teenage defender Keith Brown at Oakwell, where he has made a big impression. Young Scot Brown has played four first team games for Barnsley since joining
BUSINESS development manager Stuart Wright is giving his right foot a rest! Stuart clocked up more than 65,000 miles a year working for Gaskell Textiles, of Accrington. But now he has been promoted to corporate accounts manager the 45-year-old will be
