PET owners have been warned to keep a watchful eye on their animals after a teenage paper boy found two dead cats hanging outside a Pendle high school. Adam Hall, 13, of Ghyll Meadows, Barnoldswick, made the gruesome discovery just 20 minutes before pupils
CELEBRATIONS were held for an area of Colne which was rescued from motorway blight and is looking forward to a green future. For 25 years the Waterside area of Colne lived with the threat it could carry the M65 extension into Yorkshire. Now it has a rosy
CRICHTON: Not much to do in the shot-stopping department, but played his part with some assured handling to maintain Burnley's control...7 WEST: Foot-sure performance defensively with a couple of decent passes out of defence thrown in, in the first half
A ROBBER armed with a 6in yellow-handled steak knife threatened an assistant in a raid on a town centre shop. The 35-year-old woman was cleaning Rushton's Poultry cooked meat shop in Market Street, Colne, which had shut for half-day closing, when she
CIVIL liberties campaigners in East Lancashire are to lobby local MPs in a bid to get a loophole in the law changed. Amnesty International members plan to send petitions to Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw and Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet
Burnley boss Stan Ternent has taken the 23-year-old on a trial spell and will assess his form over the next few days before deciding whether to take the matter further. "He'll have a game tonight and he's with us for a week for us to have a look at him
I was wondering if it would be possible to buy a photograph of the Lowry picture Going to the match? If so, how much would it cost? Mrs Marlene Owen Lock Lane Chew Moor Lostock Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting
VETERAN defender Andy Linighan has provided a rare but welcome degree of stability for Crystal Palace during what has been a torrid time in the club's history. The giant centre back, now aged 37, looked to be on his way out of Selhurst Park at the end
IN reply to your article last night about the unfortunate 'one off' incident about little Jessica Bryant being left on the coach. I can only speak for myself and family, but I would like to commend the loving, caring ,and supportive environment Beechwood
THE PROPOSED 72p increase for a single pensioner is beyond all belief. Will the gas, electricity, water, rents, television, community tax, keep to 1.1pc.? I doubt that. Will MP's etc keep to 1.1pc? Not likely! I cannot buy a decent loaf of bread for that
THE Leleka Fund is an officially-registered charity in Kiev which helps Ukrainian children in organising recuperative trips for those living in areas contaminated by radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. We hope to find families or organisations
RESIDENTS are being warned about the dangers of flooding to lives, homes and businesses. It is just three weeks since widespread flooding caused chaos across East Lancashire, with homes and roads in Clitheroe, Darwen, Pendle and Rossendale badly affected
JUBILANT Danny Derbyshire was today celebrating his freedom with his family after being cleared of the murder of "Gentle Giant" Anthony Leecy. Mr Derbyshire and his wife Anne say they have been through eight months of hell but are now planning their future
REGARDING Lionel Walsh being attacked at the Burnley v Brentford (LET, October 13) game, what did he think he was doing! Who in their right mind goes to a Burnley match wearing a Blackburn Rovers' shirt when they are not playing against each other? I
RAMSBOTTOM'S recent revival continued as Ken Bridge's men confidently dispatched basement outfit Atherton LR. The visitors almost surprised United in the opening exchanges with a lightning break but Mike Kelly produced a fine save from Steve Cunningham
STORMY scenes greeted the news that top county council officers were to get a pay rise of about 30 per cent. Angry Tories accused the Labour group on Lancashire County Council of pushing through the rise in secret. And the council chairman turned off
YOUR article highlighting Bolton North East Tories' support for William Hague's so called "common sense" measures for education, reinforces their position as the party of the few. Not once was funding mentioned, which is no surprise when the Shadow Chancellor
I REFER to your story on Leylandii trees on Saturday, October 16. There are inaccuracies and omissions which need to be addressed. Mr Bolton says that he was never approached about the problem, but a resident did write to him some years ago, and as a
IT WAS a weekend of mixed fortunes for the Colne Clarets junior sides this week with only two of the teams managing to take the points, plus one draw and three defeats. The U-10's' went down to a strong Fulledge Colts side 6-1, Ricky Clayton scoring the
WITH a number of teams involved in Cup competitions last weekend there were fewer games than normal. In the only First Division game played, Oswaldtwistle came back to something like their form of old with a comfortable 3-0 away win at Hurst Green. In
NEWLY-promoted St Philip's found the going hard against fellow First Division strugglers Independents A in the Blackburn and District Badminton League. Having home advantage they were unable to make any gains, with Independents proving to be much the
THE Hyndburn and District Boys' League progressed to the second round of the LFA Under-14s Inter-League Cup with a crushing 8-0 win over Blackburn Youth League. Edward O'Neill scored the opening goal, with Christopher Clarkson and David McNeall scoring
I FULLY support the BEN's reporting of the performance of Bolton's colleges as assessed by the Further Education Funding Council. The colleges are very much in the public domain and parents and prospective students need full information on all providers
FORMER Nottingham Forest and Oxford winger Chris Allen has linked up with the Clarets and will play for the reserves at Turf Moor tonight. Burnley boss Stan Ternent has taken the 23-year-old on a trial spell and will assess his form over the next few
LEE Carsley believes Blackburn Rovers' indifferent start to the season could still do them a favour - by taking the pressure off Brian Kidd's promotion wannabes! Rovers' failure to emerge as early contenders has been a major disappointment but the midfielder
FAST-growing film and TV company Winchester Entertainment - headed by former Blackburn entrepreneur Gary Smith - has announced another big deal. The firm is going into business with educational publishers Dorling Kindersley to produce children's TV programmes
A FORMER taxi boss who lied to police is back in prison for the second time this year. Shamshad Ahmed, 37, gave false details when stopped for drink driving, kept up the pretence at the police station and was charged under the false name. His fingerprints
NOT a game for the faint-hearted, the team from Liverpool were last year's finalists. Some of the Blacks' young team did not know how to handle the verbal way the visitors played their game, but in the first half it was the Blacks who produced all the
TALENTED teenager Nicky Taylor enhanced his growing reputation with a stunning hat-trick as Bacup swept aside lowly Oldham Town at West View. Borough are flying in the league at the moment and they never allowed the visitors to settle into any sort of
The people's choice MOST of us up here - and perhaps a couple of a million Cockneys also - could not give a monkey's who becomes the new Mayor of London. But are not Tony Blair's attempts to stop "Red" Ken Livingstone becoming Labour's candidate shameful
AN 81-year-old man died after embers from his pipe sparked a fire inside his car, an inquest was told. Joseph Heaton, of St James' Road, Blackburn, had been reading a newspaper in the car park at Marles Wood, Dinckley, near Ribchester, on September 25
PAST and present pupils and their parents joined staff and local dignitaries to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an East Lancashire special school earmarked for closure next year. A special service to mark Blackburn's Blackamoor School's Diamond Jubilee
STAN Ternent paid tribute to the Clarets defence as they recorded their sixth clean sheet of the season to set up a vital win at Cambridge last night. Andy Cooke scored after just five minutes and after that there was no way back for a Cambridge side
A WOMAN claimed benefits while working to help pay off debts incurred when a former partner left her, Blackburn magistrates heard. The court was told Deborah Edwards earned up to £176 a week as a carer at a Wilpshire nursing home. Edwards, 27, of Clinton
RESIDENTS who claim they have to keep their windows closed because of the smells from a Rawtenstall tip look likely to have to suffer into the new millennium. The owners of the Horncliffe Quarry site near Bury Road, Rawtenstall, today looked set to be
DETECTIVES have been flooded with calls from people who saw a post office robbery, but they are still trying to trace a vital witness. Masked raiders used sledgehammers to smash down security screens and escaped with a large amount of cash from Livesey
FORMER Nottingham Forest and Oxford winger Chris Allen has linked up with the Clarets and will play for the reserves at Turf Moor tonight. Burnley boss Stan Ternent has taken the 23-year-old on a trial spell and will assess his form over the next few
AS A Johnstone who wrote about orange badges appears to have Labour Party preferences, perhaps he/she would be better using public transport, thereby following the policies of "two Jags Prescott", easing his/her mind and saving parking fees. Not disabled
PAPER manufacturer Sappi has been fined £8,000 by Blackburn magistrates after more than four times the permitted amount of effluent escaped into sewers from its mill at Feniscowles. The court appearance comes less than a month after the firm was fined
THEY have been changing the guard at Crystal Palace so often in the past few months even some of their long-suffering supporters might struggle when it comes to deciding which name to stick on the back of their replica shirts. So, while it was only last
IN a city renowned as a hotbed of learning, Burnley passed an important test of their promotion credentials to stay up among the Second Division's grade A students. Cambridge might not offer the sternest examination on offer at this level. But this was
THE son of a Blackburn ambulanceman was fighting for his life today after being struck down by suspected meningitis. The four-year-old is in Pendlebury Children's Hospital, Manchester, where health officials today described his condition as "very poorly
LEE Carsley believes Blackburn Rovers' indifferent start to the season could still do them a favour - by taking the pressure off Brian Kidd's promotion wannabes! Rovers' failure to emerge as early contenders has been a major disappointment but the midfielder
Blackburn Artists' Society meet St Gabriel's Church Hall, Brownhill Drive, Blackburn, 7pm. Workshop. Advice and Information Session with Blackburn Citizens Advice Bureau, Audley Community Centre, Blackburn, 12 noon-5pm. Coffee and Chat, Barnes Square
REGARDING your Insight feature on fostering and adoption (LET, October 15), how sad it was to read of four little sisters looking for a home. Yet, Chaigley Manor, near Clitheroe, will, and can, bring love and happiness to hundreds of such children. Already
SO the planners are to visit the site of the Farnworth Baptist Church, because the building planned "would not be in keeping with the Town Hall and Library". I suggest they cross the road to Farnworth Park opposite the site in question, to look at "Bolton's
THE parents of "gentle giant" Anthony Leecy have told the mum of the man cleared of his murder: "We don't bear you any malice." Speaking the day before 24-year-old Danny Derbyshire was acquitted of their son's killing, the Christian couple also thanked
THE latest edition of Celebrity Stars In Your Eyes, on TV was, to say the least, poor. Who cooked up this idea? It seems to me like a case of jobs for the boys. Are we supposed to accept these acts are good because the personalities are well known in
I HAVE received this morning an appeal from St Dunstan's for a contribution. St Dunstan's is, as I am sure you know, a charity which cares for men and women who were blinded in the service of their country. They do not receive Government help and they
A SLICKLY creative and very mobile Trafford gave the Magpies a football lesson and were full value not only for their victory but also for the winning margin. Three up in less than half an hour, the visitors were increasingly on song and allowed Chorley
SOCCER: Barnoldswick travelled to the home of the Lancashire FA last Saturday to take on Leyland Motors in this West Lancashire League Premier Division encounter. Barlick appeared to be suffering from a hangover in the first half after their superb midweek
BUSES were taken off the roads in Hyndburn due to a lightning one-and-a-half hour stoppage by drivers. Around 40 Hyndburn Transport buses were taken off the road at 1pm while 60 drivers attended an emergency meeting over what the TGWU claimed was uneven
THREE goals in the space of seven second half minutes earned Stanley another impressive victory against a hard working and well organised Workington side. Fielding the same team that put 10 past Lincoln on Saturday, the Reds got off to an ideal start,
NOTHING beats a handwritten envelope with a foreign postage stamp carrying a letter from a friend in a far away place bringing news of their lifestyle and the traditions of their country. Penfriendship can provide this opportunity and for those interested
THE news that there is to be a referendum on the proposed supermarket development at Great Harwood (LET, October 7) came as a complete surprise to the Labour members of Hyndburn Council's development services committee, as it did to the Tory members,
Readstone United Under-Eights Yellow team conceded a goal with the last kick of the game to lose 4-3 against Foulridge Minors. Goalscorer were Ryan Pickles (2) and Josh Neary was man of the match. The Under-Eights Blue continued their 100 per cent start
CONFRONTED by immense apathy in the elections for local councils and the European Parliament earlier this year - when up to three quarters of the people failed to vote - the government resorts to new measures aimed at making it easier and more convenient
I ADDRESS this to A Johnstone. You have enquired about how you can obtain what you call a "Magic Badge". Please let me explain - being one of the "privileged" badge holders. In my case, I was "lucky" enough to have been disabled with a club foot which
RESULTS - Premier Division: Feniscowles 1, Dalton Utd 3; Fulwood Amateurs 1, Charnock Richard 2; Leyland Motors Ath 2, Barnoldswick Utd 1; Norcross and Warbreck 4, Blackrod Town 1; Vickers SC 5, Wyre Villa 1. Division One: Padiham 1, Garstang 4; Carnforth
ONCE more we read of another accident at the notorious Freckleton Street-Canterbury Street junction in Blackburn (LET, October 8). In my view, there are two solutions. The cheaper one is to place a large 'spot' at the centre and have everyone acknowledge
MAY I reply to two of your correspondents (Yours Views, October 13). Both writers are attacking Mrs Christine Adams but showed such ignorance they failed to give her her title. So, in answering their points I am going to show the same disrespect to them
A JOHNSON of Radcliffe Road, would like to know how to acquire a "magic orange badge for disabled parking. I will tell him/her how. First you awake one morning, as my husband did, with an agonising crushing pain in your chest. You have had a heart attack
I READ with interest the article about the notorious Grane Road (LET, October 12) and I, too, am a fellow sufferer with increased traffic using this road. Although my son was involved in a bad accident on the road, he was fortunate to escape with only
A YOUTH who tried to break into a car in the early hours, wanted to "borrow" a wheel brace, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how Steven Craig, 22, then decided to try and steal the brace. Craig, of Mere Court, Burnley, was fined £100 with £60
EIGHT staff from Burnley Council who have each completed 25 years' service were rewarded at a presentation in the town hall. Each chose a gift, ranging from motorcycle equipment and ceramic tiles to a washer-dryer and hi-fi. The gifts were presented by
A LABOURER died after being crushed by a paper baling machine which was in such poor condition that a repairman thought it was derelict, an inquest heard. Steven Donald, 17, of York Close, Clayton-le-Moors, died after he was trapped under a conveyor belt
Things really confuse me, must be my age you'll say, But some things seem so muddled as I look round today. The young mum goes out shopping in a mini short and neat, Her daughter's dress is pretty but, must it reach her feet? The baby wears a jumpsuit
TROUBLED furniture and fabrics group Cornwell Parker has ditched its chief executive James Moore after a dramatic plunge in profits and sales. Chairman Barry Bramley said Mr Moore was "asked to leave" by the board before members voted to appoint chartered
Nature Watch special on Ron Freethy's trip to Australia I HAVE this week returned from Australia after accepting the world prize for river management on behalf of the Mersey Basin Campaign. This is about half way through its 25-year life span with the
A BID to keep a pioneering centre which helps improve the skills of East Lancashire managers has been backed by a leading entrepreneur. The NVQ centre run by ELTEC has helped dozens of bosses study for higher level national vocational qualifications.
A MAN was being treated in a specialist decompression unit today after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning in a fire at his flat above a Pendle shopping centre. David Bear, 40, was found by firefighters slumped on the living room floor of the flat
TRADITIONALLY a fixture which is one of the most entertaining and close games of the season, this McDonalds Hyndburn Boys' League set-to was certainly no exception. Although neither side were able to fulfil their potential due to a strong breeze which
CLITHEROE produced possibly their worst performance of the season to end their unbeaten run away at Salford City last night in this North Western Trains League Division One match. Blues boss Steve Parry was said to be "lost for words" as his side trudged
An elderly woman who died in her home is believed to have been overcome by fumes from a smouldering electric blanket. Nora Lightbown, 91, was found in the bathroom of her terrace house in Knowlesley Road, Darwen, yesterday morning. And her death has prompted
POLICE are waiting to speak to Burnley's top scoring striker Andy Payton, right, after a car was stopped for a routine check and the driver ran off. Sgt Russell Gregory, of Colne Traffic Department, said police stopped a Vauxhall Tigra at midnight on
JUBILANT Danny Derbyshire was today celebrating his freedom with his family after being cleared of the murder of "Gentle Giant" Anthony Leecy. Mr Derbyshire and his wife Anne say they have been through eight months of hell but are now planning their future
