AROUND 30 people were evacuated from their homes after a wooden training hand grenade sparked a bomb alert. Police sealed off an area of 45 homes in Wynotham Street, off Briercliffe Road, Burnley, and called in Army bomb disposal experts after the grenade
CARING: Volunteer charity worker Pauline Hirons from Burnley with television broadcaster Martyn Lewis at the awards ceremony. CARING Marks and Spencer employee Pauline Hirons has had her years of voluntary work with the Samaritans richly rewarded. Pauline
A GRIEVING father today revealed his family had forgiven the speeding driver who killed his nine-year-old daughter. Shafqat Hussain, 29, who has himself become a father just days ago, was jailed for nine months at Burnley Crown Court yesterday for causing
WORK was due to begin on a massive mural on the outside wall of Sainsbury's in Burnley. The 150ft wall sculpture was to depict a scene based on the history of Burnley and show silhouettes of people being blown in the wind amid a swirling background of
IT WAS Beatle-mania for pop fans at a Darwen motel. Memories of the fab-four came flooding back at a buy-in for pop memorabilia at the Red House Motel. A set of autographs was just of the items unearthed at the event, along with records, pictures, commemorative
A CARE group is hoping to form an independent charity to attract more funding and become more involved with its members. Carers Link Hyndburn and Ribble Valley is currently a project of Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for voluntary services but at
MILLENNIUM eve violence led to a reveller suffering a smashed jaw, and his attacker is now behind bars for 21 months. Burnley Crown Court heard how Dean Taylor, 23, punched victim Ashley Banham in the face in his father's pub in a dispute over a party
Thursday, October 26, 2000 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 Railway Road. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre
Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm:
Friday, October 27, 2000 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy,
THE boss of a steel erecting business yesterday fell to his death from one of his own vehicles. Police said Lesley Singleton fell almost 30ft from his cherry picker -- which was extended -- as he was demonstrating it to a crane repairman at Shay Lane
Half a tale STEVE Davis half knew what to expect when arriving at QPR this afternoon to take on towering striker Peter Crouch. The 19-year-old front man stands at six feet, seven inches tall and is a new face on the Nationwide League scene. However, Davis
BURNLEY are poised to report an annual loss of £1.6 million but are still in a position to make their first million-pound signing. The Clarets recently made a club record £1.2 million bid for Stockport's Ian Moore and might have to cough up a seven-figure
TICKETS are still on sale for Robbie Williams' gigs at the MEN Arena, due to take place next week. The ticket office at the Arena, which is hosting a top line-up of events before Christmas, was this week reporting tickets were still on sale. Tickets are
STARS of screen and sport will be joining guests at Rossendale Hospice's first ever annual dinner. The Hospice's fundraising team decided to hold the starstudded event after the success of their Rossendale Woman of the Year luncheon held in June. That
PATIENTS are being asked to voice their views on plans to close a village GP surgery in Crawshawbooth. The practice aims to close the Burnley Road centre and relocate its main surgery in Rawtenstall Health Centre to a new surgery on the site of former
BASHARAT Ditta is to become an associate partner with leading Lancashire law firm Forbes Solicitors. Mr Ditta, a member of the criminal law team based at Northgate, Blackburn, has been with the company for four years. Partner Michael Blacklidge said the
BLACKBURN HAWKS 5, INVICTA DYNAMOS 7 (English Premier Cup) BLACKBURN HAWKS 6, KINGSTON JETS 3 (English National League) ICE HOCKEY: Blackburn Hawks have put their early season problems behind them and confidence is soaring down at the Arena. Two home
The Saturday Interview: with golfer Nick Dougherty WHEN Nick Dougherty makes his first million, he will buy his parents a house in Hawaii before heading off to LA to lure Jennifer Aniston away from Brad Pitt. But if Brad proves difficult to get rid of
Hyndburn Ramblers meet Plantation Street, 9am/10am Grassington for Yarnbury (12 miles) or 12.30pm/1.30pm Whitworth for Healey Dell (4.5 miles). Craft fair, Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, 10am-5pm. Craft and gift fair, Mellor Village Hall, 9am-3.30pm
A DISTRAUGHT mother is calling for council bosses to chop down the apple tree in her back garden after insisting: "It has cost my son his eye." Rita Entwistle spoke out after her five-year-old son Simon was blinded in his left eye in an accident involving
Odds choice IS IT me or are the Football Association working in increasingly mysterious ways. I read with interest yesterday a story sent out by the Press Association regarding the odds for the next England manager after the public campaign to appoint
CENTRE back Craig Short today delivered a message of defiance insisting automatic promotion is still within reach as Blackburn Rovers prepared for the visit of Grimsby. Short, who was one of Rovers' heroes in their midweek victory against Wimbledon, has
AROUND 30 people were evacuated from their homes after a wooden training hand grenade sparked a bomb alert. Police sealed off an area of 45 homes in Wynotham Street, off Briercliffe Road, Burnley, and called in Army bomb disposal experts after the grenade
A 60-YEAR-OLD man who sexually abused a schoolgirl over six years was today behind bars awaiting a lengthy jail term. A Burnley Crown Court jury threw out Peter Sunderland's claim that his victim had been suffering from "false memory syndrome," and convicted
A FORMER nightclub boss turned "bent" car dealer was today starting a nine month jail term. Burnley Crown Court heard how Mark Dieter Ruge, 29, who formerly owned the Arena nightclub in Burnley, turned to dodgy dealings when he was in debt and was caught
Accrington Stanley FC, RED AND WHITE MUSIC NIGHT, live folk, 8pm, £5 Oxygen, Blackburn: '70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house and garage, 9pm to 1am, free. Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party
The Beautiful South Empress Ballroom, Blackpool THE Beautiful South have always been about two things -- great songs and great singing -- and this performance was no exception. The gig -- a warm-up for their forthcoming arena tour -- was slick, smooth
JJ72 and THIRTEEN 13 Manchester University EVERYBODY was there to see JJ72 but support act Thirteen 13 proved they are a band for next year. With a look that harks back to the Britpop days of the mid-'90s, at times they gave the impression they may have
PATIENTS who suffer from circulation problems are set to benefit thanks to a £1,500 donation to a local hospital. Accrington Victoria Community Hospital received the donation from medical cash provider HealthSure and is to be used to buy diagnostic equipment
Sunday, October 22, 2000 Blackburn: 12noon-1pm: Little Harwood Pharmacy, 149 Whalley Old Road, Little Harwood; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts
Monday, October 23, 2000 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels Chemist, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy
Tuesday, October 24, 2000 Blackburn: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy. 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
FED-UP teachers who highlight the government's failures in education are branded whingers and dinosaurs, according to a leading East Lancashire head. Anthony McNamara, head at St Augustine's RC High School, Billington, near Clitheroe, blasted the government
FORMER Creation Records boss Alan McGee recently dubbed Coldplay's brand of melodic rock as "bedwetters' music." But likeable frontman Chris Martin and his band don't suffer from an image problem, even if the critics have a problem with their image. How
A LANCASHIRE five-piece are preparing to conquer the world -- starting off with America. Treehouse 3 this week revealed they will kick off the new year in America after signing a management deal there. They will embark on a mammoth six-month tour taking
A WORKING Men's Club has closed after 104 years, crippled by the slump in the economy of the Rossendale Valley. Waterfoot Working Men's Club had struggled on without heating for eight weeks until officials finally had to close the doors. The decision
A MAN wanted in connection with the abduction and murder of his former girlfriend has been arrested in Edinburgh, police said today. John Steele, 48, of Higher Walton, was first spotted in the Scottish capital on Thursday. The sighting came after police
PLANS for a poultry processing plant have been turned down by councillors despite calls for it to be given permission. The scheme on land off Gladstone Street in Blackburn was knocked back by members of the council's planning and highways committee after
EAST Lancashire MPs have joined across the political divide to welcome a new government drive to licence some private landlords. Housing Minister Nick Raynsford told Labour MPs Gordon Prentice and Peter Pike that he was keen to tighten the rules on the
HOSPITAL chiefs today pledged to step up maternity ward safety after admitting that a problem with their alarm system meant it failed to go off when a security-tagged baby was taken out of the building. The revelation came after an inquiry into the case
NORTH West health chiefs have outraged East Lancashire MPs by refusing to site new NHS Direct information kiosks in the area in favour of so called "tourist" hot spots. Health Minister Gisela Stuart announced that there would be 153 of the new points
A DISTRAUGHT mother is calling for council bosses to chop down the apple tree in her back garden after insisting: "It has cost my son his eye." Rita Entwistle spoke out after her five-year-old son Simon was blinded in his left eye in an accident involving
