COMING back from Llandudno recently, on a five or six-mile stretch around the village of Holywell, I passed three foxes apparently dead at the side of the roads, with roughly a mile between each one. Then, in the middle of the road I saw a big dog fox
LAST Sunday I rode my horse from Worston village to Downham, then to Chatburn and home. I normally use the bridlepaths but owing to the foot and mouth outbreak, I wished to avoid all farms, which forced me on to the roads. I was truly scared by the mindless
FOUR medical wards at Leigh Infirmary have been closed to new admissions following a stomach bug alert. Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust bosses said an outbreak of highly contagious CDT virus at the hospital meant 18 patients had to wait on trolleys. The bug
A NEW hotline will match Bury homeseekers with vacant council properties. Bury council has set up the new telephone service in a bid to fill empty houses and flats across the borough. The authority's housing spokesman Cllr John Smith said: "While in some
BURY Town Hall is to improve access for disabled people and those with mobility problems with the installation of a new lift. The eight-person capacity lift was commissioned to improve access to all areas of the Town Hall and will run in tandem with the
A COUNCILLOR and Asian community leader is under police investigation after a complaint from Burnley Council, it was revealed today. The bombshell news comes three days after Liberal Democrat Coun Mozaquir Ali was due to appear before a special standards
A COMPANY run by a soccer boss has been fined £60,000 after it was revealed equipment which crushed a teenager to death had a catalogue of safety problems. Steven Donald was just 17 and in his very first job when he died following the horrific accident
Blackburn 1 W.B.A. 4 The score ended: Blackburn 1 Bent(47) W.B.A. 0 Find out more in Mondays Lancashire Evening Telegraph.
Name: SHANE GUDGEON Age: 37 HOME TOWN: Accrington How long have you supported Rovers? : Over 25 years Where do you sit?: In the Riverside What was your first game?: Rovers 2 Luton 0 (11th Feb 1977, att 11,511) Paul Round and Noel Brotherston scored and
Don't score! CRAIG Hignett's stunning free kick in the dying seconds of last week's 4-1 demolition of Bolton at the Reebok seemed like the perfect end to a perfect night. But not all Rovers fans were of a similar opinion! One supporter had placed a £5
REGULAR waste paper collections will be launched in Burnley in April -- to cut down on landfill demand and boost the town's recycling campaign. Waste firm Swinnerton Brothers have signed up with the council to carry out the once-fortnightly doorstep collections
BURNLEY Health Care NHS Trust has taken steps to improve the treatment of day care patients after operations, following the case of a woman who suffered 'confusion and distress' about her treatment. The move were revealed by the Health Service Ombudsman
SATURDAY (March 3) Two Gates Club, Darwen: GONE BEGGING, 9pm, free. Privilege Nightclub, Darwen: COMMERCIAL AND CLASSIC DANCE ANTHEMS, 10.30pm to 3am, £4. Oxygen, Blackburn: '70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house
Sunday, March 4 BLACKBURN: 12noon-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. DARWEN: 12noon-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 11 Church Street. ACCRINGTON: 12noon
Thursday, March 8 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 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
Friday, March 9 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
MP Nigel Evans has told Tony Blair to ditch the government's move to ban fox hunting until the foot and mouth crisis is over. He has written to the Prime Minister to say that it would be wrong to continue with the legislation, currently before Parliament
A HORSE rider has been banned for life from a stables -- just days after winning a dressage competition. Emma Dickinson, 22, has been riding since she was two and has had her 15-year-old pure-bred Arab Crystal for the past nine years. But after winning
Portsmouth 2 Burnley 0 The score ended: Portsmouth 2 Nightingale 58, Panopoulos 70 Burnley 0 Find out more in Mondays Lancashire Evening Telegraph.
ONE radio caller was seeing things at Turf Moor last Saturday. He was adamant that England boss Sven Goran Eriksson was sitting in the Bob Lord Stand, with Burnley Chairman Barry Kilby, running the rule over Clarets star Glen Little! Obviously the winger
BURNLEY striker Gareth Taylor is getting used to being the centre of attention following his loan move from Manchester City. The 28-year-old was hidden in the reserves at Maine Road but he is fast becoming a star man for the Clarets. His addition has
THIRTEEN 13 won't be a name that rolls off the tongue just yet but this new group are determined to earn respect by sheer hard work. Theirs is the sort of story that most aspiring musicians can only dream of. Lead singer Wayne Murray had no band, just
ANARCHIC Chumbawamba have been busy recording their new album in a remote holiday cottage at Giggleswick. Speaking to Pulse, singer Alice Nutter also revealed that the band have taken a new direction for the almost-finished album. The outspoken agit/pop
THEY used to be Rubbish but now they're Tidy -- and Pendle's favourite band are now locked away in serious rehearsals as they prepare for one of their biggest gigs of the year. Friday night's show at Colne Municipal Hall is rare treat for fans of the
BBC boss Greg Dyke was in Blackburn yesterday to officially unveil the country's first high-tech learning zone. The director general was joined by Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw at the Darwen Street offices of Radio Lancashire where the first
A NEW health unit has opened to keep Lancashire's firefighters fighting fit. The Occupational Health Unit is designed to ensure that fire service personnel are not laid low by the stresses and strains of their arduous profession. Lancashire's chief fire
LOCAL jockeys and horse trainers have been hit because of the ban on horse racing across the country. Blackburn jockey Carl Lowther, who is currently on honeymoon in the Canaries, will return on Sunday to find out about the ban. He has ridden horses for
A FARMER in Edgworth says he has been given the all-clear after being investigated for possible Foot and Mouth Disease. Phil Davies, owner of Quarlton Manor Farm, was visited by officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food after pigs
RESIDENTS are hoping a pub currently up for sale will never serve another pint again -- and will be flattened by bulldozers. The Rovers Return, in Dunoon Drive, Shadsworth, Blackburn, has been empty for several years and residents claim it has become
COR Blimey, apples and pears! Healthy eating MP Gordon Prentice today got to the core of Britain's failure to get fruity -- and claimed we're not having our taste buds tickled. Mr Prentice has urged the government to encourage growers to return to varieties
ACCRINGTON Stanley have offered to help out Great Harwood after the Showground was shut because of the foot and mouth outbreak yesterday. Harwood's NWCL Division One game on Friday night at home to Woodley Sports is off as ground is close to an area where
IAIN Balshaw felt for England's cricketers in Sri Lanka this week. After suffering some dodgy umpiring decisions they slumped to defeat in the first Test. The media coverage wasn't too damning, probably because the Series win over Pakistan is still fresh
BRIAN Blakemore killed and buried Darwen teenager Julian Brookfield, whose body was unearthed during the building of Ewood Park. It was a grisly find and one that ended a ten year search for the talented youngster who dreamed of a career in Hollywood.
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy - this week to Fairhaven Lake WITH foot and mouth disease devastating livestock and threatening to spread even further, it would be wrong at the moment to walk in sensitive areas. However much we enjoy walking, our
TERRY Johnson, 24, of Hancock Street, Blackburn, was remanded on bail until March 23 for the preparation of pre-sentence reports after pleading guilty to stealing a Panasonic camcorder belonging to NHS Communicare. The court heard that the £500 recorder
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has awarded a major contract to supply computer software to a major Yorkshire-based company which also serves international firms such as AT&T, British Telecom, British Gas and Securicor. The Total Visibility Management
I AM shocked that foot and mouth disease has reared its ugly head in Britain again and there is no telling where or when it's going to end. Surely, the Government should have a rethink on the Right to Roam Bill. OLIVE SLATER, Sussex Street, Nelson.
BECAUSE of foot and mouth disease all footpaths and bridleways are now closed in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, until further notice. Unlike other farming crises, the public have a vital part to play in stopping the spread of this disease by respecting
DAVID Stocker (Letters, February 24), regional spokesperson for the Countryside Alliance, states that Arnold Greenhalgh, joint master of the Holcombe Harriers "is devoted to caring for animals in one way or another." He also says that he has "yet to meet
ONCE again farming finds itself in crisis. The facts again point to the free market and globalisation as the chief causes. This has meant that while pork consumption in the UK has remained the same, retailers and manufacturers have been importing those
All's Said And Dunn - the David Dunn column AFTER all the hype, now it's down to the serious stuff. And I have to say, I'm really excited at the prospect of Sven Goran Eriksson taking over as manager of England. Wednesday night's result against Spain
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today admitted he's getting a buzz out of working with rising stars like David Dunn and Matt Jansen as he tries to turn Rovers into the new Manchester United. Souness is a big admirer of the way United boss Alex Ferguson
THE Lancashire Evening Telegraph is teaming up with a new national charity, Football Aid, to offer diehard Blackburn Rovers fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play on their own field of dreams. We're offering two lucky readers the opportunity to don
A COUNCILLOR and Asian community leader is under police investigation after a complaint from Burnley Council, it was revealed today. The bombshell news comes three days after Liberal Democrat Coun Mozaquir Ali was due to appear before a special standards
PENDLE'S Liberal Democrat councillors shortened the gap between themselves and the Labour Party by winning the Horsfield seat, despite their earlier concerns that some people were denied a chance to vote. A by-election was held to fill the gap left in
POLICE are warning pensioners to be on their guard after a series of sneak-in thefts in Great Harwood. Police say there have been four similar thefts in the area since February on pensioners living in sheltered accommodation and private houses. On one
A WORKER has been crushed to death in an horrific accident with a tipper truck. Graham Thomas, 31, died from multiple head injuries when a raised part of the truck fell on top of him. He was working with two colleagues on Fern Gore Avenue, Accrington,
A COMPANY run by a soccer boss has been fined £60,000 after it was revealed equipment which crushed a teenager to death had a catalogue of safety problems. Steven Donald was just 17 and in his very first job when he died following the horrific accident
Wednesday, March 7 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: The Pharmacy
Monday, March 5 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
Tuesday, March 6 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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
BURNLEY Football Supporters Club visit Blackburn Rovers on April 1. Two pick-ups will operate. Route One will depart Colne bus station at 10am, Nelson bus station at 10.10; Queensgate 10:20 and Turf Moor 10:30. Route two: Depart Rawtenstall at 10am; Tim
BURNLEY striker Gareth Taylor is getting used to being the centre of attention following his loan move from Manchester City. The 28-year-old was hidden in the reserves at Maine Road but he is fast becoming a star man for the Clarets. His addition has
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today admitted he's getting a buzz out of working with rising stars like David Dunn and Matt Jansen as he tries to turn Rovers into the new Manchester United. Souness is a big admirer of the way United boss Alex Ferguson
COMMONLY known as the godfathers of folk/rock, The Oysterband make a rare visit to Accrington next week. Playing the Town Hall on Friday night, the band are so popular that fans right across the north of England have been snapping up tickets. The show
RESIDENTS and community groups will meet on Monday to set up a new Park Supporters Group. People living around the River Darwen Parkway and Higher Croft Woods areas will discuss how they can work with Blackburn with Darwen Council to to manage and sustain
Boar's Head, Market Place: rock night Thursday with live band. Karaoke disco Saturday (9pm) and quiz nights Wednesday and Sunday (9pm). Bowling Green, Manchester Road: quiz night Thursday from 9.30pm, with possible £250 jackpot. Free pool Tuesday with
A MAN and a woman have been jailed after a toddler suffered horrific injuries in a catalogue of abuse. Burnley Crown Court had been told how the little boy had 16 injuries, including three major breaks to his arms, damage to his ears, toes and genitals
RAMBLERS face fines of up to £5,000 if they go on countryside footpaths in Leigh and Wigan. Wigan council chiefs have imposed a ban on anyone walking along farm footpaths, canal towpaths or any of the country parks including Pennington Flash in Leigh.
A THIRD man has been arrested and is being quizzed by detectives in connection with the shooting of Darren Bell. The 30 year-old-man, who is believed to be from the Blackburn area, was arrested in Bury and is now being held at Blackburn police station
ECONOMICS students from Blackburn have got through to the final of a national competition in London. Four sixth form pupils from Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, in West Park Road, will travel to London later this month to face five other schools and
A SHOPLIFTER'S haul of stolen property read like the conveyor belt prize list from TV's Generation Game -- right down to the cuddly toy. But instead of a sunshine holiday Graham Dean won three months in prison when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates
BUTCHERS and meat wholesalers across East Lancashire reported a mixed public reaction to the deepening foot and mouth crisis. Some said stocks were running out rapidly and members of the public panic buying, while others said there was little or no problem
CHORLEY boss Ken Wright has swooped to sign Leigh RMI striker Neil Matthews ahead of the Magpies' UniBond Chairman's Cup clash with Leek Town today. Matthews has a wealth of experience at non-League level having previously starred in Guiseley's march
REGGAE Boy Ricardo Gardner is providing Bolton manager Sam Allardyce with a headache -- in every sense -- as he prepares for Sunday's top-of-the-table crunch with Fulham at Craven Cottage. Gardner crashed out of Jamaica's midweek World Cup qualifier with
CHORLEY Lynx face another tough assignment when they entertain Hull KR at Victory Park tomorrow, kick off 3pm. Last weekend Lynx put up a much improved display against championship-chasing Widnes and coach Graham West will be looking for a similar performance
By Kingfisher I CANNOT recall ever feeling as pessimistic about angling as I do this weekend. It isn't just the abysmal reports from local stretches of canal last weekend, which were badly affected by the frosts, though that was bad enough. It isn't the
Crystal Palace 0 Preston 2 The score ended: Crystal Palace 0 Preston North End 2 Healy(8), Alexander(23) Find out more in your local Preston Citizen.
A BAR owner accused of a vicious midnight attack in Bury against a former employee was found not guilty by a jury on Friday. Denis Bosicek claimed he was battered by his former employer Terence Grady and another man, Juan Larez. Larez had absconded half-way
