Blackburn Breast Care Support Group, Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society, Lecture Room, Accrington Library, 7.15pm. AGM. British Sign Language Taster Session, 10am/noon; Adult Directions
Bury 3 Swansea City 0, by Steve Canavan A FEW weeks ago the sight of a Bury team scoring three goals in a game was rarer than spotting a Golden Eagle nesting in the Gigg Lane stand. But, in the space of two home games, the Shakers have managed to achieve
READ with disbelief (LET, February 28) of the farcical decision by Burnley councillors to award themselves a disgraceful 70 per cent expenses rise and then cut back services at the Mechanics (left). Then, we find that, surprise surprise, the good council
Leigh RMI 6 Nuneaton Borough 2, by Martyn Hindley NUNEATON Borough suffered the backlash of RMI's FA Trophy exit, as, in the first Hilton Park league game since New Year's Day, Leigh handed the Manor Park outfit a six-goal mauling. Opportunities came
WEST Brom boss Gary Megson admitted his side failed to bridge the quality gap as Rovers gained revenge for a 1-0 reverse at the Hawthorns earlier in the season. Marcus Bent's ninth goal of the season proved enough to sink Albion on a day when the visitors
FRIEDEL: A virtual spectator all afternoon as West Brom offered precious little as an attacking force...6 CURTIS: Rock solid again and his pace proved a real asset whenever he was called on to cover for Berg or Short...7 SHORT: Used his muscle to keep
ROVERS 1 WEST BROM 0 Bent 47 GRAEME Souness raised a few eyebrows when he took a gamble on Celtic outcast Eyal Berkovic. But those doubting his wisdom are starting to gulp down the humble pie after the little Israeli took Rovers a step nearer the Premiership
LOWERHOUSE residents linked with local anglers to clean up Lowerhouse Lodges Nature Reserve in Burnley and build bridges for better access. The second annual clean-up saw bikes, metal frames and all kinds of accumulated rubbish being fished out of the
A THEATRE company is to visit schools in East Lancashire, hoping to drive home the road safety message. Alginon Loose-Chippings, Big Lorry and Professor Hertz Van Rental are just a few of the zany characters the Walking Forward Theatre Company aim to
PLANS to build a house on car park of the former Lamb Inn, Newchurch-in-Pendle, are set to be given the go-ahead after the developer submitted new plans to Pendle council. Neighbours and the local parish council have objected to the scheme, arguing the
A WOMAN who has battled against the bulge for 18 years is now looking forward to her dream holiday after losing more than a stone in five weeks. Lesley Hothersall, 37, from Nelson, has lost 1st 5lbs since she was whisked off to GMTV's "Inch Loss Island
THE years flew away for former air cadet Joe Addison when he read of the recent concert at Accrington Town Hall organised for the Royal Air Force Association - all the way back to wartime when he and a crew of fellow teenagers staged their own special
UNION bosses are seeking assurances on jobs in East Lancashire after Rolls Royce announced a huge fall in profits and 6,000 redundancies. The aero-engine maker, which employs 1,100 people in East Lancashire, saw profits slump by 50 per cent. Pre-tax profits
RESIDENTS in Blackburn were told to be prepared for a council tax rise of 17 per cent. The Labour group blamed it on a £1million cut in government revenue support grant, as well as a 5.5 per cent rise for Lancashire County Council and a charge for the
AN eight-year-old boy was in a critical condition in hospital today after an accident with a bus on a busy road. Alexander Tolley, was hit by the Stagecoach single decker on Manchester Road, in Accrington, just after 5pm yesterday. Police said his mum
A CALL for councils to be allowed to decide on new mobile phone masts has come from Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. Mr Evans told Cabinet Minister Margaret Beckett such a move was vital to protect the health of children and the countryside. He and other
Burnley 3-5-2 (L-R) Michopoulos Thomas Armstrong Davis Branch Cook Ball Little Weller Moore Taylor Subs: Branch off Briscoe on (59); Cook off Mullin on (68); Ball off Cox on (72) Subs not used: Crichton Maylett Portsmouth 4-3-3 Flahavan Vincent Moore
Burnley MICHOPOULOS: Left unprotected for first goal but coped with most of Portsmouth's 17 attempts to score...6 THOMAS: Troubled by the pace of the lively Steve Lovell who ran rings round the Burnley defence...5 DAVIS: Held the defence as firm as possible
THE future of Burnley striker Andy Payton was today shrouded in mystery after he was dropped for Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth. The Padiham predator, the Clarets top scorer with 14 goals this season, did not even travel with the squad to Pompey.
HOME Secretary Jack Straw will present the prizes at Blackburn's annual Guardian Angel Entrepreneurs Network Awards for 2001. The awards are organised by the Blackburn Partnership and the event celebrates successful business and entrepreneurial skills
WORK has started on renovating an area of Darwen Town Centre which has been derelict for months. The site of the former Darwen Area Housing Office at The Circus has been fenced off since the building was demolished before Christmas. Now Blackburn with
THE secret of a long lasting marriage is a highly complicated mix of factors -- but Jim and Edith Almond could give a few pointers. For the couple from Radford Street in Darwen are celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary. Jim, 73 and Edith 70, grew
POLICE have launched a crackdown on nuisance youths in Darwen. Operation Eject, is aimed at youngsters hanging around the Priory, Turncroft Road, Ashton House, Redearth Road areas as well as at Turncroft and St Peter's Schools. It has come about after
WELL-known St John Ambulance volunteer Mrs Phyllis Lund has died aged 76. Mrs Lund was known to thousands of volunteers in East Lancashire through her work as an instructor in Blackburn which she did for many years with husband Derick. She was especially
BLACKBURN Shopping Centre played host to a fun-packed day of activities on Saturday to launch International Women's Week 2001. International dancing, courtesy of Blackburn School of Irish Dancing, the Blackburn School of Dance and Performing Arts and
SOCIAL worker Rachel Smith will be haunted for the rest of her life by the fatal consequences of a simple misjudgement as she drove to work, a court heard. Accountant Geoffrey Rushton died instantly after her BMW spun out of control and collided head
BOOTLE 1 NELSON 1 ONLY a great save by Bootle's goalkeeper Tony Molloy in injury time denied Nelson victory at the Kirkby Sports Centre on Saturday. Had that chance gone in it would have been hard on the Bucks who had threatened to run away with the game
A MOMENT of madness from goalkeeper Lee Purvis cost Darwen a place in the semi-finals of the Second Division Trophy at Squires Gate. The Darwen keeper raced out of his area in the 22nd minute of injury time but Squires Gate's Alec Rawson got to the ball
LEEK CSOB 2, RAMSBOTTOM UTD 5 A RUSSELL Brierley hat-trick saw Ramsbottom United mark their return to action in the NWCL First Division with a comfortable victory at lowly Leek. The visitors made all the early running and it was no surprise when they
CHORLEY 2 LEEK TOWN 0 FIRST Division Chorley strolled into the semi-finals of the UniBond Chairman's Cup with a comfortable victory over shot-shy Premier Division strugglers Leek. The Magpies' only anxious moments came in the opening minutes as Leek started
CHIPPENHAM 0 CLITHEROE 2 DAVE Burgess hailed his all-conquering Clitheroe heroes and declared: "Can a football manager's life ever get better than that?" Burgess looked on with pride and admiration after his side earned a place in the FA Vase semi-finals
GREAT Harwood's game at home to Nantwich Town tonight has been postponed -- despite the Ministry of Agriculture giving the Showground the all-clear from foot and mouth disease. Nantwich have refused to travel because they believe there is still a risk
EVERY decent person will be appalled and angered at the anguish pensioner Albert Woodhouse has suffered at the hands of a heartless and brazen confidence trickster. For the 81-year-old has been left penniless after a scum criminal posing as a council
BLACKBURN MP and Home Secretary Jack Straw has given his seal of approval to the new look Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Mr Straw says he never misses an edition of the paper which keeps him on top of all the local news. And the avid Rovers fan says the
I WOULD like to thank Morrison's store, Blackburn and all who donated when I dressed as a clown there on Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4 collecting for the cerebral palsy charity SCOPE. I raised more than £200. PHILIP GARDNER, St John's Road, Padiham
JOHN Cotton must have very little on his agenda as spokesman for the Conservative party if he can find time to rearrange the new logo of the Labour party (Letters, February 9) and come up with the word 'evil.' Had he wasted a little more time he would
ACCORDING to a major survey, England and Wales have the second highest number of crime victims in the western world, with 28 for every 100 citizens. On top of this, the chairman of the Police Federation says that police morale is the worst that he has
YOUR headline 'Straw gets tough on hardened criminals' (LET, February 26) demonstrates the incompetence of the government in general and Jack Straw in particular. Mr Straw has just discovered, after four years in his job, that a small minority of criminals
I HOPE the Accrington market scheme is nothing like the artist's impression (LET, February 15). Otherwise it will be ghastly and more likely to frighten shoppers away than to attract them. The design of the new shops in Broadway looks awful and just in
Friedel Curtis, Berg, Short Gillespie, Dunn, Mahon, Duff Berkovic Jansen, Bent Subs: Hignett (for Gillespie, 79), Hughes (for Jansen, 83) Not used: Keller, Taylor, Filan (gk) West Brom: (3-5-2) Hoult Butler, Sigurdsson, Carbon, Chambers A, Jordao, Appleton
SAMMY McIlroy has hinted that Keith Gillespie could still have a part to play in Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying campaign following the winger's dramatic return to Rovers' first team. The former Manchester United ace thought he had played his
A SEX pest on a bike who indecently exposes himself to young boys has offended again. A 12-year-old boy was playing football with friends in Towneley Park, Burnley, behind Brunshaw Youth centre at 3pm yesterday when the pervert struck. Police believe
FOUR East Lancashire teachers have contributed to a new book giving the inside story on how to improve primary schools. Leading Primary School Improvement draws on research carried out by Gwynneth Bennett, senior teacher at Ightenhill County Primary in
LOOKING Back was stumped when local history buff Mr J A Marsden asked if it could show him a picture of the old Yates's Wine Lodge that was in Lord Street until it and other buildings in the same block were demolished in 1977 to make way for the third
ATHLETICS: Due to the foot and mouth outbreak, all tomorrow's Clayton Harriers runs will go from Michelin Social Club, Burnley at 7pm. Accrington Road Runners meet as usual tomorrow but outside the playing fields. Hyndburn A.C. cannot use Wilsons' Playing
ABBA MANIA, at King George's Hall, Blackburn OSCAR Wilde once said "the play was a great success but the audience was a total failure." Although Mr Wilde never attended an Abba tribute gig, one thing I can be sure of is this memorable quote suitable fitted
POLL taxpayers in Blackburn and Hyndburn were told they may have to pay large increases on their bill to cover for those who had not paid. Residents in Blackburn and Darwen were facing an increase of £62 and payers in Hyndburn faced a £96 rise, around
THE Oxo Ramblers' Group has cancelled its March 11 walk in Yorkshire due to the foot and mouth outbreak. The group, whose members are mainly from Great Harwood and Accrington, hopes a walk on Good Friday will go ahead as planned.
POLICE who questioned Peter Fell in the days after the double murder he was later convicted of said they were happy he was not a suspect, a court was told. And witness statements taken from Fell's colleagues more than a year after the murders were not
GRAHAM Rix certainly enjoyed his first game in charge at Fratton Park as the victory lifted Portsmouth six points clear of the drop zone. "I was delighted, it is obviously a great result," said the former Arsenal ace who took over the reigns at Portsmouth
Nightingale 56, Panopoulos (pen) 69 BURNLEY manager Stan Ternent admitted it was the 'same speech from the same song sheet' after another bout of travel sickness. There was no music to the Clarets chief's ears at Fratton Park as Burnley still have to
A NEW business start-up course is now under way in Blackburn and Darwen - with would-be entrepreneurs being supported by Bootstrap Enterprises. The free course runs two days a week over eight weeks and covers all aspects of starting a business, including
A WALLET containing credit cards was stolen from a house at Greenacres, Edgworth. Police at Darwen said the offender entered the house through an unlocked kitchen door. Det Sgt Ian Critchley of Darwen CID said: "I would ask the public to be extra vigilant
A RESIDENTS' group is appealing for more members. Lodgeside Trust, a group for people living in the Whitehall area of Darwen, says it could do with more volunteers to help push for more work to be done for the community. It has succeeded in getting essential
SUZANNE Marshall had her four-year-old son with her when she stole a scooter from T J Hughes' Blackburn store. The town's magistrates heard that the boy tried the scooter out in the store and when he was reluctant to put it back Marshall carried it down
ROBBERY victim Imran Patel today welcomed the prison sentences handed out to the men who held him at knife-point in front of his children. And the 29-year-old restaurant manager told how memories of the night still haunt him and his family. Mr Patel,
PET owners are warned to be on their guard against a group of suspected catnappers who could be stealing the animals for their fur. Suspicions were first raised after three cats were reported missing in the Feniscowles area of Blackburn. All disappeared
A PAEDOPHILE has failed in a Human Rights Act bid to overturn a ban on entering public parks, swimming pools or playgrounds throughout the country in the first case of its kind. A Sex Offender Order was issued under the Crime and Disorder Act by a magistrate
BBC boss Greg Dyke (pictured) has revealed how the corporation is awash with claret and blue -- because it has more Burnley fans than Blackburn! The director general, who was in Blackburn, said the corridors of power in London was of a definite persuasion
SOCCER: Bury took their unbeaten run to six games -- and four victories -- with a comfortable win over relegation-haunted Swansea. It was a tale of two penalties. Crewe's on loan start Colin Cramb was hacked down in the box for the first spot kick, converted
CLITHEROE manager Dave Burgess has his sights firmly set on FA Vase glory after a quarter final win over Chippenham Town. More than 150 noisy Blues fans made the journey to Devon to watch their side win 2-0 against last season's finalists. It is only
CRYSTAL PALACE 0 PRESTON 2 PRESTON took their tally to five wins in six games and boosted their hopes of a top six finish. The game was over before half-time as North End raced into a two goal advantage over Alan Smith's side. David Healy opened the scoring
FULHAM 1 BOLTON 1 A TITANIC battle between Division One's top two clubs ended all square at Craven Cottage yesterday even with Fulham reduced to 10 men after Luis Boa Morte was ordered off for retaliation. A Per Frandsen free kick five minutes into the
