RAMSBOTTOM United celebrated a 1-0 home win over Salford City to stay seventh in the NWCL Division One table. The vital goal came after only six minutes, Chris Wilcock converting after good work by Russell Brierley. Top saves from the Salford keeper prevented
YET again, the government is giving away taxpayers' money. If it's not sending offenders on holidays, it is giving computers away (LET, March 16). I was always taught: "If you do not work, you do not get." Would it not have been better to put this money
DETECTIVES were today investigating the death of a 26-year-old man found hanging inside a Hindley pub. The unmarried man, from Bickershaw, near Leigh, was found in the men's toilets at the Mechanics Arms, Leigh Road, on Saturday when the pub opened for
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was subjected to an "horrendous" serious sexual assault by a masked man as she walked home along a quiet street. The incident happened as the girl was walking along Longholme Road near to Focus Do It All on Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall.
Leigh RMI 2 Hereford United 1 TALK of the title and Leigh RMI in the same breath may once have been described as 'cloud cuckoo land' but the top clubs in the Conference are looking over their shoulders wondering what on earth is going on at Hilton Park
BLACKBURN Rovers today slammed fresh speculation linking them with a summer move for Newcastle wide-man Stephen Glass. According to one of the weekend tabloids, Rovers, Bolton, Celtic, Dundee and Dundee United are all in the hunt for the 24-year-old Scot
KEITH Gillespie today thanked Rovers boss Graeme Souness for giving him the kick up the backside he needed to rescue his career. The revitalised winger celebrated his first cap in 11 months with a man of the match performance in Northern Ireland's 1-0
PARAMEDIC John Moorhouse had an unusual patient to deal with on Saturday -- an injured sparrowhawk. John, who was in the rapid response vehicle on stand-by at junction 10 on the M65, said: "At about 5.10pm someone dumped a sparrowhawk on me. "There was
SCOOTER rider Stephen Gardener was injured in an accident with a Ford Transit van on the Padiham by-pass. The accident happened in Barrowford Road at the junction with Higham Hall Road on Saturday at 7.45pm. Mr Gardener, 32, of Ashton Drive, Nelson, who
A TEENAGER who nearly died in an explosion at his home has spoken of his ordeal. Casey Hill was preparing for the first day of his catering course at Nelson and Colne College a week ago when he opened the outhouse door to get a bottle of pop, switched
THE isolation of a rural lifestyle, coupled with the present foot and mouth epidemic, could be driving some farmers to the brink of suicide, the Samaritans have warned. Now the Samaritans of Pendle, Burnley and Rossendale have thrown a lifeline to the
AS the House of Lords was due to vote today on the Hunting Bill, Looking Back finds that opposition to the controversial pastime was truly stirred up in East Lancashire 101 years ago this month -- when a stag hunt climaxed in the middle of Blackburn.
BOURNEMOUTH 1 BURY 0 BURY'S long trip to Bournemouth was in vain as the Shakers went down by the only goal scored by Jermain DeFoe after 21 minutes. The goal had been against the run of play as Bury dominated the opening period with Jon Newby missing
HOLKER OLD BOYS 2 COLNE 1 IT WAS very much a case of unlucky 13 for Colne on Saturday. John Lister's side have now lost precisely that number of NWCL Division Two games in succession -- and that after taking the lead! Colne found themselves in such an
LANCASHIRE took command of their three-day game against Boland Academy in Cape Town thanks to a superb innings from new batsman Ryan Driver. The 21-year-old left hander, signed from Worcester, hit a magnificent 93 as Lancashire raced to 357-6 declared
A HOST of activities have been planned by the Pendle and District Multiple Sclerosis Society to promote MS Week. While many sufferers are waiting to hear if drugs to help them will be prescribed on the NHS, the local branch, with its 87 members, is gearing
MOTHERING Sunday was extra special for Kathryn Whittle -- she wasn't due to celebrate it until 2002 but tiny Elle-Mai made an early appearance. Kathryn was only 24 weeks pregnant when her waters broke and she was rushed into Burnley General Hospital.
A YOUNGSTER was taken to hospital at weekend after playing with a mystery powder found near his home. Firefighters from Oswaldtwistle, who cordoned the area off and removed the powder, said the boy was playing on White Ash Lane, in Oswaldtwistle, when
FRUSTRATED Queens Park Rangers manager Ian Holloway accused his players of wasting the first half as they slumped to their 11th away defeat of the season at Turf Moor. Holloway is still waiting for his first win since taking over as Loftus Road boss last
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent kicked-off the build-up to next weekend's big derby clash at Ewood Park by admitting : "We owe them one." Having beaten Queens Park Rangers 2-1 on Saturday with goals from Paul Smith and Gareth Taylor, all Burnley eyes are now
BURNLEY 2 QPR 1 Smith 12 mins, Taylor 42 mins Bignot 54 mins BY his own admission Paul Smith was an outside bet to set Burnley on their way to a third successive Turf Moor victory. Goalscoring has never been a major part of Smith's armoury in his injury-plagued
BURNLEY (4-4-2) Michopoulos; (from right) Weller, Davis, Thomas, Branch; Little, Cook (Armstrong 77), Ball, Smith (Maylett 64); Moore (Payton 69), Taylor. Subs not used: Mullin, Crichton. QPR (4-4-2, manager Ian Holloway) Harper; (from right) Perry, Maddix
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent kicked-off the build-up to next weekend's big derby clash at Ewood Park by admitting : "We owe them one." Having beaten Queens Park Rangers 2-1 on Saturday with goals from Paul Smith and Gareth Taylor, all Burnley eyes are now
Bournemouth 1 Bury 0, by Steve Canavan AFTER being the hero so often it was perhaps predictable that Jon Newby would have an off day sooner or later. The 22-year-old, who moved from Liverpool to Gigg Lane last week, squandered two gilt-edged opportunities
AN insurance company which has served the people of Bacup for nearly 11 years is to close on Sunday. Healey Starr, run by partners Tom Healey and Les Starr, has been bought out by MTM of Union Street, Bacup. Tom has worked in the industry for 20 years
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was subjected to an "horrendous" serious sexual assault by a masked man as she walked home along a quiet street. The incident happened as the girl was walking along Longholme Road near to Focus Do It All on Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall.
IT'S D-day for Rawtenstall's derelict Ilex Mill, but if councillors vote to demolish the eyesore they could face having to repay grants secured to buy the property. And they are urged to seek a meeting with all the parties involved with the project because
WEB surfers are prefering to pay their bills at the click of a mouse rather than stand in a queue. Wigan's Internet bill payment facility, introduced at the end of January, is proving hugely popular, with 133 citizens paying more than £22,000 for council
AN East Lancashire MP has expressed fears that zoo animals including elephants could be hit by the foot and mouth epidemic. Gordon Prentice asked Government Minister Michael Meacher, in charge of the Downing Street Task Force examining how to protect
A MAN who torched a pensioner's home in the early hours as she slept did it for no apparent reason, a court heard. Kevin Forrest, 37, smashed a window at the woman's Blackburn ground floor flat, leaned in and set fire to her curtains, causing extensive
A COMMUNITY centre has been given temporary permission to stay open until 10pm, despite objections from neighbours who say it causes "traffic chaos" at weekends. Objectors to the conversion of the former VMI building in Newton Street, Blackburn, into
A SCHEME to build 120 new houses on land near Fishmoor Reservoir have been given the green light by planning chiefs despite safety fears from local people. The estate planned by Miller Homes North West is to be built on land at Haslingden Road in Blackburn
PADIHAM 5 CHADDERTON 2 PADIHAM banged in another five goals on Saturday to bring their total to 11 in the last two NWCL Division Two outings and in doing so have revitalised their season which was fast becoming rather stale. Against Chadderton at the
RAMSBOTTOM UTD 1 SALFORD CITY 0 SALFORD made a confident start but the first real threat came from Ramsbottom and it took a fine tackle by Salford captain Dave Brown to deny the Rams' Russell Brierley. Brierley again caused problems as he got to the by
BACUP 4 ASHTON 3 A KARL Stanley hat-trick secured the points for Bacup, who survived a late fightback from the visitors in the NWCL Division Two. Bacup played 55 minutes with 10 men after having Mark Hall sent off for a rash challenge in the 35th minute
GREAT HARWOOD 2 KIDSGROVE 3 KIDSGROVE didn't turn up until 15 minutes before kick off -- but the match was delayed anyway because the referee hadn't turned up either! The NWCL Division One game was due to kick off early, at 1pm, at Accrington Stanley's
ALTRINCHAM 5 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 A DREADFUL first half performance saw Stanley concede three goals to leave them with an uphill second half struggle at Moss Lane in the UniBond Premier Division yesterday. Accrington got off to the worst possible start
A CRACKDOWN on truants is being stepped up this week when police and council officers will patrol the streets of Bury. Sweeps of the town centre and Woodfield Retail Park will be carried out on Wednesday and Thursday (March 28-29). Education welfare officers
ATHERTON LR matched league leaders Nelson all the way in a cracking 2-2 away draw despite missing several key players. After going behind on five minutes to a 35 yard stunner, LR hit back through Barry Massey following good work by Mike Rhead. Injuries
ATHERTON Colls' three victory run to jump clear of the NWCL Division One relegation zone came to an end in a 1-0 home defeat by Mossley. Colls had the better of the game but in front of goal the visitors had the one piece of fortune that settled the issue
Whist and Domino Drive, Immanuel ChurchHall, 740 Preston Old Road, Feniscowles, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Friends In Bereavement, Day Hsopital, Pendle Community Hospital, Leeds Road, Nelson, 7pm. "In and Out of the Dialect" with Jim Atherton. "The Twits" by
IT is an often-overworked expression, but in the case of tiny McKenzie McGurk the description "miracle" baby is hardly an exaggeration -- after her amazing triumph in a fight for life that began four months ago when she was born weighing less than a bag
Radcliffe Borough 3 Harrogate Town 0 RADCLIFFE Boro produced their best football since the early season FA Cup glory to beat the Unibond Division One current form team Harrogate Town at Stainton Park. James Price had to clear off the goal line in the
I HAVE no objection to residents of Whitebirk in Blackburn receiving free computes (LET, March 16). But is it fair? What about the rest of the people in the borough? I don't have a computer because I can't afford one. Jack Straw praises the initiative
IN response to the takeover of Blackburn with Darwen Council services by Capita (LET, March 21), I welcome any move that will create 500 new jobs for the town while increasing efficiency and delivering better public services to the town that have been
ACCORDING to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, just about everyone in Blackburn seems to want the council services to be contracted out to a company called Capita. All are in favour - from Mr Jack Straw MP, through the members of all three major parties
A FAMILY fled from their home after an electrical fault sparked a fire. Firefighters were called to the house in Tyldesley Old Road, Atherton, on Saturday at 6.30pm. A spokesman said the fire started inside an electrical meter underneath the stairs. Crews
A BABY girl given just an hour to live after being born weighing little more than a bag of sugar has returned home as her parents said today: "She's our tiny miracle". McKenzie McGurk was born by Caesarean section nearly four months early weighing just
Doncaster Dragons 16, Leigh Centurions 11 THREE second half errors sent the Centurions spinning to their first league defeat of the season writes Mike Hulme It was unlucky 13 for Leigh who saw their lead at the top of the table slashed to just a single
POLICE are still investigating an incident where a youth was seen on the top of St Peter's Car Park in Church Street, Burnely at 4.10pm. They attended but found the lad had gone and said when CCTV footage was checked it appeared he had been looking over
TWO clubbers were taken to hospital after their drinks were believed to have been spiked with the liquid veterinary drug GHB. The 26-year-old man and a woman had been in Club 53 on Parker Lane, Burnley, at 12.30am on Sunday when they collapsed. In November
PROTESTERS took direct action when a crane arrived to install three mobile phone masts on their office block -- they surrounded the vehicle and refused to budge. Yesterday's stand-off lasted all day and successfully prevented the controversial work to
THREE vehicles were involved in a "shunt" accident in North Valley Road, Colne, near to the junction with Hanover Street. The accident, at 4.50pm on Saturda,y involved a Renault Clio driven by John Newbold, 39, of Skipton Old Road, Colne, a Ford Courier
A MOTHER'S Day treat was an evening in France in the lovely setting of Alston Hall at Longridge, writes Brenda Kean. Alston specialises in these musical evenings of good food and beautiful music, where professional musicians entertain as an after-dinner
A 74-year-old woman had her handbag snatched and was knocked to the ground in Barley Close, Blackburn, just yards from her home. Ivy Callaghan suffered broken ribs, a broken nose and facial injuries during the mugging which left her afraid to go out.
AUCTION marts and abattoirs across East Lancashire were grinding to a halt as the Mad Cow Disease crises deepened. More than 40 staff at Rose County Foods' abattoirs in Gisburn Road, Sawley, lost their jobs and auction marts in Haslingden and Clitheroe
FORMER East Lancashire MP Lord Waddington has clashed with leading local Liberal Democrat Lord Greaves over regional government for the North West. They were on opposite sides of the argument when the House of Lords discussed English devolution. Former
KEITH Gillespie today thanked Rovers boss Graeme Souness for giving him the kick up the backside he needed to rescue his career. The revitalised winger celebrated his first cap in 11 months with a man of the match performance in Northern Ireland's 1-0
NORTH West exporters remain confident about business prospects according to the latest Quarterly Export Indicator which has tracked the views of manufacturers since 1992. Long-term export confidence held its pre-Christmas level with 62 per cent of exporters
BURNLEY-based company P3 Computers is bucking the trend in the Information Technology industry with increased sales and profits. While many IT businesses are struggling to compete and are shedding jobs, P3 Computers has recorded a modest increase in profits
EAST Lancashire business leaders are celebrating a victory over Government plans to allow local authorities to levy a supplementary business rate. The East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce lobbied strongly against additional business rates which it said
ONE of East Lancashire's oldest textile companies has taken a giant leap into cyberspace in a bid to become a major player in the global fashion arena. Morada International Limited has opened a £2 million state-of-the art headquarters complex at Shadsworth
A DARWEN woman is renewing her appeal for sponsorship when she runs the London Marathon. Maureen Hartley is taking part in this year's event to raise money for the Blackburn with Darwen branch of Age Concern. Maureen, 46, a branch manager at Abbeydale
A SHOPLIFTER is in custody after she broke a court's ban from entering self-service stores and stole meat worth £29 from Morrisons, Blackburn. Wendy Parsons, 33, of Woodvale, Darwen, was remanded in custody until April 6 by Blackburn magistrates after
TRADERS in Darwen say they have come up with an alternative to the introduction of pay and display parking in the town centre. They say a car park which is almost unused could be used by both themselves and other long-stay users, making more space for
A CONTROVERSIAL planning application for a village which is already being heavily developed is set to get the green light. Members of Rossendale engineering and planning sub-committee will tomorrow discuss an outline plan to build 42 homes on land at
A CHORLEY man, caught in a police drugs operation, has been jailed for 16 months. Vann Johnstone, 24, of Mendip Road, Clayton-le-Woods, had pleaded guilty to one charge of being concerned in the supply of heroin and two of obtaining money by deception
A TWENTY-FIRST birthday celebration ended in police cells for Andrew Innes and Craig Ludlam after they were arrested outside Blackburn's Utopia nightclub. Blackburn magistrates heard that as police stopped Ludlam from fighting with another man Innes jumped
POLICE are to stage a weapons amnesty in a bid to make Blackburn's streets safer. Liz Riding, media and marketing officer with the eastern division of Lancashire Police, said the amnesty would be launched in the near future and anyone who possesses an
A BABY girl given just an hour to live after being born weighing little more than a bag of sugar has returned home as her parents said today: "She's our tiny miracle". McKenzie McGurk was born by Caesarean section nearly four months early weighing just
NELSON 2 ATHERTON LR 2 NELSON had victory snatched from their grasp deep into injury time -- but they remain top of NWCL Division Two, leading Warrington by three points. Kiko Rodriguez saw an early chance come off the crossbar before Kevin Richardson
BOOTLE 4 DARWEN 2 DARWEN manager Steve Wilkes struggled to find a team for the trip to Bootle in NWCL Division Two. The Anchor Ground side are ravaged by injuries; Wilkes had to put himself and the team physio on the bench and play two midfielders as
SKELMERSDALE 2 ROSSENDALE 1 IT is tough at the top. There are teams out to topple you and none more so than Skelmersdale. Dale were unable to pierce a determined home defence with only an own goal to add to their tally. Andrews in the Dale goal impressed
STOCKSBRIDGE PS 2 CHORLEY 2 STAND-IN keeper Steve Hook was Chorley's hero with a brilliant penalty save as the Magpies dented Stocksbridge's UniBond First Division promotion hopes despite playing half the match with only ten men. Centre-back Hook was
CLITHEROE 4 TAUNTON 3 (agg 4-8) CLITHEROE went on "Mission: Impossible" and very nearly cracked it! The Ribble Valley outfit went within a whisker of staging one of the greatest comebacks in knockout football history in a thrill-a-minute FA Vase clash
