This week with the Rev Kevin Logan, of Christ Church, Accrington FOR 30 years we've fought for peace in our isles - a peace that many thought impossible to keep. They said we'd never be able to live together. Some spoke of streets becoming rivers of blood
WHAT do you do when your youngster is teased and tormented by other children for being different? PAULINE HAWKINS meets a couple who helped their son, and other children, to feel part of a group. ROBERT Howarth is a boisterous five-year-old with a beaming
BIG-HEARTED members of the Galligreaves Community and District Community Base in Roebuck Close, Blackburn raised more than £300 for a man left paralysed in a road accident. Mark Howieson, 33, suffered brain damage in a freak accident while cycling home
TWO men charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life were remanded in custody by Burnley magistrates. Philip Benson, 39, of Every Street, Nelson, and John Baker, 58, of Clark Street, Morecambe, were arrested after it was alleged
FIREFIGHTERS spent more than four hours fighting a suspicious blaze in a three-storey disused hotel in the centre of Nelson. At its height 42 firefighters from neighbouring towns tackled the blaze which started in a storage cupboard in the middle of the
Singles ROBBIE WILLIAMS: Eternity (EMI) - Apparently written when he was on holiday with Geri Halliwell, this song does little to reflect the mood of such a vacation. Slow and long (almost eternally so), this is far from Robbie at his best. Love-lorn
TALENTED performers will come under the spotlight next month as they aim to put Pendle on the map at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Pendle Borderline Theatre Company will become one of the few local groups to take part in the arts festival from August
VANDALS trying to wreck new computer kiosks installed to keep people in contact with Lancashire County Council face being caught it the act. The council today revealed all of its LINKS -- Lancashire Information Network Kiosk Service -- were being fitted
BOOKINGS are already being taken for this year's Christmas pantomime organised by Hyndburn leisure services. Babes In The Wood will run from Saturday, December 1, to Tuesday, December 11, at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre and there will be special performances
CORONATION Street star, Vicky Entwistle, was left seeing stars after falling during filming of a TV show. Vicky, originally from Oswaldtwistle, was appearing as Icelandic songstress, Bjork on a celebrity edition of Stars in Their Eyes. She fell during
A GROUP has been set up to bring together all parties involved in youth-related problems in Oswaldtwistle to find a solution to the trouble. The Rhyddings Park working group will comprise Coun Doug Hayes and Coun Brian Walmsley, a number of residents,
Sunday, July 15 BLACKBURN: 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 12noon-1pm: Moss Pharmacy, 3 New Park House, Preston New Road. DARWEN: 12noon-4pm: Boots Chemist, 8 Market Street; 12noon-1pm
Friday, July 20 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
Wednesday, July 18 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
Tuesday, July 17 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
FARMERS in Lancashire will have to insure livestock against foot and mouth and other illnesses, if the Government gets the go-ahead for a new scheme. The Government is looking into a number of insurance schemes in other countries to remove the industry's
HEALTH bosses are looking into the record of patients going missing at Calderstones Hospital, it was revealed today. The news comes as the seventh patient to abscond from the Whalley unit in the last 18 months remained on the loose, three days after giving
PLANS for a £500,000 space-aged looking 'Star Wars' bridge spanning two rivers are set to be approved by councillors. Members of Lancashire County Council's development control committee meet next week to approve plans for a bridge to span the Ribble-Calder
SUCCESS-HUNGRY Burnley plan to eat their way into promotion contention next season. Boss Stan Ternent has his sights set firmly on a top-six spot after missing out on the play-offs by just two points last season. And he is leaving no stone unturned in
TWO of the most prolific run-makers in recent Transco Lancashire League history go head-to-head this weekend when top-six rivals Enfield and Rawtenstall meet over successive days. Enfield's Martin Van Jaarsveld leads the scoring charts so far this summer
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today reiterated his desire to buy British as he looks to beef up his squad ahead of the big kick-off next month. Ewood chief Souness wants to bring in two more new faces before Rovers' Premiership campaign gets under way
LOVEABLE trio Atomic Kitten are set to release a song they performed live for the first time in Blackburn! Their cover of The Bangles' 1980s hit Eternal Flame is due to storm up the charts soon. Thanks to an illness which beset the band in the months
STUDENTS stepped into the English Civil War when they turned up for high school. Colonel Thomas Granville, alias Des Thomas, and his wife brought history to life for 12 and 13-year-old pupils from year eight at Alder Grange High School, Rawtenstall. History
A COUNCILLOR claimed that junior size goalposts were not being put up at the Fallbarn playground in Rawtenstall because someone might wander into them and knock themselves out and claim against the authority. Coun June Forshaw told the full council: "
JOYFUL mother Stephanie Woosey today spoke of the moment when IVF gave her the three children she had almost given up hope of having. But today the proud mum backed calls for a limit to be put on the number of embryos used in each fertility treatment
GERMAN trainee paramedics who learned skills from Rossendale Search and Rescue Team members said thanks by awarding the team an engraved plate. Last January, 15 German Trainee Paramedics came to Lancashire for five days to train with the team in Haslingden
WORK to replace a culvert underneath Bank Street in Rawtenstall is proceeding as planned and contractors say it will be completed on time. The 14-week project began on May 14 and a spokesman said today: "It is on schedule and everything is going to plan
A CONTROVERSIAL planning application for houses in the village of Weir is set to be approved -- despite 34 letters of objection. Councillors at the engineering and planning committee on Monday are being advised to approve a revised scheme. The proposed
A FORMER voluntary worker who went over the top in defending himself from attack from a work colleague, has walked free from court. Burnley Crown Court heard how young dad Robert Smaje, 26, had what a judge described as a 'dreadful record' for his age
A BAR supervisor stole £5,000 from the safe and went on the run for seven weeks to Wales. Preston Crown Court was told that Gary Baker eventually handed himself in to police and confessed his crime. Baker, 20, of Manor Road, Blackburn, had been committed
PAM and THOMAS are getting together to drive home a new recycling message in East Lancashire. PAM is recycling jargon for papers and magazines, and THOMAS -- Those On The Margins Of Society -- is one of the charities supported by the Blackburn with Darwen
DISCIPLINARY action looks set to be brought against a dentist and an anaesthetist following the death of a five-year-old girl at a Leyland surgery. The decision by South Lancashire Health Authority follows the publication of an independent inquiry into
POLICE have warned householders not to admit strangers after a 78 year-old pensioner had her purse stolen by two con-men who got into her home. The men pretended to be gardening contractors when they called at Witton Parade, Blackburn, earlier this week
HOUSING bosses have agreed to move a mother and her young son into a new home after they witnessed an incident in which two men sustained stab injuries. Gillian Moss, 26, and her three-year old son, James, watched as the two men lay bleeding on the pavement
AN exiled Blackburn couple who emigrated to Australia to escape the English weather celebrate their golden wedding anniversary today. Frank, 77, and Marie Morris, 73, have lived Down Under since leaving Highfield Road in 1962 on their 11th wedding anniversary
SPANISH police have been accused of throwing up a "wall of silence" over the death of Blackburn grandfather Joseph McCaughran, who died after tackling burglars at his holiday home. Foreign Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw is personally monitoring
Garden, Craft and Woodland Festival, Stonyhurst College. Music and Craft, Corporation Park, Blackburn, 1pm-4pm. Bringing History Alive, Gawthorpe Park, Padiham, 1pm-4pm. Art Fair/Exhibition, Last Drop Village, Bolton, 11am-4.30pm. Blackburn and District
This week, with Dennis Mendoros, Foulridge businessman, awarded honorary OBE for services to industry MEMORY: I was born in the Sudan and my first memory is of going fishing with my father in the Red Sea. It was quite a thrilling experience. We used to
Drive and Stroll, with Ron Freethy - this week, MITTON THERE'S nothing quite like a good pub and a good walk, unless perhaps it is two good pubs and two good walks. The importance of Mitton in the days when it was an important village along the Ribble
A BLACKBURN headteacher will speak at the largest educational event in the North West this year. Sue Grimshaw, head of Audley Primary School, will be one of the speakers at the fourth annual North West Education Show, which will be held at the Reebok
THE last cotton rope manufacturer in Britain is winding up and will cease trading in September. When Britannia Rope and Twine Company closes it will be the end of an era as the factory on Elm Street, Edenfield, is to be demolished and its 100-yard rope
CHURCHES in East Lancashire are to be opened up to homosexuals wanting to report hate crimes in a bid to give police a true picture of the problem. Police chiefs have revealed they plan to use 'third party centres' -- which will also include doctors'
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today reiterated his desire to buy British as he looks to beef up his squad ahead of the big kick-off next month. Ewood chief Souness wants to bring in two more new faces before Rovers' Premiership campaign gets under way
FOOTBALLER Lenny Johnrose met his perfect match when he got married to sweetheart Nadine Robinson. The Clarets midfielder, who also played for Blackburn Rovers, scored at Fulwood Methodist Church, in Preston, near to where he lives. The midfield battler
A CONVICTED Post Office raider found with bullets under his bed has kept his freedom -- even though a judge did not believe his explanation. Barry Dewhurst, 36, who had previously been jailed for 10 years, had claimed he had been given the bullets by
TWO men charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life were remanded in custody by magistrates at Burnley. Philip Benson, 39, of Every Street, Nelson, and John Baker, 58, of Clark Street, Morecambe, were arrested after it was alleged
TRUSTEES at Earby's Lead Mining Museum were celebrating this week after hearing that they had been offered enough money to pay for vital restoration work to be done on the building. Pendle Council agreed to give £16,500 to take them up to their target
SATURDAY (July 14) 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 tunes, 10pm to 3am. WEDNESDAY Utopia Discotheque
A GRADUATE visited her sick grandma's hospital bedside wearing her cap and gown so she wouldn't miss the 'most important day of her life'. Gaye Louise Soruri, 37, of Willow Street, Haslingden, visited Nellie Tuke at Queen's Park Hospital in ward B1 to
A CLASS of five-year-olds wrote to Home Secretary David Blunkett and told him: "Save our school from the vandals." And yesterday Hyndburn Labour MP Greg Pope turned up at St John's CE Primary School in Great Harwood to see the destruction for himself.
Thursday, July 19 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
Monday, July 16 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
THE Trough of Bowland Road has re-opened after being closed since last November following a land-slide. County Council engineers have carried out extensive work to make the road and the surrounding hillsides safe after a prolonged period of heavy rain
NIGEL Evans is calling on all Lancashire's MPs to vote to restore Gwyneth Dunwoody and Donald Anderson to their Select Committees. Mrs Dunwoody was stripped of her chairmanship of the transport committee and Anderson lost the chair of the foreign affairs
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers will have to do something they have failed to do all season if they are to reach the Ramsbottom Cup final -- and win at home. The Church Meadow side face Great Harwood in the semi-final tomorrow looking to get something out of a
IT would be the dream of most amateur cricketers to grace the turf at Lord's. Chorley skipper Roland Horridge has been lucky enough to do so three times. But he remains as single-minded as ever that he wants his side to step out onto the hallowed ground
SUCCESS-HUNGRY Burnley plan to eat their way into promotion contention next season. Boss Stan Ternent has his sights set firmly on a top-six spot after missing out on the play-offs by just two points last season. And he is leaving no stone unturned in
UP-AND-COMING Indie outfit Starsailor are about to set sail in a bid to conquer the world! Just days after putting their finishing touches to their album, the group are preparing to up sticks and tour various countries in a bid to spread the word further
A 20-YEAR-old man who had been left with sole responsibility for his young daughter, stole to raise money to buy nappies and baby milk. Blackburn magistrates heard that Stephen Anthony McLeish had been forced to move into hostel accommodation in Darwen
A COMPUTER and office supplies shop which was considering moving after a flood has done so -- but only into larger premises nearer Bacup centre. Brothers Pete and Steve Shepherd were considering their future after a flood from a burst pipe in a private
A DRIVER and passenger escaped serious injury after a Vauxhall Cavalier struck a caravan, somersaulted 15 metres in the air and landed in the middle of the gardens at Rawtenstall Fire Station at 6.45pm yesterday. The accident happened at 6.45pm yesterday
ARGUMENTS flared at a Rossendale Council meeting when Labour member Graham Pearson highlighted what he termed loss of key personnel at the town hall. The council leader, Tory John Holt, hit back, denying there was a staffing crisis at the authority but
TWO East Lancashire organisations which represent and support the area's ethnic populations have been awarded the prestigious Investors in People Award by the East Lancashire Training and Enterprise Council. Pendle Pakistan Welfare Association and Blackburn
A TOP children's hospital has launched an internal inquiry into the death of a baby from Blackburn. Alder Hey Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust has also referred the death to the city's coroner, Andre Rebello, who is the former coroner for Blackburn
A PERVERT who sexually abused a little girl for six months has been sent to prison for the first time -- at the age of 69. Burnley Crown Court heard how Arthur Page, who had been looking after the six year old child, performed sex acts on himself in front
GREAT Harwood boss Denis Underwood is disappointed at losing the services of midfielder Andy Taylor -- but accepts it as part of life in non-League football. Taylor was influential in helping the North West Counties Division One side avoid the drop last
AMATEUR John Cockroft embarks on the second stage of his Open qualifying quest tomorrow -- treating his preparation like that of a major exam The 21-year-old Nelson golfer, who works in the pro's shop at Mytton Fold, has been trying not to play too much
