Activities for Women, Brookhouse Access Point, Blackburn, 9.30am-11.30am and 1pm-4pm. Young People's Confidential Service, Brook Advisury Centre, 64 Bank Parade, Burnley, 6.30pm-9pm. Summer Playschemes, Bank Top Community Centre, Blackburn, five-eight
FOR thousands of students up and down the country there is nothing as stressful as waiting for exam results. When they open that envelope they find out if years of hard work has paid off. A single piece of paper shapes the rest of their lives. Why, then
Bury 1 QPR 2 The Monday Verdict by Steve Canavan of the Bolton Evening News REFEREES, the saying goes, are at their best when they are not noticed. Colin Webster, however, proved to be the exception. Nobody noticed him because he hardly ever blew his
Bury 1 Queens Park Rangers 2 by Phil Thorp "THERE are none so blind as those who will not see" - those words may come from an obscure mid-14th century French proverb but they had a real resonance at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon. The myopic reference
I WOULD like to praise the new no-nonsense bus transport, with the 'low lift' as you get on the bus. It is a really sensible invention. Elderly people find it marvellous. Before, with the high steps, it was hard work for them getting on and off and dangerous
REGARDING the ragwort plant, is the Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs not based in our area -- because no matter where you go around Blackburn there it is growing hale and hearty. I travel via Oswaldtwistle and the M65 to Darwen, all
IAM afraid that Mrs Eileen Eastham, who reported the presence of the poisonous weed, ragwort (LET, August 11) is, to put it politely, "blowing into the wind." One plant less will do little for the general situation, except for that particular locality
THE multi-million pound Xanadu leisure and snowdome complex planned for Leigh has today been turned down. Controversial Xanadu -- which many felt would provide a vital boost to jobs and the local economy -- and a new railway station planned at Kenyon
LEIGH RMI are expected to name an unchanged team for tonight's tough trip to Doncaster Rovers. Manager Steve Waywell reported no new injury problems following Saturday's opening day home draw with Hayes but key midfielder Dave Ridings is still troubled
A BURY hospital worker is revving up to attract a bumper crowd for a charity car event. John Francis, an estates officer at Fairfield General Hospital, is the mastermind behind a Track Day at the Three Sisters race circuit in Wigan next month in a bid
GRAEME SOUNESS is facing up to a midfield injury crisis after admitting Tugay has virtually no chance of featuring in tomorrow's Premiership showdown with Manchester United. The Blackburn boss is already without England Under 21 skipper David Dunn, ruled
DEFENSIVE king-pin Craig Short today insisted Rovers have nothing to fear as United prepare to descend on Ewood. The former Everton defender is in bullish mood despite the disappointment of Saturday's opening day defeat. And he's backing his Ewood team-mates
A FRUIT and veg preparation firm whose activities prompted objections from neighbours about traffic problems and smells has won a fight to remain open, keeping the workforce of 23 secure. Calderdale Council's planning committee agreed to a 12-months trial
VEGETABLES native to Bangladesh are flourishing in an allotment site lovingly tended by widows from Burnley. Two years ago the allotment was a neglected piece of space filled with dumped rubbish on March Street near to Stoneyholme Primary School. Now
RESIDENTS in the Marsden Hall Road North area of Nelson, were left without electricity for around six hours overnight because of a blown fuse. The fuse was in a small sub-station in Pinfold Place and fire crews were called to the scene last night after
SIX children charged with the manslaughter of Nelson pensioner Sheila Bridge will appear at Reedley Youth Court in two weeks on several different allegations. The youngsters, aged between 10 and 15, attended the youth court separately yesterday on a charge
BOY gardener Nicholas Burrows showed that he knows his onions and that he can teach the adults a thing or two when it comes to showing his produce. Nine-year-old Nick, who has his own allotment near to his home in Brunswick Street, Nelson, was awarded
AN East Lancashire woman has died a week after being knocked down on Blackpool's Central Promenade. May Holden, 77, of Hall Park, Haslingden, was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Cavalier car while she was crossing the busy promenade road with
ANDREW Helm, 30, of Barnes Street, Clayton-le-Moors, was committed in custody for sentence at Preston Crown Court, when he appeared before Blackburn magistrates and admitted a series of garden shed burglaries in Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. Helm pleaded
SHEILA Irving has hit her goal of raising £6,000 to buy a defibrillator for the residents of Great Harwood -- after 12 months of frantic fundraising. Though Sheila hasn't done the work alone, she has had her two best friends at her side helping her every
ONE of the country's first fire stations to be built with private cash may be in operation by the end of next year. But a fire brigade union warned it would fight the scheme and said the move was one step away from privatising the whole of the fire service
ASTLEY'S golden days returned on Saturday when the splendour of the village's magnificent hall had garden party visitors spellbound. Poor weather couldn't dampen the spirits of the hundreds who thronged to the former hospital site with the revitalised
GOALKEEPER Carlo Nash has received a boost but could still miss Manchester City's trip to Turf Moor on Bank Holiday Monday. The former Clitheroe and Rossendale keeper sustained injured ribs after 30 minutes of City's 2-0 defeat at Norwich on Saturday.
BOBBY ROBSON, the Newcastle manager, once claimed that he could usually tell how the season would unfold on the evidence of the first three games. Now, if England's most successful manager of the last quarter century is right, Burnley supporters look
RUSHDEN and Diamonds enter arguably the second biggest game in the Northamptonshire club's history at Turf Moor tonight. Their moments in the spotlight have increased over recent seasons as they have climbed the non-League pyramid, but outside of circles
THE Blackburn Good Times Sunday Circuit is encouraging people to get out this weekend to be a part of this year's Mardi Gras. There will be lots of fun and entertainments as well as some extra tall people on stilts scouting the streets to help people
THE 'No Vacancies' sign is up at a Lancashire inn even before the rooms have been opened to the public. With R and B Festival fever hitting Colne the new guest rooms in the recently refurbished Commercial Hotel on Skipton Road are fully booked. The Thwaites
MUM Nina Oakley has vowed never to return to a Bury family fun pub. Mrs Oakley said she watched in horror when as many as ten mice scuttled across the restaurant floor at the Paper Mill pub in Pilsworth. A number of staff, including the assistant manager
A WIDOWER who received a telephone call just three days after his wife's death in hospital to ask if he wanted to claim compensation is calling for an end to the practice by law firms. Mr Harry Ewings, of Keats Road, Greenmount, lost his wife Joyce, aged
GRAEME SOUNESS is facing up to a midfield injury crisis after admitting Tugay has virtually no chance of featuring in tomorrow's Premiership showdown with Manchester United. The Blackburn boss is already without England Under 21 skipper David Dunn, ruled
EXPERIENCED midfielder Kevin Ball is assured his first appearance of the season against Rushden and Diamonds at Turf Moor tonight. The 36-year-old, who has missed Burnley's opening two League matches due to suspension, will be in boss Stan Ternent's starting
A COLNE production company has built a website which could become a focal point for disabled people across the country. The site, which is entitled 4dp.com, was created by Redmammoth production company, on the same site as Preston's garage in Crown Way
PENDLE Farmers' Market has returned the first time since the twice-monthly event in Colne and Nelson was stopped due to foot and mouth disease. The market is normally staged every 1st Saturday in the month in Nelson town centre and every 3rd Saturday
LANCASHIRE folk are so keen to get out into the Yorkshire Dales that a Sunday bus service is to be increased. For the last six weeks Burnley and Pendle buses have operated a single decker service between Manchester and Hawes in Wensleydale. The extended
DETECTIVES are looking for three teenagers who went into a takeaway and became involved in an argument with a customer. Police said the youngsters, all aged between 14 and 16 went into the New Star Chinese takeaway, in Blackburn Road, Darwen, at 11.40pm
A FOOTWEAR worker who gave one shilling of his profit sharing to help raise funds to buy a memorial ground is disgusted that Rossendale Council can consider selling it. An application has been made to buy part of Trickett's Memorial Ground on Burnley
A COMPANY which was hit by a multi-million pound fire has received a double boost as it bids to secure the future for its 250 workers. Duralay International's bid to take over one of its biggest competitors has won the backing of Rossendale and Darwen
HISTORIC gate piers are under threat because a housing development has been carried out "piecemeal" claims Rossendale Civic Trust. A planning application to build two houses behind Rawtenstall Cricket Club is proposing to use access off Bacup Road through
A TEENAGER was taken to hospital after being stabbed in the chest at a party in Blackburn. The 15-year-old girl was attending the party at a house in Sumner Street when the incident happened, at about 12.30am on Saturday. Police are now hunting a man
A SCULPTURE described by some as 'a flying saucer' has finally been given lift off and attached to the east wall of Blackburn Cathedral. The £100,000 piece of conceptual art, 'Healing of the Nations,' was hoisted by crane and fixed to the wall with steel
A PROUD grandmother plans to give her granddaughter a special gift after an excited phone call to say she had achieved the grades she needed to enter the London School of Economics. Freda Catterson, of Laburnum Road, Chorley, still has a medal which used
A PRIEST whose charity was hoping to receive thousands of pounds from this year's Witton Park bonfire today backed the campaign to save the event. And Father Jim McCartney, who helps drug addicts and the homeless, said: "We rely on donations like this
BURNLEY'S Anthony Keenan got the letter he had impatiently waited ten days for yesterday morning. It confirmed that he was on the plane to Sea Island, Georgia, for the Daily Telegraph/Center Parcs Junior Golf Championships final next month. The 18-year-old
PRESTON are eager to kick start their season but face a potential banana skin at Kidderminster in the Worthington Cup tonight. In 1995 then non-League Kidderminster defeated North End 1-0 with a certain David Moyes playing in defence. Now the Deepdale
THEY may have played the Charity Shield match under a roof in Cardiff on Sunday -- but the roof fell in on Preston North End at Gillingham the previous day as we surrendered to the home team in a pitiful performance. And there was me thinking days such
PRESTON are eager to kick start their season but face a potential banana skin at Kidderminster in the Worthington Cup tonight. In 1995 then non-League Kidderminster defeated North End 1-0 with a certain David Moyes playing in defence. Now the Deepdale
A BIG shake-up is planned for the borough's health service which could mean Fairfield Hospital being merged with others in Oldham, Rochdale and North Manchester. Health ministers have approved three months of public consultation to create a single NHS
BLACKPOOL boss Steve McMahon is set to name an unchanged squad for his side's Worthington Cup first round clash against Wigan Athletic. McMahon may decide to start with the same 11 that beat Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday. Assistant manager Mark Seagraves
POLICE today appealed to drivers for help in tracing four men who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman. The 27-year-old victim was walking by the M65 near Belthorn at 3am on Saturday after an argument with her boyfriend. A dark-coloured saloon pulled
IHAD to smile at the photograph (LET, July 31) of all the tables and chairs outside the Postal Order pub in Darwen Street, Blackburn. We've certainly come a long way since the 'A-board' saga, have we not? SAM SPENCE, Ribblesdale Place, Blackburn.
REGARDING the increase in the number of speed cameras from 69 to 320 in Lancashire (LET, August 14), I agree that safety must be first and foremost, but the Government states that a survey must be carried out in advance to prove that they are needed on
HEATON Park is to stage the Trans-Lancs vintage vehicle rally on Sunday, September 2. A cavalcade of vehicles will leave the Museum of Transport in Boyle Street, Manchester, at 11am and travel to Heaton Park for the event. Included in the massive cavalcade
AROUND £200 in cash was stolen during an armed raid on a Prestwich bookies. Two masked men burst into the Tote boomakers in the Longfield Precinct at 3.55pm on Saturday (Aug 18). One of the raiders produced a handgun, which he used to threaten staff,
FIREFIGHTERS were put on stand-by after a major petrol leak at a Bury service station. The BP garage in Rochdale Road, Heap Bridge, was cordoned off for several hours yesterday morning (Mon Aug 20) as fuel poured from a petrol pump. The leak happened
THE leaning spires of Whitehead clock tower have forced Bury Council to call in the engineers. Staff at the town hall, which overlooks the tower, spotted that one of the four pinnacles which adorn the crown was tilting and swaying in the wind. They were
A PIECE of history has been unveiled during a spruce-up of Bury town centre. Builders renovating Derby Chambers, at the junction of The Rock and Market Street, have uncovered a shop sign which could date back to the 1800s. It reads J. Hepworth and Son
PARENTS have been given the chance to "log on" to information communication technology to keep pace with their children. And it's all thanks to Bury Council's libraries department which has been staging a series of "Get You Started on the Internet" classes
A RESTAURANT worker died when his new car was involved in a crash which also claimed the lives of a friend and a woman motorist. Mohammed Toybur Rahman, 21, of Brougham Street, Burnley, was killed in a collision at a notorious accident blackspot on the
A PENSIONER today spoke for the first time of his relief after sex charges against him involving a four-year-old girl were dropped. But today, the girl's father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was unaware the case had been dropped and
A RESTAURANT worker died when his new car was involved in a crash which also claimed the lives of a friend and a woman motorist. Mohammed Toybur Rahman, 21, of Brougham Street, Burnley, was killed in a collision at a notorious accident blackspot on the
A MAN had his throat slashed when he was attacked and robbed as he walked home from a night out A jury was told how victim Stephen Fleming was left unconscious after the late-night beating, at the hands of at least two men. One of his alleged assailants
AN ambulance chief today warned that assaults on staff would not be tolerated after a woman was ordered to pay £75 compensation to a paramedic she attacked. Mick Whitam, an ambulance technician, was verbally abused and injured when keys were pressed into
THREE patients were left in agony after waking up in the middle of botched liposuction operations, a General Medical Council hearing was told. One woman paid £5,700 for fat to be removed from her waist and pumped into her breasts. But she was left with
PENDLE Council was ranked one of the top 10 local authorities to have improved its council tax collection rate during the past year, according to government figures. Pendle's collection rate increased by two per cent to 92.2 per cent. Councillor Azhar
DETECTIVES are appealing for information to try to trace two brightly dressed bag snatchers. A couple in their late sixties were walking along Giles Street, Nelson, when two youths snatched the lady's black leatherette handbag. Although she tried to cling
PENDLE Council has vowed to fight back for the people of Waterside and Vivary Bridge by submitting a second round bid for regeneration cash. Council staff and residents were disappointed when they heard officials from the Government Office for the North
MORE than two years in the album charts to make it to No 1 with "White Ladder" certainly hasn't jaded David Gray. Previous -- but prolific -- years in the music industry wilderness were in evidence at this V2001 warm-up show at a sold-out Apollo as he
DEVELOPERS were being asked to invest in Darwen after councillors agreed a massive scheme to attract more shops to the town centre. Councillors were looking at plans for shopping, offices, flats, a pub and a restaurant.
FORMER Blackburn Rovers hotshot Alan Shearer scooped an unusual award - a year's supply of jam! Alan won the UK Jam Industry's Jammy Devil Award after his £15 million transfer to Newcastle. Alan donated the jam to Derian House Children's Hospice in Chorley
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help raise funds to send 11-year-old cancer sufferer Emma Archer on a dream holiday to Disney World, Florida. The brave schoolgirl, of Rimmington Avenue, Accrington, was diagnosed with a form of cancer in June this year and is
A 14-STRONG group of amateur cyclists from Accrington and the Ribble Valley is to set out on a gruelling 135-mile ride across the UK to raise money for charity. Patsy Rimmer, 51, of Clitheroe, aims to raise at least £1,000 for Victim Support, by pedal
POLICE have appealed for witnesses to an indecent assault on a 34-year-old woman. The attacker approached her in Paxton Street, Accrington and followed her along Brunswick Terrace before indecently assaulting her. He then ran off towards the town centre
A SECURITY guard cleared of attacking a drinker in a pub brawl today spoke of the 12 month-battle to clear his name. Adrian-John Robinson, 35, of Hyndburn Road, Accrington, said he lost thousands of pounds after being forced to put on hold his business
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital yesterday afternoon after a road accident involving three vehicles. Police said the crash happened at 2.15pm on the A59 near Gisburn when the woman, driving a Rover convertible, attempted to overtake two vehicles. They
BOSSES at a cement plant have been told to carry out 'environmental patrols' to help monitor the emissions it releases into the air. The Government's Environment Agency has changed Castle Cement's operating licence at its Ribblesdale plant, demanding
BLACKPOOL boss Steve McMahon is set to name an unchanged squad for his side's Worthington Cup first round clash against Wigan Athletic. McMahon may decide to start with the same 11 that beat Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday. Assistant manager Mark Seagraves
MANY have tipped Blackpool for a quick return to Division Three this season especially following their opening day defeat by Reading. But after this performance on the south coast, few can picture the Seasiders struggling as the Cherries of Bournemouth
THE Worthington Cup this season will see the first and second round ties settled on the night. After two-legged opening rounds for many years the Football League have made a change that has proved popular with the competing clubs. And Burnley boss Stan
EXPERIENCED midfielder Kevin Ball is assured his first appearance of the season against Rushden and Diamonds at Turf Moor tonight. The 36-year-old, who has missed Burnley's opening two League matches due to suspension, will be in boss Stan Ternent's starting
AT LAST, a win! Lancashire's 22-run victory over Sussex Sharks in the latest MEN-sponsored floodlit National League match at Old Trafford last night was not one of the club's most memorable one-day triumphs. But after a run of two draws and five defeats
THE Royal Hotel, Station Road, Great Harwood, are holding music jam sessions to give musicians a chance to play live music. The event takes place every Monday and spectators and players alike are invited to join in with the nights entertainments. Players
ABBA fans are invited to watch the next best thing to the Swedish pop masters at the Dunkenhalgh, Clayton-le-Moors. The five piece Abba Forever tribute band, who are said to be one of the only 'live' Abba tributes in the UK, will be playing on September
LANDLORD John Burke is inviting music revellers to join him for a night packed with live entertainment. Derrin Navendorf, an Australian duo will be playing at the pub next Tuesday, fresh from playing all throughout the Bank Holiday weekend at the Blues
LANCASHIRE drinkers are getting as better deal than those in other parts of the country, a survey reveals. Drinkers in the south are forking out about £2.14 for a pint compared to the £1.91 paid by people in the North West. But the North-South divide
FEARS for the future of six Bury lodges in the wake of their planned sell-off has prompted worried conservationists to launch their own campaign. And a public meeting will be staged on September 2 amid growing concerns that the Whitehead Lodges, being
HEAR'SAY sensation Suzanne Shaw today vowed to take her bandmates on wild nights in Bolton and Bury next month. The 19-year-old star of Britain's biggest pop group said the band was thinking of stopping off in the two towns after their major gigs in Manchester
PRESTON are eager to kick start their season but face a potential banana skin at Kidderminster in the Worthington Cup tonight. In 1995 then non-League Kidderminster defeated North End 1-0 with a certain David Moyes playing in defence. Now the Deepdale
A FRUIT and veg preparation firm whose activities prompted objections from neighbours about traffic problems and smells has won a fight to remain open, keeping the workforce of 23 secure. Calderdale Council's planning committee agreed to a 12-months trial
A COMPANY which was hit by a multi-million pound fire has received a double boost as it bids to secure the future for its 250 workers. Duralay International's bid to take over one of its biggest competitors has won the backing of Rossendale and Darwen
BLOKES and yoga? Don't see them as easy bed partners myself and neither do men. Although there are moves afoot to help fellas see the light and realise that it may not be in the same macho-chest-pounding league as rugby or pumping iron, it's hugely enjoyable
BURY'S Worthington Cup tie against Sheffield Wednesday tonight has been overshadowed by the death of a player. Wednesday reserve Tom Staniforth collapsed and died on Sunday. As a result Peter Shreeves' team did not train yesterday. They will wear black
DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a worker at Pizza Hot restaurant, Duckworth Street, Darwen was assaulted by a customer. The incident happened about 11.55pm on Sunday when the offender punched the victim in the face and ran off. The man
VISITORS were able to admire a flowering of local talent at Derwent Hall Gardening Club's 12th annual show. The hall in George Street, Darwen, was packed with entries by club members. There were flowers and plants and a special section for jams and cakes
THE main post office in Bacup had to close because there was no money to hand out after a van delivering cash was robbed in Manchester. Pensioners were said to be queuing on Burnley Road once the post office finally opened at 12.30pm on Thursday but when
VILLAGERS fear their weekly work-out could be at an end after education bosses announced the closure of an historic school. The search is now on for members of Edgworth Women's Institute Swimming Club to find an alternative home for their water activities
TWO 12-year-old cats found a safe haven at a busy animal sanctuary after their owners wanted to put them to sleep so they could continue holidaying. Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, in Turn Village above Edenfield, has been forced to stay closed through the
ONE of the oldest twinning relationships in the country -- Rossendale and Bocholt in Germany -- will next year celebrate 50 years of their union. And the link is still "prospering and healthy" said Tim Nuttall, secretary of Bocholt 2002 steering group
A FOOTWEAR worker who gave one shilling of his profit sharing to help raise funds to buy a memorial ground is disgusted that Rossendale Council can consider selling it. An application has been made to buy part of Trickett's Memorial Ground on Burnley
HISTORIC gate piers are under threat because a housing development has been carried out "piecemeal" claims Rossendale Civic Trust. A planning application to build two houses behind Rawtenstall Cricket Club is proposing to use access off Bacup Road through
THE cause of a blaze which wrecked a waste storage building in Balckburn, early today is being probed. Fire crews were called to Neales waste management at Gorse Street, Blackburn at 2.10am. Sub-officer Neil Ashworth, of Accrington Fire station, said:
NAIL-BITING students in East Lancashire are still waiting for the A-level results they need to get to university -- five days after they were due to receive them. At Blackburn College, art and design students have been told they may have to wait until
A PENSIONER today spoke for the first time of his relief after sex charges against him involving a four-year-old girl were dropped. But today, the girl's father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was unaware the case had been dropped and
BURY'S attractive first round Worthington Cup tie with Sheffield Wednesday will go ahead at Gigg Lane despite the tragic news of the death of one the Owls' young players, Tom Staniforth. Both teams will wear black armbands but the Owls have said they
GREAT Harwood suffered their first defeat of the new NWCL Division One season at the Showground last night. Manager Denis Underwood's side were 2-0 down before he threw Neil Baron up front and switched to three at the back. Dave Livesey pulled a goal
HAPPY Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce has called on his shock troops to re-produce the form that shattered Leicester on Saturday. Big Sam's men blasted five at Filbert Street to stun the Premier League and Allardyce wants an action replay when Middlesbrough
COLIN Murdock scored Preston's first goal of the campaign -- much to the relief of manager David Moyes who is still waiting for his side to fire on all cylinders. A 5-0 loss at Gillingham last week was a freak result but it looked like it could be more
POLICE in Blackpool have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to a road collision which resulted in the death on Sunday of a pensioner from East Lancashire. May Holden, 77, of Hall Park, Haslingden, died in the Royal Preston Hospital at about 4.20pm on
NAIL-BITING students in East Lancashire are still waiting for the A-level results they need to get to university -- five days after they were due to receive them. At Blackburn College, art and design students have been told they may have to wait until
