Cambridge 3 Bury 1 by Steve Canavan of the Bolton Evening News IF the Bury players went back to school chances are they would fail their exams. Manager Andy Preece spent the last nine days giving lessons to his team about how to deal with this big, strong
REGARDING your news report about teenager Lawrence Willsher being hit in the face by a group of youths while waiting at a bus stop (LET, October 3), it would appear to me the police were very slow to respond. Also, I am puzzled by Blackburn Ice Arena's
COUNCILS cannot turn down planning applications for mobile phone masts on the grounds that they may harm health. New government guidelines come as Wigan Council says it is having to deal with a huge increase in planning applications from telecoms companies
ALTHOUGH the tragic events of September 11 have saddened me deeply, my heart has been touched by how many people throughout the world, regardless of religion or ethnic background, have sent America their support, either financially or in prayers. My husband
SOME people say that the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York and the loss of 6,000 lives were the chickens coming home to roost. I don't agree -- targeting civilians is wrong, whatever the cause. I have a great affection for the people of the USA
AN MP today stepped up his campaign for a total ban on the sale of fireworks to the public. Bolton North East MP David Crausby made the demand as the Government today launched its annual firework safety campaign. He said that issuing warnings was not
A DISABLED woman was rescued from her blazing home after a fire broke out in the kitchen. Christine Helm, who is confined to a wheelchair, was trapped on the first floor of the house in Scholes Street, Bury. The woman, aged 47, rang the fire service from
Barnet 1,Leigh RMI 1 by Martyn Hindley LEIGH RMI endured another heart-breaking ending as Barnet fought back to level in the dying minutes at Underhill. Once again, Leigh form on the road was to prove far superior to that of Hilton Park, and Leigh fashioned
TRIUMPHANT Blackburn boss Graeme Souness today saluted his victorious Rovers after they walloped West Ham 7-1 on an amazing afternoon at Ewood Park. Rovers' magnificent victory over the hapless Hammers was their biggest win since the 7-2 demolition of
EWOOD chief Graeme Souness last night hailed David Dunn's performance as Gazza-esque after the young Rovers star seized the chance to sparkle in front of watching England boss Sven Goran Eriksson. Dunn was quite simply Sven-sational as rampaging Rovers
MODEL railway enthusiasts should note November 9 to 11 in their diary -- dates when Pendle Forest Model Railway Society holds its annual exhibition. At the Civic Theatre, Stanley Street, Nelson, there will be layouts on themes as well as displays and
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help clean up the Alkincoats Park nature area in Colne on Friday, October 19. The Friends of Alkincoats Park and officers from the council's parks department are carrying out a clean-up of litter and debris at the Colne
RESIDENTS who spring-cleaned their area of Colne at the weekend are hoping their hard work will encourage others to take pride in and look after their town. Chapel Fold Residents Group has been going for five years and carries out clean-ups twice a year
THE suspected gas sniffing den where 14-year-old James Edward Mather was found slumped hours before his death has been dismantled. Staff from Hyndburn Borough Council's works department removed the den within an hour of a police request. James, of Melbourne
TWO retired teachers cycled the length of the country to raise money for charity -- and gave their former pupils a lesson in geography at the same time. Former Great Harwood County primary school headteacher, Chris Ryan, covered the 950 miles from Land's
ORDINARY home owners in East Lancashire will get the chance to tell Housing Minister Lord Falconer of the problems of derelict and decaying Victorian terrace properties in the area when he visits on Friday. This pledge was given by Hyndburn MP Greg Pope
A GOVERNMENT report has slammed Hyndburn council for "excessive" spending on repairs to its 3,800 council houses. The Best Value Inspectorate report revealed the organisation and red tape surrounding £1.1million of housing repairs from 2000 to 2001 cost
BRABINS Endowed Primary School, Chipping, has been awarded the Quality Mark in recognition of the school's high standard in literary and numeracy skills. The headteacher Mrs Glynis Goldsborough received the award from Mr Alan Wells of London, the Director
BOWLAND Pennine Mountain Rescue Team has been given a £3,000 boost thanks to a former Chorley mayor. Coun Tom McGowan raised the cash during his term of office as part of his Charity of the Year scheme before handing over his mayoral chains in May to
WHEN Colchesters Kemal Izzet put the ball in the back of the net to equalise after 86 minutes, it looked to be yet another of those games where Blackpool had let the 3 points slip away. But three minutes into injury time and a neat knock down by substitute
BURNLEY winger Alan Moore could be out for up to a month after a hernia operation. It is just the latest injury blow for a player who saw his Middlesbrough career wrecked by a string of injuries that made it impossible to hold down a place in the first
THERE may be no place like home and Stan Ternent's Burnley players look in need of a dose of familiar surroundings. When they line-up against Barnsley at Turf Moor on Saturday it will be almost a month since their last home game. But despite losing three
JASON Holroyd could hardly have wished for a better managerial debut as he saw his team produce the performance of the season to win at the league leaders. A goal down after ten minutes Rovers rode their luck and levelled on 43 minutes with a quickly
RESIDENTS who have had enough of vandalism at nearby Bold Venture Park have formed their own action group to try to stop it. At its second meeting last week the Bold Venture Supporters Group drew up an action plan and elected a chairman. The group is
AN American singer-songwriter has conquered his nerves to fly across the Atlantic to perform at two East Lancashire venues. Contemporary folk musician Hunter Moore, 47, is believed to be the first American artist to appear in Lancashire since the September
THE controversial sale of a part of Trickett's Memorial Ground in Waterfoot is set to proceed, despite many objections. Councillors are being advised by officers to sell the land off Burnley Road East which has been rented for 16 years by a resident of
US jets today blitzed Afghanistan capital Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad. The dawn raids marked the start of a second week of military strikes against the Taliban and terrorist training camps. A new international telephone exchange in Kabul was
RESIDENTS have begun a campaign for action after claiming pupils from a nearby school terrorised them and made their lives hell. The Pendle Street residents of the Audley area of Blackburn plan to write to Tony Blair and MP Jack Straw to get St Thomas's
PADIHAM recorded their biggest win of the season. Steve Yeoman put them ahead after five minutes and Holker equalised in the 15th minute through Graeme Foster. Padiham were back in front on 17 minutes through Darren Forrest. In the second half Padiham
CLITHEROE produced one of their best performances of the season to go top of the North West Counties League Division One. But player-boss Lee Sculpher isn't worrying about league positions at this stage of the season. "I just want us to try and keep this
BACUP and Nelson shared the spoils but it was Bacup who felt they deserved more in this NWCL Division Two derby. Manager Brent Peters said: "The game should have been over by half time. We could have been 4-1 up in the first 12 minutes. "We created opportunities
ROSSENDALE'S name is in the hat for the last qualifying round of the FA Cup but they still have to get the better of Barrow after the two sides drew at Holker Street. The UniBond Premier high flyers will now make the trip to Dark Lane in the third qualifying
NORTH End boss David Moyes has urged wantaway striker Jon Macken to think twice about any move -- and stay put at Deepdale with striking partner David Healy. Macken, who had suffered a poor start to the season due partly to injury, temporarily became
PEOPLE who are thinking of moving into teaching can now use the internet to apply for teacher-training courses and even track the progress of their applications. The service has been launched by the Graduate Teacher Training Registry and the Teacher Training
TEACHERS may be good at "the three Rs" in the classroom but they are struggling when it comes to just one "R". For a high proportion of new members seeking romance at the UK's largest introduction agency are from the teaching profession. Tina Wallace,
EAST Lancashire teachers have teamed up with a Clitheroe science company in a pioneering project to work out the mathematical formula for success in the classroom. Synetix, part of the ICI group, is playing a key role in helping to launch the pilot maths-in-industry
HEALTH bosses have defended their decision to install a ward of portable cabins on the roof of Fairfield Hospital this winter. Pre-fabricated units for the new ward of 15-20 beds were hoisted into place two weeks ago, as part of a package of measures
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Accrington Flower and Garden Club, King Street Music and Sports Club, Accrington, 7.30pm. Speaker: Jacqueline Iddon. Sale of Goods, St Luke's Church Hall, Hancock Street
WITH what has happened recently and with sick-minded people living in our society, there has never been a better time for identity cards to be issued. This is not an infringement of people's rights, but for the security of our country and the people who
IN response to Ian Hodgson's concerns regarding the perils of human microchip implants (Letters, October 9), I have heard that 'chipping' has already been tested on humans, but a serious side-effect was the development of ludicrous paranoid fantasies
AS a regular bus passenger, I feel it would be nice on some of the buses if you could see out of the windows. Recently, I was on a bus going out of the town that was a disgrace. The driver's window seemed to be the only one that was clean. I am not saying
ALTHOUGH like many other people I condemn outright the terrorist actions in America, I cannot approve of the attack on Afghanistan by the so-called alliance and the use of hi-tech military weapons against a rag-tag Third World country with no infrastructure
CONMEN made off with hundreds of pounds worth of flagstones from a disabled man's back yard after he agreed a deal with them -- and even made them a cup of tea. Now police have warned other residents in Rishton to beware of being approached with similar
RESIDENTS who have had enough of vandalism at nearby Bold Venture Park have formed their own action group to try to stop it. At its second meeting last week the Bold Venture Supporters Group drew up an action plan and elected a chairman. The group is
WEST Ham boss Glenn Roeder was due to hold crisis talks with his players today in the wake of their 7-1 mauling at Ewood. The sorry Hammers slumped to their heaviest ever Premiership defeat just a fortnight on from their 5-0 drubbing at Everton. But the
A LOOK at the stats and players from the game against the Hammers. BRAD FRIEDEL...Had little to do but what he did do, he did well 7 LUCAS NEILL...Turned by Di Canio on a couple of occasions but grew in confidence as the game wore on 7 STIG BJORNEBYE.
HOUSEHOLDERS are being warned to get smoke detectors fitted after two chip pan fires at Burnley homes which didn't have them. Leading Firefighter Gary Kiyani said: "In both cases a smoke detector would have alerted the occupant to the fire much sooner
A 39-year-old man fought off two would-be robbers who targeted him as he sat in his car at traffic lights. The man was in Queen Victoria Road, Burnley, when his car door was opened by the two men, who demanded money. But the duo had met their match when
A NEIGHBOUR'S quick actions prevented a tragedy after a 44-year-old man left food cooking under a grill and then fell asleep as the cooker caught fire. Neighbour Annette Clark heard the smoke detectors sound at the house in Dale Close, Burnley at 12.35am
RECYCLING was promoted at a family fun day held at the Waterbridge Centre in Colne. 'Waste Not, Want Not' was designed to provide a fun way for local people to learn about waste issues such as composting and recycling. Activities included face painting
THE perennial favourite Peter Pan is the choice of Clitheroe youth theatre for its production next month. The classic will be staged in Clitheroe Parish Church Hall at 7.30pm on Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17 Tickets are£3.75 for adults, £2.75
THE chairman of the Ribble Valley Ladies Luncheon Club has revealed the secret of its success after raising more than £130,000 for research into children's cancer in just three years. Penny Green said keeping its quarterly fund raising luncheons full
AFTER match comment from Burnley's Stand Ternent and Forest's Paul Hart. Paul Hart, Forest manager, said: "I THINK we had to dig deep, it was a very tough game. Our players are finding out new things about themselves. They understand they were playing
HOW the Clarets faired in the game at Forest. BURNLEY NIK MICHOPOULOS: Booked early on after bringing down Johnson but played with confidence and denied Westcarr a dream goal...8 DEAN WEST: Didn't always deliver the quality of cross his strikers wanted
"WE don't seem able to close a game out," lamented Colls secretary Emile Anderson after seeing Woodley equalise five minutes into injury time. Colls scored on 65 minutes when Steve Denny and Stuart Shepherd combined to put Ian Gibson through to finish
TWO first half Paul Heavey goals for Saints effectively sank the Rams without trace. Only three home players escaped scathing criticism for a lacklustre display, strikers David Yorke-Robinson and Russell Brierley plus midfielder Brad Franks with the latter
BORO had to endure a frantic last ten minutes after failing to finish off first half chances. Richard Landen opened the scoring on 17 minutes with a simple header from Jody Banim's cross but further opportunities went begging, most notably David Bean
ON-loan Shaker Harpal Singh revealed he was delighted that Leeds United had allowed him to stay at Gigg Lane for another month. The 20-year-old loan player said he was desperate to help his team-mates move away from the bottom of the table. "It was supposed
BURNLEY winger Alan Moore could be out for up to a month after a hernia operation. It is just the latest injury blow for a player who saw his Middlesbrough career wrecked by a string of injuries that made it impossible to hold down a place in the first
TRIUMPHANT Blackburn boss Graeme Souness today saluted his victorious Rovers after they walloped West Ham 7-1 on an amazing afternoon at Ewood Park. Rovers' magnificent victory over the hapless Hammers was their biggest win since the 7-2 demolition of
CREWE'S last minute goal angered Preston boss David Moyes as North End slipped to their first defeat in four matches. Moyes was furious when Dario Gradi's side were awarded a free kick in the 90th minute and Kenny Lunt sent in a cross which Steven Foster
Exclusive by Steve Canavan of the Bolton Evening News BURY'S Paddy Kenny was at the centre of a security alert during Saturday's defeat at Cambridge United. An obscene and threatening note had been sent to Gigg Lane during the week warning that the goalkeeper
DARWENERS are invited to take part in a community festival being staged later this month. Co-ordinated by the Community Events Unit, the festival is a celebration of Blackburn with Darwen council working together with the community. Events in the area
TWO people have been charged after the death of a Darwen schoolgirl who took a suspected drugs overdose in their flat. Sally Corkhill, 40, and Lee Harrison, 31, both of Sudell Road, Darwen, were charged with four counts of child abduction and Corkhill
THE American bombing of Afghanistan has been condemned by a meeting of more than 50 people in Burnley. At the meeting speakers included Mohammed Arif and Tess McMahon, of the Burnley Socialist Alliance, Janet Swann of the East Lancs Green Party and John
A PLANNED firewalk by a burns victim was cancelled for the fourth time after volunteers lost their nerves. Kelvin Golden, who had hoped to walk across 20ft of smouldering wood embers to raise money for the East Lancashire Deaf Society, now has to wait
COLNE raced into a 4-1 lead at half time but only after being let off the hook by old boy Julian Dowe who hit the post and missed another fine opening in the early stages. Paul Files opened the scoring and Gavin Cooper scored from a free-kick. Dowe pulled
DARWEN played some of their best football of the season but their failure to convert chances cost them. The home side could have been four up before Stone scored the opener. Denny Khan fired over the crossbar when he maybe should have headed Dave Rhodes
GREAT HARWOOD gifted Curzon a two-goal start and didn't recover. The first goal went in after just two minutes when a simple throw-in wasn't picked up by a Harwood player and the Curzon forward was allowed to steal in and score. Harwood then had a reasonable
RAMSBOTTOM failed to take their chances as NWCL Division One high flyers St Helens stole the points at the Riverside. With just two minutes on the clock, St Helens had a real let-off when David Yorke-Robinson's shot had goalkeeper Phil Wood beaten but
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman left leading goalscorer Paul Mullin on the bench with the Reds starting with a 4-5-1 formation that was so effective in beating Emley 3-0 in the UniBond Premier League. Emley central defender Andy Wilson had two
MARK Denham climbed off the bench in the second half to score two goals, maintain his side's unbeaten run, but most important, secure a win which leaves Stand firmly at the top of the table. And while STand enjoy the heady heights of being in pole position
A LAST-GASP goal from Crewe defender Steve Foster denied North End what would have been a well-deserved point. Foster headed in Kenny Lunt's 93rd minute free kick to take the game from Preston. Mark Rankine had levelled the game on 60 minutes when he
CREWE'S last minute goal angered Preston boss David Moyes as North End slipped to their first defeat in four matches. Moyes was furious when Dario Gradi's side were awarded a free kick in the 90th minute and Kenny Lunt sent in a cross which Steven Foster
PUPILS across East Lancashire can brush up on their knowledge of art -- thanks to a Pictures for Schools scheme. Sainsbury's is donating framed reproductions of 4,000 famous paintings to more than 1,000 UK schools. By the end of the year, half of secondary
THE Lifelong Learning team's Family Learning strategy in Blackburn with Darwen is a revolutionary policy. It is aimed at introducing motivation for learning and developing skills for personal and professional benefit through a focus on the family and
UNIVERSITY of Central Lancashire, Preston. UNIVERSITY MESSAGE: We promote access to excellence, enabling students to develop their potential. We value and practise equality of opportunity, transparency and tolerance. We strive for excellence in all we
WHEN Colchesters Kemal Izzet put the ball in the back of the net to equalise after 86 minutes, it looked to be yet another of those games where Blackpool had let the 3 points slip away. But three minutes into injury time and a neat knock down by substitute
