A GOAL within five minutes guided St Theodore's to another President's Shield win against old foes Habergham High. Ashley Bryan's goal poacher's instinct set the Saints on their way to their second successive Shield victory that stretches their record
WHAT a day to lose your first match of the season. Haslingden Juniors, who have beaten all before them, came unstuck against a determined Eagles team who simply wanted to win more. It always promised to be a tight affair between two of the best teams
SCOTT Gizon helped write Miners FC in to Hospital Cup record books with a four-goal blitz to sink Prairie United. The former Nelson player scored Miners first four goals as Gary Evans team won the cup for the fifth time in seven years to equal Burnley
CHILD poverty is the main theme of this year's Save The Children week which began last Sunday (April 28). The Blackburn branch will be holding its annual house to house collection and one in Morrison's supermarket on Friday. Next Wednesday we will be
WHILE we would all like to agree we have a country to be proud of, this belief is somewhat dented, by rulings from Brussels, and a lap dog mentality shown blindly following every move made by our American Allies. The Great Britain we knew is being eroded
IN the modern age of football one of the most common complaints from fans is that players don't care about anything except picking up a fat pay cheque. They feel that those on the pitch do not care about the club they live and breathe for and so don't
THE mother of a tragic tot who was killed in a road accident has appealed for witnesses to come forward. Sharon Barnowski, 30, said she was deeply in shock at the death of son Bradley Louis Turner who she called "My baby." Mrs Barnowski, of Brook Street
FORMER Blackburn Rovers keeper John Filan has sensationally signed for Padiham - the cricket club that is. The 32-year-old Australian, who left Ewood to join Wigan earlier this season, is to return from his native Sydney in the next few weeks. And he
BLACKBURN Rovers' Worthington Cup heroes will finally be recognised for their exploits - six months after their famous victory at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Plans by Blackburn with Darwen Council to honour the team's triumph after the 2-1 win against
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness sent a shiver down the spine of Rovers' relegation rivals when he stumped up a club-record fee for Andy Cole over Christmas. And a quick glance at the stats since then underlines just why those clubs were right to quake in
STAFF at Perseverance Mill in Albion Street, Padiham, are set to put their outdoor equipment to good use when they attempt the three peaks challenge in 24 hours. The group of fundraisers will set off from the factory on Friday, June 14, at 10am and be
BURNLEY firefighters are to stage a series of free awareness sessions for local employers to encourage a safer workplace. Fire officials have warned that there is a moral duty to ensure that employees and visitors to business premises are safe, which
TWO headteachers who have helped their schools boost standards are to meet Prince Charles at a special reception at his Highgrove Home. Bernadette Bleasdale of St Hilda's Girls High School in Burnley and Michael Humphries of Our Lady and St John RC High
RESIDENTS are to fight plans for 230 new houses in the Lowerhouse area of Burnley. Lowerhouse Residents' Association chairman Roy Dewhirst said people were "really annoyed" about the Chorley-based Banks Group's plans to build the homes and a new cricket
A BURNLEY student is among six to be short-listed for a national education award -- but will be thousands of miles away in America when the winner receives the cash prize. Craig Kelshaw, 17, is in the second and final year of a BTec National Diploma in
STJOHN'S Church will be celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee with a performance by the Marsden Ladies Singers on Saturday, June 1. On June 2 a Jubilee Picnic Party will be held in the Vicarage garden from 3pm -- villagers are invited to bring their
BURNLEY Football Club today revealed its response to the town's task force report in a 10-point action plan. The Clarets plan comes after the task force report into the underlying causes of the Burnley riots last June. The disturbances left some parts
COME and sing what you want -- that is the message to schools from organisers of this year's Colne's Luther Greenwood Festival. The number of schools entering the annual festival has dropped recently and in an effort to attract more young people to the
GRADUATE Hayley Standing is hoping fast food will fast forward her acting career after starring in one of the most popular TV ads of the year. Hayley hit people's screens as a caravanning holidaymaker in the comedy McDonald's advert for the Creme Egg
A MOTHER of two has called for dog owners to take more responsibility for their pets after her cat was attacked and badly injured by a dog. Janet McKenna, 46, says she watched in horror as her 13-year-old cat Minnie was grabbed by the head and left with
THIRTEEN public rights of way across the Ribble Valley are still closed due to foot and mouth restrictions. The paths, which pass through or are situated near farmyards and buildings, are: Lower Thorneyholme, Dunsop Bridge; Eaves House and Pillings, West
MORE than a thousand ducks and an army of scarecrows are expected to invade a village for May Day celebrations this weekend. Villagers from Waddington took to the streets for their annual spring fair last year when their planned Church Croft venue had
FORMER Ribble Valley MP Lord Waddington has been ticked off by the Westminster authorities for suggesting in the House of Lords that Gerry Adams and other Sinn Fein MPs are 'associates of murderers.' The former Tory Home Secretary made the attack as he
THE decision to pull the plug on ITV Digital came as no surprise to Clarets chairman Barry Kilby but he promised: "We still want to get our money from Carlton and Granada. "To be honest this has been on the cards for some time as it has become obvious
A CONFIDENTIAL hotline for people in Leigh and Atherton to talk about loan sharks aims to help borrowers get out of debt. Wigan Council is asking its residents to reveal their personal experiences of dealing with loan sharks and similar creditors. It
ROVERS defender Henning Berg today expressed his delight at the fact the club will be playing Premiership football once again next season. Manchester United's victory over Ipswich on Saturday night assured Rovers of their place in the top flight. And
MITCHELL Thomas may turn 38 later this year but having been shown the door by Burnley boss Stan Ternent he is convinced he still has plenty of football left in him. "I feel very fresh at the moment because I did not play much football last season," he
GUIDE leader Sarah-Jane Hawthorn is still seeking sponsors for her summer trip to Iceland for an international Jamboree camp. Sarah-Jane, 18, of Powell Street, Darwen, needs to raise £1,075 for the trip and has already collected between £300 and £400
DARWEN people were today promised a big party to celebrate their most cherished landmark after a low-key reopening ceremony was criticised. Coun Karimeh Foster, who represents Whitehall ward, said she was unhappy only a small number of dignitaries were
PUPILS and teachers at Holy Trinity Primary School in Stacksteads have raised a fantastic £2,500 for charity. The school held a mini-marathon where all the 240 youngsters aged four to 11 took part in a relay to complete the marathon distance. Meanwhile
YOUNGSTERS in the Stacksteads area may soon have an alternative to boredom and the negative routine of simply 'hanging around'. The local community group has applied for Lottery funding to introduce sports initiatives. Stacksteads Riverside Park Group
RADCLIFFE Borough effectively ensured a Unibond Division One play-off place last night with a 1-0 away win at Trafford. Eamonn Elliott got the vital goal on 67 minutes.
A MAN smashed up a neighbour's car with an iron bar because he hadn't helped him when he was beaten outside a pub earlier in the night. Blackburn magistrates heard that Lee Anthony Parker caused £400 worth of damage to the car which belonged to Gareth
SPY cameras are to be installed at fly-tipping hotspots to crack down on offenders. CCTV cameras will be placed around rubbish-strewn parts of Blackburn and Darwen as councillors vowed to restore civic pride and get rid of grot spots. Residents in the
BLACKBURN Rovers' Worthington Cup heroes will finally be recognised for their exploits - six months after their famous victory at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Plans by Blackburn with Darwen Council to honour the team's triumph after the 2-1 win against
HEALTH staff dealing with lung cancer, one of the most deadly forms of the disease in East Lancashire, will bring hundreds of their colleagues together to fight it. The Lung Cancer Study Day, on Wednesday, May 15, will be a chance for specialists in all
ROVERS skipper Garry Flitcroft today said an emotional 'thank-you' for fans' backing during the most difficult time in his life -- and revealed he and his wife wanted to get on with their lives together. In an exclusive interview with the Lancashire Evening
ROSSENDALE felt they were robbed of a point by an assistant referee who ruled that Ged Walsh's first half header hadn't crossed the line in the UniBond first division clash at Ashton. Walsh powered a header from a 40th minute corner towards the goal,
TEENAGERS in Wigan and Leigh who will soon be taking their GCSEs are being offered money to stay on at school or college. Some 3,500 of this year's 16-year-old school leavers have been sent a leaflet explaining the government's Education Maintenance Allowances
LOCAL elections are our chance to show how we want East Lancashire's town halls to be run. Traffic control, street cleaning, planning applications, housing, leisure services and public health may not sound exciting but daily decisions made by our district
JULIAN Duggan, an angler from Essex, has been spending some time in the Lake District and along the Ribble. He makes the point that when people talk about "game fish" they mean trout, sea trout and salmon. He then points out that the grayling puts up
IN the 1960s and 1970s the sparrowhawk was in danger of becoming extinct. The reason was a combination of the over use of agricultural chemicals, plus persecution by those who declare war on anything with a hooked bill. The goshawk is similar to the sparrowhawk
WELL another weekend over and another season finished and eventually we ended the season in the middle of the table. If at the beginning of the season we had been offered this position we would have accepted this with open arms so all in all a decent
FOLLOWING the recent "goal that wasn't" at Highbury, it seems appropriate to state for the record that the vast majority of referees would welcome technology that conclusively proved whether or not a goal had been scored. There are however, some questions
AS Unsung Heroes go Lil Dykes is the relunctant star behind the scenes. For despite helping turn one corner of East Lancashire in to something of a hockey haven, Lil would prefer to slip in to the background rather than step in to the spotlight. But Lil
I HAVE to agree with A Pearson's remarks about coverage of the Queen Mother's death (Letters, April 16). I don't see why we should have been subjected to so much. Saying what a good job she did during the war really annoyed me. We all did a good job then
WE have many fixed speed cameras in Blackburn (many of them not yet painted yellow as promised), yet the police are still out in force with their mobile speed cameras instead of getting to grips with the real crime problems of this town. We have many
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown promised the increase in National Insurance would pay for more doctors and nurses, and 40 new hospitals, to bring the ailing Health Service back up to scratch. But where is the logic in spending millions building a new hospital
PROPOSALS to change local postcodes are being contested by Leigh MP Andy Burnham. MPs are calling for Royal Mail to drop proposals to change postal addresses and postcodes in Lowton, Golborne and Culcheth. A House of Commons motion tabled by Mr Burnham
REGARDING Mr A Pearson's vitriolic attack on the news coverage of the death and events up to the funeral of the Queen Mother (Letters, April 16). No doubt millions of people find the idea of monarchy abhorrent. But then there are also millions like myself
THE best on-line competitions are on this site. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment would like to offer two of our readers a chance to win a set of three DVD titles - Monkeybone, Freddy Got Fingered (both certificate 18) and Say It Isn't So (certificate
ROVERS skipper Garry Flitcroft today said an emotional 'thank-you' for fans' backing during the most difficult time in his life -- and revealed he and his wife wanted to get on with their lives together. In an exclusive interview with the Lancashire Evening
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness has knocked back an offer from Stockport County for powerful striker Ben Burgess. Hatters chief Carlton Palmer has made Burgess his top summer target and had hoped to lure the Republic of Ireland international to Edgeley
LIVERPOOL are a football club rich in tradition and steeped in history. But I must admit the Anfield giants have gone down in my estimations over the last two weeks after the way they've messed people about in regard to their forthcoming game with Rovers
POLICE are investigating today after a fight broke out between a group of Asian youths and a group of white youths at a school bus stop. Officers from Burnley Police were called to the incident in Whitegate at 3.45pm yesterday following reports that a
THE chairman of the Lancashire Police Federation has slammed Home Office proposals to create a new tier of civilian wardens with the power to detain members of the public. Steve Edwards said it would be "absolute folly" to give the power of detention
VOTERS were today told that the people of Burnley had to unite and reject extremism if the town was to have a successful future. The message from Lord Clarke, who led the inquiry into last year's riots, was backed by the Bishop of Burnley, the Rt Rev
THE Presspart Group - one of East Lancashire's largest manufacturing companies with almost 500 workers - has been split up with part of the business being bought by a German firm. Blackburn-based Presspart Manufacturing, a world leader in deep drawn metal
THE best on-line competitions are on this site. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment would like to offer two of our readers a chance to win a set of three DVD titles - Monkeybone, Freddy Got Fingered (both certificate 18) and Say It Isn't So (certificate
A 16-YEAR-OLD who killed a grandad in a street attack has been sentenced to three years' detention. A court heard that the youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, punched Eric Conwell, of Normandy Crescent, Radcliffe, twice in the head, causing
JACKSON Stephen chartered accountants have appointed Lindsay Cessford as Marketing Manager. The firm has offices in Leigh and Bolton plus a new corporate finance division in Manchester city centre. Lindsay, who is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has a background
A RENAULT Clio collided with a child attempting to cross the road at Ennismore Street, Colne. Rachael Matthew, 18, of Harwood Lane, Great Harwood, was driving the car on Monday at 5.50pm when it collided with Ryan Bench, eight, of Cleaver Street, Burnley
A MAN who went on a racist wrecking spree just days after September 11 has escaped jail. Paul Greenwood, 24, of South Street, Barnoldswick, pleaded guilty to three counts of racially aggravated criminal damage on September 16 at Burnley Magistrates Court
SABRE the German Shepherd dog is retiring from the Lancashire Constabulary after eight years of working the beat in the Pennine Division with PC David Wood. The eight-year-old dog will leave the force in five months when he will be nine years old and
TEENAGER Gary Hope from Accrington became Lancashire's youngest class one football referee after a meteoric rise through the ranks. The 18-year-old has taken just two years to become a top local official.
TV cop actor Eric Richard took time off from pounding the beat to appear in the first ever equestrian welfare video to be released from Burnley-based Horses and Ponies Protection Association. The video release coincided with the group's diamond jubilee
THE Health and Safety Executive today confirmed it had launched an investigation into an incident where a workman was splashed with hot paint while working on a road safety scheme. John Pacewitch, 22, is still in hospital recovering from skin-grafts after
STALLHOLDERS claim their livelihoods are under threat by raiders who have targeted their town centre market. The traders at Accrington's market said criminals trashed stalls and escaped with stolen goods which included a charity bottle containing £200
A MAN who unearthed a medal from the First World War is appealing for help in tracing the family of the soldier it commemorates. Paul Walmsley, 36, who lives in Essex, was going through some of his late father John Walmsley's possessions at his home in
RED is the colour for Downham schoolboy Brendan Costello. Hot on the heels of new TV series Born and Bred, set in the picturesque Ribble Valley village, Brendan, 11, is set to be the latest star on the small screen in a programme dedicated to the colour
THE Clarets youth side recorded a sixth win out of seven in the Youth Merit League at Turf Moor yesterday afternoon with a 3-2 victory over Grimsby. Matthew O'Neill got two goals and Sean Blakey netted an excellent solo goal as they held on to clinch
MITCHELL Thomas may turn 38 later this year but having been shown the door by Burnley boss Stan Ternent he is convinced he still has plenty of football left in him. "I feel very fresh at the moment because I did not play much football last season," he
ANDY FLINTOFF is champing at the bit to join Lancashire's Benson and Hedges Cup campaign this weekend. Freddie will finally be allowed to play for the first time this season in the last two group games against Leicestershire at Old Trafford on Sunday
PADIHAM captain Jon Hartley hopes his famous new signing can help boost his side's Jennings Ribblesdale League campaign. As revealed exclusively in tonight's Lancashire Evening Telegraph, the former Blackburn Rovers keeper John Filan is set to join the
THE RSPCA has launched a major campaign to find homes for almost 1,000 animals in care across the North West. The Animal Adoptathon began this week asking people to consider offering a home to one or more of the animals. At 24 RSPCA branches across the
THE protection of the identity of young offenders -- covered by the phrase "cannot be named for legal reasons" in reports of court proceedings -- may draw on the high-minded notion that juvenile wrong 'uns deserve a chance before being tarred for life
ROAD planners in Hyndburn are upsetting motorists again. They have been at their bossy best at upsetting them with their silly schemes -- the latest of which costs £50,000 and stretches all the way from Eastgate in Accrington town centre and up Manchester
BURY FC youth coach Andy Feeley has paid tribute to former Shaker Chris Armstrong after his inclusion in the England Under-21 squad for the Toulon Tournament in France next month. The 19-year-old reluctantly left Gigg Lane in November to join Oldham Athletic
HODDLESDEN poet Pam McKee presented prizes after staging a competition to encourage a love of poetry and prose in primary school children. She and her writing partner Norman Warwick staged workshops at libraries across Blackburn with Darwen. The winners
TWO venues in Darwen have received an extended licence for revellers to drink longer into Bank Holiday Monday. Privilege Night Club, Market Street, will be open for an hour longer until 2am, while its feeder pub, Bar Java, in Wellington Fold, will be
A DOTING father and football fan bought an autographed Manchester United football for his nine-year-old son at a charity auction. The event was held by the Rossendale branch of the Manchester United Supporter's Club, which meets at the Royal Hotel in
VISITORS to Rawtenstall Library will notice a big difference from Saturday when a new computer suite is opened. The downstairs reading room at the library has been transformed, thanks to a grant from the Government's New Opportunities Fund, which has
PEOPLE in Rossendale are being urged to support a family fun day and pet show -- or face losing it next year. The pet show has traditionally been held the day after the Mayor of Rossendale's fun day which was introduced when Coun Lawrence Forshaw was
A SCHOOLGIRL has been raped on her way to school in Penwortham. The 13-year-old girl was raped at 0845 GMT on Monday as she walked to school. A man dragged the teenager into woodland at the side of Valley Road by a bridge and assaulted her. Lancashire
A STUDENT from Blackburn could be whisked off to Rhodes to star in the 2003 Club 18-30 holiday brochure. Adele Whiston, 18, of Higher House Close, Livesey, beat 1,000 entrants to reach the final casting of the Annual Model Competition in Bradford two
A THIEF was given a conditional discharge for six months and ordered to pay £75 costs and £1.98 compensation by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to stealing two cans of lager from Boozebusters, New Chapel Street, Blackburn. The court heard
A SECOND chart-topping act has been confirmed for Blackburn's pop event of the year. Daniel Bedingfield, who had a number one hit with Gotta Get Thru This will be on the bill at Feel the Noise -- the five-hour music spectacular being organised by Rock
LOVERS of the great outdoors will soon have their own free guide to the many attractions around Blackburn and Darwen. Outdoors -- an 84-page, full colour guide book -- has been compiled by staff from Blackburn with Darwen Council's marketing and tourism
A POLICE officer today spoke of the moment of terror after he was rammed by a stolen vehicle as he sat in a squad car. Motorway PC John Whitehead was a passenger in the police vehicle car when it was rammed three times by the stolen Land Rover following
PADIHAM played their penultimate game of the season when they took on Bootle at the Arbories in NWCL Division Two last night. There was nothing at stake and as a result it produced a free flowing game with plenty of goals. Terry Burghall gave Bootle a
MANAGER John Coleman revealed the secret to Stanley's penalty success. The gaffer was one of the few people in the Crown Ground who felt confident as Stanley stepped up to take their spot-kicks in their bid to clinch the UniBond League Challenge Cup.
THE villain of one cup final turned out to be the hero of the next as Accrington Stanley celebrated a double cup triumph. Captain Peter Cavanagh was dismissed in last Wednesday's Lancashire Marsden FA Cup victory over Barrow and, although he lifted the
