I WOULD like to ask Councillor Dave Smith (Letters, December 9) or any other councillor how do immigrants and asylum seekers qualify for benefits and everything they need when they haven't paid a penny into the system. I am an 82-year-old widower who
ROY Davies presented his petition for 'independence' for Darwen (LET, November 11) in the same week as nursery places for every three and four-year-old in Darwen were announced. Darwen is the only town in the country to have this guarantee, apart from
ARMED officers are on the streets of Leigh and surrounding towns as part of a high profile police operation aimed at preventing hits on cash-carrying security vans. And to get the message across over 100 'we've got our eyes on you' Christmas card messages
POORLY children were left dreaming of a blue and white Christmas when Blackburn Rovers stars dropped in to spread a bit of festive cheer. Sacks of toys were given out and the players signed autographs and chatted to sick youngsters in children's wards
FIVE tearaway youngsters who committed more than 300 offences between them in two years have been served with Lancashire's first interim anti-social behaviour orders. Brothers Sean O'Callaghan, 12, and Liam O'Callaghan, 13, William Penman, 16, Steven
THE Hilton Park boardroom takeover battle is nearing a conclusion with Leigh Centurions likely to have new owners by the end of the week. An eight-man consortium of local businessmen are close to tying up a deal which would see them take control of the
WHERE did it all go wrong? Maybe it was the time I got called a Paki for nicking someone's spot in the queue. Or maybe it was the time I looked at a local Billy Blanco from the Bronx the wrong way and he chased me home. Or could it be the time I thought
ACADEMY starlet Jerome Watt grabbed the all-important goal as Rovers' reserves chalked up an excellent away victory at the expense of West Brom last night. Watt struck midway through the second half after Rovers cranked up the pressure following a half-time
CRAIG Short hopes history will repeat itself for Blackburn but not for him after Rovers reached the Worthington Cup semi-final for the second successive season. The defender missed last season's final with Tottenham Hotspur through suspension, along with
THE last post is being played for a town centre post office in Burnley, but customers may still be able to save it from closure. The Keirby Walk office has been earmarked for closure by bosses who say the shop is just not busy enough. Post Office Ltd
BURNLEY Council has sent a letter of apology to the people of Nottingham on behalf of the town. The note from the authority follows the death of teenage Nottingham Forest fan Nathan Shaw in Burnley two weeks ago. The 17-year-old supporter had travelled
WHEN Manchester City ace Terry Dunfield took the brave decision to drop three divisions and sign for Bury, one man was not in the least surprised. Shakers' star striker Jon Newby took a similar plunge less than two years ago when, after making only four
WORK will get under way in the New Year to make the journey to school safer for youngsters in Pendle. The Safer Routes to School scheme has received a £90,000 boost from Lancashire County Council and £25,000 from Pendle Council and will benefit pupils
ONE of Radcliffe's biggest employers has been swallowed up by confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes in a £2.7 billion takeover deal. The British company paid the money to Pfizer, which owns the throat sweet firm Adams. The factory in Dumers Lane employs
THOUGH Christmas was in the offing when the icing went on this monster cake in Blackburn 39 years ago, the festive occasion it was baked for was the marking of a major milestone in the town's industrial history -- and the 80th birthday of the man who
THE Sea Change, the new movie from ex-QEGS pupil Gary Smith's Winchester Films, was shown at the Sundance Festival, Utah, USA.
MORE than 150 of the borough's finest young achievers gather on Thursday at the Wigan Investment Centre for the annual youth awards. They are in line for a range of awards at a glittering ceremony being attended by civic dignitaries and VIPs. Master of
ATHERTON will have a new police station by March 2005. The station at the junction of Flapper Fold Lane and Gloucester Street is one of 16 new police projects being built within Greater Manchester at a cost of £78 million. Hindley Green Councillor Stephen
HYNDBURN Council is to take its budget plans for next year to the people in an unprecedented experiment in the borough. Members of the cabinet would normally be unveiling their draft budget at this time of the year. But they now propose to stage a series
BONGS bangers blew the opposition away in a prestigious sausage competition. Tyldesley butcher Mike Hilton's pedigree sausages had the judges squealing in appreciation at the National Festival of Meat event at Smithfield Market. Using pork ingredients
FIRE chiefs today warned about the dangers of smoking while drunk in the run-up to Christmas after a 24-year-old man died in a house blaze started by a cigarette. Zahid Mohammed was found in the kitchen of a house in Belfield Road, Accrington, by firefighters
A MAN fell into a canal and drowned as he walked home drunk, an inquest heard. John Ratcliffe, aged 54, was found submerged in the Bridgewater Canal near Leigh Bridge. The grim discovery was made last May by a man and his children who had gone to feed
ANOTHER clever thriller that quickly turns into your run of the mill love story. It revolves around a desperate Arjun (Askhay) who learns his mother is sick. In order to get the medicine required for his beloved mother Arjun must find Tina (Kareena) a
HE'S stormed into top spot in the pop charts recently but in many respects Haroon has already 'been there and done that.' After all, as lead vocalist and founder memebr of band Awaz his was the first Pakistani pop band to appear on MTV. Haroon went on
A 50-YEAR-OLD woman in Bury was left shaken after a thief snatched her purse out of her hand. She was walking along Fountain Place, Whitefield, when the man suddenly appeared. After grabbing her purse, he jumped into a waiting white E reg Toyota Celica
FOR a different view of what's on television visit the www.tvviewer.co.uk web-site. TV Viewer gives you the opportunity to write about your favourite shows, or those that irritate you beyond belief. You can give a rating from zero to five stars. For example
THE wizards behind Google have been up to their tricks again and have unveiled new features on their popular search engine. Froogle (froogle.google.com) is Google's idea of shopping heaven. It's much like the normal Google search engine, but it's entirely
RECENT survey by PC manufacturer Packard Bell has shown some interesting facts about computer users aged over 50. Half of them said that since buying a PC they spend more time tapping away at a keyboard than watching TV. Increased PC usage among this
DESPITE the freezing temperatures at Turf Moor, Burnley's experienced reserves met Preston North End last night with the visitors triumphing 3-1. Clarets boss Stan Ternent played a number of his senior players because he knows he will be needing them
LEIGH Ladies Circle is holding a fund-raising Christmas disco, "Carol's bit in the middle", on Saturday, December 28. Tickets for the night, which starts at 8pm at Leigh Cricket Club, Beech Walk, in Leigh, cost £5 and are available from the cricket club
TICKETS are on sale for St Joseph's Players' Christmas panto, Cinderella, running at St Joseph's Hall in Chapel Street, Leigh, from January 15-18 and 21-25. Priced £5 adults and £3.50 concessions, tickets are available from Boardmans Outfitters in Bradshawgate
A SUCCESSFUL 125th Anniversary year reached a climax on Sunday when Tyldesley Brass Band, with conductor Steven Booth, performed their Christmas Concert. A packed audience at the Formby Hall, Atherton enjoyed as selection of popular Christmas melodies
COUNCILLORS on Wigan MBC will hold the following advice surgeries: THURSDAY, December 19: Golborne Library (10-11) and Lowton Labour Club (7-7.30) B Strett, D Kelly; Lane Head Methodist Church, Lowton (7-7.45) P Franzen; Abram Library, Vicarage Road (
LEIGH Harriers' cross country stars scored an hat-trick of individual victories and two team firsts in the South East Lancs League at Oldham. North West Women's League champion Gemma Farley added the league title to her tally after winning the U15 two
Leigh East 20 Skirlaugh 28: LEIGH East's dual dreams for the season of being unbeaten at home and meeting professional opposition again in the TXU Energi Challenge Cup were both shattered by Humbersiders Skirlaugh. Too many times this season East have
AFTER showing early promise against undefeated league leaders Caldy, Leigh slipped to defeat. Wilcock was narrowly wide with a long range penalty and Liku was stopped just short of the try-line by a crunching tackle, but from a scrum close to the visitors
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby is ready to meet with manager Stan Ternent this week to discuss the possibility of strengthening the squad. Having suffered the hammer blow of losing influential skipper Steve Davis for up to three months, Ternent's already
BRAD Friedel today vowed 'we can do it' as Blackburn Rovers psyche themselves up for a hat-trick of clashes against Manchester United during the next four weeks. Last night's Worthington Cup draw paired the two old rivals together in a potentially explosive
A NEW service station has promised to install lights on a dark footpath after residents warned children were at risk. People living near the new services on the M65 at Darwen believed children who use the path which leads to the McDonald's restaurant
A DRUG addicted mother of three has been given four months to try and kick her habit and set an example to her children. Shoplifter Lisa Jayne Waldron, 30, was told by Burnley Magistrates she could have been looking at Christmas in jail but instead they
AN "AGGRESSIVE" teenager who attacked a man during a pub's clog cobbing day has been spared a jail sentence. Ricardo Anthony Ferdenzi, 19, punched Gary Pickles and kicked him at least once in the head when he was down, which, Burnley Magistrates were
The Railway Road pub is one of 34 managed pubs in the Spirit Group which will become a Punch Tavern from the end of January.
ELLENBROOK and Boothstown Band brought festive spirit to life when they played in Boothstown shopping precinct, at Bolton Hospice's Christmas Fair, Worsley village's Christmas light switch-on and at Worsley garden centre. Monday and Thursday rehearsals
LEIGH MP Andy Burnham's scheduled advice surgeries for tomorrow (Friday) are at Hindley Town Hall from 6.30pm to 7.15pm and the Bethel Community Centre, Hindley Green, from 7.30pm to 8.15pm. The Leigh surgery is on Saturday, 21st, between 10 am and 11pm
NINE members of the Blackburn Community Badminton League have undertaken a training course to enable them to coach fellow players. The coaching course took place at Shadsworth Leisure where budding coaches were put through their paces by a top tutor.
Everything month Asian Image Sport puts a seasoned campaigner on the spot Name: Mohammed Arshad Age: 37 Place of Birth? Jaurah, near Lala Musa in Pakistan Nickname? 'Ashy' When did you start playing football? 1977 What club do you play for now? Paak AFC
A POLICE base being built at a railway station will be arriving late. The construction company working on the new town centre police office at Blackburn Railway Station had been unable to use a hoist for building work until safety checks were carried
OH BEHAVE! That's the warning to revellers who face being barred from 20 town centre pubs by an Austin Powers-themed pubwatch scheme. Licensees, the police and council have joined forces to form 'Bar U' to stamp out night time disorder in Blackburn. For
A PRESTON man has become the North West's National Training Awards winner for 2002. Policy development officer Nirmal Singh, who has worked for Lancashire County Council since 1979, impressed the judges with the way he has used his lifelong pursuit of
Towns such as Blackburn and Burnley should be moving forward but such an event has set everything back years. The mainstream political parties must think long and hard why people have decided to vote against them. Something, somewhere has gone terribly
CAMPAIGNERS who have spent five years trying to get a Muslim cemetery have suffered a major setback after plans were rejected by a council committee. It had been hoped the Athletics pitch, off London Road, Preston, would be used for a separate Muslim
THE Zone Rangers are on line with a UK first. An elite group of cyber-pupils from five Leigh Education Action Zone schools have launched a unique website. Twenty committed youngsters spent many hours after school in the St Thomas CE computer suite preparing
THE achievements of pupils at Edge End High School, Nelson were recognised at its annual presentation evening, attended by proud parents and official guests. The guest of honour for the evening was Nighat Awan, chief executive of the Shere Khan group.
CORONATION Street bad boy Dean Ashton (aka Corrie character Aidan Critchley) took centre stage when he officially opened a village school's new nursery. The 24-place nursery opened in autumn occupying an empty classroom at St John's School in Mosley Common
A SUPERMARKET chain has launched a seasonal sarnie that plays a 30 second medley of Christmas songs. The £2.99 musical butty targeted at desk bound office workers has a sensor inside the package. Has the world gone completely bonkers? Anyone willing to
TONY Hancock has been voted the best ever radio comedian. I agree, though in the 50s and 60s before TV really took off in my grandma's household we spent every early evening listening to comedy shows on the wireless while playing ludo, whist or beetle
I'M astounded that a couple of artists have been awarded a £6,000 lottery grant to travel the world and send postcards back! It's a disgrace when bids for deserving causes, like the valuable local recycling charity at Hindley which employs people with
THE final countdown has begun to determine the future of Bury Council's threatened old folks homes. Residents have until the end of February to make their voice heard over the shake-up of social services for elderly people. At the heart of the proposals
THE SOCCER4KIDS coaching organisation are starting some additional centres in the New Year at its two indoor venues St Mary's High School, Astley, and Hesketh Fletcher High School, Atherton. Vacancies therefore exist for boys who are currently in years
At the Masjid-E-Tauheedul Islam, Bicknell Street, Blackburn, over 800 people attended the morning prayer. They were met with warm festival greetings and handshakes from friends and community members. Across the area people waited for the first sighting
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This time the scene was Mill Hill, Blackburn. As the election result itself was announced there was despair for members of the community who had gathered outside the building. A clear warning came from Oldham councillor Mohammed Azam. Speaking to Asian
Leigh RMI 0, Chester City 4 By Martyn Hindley STEVE Waywell has faced a fair few problems since he took over the RMI hot-seat, but none appear tougher than trying to turn Leigh's season around. The Hilton Park manager, with a squad low on confidence,
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. "A Little Princess," The Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 7.30pm. Carol Concert, Clitheroe Parish Hall, 7pm. Christmas Music with The Avenham Singers, Knowle Green
IT IS being launched with a helping of showbiz-type hype and slogans, but under the gloss the revived initiative to stamp out drink-fuelled night-time disorder in Blackburn town centre is a sensible and welcome step to prevent violence and trouble. It
I AM so annoyed at continually reading in the national newspapers of how there are 100 applicants chasing each firefighter post, giving the impression that our firefighters are so easily dispensable and others are willing to take their jobs. What the
THE council's decision to introduce pay and display parking in areas of Blackburn which were free (LET, November 21) is not fair on local residents who perhaps just want to buy food or do business for an hour or less in the town centre. I know of the
COUNCILLOR Dave Smith (Letters, November 18) suggests that I should ask The Riddler to sort out the differences between investments in Blackburn and Darwen. He says that Darwen gets £37million from Blackburn each year, but only contributes £9.5million
TO let in six goals once is bad enough, to do it twice is even worse and even now we are scratching our heads as to what went wrong on Saturday. Just when you think everything is going well, you are climbing the table and getting close to the play-offs
LEIGH RMI's hopes of Conference survival have taken a massive blow after the FA banned them from signing new players. The move came after players at Hilton Park - both past and present - went without payment for months despite the best efforts of the
BRAD Friedel today vowed 'we can do it' as Blackburn Rovers psyche themselves up for a hat-trick of clashes against Manchester United during the next four weeks. Last night's Worthington Cup draw paired the two old rivals together in a potentially explosive
A NEW survey has revealed Burnley is the most affordable place to buy a house in the country. Research released today from Barclays Private Clients showed that property prices were now more than 10 times higher than local earnings in 24 boroughs across
A FOUR legged "ram-raider" is terrorising a quiet Burnley neighbourhood. The unwelcome visitor turned up in the garden of a home in Standen Hall Close. Bemused residents Andrew and Una Geoghegan are at a loss as to how the ram ended up munching on their
COLLEGE leavers in Pendle received certificates for their hard work during Nelson and Colne College's annual awards evening last night. College principal Kath Belton praised the students for their high pass rates in the A-Level and AS-Level examinations
DURING the month of Ramadan you would have been hard pressed to find any local teams playing. But go down Nelson way and they remained committed to seeing it through. None more so than the new boys on the Park: Paak B FC. Of all the sides we've featured
FIVE tearaway youngsters who committed more than 300 offences between them in two years have been served with Lancashire's first interim anti-social behaviour orders. Brothers Sean O'Callaghan, 12, and Liam O'Callaghan, 13, William Penman, 16, Steven
YOUNGSTERS at a day care unit joined in the fun of the festive season with members of Burnley FC. The under-16s from the Mary Burbury unit at Burnley General Hospital were delighted to welcome some of the football club's community team for fun and games
When Ramadan began I thought it might be a good time time to kick bad habits, (and believe me, some of them needed a really good kicking) pray for health and peace, and make vast amounts of samosas to freeze for Iftari. I looked forward to sweeping my
THERE are a number of different ways in which people from abroad are able to enter/come to the United Kingdom and/or once they are in the United Kingdom to change their status. All of these require careful consideration but generally speaking there are
THE brother of a planespotter cleared of espionage in a Greek court has spoken of his heartache after the death of their father. Stephen Jenkins, of Queens Road West, Church, said the strain of the last year had proved too much for their father, who died
THIRTEEN-years-old Natalie Gormley is appealing for the return of her mobile phone. She lost a blue Nokia 8210 on the Leigh-bound bus after checking in with mum, Karen, that she was on her way home from a late night Christmas shopping trip to Wigan on
CORONATION Street bad boy Dean Ashton (aka Corrie character Aidan Critchley) took centre stage when he officially opened a village school's new nursery. The 24-place nursery opened in autumn occupying an empty classroom at St John's School in Mosley Common
A MAN from Atherton has been jailed and another from Leigh remanded in custody following Wigan & Leigh Housing action to address anti-social behaviour on its estates. Tyrone Atherton (aka Banks), 26, of Bridges Street, Howe Bridge ignored warnings
LECTURERS at Wigan and Leigh College say they are being forced to accept drastically adapted contracts in a bid to prevent the sixth form college from going bankrupt. In a meeting last week College Principal Jim Crewdson announced that swift action was
BOLLYWOOD blockbuster Devdas is India's official entry. But it has now got some serious competition from Great Britain and Bangladesh to gain an Oscar nomination for the best foreign language film at the Oscars. Matir Moina, which won the critics award
MAYBE they have a reason for going up against Kaante. That reason maybe that whilst Kaante is a boys flic this one will have them weeping in the aisles. It is a sad tale but how many times have we seen the love triangle gone horribly wrong. Far too many
PRINCE Charles will learn first hand how farming in the Ribble Valley will develop in the future when he visits the area in the New Year. Rural businesses that have benefited from grants by the Lancashire Rural Futures Partnership will showcase their
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby is ready to meet with manager Stan Ternent this week to discuss the possibility of strengthening the squad. Having suffered the hammer blow of losing influential skipper Steve Davis for up to three months, Ternent's already
IF you have anything about you as a player then the bigger game, the greater you'll relish the occasion. And we could hardly be facing a bigger month than the one we are about to enter. In the next four weeks, we are due to play Manchester United THREE
DEAR MASSI, I am in a terrible situation and cannot understand why this has happened to me. I was with a girl for over two years and we were always together. The first year went by and it always seemed we would get married in the end. Everyone said how
TELEVISION comedian Lily Savage stars as the Wicked Queen in this year's Manchester Opera House Christmas panto, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It runs until January 12, the family show also stars the Magnificent Seven as the dwarfs. Tickets start at
ELLENBROOK and Boothstown Band brought festive spirit to life when they played in Boothstown shopping precinct, at Bolton Hospice's Christmas Fair, Worsley village's Christmas light switch-on and at Worsley garden centre. Monday and Thursday rehearsals
LEIGH dance duo, Paradise, held their first live performance outside Journal-land when they performed their debut single Rising Sun at the Clothes Show Live 2002 at Birmingham's NEC. Paradise, made up by Chapel Street barber Rob Grice and musical partner
FATHER Christmas is hitting the streets aboard Tyldesley Rotary Club's sleigh. Proposed routes are: December 19: Hough Lane, Parkfield Drive, Ashling Court, Bourton Court, Leafield, Heathfield Drive, Laburnum Grove, Hood Close, Sheriffs Drive, Sycamore
Mike Howard was comprehensively outgunned but managed to salvage one point for Classic. Graham Collier was equally up against it and went down 3-0. It was Tod Bulmer, Mark Taylor and Howard Thornley who really delivered for the Leigh team. Bulmer looked
Leigh Miners Rangers 68, Crosfields 8: IT is 16 years since these two former adversaries last met at Twist Lane and after this hammering Crosfields will be hoping it will be as long again before they meet. This was a tie with a potential upset on the
NEW Bury and Farnworth Boxing Club had a double success at the Tyldesley Bar 1-10 boxing show. Dean Haslam beat Tamao Dwyer, of Barton, and Gino Magari overcame Leigh's Izzi Balal on points. New Bury and Farnworth plan to hold only their second event
THE Starlight Children's foundation, which makes dreams come true for terminally ill youngsters, will receive £700 from Darwen's School of Kung Fu tonight. Eighteen members took part in a "kick-a-thon" and managed around 50,000 kicks in a single day to
DARWEN MP Janet Anderson today revealed she has written a letter to the Highways Agency complaining about the Blackburn Services sign on the M65. Mrs Anderson, who is currently in London, was informed of the campaign against the sign earlier this week
POLICE today appealed to criminals to help them find a "gutless" conman who stole £1,700 life savings from a pensioner confined to a wheelchair. The man talked his way into the 75-year-old woman's home in the Carr Road area of Darwen and stole the cash
A MAN could be scarred for life after suffering horrific facial injuries in a street robbery -- for the sake of £30. Alan Howarth was left with a fractured jaw and cheekbone as well as several deep cuts to his face, which needed 30 stitches. The 57-year-old
A STOLEN Santa suit has put a damper on 200 gymnasts due to celebrate a Christmas presentation. They're feeling deflated after a thief stole a bag containing a blow-up Santa suit and other festive costumes in a raid on Craig Parry's car in Bag Lane, Atherton
THE new CD album Aled contains the Christmas carol Oh Holy Night sung as a duet by Aled Jones in his 20s and Aled as a boy of 12. The carol begins O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining. It is the night of my dear Saviour's birth. In a radio interview
A SUCCESSFUL 125th Anniversary year reached a climax on Sunday when Tyldesley Brass Band, with conductor Steven Booth, performed their Christmas Concert. A packed audience at the Formby Hall, Atherton enjoyed as selection of popular Christmas melodies
THE Zone Rangers are on line with a UK first. An elite group of cyber-pupils from five Leigh Education Action Zone schools have launched a unique website. Twenty committed youngsters spent many hours after school in the St Thomas CE computer suite preparing
IN the Bury & Radcliffe U11s Tom Perkins scored a double to help Boothstown to three points against Radcliffe Boro. In the U12 TIF trophy, Marauders and Brandlesholme fought out a brilliant game, which Brandlesholme won thanks to a single goal. In
AT this time of year your probably thinking of throwing out the old and bringing in the new. Just because the cold winter nights mean there's less daylight doesn't mean you have to dress so bold. A cooler softer colour will put a spring back into your
STAFF at a Blackburn business are feeling deflated in the run up to Christmas after knife-wielding thugs left their inflatable Santa feeling flat. The 8ft Santa was bringing festive cheer to shoppers outside King's Cheque Cashers and Pawnbrokers in Darwen
CHOIR specialities, a Sunday school presentation, sherry and mince pies will feature at Sunday's carol service which begins at 2.30pm in Chowbent Chapel, Bolton Old Road, Atherton.
A CONGESTION-busting new bridge costing £2million is set to get the go-ahead tonight. Councillors sitting on Blackburn with Darwen Council's planning and highways committee have been asked to approve the project between Eanam and Furthergate, Blackburn
HUNDREDS of shoppers watched as the night sky around Blackburn Cathedral was lit up by a spectacular fireworks display last night Specially-imported fireworks from Spain were used in the display and set off from the Cathedral roof, as well as the grounds
BREWER Daniel Thwaites has announced a £12 million Christmas spending spree with the purchase of a string of pubs in the Midlands and Yorkshire. The Blackburn company has bought 28 properties from the Nice Pub Company, the tenanted arm of Tom Cobleigh
POORLY children were left dreaming of a blue and white Christmas when Blackburn Rovers stars dropped in to spread a bit of festive cheer. Sacks of toys were given out and the players signed autographs and chatted to sick youngsters in children's wards
PLANS for a £3.5million canalside office block in the heart of Blackburn have been unveiled. Housing Association Twin Valley Homes was today set to get the go-ahead for a two-storey complex, to be built alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Eanam
TWO Blackburn Harriers, Chris Hart and Curtis Pearce, were winners in the fourth round of the prestigious Reebok Cross Country Challenge in Edinbugh on Saturday. The series attracts many of the UK's top athletes and covers the length and breadth of Britain
PLUCKY Laura Finucane shrugged off a bout of ill health to keep alive her hopes of lifting the Mid Lancs Cross Country title. The reigning Lancashire Schools Champion hadn't trained for a week and had even been forced to take time off school, but she
CHORLEY Harriers have recently held their Annual Dinner and Awards Evening. Winner of the Road Grand Prix Series was Ian Crabtree with Malc Christie winning the Fell Series. Ladies Fell Series was won by Janet Chaplin while the Performance of the Year
AN ambitious new initiative aimed at providing primary and secondary schools across Lancashire with free, lightning-fast internet access, has been launched. Just 20 per cent of schools in the UK currently own a broadband connection. Broadband is expected
THE A-Levels inquiry has proposed sweeping changes to the exams - including "de-coupling" them from AS-Levels and reducing the number of external tests - in order to restore public confidence. Students should apply to university after they get their results
LECTURERS at Wigan and Leigh College say they are being forced to accept drastically adapted contracts in a bid to prevent the sixth form college from going bankrupt. In a meeting last week College Principal Jim Crewdson announced that swift action was
TWO schoolchildren have won an award to publish their own story about what it is like to have physical disabilities and go to a mainstream school. Nayab Hussein, 12 and Habeeba Mulla, 13, have won a special cash award worth more than £7,000 to write a
WHAT'S happened to tins? I risk cutting a main vein every time I try to open one with my vintage opener. Thankfully I don't use so many. The cans used to be able to withstand the point inserted and then wrist manoeuvre which released the top in a non-killer
NEW sporting facilities at Firs Park are under threat from the teenage drinking classes. The cold snap has led to underage topers trundling off numerous wheelie bins left outside surrounding homes to burn for camp fires. These have been set close to the
The study, published in an issue of The Lancet, looked at 1,000 patients with a history of problems associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) such as angina, heart attack and diabetes. Researchers found that those who were given the Indo-Mediterranean
EX-BOLTON Wanderers midfielder Mark Patterson is to make an amazing return to Hilton Park as Leigh RMI's assistant boss. Patterson was part of the best RMI midfield since re-locating to Leigh during the glorious promotion season of 1999-2000. He scored
LEIGH RMI ladies got back to winning ways with a 5-1 demolition of Blacon Youth. RMI were always in command in the first half and opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a surging run and quality finish from player of the match, Louise Sumner. The
MEMBERS of the Muslim community throughout the region celebrated Eid-Ul-Fitr. At the Masjid-E-Tauheedul Islam, Bicknell Street, Blackburn, over 800 people attended the morning prayer. They were met with warm festival greetings and handshakes from friends
A PRESTON woman has won the honour of being the best science teacher in the North West. Shehnaz Vorajee who teahces at Brindle Gregson Lane Primary, Chorley won the Primary Science Teacher of the Year Award because of her outstanding work bringing science
