Gone Beggin', Intack Inn, Accrington Road, Blackburn. Undercover, Ranken Arms, Hoddlesden. Grange Bowling Club's Coffee Morning, Arthur Wilson Centre, Pickup Street, Clayton-le-Moors, 10am. Hyndburn Mela and Community Festival, Oak Hill Park, Accrington
THE middle of summer seems a strange time to be worrying about what might happen in deep midwinter. But it is this time of year when local authorities have to plan a strategy for dealing with snow and ice in December and January. Every year the first
REGARDING the latest "public art" debate. What evidence does Blackburn with Darwen Council have that the majority of residents wish to "celebrate" the links between Blackburn and Asia? Such misuse of lottery cash is why the only lottery I subscribe to
THE holiday season is here, but not for foxes. This month sees hunts across England and Wales targeting defenceless fox cubs to train young hounds and give them a taste for the kill. As full-time hunt monitors for the International Fund for Animal Welfare
A WOMAN fled from a man's home wearing only her boots after being raped twice, a court was told. Geoffrey Jones, of Milton Close, Atherton, picked up the 30-year-old prostitute in Shiffnall Street, Bolton, at 11.20pm on February 16 and she agreed to go
THE START of heats for the Radcliffe Powersound competition have been put back a week. The contest, at Radcliffe Civic Suite, on Thomas Street, was due to start last night (August 4) but will now take place on August 11. The remaining two heats on August
A DRINK-DRIVING dad who was taking his son to a christening lost control of a car and ploughed into a tree, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how 14-year-old Luke Craig was in hospital for several weeks after the smash in Mount Lane, Cliviger
RAISING their voices to raise money! That's Bury Hospice which has announced a new event as a spin-off from the successful Voices for Hospice. The Hospice is to launch its own Festival of Voices event which will involve a programme of concerts scheduled
TONNES of aquatic weed are being removed from a canal which runs through Bury. An environmental group is dredging fast-spreading water soldier -- technically called Stratiotes aloides -- from the disused Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. Ecologists from
Brian Kidd Blackburn Rovers 1999-2000 I didn't play very well in the first few months here and got a couple of injuries. That type of thing makes you feel indebted to the manager. You feel a responsibility and everyone plays a part in managers getting
ONE of the greatest players ever to pull on a Blackburn Rovers shirt was today celebrating reaching a major personal milestone. Ewood legend Ronnie Clayton is celebrating his 70th birthday but despite the passing of time, the former England captain has
A SEX pest pensioner found on the floor of the ladies' toilets in a health centre was trying to peer at women using the cubicles, a court was told. Burnley Magistrates heard widowed "voyeur" Harry Salisbury, 83, who has previous convictions for indecency
FRIENDS and colleagues today paid emotional tributes to a young mum who died suddenly following a suspected heart attack. Hina Shah, 33, was found collapsed at home in Nelson on Tuesday and died despite attempts by paramedics to revive her. The coroner
THIS Saturday there will be a special open day at St James Church in Accrington to which anyone with a connection to St James Schoolrooms are invited. The schoolrooms on Cannon Street have played host to several generations of Accrington youngsters having
RAIL enthusiasts are hoping an alliance forged across the Pennines will help develop rail travel between Pendle and the Yorkshire Dales in future years. Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) has teamed up with the Embsay and Bolton
Accrington Stanley's Peel Park ground was the first in the country to keep spectators warm in even the coldest weather. The board had approved the installation of gas infra-red radiant heaters in the stands. The club had said it was particularly keen
A safety blitz on taxis ended up with more than half of those tested being ordered off the road. The night time swoop revealed that more than 50 per cent of the vehicles inspected were not up to scratch. Police and council officers carried out the checks
DERIAN House Children's Hospice will benefit from a craft and gift fair in Leigh Library on Saturday, August 21, (10-3). Admission is free.
WIGAN and Leigh Pensioners' Link want books, records, CDs and non-perishable goods for a tombola stall at their summer fair in the Charles Street, Leigh, resource centre on August 21 (11-2). Admission is free and stalls include books, arts and crafts
A HYNDBURN transport service which for years has enabled elderly and disabled people to get out and about is celebrating its 20th birthday. Dial-a-Ride Hyndburn has provided essential bus services to those who cannot use. It is estimated to have made
A BUSINESSMAN who turned his cash and carry store for retailers into a supermarket serving the general public has been told to turn it back. Nazir Hussain, boss at the NH Food Store, in the former Globe Works building, Brown Street, applied for planning
A FIRE engine was involved in a collision on the M60 as it was responding to an emergency call on Wednesday. The vehicle was travelling anti-clockwise along the hard shoulder of the M60 at junction 17 at Prestwich shortly before 1pm. The crew were on
AVIATION bosses in East Lancashire were today celebrating after winning a prestigious 10-year contract to provide support to Tornado jets. The Secondary Power System allows the aircraft's hydraulic and mechanical systems to be operated and tested without
COUNCIL bosses are to spend thousands of pounds to boost efficiency - by making it easier for female staff to spend a penny. Ribble Valley councillors have approved plans to change the male toilets on level C of the council's four-storey head office in
BRITAIN'S first housing estates which can only be sold to local people are set to be built in East Lancashire within the next year. Now councillors at the authority planning the ground-breaking move, to solve its affordable housing crisis, have called
AUSTRIA, July 2004. Frank Sinclair is 40-feet high on a wooden platform as his new Burnley team mates urge him to over come a fear of heights and make a giant leap of faith. Sinclair duly disappears into the icy river below and the daunting initiation
BARNOLDSWICK batsmen Jeeva Kulatunga and Ian Scothern set a club record opening stand of 247 at home to Cherry Tree on Saturday. Professional Kulatunga hit an unbeaten 166 while SCothern finished on 81 not out.
LANCASHIRE Lightning will have skipper Warren Hegg fit and ready to play England duo in Saturday's Twenty20 Cup Finals Day. Skipper Hegg is back in the squad after recovering from a hamstring strain, picked up in the Twenty20 Cup group match against Yorkshire
STEVE Cotterill is raring to get down to business and really earn his spurs as Burnley boss. Cotterill has reported a clean bill of health on the playing side ahead of Saturday's First Division curtain-raiser against Sheffield United at Turf Moor. And
THE START of heats for the Radcliffe Powersound competition have been put back a week. The contest, at Radcliffe Civic Suite, on Thomas Street, was due to starton Wednesday but will now take place on August 11. The remaining two heats on August 18 and
TONNES of aquatic weed are being removed from a canal which runs through Radcliffe. An environmental group is dredging fast-spreading water soldier -- technically called Stratiotes aloides -- from the disused Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. Ecologists
THE original Calendar Girls, who became famous when they posed naked for a Women's Institute calendar, will be heading to Hoddlesden next month. They have been invited to speak about their experiences since they found themselves under the international
A DARWEN bus service has been reinstated following complaints from residents. A number of people wrote to their councillor, Dave Smith, when the Sunnyhurst bus route and Birch Hall routes, run by Darwen Coach Services, were combined. They said the extended
ARMED robbers escaped with tens of thousands of pounds when they raided a Darwen bank, police revealed today. But officers have pledged to pour resources into catching the men behind the robbery. The money was stolen from a cash machine at the Abbey bank
COUNCIL employees in Ramsbottom could find themselves nominated for the latest Bury Council's Employee Achievement Awards. The awards, which follow a similar event last year, recognise the outstanding achievements of council employees and their contribution
A GIRL with cerebral palsy could be without facilities designed to improve her quality of life after water flooded her Rossendale home. Disabled Hannah Warburton, nine, who was starved of oxygen at birth, would not be able to use her hydrotherapy pool
POLICE are to use new high-tech equipment to help them catch criminals travelling to Rossendale. The new £15,000 Automatic Number Plate Recognition System (ANPR) uses video cameras mounted in marked police vehicles to monitor passing cars and feed images
HOSPITAL bosses have unveiled a major piece of artwork they hope can help make people better as part of an £8,000 arts and mental health project. Blackburn artist Martha Henry put together the stunning piece which includes 12 stained glass panels depicting
A WOMAN and her pregnant daughter were forced to sleep in their living room after leaking water brought the ceiling crashing down. Disaster struck in the house in Hurstwood Avenue, Blackburn, on Tuesday night as Annette Ford, 39, and her daughter Rebecca
COUNCILS are bracing themselves for a winter of discontent that could see a flurry of compensation claims for accidents on icy roads and pavements. Changes to the laws surrounding public highways mean that, in theory, any accident caused by ice or snow
HARD-HITTING posters warning young revellers of night-time dangers have been posted around Blackburn and Darwen. The posters, based around the hit film Trainspotting, warn against date rape drugs, unlicensed cabs, binge drinking and violence. The 1996
AN MP is demanding answers from East Lancashire Hospitals Trust over the future of its boss, who has been off sick for nearly eight months. Chief executive John Thomas has been away from his desk since December 8. Acting chief executive Richard Gildert
FORENSIC officers worked round-the-clock on finger-tip searches of several houses and businesses in Blackburn after the anti-terror raids which stunned the town. The focus of the searches centred on Lower Audley Tyre Centre, off Bennington Street, which
ANGER has greeted the Post Office's announcement that it intends to push ahead with plans to close 15 of its branches in East lancashire. Seven in Blackburn, four in Hyndburn and two in each of Darwen and Rossendale are either to close or remain closed
THE family of a suspected terrorist arrested at gunpoint in Blackburn have spoken of their shock and anger and said: "He is innocent." Junaid Feroze was driving a gold, H-registered Mercedes car when it was swooped on by armed undercover officers from
FIRSTLY I ask where are the post office local union leaders and members in defending the post office closures and the sackings of post office staff? Silent? Isn't our council leader a post office union official? Does he sit back and watch people (his
BLACKBURN Rovers became the latest victims of the recent renaissance in Portuguese football as Marius Niculae's opportunist second half strike proved decisive at Ewood Park last night. The Romanian international grabbed the winner within seconds of climbing
STEEPLEJACK, steam engine fanatic and industrial history broadcaster Fred Dibnah will be in Atherton on August 10 filming for his last television series. Atherton is one of a number of northern locations that Fred will visit to illustrate industrial innovations
A YOUNG dad who sank his teeth into a police officer and was said to have assaulted the mother of his child has been jailed for four months. Burnley Magistrates heard how Kevin Gamble, 25, left PC David Hannah with a bite mark on his arm and needing hospital
PADIHAM Sports Week opened in glorious weather which encouraged vast crowds into the town. Saturday morning saw bustling activity from 5.30am as stallholders set out their wares for the town's annual Charity Market. Many charities were represented and
WORK has started on the £1.5million makeover of Marsden Park, Nelson. The park is being restored to its former glory thanks to money from the National Heritage Lottery Fund, Pendle Council, and other sources. It will take until 2008 to complete the restoration
PROBLEMS that have blighted the opening of a restored running track in Radcliffe will soon be a distant memory. Work began on a scheme to give the Cams Lane running track a facelift in April, but difficulties with security fencing have meant that bosses
RESIDENTS are urging the council to tighten parking restrictions on a Radcliffe street after an ambulance was unable to get to an emergency. When Denis Garvey (76), of Shirebrook Drive, collapsed in his front garden on Tuesday, July 27, his neighbour,
THE spirit of entente cordiale was alive and well in Blackburn in 1930 as this photograph proves. It formed part of an article from the now defunct Blackburn Times published in May of that year and celebrated a visit by a delegation from Blackburn to
THE Merestone, or marker stone, is commemorated by a plaque on St James's Street near the end of Fleet Walk. The stone itself has long since disappeared but at one time marked the official centre of Burnley. It was placed in the centre of the street following
PENDLE'S Labour group is calling for an investigation following the decision by rival councillors to drop a prosecution against one of their members. The call comes after five Labour councillors stormed out of a Nelson committee meeting on Monday after
FACE-painting will be a new attraction at this month's Ramsbottom Farmers' Market, Local Produce and Crafts Fair on Sunday with Thomas the Tank Engine also steaming into town. The market, which is being held between 10am and 3pm at Ramsbottom Civic Hall
DEVELOPERS have announced plans to give an out-of-town shopping centre a £20million face lift. But the proposals, which should signal a boon for local business, have left traders in Blackburn and Accrington worried for their futures. The Peel Centre Retail
A BOGUS official tricked his way into the home of a 82-year-old man and his 79-year-old wife. He called at the house in Brunswick Street, Bury, and asked about what medication they were taking before leaving. The couple later realised the visitor was
Our Lady 149, Pennington 143; St Richard's 157, St Joseph's 151; SH Leigh 118, Leigh Caths 163; SHHG 'B' 114, SHHG 'A' 174. Westleigh Caths - bye. Table: SH Leigh 26, SHHG A 25, Leigh Caths 23, St Richard's 21, Our Lady 20, St Joseph's 20, Westleigh Caths
TWO paintings have been presented to Bealey Community Hospital in memory of a Radcliffe nurse killed in a motorbike crash. Angela Townsend (47) died instantly on June 27 when she and her boyfriend, Bill Penfold, were thrown from his motorbike in a collision
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Michael Gray believes the club's Spanish winger Javier De Pedro is ready to cause havoc in the Premiership this season. De Pedro made his first appearance at Ewood in last night's friendly 1-0 defeat at the hands of Sporting
In the fourth of our five-part series looking at Craig Short's career, the Rovers defender reveals how despair turned to elation at the Millennium Stadium IT'S no shock that the highest and lowest points of Craig Short's career have both been during his
A DRINK-DRIVING dad who was taking his son to a christening lost control of a car and ploughed into a tree, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard how 14-year-old Luke Craig was in hospital for several weeks after the smash in Mount Lane, Cliviger
POLICE in Pendle have warned unruly youngsters that officers are increasingly likely to use Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOS)to protect potential victims. Magistrates are now issuing an increasing number of ASBOs and authorities want the gangs of "
After breaking into an electrical service firm where he used to work, Kenneth John Davies, of no fixed address, fell asleep under a tank on the premises, Preston Crown Court was told. The court heard he had been drinking at Blackburn's Top Hat Club before
through to the finals in two national contests has revealed a secret weapon - a player who won £125,000 on the TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Syd Rawcliffe has been with the same quiz team for around 20 years. In that time the team has won countless
STEVE Cotterill is raring to get down to business and really earn his spurs as Burnley boss. Cotterill has reported a clean bill of health on the playing side ahead of Saturday's First Division curtain-raiser against Sheffield United at Turf Moor. And
A CREDIT to his family and a credit to Clitheroe Golf Club was how club president Derek Wood introduced young William Tyrrell when presenting him with the Collier Shield and first prize in Clitheroe Golf Club's Open. William, the younger brother of seven
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Michael Gray believes the club's Spanish winger Javier De Pedro is ready to cause havoc in the Premiership this season. De Pedro made his first appearance at Ewood in last night's friendly 1-0 defeat at the hands of Sporting
A CAR landed sideways on top of a taxi after an accident in Blacksnape Road, Blackburn. The two passengers in the taxi, a Toyota Corina, and the driver of the Peugeot 106 escaped with minor injuries following the crash near the junction with Roman Road
PROBLEMS that have blighted the opening of a restored running track in Radcliffe will soon be a distant memory. Work began on a scheme to give the Cams Lane running track a facelift in April, but difficulties with security fencing have meant that bosses
COMMUNITY leaders have hit out at the Metropolitan police -- and questioned their record on catching 'real' terrorists. They spoke out after the Blackburn family of a man arrested, and a Little Harwood man whose house was searched, claimed the police
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has signed experienced left back Stuart Bimson on a month's loan from Cambridge United. The 34-year-old, who started his career at Macclesfield before a six-year stint at Lincoln, is expected to feature in tomorrow's
