IT WAS always going to be a struggle for Decorpart and the fact that they could only muster up 10 players made it a whole lot worse. Injuries, holidays and a general lack of interest meant that the Burnley team were already under strength going in to
FIRST Clitheroe, then England -- next stop, the world! Ribble Valley pool ace Lindsay Lloyd has already won the praises of her new England colleagues and now she is looking for a sponsor that will take her all the way to next year's World Championships
MANY folk must agree with me that the time is long overdue for all types of weapons -- pellet guns, crossbows etc, especially for juveniles, to be banned to the general public. Too many incidents keep occurring, accidental or mischievously intentionally
IT is completely untrue and irresponsible for Don Rishton to state that "the decision on Darwen Academy was made many months before meetings were held with Redearth Road residents." (LET, August 25). I did "trawl through the minutes" as Mr Rishton suggested
BLACKBURN Rovers are pondering a transfer deadline swoop for Rangers defender Zurab Khizanishvilli. Reports in Scotland this morning claim the defender has already agreed a one-year loan at Ewood Park, but this is wide of the mark. Rovers today confirmed
PENDLE'S civic leaders are demanding the return of the X43 bus service from Colne to Manchester. Councillors claim hundreds of residents have been left stranded by Burnley and Pendle Travel's decision to terminate the route at Nelson. Now they are calling
BURNLEY are anxiously awaiting the results of a scan amid fears that Wayne Thomas could be ruled out for the rest of the season with a cruciate knee injury. The defender's setback, in a late tumble with former Clarets winger Glen Little, overshadowed
AUGUST has turned into the month from hell for the Clarets. The smallest squad in the Championship stretched to the limit by injuries, well-documented work-permit problems and a collective sequence of results that fail to reflect their competitiveness
LOWERHOUSE came back from the death to snatch a crucial win against Burnley and take a stranglehold on the Lancashire league title. Jonathan Clare (39) and Chris Burton (46) looked as if they could take the game away from the leaders early on as they
BLACKBURN Rovers are pondering a transfer deadline swoop for Rangers defender Zurab Khizanishvilli. Reports in Scotland this morning claim the defender has already agreed a one-year loan at Ewood Park, but this is wide of the mark. Rovers today confirmed
A MANHUNT has been launched after a 29-year-old was slashed with a Samurai sword and attacked by a Rottweiler dog. Police today said they were looking for Scottish man John Orr, 42, in connection with the incident, in Glenluce Crescent, Shadsworth, Blackburn
WORK is shortly to begin on a £3.5million plan to transform another important part of Blackburn town centre even though there have been more than 600 objections. The idea is to create a a more pedestrian-friendly plaza in the Sudell Cross area and stop
GLENROSS Junior Football Club hosted its first ever tournament and it was a double delight for three local sides. For Pendle Forest, Burnley Belvedere and Haslingden won six of the seven age groups between them, all scooping two titles apiece. The inaugural
THE annual football season curtain raiser just keeps on getting bigger and bigger. The Forbes Football Tournament, now in its sixth year, has been moved to Pleasington Playing Fields just to accomodate the increasing number of teams that flock to Blackburn
IN his letter (LET, August 23) Mr Michael Morton, Director of Blackburn Transport stated "Blackburn Transport's job is to serve the people of Blackburn and Darwen." I for one will be watching that he is true to his word when bus services are re-organised
THRASH the Trash has been widely publicised, it is a worthwhile scheme started by Blackburn with Darwen Council and I myself signed up as a supporter right at the outset. I am, however, disappointed with the response of the Neighbourhood Services Department
THAT little, prickly, gardener's friend the hedgehog has long been a victim of our four-wheeled vehicles. Such fatalities are inevitable as long as hedgehogs cross roads. However, what is happening to them on the Scottish island of Uist is very different
A NURSE from Nelson who was due to go on trial charged with murdering three elderly patients has been found dead at her home. Anne Grigg-Booth, 52, of Henry Street, was accused of murdering three women, aged 96, 75 and 67, at Airedale General Hospital
A MANHUNT has been launched after a 29-year-old was slashed with a Samurai sword and attacked by a Rottweiler dog. Police today said they were looking for Scottish man John Orr, 42, in connection with the incident, in Glenluce Crescent, Shadsworth, Blackburn
A NURSE from Nelson who was due to go on trial charged with murdering three elderly patients has been found dead at her home. Anne Grigg-Booth, 52, of Henry Street, was accused of murdering three women, aged 96, 75 and 67, at Airedale General Hospital
OK. Well let's start with the good news. Seven days ago, when Steve Cotterill surveyed the state of his substitutes bench, he would have seen an assortment of kids, crocks and coaches. At least with Friday's flurry of activity and the arrival of Messrs
EVEN at this early stage of the campaign I like to think I've got a good idea of how the season is going to pan out. This season has got me scratching my head though. If the first game had me wishing us to the 40 point mark the two subsequent performances
A DAIRY farmer today denied protesters had forced him to pull out of plans for a massive composting site in the Ribble Valley. Eric Dowson, who owns Dowson Dairy at Hawkshaw Farm, in Clayton-le-Dale, had applied for permission to build a 10,000-tonne
BURNLEY are anxiously awaiting the results of a scan amid fears that Wayne Thomas could be ruled out for the rest of the season with a cruciate knee injury. The defender's setback, in a late tumble with former Clarets winger Glen Little, overshadowed
DARWEN artists fear for the future of new talent after learning a centre for showcasing young people's work may be demolished. The Valley Arts Centre is earmarked for clearance as part of plans to regenerate the Redearth Triangle area. The Brunswick Street
A YOUNG Olympic hopeful has been shortlisted for a prestigious national sports award. Bacup's David Groom has been selected from hundreds of nominations for the One Complete Solutions Young Sports-person of the Year Awards. The 17-year-old Bacup and Rawtenstall
A COUNCILLOR'S grocery store has failed an environmental health inspection for the second time in four months. Officials have now launched an investigation which could see Coun Hussain Akhtar prosecuted under environmental health laws. Officers discovered
