CHORLEY Harriers chairman Martin Harrington has competed in a wide variety of marathons in several countries so you have to take note when he claims that "the Medoc Marathon near Bordeaux must be the best marathon in the world." It is advertised as the
IT wasn't quite a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but Steve Fennell was £60 better off after winning the second Cowpe Fly Anglers Open competition. His bag of blues and rainbow trout, weighing 11.73Ibs, was good enough to come out on top in the
BURNLEY FC Girls Under 14s turned on the style in front of the watching England goalkeeper, Rachel Brown, to beat arch-rivals Rovers. The Burnley-born shot-stopper was among the spectators at Queens Park to watch the Clarets run riot -- with Ella MacDermid
SNOOKER star Chris Norbury is tickled pink after pocketing a major sponsorship deal just days before his pro debut. The Accrington teenager, who has agreed a season-long deal with the North Lancs Training Group, will face former world number three James
IN the event that a citizen is prosecuted for urinating in a public place, will it be a justifiable defence to say that it was an emergency and cite the fact that in Blackburn the council provides not one single public convenience that is available after
WE have had several controversies in Blackburn. To name but a few there have been the disastrous orbital route, the fiasco that is Church Street and the dubious question over homes that are declared unfit to live in and are to be demolished in Blackburn
A 16-YEAR-OLD student today told of how he went blind over a weekend after being struck down by a rare and devastating disease. And health experts said Michael Harrison is probably the only boy in East Lancashire with the symptoms of Leber's Optic Neuropathy
ROVERS RES 2 WEST BROM RES 0 BLACKBURN Rovers beat West Brom for the second time in three days thanks to the help of David Thompson last night. Thompson made his comeback after a five-month absence and contributed an assist as Glyn Hodges' reserve side
PLANS to transform a delapidated sports club in Nelson into a state-of-the-art facility are set to be given the green light. The proposals for Jimmy Nelson Sports Club, Wickworth Street, include offices and apartments as well as new tennis courts and
MARC Pugh continued his red-hot goalscoring streak with another double to maintain Burnley Youth Team's 100 per cent start to the season. The 18-year-old Clarets winger turned emergency striker scored both goals in the weekend's 2-0 Alliance League victory
GARRETH O'Connor has his eyes on eclipsing his scoring target after three deadly strikes in as many games. O'Connor ensured Burnley go into the two-week break in high spirits with a sensational winner at Wolves to follow up the stunning free kick against
GARRETH O'Connor has his eyes on eclipsing his scoring target after three deadly strikes in as many games. O'Connor ensured Burnley go into the two-week break in high spirits with a sensational winner at Wolves to follow up the stunning free kick against
A ROSSENDALE teacher has been elected to an independent watchdog aimed at regulating the teaching profession. Peter Cooper, who lives in Whitworth will be involved in taking key decisions on behalf of the General Teaching Council for England -- the independent
WE expect a lot from our highly-paid sportsmen - and rightly so. Parents have a right to expect role models for their children in return for the mega-bucks salaries these people command. And they are understandably concerned when the actions and behaviour
WHEN you correct swimmers strokes on holiday and disqualify Olympic finalists while watching on TV, then you know you have someone hooked on their chosen sport. So it is fair to say that Chris McKean is something of a fanatic when it comes to swimmer.
WE have lived in a council rented property for three years. We spoke to the housing officer for our area regarding a gate to a shared ginnel between our house and next door. This gate has been tied up and nailed shut, this means we have no throughway
THE report 'Homes Revaluation is put on hold' (LET, September 17) was good news but before householders rejoice at Labour's U-turn on the council tax revaluation planned for 2007, they should note that postponement is not a cancellation. It simply means
DAVID Thompson is hoping his injury nightmare is now firmly behind him after he made an impressive return to action last night. The Blackburn Rovers midfielder made his first competitive appearance in five months when he turned out for the reserves in
A REWARD of £10,000 is being offered to catch thieves who broke into a Burnley bookmakers. They netted almost £3,000 from the break-in at Ladbrokes, Yorkshire Street -- but now have a bounty on their heads of more than triple that amount. Ladbrokes have
A BURNLEY mum-of-four has shed nine stone and undergone £70,000 worth of cosmetic surgery to become half the woman she once was. Colne Asda worker Rachel Leeming weighed 19st when she was at her heaviest but after a strict diet and five operations she
A 16-YEAR-OLD student today told of how he went blind over a weekend after being struck down by a rare and devastating disease. And health experts said Michael Harrison is probably the only boy in East Lancashire with the symptoms of Leber's Optic Neuropathy
THE owners of a Thai restaurant and pub which have tasted both local and worldwide fame are to move -- to Thailand. Paul and Buaphat Cryer, who own the Judge Walmesley pub and Dao-Siam restaurant in Whalley New Road, Billington, are to retire from the
DAVID Thompson is hoping his injury nightmare is now firmly behind him after he made an impressive return to action last night. The Blackburn Rovers midfielder made his first competitive appearance in five months when he turned out for the reserves in
A COUPLE fear for the lives of their children after vandals torched their car. And they are so anxious to find the culprits they have offered a £500 reward for information leading to an arrest. Jonathan Meyer, 34, of Crewdson Street, said the black BMW
YOUNG Blackburn Rovers fans have a new hero -- but football-mad schoolchildren have been warned not to copy Shefki Kuqi's unique goal celebrations. The striker's first goals at Ewood Park in Saturday's 2-0 win over Premiership strugglers West Bromich
TAXPAYERS' cash is being used to prop up a council parking warden scheme after it failed to issue enough tickets to cover costs. Despite more fines being issued in Blackburn and Darwen than in any other part of East Lancashire, the authority has admitted
