NOBODY would argue against the use of the internet to aid our children's education. But just as quickly as pupils go online, some of them find a way to abuse the system. The latest example is the case of two sixth-form pupils who left a church high school
IT was repugnant to see on our television screens an 82-year-old man being dragged out of the Labour Conference Hall for shouting "That's a lie," during the Foreign Secretary's speech. The stewards were to say the least very robust in their treatment
A BOY was badly burned after being 'engulfed in flames' as he played with a petrol-driven toy car. Dillon Cawley, eight, was injured when his clothes caught fire while he was playing with friends in Crossland Street, off Corporation Street, Accrington
BURNLEY Football Club is being sued by a fan who was hit in the face with a football at a match. Jean Mills - wife of well known supporter Derek "Rocky" Mills - today said she was taking action after failing to win an apology from the club. It is thought
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Craig Bellamy could be back in action by the end of the month after a scan on his injured knee revealed the problem is not as serious as first feared. The 26-year-old forward, who limped out of Saturday's game with West Brom after
A GRIEVING dad today vowed to continue his fight for answers on how his son died after telling an inquest he believed he had been killed. Keith Haworth, 52, spoke after it was revealed that a flatmate seen walking out of a room where Liam Haworth was
BURNLEY Football Club is being sued by a fan who was hit in the face with a football at a match. Jean Mills - wife of well known supporter Derek "Rocky" Mills - today said she was taking action after failing to win an apology from the club. It is thought
A BOY was badly burned after being 'engulfed in flames' as he played with a petrol-driven toy car. Dillon Cawley, eight, was injured when his clothes caught fire while he was playing with friends in Crossland Street, off Corporation Street, Accrington
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill fears that injured duo Wayne Thomas and Danny Coyne may not be fit in time to start NEXT season. Both players have their legs in a brace as they wait for medial knee ligament damage to heal. Only then can surgeons operate
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Craig Bellamy could be back in action by the end of the month after a scan on his injured knee revealed the problem is not as serious as first feared. The 26-year-old forward, who limped out of Saturday's game with West Brom after
A WOMAN who battled back from life-saving surgery for a brain tumour is raising cash as a thank-you to the staff who treated her. Lindsay Walton, 23, of Rudyard Drive, Darwen, underwent surgery at the neurological unit of the Royal Preston Hospital to
THE widow of an MRSA victim is suing hospital bosses for alleged medical negligence over her husband's death. Carole Anne Short, of Zion Road, Blackburn, has launched proceedings against the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. David Short, died from
THE bishop of Blackburn has been caught up in the controversy over a proposed burial ground after one of his private letters was delivered to residents. The Rt Rev Nicholas Reade is "unhappy" the note, outlining his support in principle for the plan,
IN reply to the story on Mini Motos (LET September 22). I race a Mini Moto in the Mini Moto Grand Prix, run by the Lucky Devils of Colne. It costs me £250 a year for membership which allows me to practise regularly. Lucky Devils pay a fortune for insurance
I HAVE recently had an eye operation on the NHS at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and would like to offer my sincere thanks to Mr Ragheeb and his team and all the nursing staff on Ward 12. The operation on my eye was not straightforward but was performed with
AS a former "Ribble" employee, I have been saddened by the demise of the X43 Skipton/Burnley/Man-chester service. The service between Skipton and Colne was withdrawn some years ago, but last month saw the surprising withdrawal of the section between Colne
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are claiming victory after Pendle Council unveiled plans to make Trawden Forest a Conservation Area. Friends of the Earth and local residents have already been successful in getting the protected status for Winewall and Trawden in a
AN MP has insisted that the decision over whether a controversial waste treatment plant should be built in Huncoat should be made by the Government. Hyndburn's Greg Pope believes proposals for the facility on the site of the former Huncoat power station
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill fears that injured duo Wayne Thomas and Danny Coyne may not be fit in time to start NEXT season. Both players have their legs in a brace as they wait for medial knee ligament damage to heal. Only then can surgeons operate
FORMER Lancashire star Ian Austin is urging the Red Rose county to give youth a chance next season. The new Frizzell County Championship Division 2 champions got to the semi-final of the C&G Trophy and the final of the Twenty20 Cup but Austin reckons
Not many people know that The Fall were John Peel's favourite band, and even fewer people could actually name any of the cult Bury-based punk band's songs. The band -- with support from punk poet John Cooper Clarke -- have been booked to play Burnley
The band -- with support from punk poet John Cooper Clarke -- have been booked to play Burnley Mechanics on October 9. Despite The Fall's lack of mainstream success, their influence and reputation within the industry is second to none. Since the late
POLICE in Ramsbottom are to ditch patrol cars in favour of mountain bikes as part of new moves to combat gangs of youths who have been causing a nuisance. Police patrolling the area will be able to cycle down narrow footpaths and alleyways which are inaccessible
TWO sixth form pupils have left a church high school after an investigation into an offensive and "non Christian" website which ridiculed classmates. The teenage girls, students at St Wilfrid's Church of England High School and Technology College, Duckworth
