A LANCASHIRE MP has called for more cash and criminal assets seized by police to go back into frontline services. Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle said the Government should "use the criminal's money to crack down on criminal activity." In 2004/05, Lancashire
HUNDREDS of people turned out in Simonstone to see the demolition of one of the village's landmarks. A klaxon sounded and the crowd counted down to the explosion which would topple the 140ft chimney and three buildings on the former LG Philips site, known
A HEADTEACHER today claimed she was being pushed to "breaking point" by new government demands forcing her away from the classroom. Liz Beaumont, head at Cedars Infant School, Hawthorn Street, Blackburn, spoke as union officials said her situation was
RYAN Nelsen has leapt to the defence of Zurab Khizanishvili by insisting referee Mark Halsey was wrong to send him off during Saturday's game with Liverpool. The Georgian international was controversially red carded after he appeared to trip Reds striker
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes intends to appeal against Zurab Khizanishvili's red card after the Georgian defender was controversially dismissed during Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Liverpool. Hughes was incensed to see Khizanishvili sent off by referee Mark
A 18-YEAR-OLD from Burnley fell down stairs after a night out and choked to death on his vomit an inquest heard. The hearing was told Lynford Newham was found dead at the foot of the stairs of his Burnley home by his dad at about 9am on May 7. The teenager
FROM Factory Records to X-Factor, the Bury songstress has had a long and colourful dalliance with the music industry, but now gets to release her debut solo offering. Unfortunately it's a badly cobbled-together mix of covers and original material, flooded
POLICE in Colne want to put plain clothed officers in taxis following a string of attacks. Today, Mohammed Zaman, the owner of Eagle Star taxis in Dockray Street said the problem had grown so bad it was "like living in Iraq". And officers revealed they
A PHONE giant has blamed poor reception in the Ribble Valley on too many calls being made from mobiles. Hutchison 3G, which uses the latest technology to include the internet, cameras and video messaging in its handsets, said it now plans to double the
JENSEN: Brilliantly denied Blake but questionable positioning for the equaliser. 7 DUFF: Came up against a dangerous winger in Lewis and came off second best. 7 SINCLAIR: Made countless interceptions before Hulse stole in on the blind side. 8 McGREAL:
DEAD ball expert Garreth O'Connor is carving out quite a reputation for himself. And Burnley boss Steve Cotterill is happy to let the free-scoring midfielder set his own target for the season after notching in the fourth successive game at the weekend
STEVE Cotterill cast an envious eye at the Leeds squad, but still insisted his battling side deserved something from the Roses clash. Garreth O'Connor's penalty, his fourth goal in as many games, raised hopes that Burnley could earn their third successive
ALL eyes were on Robbie Blake's return. But in the end it was strike partner Rob Hulse who sneaked into Turf Moor under the radar to plunder the points and leave Burnley feeling well and truly 'Robbed'. Hulse spent much of the afternooon in a sulky strop
NELSON did just enough to see off the challenge of Eccleshall and go through to the second round of the NWC League Cup at Victoria Park in an evenly balanced game. The Blues took the lead on 18 minutes when Robbie Smith stole in to head home Craig Bradshaw's
THIS was a game determined by some controversial refereeing decisions. The first came after 15 minutes when Salford's striker John Robinson was seen to clearly use his arm to knock down the ball which bounced up at Colne's Keiron Roberts chest and the
DARWEN gaffer Steve Mullen held a meeting with his players to sort out a sticky patch - and it certainly did the trick! Mullen was delighted with his players following this League Challenge Cup triumph. He said: "We played really well. I felt I needed
WOODLEY Sports deservedly took their place in the next round of this season's FA Trophy with a comfortable victory at Dark Lane. They may have only won by a single goal, but Dale keeper Andrew Robertson kept his side in the game with a string of excellent
NOT too long ago, the prospect of a visit from a side that had scored six goals in their previous game would have sent shivers through the Ramsbottom defenders. Now that defence has been shored up to such an effect that only one goal has been conceded
SO You Know doesn't seem to know what it is. Kicking off trying to sound like the intro to an early U2 record, it ultimately ends up as American lightweight high-school punk in the style of Blink 182 or Good Charlotte. Hailing from Essex, this is InMe's
BLACKBURN Rovers' chairman John Williams has called for video technology to be introduced into the professional game following Zurab Khizanishvili's controversial sending off at Liverpool on Saturday. Williams believes match referee Mark Halsey might
THE Modfather is back -- and back to pretty close to his best. After taking it easy and releasing a few cover versions here and there, Weller seems to have discovered a renewed energy and produced an album which will appeal to fans from all ages of his
DON'T be fooled by the title - Jonny Rotten and Sid Vicious are nowhere in sight. Neither are any guitars. Instead this two-and-a-half minute ditty is full of nostalgic lyrics - "Record shops were still on top, and vinyl was all that they stocked" - written
A NEW Internee cafe named after former England football captain Sam Wadsworth has been launched in Darwen. The cafe is part of Darwen Resource Centre, which supports people suffering from mental health issues. It was named after Sam, who died win 1961
COUNCILLORS will live to regret refusing to consider installing an Olympic-sized swimming pool in Darwen, it was claimed today. Blackburn with Darwen Council's ruling Labour group has told campaigners fighting for a 50m-long pool in the town that they've
AN MP is fighting for a drug to be banned after a Darwen woman claimed it had destroyed her life and made her a recluse. Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson has vowed to make the Government listen to shock warnings over anti-depressant Seroxat after
A "dangerous" and drunken knifeman who turned up after police were called to trouble at a Haslingden pub has kept his freedom -- but only just. Burnley Crown Court heard how Stephen McClorey, 41, only agreed to get help for his drink problem when a judge
BLACKBURN racing hero Carl Fogarty has proved he is 'first class' after becoming the face of a new set of stamps. The four-time World Superbike Champion is set to zoom his way on to the doormats of households across the Isle of Man as part of a rare set
A PAEDOPHILE from Blackburn struck up friendships with two young boys despite being banned from spending time alone with children, a court heard. Paul Hynard, 24, of Dickens Street, Blackburn, who spent 95 days on remand, was sentenced to a two-year community
A WOMAN robbed at one of Blackburn's busiest junctions today told of her disbelief that no one came to her aid. The Blackburn woman, 48, said passers-by looking the other way while £300 was stolen was more upsetting than the actual robbery. She was mugged
MOBILE phone chiefs want to put a mast just yards away from the shop of a woman who claims her brother died from a brain tumour caused by mobiles. Elaine Lishman, who owns Flower Occasions, East Park Road, Blackburn, is fighting plans by Vodafone to erect
BURNLEY manager Steve Cotterill has urged his players to put the weekend's disappointment behind them and kick-start another sequence with a good result at The Walkers Stadium tonight (7.45pm KO). The agonising defeat to Leeds on Saturday ended a four-game
FRIEDEL: Couldn't do much about Cisse's match-winning free kick. 7 NEILL: Did his best to contain Warnock but now faces a ban for five bookings. 6 KHIZANISHVILI: Unlucky to be sent off after getting his timing wrong. 6 NELSEN: Led by example and didn't
BLACKBURN Rovers' chairman John Williams has called for video technology to be introduced into the professional game following Zurab Khizanishvili's controversial sending off at Liverpool on Saturday. Williams believes match referee Mark Halsey might
MARK Hughes is one of a rare breed of modern managers who normally refuses to point the finger of blame at referees in a vain attempt to cover up his side's own deficiencies. Hughes would rather look within than castigate a match official as a way of
A COURIER driver told a police officer he would "have him" as his uncle was a police sergeant. Steven George, 29, of Harold Street, Burnley admitted being drunk and disorderly and was fined £75 with £45 costs by Blackpool magistrates. Prosecutor, Pam
A WORKER who lost his job after one of Burnley's biggest employers folded is claiming he and fellow workers have still not been paid -- a year after the firm went into administration. Chris Raby, 41, of Barley Grove, Burnley, worked as a planner at the
A 46-year-old Nelson woman 'doctored' her prescription because she felt she needed more sleeping tablets than the doctor ordered. Blackburn magistrates heard that Teresa Stokes was prescribed two tablets but inserted a '1' after the '2' before presenting
NELSON'S civic leaders have been told they need to raise £27,000 to keep a bus route running morning to night. Lancashire County Council bosses extended their number 98 bus service, operated by Tyrer, to Chapelhouse Road following Burnley and Pendle Travel's
ALABAMA 3 are a band who tick all the boxes. In fact, they'd probably scribble a few more boxes and tick those as well. Think Massive Attack meets American country and western, or as frontman, The Reverend D.Wayne Love put it in Preston on Saturday night
AN ENGINEER from East Lancashire is toasting his luck after he scooped more than £100,000 at bingo. The 52-year-old from Colne landed the top prize after winning the National Bingo Game. The man, who has asked not to be identified, was playing at the
A LABOURER from Colne who smashed a man's jaw with a single punch was spared jail -- after a judge told him prisons were bursting at the seams. Lee Monaghan, 27, had skills that he could put to use for the good of the community and could pay back society
MY column may well be 'A Rover all view' but it would be remiss of me not to mention England's game last Saturday. Appalling. There you go, I've done it. Now I think all the mass hysteria in the press can cease and we can actually look forward to what
A SCHEME to help ex-offenders rebuild their lives is to bid for funding to expand its work. Project Restore was set up by Oswaldtwistle Comm-unity Church, based in the Hope Centre, Watson Street, six months ago to help former prisoners, many of whom are
AN ACCRINGTON youngster who was "engulfed in flames" while playing with a petrol-driven toy car is on the mend after a second painful skin graft operation was hailed a success. Nine-year-old Dillon Cawley, of Corporation Street, suffered 20 per cent burns
BURNLEY will bide their time before replying to allegations that Leeds midfielder Shaun Derry was "attacked" in the players' tunnel after Saturday's explosive Roses clash at Turf Moor. United last night went public to accuse a Burnley player, thought
CLITHEROE'S top trio were at it again on Saturday as they sailed through their FA Trophy first qualifying round tie at home to Spalding. Craig Sargeson, Tommy Evans and Gary Jackson scored the second half goals to take their tally for the season to 25
GREAT Harwood slumped to their fifth defeat of the NWCFL Division Two season at the hands of Winsford and manager John Hughes insisted that the main problem was simply a failure to find the net. "It is not the way we are performing that is the problem
BACUP'S injury-hit squad was further depleted in the wake of their 2-1 defeat at Atherton Collieries. Matthew Cross will need an operation after he badly cut his hand before Saturday's game and meant Borough boss Brent Peters was forced into a late reshuffle
PADIHAM's interest in this season's North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup competition ended when they were beaten 1-0 at home by First Division side Silsden. A goal by former Padiham striker James Gill on 20 minutes proved to be the deciding
BURNLEY manager Steve Cotterill has urged his players to put the weekend's disappointment behind them and kick-start another sequence with a good result at The Walkers Stadium tonight (7.45pm KO). The agonising defeat to Leeds on Saturday ended a four-game
STEVIE Wonder ... Motown .... names so evocative to anyone with a love of music. But -- and there is a but I'm afraid -- this new album, Wonder's first in over 10 years is a disappointment. At times there are flashes of the genius we know is there but
I'M never sure about artists who play around with too many electronic gizmos to create 'exciting new sounds'. Magnetophone clearly have a cupboard full of 80s synths and the odd tape machine and they enjoy playing around with it all. The instrumental
DISABLED horse rider Felicity Coulthard has been competing against paralympic equestrians in Belgium in her latest international event. Felicity, 20, of Essex Street, Darwen, took part in the Quadrille at Moorselle in Flanders, on her horse, Hammah, returning
A VOLUNTEER soldier from Darwen has been learning survival skills during a training exercise on Dartmoor. Staff Sergeant Cindy Meller, 32, is a member of Blackburn-based 93 Signal Squadron, part of 37 Signal Regiment (Volunteers). Cindy, who has been
INJURY-HIT Chorley crashed out of the FA Trophy at the first hurdle for the eighth successive season, their hopes virtually extinguished in the opening minutes by Premier Division Guiseley. The Magpies' destroyer was the talented wideman Roy Stamer, a
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl walking home with her Asian boyfriend was subjected to racist abuse from a group of drunken teenagers who then chased the couple and attacked them. Blackburn magistrates heard that the girl was kicked and punched and struck with various
AROUND 1,000 homes across East Lancashire could be demolished and 1,900 built or renovated under a massive multi-million-pound overhaul of housing in the area. Blackburn with Darwen's leading councillor today hailed the news that housing bosses had submitted
A HEADTEACHER today claimed she was being pushed to "breaking point" by new government demands forcing her away from the classroom. Liz Beaumont, head at Cedars Infant School, Hawthorn Street, Blackburn, spoke as union officials said her situation was
