DOCUMENT management specialists Cad-Capture have completed a major contract. The Blackburn firm was called on to help Metalastik Vibration Control Systems transfer its collection of old drawings into computer format. Converted for the new archive on 14
A FYLDE solicitor is going back into practice - at the age of 80. Charles Ingham is to rejoin Ingham, Clegg, Crowther, the partnership which he gave his name to 60 years ago and originally left around 50 years later. Since his retirement, he has become
COMPANIES battled it out to become quiz champions of East Lancashire. Members of the six business clubs in the area tested their brains at the third annual quiz night staged at the Berkley Manor, Accrington. The AM Challengers team from Ashworth Moulds
THE number of firms being taken to industrial tribunals has risen by 83 per cent in the last 10 years and the number of cases is still increasing. Now the Low Pay Unit in Manchester has now published a 'Good Employer Guide' to help small firms on employment
THE Blackburn office of chartered surveyors Storey Sons and Parker has closed. The company is to merge its two offices in Lancashire into the Preston office. Nick Blezard, managing director, said: ''There have been and will be no redundancies. Operating
A DECISION to impose car parking charges in Wyre has received mixed reaction from local traders. Wyre Borough Councillors agreed at a meeting on Tuesday night (February 13) to impose charges for eight town centre car parks in Poulton, Cleveleys and Fleetwood
DRAMATIC cuts in business rates for around 40 retailers at Blackpool's Gynn Square have been hailed as an extra fillip in the area's revamp bid. Rateable values are set to be cut by as much as a fifth - bringing discounts of upwards of £1,000 to numerous
A discovery in an attic has given an exciting kick-start to Darwen's centenary celebrations. Builder Geoff Baker has carefully preserved and framed dozens of rare newspaper supplements dating from 1896 to 1916 found discreetly packed behind a painting
COUNCILLORS at tonight's (Thursday, February 15 ) policy and resources meeting will decide whether to pay a private consultancy firm to investigate Hyndburn Transport's performance. In the light of Pendle Council's move to sell their share of Burnley
ACCRINGTON and Rossendale College bosses have been given a resounding vote of no confidence in a ballot of 107 teaching staff. The ballot, conducted by teachers' union NATFHE, revealed 104 lecturers had no confidence in college managers, principal Mike
Jimmy Mullen reflected on his Turf Moor reign today and admitted: "I still love Burnley." Mullen lost his Turf Moor post following a weekend of turmoil at Turf Moor and already the likes of Brian Flynn, Adrian Heath, Chris Waddle, Dario Gradi and Brian
TEENAGERS - some as young as 14 - have been rampaging through Preston on a crime and vandalism spree. Three youths broke into a house in Fletcher Road, Preston on January 21 by forcing open a back door causing £1,000 damage. One of the teenagers was aged
RAILWAY level crossings in rural Lancashire are being turned into death traps according to British Transport Police. They claim people are putting their lives at risk by abusing safety procedures. The BTP has branded the North West and particularly rural
UNDERWATER divers were called in and a police helicopter scrambled to Heaton Park in Prestwich, Bury, was sealed off on Wednesday morning following the discovery of the body of a woman in the boating lake. The death is currently being regarded as suspicious
A CHALLENGE for Internet surfers - can anyone out there help me trace my family, or distant relatives? My grandmother was born in Barkway, Hertfordshire, and her family, the Browns, owned a cafe there. She left to become a matron on passenger ships to
THE vicar of St Stephen's Church in Bird Street has turned to the power of prayer for help in getting a telegraph pole shifted. The new £330,000 church is nearly complete. Parishioners are hoping to start worshipping there next month. But one small thing
WORK looks like going ahead on the imposing, former Boar's Head public house and hotel in Radcliffe's town centre. An application for full planning consent which will include the first and second floors being converted into 15 self-contained flats is
Hoppers 8 - Kendal 5 A DRAMATIC drop goal by John Bleasdale with the game's final action gave Hoppers a victory they just about deserved. Both packs had their periods of superiority and while Hoppers were starved of possession at the line-outs they won
RESIDENTS are being urged to lock up their wheelie bins to beat the burglars. The plastic bins are proving to be a burglar's greatest asset and are used on a daily basis to break into homes. Intruders stand on them to climb through windows and afterwards
THE Barnet bogeymen returned to haunt Preston on Saturday and Peters is determined that there will be no repeat this week. "WE will be a very different team this Saturday," vows North End boss Gary Peters. Colchester United are the opposition and will
SOCCER chiefs at Preston North End have denied claims they have snubbed a chance to take part in the London marathon - and raise cash for charity. Organisers of the race - Flora London Marathon 1996 - are rallying all 92 English professional soccer clubs
A FURIOUS mum claims her teenage son was sacked from his paper round for taking just two days off sick. Marion Yardley says 15-year-old Stephen returned to work at United News in Leyland after two days in bed with flu and was told: 'You're sacked'. He
ECOLOGIST at Manchester Metropolitan University are on the lookout for urban foxes. Their Foxwatch project has been running for some years now, but they are still looking at them as a population, and investigating their distribution. Currently they estimate
BINGO winner Klaus Blundel is still reeling from shock after having won £32,704.29 at the 'big bucks' Buckingham Bingo hall in Preston. Klaus who called 'house' after just 44 numbers, won the house prize, the regional prize and a quarter share of the
TWO big-hearted Preston nurses are hoping pedal power will help them raise hundreds of pounds for charity. Ginette Botham and Alison Kenyan are cycling 250 miles across Israel in aid of the British Heart Foundation. They plan to spend five days in the
WHEN Darwen Citizen reporter Andrea Muldoon visited Australia she found her brother Paul was flying the flag for Blackburn - a la carte! For the chef, who trained at Accrington and Rossendale Catering College, calls himself Rovers Catering Service as
SCIENCE is fun - that's the message from two biology boffins to Preston youngsters. The two University of Central Lancashire professors want to involve all primary schools in Preston and South Ribble in a science and drama competition as part of National
A SUPERBLY taken goal by striker Rob Matthews extended Bury's remarkable sequence of results against Doncaster. This was their tenth win in succession against Rovers whose only other home setback this season came at the hands of Rochdale last September
AS the merry-go-round of the FA Cup continues this weekend, Rovers sit out the ride and get the chance to get their injured players up and running again. The injury list at Ewood Park is as long the proverbial arm with a number of key players struggling
BUNGLING consultants have landed Blackburn Council with having to find an extra £100,000 for remedial work to the troubled town hall tower block. In December last year, shocked councillors were told the block had hit snags just four years after a £3.5
A BATTLE was looming over the future of an East Lancashire carpet firm's plan to create 60 new jobs. Blackburn Council's planning committee voted for an application for a major expansion by Cavalier Carpets at their Blackburn factory. The firm's managing
A NATIONWIDE Big Mac alert went out after East Lancashire burger fans were struck down by a McDonalds meal. The fast food diners caught a rare form of poisoning from the popular American meal and three suffered kidney failure. Fourteen young people were
INDOOR market traders in Colne are calling for a draught-free zone. They are tired of being at the mercy of cold blasts which come in through the doors of the market hall and they want something done about it. Their fight is being taken up by Colne councillor
A MAN is helping police with their inquiries after an armed raid at a post office in Nelson yesterday morning (Wednesday). The robbery happened at the Belle Vue sub post office in Leeds Road when a man in black pulled a gun on the assistant and demanded
FOR SALE: Impressive stone built, three-storey semi, complete with his n' her showers, computer suite, recently renovated refectory and quite a few classrooms - yours for just £150,000. Pendle's latest 'des-res' to hit the market is Linden Road College
INCHES settled a titanic struggle between Leigh Miners and Saddleworth Rangers. A last-gasp goal dropped agonisingly beneath the crossbar - and Miners had lost a gripping National Cup tie 13-12. Rangers had taken an early lead and it needed desperate
WORK on a £2 million contract at Canary Wharf has started despite last week's IRA bomb attack. Blackburn-based Thorsman won the contract to install raised access floors in an eight-storey building of at the Docklands development which is being fitted
MAGISTRATES at St Helens fined GEC Alsthom Ruston Diesel Ltd. £5,000 for an oil pollution incident in a tributary of Newton Brook in August, last year. An investigation by the National Rivers Authority (NRA) revealed that two days before the pollution
PLUCKY Alison Price, the brave little girl who has undergone three life-saving operations after being born with a split gullet, caused something of a stir at the McDonald's Child of Achievement Awards ceremony last week... when the St Helens lass walked
A HEALTH WATCHDOG group is proposing the merger of two NHS Trusts in an effort to save more than £250,000 and improve services to patients. Members of the Community Health Council are seeking views from the public on the proposed merger of St Helens and
PETER Martin today started the battle to retain his place in England's World Cup team. The Lancashire paceman had a personal nightmare in yesterday's disastrous opening defeat by New Zealand, going for 25 runs in his first three overs and misfielding
THE leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council has slammed wind farm developers who have put up a monitoring mast on Longridge Fell without permission. Councillor Chris Holtom said: "I have received complaints from a number of parts of Ribble Valley, in
AFTER a week of gloom and doom - first the weather then the bombing atrocity at Docklands - it makes a refreshing change to be the bearer of some good news. Our girl Andrea Muldoon went to Australia to escape this depressing winter but has returned with
THIRTY former pupils from Nelson Grammar School have stepped forward for a reunion - but there are still more than 80 to be found. Organisers had to get special permission from a former head teacher before they could look at the records held at County
PLENTY of hard work still to be done! That was the overall message from Saints' boss Shaun McRae as he reflected on his team's Silk Cut Challenge Cup win at Rochdale on Sunday. WHITTLE: Virtually a action replay of the Castleford game - that was the view
RATHER than enter a slanging match with Councillors David and Karimeh Foster (Liberal Democrats, Whitehall ward) regarding the planning application at Bull Hill for tipping, I must point out key facts missing from their letter of February 12. The planning
ADRIAN Heath emerged as the bookies favourite to land the Turf Moor job today. The Sheffield United assistant boss goes in as the red-hot 4-5 frontrunner as the battle begins to land the Burnley post. "We've had plenty of interest and so far the money
POLICE were today searching for a dog which viciously attacked a schoolboy in a town centre street. Colin Arkwright, 13, of Stansfeld Street, Blackburn, suffered horrific wrist injuries during last night's incident. Surgeons were performing emergency
THE government is ready to take tough action against Burnley council over massive losses in contract services. The council, which lost £246,000, has been given one month to account for its failure to meet financial targets. If ministers are not satisfied
ARMED police sealed off Morecambe's Green Street in the early hours of Sunday morning after receiving reports about an assault in one of the street's flats. The drama started at around 4am on Sunday morning and by 8am two armed officers had approached
SOME famous names, including Adrian Heath, Chris Waddle and Mike Walker, are being mentioned in the speculation about Jimmy Mullen's successor. Of the three, Heath, who has emerged as the fans' favourite, is most likely to apply for the job. He enjoyed
THE cast of Taking Steps needn't have worried that the dramatic injuries suffered by one of their number would hamper proceedings - he was a star. In fact, the beleaguered young man - Stephen Kennedy playing nervous solicitor Tristram Watson - won the
IF you want to follow in the footsteps of Jonah Lomu - the world's most powerful rugby winger - look no further than our fantastic new competition. New Zealand Rugby legend Jonah swears by Reebok's range of rugby boots and training clothing - and now
KIND-HEARTED folk at a furniture exhibition donated more than £5,000 to a fund in memory of Blackpool cancer victim Jo Gould. Fleetwood kitchen firm Kannon 2000 built Jo's Cafe at the Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Exhibition '96 in Birmingham in memory
A BRAVE Fylde youngster has overcome a serious disability to receive an early birthday present from the Prime Minister. Arran Gallagher was born with only one hand and malformed feet, which were amputated from the knee when he was younger, meaning he
WOULD the owner of a Victorian bridge dated 1856 please report to the council! That's the message from Blackburn Borough who say they can't afford vital repairs on Darwen's Ashton Road bridge. The cost will have to be met by the mystery owner IF they
A MOTHER has slammed the county council's bus pass policy saying her daughter is being penalised because of her faith. Dianne Hunter of Sunnyhurst, Darwen, was outraged when she was told her daughter Leonni, 18, had to pay more to travel to and from college
A LUMP behind Martha Mather's ear was baffling doctors - until they turned to a SuperScan. The Blackburn pensioner underwent a series of fruitless X-rays until a specialist referred her to the MRI unit at the Royal Preston Hospital. Within an hour, the
GAINSBOROUGH'S midweek FA Trophy defeat by Chorley could rebound on Accrington Stanley when the Lincolnshire side visit the Crown Ground on Saturday. The Magpies were the first the beat Boro in 13 games. But they're riding high in fourth spot in the Unibond
RESIDENTS in Preston's fastest growing village have stepped up their campaign to bring forward plans for a new school. Parents living in Cottam are furious that the county council isn't planning to open a school until 1998 - even though schools in the
A BLACKBURN firm has been put on red alert as it embarks on a £2m major refit project in London's Docklands. Security will be stepped up after last Friday's (February 9) IRA bomb blast which killed two people and injured dozens more. Representatives of
AT a meeting of Bury North's Police Consultative Group last Wednesday Chief Inspector Bleakley called for the public to pass on information about drugs and their distribution. When a national drugs hot-line was set up two years ago it attracted an initial
I AM sick to death of Tory MPs popping up on TV every five minutes pontificating on terrorism in Northern Ireland, saying nobody should talk to Gerry Adams or the IRA till they decommission their weapons, while on the quiet they have been arming the biggest
GREAT Harwood face a crucial home relegation battle against Harrogate on Saturday (February 17). The Showground side are just three places off the bottom of the Unibond League Division One with Harrogate one place below them. And manager Mike Higgins
A BATTLING performance by Barnet brought North End crashing back to reality at Deepdale on Saturday (February 10) A bumper crowd of 9974 turned out expecting another storming show, but were left bitterly disappointed after Preston's worst effort for a
MARK Carter's late strike salvaged a point for Bury on Tuesday night against close rivals Rochdale at Spotland. Substitute Carter capitalised on on-loan Manchester United 'keeper Kevin Pilkington's mistake with a 79th minute half-volley to square this
DEFENDING the Government's Care In The Community policy Bury's Mayor last week tongue-lashed a surprised meeting of around 90 Prestwich residents. His words had many in the outraged audience shouting for him to go - and he did, after he'd told them what
IN A NEW twist to the already-sorry saga of Blackburn's flaky Sixties skyscraper town hall tower, it is revealed today that someone got their sums wrong in a big way - so that the repair bill now becomes £100,000 more than expected. It isn't that the
PUB landlord Keith Parkinson is furious at council officials after he spent more than £22,000 on his pub then his entertainment licence application was rejected. Mr Parkinson applied to hold entertainments at the Galligreaves Hotel in Agnes Street, Blackburn
BRIGHT pupils from across the county are being offered the chance to attend a top public school for a fraction of the normal price. Rossall School in Fleetwood is offering 10 new Governors' Academic Awards to pupils entering the sixth form in September
PHIL MORETON has been in party mood. The Astley & Tyldesley Cycle Speedway star celebrated his 18th birthday a little early. It coincided with the club enjoying the best performance in its brief five-year history in the British Indoor Individual Championships
EWOOD chairman Robert Coar was in London today for a summit meeting of Premier League clubs which could have far-reaching consequences. The future development of European club football was high on the agenda as club chairmen got together for the first
POLICE are seeking witnesses after a man suffered kidney damage requiring hospital treatment after being attacked by a 15-strong gang of youths. The 51-year old victim was in a traffic queue in Thatto Heath Road at 9.20pm on Monday, Feb 5, when the youths
IWRITE in dismay at the Government's derisory pay offer of two per cent for nurses. The hollow justification for this advisory award is the notion that nurses can negotiate a further percentage locally. Presuming anyone would believe the tawdry propaganda
THE responsibility for polishing up Pendle's image has been taken on by a local woman. Sarah Lee beat off the challenge of almost 80 candidates from across the country to become Pendle Council's new principal promotions officer. She took over the new
Rochdale Hornets 20 Saints 58 SAINTS now stand just two games from Wembley following this 5th round Silk Cut Cup win at Spotland - but despite that hefty margin they'll need to improve if a trip to the Twin Towers is to become a reality! For although
TROUBLED Jimmy Mullen ended his reign as Burnley manager on Monday after young thugs tried to set fire to his wife's clothes. Mr Mullen, his wife, Sharon, and seven-year-old son, Danny, stopped at a take-away on Burnley Road, Harle Syke, on Sunday (February
AN ANGRY mum is warning people against cash hungry sharks running a home-worker scam. It involves using postcard displays in shops and post offices to advertise 'jobs' addressing envelopes. But when would-be workers send their names and addresses for
ROY McFarland is the latest big name to be linked with the Burnley job. And I can reveal that the former Derby County and Bolton Wanderers boss WILL be applying for the vacant Turf Moor post. Burnley, who advertised the job nationally yesterday, are believed
Morecambe 3 Radcliffe Borough 0 MORECAMBE threw off their recent league form to cruise past Radcliffe Borough in the Lancashire ATS Trophy on Tuesday night. And it took the Shrimps just 10 minutes to shake off the cobwebs and stamp their authority on
Jailed Morecambe pair Robert McEwen and Eon Kennedy have had another door to freedom slammed in their faces the Citizen can reveal. They heard this week from officials at the Police Complaints Authority that their accusations of alleged breaches of police
Warrington Town 1 Lancaster City 1 LANCASTER extended their run to 12 league games without defeat but had to settle for a point away at battling Warrington on Tuesday night. Warrington looked the more determined side from the start and took the game to
BLACKPOOL Tower has played host to its first wedding. Countless couples have fallen in love on the floor of the landmark's Victorian ballroom and it became the perfect setting when Kevin Sands and his bride Gaynor Sexton walked up the aisle to the sound
WHAT is the point in improving the town centre when it is not safe to park your car on a security-controlled fee-payable car park? My son had his car broken into on one of the main car parks. When he reported it to the security guards on duty (who were
COMPANY car owners should now find it easier to swap their Cavalier or Mondeo for that dream classic motor. Changes in the tax system are increasingly favouring classic cars according to accountants. "If an employer bought for example a 1968 E type Jaguar
RECORDED crime has doubled in Lancashire under the Tory Government but the number of criminals dealt with by police has fallen by 16 per cent. The figures demonstrate that the country's criminal justice system is in crisis, according to Blackburn MP and
A LEYLAND infant school has banned parents from bringing dogs onto the school's premises after fears pupils could be attacked. Earnshaw Bridge County Infants has sent out letters to parents this week informing them of their new 'no dogs' policy. Headteacher
THE body of an unemployed graphic designer from Penwortham was found at the side of the River Ribble on Saturday. David Wilding, aged 21, of Wingates, was discovered by a passer-by on Saturday afternoon. He had been dead for 12 hours. Inspector John Hurley
RESIDENTS in Preston's fastest growing village have stepped up their campaign to bring forward plans for a new school. Parents living in Cottam are furious that the county council isn't planning to open a school until 1998 - even though schools in the
BOX OFFICE staff witnessed a stampede as hundreds of young fans swooped on Blackburn's King George's Hall to snap up tickets. The rush was prompted by the announcement on breakfast television that pop sensation Boyzone are coming to town. And when the
BLACKBURN Hawks may well have guaranteed their Premiership play-off spot but this weekend they face two sides fighting for theirs. And on Wednesday there is the little matter of travelling to leaders Manchester Storm looking to avenge the 9-3 drubbing
TRIBUTES are ringing in the ears of the lively ladies who run Lancashire County Council's switch-board. They answered nine out of 10 calls within 15 seconds - earning top marks from the local government spending watchdog, the Audit Commission. And staff
DELIVERED by road to the East Lancashire Railway last Friday the Duchess of Hamilton, Britain's most powerful express steam locomotive, hauled the 10am from Bury to Rawtenstall on Saturday - and will haul trains every weekend during February and March
Local MP David Sumberg is being urged a second time to help solve the problem of the 'blighted' homes left after the scrapping of the M62 Relief Road at Whitefield in Bury. Councillors want the MP for Bury South to help persuade Ministers to decide what
A FORMER hospital site is a home to rats and a target for vandals, say nearby residents. When Victoria Hospital in Burnley closed, a quarter of the buildings were converted into a nursing home and the rest remained vacant. Vandalism led to the buildings
PROMPT action and quick thinking carried out by a young Bury mum stopped her son from becoming the victim of a live bullet - and saved him from possible death. After a carefree fun family day outing on Tuesday tears of joy and laughter could so easily
JACK BYRNE shrugged away the biting cold as he vigorously rubbed his hands and snuggled warm in his winter overcoat. "Its a long way from Hawaii," laughed the former Rugby League player and coach. A strange comment on a freezing February day in Leigh,
MRS MARIE McCourt, the mother of murder victim Helen McCourt would like to thank everyone who attended the commemorative mass held at St Mary's Church, Billinge, on Friday, February 9 (the eighth anniversary of Helen's disappearance). Marie, from Billinge
IF THERE is one food the British excel at making and eating it has got to be chips. They are as traditional as sliced bread and can be eaten with just about everything. Chips are enjoyed by people of all social classes and ages and every year we munch
ROMANTIC Angela Kay wanted the whole town to know how she felt about boyfriend Troy Bennett. So the sentimental 26-year-old strung up a Valentine's day banner outside her house in Marsh House Lane, Darwen, asking Troy, 24, to marry her - and then waited
Morecambe Car Club is staging its annual rally - The Mather Signs Bay Stages - at Flookburgh Airfield in Cark this Sunday, February 18. It is the first round of several local championships, which includes the RSM motorsport run by the Kirkby Lonsdale
