A FAITHFUL dog saved her elderly mistress from a frosty fate when the woman lay injured in her garden for more than 12 hours. Ruth Singleton, 85, feared she would freeze before anyone discovered her after she had taken a bad fall in her garden on Friday
THE mother of a teenage girl who was smashed over the head with a brick while walking home says it's the first and last time she'll make the trip alone. For once Emma Crane, 13, decided to walk back across Lancaster from her friend's home in Pinfold Lane
YOUNG producer Gary McGaffrey chanced his arm to bring a touch of class to Blackpool and was rewarded with a near-full house at the Grand Theatre on Sunday night (March 31). A capacity audience was no less than was deserved for this superb performance
TWO French children are hoping the kind hearted folk of Leigh or surrounding areas will offer them accommodation for a visit this year. Anne-Laure Darvin and her 11 years-old brother, David, are unfortunately unable to be offered accommodation by their
SMASH hit musicians The Hollies are coming to Blackpool this weekend (April 5) and lead singer Allan Clarke took time out of his touring schedule to chat to the Citizen. Allan, singer-songwriter in the band which shot to fame in the 1960s, says he is
FIRE damage to the garage roof, workshop and two disused coaches at Roy Oxford Coaches in Golborne has been estimated at around £25,000. And though the figure is lower than first thought, the tragedy of the vandalism, in which children as young as 10
FYLDE folk who regularly travel to the Isle of Man can now benefit from cheaper and more frequent flights from Blackpool Airport. Resort-based airline Comed Aviation has launched a new service which provides three flights a day in each direction. Aimed
EMPLOYERS and graduates taking part in a scheme to encourage college leavers to stay in East Lancashire have been commended. Last year, 65 graduates were placed with local firms as part of the Graduates into Industry programme funded by ELTEC and managed
TEENAGER Wesley Oldham felt more than a touch of pride in his fellow pupils at Lowton High School. For as the school handed over a cheque for £4,000 to the Wythenshawe Hospital Heart Transplant Fund, Wesley knew better than anyone what a good cause it
THE CITIZEN has astounded an international firm with its incredible pulling power! Almost 95,000 people visited BM Furniture store in Oswaldtwistle during a weekend sale - 63,591 of whom were attracted by an advertisement in our Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn
A LEIGH nurse believes that the power of prayer saved her life after she collapsed following an electric shock. Pauline Heaton, of Hayman Avenue, was unplugging a fan heater in Church House at Christ Church, Pennington, when she received an electric shock
A CARING community has rallied round to boost the spirits of a popular youth as he recovers from a horrific accident. Stephen Lightbown's former school, St Peter's in Darwen, and its neighbouring community, have raised £3,000 to boost a trust fund set
SCHOOLGIRL netball star Anna Newell will soon find out if she is to lead England's under-16s' on a tour of Australia this summer. The talented 16-year-old has already scooped a handful of awards but she's aiming for the dizzy heights of international
A SECOND warning in a week has been given in Parliament against a "get rich quick scam" sweeping the North West. Liberal Democrat MP David Rendel yesterday slammed the evangelical-style pyramid selling organisation Titan Business Club and branded the
AN angry mum has pledged to fight a local nursery school after they turned away her daughter. Susan Blackburn was furious after being told three-year-old Samantha could not attend Turncroft Nursery, Darwen, this September. She is particularly angry because
SALES of pies in Leigh, Tyldesley and Atherton have dropped dramatically in the past week through the beef scare. And local bakers report a drop in meat pie sales by as much as 25 percent on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the days of the greatest media
ALAN Shearer believes he has a good chance of making his Blackburn Rovers return on what could be a very special weekend for the Ewood and England striker. Rovers visit Shearer's former club Southampton on Easter Saturday and then take on the Geordie's
UNION members are claiming that Wigan Council is 'giving away' its 14 care homes for the elderly. The Journal has been told the CLS Care Services offer of "£1.9 million up front" on a long term lease has been accepted ahead of a £4 million "lock, stock
BOWLING coach Bernard Gladwin hopes his eyes will help England win a trophy in The World Outdoor Bowling Championships for visually handicapped bowlers. He will be using his 15 years of bowling experience to coach members of the British visually handicapped
LEYLAND Warriors U12s continued their recent improvement with an excellent 40-20 home win over Shaw Tigers This was the first win in '96 and was well deserved against a Shaw team who have had a good run of wins recently. The Leyland forwards, led by top
SPECULATION linking Lancaster City's captain with the Great Harwood managership was kicked into touch when the league leaders confirmed Martin Eatough was staying. Meanwhile, caretaker manager Steve Whitehead made his first signing taking Accrington Stanley
RECENT Labour Party attempts to whip up a scare over the closure of Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital have been slammed as "totally bogus" by local MP Alistair Burt and Ramsbottom Councillor Dorothy Gunther. Assurances from the Health Authority chairman Alan
DAREDEVIL teenagers are taking to jumping and hanging on to the back of moving Metrolink trams to hitch free rides through town. "This is a stupid, dangerous and idiotic practice," said a spokesperson for Metrolink. "Thankfully we have not had too many
For the first time in her short life, little Shannon Ryan has been given the all-clear by doctors. The 15-month old baby has undergone major surgery since birth after it was discovered she had three holes in her heart. Earlier this month Shannon had the
CONCERNED about the siting of a proposed crematorium in Radcliffe local residents contacted David Sumberg MP who has written to Bury's director of development services Ian Cheetham. Asking for a report of the plan's progress Mr Sumberg tells Mr Cheetham
Sheffied, playing with the benefit of a stiff breeze, took an18 point lead at the interval. McKechnie's early try was converted by Morley before Pound added two long range penalties. Doran added an unconverted try late in the half and although Sheffield
THE Mad Cow disease scare involves mass hysteria and panic, fuelled by the media and discreditable socialist politicians out to make political capital. Is it not time that it was put in a rational perspective? The World Health Organisation suggests that
THE Citizen has astounded an international firm with its incredible pulling power! Almost 95,000 people visited BM Furniture store, in Oswaldtwistle, during a weekend sale - 63,591 of whom had been attracted by an advertisement in our papers. It appeared
THIS was a day Bridge will want to forget! From early on it never looked like a winning day for the Irongate side. With only 15 minutes on the clock Bishop Auckland took the lead through Paul Dobson. Bridge fought back with a few more determined efforts
POLICE hunting a sex beast who raped a 22-year-old woman in Billinge Woods want to speak to a man they believe was sleeping rough in a near-by shed immediately prior to the attack. Detectives have discovered personal items that could belong to the man
NORTH End knocked Gillingham off the top of the table thanks to a gutsy performance against Scarborough on Saturday. And what a day it was for talk-of-the-town Gary Bennett. The £200,000 buy from Tranmere Rovers paid back a thin slice of his club record
INCREASED vigilance during the current BSE scare has been promised by Bury Council. Environmental and Health Trading Standards officers are to carry out extra checks on food safety and food quality. They intend to ensure that customers are afforded the
THE University of Central Lancashire has been awarded a massive £7,976,853 by the Lottery - the largest award so far made to a single applicant. They learned earlier this week they are to be given the cash by the Lottery Sports Fund. It will go towards
CRUMBLING classrooms and leaking roofs are a sign of the times for many schools in Preston and things aren't going to get any better. Lancashire's education chiefs have hit out against the Government's 'miserable' quota of £265,000 to spend on improving
A FORMER museum chief has hit out at the way he and colleagues were treated after years of loyalty - and has warned the service could fall apart Adrian Lewis, 50, lost his job as head of Blackburn Borough Council's Arts Services, and saw six other staff
TERRIFIED elderly residents in sheltered accommodation in Brookfield claim they are living in fear of a gang of teenagers who are terrorising them and burgling their homes. In the past 12 months, 25 out of 32 flats in Leyburn Close have been burgled by
BEEF prices in Bury Metro's supermarkets had their effect on customers last weekend. Some cuts were marked down as much as 50 per cent and despite the BSE scare many people were buying. This week, in the run-up to Easter, Asda have reduced somecuts of
A VISION for the future of Accrington's elegant old conservative club was unveiled today, following the completion of the £200,000 deal to buy the building. Colne businessman Peter Macgregor, signed the contract for the largest Conservative club in the
CHILDREN faced a chaotic start to the new school year, unless the Government made a dramatic U-turn over the introduction of the new GCSE. A spokesman for Lancashire NUT described the new exam as the biggest change in secondary education since comprehensive
MARCH 24 was TB Day. Last year world-wide three million people died from this disease - more than at its height at the turn of the century. We are told tuberculosis is on the increase. So what are the odds between catching TB or Mad Cow disease? W B CAMPBELL
HAVING followed the BSE/CJD issue, one news item I saw on TV put things into prospective. A young woman, pushing a pram, was stopped and asked if her family would still be eating British beef - to which she replied: "No chance, not until it was proved
LIBRARIES have won the thumbs-up from Burnley and Pendle bookworms in a county-wide survey. Nelson library and Burnley's Colne Road site were among 39 Lancashire libraries selected for the survey which discovered that most library users were satisfied
CHORLEY Magpies start their home fixtures in the new Super League Division Two on Good Friday when Doncaster Dragons are the visitors to Victory Park, kick off 3pm. On Easter Monday they have a local derby when they travel to Gigg Lane, Bury to take on
PIGEON fanciers are having a flutter to raise funds for the families of Dunblane. Fred Shepherd and Bob Black of the Colne Homing Society are taking part in an Edinburgh bird auction which aims to make thousands of pounds for the disaster appeal. Twenty-five
EASTERN promise could bring extra industry to Burnley as a local firm joins a Japanese trade mission next week. Aero and Industrial Technology, off Cog Lane, Burnley, has been selected to join the President of the Board of Trade in a week long drive to
ONCE again, we have a serious food crisis and, once again, we see our Prime Minister going backwards and forwards to our European masters. No-one in government circles seems to be able to make a decision one way or another. If action by the Government
NHS Trusts have been given approval by the government to sell health insurance policies. And given that the providers of health care have, in the reformed and commercialised NHS, already to "sell" their services to the purchasing authorities and fund-holding
THE TOUGH US-style "two strikes and you are out" automatic jail sentences unveiled by Home Secretary Michael Howard have, predictably, upset the do-gooders. Judges are ruffled over their powers of discretion being curbed. Probation officers and penal
HOTEL residents may finally get a peaceful night as a noise row begins to fade. All-night soul sessions have been a popular feature at Tony's New Empress Ballroom since 1988. But they have proved a massive headache for Geoffrey Beetlestone, of Beetlestone's
POLICE are investigating election cheating claims as a new proxy vote row erupted in Burnley's Daneshouse area. Liberal Democrats complained to both police and town hall election officers after discovering that two applications for proxy votes lodged
A SECURITY guard was wounded by a knife and left bound and gagged after confronting five masked raiders at a warehouse in Haydock. The baton-wielding gang struck at Tufnells Parcel Express warehouse on the Yew Tree Trading Estate at about 9.30pm on Saturday
ADRIAN Heath could make defender Charlie Bishop his first permanent signing since taking over as Burnley manager. The 28-year-old Barnsley player, who moved to Turf Moor on loan just before last week's transfer deadline, has made a big impression in his
A YOUNG WIDOWER who issued a moving plea through the Star after the theft of a cherished keepsake of his late wife, is celebrating its safe return. Father-of-three Robert Bethell was heartbroken when thieves broke into his home in Ellison Drive, Eccleston
THE Bradford Choristers will sing at the 10.30am Eucharist Service at Blackburn Cathedral on Sunday, April 14, when the setting will be Dark in E and the preacher, Canon Andrew Hindley. The rest of the day's services will include: 8am Communion; 9.15am
TYLDESLEY RU are on a roll after wins against Wigan and Carnforth. Superior pace and fitness paid dividends as they thumped Wigan 29-5, Lee Cunliffe and Dave Sivill and the back row of James O'Connor, John Kerr and Simon Adams showing the way. But the
THE lure of the racecourse has proved simply too strong for Keith Rutter. For the St Helens-born jockey is back in the saddle - just 14 months after 'retiring' to take up a new career as a telephone tipster. The former Sutton High School pupil, who is
A SPONSORED hymn playing session proved to be a successful fund-raiser for the SuperScan appeal. Pianist David Mycock spent four hours playing over 200 hymns at a charity coffee morning held at Cannon Street Baptist Church, Accrington, organised by the
COUNCIL chiefs in St Helens say their efforts to solve the town's long-standing gipsy problem are being hampered by the law! The Star is regularly contacted by angry residents demanding to know what the council and the police are doing to rid the borough
THE RSPCA has launched a full-scale investigation into the cold-blooded slaughter of two swans at the weekend. The breeding birds flew into Moss Nook on the Parr/Sutton border about six weeks ago and quickly established themselves as firm favourites with
STRAIGHT-TALKING David Lloyd is the right man to revive England's fortunes. Accrington's Lloyd has been handed the toughest task in Test cricket but those who know him well are convinced he's the man for the job. Lloyd, who started his playing career
CAMPAIGNERS have urged East Lancashire volunteers to set up a support group for sufferers of liver disease. The appeal coincides with preparations for the first-ever national Liver Awareness Week from April 29. The aim of the event, organised by the British
VISITORS to a college display will be following words and footsteps through a landscape created by a 19-year-old student. Cassandra Davies, of Johnson Street, Blackburn, is doing a BA in Visual Arts at Blackburn College, and is showing the work she has
REGARDING the voices being raised for all British cattle to be destroyed in the light of the so-called revelations on the alleged links between BSE and CJD, does this now mean there will be calls for all people entering this country to be tested for HIV
TRAGIC wife Hazel Horner died from strangulation and her husband Michael died from hanging, an inquest was told. Acting Detective Inspector Martin Worden told East Lancashire Coroner David Smith at a double inquest in Burnley that police inquiries were
TORIES in Hyndburn have thrown down the gauntlet in what they see as the most important election in the borough's history. If the ruling Labour group repeat last year's success, the opposition will be left with just one seat in the council chamber. Sixteen
POLICE are aiming to put the skids on thieves who have been plundering trendy alloy wheels. More than 40 sets have been stolen in Blackburn since the start of the year. Raiders are targeting whole sets of alloy wheels, which can cost anything up to £2,000
MOVES to discuss blight homes in Whitefield being transferred to Housing Association ownership have been welcomed. A letter from the Regional Director of the Government Office for the North West, Marianne Neville-Rolfe, to Greater Manchester West Euro
THE new merged Wigan and Bolton Health Authority, which has ultimate responsibility for health services in Leigh, came into existence on Monday. The role of the authority is to work closely with local people, the council, voluntary groups and employers
THE brave new world of Super League is launched at Knowsley Road tomorrow (Good Friday) with Saints set to face the ultimate challenge of title favourites Wigan, kick-off 3.30pm. Nothing less than outright victory will suffice for a Knowsley Road side
A GROUP of Colne children have been given their only chance of a holiday this year - but they need your help. Members of the town's New Life Christian Centre are planning the fun-packed summer camping trip to Ripon, and they're asking Citizen readers
AT the end of 1995, the Government wouldn't take any stand on the issue of Mad Cow disease. This decision was supposedly not to alarm the public unnecessarily, but more likely to prevent those in the meat industry from losing more revenue than necessary
BURNLEY National Blues Festival is well and truly putting the town on the map - with a little help from the Citizen. Blues fans from all over the world are reading about Burnley's biggest musical event on the Citizen's Internet pages. And one American
EAST Lancashire's benefit fraud hotline has blazed a trail for social security projects all over Britain who are clamouring to create their own version. The hotline has been a great success with more than 400 people ringing in to report on social security
A LEAKING water main is believed to have caused a road to collapse near an Oswaldtwistle tourist attraction. Nurse Susan McLoughlin returned from work to find a hole outside her front door in Queen Street near the Oswaldtwistle Mills complex. The short
A TEAM of researchers are working to uncover a network of lost footpaths and bridleways on the moors around Burnley and Pendle. Nearly £200,000 is being spent on the first stage of a scheme to upgrade the paths, some of which date back to medieval times
GALLANT Wallace Hartley's statue has returned to Colne. A fully restored bust of the ill-fated Titanic bandmaster has resumed pride of place at the recently refurbished site near the municipal hall on Albert Road. The return - which comes after a year's
BURNLEY Reserves added another setback to their Pontins League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of relegation threatened Rotherham at Turf Moor last night. The Millers took the game by the scruff of the neck right from the kick off and hit the
FORMER Pendle council leader Susan Nike is quitting politics over the Burnley and Pendle buses sell-off controversy. The Labour group leader says the standard of local government has reached an all-time low under the ruling Liberals, whose decision it
THE annual transfer merry-go-round has seen both Morecambe boss Jim Harvey and Lancaster chief Alan Tinsley do a bit of wheeling and dealing. Central defender Gary Dullaghan, 31, has followed John Coleman and made the short journey from Christie Park
Radcliffe Borough 0 Lancaster 0 CITY inched closer to promotion on Saturday but couldn't wrest all three points from a resilient Radcliffe side. The home side, relaxing in mid-table, played a direct game and succeeded in stifling City's play while ex-Lancaster
Trade bosses say parking plan is wrong AFTER years of debate, the introduction of a voucher parking system on Lancaster's roads becomes reality this month. The controversial scheme will come into operation for the first time on Monday April 15 and is
A £350,000 investment is under way at a Guide packaging factory. RPC Containers has bought three new injection moulding machines for the site which produces plastic containers for customers including paint manufacturers and Indian spice producers. The
THE latest BSE scare has prompted the allocation of an extra £4.5 million for research into the disease. Already 158,000 cattle have endured the lethal torments of BSE - without a word of public sympathy. The new research cash will result in even more
THREE Blackpool firefighters are part of a team which has set off on a mercy mission to Bosnia. Mick Spencer, Roy Buckley and Steve Fields are with a party of Lancashire firemen who are rebuilding a kindergarten for children whose lives have been devastated
IT is time the vast majority of people stood up to combat vandals in Atherton, claims a town councillor. The stern words come after hooligans attacked a community centre just three weeks after it re-opened. Altogether 13 windows, costing £1,000, were
A LONG-running dispute over facilities in Oswaldtwistle's Rhyddings Park is set to come to a head. Local councillors have united in their demands for more vandal deterrents and major refurbishment of existing park equipment. But Hyndburn Council's plans
A LEIGH couple are demanding an explanation from Norweb after industrial action left them without power for nearly 24 hours. Philip and Lynne Taylor, of Hamblett Street, contacted Norweb on Saturday afternoon to report a loss of power and were told an
RUNNER Eric Smith will complete his seventh London Marathon this month - to benefit meningitis research after the son of a family friend almost died from the disease. Eric's daughter Andrea, went to school with Catherine Howard and the two are still good
A SHOCKED community is rallying round a local family devastated by a road accident which left a two-year-old boy fighting for life in hospital. Toddler Elliot Donlon suffered serious head injuries when he was knocked down by a car outside his home in
LEADING Labour aide Mark Hale from Lowton arranged for Opposition chief Tony Blair to explain his party's 'no fear' policy to top businessmen. Mark is a member of the Labour Party's Finance and Industry Group which researches economics, finance, industry
FOUR sitting councillors will have walkover victories in next month's Wigan Council elections. When nominations closed on Tuesday for the May 2 poll, sitting Labour members found themselves unopposed in Leigh Central, Tyldesley East, Hindsford and Hindley
A CLEVELEYS hairdresser has been named as West Lancashire's top young Entrepreneur of the Year. Leroy Farmer, 24, scooped the £500 first prize in the 1996 Livewire Business Start Up Awards. To win, he outshone five other young entrepreneurs who have recently
THE University of Central Lancashire womens basketball team's dream of picking up their first ever piece of silverware was shattered when they lost to De Montfort University in the national final. The girls went down to the wire before bowing out 48-43
THAT man Andy Saville is March's Player of the Month. He won a flood of votes to take the PNE/Citizen Bronze Boot Trophy - for the third time. He has missed two games following his sending off for dissent against Darlington - and probably picked up a
PENWORTHAM police are looking for a trickster who conned his way into a 75-year-old disabled woman's home on Saturday last week. The man asked the wheelchair-bound woman for a glass of water at about 6pm and sat chatting with her before stealing £30 and
SCHOOLS are fighting back against mindless vandals who cause thousands of pounds worth of damage to public property each year. In the latest attack at Westward County Primary School in Bamber Bridge, 27 windows had to be replaced after thugs attacked
REGARDING your story 'Take a midnight hike': would it not have been possible for the lady to simply have phoned for a taxi, and nipped in for her purse when she arrived home and paid the fare. After all I think everyone knows that the days of using ambulances
STEVE WILKINSON answered his critics in great style at Deepdale on Tuesday night with the goal that brought Division Two football tantalisingly closer to Preston. Fresh from setting up golden boy Gary Bennett's debut goal on Saturday, Wilkinson rattled
LOTTERY luck has returned to Blackburn thanks to a double jackpot win by the council. The £150,000 cash injection will kit out a state-of-the-art fitness centre in King George's Hall, and fund improvements in the town museum. The refurbishment of King
WHEN Dorothy Black's house has a broken window or loose tiles, she doesn't go to her landlord for help, she sorts it out herself. Dorothy is neither a glazier nor a builder, she's in charge of her own council home in Moor Nook, where residents have just
AFTER reading the article in The Journal entitled "Wesley Guild: New Set Back", many people in Pennington are under the impression that the fight to save Wesley Guild has finally been lost. I would like to clarify the situation and to reassure the local
FIREFIGHTERS thought they were going round the U-bend when they were asked to free a woman who had got her hand stuck down the loo! Margaret Frazer, of St Austin's Place, was cleaning her toilet when the ring on her finger got lodged at the bottom of
PRESTON tackle hard-hitting Doncaster at Deepdale on Saturday (April 6) knowing that a win would be a gigantic step towards automatic promotion. Rovers are possibly the most physical side in this division. Make no mistake about it ... they are a very
A BIG-HEARTED boss will be pounding the streets of Boston, America to raise money for one of the UK's largest charities for the elderly. David Hearton, 46, is a human resources manager by day and a dedicated athlete at night and has spent the last nine
FLASH, bang, wallop! That could have been the explosive experience last Sunday afternoon when two young girls out for a stroll across Whitehead Lodges, Walshaw, picked up a live hand-grenade, thought to be from World War Two. Eleven-year-old Sally Price
RESIDENTS have paid out more than £40,000 in just three months to fight controversial plans to build a mock-Tudor style block of flats on their doorstep. Meins Road Area Residents' Association have enlisted the support and skills of 98 per cent of the
LONG-term impact is expected from an anti-litter initiative launched by Bury Metro. A big poster campaign backed up by a special LitterLine will be aimed at encouraging a series of on-going community schemes to clean up eyesore land and fly-tipping problems
THE father of drugs death victim Mark Hudson left an inquest claiming his son had been murdered. Gordon Hudson, of Parliament Street, Burnley, accepted the open verdict recorded by East Lancashire Coroner David Smith but said: "I still think my son has
WITH promotion in sight Bury bagged another three points on Tuesday night with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Fulham. And this was without the services of injured new £125,000 signing Gary Brabin, striker Mark Carter, and captain David Pugh. An early goal
TERRIFIED parents Karen and Roy Stott rescued two of their young children from a smoke logged bedroom following a blaze at their home. The drama started when a third youngster Crystal, eight, got hold of a lighter and started a fire under her parents'
LAST Sunday the WildCats proved that they were kings of the basketball jungle as they tamed the TopCats of South London 96 points to 81. Brixton's home court, once dubbed the House of Pain, may have lost a lot of its intimidating atmosphere, but not many
IF you read my column last week you'll know that when it comes to hospitals I'm all for big, modern establishments that have every conceivable aid to a quick recovery from whatever we might ail from. I said in effect that sooner or later Ramsbottom Cottage
OSWALDTWISTLE Immanuel have been forced to replace injured Aussie pro Peter Smith with compatriot Peter Gardiner. Gardiner is a 29-year-old left arm opening bowler and a middle order batsman from Perth, who has played for Scotland and has experience in
ACCRINGTON are now close to relegation following successive defeats against fellow-strugglers Swinton Victoria and Bamber Bridge. For long periods against Swinton, Accrington were more than a match for their local visitors, but were unable to turn the
I AM a 14-year-old girl who is gravely concerned about BSE and CJD and I think more drastic measures should be taken to eliminate infected beef. The Government does not seem to be taking it seriously enough. They seem to be more concerned about the money
BLACKBURN Hawks manager Mike Cockayne has predicted that the much-vaunted British ice hockey "Super" League is a non-starter for the 1996-97 season. And Cockayne, whose club didn't apply for Super League status, will be Hawks representative at a two-day
A COUNCIL owned company which publishes local interest books may stop new titles because of a cash crisis. Lancashire County Council set up Lancashire County Books to produce titles of county importance which do not attract nationwide appeal. But a review
HOTSHOT Neil Metcalfe helped secure a Sharman Cup semi-final spot for Union Arms B. They romped in 7-0 against Waterside Risins in the Leigh & District Amateur Football League knockout competition. Also on target were Colin Nemis 2, Steve Boardman
GARY MONAGHAN could have been at Wembley later this month. The winger was a top target for St Helens, who on March 27 face Bradford in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final. But, instead, Gary stuck by his Union roots - and his rugby dream is shooting
MORE work is set to wing its way to Rolls-Royce's Barnoldswick plant as part of a £20 million order. The firm has won the deal for V2500 engines from a Japanese airline worth 30 million dollars. The Barnoldswick site, which employs more than 800, manufactures
PATIENTS and colleagues are rallying round struck off GP Dr Geoffrey Fairhurst, who was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council. A letter to the Star from "colleagues, patients and friends", reads: "This case was
ACCRINGTON Soroptimist and head teacher Joyce Moore opened her Cliviger home to raise funds in aid of a clinic in Bangladesh. Miss Moore, head of Rhyddings High School, Oswaldtwistle, screened a video of the presentation of her OBE at Buckingham Palace
CRIME prevention officers in the Knowsley police area - including Prescot and Whiston - are scheduled to launch an innovative, voice-computerised communications system in an attempt to further reduce crime in the community. The system, pioneered by Sussex
SIX former students from Accrington and Rossendale College will receive cheques to help them with their university work later this month. The six youngsters, who have all moved on to higher education from the college, have been awarded the money from
CHANGES to the rules governing who gets Lottery cash hand-outs have been welcomed by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. The switch, announced by National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley, means individuals such as aspiring sportsmen and drama students
SOMETHING that has been part of an East Lancashire town's spring scene for a generation, will be sadly missing this time! Each year since the mid-1960s, the Darwen committee of the Cancer Research Campaign has used empty shop premises in the town centre
SKIPPY the Bush Kangaroo will probably turn in his grave...while Rod Hull will never grapple with his emu again! But carnivorous customers are being urged to hop, skip and jump their way to a Blackburn bar to sample its new delicacies. Bosses at Blakey's
LET me say at the outset of this week's friendly chat that I am in favour of the National Lottery. We COULD go into the moral issue and discuss the stance taken by so many Church leaders who believe it encourages gambling. But we'll save that for another
HALF of Westleigh beat a path to Baz Kazan's door when a picture of his missing Bengal Eagle Owl appeared in last week's Journal. Baz's feathered friend was a familiar sight on training flights in the Wigan Road area of Leigh until one blustery night
PEOPLE throughout Greater Manchester are now able to wash their cars using buckets and water their gardens with watering-cans. North West Water's non-essential use ban was lifted on Tuesday and will not be renewed for the time being - but water users
AN Astley company has been the first to respond to an appeal by Boothstown Royal British Legion to help it set up a members' garden and a Garden of Remembrance. Sparrow Industries in Chaddock Lane has made a cash donation towards turning an erstwhile
BUTTS Bridge Action Group hopes to land lucky with a National Lottery handout bid to breathe new life into a Leigh park. "We hope to attract lottery support to install a community building at Dootson's Park. We should know in the next couple of weeks
HARDY pensioner Fred Parkinson is still recovering in hospital after suffering horrific head injuries when he was attacked in his own home. Relatives say Mr Parkinson, 82, of Hope Carr Road, Leigh, is making good progress in Wigan Infirmary where he has
A COMPETENT display by Saints, given that they were never really extended. That was the overall conclusion of team boss Shaun McRae after the Super League launch at Workington. WHITTLE: Some folk are never satisfied but a number of fans thought Saints
BURNLEY churches are under investigation - from ageing TV super-sleuth Hetty Wainthrop. The BBC series, 'Hetty Wainthrop Investigates', starring Patricia Routledge, is set in East Lancashire. Burnley has been the focus for its stories before with Haffners
AS a butcher, running a long-established family business in Blackburn, I must inform readers about the BSE scare. Be assured that beef and beef products bought from any independent butcher are of the highest quality and have no comparison with beef which
FITNESS fanatic Sharon Cunningham-Clough has been enlisted by a top country music record label to come up with a concept album for American line dancing. The Burnley aerobics teacher has signed a 12-month deal with Telstar to put together a compilation
GREAT Harwood Town's survival hopes in the UniBond First Division took another turn for the worse away against Leigh last night. Failure to take the chances that came their way and some poor defending meant Great Harwood were always chasing the game.
ACCUSED baby smuggler John Boast today opened his heart on his Romanian nightmare and blasted "They have no proof!" The former Great Harwood businessman has spoken exclusively to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph about his bitter battle to clear his name
AN East Lancashire MP has demended cash compensation for the management and workers of a slaughterhouse in his constituency. Gordon Prentice is furious that, as a result of the Mad Cow disease scare, Woodhead Brothers has been forced to lay off 70 people
THE Easter weekend will see the start of a massive influx of tourists to Burnley and Pendle, in what could be a new dawn for the area's economy. Thousands of people from all over Britain have booked tours of the area's sights, with our stunning countryside
AN inquest has been opened into the death of Morecambe man Keith Clifton who was found hanged at his home last week. Mr Clifton became well known in the area after starting a campaign sparked by the tragic death of his seven-year-old daughter Jessica
WORKERS at wall coverings giant Forbo Lancaster have been told the company could be up for grabs - if the right bidder comes forward. Managing Director Mike Ferguson said Forbo's executive board in Switzerland had announced they were open to discussions
LOCAL legends, the Sabden Treacle Miners, have made a bid for national fame with their own TV series, hitting the airwaves in May. Pendle's furry friends, the brainchild of Bill Dewhurst and his family, have entertained tourists for eleven years and a
