A HIGH school is aiming to progress from its exam plateau to greater heights, its head told the audience at its annual awards evening. Peter Dixon, head of Primet High School, Colne, pledged the school would continue to raise its targets in future. Parents
PETER WHITE previews Rovers v Chelsea RUUD Gullit reckons Gianluca Vialli is worthy of being a contender again for the Italian national team. Yet he frequently fails to find a place for the Italian hot-shot in the Chelsea line-up! The former Juventus
RESIDENTS say they have been left in the cold by building giant Barratt. People living in six properties in Notre Dame Gardens, off Whalley Old Road, Blackburn, claim they have been shivering for six weeks. During a routine maintenance check, a fault
SIXTIES crooner Ronnie Hilton became a soap star. But the artiste, who enjoyed hits with songs like Don't Let the Rain Come Down, was not joining the cast of Coronation Street or EastEnders. He was instead up to his eyes in real soap as Wishie Washie
THE generous people of Lancashire raised more than £100,000 for the Children in Need Appeal. At the end of the television programme, Lancashire's total stood at £113,399, pushing this year's North West total to £770,449, and the national grand total to
IT is infuriating that something as inoccuous as A-boards should be universally banned, although nobody can recall any accidents caused by their use. The same thing has happened to my favourite moss-killer, which has been withdrawn because it could damage
THERE was quite a furore over an inverted Union Flag being unfurled over the Ministry of Defence on Remembrance Day. Yet, is it not a fact that the Union Flag, flown upside down, is a recognised sign that help is needed and someone is in distress? Is
IT was interesting to read about falling attendances in churches in Blackburn and nationally. In Blackburn, non-churchgoers stand at 88 per cent. The younger generation have many things competing for their attention. However, they may not have heard of
THE TRAGIC deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning of an elderly Burnley woman and her two teenage grandchildren were, an inquest said, "misadventure." How painfully apt that word is in this case. For all three died because a tap was left running too long
BY-ELECTION results are notoriously quirky and open to conflicting interpretations, but the stunning victory by the Liberal Democrats in the re-run of the General Election at Winchester is, surely, among the oddest of all. Conversely, the Conservatives
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was today recovering in hospital after accidentally firing a barbed nail into his leg. Jason Ward, of Blackburn, underwent surgery to remove the two and a half inch nail which was embedded in his bone. He had been using a compressed
DEVELOPERS are battling it out to bring new life and new jobs to Burnley's former Prestige factory site, town hall chiefs revealed today. Two companies want to take over the major nine-acre works, with both claiming they can provide the best deal - and
AN anti-racism video made by a team of Asian soccer players who want to become professionals is to be circulated to every Premier League and Football League club in England. The Professional Footballers' Association has bought 200 copies of The Spirit
AS a battered and bemused Tony Blair seeks to finally draw a line under the embarrassing fiasco of the "Cash for Fags" affair that has damaged his reputation as the honest man of British politics, there are many lessons for him to learn. A number of experienced
REGARDING the fatal child accident on the Edenfield bypass (LET, November 8), one cannot but admire the fortitude and understanding shown by the parents and family of 12-year-old Simon Laughland. They and the driver will carry the scars of this event
ANOTHER Burnley player has gone out on loan, with Jamie Hoyland joining Second Division rivals Carlisle United for a month. Hoyland looks set to make his Carlisle debut against Bournemouth tomorrow after earlier turning down the opportunity to join Shrewsbury
A GRIEVING mum who lost her daughter, mother and nephew in a gas fume tragedy wants to spare others from the same anguish. After an inquest into the triple tragedy, Mrs Sylvia Marshall said she backed the call by East Lancashire Coroner David Smith for
BLACKBURN Rovers chief executive John Williams confirmed today that preliminary talks have already been held with Chris Sutton about signing a new long-term contract at Ewood Park. The £5 million striker, who now has an England cap behind him, has been
WE want you to help us find Britain's worst boss. In Britain, people often leave their democratic rights at the workplace door. While we may be free to join a union, employers can ignore our wish to be listened to at work. There are bad bosses who don't
POLICE officers have agreed to work with a new organisation for ethnic minority colleagues, despite criticising the group as "unnecessary". The county branch of the Black Police Association was yesterday launched at Lancs Police HQ. The association will
I AGREE with every word of your Letter of the Week winner Mrs B Morjaria (LET, November 15). But I am also a responsible dog owner. I take disposable nappy bags with me wherever I go with the dog, plus a large bottle of diluted disinfectant. I never leave
CLAIMS by the Government that too many pupils fail to achieve their full potential could not be applied to students at Haslingden High School, the headteacher has claimed. Speaking at the annual presentation evening, Nigel Jepson said the school's number
CHRIS Waddle has put the ball firmly in Gerry Creaney's court in a bid to resurrect a deal to bring the Manchester City striker to Turf Moor on a permanent basis. And, after detailed negotiations with the player's agent last night, Waddle was today hoping
IT must have been a monkey which broke down a bird feeder at an old couple's home in Rothesay Road, Blackburn - because it took the nuts! J WALTON, Rothesay Road, Blackburn. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images
EURO-MP Michael Hindley (LET, November 17) seems to be suffering from political jet-lag. He claims to be committed to Labour's 1983 manifesto, which puts him 14 years behind the times with Labour. But does it matter? The fact is that none of Labour's
WHAT'S in a name? A road by any other name would cause less confusion That's the view of residents of Sunnyside Close, Crawshawbooth, who believe their address is being confused with a new development just up the road called Sunnyside. Councillors ruled
GORDON Cowans is preaching solidarity as Burnley try to get their Second Division revival act back on the rails at Grimsby tomorrow. And if a player of Cowans' vast experience doesn't know what it takes to put a club back on the straight and narrow then
I READ with disgust the decision of the banking and finance unions BIFU and UNIFI, to call a strike of Barclays Bank employees on Christmas Eve. The move is expected to cause "absolute chaos" to branches and a "total breakdown in Barclaycard authorisation
SOME of the biggest names in guitar music gathered in a Clitheroe pub for a masterclass with the man who plucked the chords on an all-time classic. Jerry Donahue played with Robert Plant and Bob Dylan and was the lead guitarist on 'Baker Street,' by Gerry
A GOVERNMENT decision to exempt Formula One from a ban on tobacco advertising in sport has come under fire from health watchdogs in East Lancashire. The Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Community Health Council is writing to Public Health Minister
