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AFTER three days of the most extreme and demanding sailing, Silk Cut, the British entry in the 1997/98 Whitbread Round the World Race, crossed the Baltimore finish line at the end of leg seven, in fifth place. The 870 nautical miles from Fort Lauderdale

ADULTS who missed out on schooling the first time round have a new chance to study. Thanks to a government grant of £170,000, Blackpool and the Fylde College is to provide part-time courses for adults who have not studied for years. The college had to

Sheffield UtdM-I3, BuryM-I0 BURY'S results between now and the end of the season may well prove irrelevant. As the teams propping up Division One continue to struggle in the final furlong, 49 points will probably prove enough to survive by close of play

A PIG on a couch, holding a telephone, was among the odd haul of lightning-fast raiders in South Shore this week. The thieves smashed through a window at Browsers Market in Waterloo Road at 4.30am on Tuesday (April 28), setting off alarms. Police arrived

PARADING a smile is Lytham St Annes soldier Sergeant Dave Halliwell, currently serving with the army in Bosnia. He has been awarded his National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Assessor's certificate after completing the necessary skills training. Dave

THE Carr Mill Hotel is set to host the biggest game of the crown green season so far. It's the home leg of Merseyside County's tie with South Yorkshire this Sunday. Skippered by Brown Edge's Paul Gartside, the side is packed with stars of the St Helens

AN engineering firm has become only the second in its field to win a quality standard. Ashworth Diecasting of Burnley has been awarded the QS 9000 award - set up by the big three US car manufacturers Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. The standard is

BLACKPOOL'S tourism chiefs, tired of the resort being slammed for dirty sea water, want to bid for a seaside award as soon as the pollution is cleaned up. Blackpool Council head of tourism Jane Seddon has got used to highlighting the resort's other attractions

A DARWEN firm is expanding across the Atlantic with a multi-million pound investment. Speciality Coatings is setting up a new wallcoverings coating plant in Martinsville, Virginia. The factory, which will cost around £5 million, is expected to be open

HYNDBURN police are warning pensioners to be on their guard following a spate of handbag snatches in the town. Vulnerable, elderly women are the main targets, with several being attacked. They have had their bags ripped from them outside post offices

BURY'S Jinnah Day Care Centre is embroiled in an angry row over claims the Asian establishment is being run "undemocratically." And an action committee has been set up to investigate why many people within the Muslim community had their applications for

CHEMISTS on duty over the Bank Holiday weekend are: Sunday, May 3: Hills Pharmacy, 11 Church Street, Darwen, noon - 1pm; Nash Chemists, 198 Blackburn Road, Accrington, 11am - 1pm; Espleys Chemists, 257 Whalley Road, Accrington, noon - 1pm; Frontpark Ltd

A FACTORY boss has blasted a thief who stole a Union flag flying at half mast just 20 minutes after it was hoisted. The flag was flying as a mark of respect to a loyal employee who died suddenly. Work colleagues decided to raise the flag outside the Oswaldtwistle-based

FOOTBALL'S coming home - not the beautiful game itself but THE missing football used by Bury's record-breaking FA Cup winners of 1903. The ball, used in a 6-0 demolition of Derby County and missing for 27 years, turned up this week at the Match of the

SO in Mr Ellel (Letters, April 24) we have yet another unreasoning obsessive, nostalgia for what has been - Empire and the evils of colonialism. For me, the Union Jack is the symbol - as is institutionalised religion - of oppression of slavery (including

STUDENT Mark Cunningham from Oswaldtwistle is hoping to join the club - fun holiday company Club 18-30, that is. For Mark has been selected for the fun club's Amateur Model Final after a nationwide search for young people to appear in its 1999 summer

I MUST reply to Malcolm Bury (Citizen Letters, April 17) regarding touring caravans. We have been caravanning for many happy years and I can't recall a single time when we have been held up in a traffic jam or been 'in convoy' with other caravans. We

A WHITEFIELD school has been highly praised by education inspectors. The Office for Standards in Education found little fault with Higher Lane County Infants School. Inspectors carried out an extensive study at the Egerton Road school, stating it deserved

A MOUNTAIN of aid aboard three giant lorries will be setting off from Hyndburn this Sunday bound for desperately poor youngsters and families in Eastern Europe. And the people moving the mountain thousands of miles will be officers from the Lancashire

SOME 180 jobs are coming to Bury after a manufacturing firm was given permission to move its headquarters to the town. The staff, mostly employed outside the area by steel manufacturers William Hare Ltd, will be housed in a brand new two-storey office

AIRGUN thugs have attacked ducks on a pond in the picturesque tourist hamlet of Wycoller. One duck was shot dead and another, which was popular with visitors because of its snowy white colour, was left with a badly injured wing. Wycoller, near Colne,

JUBILANT staff at the aptly-named Paradise Mill in Bury were in seventh heaven this week after their company scooped a top business "Oscar". The 114-strong workforce of W.H. Tracey are celebrating the winning of a highly prized Queen's Award for Export

VICIOUS raiders who beat up a Blackburn jewellery firm boss may have escaped with up to £400,000 worth of diamonds and gold, he revealed today. The raiders stole five black boxes full of diamond-encrusted jewellery - alone worth a quarter of a million

VANDALS went on the rampage at a school for disabled youngsters. Staff at Dame Evelyn Fox School, Roman Road, Blackburn, arrived to find windows and doors smashed, valuable equipment stolen and extensive damage to property. Headteacher Jane Barrie said

A TEAM of young businessmen and women have "done an Ultraframe" and earned investors a massive return on their money. But whereas shareholders at the Clitheroe conservatory manufacturers are now sitting on an average nest egg of £40,000, the backers of

BURNLEY FC face up to their make or break match with Plymouth on Saturday with a clear message from Clarets' bosses - "Give it passion, support and emotion...but keep off the grass! They fear that in a match vital to both Division Two strugglers, passions

THE UK's second biggest cycle race wheels into Lancashire this week, promising thrills and spills for spectators. More than a hundred of Europe's finest professional cyclists are competing in the five-stage International TravelWise Tour. The race covers

LANCASHIRE welcomed back Wasim Akram and Mike Atherton from injury, and were almost back to full strength against Warwickshire at Old Trafford yesterday. Almost. But it was the absence of Neil Fairbrother, still struggling with the finger injury he suffered

I AM grateful to Graham Page (Letters, April 23) for the RE instruction. I am, however, aware that people who actively celebrate such outdated Christian festivals as Good Friday are now in the minority in Blackburn. Also, as Mr Page seems to be a spokesman

STEWART Pimbley's article on traffic-calming (LET, April 23) suggests that somebody is not giving us a straight story. Chief executive Mike Chambers, claims that all traffic calming is done with the approval of the police. But in your report, Supt Eddie

REGARDING your report 'Former bobby calls for halt to traffic calmers' (LET, April 23), since first challenging the construction and attitudes behind some traffic-calming measures two years ago I have written many letters on the subject, but, instead

COUNCIL leader Mike Doyle has welcomed new plans to help in the fight against drug abuse. The Government has announced proposals in a new White Paper to involve local partnerships to be at the core of the new anti-drugs strategy. Councillor Doyle said

Weighing up your dog HOW can you tell if your dog is overweight? The most practical method is to feel his ribcage. You should be able to feel his ribs easily. It is also useful to know the correct weight range for your breed. A book I can recommend here

POLICE are hunting three conmen who stole £5,000 from an 83-year-old Bury woman. They gained entry to her Myrtle Street home on Tuesday afternoon after posing as water board officials. However, while she was distracted, the men searched rooms before stealing

ALAN WHALLEY'S WORLD GIANT cinema doorman Ernie Kirkman, who strode through the 1930s in size-18 boots, was a man who left a mighty impression on all who knew him. For despite his towering frame (he stood a shade under 7ft tall) Ernie was the most gentle

A ROYAL Marines reservist from Bury has just returned from an intensive two-week combat and survival skills exercise deep inside the Arctic Circle. Richard Smith (26) took part in "Hairspring", a mountain and extreme cold weather warfare training exercise

MORE jobs and less waste is on today's agenda for local MP David Chaytor. He hopes to get a Second Reading in the House of Commons for his Bill which would set tough new targets for recycling newspaper. The Bury North MP hopes he can fight off his Labour

TEENAGE pop sensations "Alive", who featured on BBC TV's National Lottery show, are appearing at an Education 2000 event in Bury on Wednesday. The local lads, who won Lottery funding, will be at the opening of the Bury Times-organised show at 3pm before

Food News, with Christine Rutter A NEW breed of designer food is being met with radical opposition from a growing number of shoppers. Genetically modified food is seen by many as an answer to world famine and a major development of our time but many fear

RAINFORD started the season with a stunning cup victory against Litherland. Batting first on a difficult wicket, Rainford's Dalrymple and Dave Hilton set the home side on their way with a half century opening stand. Then Paul Calland treated the bumper

POLICE in St Helens are appealing for witnesses after reports that a group of youths threw bricks and stones from a bridge on to passing motorists. The gang have been seen on the railway bridge on Peasley Cross Lane and police fear their actions could

West Park 76 Oldershaw 7 THIS runaway victory completed Park's league campaign for the season. And, unless an unlikely looking reorganisation in the leagues above them, it leaves them in second place to champions Chester, once again consigning them to

POLICE are searching for a robber who stole a pensioner's handbag and escaped in a stolen car. He struck as the woman, in her 70s, returned to her car in Walmesley Road, Eccleston, at about 12.45pm on Monday. He then ran off and two witnesses saw him

POLICE are hunting a gang of teenagers who terrorised a frail pensioner before making off with her purse in broad daylight. The 75-year-old victim, who cannot walk without the aid of a stick, was making her way home from a shopping trip at about 12.30pm

A TOP computer firm is warning of the perils of pornography reaching schools via the Internet. The company, RM, has called for all schools to set up a code of practice to address pornography on the Internet. But St Helens schools are one step ahead. For

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD chocolate fan is the most popular boy in his school. For four-stone Nathan Bookbinder-Ryan won twice his weight in Milky Ways - enough to give a bar to the whole infants and junior sections at Blackpool's Arnold School and have a load

Saints 36 Warrington Wolves 14 SAINTS' second venture to the Anfield home of Liverpool FC, while hardly hinting that Rugby League is set to take off in a soccer stronghold, still had its rewards. Not least of these was the welcome two points which inched

ST ANNES comedian Clive Cooper is laughing all the way to London's famous Comedy Store. For Clive, 35, has clinched a place in the semi-final of the Comedy Store's national search for new talent on May 18. He won his heat against stiff competition when

A STEP in the right direction after the decline at Huddersfield. That was Shaun McRae's verdict on Saints' win over Warrington at Anfield. WHITTLE: As ex-Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said, a week is a long time in politics. And it certainly is the

Bramwell Speaks Out ROY Hodgson's pre-season target was to take Rovers into Europe. That, after stuttering with more conviction than Arkwright in Open All Hours, now looks a likelihood. But the fact that Rovers were title contenders around Christmas reinforces

BURNLEY are to freeze prices for matchday admission and season tickets next season. And that does not depend on Saturday's relegation showdown. "I think in view of the poor season we have had we felt we could not increase the prices." said club secretary

ROY Hodgson's UEFA Cup hopes received a dramatic double boost at Stamford Bridge last night. Chelsea's managing director Colin Hutchinson revealed that if the London club win the European Cup Winners' Cup in a fortnight's time, they will defend the trophy

Chelsea 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Peter White's big match verdict KEVIN Gallacher must have cut a lonely figure in the visitors dressing room at half time during last night's dramatic Premiership encounter. The Scottish striker had seen the half's best chance

FYLDE Coast NHS hospitals are in line for a £3m boost to help cut waiting lists. The cash comes as part of an extra £40.7million announced by health secretary Frank Dobson for hospitals nationwide on Tuesday (April 28). The aim is to fulfil the Labour

FORMER fans' favourite Dave Johnson returns to Gigg Lane tomorrow to try and dent Bury's bid for survival. The star striker, who joined Ipswich Town in a £1m deal in November 1997, is in red hot form for his new club. He has blasted in 21 goals since

READY, steady, Splash! The Fylde Coast's dance music fans are in for a midsummer treat. Broadcasting from a studio in Blackpool's world-famous Tower building, Splash 106.2 FM will take to the airwaves for its third one-month trial on July 13. Splash FM

BLACKPOOL has been given a vote of confidence as a conference venue by one of Britain's biggest voluntary organisations. Rodney Huggins, president of Rotary International in Britain and Ireland, spoke of the importance of the resort for its annual assemblies

UGB 14 Adlington 61 UG scored tries through Lee Glover and Grimshaw in the first half, but still trailed 27-8 at half-time. And weak tackling after the break allowed their rivals to surge further ahead. However, man-of-the-match Grimshaw grabbed his second

BOLD Miners won three games in five games as they try to cut their fixture backlog. Their first success came in a 42-nil home victory over UGB. In heavy conditions tries came from Mark Rigby (2), Darren Anders (2), C. Tarbuck, Nick Joseph, M. Mitchell

TRADERS have welcomed re-vamped plans for a giant Safeway store in St Annes town centre. Last week the Citizen was the first to reveal the supermarket chain's revised plans, with reduced impact on Ashton Gardens, retaining the bowling greens and taking

Shaw 23 Haresfinch 16 LACKING five of the side which had scored a great win over Eccles the previous Tuesday evening, Finch put up a spirited display against a strong Shaw outfit. And although the muddy pitch suited the heavyweight home pack much better

PLEASURE Beach boss Geoffrey Thompson plans a life on the ocean wave if he can make a successful bid for South Pier. The Pleasure Beach company is seriously interested in First Leisure's sale of its resorts division, zeroing in on South Pier and Blackpool

SUTTON High School teacher Dawn Mason is out to conquer the World. For she's been called up for Wales in the Women's Rugby Union World Cup in Holland. Originally from Newport, Dawn moved to the North West after studying for a Sports Science degree at

IN AN exact reversal of last weeks fixture St Helens lost the second round match of the Penketh Trophy to Liverpool CC. Darren Tyms survived a hat-trick ball to top score with a typically pugnacious 61 aided by Phil Roughley (29) in the early stages and

ONE of Blackburn Rovers' greatest servants has been honoured with a commemorative plaque at his former home, just yards from his beloved Ewood Park. Harry Healless captained Rovers to FA Cup glory in 1928, beating Huddersfield Town 3-1 and went on to

CHILDREN are busy brushing-up on their artistic skills to enter a competition which could see their efforts sent around the world. The competition is to create Blackburn with Darwen Council's official greeting card, or corporate card to give it its official

PUPILS at Pleckgate High School are challenging the people of Blackburn to beat their record donation to the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Macmillan Nurse Appeal. In the last three months nearly £33,000 has been raised for the appeal but a cheque

A MAN who received a life-saving blood transfusion as a child went on to become a long-serving blood donor himself as a way of saying thank-you. He is Paul Cottam, of Hazel Grove in Blackburn, who has just received the Department of Health's Retirement

BLIND and disabled people put their foot down at the borough's Disability Fair. Driving lessons in a specially adapted car were the star attraction at Castle Leisure Centre. Organisers have hailed the awareness-raising fair, held last Friday, as a great

AN ALARMING rise in animal cruelty in East Lancashire has been revealed by the RSPCA, in its annual report released this week. RSPCA inspectors strive to encourage responsible pet ownership, but despite their efforts, cruelty complaints investigated were

A WEDDING couple from Bury almost missed the bus after their double-decker plans were scuppered by the Deputy Prime Minister. Paula Moses and bus driver hubby Justin, who married on Saturday, planned to travel from St Thomas' Church in Bury to their wedding

A CONCERNED councillor fears that it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured on a busy town centre street because road safety work has not been completed. Councillor Fred Slater is worried that delayed work to build a cycle lane on

JUST dynamite - that's a group of Bury business whizzkids called Explosion who have emerged as this year's Young Enteprise champs. The 25 sixth formers, drawn from Bury Grammar Boys and Girls Schools, beat seven other mini-company squads to clinch the

MU'O-BE Lisa Richardson was so determined not have have a third wasted journey to the maternity unit she ended up having her baby on the living room floor! Little Kelsey Jodie arrived five days late, weighing a healthy 7Ibs 6ozs, after two false alarms

PART of the business empire created by the Bury-based Kiely housebuilding brothers looked to be on shaky ground this week. The four-strong Dillons Estate Agents chain, run by Mr Paul Kiely, crashed suddenly last week leaving hundreds of house buyers and

TWO policemen who tackled a knifeman threatening a woman and two children were set to receive bravery awards. Detectives Phillip Carter and Neil Middleham were named along with three other officers to be honoured at Lancashire police headquarters. Four

BURY will come to a virtual standstill on Sunday (April 26) in memory of the men who gave their lives during the Gallipoli landings. Soldiers and civilians will descend on the town to commemorate the events of April 25, 1915. The Davies family, relatives

CHAIGLEY Manor children's holiday home, which shut its doors a year ago facing a cash crisis, is back in business. The home will be officially reopened tomorrow by the mayor of Hyndburn, Councillor Maurice Cowell, following a major refurbishment. The

A VEIL of secrecy has been thrown over a meeting in which a civic leader was asked to apologise to his councillor colleagues. Blackburn with Darwen Mayor Coun Peter Greenwood was urged to say sorry for making controversial claims that town hall decisions

A PROXY vote row erupted in Pendle today as a top Liberal claimed he had uncovered evidence of election fraud. Party election agent, Tony Greaves, said there was mounting evidence of bogus proxy applications - which could swing results in next week's

Bramley 14pts Lancashire Lynx 19 LYNX turned in an impressive performance at Headingley to defeat previously undefeated league leaders Bramley. Kevin Tamati's men showed plenty of spirit and resolve throughout the game to come away with a deserved victory

THE annual Pendle Forest and Craven point to point takes place at Westby Hall Farm, Gisburn this Saturday, first race 2pm. The meeting which brings together horses and jockeys from the North West and the Yorkshire areas, is the nearest that steeplechasing

A LABOUR councillor is continuing to represent Cliviger and Worsthorne - even though he now lives in Scotland. College lecturer Roger Craig sold his house in Burnley and moved to Edinburgh after getting a new job in the Scottish capital. But town hall

THOSE Labour candidates in Burnley who no longer support the leadership of Kath Reade have been told that they cannot sit as Independent Labour, but must resign from the party and sit as true Independents "to avoid confusing the voters." Labour voters

THE Northern Ireland peace process is delivered a worrying blow today, with the IRA's terse statement ruling out giving up any of its weapons and saying the Good Friday agreement fell short of "presenting a solid basis for a lasting settlement." It is

MANY motorists who, like Home Secretary Jack Straw, are among the millions of drivers who have been victims of car crime, will share his view that the soft sentences given to young offenders are much to blame for its extent. Indeed, at the introduction

ALAN WHALLEY'S WORLD HERE'S a yedscratter with a growl to it. An old chum of mine demands to know what happened to the stuffed tiger which, he tells me, graced the old Victoria Park Museum of fond memory and later the top of the imposing staircase at

ST HELENS Council and Merseyside Police are linking up with St Helens College to provide formal training for door supervisors employed in local pubs and clubs which are licenced for public entertainment. The move is further evidence of council and police

ALAN WHALLEY'S WORLD THE great missing boulder mystery is solved at long last . . . For old Bob Cunningham's giant polished stone, which once stood under his front parlour window, was dumped into the St Helens Canal 40-odd years ago. The revelation comes

TWO young football fans from Carmel College will be winging their way to France later this year for the World Cup Finals after winning sought-after tickets in an international competition. Eighteen-year-olds Siobhan Lambertson and Sean Moran (ABOVE) were

AS election fever mounts so to does the war of words between the Labour and Conservative parties over amenities in Rainford. John Appleton, Labour's candidate for Rainford has hit back saying: "Voting Tory in Rainford would set back progress that Labour

ST HELENS Council is launching a major housing survey to help meet the needs of the next century. Postal questionnaires will be sent to 9,000 households and a further 500 families will be interviewed, all picked at random from the authority's register

A TALENTED young musician saw his dream of playing in front of a packed audience at the Royal Albert Hall dashed when his performance was pulled at the 11th hour. Ian Penketh (20) from Peckers Hill Road in Sutton, a first-year music student at the University

BURY folk are being urged to buy a song for the children of war-torn Bosnia. The fund-raising tune "Dreaming Dreams", sung by 17-year-old Bury College student Siobhan Arnold, will be in local shops within days. Siobhan and her fellow performing arts students

BRITAIN is in danger of becoming the nuclear dustbin of the world, says local MP David Chaytor. He is "extremely concerned" that his government has agreed to accept radioactive fuel from the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Bury North MP, Mr Chaytor

A THATTO Heath man has appeared before St Helens Magistrates charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death. Nicholas Beauchamp (62) of Howard Street, Thatto Heath, was still alive when police found him at his home at 5.50pm on Wednesday, April

DETECTIVES are hunting two armed men who botched a raid on a Securicor van. They struck seconds after one of the guards had left the vehicle with a quantity of cash and had gone into Barclays Bank on Bury New Road, Prestwich. Police say the two masked

BOTH Sutton CC sides achieved creditable draws against the powerful Irby club on Saturday. The firsts travelled to the Wirral and asked the home side to bat first. There was much to admire in the Sutton bowling and fielding but centre stage was held by

COUNCILLOR Vic D'Albert has warned Polefield residents to beware after a local family founded a drug-user's syringe in their back garden. The father of the family, who have a young child, made the find in his garden which backs onto the Polefield Library

MANCHESTER Airport was operating normally again today after being forced to close when two tyres on an Airtours jet burst as it landed. The Airbus A321 had arrived from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands when the drama happened. All 169 passengers were

CHILDREN will be scoffing endangered species at school next week - but there's no cause for alarm. Meals featuring the names of pandas, tigers and baboons are on the menu to mark National School Meals Week. Youngsters are also invited to help Dexter,

RAINHILL'S first home game of the season ended in a hard fought draw against Port Sunlight. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat on a slow wicket. Rainhill took an early initiative when Mattie Clifford caught the Sunlight opener off Nick Chapman

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man indecently exposed himself to a woman at the junction of Prescot Road and Dunriding Lane in Toll Bar, St Helens. The incident happened at about 6.40am on Sunday, April 26. The woman was walking along Prescot

SPEN Moor has been saved after Bury planners won their High Court fight to protect it from development. Campaigners to keep the land in the Green Belt have finally won the war after more than a decade of struggle. Bury Council has long argued that the

RADCLIFFE town centre landlords have been told to clean up their act. Bury South MP Ivan Lewis says the people of Radcliffe do not expect miracles but they do deserve a town centre which has a long term future. He met with Mr James Charlton, a representative

Haydock 10 Thatto Heath 36 THATTO Heath ran out easy winners in this local derby. Three second-half tries from winger Mike Woods sealed the win after a scrappy first half in which neither side could take control of the game. Haydock were first on the

EIGHTEEN months of hard work has finally paid off for church-goers in Ramsbottom. The Rev Gordon Hornblower has this week released ambitious plans for the new Christ Church Baptist Methodist building on Great Eaves Road. It will house the 70-strong congregation

ALL the hard work which has gone into rejuvenating Haydock Cricket Club paid off as both sides got their Southport and District League campaign off to a flying start. The first team entertained Halsall in the Sandhurst Shield and, batting first, they

A MAN posing as a water board official conned his his way into the home of an 88-year-old woman and stole £50 in cash. The thief called at the woman's home in Oliver Road, Grange Park, at about noon on Thursday, April 23, claiming he was investigating

WE shall not be moved! That is the unequivocal statement from Saints to allay supporters' fears that the club will ultimately flit lock, stock and barrel to Anfield. Rumours of a switch from Knowsley Road -regarded as treason by many - have been rife

St Helens Town 3 Glossop N E 1 St Helens Town 5 Rossendale United 0 TOWN stepped out at Hoghton Road on Saturday to complete their home fixtures with their third game in five days. And a grand finale ensued with Steve Pennington bagging four to equal

A TUNEFUL trio of musically-minded senior citizens aaim to perpetuate the memory of a vocal living legend. For 70-year-old Granville Clough, and Harry Sandford and Frank Maher, both a mere 65, are setting up a local branch of the Frank Sinatra Music Society

A BLACKPOOL linguist wants to help others leap the language barrier - for just the cost of a tape. With more energy than someone half his age, 84-year-old Stanley Bradley - fluent in a dozen languages - is now producing audio-tapes for home tuition. "

A CARING class of students at Carmel College will be getting their gladrags on for a good cause next month when they hold a charity Fashion Show in aid of the Luke Bryan Appeal Fund. The students, who are all on the GNVQ Advanced Leisure and Tourism course

A DEFENCELESS pensioner in his 70s needed an operation to repair a broken leg and hip after becoming the target of a vicious attack in Parade Street, St Helens. The attack happened in broad daylight at 11.20am as the elderly man was walking along the

AN elderly stroke victim was cruelly tortured during a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a violent intruder. The pensioner, who has difficulty communicating as a result of a number of strokes, was held captive for three hours by the raider. A cigarette

GLEN Little, Gerry Harrison and Andy Cooke have dominated the Clarets supporters' Player of the Year awards. The awards, some of which will be given to the players ahead of Saturday's crunch game with Plymouth at Turf Moor, reflect outstanding seasons

BURNLEY'S last-day bid to save their Second Division status is just as crucial as the match they had to win to stay in the Football League 11 years ago. That's the verdict of Neil Warnock whose Oldham side removed Burnley's destiny from their own hands

CORONATION Street star Nick Cochrane - alias Andy McDonald in the soap - has been recruited by Radio Wave as a presenter. And while his Street family try to contact him in Spain as his father lies injured in the soap, Nick is calmly taking charge of the

CYCLING'S National Hill Climb Championship will be held on Ramsbottom's Rake course next year. And that's a superb 75th anniversary present for the Lancashire Road Club whose impressive organisation of their own annual hill climb has earned them the honour