BUDDING captains of industry at a Clitheroe school have raised hundreds of pounds for charity by setting up a mini-company. The Ribblesdale High School and Technology College raised £300 for the Kenneth MacMillan Memorial Fund their Young Enterprise company
I AM really angry with the council and their ways of trying to cut down on household rubbish. I have been recycling all my glass, clothes and newspapers for almost 10 years now. I have also been collecting all the packaging that I get every time I have
I AM writing in response to a letter printed in the Citizen dated March 22, 2001 regarding the litter-lout bin men. I am in total agreement with fed up of Bolton-le-Sands, may I add that the dustbin bags are so thin that I have to provide an outer bag
LOCAL Bands ahoy! Pulse has a page dedicated to local bands. CD's are reviewed by Clive Lawrence giving each CD his verdict with a mark out of ten. There is also a local gig guide that gives surfers the chance to find out what's on throughout the week
AS one who loves your town - but happens to live in London - I watch with increasing dismay the downgrading and creeping dereliction of this once thriving traditional resort. When I was a teenager back in 1962 my pal and I came to Morecambe for our first
FANCY going on an adventure of a lifetime? A new site called unmissable.com gives you the chance to watch the launch of a space shuttle or even fly a fighter plane. The site has an amazing range of unusual and exciting adventures that you can book on-line
Lishman Cup (final) Lytham Ladies 1 Springfield Ladies 4 AS was to be expected from the two teams at the top of the premier division it proved to be a ding dong affair. Springfield scored after 20 minutes only for Lytham to reply immediately. Ruth Blackburn
In Division B Fylde United beat North West Lifts (runners-up) 3-1 to secure the title. Symbol Social are third after beating AFC Bispham 3-2. In the cup Queens FC won Group A following wins over Norfolk & Chance (1-0) and CTC FC (2-1) and a 0-0 draw
BURNLEY RESERVES 2 BARNSLEY RESERVES 3 CLARETS keeper Paul Crichton was given the chance of a sharpener in the reserves last night but ended up picking the ball out of the net three times -- including Barnsley's injury-time winner. Crichton was at fault
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby insists that there will be funds available for Stan Ternent to do some summer shopping. But he warned that Burnley also have to balance the books to safeguard the club's long-term future. Despite a highly encouraging first
LANCASTER Castle is holding a series of events to mark he Easter period. On Wednesday, April 11 and 18 there will be special Children's Hours at 11am and 2pm. Admission is £2.50 and all children attending will receive a free gift and their will be a special
SERVICES for elderly and disabled shoppers have been given a boost after Lancaster City Council increased its grant. Shopmobility, run by Preston Community Transport, is now to run in Morecambe, on market day, and Lancaster every week instead of every
TWO of the biggest rising stars of soap and soul will be making an appearance at a Lancaster nightclub. Hollyoaks Gary Lucy and musician Dane Bowers will be coming to Liquid on North Road in April. Hearthrob Gary Lucy visits Liquid this Friday, April
A MAN who helped shield two other men while they robbed a woman was jailed for two years. Mohammed, 19, of Spring Street, Bury, appeared at Bolton Crown Court for sentence for robbery of a woman on Lord Street, Bury, last year. Prosecutor Duncan Preston
A CAMPAIGN against juvenile nuisance issues in Oswaldtwistle has led to 21 youngsters being locked up. Police have spent the last three Friday nights patrolling Union Road, asking youngsters to behave. Those who haven't have been taken to Accrington Police
CLARETS chairman Barry Kilby insists that there will be funds available for Stan Ternent to do some summer shopping. But he warned that Burnley also have to balance the books to safeguard the club's long-term future. Despite a highly encouraging first
Exeter 2 Blackpool 0 HOPES of automatic promotion are long gone, and if Pool carry on playing like this they'll struggle to make the play-offs. This defeat was the Seasiders third in a row, and means they have only managed one point from a possible twelve
MEDICAL group Smith & Nephew, which employs more than 400 people manufacturing gauze at its Brierfield site, is ahead of its financial targets, according to chairman Dudley Eustace. At the company's AGM, he told shareholders that the company's prospects
THE brother of a man who has been missing from home for more than three weeks today said he was starting to give up hope that he would be found safe and well. Jim Horthornthwaite, 76, of Ashton House, in Ashton Road, Darwen, has spent the last 23 days
AN inquest heard that Lorraine Ethel Cardoo was sent home with a recommendation that she increase the dose of tranquilliser she was taking for depression. But her partner of seven years, David Barker, found her dead in bed the next morning and a post
ROSSENDALE pupils on holiday at Easter will find plenty to do during the fortnight break, with a host of special events. For Lancs Youth & Community Service is putting on a 'SPLASH' programme of Easter activities for Bacup youngsters aged 11 to 17
TWO friends at Alder Grange High School, Rawtenstall, have been busy collecting money for the Indian earthquake appeal. James Molloy and Shane Holt, both from class 7A, have raised £70, with still more to be collected. They said they did this because
ATHERTON voters went to the polls today for a by-election to select a successor to the town's late elder statesman Joe Clarke. The three candidates for the Atherton ward vacancy on Wigan Council are Mark Aldred, Rosina Oxley and Bob Splaine. The Conservative
A COOKERY roadshow has rolled into Blackburn to give shoppers top tips about tins. The CAN-venient Cooking! roadshow arrived at the town's shopping centre yesterday and will be sharing ideas with people until Saturday in Victoria Court. The roadshow chef
THE funeral of Blackpool Stanley Junior School head Peter Higgins will be held today (Friday April 6) at St Gregory's RC Church, Weld Bank Road, Chorley, at 11.30am. Family flowers only but donations can be made to St Catherine's Hospice, Preston through
BLACKPOOL was mourning the death of a former mayor this week. Collin Hanson, Conservative councillor for Waterloo ward, died on Sunday morning (April 1) at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. He was an active member of the Blackpool political scene and opened
AN 18-year-old from Blackpool was among six finalists in the High Sheriff of Lancashire's Young Citizens Award. Natalie Williamson (pictured), is part of the Fylde community safety young people's issues working group. After consultation with young people
SHOWBIZ pooch Schnorbitz is looking for some pedigree chums to help raise vital funds for a second Schnorbus for needy causes. And Mystique magic man Richard De Vere is even taking the shirt off his back to help out by selling off items from his wardrobe
COWBOY clampers and belligerent seaside bouncers could soon be curbed, says Blackpool South Labour MP Gordon Marsden. "I have been pressing for greater controls on cowboy clampers and the private security industry, and I am delighted that the Government
CLAIMS that two Blackpool schools will be forced to compete for pupils have been refuted by a Blackpool councillor. Bispham Endowed CE School, Bispham Road, Bispham, and Westcliff County Infants on Crawford Avenue, Blackpool, have both decided they want
PUPILS at a Blackburn school started their Easter holidays a day early after a leaking classroom forced the school to close. More than 700 pupils and staff from Queen's Park High School, Shadsworth Road, were sent home after water seeped into three classrooms
AN unemployed single mother from Chorley is scaling the dizzy heights of corporate success and puts it all down to the Open University. Rose de Carteret's meteoric rise to business analyst for the third largest computer company in the world has been achieved
A MAN sat on a Blackburn town centre bench with his dog at his side, drank a full bottle of whisky in less than ten minutes and then lay down and died. An inquest heard that two other drinkers on a nearby bench raised the alarm, but not in time. The two
A COUNCILLOR has called on the public to help catch fly-tippers and pledged that anyone caught illegally dumping rubbish will be prosecuted. Blackburn with Darwen councillor Coun Mahfooz Hussain's promise followed complaints from residents in his Bastwell
A LONG-established jewellery business is the second family-owned firm in three weeks to announce it is pulling out of Blackburn town centre. Rachel Carr, owner of Carrs the Jewellers, King William Street, said she was very sad to close the business started
A WELL-KNOWN former school worker has been stabbed to death whilst out celebrating his birthday. Anthony Eaves, who was brought up in Blackburn and was a familiar face on the town's Wimberley estate, died after an incident in Wigan. A man has been charged
BARRY Shackleton of Darwen Dashers has won the 23rd Bahrain International Marathon. Barry broke the tape in a time of 2:57:30 with Rossendale Harrier Tony Spicer not too far behind, coming home in second space in 3:06. With the experience of nine previous
I AM 66 years of age and my wife and I have been coming to St Annes regularly for 40 years. We visited again this March and couldn't believe our eyes when we saw St Annes Square. The monstrosities placed there in the form of shelters and other hazards
NO doubt many cat lovers have read the national newspaper reports that Cats Protection -- as it is now called -- is paying Rachel Casey of Southampton University Anthrozoology Institute £250,000 to research how cats think. The report is incorrect. The
I WAS amazed to read M J Turner's (The Citizen, March 29) when he criticizes the British people in 1948 and says they have "Little Englanders" mentality. I don't think he was around in 1948, or perhaps his memory is not so good. The British people had
POLICE raided homes across Blackpool at dawn yesterday (April 4) and arrested a number of suspected drug dealers. Two hundred officers took part in Operation Apex in the resort and in a co-ordinated swoop on Merseyside. They arrested 18 people, including
THE decision to use a Bury quarry as a mass grave for animals culled during the foot and mouth crisis is under review. Government officials are looking again at plans to use the Viridor landfill site in Pilsworth as a burial chamber for "uninfected" livestock
THE closure revealed today of long-established Carrs the Jewellers in Blackburn -- the second such family business in three weeks to announce it is pulling out of the town centre -- is more than just the sad departure of a familiar independent trader,
THAT not one voice of opposition was raised as Rossendale Council voted to seek the demolition of the historical Ilex Mill eyesore in Rawtenstall suggests that members have now realised what anyone taking just one glance at the soot-stained pile would
HEALTHY eating was on the menu at Rossall School this week (April 5). Year six pupils from the school joined with youngsters from nearby Manor Beach primary school in Cleveleys, to learn how to prepare food. The young chefs tasted exotic fruits, made
A TEENAGER whose mother was involved in the Indian earthquake has helped his school raise more than £1,000 for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph-backed Earthquake Appeal. Witton Park High School pupil Zubair Fozdar's mum was visiting relatives in Gujarat
IAM trying to trace the whereabouts of a Mr Donald Frederick Maddox or his family. Mr Maddox was born on April 28, 1933 and his last known address was 47 Church Street, Ribchester. His details are the last on a family tree which goes back to 1630. GRAHAM
A VICIOUS criminal who held a gun to the head of a terrified pensioner during a Post Office robbery in Atherton has been given two life sentences. Gary Monks stood expressionless in the dock yesterday as the jury returned guilty verdicts following a three-day
THE body of a man who was found battered to death in a flat was covered from head to foot in bruises, police revealed today. Gary Fletcher, 40, of Hammerton Green, Bacup, is believed to have been lying dead for two days at an address three doors from
A WELL-KNOWN former school worker has been stabbed to death whilst out celebrating his birthday. Anthony Eaves, who was brought up in Blackburn and was a familiar face on the town's Wimberley estate, died after an incident in Wigan. A man has been charged
LEIGH Avenue and AFC Limelight contest the Redwaters Coronation Cup semi-final on Saturday looking for the opportunity to have a crack at Higher Folds in the Final. A full preview appears on this site and in the print version of the Journal tomorrow
TEAM formations, tactics and turning points from the stalemate at Ewood. TEAMS: Rovers: (3-5-2) from right to left Friedel Curtis, Berg, Short, Gillespie, Berkovic, Flitcroft, Dunn, Mahon Jansen, Bent Subs: Johnson (for Gillespie, 24), Bjornebye (for
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today urged his players to keep their nerve after two precious promotion points slipped threw their fingers against Sheffield United last night. Henning Berg looked to have set Rovers on the road to another vital victory
How the lads faired against the Blades. Rovers FRIEDEL: What a save! His acrobatic effort to keep out Rob Kuzlok's first half thunderbolt was world class...7 CURTIS: Does this guy ever have a bad game? A model of consistency once again, whether it's part
ROVERS 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 Berg 4, Ndlovu 74 GRAEME Souness urged his players to erase all recollections of Sunday's midday massacre from their memory banks after Peter Ndlovu brought Rovers crashing back down to earth on another rollercoaster night
A TEENAGER who got behind the wheel whilst banned felt custody would do him no harm -- and Burnley magistrates agreed and sent him there. The court had heard how soon-to-be-homeless Stephen James McNally, 18, had not co-operated with a probation order
SKATEBOARDERS have been warned to steer clear of the Burnley bandstand and town centre pedestrianised area or face police action. Local retailers and shoppers have made repeated complaints to the police about the skateboarders, most of them in their late
HOUSING chief Carol Broad refused to appear before the council's standards committee this week claiming it was a "kangaroo court." The leading MBI councillor, who faced fierce criticism after receiving more than £8,000 in child care allowances, says she
THE Burnley sister of former paratrooper Christopher Alder, who died in police custody, was joined by 70 people during a protest outside the High Court in London yesterday. Janet, of Manchester Road, stood outside the court with banners and posters to
A LOCAL councillor has expressed fears for the safety of elderly travellers using Lancaster's new bus station. Cllr David Kerr claims that pensioners are wandering between and behind buses as they pull in and reverse out of the new station's loading bays
A BURNLEY junior school, branded as failing by Ofsted inspectors, has bounced back with a glowing report. A new inspection found Barden Junior School was no longer in need of special measures to improve its performance because it now provided an acceptable
LANCASTER City centre was an emptier place this week, after the sad death of a well known local face. Jo Jones, known to hundreds of local people who bought the Big Issue from her outside BHS on Market Street, died last week. She had recently moved to
BRING back the sand to Morecambe beach! That's the plea from the resort's hoteliers who met up with MP Geraldine Smith last week to discuss their concerns about the future of Morecambe. The lively meeting at the town hall heard widespread concerns about
A WOMEN was knocked unconscious and raped as she walked home from a Lancaster nightclub. Police have warned women to be on their guard after the second serious assault in the same area in a week. Although police are not, at this stage, linking the two
A WOMAN found with her head in a bath of water at a North Lancashire nursing home died of a heart attack, not drowning, an inquest in Lancaster found. Monica Needham, 63, was discovered by staff at Hillcroft nursing home, Caton Green Road, Brookhouse
THE local branch of the Territorial Army has been called in to help deal with two new outbreaks of the foot and mouth disease. Territorial army officers from the Lancashire and Cumbria Volunteers will be used to help co-ordinate the speedy and safe disposal
PUPILS at St John Southworth Primary School in Nelson will mark the end of their European Week with a visit from local MP Gordon Prentice tomorrow.. The MP said: "It is now accepted we are very much a part of the European Union. It is great the children
YOUTH groups in Pendle such as Scouts, Guides and the Boys' Brigade can look forward to having a great time when Pendle Leisure Trust re-launches itself on April 21. The Trust has devised a 'leisure-links' scheme which will provide discounts at the borough's
PEDESTRIANS crossing the recently re-opened bridge in Phillips Lane, Colne, can now feel safe. County Councillor Tim Ormrod received complaints from people who felt they were being squashed to the edge by passing cars and trucks. Two white lines have
GREAT gran Jessie Driver has never been one to take life slowly -- so she celebrated her 80th birthday by organising a fitness class. Up to 28 ladies, aged between 60 and 85, turned up at Jessie's music and movement class in Earby and according to Jessie
NEW traffic calming measures are in place in Colne after an 18-month campaign against speeding motorists. County Coun Tim Ormrod has been among those calling for safety measures to be put in place at the end of the M65 at the approach to the Colne roundabout
BURNLEY shopkeeper Abid Pervez tackled a masked gunman who raided his store, pulled off his balaclava and disarmed him. The man escaped from the Pervez Brothers mini-market, in Colne Road, by jumping into a car waiting in Waterbarn Street.
AN animal sanctuary has renewed its appeal for help. The Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary in Redshell Lane, Oswaldtwistle, says it needs to raise £1,200 to £1,400 a week over the next four to six weeks to help it prepare for the summer. It has already
THERE may be fears that the Grand National may suffer from the poor turnout because of foot and mouth crisis but it was a case of 'crisis, what crisis?' at a horse racing event last night. For it was a full house at a race night held by the Rotary Club
YOUR town needs you! That's the message to residents in a vandal-ravaged borough as a council declares war on troublemakers. Hyndburn Council wants residents to name names and report incidents of vandalism as they happen to the police. And they are appealing
A MEMORIAL to battered teenager Sajjad Mahmood is set to be included in a new beauty spot around the mill lodge where his body was found. The parents of Sajjad, whose body was left in Hagg's Lodge in Accrington for ten days before being discovered, have
THE daughter of an experienced biker killed in an accident with a car is urging drivers to show consideration and improve their road awareness for cyclists. Jennifer Liggat, of Limefield Street, Accrington, claims motorcyclists are always singled out
TERRITORIAL Army members in Preston are being asked to give up time from work to help farmers cope with the foot and mouth crisis. Part-time troops are needed to join the permanent staff and regular soldiers from across the region who are co-ordinating
ALL EYES were on Blackpool and the Fylde College students at the weekend (March 30 -April 1) as a Big Brother-style fund-raiser got under way. A group of ten students were locked away at Emmanuel Christian school off Lodge Lane, Poulton, in the three
THE ROMANS have come to Wrea Green! But fear not, for it was all part of a fun learning day for pupils at Ribby with Wrea school, Dubside, recently. Youngsters from years four, five and six donned Roman fashions and armour, and spent the day enjoying
WE are informed the council intends to spend £20,000 on a sculpture to be placed on Darwen Boulevard. As a Darwener born and bred, I would much rather see this money put with the £36,000 already allocated for lighting up Darwen Tower to give it and the
REGARDING your article headed 'Capita could be twice the price' and 'Hefty cost to council tax payers as negotiations go on' (LET, March 23), while I commend your full coverage of this partnership arrangement with Capita, I feel I must correct any misunderstanding
LOWTON fisherman Gary Marland was celebrating his biggest ever catch today after netting a bumper £54,519 lottery win. Gary, 42, who bought his ticket at a filling station on the East Lancs Road, won a share of the jackpot with 42 other winners. A partner
REGARDING the call to restrict and control large commercial display fireworks (LET, March 8), in 1988, British Standards were introduced ensuring that fireworks are performance-tested prior to sale to the public and they also put them into four categories
BLACKPOOL'S very own two tenors are re-uniting for a series of concerts. Singers Kevin Matthews and Stephen Burrows first met in 1990 when they were founder members of the local Fylde Opera Group. Now, 11 years and many concerts later, they are joining
FIRE ripped through former classrooms at a derelict college campus in Whitefield, last night. Firefighters spent two hours dealing with the blaze at Stand College site.
GLORIA Oates OBE, of Dearden Brook, Edenwood Lane, Ramsbottom, will be sworn in as a new High Sheriff for Lancashire on Tuesday in a ceremony at Preston where she will make a declaration to serve the Queen's Writs. The position dates back to the middle
AN orthopaedic surgeon has appeared before magistrates in Manchester on indecency charges involving patients going back over 20 years. Rodney Phillips, 62, of Old Hall Road, Whitefield, faced 12 counts of indecently assaulting three women and five children
POLICE suspect two pensioners who had cash stolen from their homes were targeted by the same gang of thieves. At 2.15pm yesterday, three people called at the Ostrich Lane home of an 80-year-old Prestwich man and asked to use the toilet. Once inside, two
MASKED raiders threatened two police officers with a crowbar before escaping from the scene of a robbery in Holcombe Brook last night. The officers were chasing the raiders when the stolen getaway car stopped and two men jumped out and threatened the
LEIGH Centurions' aim for their 14th NFP wins in 15 games at Hunslet Hawks on Sunday, and Journal Rugby League expert Mike Hulme previews the game on this site and in the print version of the Leigh Journal tomorrow
DRUNKEN Lee Whelan was just short of being a massive four times over the limit when police found him fast asleep in his car, a court heard. But he claimed that although he was in charge of the vehicle, which still had the engine running, he never actually
SHEFFIELD United chief Neil Warnock claimed a point was the least his side deserved following a battling display against in-form Rovers. Blades boss Warnock had to wait until the 74th minute to see Peter Ndlovu cancel out Henning Berg's fourth minute
FOOT and mouth disease precautions prevented a popular plant sale going ahead at Padiham's Gawthorpe Hall grounds. So organisers uprooted the annual event and planted it a few hundred yards up the road at Gawthorpe High School. Around a dozen specialist
ELDERLY residents in Skerton are preparing to challenge the council over new plans to site yet more mobile phone masts on top of their tower block. An application from Orange to fix six microwave dishes on top of Bridge House on Mainway has upset tenants
A LANCASTER schoolgirl has turned tragedy into triumph to win a prestigious award. Suzanna Dixon was devastated by the untimely death of her brother but the tragedy motivated her to help others. And her incredible enthusiasm and desire to improve life
LANCASTER women's refuge will remain open until late May after a last minute funding package was agreed. An 11th hour deal agreed to restructure funding from the Tudor Trust, which was paying for a member of staff until October. At an extraordinary general
A FUND-raiser with a difference proved a real hair-raiser for pupils and staff at Nelson's Holy Trinity RC primary school. The wacky hair-do day saw teachers and youngsters rolling in with all shapes and colours of quiff. The sponsored event also allowed
PENDLE Forest Scout and Guide Group could soon have a new meeting room if councillors give the all-clear to an extension to its current hall in Wheatley Lane Road. The group has applied for planning permission for an adjoining building which would increase
SMASH and grab raiders stole £8,000 worth of underwear from Sargeson and Mulineaux, in Blackburn. The thieves took almost all the stock, including 300 Triumph and Berlei bras and knickers, but left behind the bras designed for older women.
HYNDBURN councillors have want to stay put in their existing building rather than move offices. The policy and resources committee has asked officers to try and buy the existing Eagle Street offices in Accrington rather than move to new premises in the
SPECIAL events will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Burnley to Clayton-le-Moors stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool canal. The stretch, opened on April 23, 1801, includes the Burnley embankment, regarded as one of the wonders of the British canal
TWENTY Accrington residents have joined forces to brighten up their area. They have formed the Spindleberry Tenants Association and hope to strengthen their community in the Woodnock area. Space, a housing association with 2,000 properties in the North
THE commanding officer of the Territorial Army's 93 Signal Squadron has retired after thirty-two years service. Major Aidan Unwin, 56 from Accrington, had worked his way up from a raw-recruit to the chief position in the unit after moving to Lancashire
TELEVISION hopeful Chris Bottomley certainly had stars in his eyes -- thanks to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The 19-year-old student made it through to the final auditions of the hit television show on which he hopes to appear as Micky Dolenz from
DORIAN Tulloch was 'grassed up' by his parents after a piece of cannabis fell out of his pocket. Blackburn magistrates heard that the couple reported the matter to the police and the 22-year-old was arrested and charged with possession. Tulloch, of Chester
GOOSNARGH and Longridge Agricultural Society Show which has been going since before World War Two has become the most recent victim of the foot and mouth epidemic. The committee decided unanimously that the July 7 date was to be cancelled, the first time
I NOTE over the last few weeks in the Citizen letters column the old Morecambe cry of "We should be separate from Lancaster" has raised its head again. How people cannot see that Morecambe would be dead without Lancaster I cannot understand. Let's face
PLANS to knock down and redevelop a grade two listed building in York Street, Clitheroe, have shuddered to a halt after English Heritage said it would fight against demolition. The £3million development was the ambitious project of the Lancaster Foundation
I WOULD like to reassure Mr Pritchard (letters 15 March) and your readers that Marsh Tenants and Residents Association does not support Willow Lane School's decision to exclude the public from the playing fields. We were not even consulted on this decision
OFFICIALS today said they hoped a series of measures would prevent foot and mouth returning to East Lancashire -- more than three weeks since the area's last confirmed case. Two confirmed cases of foot and mouth in Chipping and Forton yesterday took the
RESIDENTS in Chipping spoke of their shock today as vets confirmed the Ribble Valley's first case of foot and mouth disease in the village. The total number of affected farms in Lancashire has now risen to 14. The disease was confirmed at Harry and Mary
A NEW interactive site for 11 to 20 year olds, Teenterrain.com, has launched. Branding itself as a teenagers bedroom, although not as messy as an average teens room - that's if my 17 year old sister's room is anything to go-by. It covers all areas of
CAR park charges in key car parks in Clitheroe could be raised by 5p to help pay for a new colsed-circuit TV system in the town. Ribble Valley Council's chief executive David Morris suggested the rise as one way of obtaining revenue to meet the £67,000
NATURISM in this country is bigger than you think. There are more than 25,000 UK naturists - people who have accepted social nudity as a way of enhancing their lives and prompting a sense of harmony with the environment. British Naturism is an organisation
FOLLOWING a three-day break for Steve and the lads, the travelling Tangerine faithful were hoping for a positive result on Saturday. We were expecting a refreshed and rejuvenated squad that was focused and ready to take on the challenge ahead. How wrong
THE British Championship motorcycle racing circus rolled into Donington Park for the season opening event last weekend, with Morecambe's own John McGuiness competing in the Supersport class with his new Castrol Honda CBR600F Sport and new team to get
NEWS that a major Lancaster factory is to lock its gates for good have shocked workers and lead to fears that the city's industrial heart has stopped beating. Bosses at Hindrichs-Aufermann Interiors, formerly Forbo Kingfisher, say they have no choice
Lancaster City 6 Belper 1 CITY clinched their second cup final place this season after battering Belper at the Axe on Tuesday night. Paul Haddow's brace put City in control while Chris Ward, on trial at Birmingham this week, took it all lying down. During
LANCASTER City Council's mayor will plant a tree as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. The planting ceremony will take place in the Garden of Remembrance next to Lancaster Town Hall on Thursday 19 April at 10.30am and Rabbi
PRAM pushing Craig Chapman looked anything but a doting dad as he made his way through a town centre store, a court heard. Security staff at TK Maxx were so suspicious of his behaviour that they immediately kept him under careful observation as he moved
A NEW service has been launched to help small businesses to retain key staff by providing a range of employee benefits such as life and health insurance. Tendirectis offering subscribers commission-free services which can be purchased on line without
BUSINESSES in East Lancashire have been put on alert over an international con that is promising millions of pounds in commission. Nigerian fraudsters are targeting companies in the area, offering more than $6 million for help in transferring funds out
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an alleged assault on five people in the Anchor pub, Blackburn Road, Darwen, about 11pm on Sunday. Officers have arrested one person who was bailed until further inquiries have been made. Det Sgt Ian Critchley
BURY first team coach Billy Ayre has spoken of his desire to remain at Gigg Lane next season. Ayre was drafted in by chairman Terry Robinson to help manager Andy Preece but his contract runs out at the end of the season. Ayre has publicly spoken about
A MAN was arrested after shouting racial abuse at a taxi driver he thought was "ripping him off," a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard that Graham Coates was on his way home to Darwen from a Blackburn town centre night out and found himself locked
IT will be the end of an era for shoppers in Darwen when one of the town's longest running stores closes its doors for the final time. Woodward's fruit and veg shop, in Blackburn Road, Darwen, is due to close on Saturday after 21 years of operation. Owners
THE body of a man who was found battered to death in a flat was covered from head to foot in bruises, police revealed today. Gary Fletcher, 40, of Hammerton Green, Bacup, is believed to have been lying dead for two days at an address three doors from
A DASH of the Med with a simple white bean dish. Ingredients: 1 x 420g can butter beans, drained 50g canned red peppers, drained and chopped 50g canned black olives, drained and chopped 60ml olive oil garlic juice of half a lemon 1tbsp tomato paste 50g
SENSATIONAL seven-year-old Shane McKeever is lining up yet another TV performance after scooping the top prize in a national talent competition. Line dancer Shane, who comes from a well-known Blackpool family, first appeared in The Blackpool Citizen on
COULD you spare two hours per week and help to transform the life of a rejected, hurt or simply lonely child? Blackpool social services are looking for men and women over the age of 18 who would be willing to dedicate a significant part of their time
SPECIAL measures have been introduced to help boaters navigate a stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in East Lancashire. Disinfected pads are being placed next to locks along the canal enabling people to navigate the full stretch. And locks and swing
AN ADVICE centre for children is to be set up in Blackburn with Darwen to fight for the rights of young people. The advocacy service is intended to advise young people on their rights, visit those in care and help to promote a positive image of children
ROSSENDALE manager Jim McCluskie has been named NWCL First Division manager of the month for March. The 35-year-old, in his first season as a boss, has turned Dale into hot favourites for the title during a sensational month in which the side won seven
REGARDING your leading story on March 22 about the Ivan Taylor investigation, I attended the Standards Committee's first meeting which was convened in order to decide whether to investigate the allegations against Coun Taylor and it was not Mr Essex-Crosby
ST ANNES residents should urge their councillors to support the Community Arts Centre Trust in their fight to save St Annes College being turned into flats. Developers Newfield Jones plan to build 68 flats. Fylde Borough Council is allowing a beautiful
Exeter 2 Blackpool 0 HOPES of automatic promotion are long gone, and if Pool carry on playing like this they'll struggle to make the play-offs. This defeat was the Seasiders third in a row, and means they have only managed one point from a possible twelve
IT'S ALL Greek to a group of Arnold School pupils. For a party of 40 staff and pupils from the Blackpool school will be spending their Easter holidays exploring ancient Greece as part of their A level Classics course. They've read the books, now it's
A YOUNG Asian woman and Labour candidate in the forthcoming council elections has revealed the difficulties she experienced when she stood in past local elections. Reporter LIAM MURPHY takes a closer at the difficulties facing candidates from minority
RADCLIFFE Boro had a major say in the Unibond League Division One title race last night with a 1-0 victory at table-toppers Bradford Park Avenue. Boro started the game at a cracking pace and took the lead on nine minutes, when Lee Kissock won the ball
A POLICE investigation has been launched after the body of a 20-year-old-man was found lying at the side of the railway tracks near Nelson Station. The body of the man, who is said to have been residing in the Nelson area, was found at 9.41am yesterday
A COMPLEX in Colne to house more than 40 elderly people and young people with learning difficulties looks set to be approved tonight by councillors. Heydock Developments wants to build 14 semi-detached bungalows and an 18-bedroom retirement home off Foulds
IN response to the article 'Locals fear a student ghetto' printed in 'The Citizen' on March 29, we wish to voice our thoughts on the attitudes towards students expressed by the rest of society. Residents of Golgotha Road complained that buses were too
LOCALS fear student ghetto-residents object to rising numbers" page 5 These are businesses so why should they not pay business rates?" page 19 With regards to the two articles printed in The Citizen (March 29), I thought I would respond to the residents
Ashton 13 Blackpool Scorpions 8 IN the first half the Scorpions defended the mud and when they got into the drier half of the field put pressure on their opponents. At one time they had three continuous sets of tackles as they forced Ashton to drop out
MORECAMBE'S final chance of cup glory petered out at Nuneaton on Tuesday night. The home side took the honours in the quarter final, leaving Jim Harvey's men to concentrate their efforts on getting a top half finish in the Nationwide conference. Morecambe
BARRY Kilby has urged the Clarets to get Blackburn out of their mind and look forward to tomorrow night's last derby-date of the season. Burnley go into the televised clash against Preston at Turf Moor smarting at a 5-0 spanking by Rovers. But the chairman
A WORLD renowned hypnotist popped into Lancaster's Sun Street Cafe this week for an alternative take on staff training. The small but dedicated team thought it would be a hoot to try their luck with a group hypnosis knowing The Great McAndler - acclaimed
HUNDREDS of tourists and locals are expected to visit Lancaster's Town Hall this summer as the Grand Edwardian building once again hosts a series of guided tours. The tours, which are now in their third year, offer visitors an opportunity to inspect parts
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today urged his players to keep their nerve after two precious promotion points slipped threw their fingers against Sheffield United last night. Henning Berg looked to have set Rovers on the road to another vital victory
A NEW Padiham technology solutions company has opened for business with the endorsement of the world's largest software operator. Centatek is one of only a small number of businesses in the North West to receive Microsoft Certified Partner accreditation
A DARWEN artist is due to open her latest exhibition after it was delayed due to the foot and mouth outbreak. Judith Herring will displaying various showpieces at Sunnyhurst Woods Visitor Centre, Darwen, after it reopened last week. Centre manager Peter
THREE people are facing jail after being convicted of planning a vigilante attack on a man outside a town centre nightspot. Steven Taylor, 21, of Primrose Terrace, Darwen, Lee Biggs, 22, formerly of Walter Street, Blackburn, and Raymond Wilkinson, 21,
A CEMETERY could become out of bounds after dark following the theft of two benches dedicated to two Darwen men. Blackburn with Darwen Council is considering locking the gates at Darwen Cemetery, in Bolton Road after thieves dug up the two benches, worth
NEIGHBOURS came to the rescue when Haslingden and Helmshore Brass Band faced a £10,000 repair bill for the roof at its practice rooms. Grane Road Residents' Association set about fund-raising and made £250 at a social night. Then the group appealed to
ROSSENDALE Council is heading 'post haste' towards the demolition of eyesore Ilex Mill. The mill at the outskirts of the town centre has been empty and increasingly derelict for two years. There was no opposition when councillors voted to go ahead with
ORGANISERS of the Great Eccleston Agricultural Show are hoping the event will still go ahead despite the foot and mouth crisis. Doubt had been cast over the annual show, which is due to take place on July 14-15 at the showground off the A586 Garstang
ANIMAL rights campaigners who have condemned Blackpool Zoo for reopening during the foot-and-mouth crisis were this week accused of a "disgraceful" bid to breach safety protocol. The Captive Animals' Protection Society told The Citizen: "We believe that
COUNCIL chiefs have pledged to cut the number of children killed or seriously injured on roads by three quarters within the next three years. A comprehensive re-think of how children learn about road safety, along with extra cash for speed cameras and
A WELL-KNOWN former school worker has been stabbed to death whilst out celebrating his birthday. Anthony Eaves, who was brought up in Blackburn and was a familiar face on the town's Wimberley estate, died after an incident in Wigan. A man has been charged
RACES from across the region that WILL be on Thurs April 5th: Bunny Run (1) 3M fell race (Keighley -- new location) Sat April 7th: Northern 12 Stage/6 Stage Relays Sun April 8th: Wakefield Hospice City 10K Tues April 10th: Coppice 5M Fell Race (Accrington
VICKY Gill is "the discovery of the winter -- relatively inexperienced but very mature in her running" according to UK Athletics' Technical Director for Endurance Zara Hyde Peters. The 20-year-old Chorley Harrier has just been selected for the Norwich
PLEASE allow me through your pages to object in the strongest possible terms to the pending increase in the cost of home care services. I have been informed by Blackpool Social Services that the cost of this service is to be increased from April 9 this
BLACKPOOL residents -- how does it feel to be well and truly stitched up by the very council that you voted for? You know, the ones that you genuinely thought were looking out for your best interests? Having just received my council tax bill for this
REGARDING the news that the axed school bus services were to be reprieved until July is a very welcome development. However, on reading the responses from the council leader and the managing director of Blackpool Transport Services, I was to say the least
