A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. New year's Eve Soul Part, Municipal Hall, Colne, 8pm. New Year's Eve Family Disco, Loveclough WMC, Commercial Street, Rossendale. New Year's Eve Dance, Blackburn Northern
IN his Nature Watch article "Mistletoe has pagan tones" (LET, December 18), Ron Freethy stated that "In Norse mythology the cunning Loki killed Balder the Good by giving him a huge and lethal dose of mistletoe." While this is correct in the broadest sense
AS an aside to the speed camera saga, I have noticed that whenever one of these things is installed at the roadside, within a few weeks, measurement lines are painted on the road surface. However, there are many roads in the town where the road markings
I FULLY support the remarks of Mr T Ormerod (Letters, December 2) and suggest the time has come for immediate action regarding the parking problem on Bolton Road (A666) in the vicinity of the India Mill complex in Darwen. As I approached Radford Street
TWO young women fled from a house in Redvales when an outhouse set alight. Two crews attended the blaze at 12.30pm on Saturday (Dec 21), after a neighbour alerted the women that the brick annexe was on fire.
A MOTHER and daughter required oxygen following a chip pan fire in their Whitefield home. A fire crew from Whitefield attended the scene at Eight Acre at 2pm on Monday (Dec 23). They were joined by an appliance from Broughton. Sub officer Andy Taylor
A MAN has been found hanged in woodland close to Ramsbottom town centre. Martin McCullough was staying at the Old Mill Hotel, off Springwood Street, during a visit to the area from his home in Belfast. The 41-year-old fitter was discovered suspended by
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which an 81-year-old motorist suffered head injuries. The driver was in his Skoda at 1.20pm on Thursday of last week (Dec19) when he was in collision with a double decker bus in Bury New Road, Whitefield
CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and sharing and the pupils at Parrenthorn High School have demonstrated just how well they are aware of the tradition. Each year, the youngsters raise money for a charity chosen by the pupils and present a cheque to the
GAS operator Transco is urging homeowners and businesses bosses in Bury to put safety at the top of their agenda when they return from their festive breaks. The firm is spreading the gas safety message to people when they enter their homes, offices or
The key stats and moments from the game against Liverpool FRIEDEL: Didn't have too much to do but when he was called into action he excelled as usual.... 7 NEILL: Coped well under pressure considering he was asked to play in two different positions during
Last week, the city council embarked on the process of setting up a domestic partnerships register, and committed resources to this. The register would allow people living on a common purse to formally record this, with the purpose of registration being
A THIEF struck when a motorist left her vehicle to chase her dog down the street. A handbag was taken from the vehicle when the woman chased the animal along Pendlehurst Street, Burnley, on Monday morning. The woman is believed to have been loading three
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was mugged as he played with friends in a park in Burnley. The 13-year-old was with two friends near the river in Towneley Park when he was approached by two older boys who rifled through his pockets
BUSINESS is blooming at the Going Dutch florists in Burnley and Nelson after the company recently gained Investors in People recognition. Owner Janet Boast also put the florists on the map earlier this year when she finished runner-up in the Interflora
BARGAIN hunters flocked to Burnley today for the start of the sales. First to be besieged was the Next store which opened at 5am -- an hour earlier than the neighbouring store in Blackburn -- to be greeted by a flurry of early risers keen to snap up bargains
CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and sharing and the pupils at Parrenthorn High School have demonstrated just how well they are aware of the tradition. Each year, the youngsters raise money for a charity chosen by the pupils and present a cheque to the
YOUNG people in Burnley are being given their own version of a new plan which will shape the future of the town. Burnley Community Plan has already been formalised and passed by the borough council, but now a special version will be put together for youngsters
A FEMALE firefighter from Burnley saved a man's life after pulling him unconscious from a smoke-filled house. Caroline Hardiman went into the house in Beech Street, Accrington, with her colleague Gary Holderness and found Paul Day lying unconsciousness
NICKY Hill is set to be the first of a number of players to be loaned out by the Shakers. The club are looking to trim their costs while giving fringe players the chance of playing first team soccer. Local Nationwide Conference outfit Leigh RMI have enquired
SHAKERS joint chairman John Smith was delighted with the attendance for last Saturday's derby clash against Rochdale. . . and now he's looking for more of the same. Smith declared himself "the happiest man in Bury" after 5,827 spectators went through
IT is the time for New Years resolutions and the people on the committee have made one. They have decided that it is time we made an effort to keep faith with all those people who supported us with their cash in the dark days of Spring. Remember the "
PENDLE has become the first borough in Lancashire to appoint a full time canal corridor development co-ordinator. The role, which will be funded by Pendle Partnership, will involve overseeing the redevelopment of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Nelson
COMMUNITY groups in Hyndburn can get a share of £30,000 funding. The cash is available to help community and voluntary organisations improve their neighbourhood and encourage more involvement in local activities. It also aims to help black or minority
CHARITY workers at Altham's RSPCA shelter are hoping to rehouse nearly 30 mice for the New Year after they cruelly dumped and left for dead before Christmas. The family, including a number of new-born babies just days old, were abandoned on wasteland
INTERNET users in Tottington who harness the information super highway can now move well and truly into the fast lane. For local demand for high-speed broadband connection, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) for the uninitiated, has hit the
YOU don't so much walk into Victoria Wood's country cottage as step on board! Six hundred feet above sea level in Harrop Fold, Clitheroe, is the largest single collection of steam boat paraphernalia in the UK. And it's full steam ahead for Victoria, who
HOW about this for a wacky way to pass some time one chilly Sunday afternoon - name that shirt? FilmWise.com (www.filmwise. com/invisibles/index.shtml) challenges you to the ultimate test of cinematic knowledge: name the movie from which a selection of
DELEGATES to the latest meeting of the Bury-based Manchester Association of Spirit at Work played their cards right. For the evening featured Brett Lancaster of Lancaster Management Associates who introduced a card game called Intuitive Solutions that
CROWD segregation is to be in place for the long-awaited Lancaster City vs Morecambe FA Trophy match on January 11. Dolly Blues fans are advised to pick up their tickets for the game from the commercial office at Giant Axe or the either of the post offices
"TO be fair, apart from the Rotherham game the lads have been doing well and I thought we were unlucky at Gillingham. "Their goal went through Coxy's legs and deflected in but I don't really remember them having too many other shots on goal. "We showed
BURNLEY'S injury-hit squad responded in the right way to the current crisis by producing a determined display to defeat Wolves at Turf Moor yesterday - and manager Stan Ternent was delighted. "We played extremely well and battled hard in a tough match
A LOOK at the key moments from the game against Wolves. BURNLEY MARLON BERESFORD: Barely had a save to make but denied a clean sheet by a deflection. Got up after being clattered by Ndah...7 DEAN WEST: His deflected shot gave the Clarets a vital 2-0 cushion
BURNLEY finally found the way to beat the Wolves - play like tigers. Eleven straight defeats, no win since 1986, no home win since 1970 and no Turf Moor league triumph since Stan Ternent was a lad back in 1963. But those particular ghosts were laid to
WHAT a fantastic Christmas present! A rare win against Manchester United, ninth position in the table, and enough points between us and the bottom three to give us that bit of breathing space over the festive period. We've waited a long time to get one
A WOMAN was indecently assaulted as she stood outside a Galgate shop with a friend. The 30-year-old was approached by a man who became abusive and then touched her indecently at 6.30pm on Thursday night. Police ask anyone who saw the assault, outside
A police operation using groundbreaking new number plate recognition technology led to 40 arrests in Lancaster and the discovery of 50 wraps of heroin and a quantity of Ecstasy tablets.
AN 'inspirational' Lancaster family has won a national magazine award. Readers of Sugar magazine were asked to nominate friends who had inspired them and, among the winning real life stories was that of Lancaster resident Anne Wawszczyk. Anne was nominated
A GROUP set up to bring cheer and chat to isolated elderly people in Bury has celebrated its first Christmas. Contact The Elderly is now hoping to attract more hosts so it can continue to flourish into the New Year. The Bury-based organisation meets every
STAFF at a Bury engineering company are mourning the loss of their former managing director Mr Gordon Hargreaves. Mr Hargreaves passed away at a nursing home in Portugal last Friday (Dec20), aged 82. He joined the Lord Street based firm Senior Hargreaves
THE words of the Christmas story "there's no room at the inn" almost had to be changed to "there's no beer at the inn" as a Prestwich pub faced a festive dilemma. Business partners Irene Sharples and Nina Power, who run The Grapes Inn, in Bury New Road
ANTI-bloodsport protesters clashed with huntsmen at the annual Boxing Day Holcombe Hunt meeting at Rivington. More than 100 members of the League Against Cruel Sports banged drums, blew whistles and waved banners as up to 40 riders set off on the hunt
ORIGINAL member of the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock, will be appearing at Blackburn's North Bar in the new year. Matlock, the bassist with one of the most influential groups, will be in town on Friday, January 24 when he will be playing songs and taking
AN exciting line-up has been announced for the 15th Burnley National Blues Festival which will see some legendeary names heading to the Mechanics. Widely recognised as one of the finest festivals in the country, the Burnley event has a worldwide appeal
THE year will close on a somewhat disappointing note for popular traditional outfit The Pendle Jazzmen, notwithstanding the success of their CD recorded live earlier this year at one of the band's regular fortnightly gigs at The Whitchaff in Rawtenstall
ONE of the area's largest employers has closed - just days before Christmas. More than 150 staff at Moll Industries were told last Thursday that the factory would shut its doors after administrators were unable to agree a sale price with potential buyers
A ROSSENDALE voluntary group which has applied for lottery funding to help provide out-of-school childcare provision for working parents is hoping for some good news early in the New Year. The project was put together by members of Stacksteads Riverside
THE North West Development Agency has announced a £280,000 investment in a partnership project to bring a modern, multi-purpose primary healthcare facility to Bacup. The Primary and Community Care Centre is being led by a partnership between Burnley,
AN exciting line-up has been announced for the 15th Burnley National Blues Festival which will see some legendeary names heading to the Mechanics. Widely recognised as one of the finest festivals in the country, the Burnley event has a worldwide appeal
DARWEN Library Theatre has pulled off a major coup by getting distinguished actress Honor Blackman to perform her one-woman show as part of its new season of events. The former Avengers' star , who also played Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger
RADCLIFFE Borough face one of their toughest tests of the season so far when they travel to second in the table North Ferriby United on Saturday, writes STEVE BOTT. The Boro will be without striker Neill Hardy once again as he serves the second game of
BARGAIN hunters flocked to Blackburn today for the start of the Christmas sales season. First to be besieged was the town's Next store which opened its doors at 6am to be greeted by a flurry of early birds keen to snap up cut-price goods. But most stores
THE faithful at a Blackburn church joined their priest and his friends in the celebration of his 40th anniversary in the priesthood. Father John O'Connor, of St Francis' Church, St Francis' Road, Feniscowles, led the festivities with a meal at the church
A POPULAR charity is hoping East Lancashire will remember them in their New Year's resolutions and commit to a fundraising trip of a lifetime. The Anthony Nolan Trust, which operates a bone marrow register, is organising a team of 20 hikers to climb the
AN EXPECTANT mum who became pregnant through IVF today sent a message of hope to couples hoping to have children in the New Year. Paula Swinscoe is now pregnant with her second child following years of cutting-edge IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment
TRAVEL agents across East Lancashire today reported a healthy number of holiday bookings -- despite fears a recent surge in last-minute holidays would affect sales. Industry workers said they had taken deposits for both foreign and domestic breaks as
LITTER bugs who spit chewing gum on the pavement face being caught out on CCTV and issued with on-the-spot fines. And council bosses keen to protect the multi-million-pound regeneration of Blackburn town centre may also encourage people to keep the streets
BLACKBURN Hawks enjoyed a comfortable work-out in a specially-arranged challenge match with Spartak Durham. At 13 goals to one, the game was too one-sided for coach Bobby Haig to have learned too many lessons, but he did take the opportunity to ring the
Harwood record shock win A SCINTILLATING first half performance saw Great Harwood Town pull off a shock victory against NWCL Division Two pace-setters Padiham. In a combative local derby, Town stood toe-to-toe with their high-flying near neighbours, much
BACUP started positively and were soon taking the game to Blackpool. They won a succession of corners early on but Bacup failed to take advantage. Stuart Telfer was causing the visitors all sorts of problems and he opened up the Blackpool defence late
BOTH private hire and hackney carriage fares in Blackburn and Darwen were increased in the week leading up to Christmas. Both sets of drivers - around 600 private hire and 70 hackney carriage - say it isn't through choice. Mohammed Nawaz Khan, chairman
JIM Blackburn, chairman of Blackburn with Darwen's licensing committee, believes the additional costs private hire drivers complain about could have been funded in other ways. He said: "It currently costs a driver less than £1 a week to be licensed to
A CARD put through my letter box, told me that an item awaited me at the main post office and required a payment of 99p. I picked up a Christmas card which a friend had inadvertently posted without a stamp. I would willingly pay the postage, even though
PERHAPS Mrs Lomax (Your Letters, Dec 13) should remind herself the next time she casts her vote that women in this country were only granted that privilege 86 years ago. Much of the credit goes to visionary women like Emmeline Pankhurst and others in
B. W. WARBURTON objects to paying a nominal amount for car parking and security at Fairfield Hospital (Your Letters, Dec 13) but I am afraid there is no such thing as a free lunch! Also in Your Letters recently, H. M. Chidgey correctly stated that motorists
AFTER seeing two recent letters expressing support for the BNP, it needs to be made clear that the racist policies of this vile organisation offer no solution at all to the poor conditions suffered by many people in this country, black or white. Despite
THE publication of the Audit Commission's report has confirmed what we in Bury have known for a long time, that the quality of the services provided by our Labour-dominated council, particularly in the fields of housing and environment, are "weak". No
THE first letter from "Fed-up Taxpayer" (Dec 6) suggesting support for the fascist BNP was, to say the least, annoying. The second, from "Another Fed-Up Taxpayer" (Dec 13) set the alarm bells ringing. As someone who has suffered the attentions of the
FRIENDS who had not seen each other for 50 years returned to their old school for a reunion. And one of the four-strong group travelled thousands of miles for the visit to Prestwich High School from his home in Vancouver, Canada. Friends Tony Dampier
A 24-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in hospital after a car ploughed into a lampost. The man was a passenger in a black Ford Fiesta XR2 which crashed in Woodhill Road, Bury, near to the junction of Crostons Road at about 2.10am on Christmas Day
MUSLIMS in Clitheroe are to take their controversial scheme for a town centre mosque to a Government appeal. The three-year bid to build the mosque at the back of an Islamic Education Centre in Holden Street came to a halt earlier this year, when planners
SMALLER firms can check up on the licences of their software after the Institute of Directors (IoD) launched a site offering advice. The Licence Compliance microsite (www.iod.com/licencecompliance/) produced in association with Microsoft, offers advice
AN old face will be disappearing from a well-known Bury firm of insurance brokers and investment consultants come the New Year. For senior partner Chris Ernhill is retiring from Moscrop Robinson & Chadwick at the end of the month after 42 years with
COULD you be a prop idol? That's the question Lancaster people are being asked to answer this week. It comes from rugby league stars at London Broncos - as they ask Lancaster sports-people to join a national search for a future rugby league star to play
A HAPPY Christmas to all sports fans everywhere (except Southport and Barrow). Christmas is an expensive time of year - even more so for the dedicated fan faced with the full Christmas programme and a brood of kids screaming for the latest replica shirt
The average houses in Lancaster cost £80,910 according to a new survey by Barclays. That compares to an average wage in the city of £20,467 per year.
VISITORS to Morecambe Library will soon have the opportunity to air their views to the nation! The library has been fitted with high tech 'web cams' which provide a direct link to the BBC's Morning Show - a new venture that aims to give members of the
A PROMINENT councillor has quit the city council with a stinging attack on her 'small-minded' political opponents. Carol Broad, who has now moved to Chester, was the former chairman of housing who became embroiled in a babysitting allowances row in 2001
MORECAMBE go into their derby match with Southport today (Thursday) three points ahead of their nearest rivals - and with no fresh injury problems to report. Jim Harvey's side occupy fifth place in the Conference table after a Wayne Curtis strike gave
FRIENDS who had not seen each other for 50 years returned to their old school for a reunion. And one of the four-strong group travelled thousands of miles for the visit to Prestwich High School from his home in Vancouver, Canada. Friends Tony Dampier
DETECTIVES investigating a robbery at a Prestwich service station, in which a teenage cashier was attacked with an axe, are keen to speak to a motorist who was captured on CCTV filling his car with petrol. The man is described as being in his 40s, white
HUNDREDS of people have responded to an invitation to shape the future of public transport in Greater Manchester. In order to take into account of as many views as possible when formulating public transport policy for the county, Greater Manchester Passenger
BURNLEY'S injury-hit squad responded in the right way to the current crisis by producing a determined display to defeat Wolves at Turf Moor yesterday - and manager Stan Ternent was delighted. "We played extremely well and battled hard in a tough match
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today called on his players to show more of the fighting qualities which have heralded excellent results against Manchester United and Liverpool as struggling West Ham head for Ewood tomorrow. Souness is delighted with how
MORE world class snooker comes to town next month when the legendary Jimmy White comes to Bury Town Hall's Elizabethan Suite. The man they call "The Whirlwind" will take on the best the town can offer in a night of exhibition bouts on Thursday, January
RESIDENTS are campaigning for the removal of a path which leads to Darwen's new McDonald's. People in Redvers Road claim the route was not included in council plans. Linda Chelton, 31, who organised a meeting about the path to which more than 20 residents
THERE'S still time for budding photographers to enter Ramsbottom Heritage Society's Annual Photography competition. The photographs must come from the Ramsbottom District and be in by the closing date of January 31. Each picture can be entered in one
MEMBERS of the public were treated to a taste of life on the piste in Rossendale yesterday when Ski Rossendale opened its slopes to novices for an open day, which was intended to attract more people to the delights of Alpine pursuits. Lessons and demonstrations
ANTI-bloodsport protesters turned out to heckle huntsmen at the annual Boxing Day Holcombe Hunt meeting in Rivington. More than 100 members of the League Against Cruel Sports banged drums, blew whistles and waved banners as up to 40 riders got ready to
SHREWSBURY TOWN 4 BURY 1: SHAKERS suffered a Christmas hangover of monumental proportions at Gay Meadow as they went down to their heaviest defeat of the season. Tormenter in chief was Town's hat-trick hero Ryan Lowe, while Andy Preece's men finished
THE year will close on a somewhat disappointing note for popular traditional outfit The Pendle Jazzmen, notwithstanding the success of their CD recorded live earlier this year at one of the band's regular fortnightly gigs at The Whitchaff in Rawtenstall
SUPERSTAR DJ, a producer with an apparent Midas touch and one of the best remixers around . . . so what the hell is Mauro Picotto doing spending New Year in Blackpool? No disrespect to the Tower-dominated seaside resort, but when it comes to living the
WHAT a fantastic 18 months it's been for New Order. Not only did they return to the charts after a lengthy break with a critically and commercially successful album, but they've also been immortalised on film, sampled by Kylie and played some of the most
A VILLAGE sub-postmaster has lost a landmark legal battle which would have guaranteed the minimum wage for himself and 16,000 others. Ken Hayward, who runs a post office and general store from his Holden Street home in Belthorn, battled for three years
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has been given planning permission to extend its out-of-town Blackburn store, despite concerns it could kill off town centre trade. Chamber of Trade bosses pleaded with the council to turn down the application, saying that Tesco
ACCRINGTON Stanley's inactivity yesterday did no harm to their title prospects in the UniBond League Premier Division. A waterlogged pitch at Whitby left the Reds kicking their heels but, while their lead at the top was cut, they ended up in a healthier
ON A pitch made heavy by overnight rain the first half of the game developed into a midfield battle with neither side able to dominate. The first real chance of the game came in the 23rd minute when Rossendale's Chris Brooks muscled Kay off the ball but
A CROWD of over 200 enjoyed a memorable Boxing Day derby at Holt House, which either team could have won by the final whistle. Colne put the Nelson defence under pressure early on and it was no surprise when they took the lead after 14 minutes with George
ON A heavy pitch the Boxing Day derby honours went to championship-chasing Clitheroe and condemned home team Ramsbottom to a bottom three place in the NWCL first division. The game only went ahead after an inspection half an hour before kick off and Clitheroe
A DOUBLE burst of scoring fire in the opening 15 minutes effectively settled this high-noon UniBond first division shoot-out in Chorley's favour to the delight of the majority in a bumper holiday crowd of 513 at Victory Park. Although Bridge bravely took
AS you read this, I'll be ready for our nice little trip to Whitby Town on Boxing Day. My wife thinks that we are mad for going all that way for a football match and I have to say that I agree. According to the UniBond League, it is the Football Association
TWO East Lancashire athletes have finished the year heading the United Kingdom rankings. Steeple-chaser Chris Hart and hammer thrower Simon Bissell lead the way while a third Under 17, Laura Finucane, shares the limelight with top six placings in four
CHAIRMAN Derek Shaw took a pot shot at Preston's growing army of dissatisfied fans by saying their complaints appalled him in his programme notes. But while he may reckon the club isn,t doing too badly, the players on the pitch on Boxing Day didn,t do
THE manager of a company whose 6,000 staff take off more than 88,000 days sick in one year would be sacked. So what is happening at Bury Council? Stress, depression, colds, flu, and back and neck problems seem to be the main reasons for this appalling
IT is debatable whether councils should go as far as putting up pictures of 'unpopular' celebrities to encourage people to stick their discarded chewing gum on them instead of spitting it out on to the pavement. But though this is one idea, tried elsewhere
HOPE, peace and goodwill are all words associated with Christmas -- but they are often lacking from the lives of some youngsters at this time of year. However, a growing number of foster carers in East Lancashire are now bringing festive cheer into the
North West Counties Division One Prescot Cables...2 Ramsbottom Utd...1 AS the final whistle went on this contest Ramsbottom United must have wondered just what they have to do to get themselves off the bottom of the table. It was always going to be a
Bury...1 Rochdale...1 CHRISTMAS is traditionally a time for giving and receiving and referee Roy Pearson certainly gifted Rochdale at a shivering Gigg Lane on Saturday. All the Peterlee official was short of was a red tunic, a white beard and a reindeer
National League Two Doncaster...30pts Sedgley Park...35pts THIS was a wonderful, pulsating match in which Sedgley Park hung on for a win that keeps their promotion hopes burning brightly into the New Year. Despite an inauspicious beginning when their
J MONKHOUSE (Letters, December 12) asks whether an anti-hunt group supports Labour because they criticised the Countryside Alliance twice. Without knowing the answer, he then launches into a long and amusing diatribe against Labour. Of course, there could
AIR MILES MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION ONE WHALLEY RANGE...3 UNSWORTH...2 UNSWORTH'S recent good run came to an abrupt halt at Whalley Range's Kings Road ground on Saturday. How and why is still a bit of a mystery. No disrespect to the home side but Unsworth
ONE week before Christmas and Blackburn with Darwen Council prosecute a pub landlord for being in breach of his public entertainments licence (LET, December 16). Councillor Maureen Bateson actually welcomes the prosecution, no doubt getting into the Christmas
TOWN Hall highways chiefs are to find out whether the proposed Westhoughton by-pass would have any impact on the local environment. They have been given permission to negotiate a contract with a consultancy firm, which will to carry out an assessment.
I KNOW it is easy to have a go at referees but after the events at Gillingham last week I think I have to say something. It is the first match that Mr Hegley has reffed me in and I hope it is the last. He started very badly and it just got worse. He made
THREE masked robbers were thwarted in their attempt to rob a Whitefield store. A security guard watched as the men approached the Albert Place Late Shop and quickly locked the main door to prevent them gaining access at 9.15pm on Monday (Dec 23). The
FORGET Santa and his sleigh, taxi drivers from Bury firm Harvey's took over from Father Christmas on Monday (Dec 23) when they delivered presents to poorly youngsters at Fairfield General Hospital. The drivers and other staff donated more than £400 and
PEOPLE in Prestwich are being asked to be on the lookout for a woman who has been missing from home since last Wednesday (Dec 18). Sarah Aroob (25), of Alfred House Residential Home, in Horne Street, Bury was last seen in Bury Old Road in Prestwich. She
A FEMALE firefighter from Burnley saved a man's life after pulling him unconscious from a smoke-filled house. Caroline Hardiman went into the house in Beech Street, Accrington, with her colleague Gary Holderness and found Paul Day lying unconsciousness
KIND-HEARTED Bury folk dug deep when it came to providing a Christmas treat for the elderly. An annual door-to-door collection by Bury Round Table provided enough items to fill 100 Christmas hampers for pensioners. Goods were collected from houses in
LITTER bugs who spit chewing gum on the pavement face being caught out on CCTV and issued with on-the-spot fines. And council bosses keen to protect the multi-million-pound regeneration of Blackburn town centre may also encourage people to keep the streets
DETECTIVES in Bury are hunting three masked raiders who robbed a post office A 48-year-old postmistress was threatened at the Walshaw branch last Friday (Dec 20) teatime and forced to lie on the floor as the men took cash from a safe. It is not known
EXTRA police officers have been drafted in over the festive break to protect bargain hunters from thieves. With many shoppers set to take advantage of the post-Christmas sales, more than 100 additional officers will take to the streets of the borough
A METROLINK passenger was robbed of his mobile phone after being told he would be stabbed. Although a knife was not produced, the 18-year-old victim handed over the phone worth £100 to a skinhead on the platform at Radcliffe Metrolink Station. Moments
THE funeral of a Radcliffe man beaten to death outside a restaurant took place on Monday (Dec 23). Mr Shane Eckersley was punched several times in the face in a fracas outside the Saigon Oriental in Pendleton, Salford, on November 22. Mr Eckersley (40
Leigh RMI 0 Halifax Town 2 by David Magilton TWO scintillating strikes condemned Leigh to even more problems in the Conference relegation zone. An improved performance by RMI was nullified by Halifax's hot-shots who twice pulled the trigger to leave Leigh
"BETTER a fence at the top of the cliff than an ambulance at the bottom". That's the aim of the Children's Fund, which could give £1.8 million to Bury to prevent children getting into trouble. The money would also be spent on schemes to improve their
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today called on his players to show more of the fighting qualities which have heralded excellent results against Manchester United and Liverpool as struggling West Ham head for Ewood tomorrow. Souness is delighted with how
IN a week which began with John Arne Riise being called up for national service, it was Andy Cole who answered an SOS from Graeme Souness as Blackburn Rovers celebrated Christmas in style by spiking the guns of another Premiership heavyweight. Liverpool's
Before Hilton Dawson's New Labour Party lead us into a war with dire consequences, I would like him to answer the following.... If politicians have knowledge of Iraqi weapons, why won't they pass this information onto UN weapons inspectors to enable them
The bottom of the seasonal revelry barrel holds no good cheer for old age pensioners. It will not have gone unnoticed by the near 10 million recipients of the state pension that it is to rise by only £1.95 above the New Labour all-time low increase of
A SAUCY Christmas charity calendar posed by women working at Burnley's Veka factory has already knocked the socks off male rivals who also produced their own calendar last year. The cheeky Veka girls have sold around 400 of the raunchy calendars -- more
SHREWSBURY TOWN 4 BURY 1: SHAKERS suffered a Christmas hangover of monumental proportions at Gay Meadow as they went down to their heaviest defeat of the season. Tormenter in chief was Town's hat-trick hero Ryan Lowe, while Andy Preece's men finished
RADCLIFFE Baths could be closed and replaced with a modern pool on the site of the town's proposed new "super school". And the borough's only secondary special school could also be relocated to the former East Lancashire Paper Mill site, which has been
PADIHAM went down to only their second North West Counties Football League Division Two league defeat of the season on Boxing Day when local rivals Great Harwood beat them 3-1 on a heavy Showground pitch. A goal by Great Harwood's John Eastham after four
A BARNOLDSWICK man has been recognised for outstanding contribution to the health and fitness industry. Nigel Beaty, of Rosemount Avenue, is group manager for Burnley-based Shire Hotels and a founding member of the Hotel Managers Forum. He was presented
DARWEN Library Theatre has pulled off a major coup by getting distinguished actress Honor Blackman to perform her one-woman show as part of its new season of events. The former Avengers' star , who also played Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger
THERESA the Turkey was back home in Oswaldtwistle after her brush with stardom in Coronation Street. The festive bird was plucked from obscurity by pet consultant and agent Kevin Horkin to appear in the ITV soap.
MP Nigel Evans left spectators open mouthed when he threw off his clothes, donned a blonde wig and dashed into the freezing cold Irish Sea off Blackpool. The Ribble Valley MP didn't have the excuse of too many festive tipples either, he was stone cold
A DRIVER had to be cut free from his car last night after crashing into a bridge on a notorious stretch of road. The A56 Edenfield by-pass in Haslingden was closed west bound as emergency crews worked at the scene at 9.45pm. The man had to be released
RESIDENTS in Hyndburn's four most deprived wards could have wheelie bins by February. The council is set to introduce the new recycling scheme after consultation with householders brought resounding approval for wheely bins, green waste bins and kerbside
FIREFIGHTERS saved a man's life after pulling him unconscious from a smoke-logged house in Accrington. Paul Day, of Beech Street, was found slumped on the floor of his front room by two firefighters from Accrington station. They dragged him out onto the
FANS of Lewis Carroll can get a taste of the magic of Alice in Wonderland over the next month. An exhibition of some of the most famous illustrations in the world is currently on display at Accrington's Haworth Art Gallery. Looking in Wonderland features
TAXI drivers in Accrington are up in arms because they claim around 15 cabs were booked for using bus lanes. Drivers said they were targeted for using the bus lane in Peel Street in front of the town hall at night. Mohammed Arif, chairman of the Hyndburn
