THE Darwen Library Players will perform The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon, on Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6, at the Library Theatre, at 7.30pm. This award-winning comedy is the female version of the famous film with the same name starring Jack Lemmon
TODMORDEN'S weekly musical evenings are already hitting the right note. The Amateur Operatic and Dramatic society is staging the new event every Thursday and are proving popular with musical lovers. Chairman of musicals Linda Hooper, said: "We make music
READERS will no doubt remember that in April, Shadsworth Pool, Blackburn, was all but closed to public swimming. At the time, a written undertaking was given that the pool would re-open as normal to the public during school holidays. However, it has come
POLICE are again warning householders not to leave their car keys within easy reach of burglars. The alert comes after thieves broke into a house in Kensington Close, Greenmount on Sunday morning (July 27) and took keys to a £500 Vauxhall Cavalier which
IN a recently-issued 'Labour News' leaflet, Councillor Malcolm Doherty claims that the cleansing of back streets has been doubled to eight times a year throughout Mill Hill, in Blackburn. There is nothing spectacular about this as the council has boosted
MOST people, certainly those who are motorists, will know that East Lancashire has been saturated by the 'yellow box' speed cameras. We are told by the police that these have been sited on dangerous roads where there have been a number of accidents, though
WE wish to add our feelings of disappointment to those expressed in the article 'Bland Of Hope and Glory Fury' (LET, July 17). We attended the Arts in the Park performance given by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on July 13 in Blackburn and
A DAY nursery is to open in Bury following the latest round of National Lottery funding. A grant of £80,100 has been awarded to the Chetham's Private Day Nursery project which plans to convert a house in Rochdale Old Road opposite Fairfield General Hospital
THE Royal Lancashire Show welcomed its guests, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, under grey clouds and rain showers. As the heavens opened the show fields were becoming very heavy underfoot at the event held for the first time in the Ribble Valley. Although
POLICE have issued an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in connection with an attack on a woman who was left "unrecognisable". The young Blackpool woman was violently attacked by a man with a brick and left for dead near Stanley Park at the weekend
A £1.8 million flagship scheme to help single homeless people in Bury has finally opened following weeks of uncertainty. As revealed by the Bury Times, the Castlecroft House project (off Bolton Street) was lying empty after the Government slashed the
THREE Burnley men have appeared in court charged with threatening to kill a woman on Saturday. Mohammed Syed and Amair Syed, both of Highfield Avenue, were arrested by police after an alleged incident on Saturday afternoon. Another 16-year-old has also
A TEENAGER was arrested following a confrontation outside a Burnley club, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates heard how Paul Wareing, 18, was struck with a baton, but started singing and chanting football songs. Wareing, of Harold Avenue, Burnley, admitted
PEOPLE in Burnley and Padiham will soon be able to pay council tax bills in supermarkets and corner shops if council plans get the green light this week. The proposed scheme is part of a bid by council chiefs to make it easier for people to pay their
THE weekend of August 9 and 10 looks set to be a busy one in Cliviger. The Flower and Handicraft Show will be held on the Saturday at the Village Hall. Anyone who has not received a schedule of classes can obtain one from any member of the Village Hall
PENSIONER Albert Entwistle is planning to make an emotional return to Omaha beach to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. But for the 79-year-old from Burnley, next year's events in northern France will be the latest chapter in an astonishing
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a wind farm at Clowbridge are set to be discussed again by councillors. Villagers were celebrating in March when plans for a wind farm on land near Clowbridge Reservoir were thrown out. But now they have a fresh fight on their
A SPINE-CHILLING thriller will be sharing the stage with a classic 1960s comedy at the Dukes this autumn. Both directed by Dukes artistic director Ian Hastings, the productions promise to dish up a feast of entertainment. Kicking off the new season will
A CLUB threatened with demolition has beaten back the bulldozers after a four-week battle by angry members. Smokey Joe's in Morecambe has been saved from closure by who members voted to stay put in the Morecambe Street premises - and sparked the resignation
SHAKERS fans get the chance to question new chairman Albert Doweck and board members Jim Lomas and Roger Barlow at an Open Meeting in the Gigg Lane Social Club on Thursday evening (July 31) 7.30pm. The event has been arranged by the Forever Bury supporters
NEW Shakers chairman Albert Doweck promised a steady hand on the tiller and planned endeavour, prosperity and progress for the future when the club held their AGM last Thursday evening. The meeting, adjourned from May, was the first chance for shareholders
A SCHEME to make pregnancy easier for mothers-to-be by providing special equipment to support midwives is to be launched in Pendle. The move, being introduced by Brierfield and Walverden Sure Start, which is led by Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Primary
PLAYING the lead role in Cats has proved a slightly worrying experience for Chrissie Hammond. For after performing as Grizabella to great acclaim in London's West End and now on a nationwide tour, Chrissie suspects the part is starting to get to her.
JO HOWARD'S tribute to singing icon Edith Piaf is so authentic that it has even fooled the French about her true nationality. She spoke to JENNY SCOTT... THE chords strike up on the grand piano, the creaking, wooden stage lights up and Edith Piaf, or
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice today spoke of his concerns about the Conservative Party's plans for a Patient's Passport. He said the voucher scheme would subsidise payment for private operations by 60 per cent of the cost in the NHS. Speaking from his office
WHEN PAUL Christian signed up as a first aider at work, he had no idea the skills he learned would save his own wife's life. Paul, 70, began attending Red Cross sessions 15 years ago and helped several people, before he retired as supermarket manager
A DRINKING session ended in violence when a woman slashed her friend with a kitchen knife, a court was told. Georgina Power lost control when the visitor put on a bubble jacket, bought by her late father. When he refused repeated pleas to take it off,
AN HISTORIC conker tree which has the ashes of a former vicar and two of his grandchildren buried under it is to be felled because it is diseased. The huge horse chestnut, outside Accrington's Christ Church, is the latest to be targeted for felling although
A £1.8 million flagship scheme to help single homeless people in Bury has finally opened following weeks of uncertainty. As revealed by the Bury Times, the Castlecroft House project (off Bolton Street) was lying empty after the Government slashed the
THE Royal Lancashire Show welcomed its guests, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, under grey clouds and rain showers. As the heavens opened the show fields were becoming very heavy underfoot at the event, held for the first time in the Ribble Valley. As
MO CAMARA admits he is loving life in the fast lane at Turf Moor. The Burnley defender made a long overdue return to first team action in Sunday's stunning 4-2 victory over Leeds United. It was the first time Camara has played in front of a meaningful
PLENTY of head scratching has accompanied the news that a third of Clayton-le-Moors' landlords have moved in one week. Local councillor Tim O'Kane believes the flurry of movement is bad for the community but said he did not know why it had happened. He
THE wife of a pensioner found stabbed to death earlier this month has died. Muriel Hodgson died on Sunday and Lancashire Police have said they would carry out a post-mortem to establish the cause of her death. Her husband, Richard, was found in the back
THESE are the youth team players who will be flying the flag for the Shakers this season. Back row (from left): Pete Collinge (17) a goalkeeper from Oldham, Ryan Bernard (17) a central defender from London, Adam Docker (17) a central striker from Manchester
MO CAMARA admits he is loving life in the fast lane at Turf Moor. The Burnley defender made a long overdue return to first team action in Sunday's stunning 4-2 victory over Leeds United. It was the first time Camara has played in front of a meaningful
BURY 2 MANCHESTER CITY 0 BY MARC HIGGINSON: SIMON Whaley grabbed a brace to condemn an inexperienced Manchester City side to defeat in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Gigg Lane. Teenage prospect Whaley scored either side of the interval to enhance his
AN EVICTED tenant called Beeke returned home to find housing bosses had boarded up his flat, and locked his pet budgies inside! Today, Twin Valley Homes revealed it was sending a member of staff into the property to feed the pets each day until negotiations
CONFUSION surrounds the closure of doomed Fylde post offices after county councillors said they had agreed a two week stay of execution which was then denied by postal chiefs. Lancashire county councillors claim they were told by postal watchdog -- Postwatch
WORK on the £1.3million redevelopment of Blackburn's Waterloo Pavilions has ground to a halt after new steel supports arrived on the site incomplete. Contractors tried to weld the new steel columns to the floor after they arrived without brackets. But
POINTS will mean prizes for youngsters at three high schools if they swap chips and sweets for fruit and veg at lunchtime. Blackburn with Darwen Council is extending a swipe-card system for pupils to two more high schools from September in a bid to end
A SINGLE mum has received an apology after a holiday company offered savings vouchers which increased the quote for her two week holiday. And the case has prompted Trading Standards officials to warn companies about how they advertise special offers.
HUGE Blackburn Rovers fan Marcus Raymond is hoping to have fellow supporters singing in the terraces with his own original song. Marcus, 11, has composed the ditty after an appeal by The Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The request followed Rovers failure
MORE men have been arrested for kerb crawling on the streets of Blackburn and Darwen than in the whole of Greater Manchester. But residents in Blackburn's red light district today said the problem was as bad as ever and only CCTV cameras and undercover
EVERTON striker Wayne Rooney is set to miss next weekend's pre-season friendly at Deepdale after suffering an ankle injury at the weekend. Hopes had been high at North End that David Moyes' star youngster would play in what will be North End's final pre-season
PAUL Cook never thought he'd look forward to putting one over former club Burnley. But the midfielder has battled hard to get fit in time for Accrington Stanley's showdown with the Clarets at the Interlink Stadium tomorrow night (kick-off 7.45pm). Cook
BURY FC: SUPPORTERS get their first chance of the season to see the Shakers in action when the first team and reserve squad face visiting Huddersfield Town. It will be a first chance to see the new forcing tactics due to be employed by player-manager
A DAY nursery is to open in Bury following the latest round of National Lottery funding. A grant of £80,100 has been awarded to the Chetham's Private Day Nursery project which plans to convert a house in Rochdale Old Road opposite Fairfield General Hospital
A POLISH family facing deportation were celebrating this week after winning their fight to stay in Bury. The Jankowiaks settled in the town in 2001. They fled their homeland in fear after being threatened by Polish gangsters. Mr Andrew Jankowiak (46),
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Royal Lancashire Show, Salesbury Hall Farm, Ribchester, 9am-6pm. Blackburn and Darwen Parkinson's Disease Society Support Group meet Christ Church, Mosley Street, Blackburn
OSTENSIBLY, Burnley is in the grip of a grim paradox in being named as one of the worst places in the country for homelessness while having almost 4,000 empty houses. Yet, plainly, the two situations are not directly related -- otherwise, the homeless
AT the end of each edition of TV's Crimewatch, viewers are reassured that although the programme might leave the impression that everyone is a likely victim the reality is that crime touches only a small percentage of the population. Politicians are also
JO HOWARD'S tribute to singing icon Edith Piaf is so authentic that it has even fooled the French about her true nationality. She spoke to JENNY SCOTT... THE chords strike up on the grand piano, the creaking, wooden stage lights up and Edith Piaf, or
IN response to J Poole's comments in 'Women are better drivers than men' (Letters, July 23), I wonder if, when she gets to Whitebirk roundabout in Blackburn she has tried turning the steering wheel. This will make the task much easier. As for cars overtaking
COUNCILLOR Don Rishton (Letters, June 25) insults those of us who criticise Labour for losing touch with its roots as 'fellow travellers' of the BNP and then goes into a polemic about the 'anti-fascist struggles' of the 1930s and 1970s. These are just
A THUG cut the strap of a woman's handbag in a street robbery in Radcliffe. The 32-year-old was walking along Sefton Street at 2.30pm on Friday (July 25) when she was approached from behind by the man. He cut the strap and ran off with the bag containing
HIGHWAY chiefs could be forced to build a controversial by-pass from Atherton through rural land to avoid Westhoughton town centre becoming swamped with traffic. The council is under pressure to extend the A5225 link road for about two miles beyond Atherton
AN inquest has opened into the death of a 77-year-old woman following a car crash in which two Unsworth children were injured. Mrs Evelyn Catterall, from Darwen, was a passenger in a Vauxhall Vectra being driven by her 74-year-old husband on the A590
DEPRESSION is "prevalent" among Bury's young people, a survey has found. Smoking among teenagers and the numbers of deaths and serious injuries caused by road traffic accidents have also been highlighted as areas of concern in a detailed assessment of
HUGE Blackburn Rovers fan Marcus Raymond is hoping to have fellow supporters singing in the terraces with his own original song. Marcus, 11, has composed the ditty after an appeal by The Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The request followed Rovers failure
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today hailed the signing of Steven Reid from Millwall -- and then vowed to carry on spending in preparation for an assault on Europe. Reid became Rovers' third major signing of the summer after agreeing to put pen to paper
THERE'S nothing quite like a crisis to bring out the best in people. Oldham Athletic, on the brink of financial ruin this time last week, recently went cap in hand to Blackburn Rovers, begging for this money-spinning friendly to help keep the wolf from
A MAN pointed an imitation gun between the eyes of his estranged wife after entering her Burnley home as she slept. The terrified woman feard for her life, unaware that Norman Blakey was in fact holding a toy gun. During the ordeal at Collette Blakey's
A BNP councillor today admitted he had been banned for life from Turf Moor for a soccer-related offence. Luke Smith, one of eight far-right councillors in Burnley Town Hall, admitted to being arrested on December 3, the day Clarets lost 2-0 to Manchester
THE life and times of Affetside Primary School were fondly remembered at a farewell lunch. The village school closed for the last time onJuly 17 as part of controversial Local Education Authority plans to address falling pupil roles and surplus classroom
LEE Duxbury looks certain to take over the mantle of Shakers captain for the forthcoming season. The former Bradford, Huddersfield and Oldham schemer has worn the armband in the pre-season games he's played in so far and looks every inch the ideal replacement
WATER is one of the most precious natural commodities in the world. Animals drink what they need and humans often uses more than we need. But while we all know what happens to our waste water once we have drunk it, bats have a rather better system. Before
THE heat of this Sunday meant that I had to keep myself well supplied with drinks, while I also kept filling up the bird bath. House sparrows were present in some numbers, a sign that their population is increasing again after a serious decline. Also
IT'S been hot to say the least, and I wrote this article on the hottest day of the year so far. During the hot days I walked along the riverside between Higher Hodder and Lower Hodder Bridge. I found shelter from the sun under the leafy branches in the
TWO shop assistants were transformed into John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Simone Dydra and Lee Holmes, 21, who work at Superdrug in Darwen, won a competition to be Grease's Sandy and Danny.
KAREN Livesey and Michael Crabtree's wedding had to be put on hold after 12 months of planning when Karen came down with chicken pox. Karen, 22, was confined to bed at her home in Saxon Street, Blackburn.
THE troubled Lancashire holiday giant MyTravel, forcing through 4,000 redundancies and locked in a dispute over trade union recognition, has been named an 'Employer of the Year'. And, it has emerged, one of the organisations behind the awards is the Trade
A COUNCIL leader has promised its tenants will be allowed to vote on whether they want their homes to be sold off. Coun Peter Britcliffe, of Hyndburn Council, made the pledge as it launched its consultation period ahead of a possible transfer of its 3,600
THE club which pioneered bringing overseas footballing talent to England's top flight is revealed in a new book -- and it's none other than Accrington Stanley. New research shows that Stanley were the first team to feature a foreign-born star back in
A CONTROVERSIAL site used by travellers and fly-tippers will be cleared up if plans for a new superstore extension are approved. The move will see a new entrance and roundabout for the Asda store in Electricity Street, Accrington. In a separate application
FLYTIPPERS who blighted the Ribble Valley by dumping tons of rubbish on the eve of today's Royal visit were today branded as "disgusting." A £1,000 clean-up operation was sparked by the illegal fly-tipping of oil drums in Ribchester, close to the site
BURY FC: SUPPORTERS get their first chance of the season to see the Shakers in action when the first team and reserve squad face visiting Huddersfield Town. It will be a first chance to see the new forcing tactics due to be employed by player-manager
NORWICH last night claimed they were still waiting for official confirmation that their £300,000 bid for Clarets striker Gareth Taylor has been rejected. City chief executive Neil Doncaster said: "A bid was made last week and we have seen reports that
CHRIS Casper's Bury FC under-19 team got their season off to a great start with a 2-0 friendly win over Burnley at Lower Gigg, with strikes from substitute mid-fielder Nicky Adams and tricky striker Ryan Maloney writes Adrian Ward The new Shakers' coach
TV funny man and gameshow host Tom O'Connor will unveil three East Lancashire clubs after they have undergone £700,000 worth of refurbishment. Tom, one of TV's The Comedians and Name That Tune host, will unveil Oaklea in Whalley Road, Accrington, James
A BLACKBURN couple who made a life-changing decision and chose to run a pub are backing a campaign to get more people to take the plunge. Hayley Mullen and Ed Brown, of The Foresters Arms, in Fecitt Brow, Blackburn, are supporting Scottish & Newcastle
Monday, August 18: under-9s-under-16s v Rochdale at home, kick offs 4.30pm and 6.30pm. Thursday, August 21: under-11s-under-13s v Hull City at home, kick off 5.30pm; under 9s and under-10s away, kick off 4.30pm. Sunday, August 31: under 11s and under
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today hailed the signing of Steven Reid from Millwall -- and then vowed to carry on spending in preparation for an assault on Europe. Reid became Rovers' third major signing of the summer after agreeing to put pen to paper
THE man who tried to sign David Beckham for Barcelona could not believe his eyes when he spied someone wearing a Manchester United shirt bearing the player's name. But alas, club president Joan Laporta discovered it was not the superstar himself -- but
DARWEN and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson signs up to the East Lancashire Hospice's in-house lottery, watched by Stuart Andrew, head of fundraising, and lottery manager Ann Hindle. The hospice is aiming to raise £120,000 a year by signing up 7,000 members
YOUNGSTERS are invited to turn off their televisions and get involved in the summer programme at Sudellside Community Centre. Future pop idols can take part in a performance workshop at the Barlow Institute in Edgworth tomorrow from 1pm to 3pm. Another
FLASHY cars and extravagant floats are required for Darwen Gala on Saturday, August 16, after two classic cars dropped out of the parade. Thirty cars and floats were due to take part in the parade through the town but organisers estimate the figure has
NEW owners of a former ICI social club hope to turn it into a concert venue. Bands are required to keep the party alive as the Darwen club falls into the hands of new owners. Bridge Street Sports and Social Club was saved from closure last April when
EAST Lancashire bus operator Burnley and Pendle Travel has announced changes to its Manchester service. Changes to the the X43 and the X44 services, which link Manchester to Rawtenstall, Burnley, Nelson and Colne came into effect on Sunday. A spokesman
POLICE have issued an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in connection with an attack on a woman who was left "unrecognisable". The young Blackpool woman was violently attacked by a man with a brick and left for dead near Stanley Park at the weekend
STUDENT Filippo Bennardo narrowly missed hitting a pedestrian as he accelerated off a garage forecourt, a court was told. Blackburn magistrates heard the BMW spun through 180 degrees as it sped on to Whalley New Road, Blackburn, hitting two parked cars
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy crushed his leg as he fell underneath a double-decker bus being driven by youths. Emergency crews attended Read Commercials, vehicle repairers, in Queen Victoria Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, at 9.30pm yesterday. Three youths were arrested
DRUG raids carried out in East Lancashire as part of a nationwide campaign against crime have been hailed a resounding success. Operation Nimrod, the main enforcement arm of Lancashire constabulary's fight against drug-related crime, has brought about
A COUNCILLOR who backed a youth shelter to get teenagers off the street today said the scheme had become a "double-edged sword." Malcolm Doherty, representing the Mill Hill ward, helped campaign for a youth shelter to be built in Mill Hill park off New
JAMAICAN international Claude Davis has passed his North End medical and now talks are under way to bring him to Deepdale. The 24-year-old Reggae boy has jetted into the UK following his country's exit from the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament last week.
THE club which pioneered bringing overseas footballing talent to England's top flight is revealed in a new book -- and it's none other than Accrington Stanley. New research shows that Stanley were the first team to feature a foreign-born star back in
