SUNDAY "Cinderella," Royal Court Theatre, Rochdale Road, Bacup, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. The Laughing Bullfrog Comedy Club, Accrington Town Hall, 8pm. Over-18s only. Burnley Pantomime Society present "Snow White," Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road. Guided
WE'RE a strange lot when it comes to food and cooking. On the one hand we must consume more Indian and Chinese food per head than any other people in Europe. In our thousands in the evenings we head for restaurants - how many small hamlets are without
THE award-winning motorcycle developed by CCM in Blackburn was the star of BBC 2's Working Lunch programme when reporter Rob Pittam took a spin. The presenter learned how to ride the 404 series machine, built at the company's Shadsworth base, before discovering
A NUMBER of East Lancashire prisoners are to be allowed home during the week in a bid to stop them re-offending. The criminals will only be held at Kirkham Open Prison, near Preston, at weekends as part of a national pilot scheme announced yesterday by
A NIGHTCLUB boss has launched an appeal against a six month driving ban. Peter Clarke, 43, founder and owner of Entrepreneurial Leisure, which runs the Heaven and Hell chain of nightclubs, was banned this week after pleading guilty to a speeding offence
LOCAL councils across the North West will have to find £2,637,000 to pay for flood defence work in the region. The money will be spent on improving and maintaining flood defences to reduce the risk of flooding to home and businesses in the region. Nearly
TWO ground-breaking children's centres have been opened in Blackburn, to the praise of the parents that are to benefit. Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses have teamed up with education, support and health chiefs to open up the centres, one in Darwen
I LIVE near to the speed camera on the A674 Preston Old Road, by Witton Park, which, incidentally, was one of the very first erected in Blackburn and in 16 years of living in the area, I have never heard or seen an accident, let alone a fatality. It was
I AGREE with former policeman Adrian Shurmer of Great Harwood, about the fact that speed cameras located around Lancashire are nothing more than a way of ripping off and exploiting hard working motorists. I say, hard-working, because the police and the
A "DEEPLY OBSESSED" Blackburn man continued to make life hell for his former wife even from his prison cell by sending her a Christmas card post-marked HM Prison Preston. And today his ex-partner pleaded for some respite from 12 months of torment at the
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness is ready to turn to the club's Academy in the wake of Rovers' latest injury crisis. With five first team midfielders currently unavailable through a combination of injuries and suspensions, Souness has seen his squad decimated
BRIERCLIFFE Police Office is now open once a week for anyone who wants to discuss crime and disorder issues with their local community policing team. After a minor revamp, the office will be open from noon to 2pm every Monday. Either PC Ian Thompson or
A MOTHER of three went on a £116 shoplifting spree at Asda to get her children Christmas presents, Burnley magistrates were told. The court heard how Tracey Sullivan, 40, had had a miserable festive season on benefits and had lots of problems. Sullivan
A POSTWOMAN found with amphetamine, said to have been given her as a slimming aid, has kept her freedom. Burnley Crown Court heard how mother of one Victoria White, 35, had had nothing to do with drugs until she met dealer Glen Liversidge, 44, the father
BURNLEY'S "Lowry of film-making" is to feature in a BBC documentary. The story of the late Sam Hanna, a former grammar school teacher who became a pioneer of educational films, will form part of the channel's Inside Out programme on Monday, at 7.30pm.
AN East Lancashire Peer has called on the Government to act against a right wing website which tries to identify local left wing opponents. Lord Tony Greaves raised the issue of the internet site Red Watch, which includes photographs and details of anti-Nazi
BURNLEY'S Thompson Centre is set to be bulldozed to make way for a new state-of-the-art town centre leisure complex. Described as the end of an era by the town's MP Peter Pike, the closure of the 30-year-old centre could also spell the end of the road
A MUSLIM organisation is appealing for East Lancashire to dig deep and raise funds for the people of Iran. Muslim Global Relief's Nelson office is hoping to raise cash to help victims of the Bam earthquake, which killed about 30,000 people on Boxing Day
THE panto has come to life at Colne Municipal Hall - oh yes it has! Jack and the Beanstalk opened last night with an outstanding cast of actors who helped bring to life the daring adventures of a boy and a monster plant in a hilarious adaptation of the
ACCRINGTON'S top police officer today hit back at critics who called for the removal of speed cameras in Hyndburn, saying the public wanted them. Inspector Phil Cottam, Accrington's police commander, said many of the cameras in Hyndburn had been erected
MONDAY, JANUARY 12 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
RESTAURANTS across East Lancashire are being urged to help African children who have been orphaned by AIDS. They have been asked to take part in Lunch for Life in the week running up to Mothers' Day, March 21. Last year, TV chef Paul Heathcote, who runs
A BLACKBURN Hawks ice hockey player was part of a 'team' that stole CDs, DVDs and computer games worth £1,500 from Woolworths. Blackburn magistrates heard that Matthew Southall was working at the town centre store and had helped to set up the back-door
CLARETS stalwart Paul Weller believes he is close to regaining his best form in a Burnley shirt. The long-serving midfielder has started the last five games after battling back from a calf injury that sidelined him for a month late last year. Weller was
FARMERS' markets throughout the region have been awarded an annual accolade to recognise their support of local produce. The Ramsbottom and Pendle markets have each received certificates from the National Association of Farmers Markets. Everything from
A PUBLIC meeting in Bacup will include a presentation by council chiefs on the future of Rossendale Borough Council. People will be invited to ask questions and make comments on Boundary Commission proposals at the Rossendale Area Forum to be held at
THE Prince's Trust, the UK's leading youth charity, is urging people across East Lancashire to make a New Year's resolution to make a difference in their community. The charity has developed an increasing number of activities in the area, including business
A "DEEPLY OBSESSED" Blackburn man continued to make life hell for his former wife even from his prison cell by sending her a Christmas card post-marked HM Prison Preston. And today his ex-partner pleaded for some respite from 12 months of torment at the
ACCRINGTON Stanley will be treated with respect by Coventry City if they can book themselves a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. A trip to Highfield Road to face the winners of 1987 beckons for the Reds, if they can win through their third round
with KINGFISHER THE first round of the Octoplus Blackburn Winter League last weekend on the Leeds/Liverpool canal was a very interesting affair. It provided not only some very good weights but, in typical winter fashion, some very difficult fishing as
with the Rev Kevin Logan, Vicar of Christ Church, Accrington. . . THE chief sub-editor on the Daily Mail made me an offer I couldn't refuse. It was an epiphany, a life-changing disclosure moment. He'd get me a journalist post if I vacated the Daily Mail
This week, with MICK BAINES, 44, former leukaemia patient and charity fund-raiser of Bolton Road, Abbey Village. MEMORY: I think I was in my pram. I can recall watching them pull down the old town hall in Preston. It caught fire after a New Year's Eve
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY - this week, Styal and Quarry Bank. WHENEVER I collect or deliver friends to Manchester Airport during daylight hours I always try to fit in a walk as a break from the often horrendous traffic. I have written about
Quirky name, interesting past - Oswaldtwistle has a lot going for it in its quest for regeneration. JENNY SCOTT spoke to the co-author of a pictorial history of the town. . . A STRATEGICALLY placed big lamp, a sandbag blockade and a name to set people
SUCCESSES from Blackburn School of Music in Associated Board of the Royal School of Music examinations for the Christmas term were: Passes with Distinction: P Greenwood (Grade 8 piano): M Wootton (Grade 6 piano); S Coane (Grade 1 piano); J Harvey (Grade
A KNIFE attacker who inflicted life-threatening injuries on his victim has been jailed for two and a half years. Preston Crown Court heard that Ray Marsden's victim was so terrified that he dived head first through a window at his ground floor flat. Derek
THESE cameras are just another tax on the motorist. If you check over the last three years since the cameras were installed you would see that the death rate has all but stayed the same. In your paper you omitted two other cameras in Darwen, the one outside
WITHOUT a doubt the camera on Queen Victoria Road, Burnley (A6114), is entirely aimed at earning revenue. I came to Burnley in 1970 and the speed limit from the lights at Brunshaw Road through Belvedere Road and up to the roundabout at Briercliffe Road
AS A cynical motorist who has maintained a clean driving licence for over 35 years, my expectations are that I will receive a speeding fine and subsequent penalty points sooner or later for going through a speed camera at 33mph. I can hardly wait for
I HAVE to say that I am in favour of the speed cameras staying. Why should it be necessary for people to die or be critically injured before a speed camera is put in place? You quote Mr Darling as saying that cameras 'can be installed if there was a fear
I READ with interest your article concerning the siting of speed cameras in East Lancashire and was glad to find a newspaper prepared to highlight what most motorists have been saying: that the majority of cameras are solely for the purpose of raising
BURNLEY'S Thompson Centre is set to be bulldozed to make way for a new state-of-the-art town centre leisure complex. Described as the end of an era by the town's MP Peter Pike, the closure of the 30-year-old centre could also spell the end of the road
GRAEME Souness has told Matt Jansen he will have to be patient if he wants his place back in the starting line-up. Jansen has been confined to the bench since Rovers lost to Manchester United at Old Trafford on November 22. Now he appears to have become
The inside line on Rovers with Andy Neild. . . Muzzy is a Rovers no-go BLACKBURN Rovers have cooled their interest in Leicester City midfielder Muzzy Izzet. Graeme Souness had a £500,000 bid turned down by the Foxes last week and the Rovers chief has
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today insisted he has no problem with Dwight Yorke's social life - providing the striker does the business for him on the pitch. Souness's relationship with Yorke has shown clear signs of strain during recent weeks, prompting
A SCHEME to encourage more people from ethnic minority communities to become magistrates has been launched in Burnley. Five people from the town's ethnic minority communities have been chosen to shadow magistrates for six months. They will learn about
A MAN molested a police woman called to his home and grabbed hold of her bottom, Burnley magistrates heard. The court was told Neil Linford, 43, who later called his victim a "sexy bitch", was cautioned and replied: "Good, at least I have got a bed for
A PROJECT is offering trailblazing support to young people in East Lancashire. Around 500 children have already been referred to the Wheels within Wheels project which provides recreational activities and vocational training in Pendle. The project gives
A PROJECT is offering trailblazing support to young people across Pendle. Around 500 children have already been referred to the Wheels within Wheels project which provides recreational activities and vocational training. The project gives young people
EAST Lancashire Peer Lord Tony Greaves is stepping up his campaign to prevent abuse of postal votes. The former Pendle councillor is concerned that the system might have been abused in the 2002 local elections. He reported to the police claims that up
THE year 2004 has barely emerged and already the newly-born is beginning to look like so many of its predecessors; old before its time. An example of the crime which has turned this country into one of the most dangerous in Europe was the killing of an
A TRIBUTE show to one of the world's finest stadium acts comes to East Lancashire later this month. Off The Wall, described as the UK's leading Pink Floyd tribute show, is coming to Colne Municipal Hall on Friday, January 30, as part of a national tour
PLANS have been unveiled for a major art project designed to attract visitors to Pendle. The Panopticons project is part of the Regional Park concept, devised by regeneration chiefs to attract millions of pounds to East Lancashire to encourage investment
TWO men who walked out of an open prison and went on the run are back in jail. Burnley Crown Court heard that Stephen Burton and Gary Davenport, both 20, set off walking to East Lancashire from Warrington but then Burton took a car for the journey home
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; noon-1pm. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Geloo Brothers, 14 Union Street. ACCRINGTON: 11am-1pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 13 Peel Street; noon-1pm:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
LOCAL post offices may get a new lease of life if plans to install internet access in them get the go ahead. The Federation of Sub Postmasters (www.subpostmasters.org.uk) in the UK is working on offering free net kiosks to those without a home computer
MARK McGregor has called on his fellow defenders to help Brian Jensen rack up more clean sheets. The Burnley back line has been breached far too often in the first half of the season, with Jensen totalling just four shut-outs in the league. The New Year
The inside line on the Clarets with Darren Bentley. . . Latics ticket details confirmed BURNLEY have announced ticket details for the First Division clash at Wigan later this month. The Clarets have been allocated an initial 2016 tickets for the game,
CLARETS stalwart Paul Weller believes he is close to regaining his best form in a Burnley shirt. The long-serving midfielder has started the last five games after battling back from a calf injury that sidelined him for a month late last year. Weller was
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today insisted he has no problem with Dwight Yorke's social life - providing the striker does the business for him on the pitch. Souness's relationship with Yorke has shown clear signs of strain during recent weeks, prompting
WORKERS were evacuated when fire broke out at a wallpaper factory. The blaze happened at Zen Wallcoverings Limited, in Cross Street, Darwen, at 1.30pm yesterday. The fire is believed to have started in two heating embossing machines and then spread. Four
ELDERLY people in Darwen are being invited to take a more active interest in their own health as part of a new healthy living and learning project. The event, which is being organised by Age Concern and Blackburn with Darwen Council's lifelong learning
AN elderly woman who was left without electricity for more than 16 hours following a power cut has said she fears for her life in case it happens again. Bessie Berry, 81, from the Ashton Estate, Darwen, said that when the power went off it was the third
A POPULAR farmers' market is here to stay after organisers announced a year-long programme of Sunday events. The monthly Ramsbottom Farmers' Market, which is held in Market Place and in Ramsbottom Civic Suite, was launched last May as a six-month trial
AN appeal has been lodged against an anti-social behaviour order which has banned a prostitute from Blackburn's red light district. Defence solicitor Stephen Parker has lodged the appeal following the decision by Blackburn magistrates to impose an order
PRIMARY Care Trusts in East Lancashire are among the top in Britain for prescribing anti-dementia drugs. The availability of such drugs has sparked a postcode prescription debate with some areas spending four times as much as others. But new figures show
A DOORSTEP conman got cash out of a Copster Green hotel owner after telling a tearful tale. And Blackburn magistrates heard that Mukhter Singh pulled the same con on a woman living in Clayton-le-Dale just three days later. The court was told that Singh
A SCHEME piloted in the North West which offers free fruit to school children is to be rolled out nationally. The National School Fruit Scheme (NSFS), was set up to promote healthy eating and help tackle obesity. Now, one million children are receiving
WOMEN and children come first when Maira Qureshi is behind the wheel. For the 28-year-old has set up her own taxi firm to cater for mums and their youngsters - and she is thought to be the only Muslim woman working as a cabbie across the whole of the
AN 81-year-old woman with dementia died within 24 hours of falling out of a care home window, an inquest heard. Jessie Hall fell through an open lounge window at Longfield Home for the Elderly, in Preston New Road, Blackburn. A jury decided that Mrs Hall's
AN eight-year-old girl came face to face with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw last night ... just six months after scoring a victory against him at a public meeting. Schoolgirl Hannah Frost was seven when she gave the Blackburn MP a grilling at a meeting
FAMED East Lancashire fashion designer Wayne Hemingway has launched a fresh assault on British culture, claiming that food is becoming little more than an accessory to designer lifestyles. Blackburn-raised Wayne, who made his fortune with affordable clothing
The Saturday Interview - this week, with Chorley manager MARK PATTERSON. MOST people at Ewood Park this afternoon will not have to think twice about who they are supporting. The task is a little more arduous for Mark Patterson however, a Rovers fan who
