I HAVE checked with bus drivers and they confirm that if caught with no fare for a bus you can give the driver your name and address (you need to carry ID of course) and you get billed later. There is no need for D Heap (LET, June 29) to go begging or
THEY are in training and in September Blackburn town centre and outlying streets will be attacked by the council's private army traffic wardens. This anti-motorist 'jobs worth' gang of wardens, clampers and car towers will destroy Blackburn town centre
ABOUT three weeks ago I had an argument with an SDS drill and came off second best. My index finger swelled up but as I could move it I presumed there were no broken bones and left it. However last week I decided to go to casualty as the swelling was
FURTHER to the letter dated Monday, July 5 from Raymond McCullough concerning the Bank Top tiger sculpture, I would like to take this opportunity to give a little background as to how this piece of art originated. The tiger sculpture was created as part
A MAN was taken to hospital with serious after an accident involving two cars and a bus in Wigan. The crash happened outside the Walmsley Arms pub in Warrington Road, Lower Ince, just after 5pm on Tuesday night. The man, who has not been named, was taken
The Martin Dobson column THROUGHOUT his career, goalkeeper Adam Blacklaw gained a reputation for never ducking out of physical confrontations. It gained him a great deal of respect and, more often than not, after such exchanges, it was his opponents left
ALMOST 6,000 motorists have been trapped speeding in just five weeks by Lancashire's new mobile camera wardens. The figures, which include 980 people caught in East Lancashire, means £330,000 in £60 fines has already been handed out. The 12 full-time
BLACKBURN Rovers are ready to listen to offers for Andy Cole after deciding his relationship with Graeme Souness has become untenable. As I understand it, Cole's position at the club was discussed at a board meeting yesterday and a decision was reached
A PENSIONER found badly decomposed at his Nelson home may have been dead for several weeks, an inquest heard. The hearing was told Eric Fletcher, 68, who had not been seen for about six weeks, was found lying in front of his lit gas fire by police. A
JUDGES descended on Colne to see the town's bid to officially become one of the most pleasant towns in the country to live. The judges from the North West in Bloom Committee visited Colne yesterday to see the efforts residents had put in to brightening
A RIBBLE VALLEY school has hit the jackpot to develop new sports facilities. Bowland High School, Sawley Road, Grindleton, has been awarded £1.5million in National Lottery funding to build a three-court sports hall. More than 450 school pupils and 700
STAN Ternent is back at Turf Moor later this month - as a special guest of Burnley Cricket Club. 'An Evening With Stan Ternent' promises a night of revelations and anecdotes with the former Clarets manager, who left Turf Moor after six years this summer
BUOYED-UP Burnley skipper Robbie Blake believes Steve Cotterill can lift his game to another level. Blake is already on a natural high after being appointed club captain for the forthcoming Coca Cola Championship season. And after being handed the armband
A NEW Rossendale business got off to a spectacular start showing off its talents at a champagne launch. Cherie Cain and business partner Jenni Brooks, of Cupor, invited guests to their first launch party at The Village Hotel, in Bury. Cupor provides customised
ONE of the most keenly contested by-elections in years, which could hold the key to power at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, takes place tomorrow. Four far-right candidates, an ex-BNP organiser and the widow of the borough's last mayor are among
A DARWEN nursery is to get Lottery funding for a new play area. Chapels Nursery, part of Darwen Children's Centre, has secured £5,000 to create a safe area for the youngsters to play and learn outdoors. The nursery joined forces with the Lord Street Sure
TEACHER Robin Jones was hardly jumping for joy when pupils voted him the member of staff they'd most like to see pushed out of a plane! Students at Darwen's Moorland High School paid to vote in the charity fundraiser. And the teachers suffered sleepless
AN 18-year-old driver embarked on a "terrifying" course of dangerous driving to satisfy his road rage. Blackburn magistrates heard that at one stage, his front-seat passenger was hanging out of the car window, hitting another vehicle with a metal club
AN 18-year-old girl has been cleared of involvement in a £1.25million drugs seizure. And today her solicitor, Basharat Ditta, said Rizwana Ibrahim Patel and her family were delighted their two-month ordeal had ended. Speaking after Blackburn magistrates
A 16-year-old boy was fighting for his life today after falling off a stolen scooter as he went over a speed hump. The teenager was not wearing a helmet when he lost control of the Piaggio 50cc scooter in Pilmuir Road, Blackburn, at the junction of Manxman
AN off-duty taxi driver who ploughed into a grandmother, fatally wounding her, after he lost control of his speeding car has been jailed for five years. Preston Crown Court heard how Mohammed Afzal, 29, of Davenport Road, Blackburn, had been driving his
A COUNCIL-owned bus company has won the right to seek massive damages from a rival operator over a passenger war. The High Court ruled that Blackburn Borough Transport Ltd (BBTL) was entitled to compensation after a private company caused confusion by
BLACKBURN and Darwen's best citizens were honoured last night -- and told that the towns would be poorer places without them. The 13 unsung heroes were thrust into the spotlight at the borough's first ever Citizenship Awards, in the Windsor Suite of King
ALMOST 6,000 motorists have been trapped speeding in just five weeks by Lancashire's new mobile camera wardens. The figures, which include 980 people caught in East Lancashire, means £330,000 in £60 fines has already been handed out. The 12 full-time
NEW Accrington Stanley signing Lee McEvilly is looking forward to turning friends into foes tonight. The striker will square up to his former team-mates when the Reds entertain Coca-Cola League Two side Rochdale in their second pre-season friendly at
Evening of Clairvoyance with Sue Cunningham, Spiritualist Church, St Peter Street, Blackburn, 7pm-8.30pm. Citizens Advice Bureau Outreach Session, Chatburn Methodist Chapel, 2pm-3.30pm. Moor End Primary School's Family Disco, James Street Club, Oswaldtwistle
IT'S true that teachers' lives can easily be scarred by unfounded, malicious allegations from pupils. These days many youngsters taken to task in the classroom will quote their "rights" and even threaten teachers with legal action. And they know too that
Nature Watch, with RON FREETHY. . . THE foxglove is one of the most attractive of our native plants and grows throughout Britain in woodlands and hedgerows. Some text books say the foxglove will not grow where there is lime in the soil but this is not
BRITAIN is a houseproud nation. A new survey shows we have swept and scrubbed our way to the top of the cleaning league. We may never win Wimbledon and penalty shoot-outs might not be our forte, but hand us a mop and a bucket and we're in our element.
ONCE again the voices of Lower Darwen residents have gone unheard by the Labour Group on the council. They have voted for plans to install within our village a takeaway. Even the collective voice of the opposition parties could not stem this travesty
NINE people were arrested early today as part of a police operation to target drug dealers in Pendle. Around 100 officers from across Lancashire, including units from Lancaster and Blackpool, swooped on 10 addresses in Colne and Nelson at around 7am as
BLACKBURN Rovers are facing competition from Benfica and Dunfermline in the battle to land Diego Maradona Junior. New Benfica boss Giovanni Trapattoni and Pars chief Davie Hay have both confirmed they are interested in signing the 17-year-old, who's looking
A WORSTHORNE couple are opening their garden to the public this weekend to raise money for charity. John and Mary Rushton are inviting people to look round their one-acre garden at Higher Bottin Farm, Extwistle Road, Worsthorne, as part of the National
AN EAST Lancashire youngster hopes to dance himself into the nation's affections when he stars in a fly-on-the-wall documentary highlighting child wannabes. Christopher Parkinson, 11, will appear in three episodes of the six-part documentary series When
A DEFEATED council candidate hoping to overturn an election result because of alleged fraud has failed in his bid. Losing Labour party candidate Nurul Hoque hoped to call for the elections to be recontested in Daneshouse and Stoneyholme. Mr Hoque's call
A NELSON motorist has been fined following a smash that saw two drivers suffered multiple injuries in Burnley. The town's magistrates heard how victim Derek Ryde was still recovering from the crash six months on and his BMW had been written off. Majid
NINE people were arrested early today as part of a police operation to target drug dealers in Pendle. Around 100 officers from across Lancashire, including units from Lancaster and Blackpool, swooped on 10 addresses in Colne and Nelson at around 7am as
10 years ago PRINCE Andrew gave his Royal seal of approval to a vintage fire engine which had been restored by Blackburn firefighters. The Duke of York inspected the 1957 Dennis Pump Engine before the fire service Sports and Athletics Association Silver
POSTERS and leaflets designed by pupils could be used to combat speeding in Huncoat after police decided problems there were not severe enough to warrant fixed or mobile camera enforcement. Residents are concerned about motorists speeding through the
ONE of East Lancashire's best known firemen today looked back on his 30-year career -- and revealed he turned his back on book binding to tackle blazes and save lives. Mick Holmes, 55, began fire-fighting in 1974, when he joined Accrington's part-time
THE leader of Hyndburn Council has publicly criticised the consultation being conducted by post office bosses into the closure of four of the borough's branches. A last-ditch effort to save Oswaldtwistle's threatened post offices is to be made after the
WHITEFIELD-born Manchester City star Trevor Sinclair has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife following a row at a party. Police were called to the winger's home in Lower Withington, Cheshire, in the early hours of Saturday. Sinclair, aged
LANCASHIRE will be looking to take revenge on Yorkshire in tonight's crucial Twenty20 clash at Headingley. The previous Roses clash this season saw Yorkshire come out on top in a thrilling C&G Trophy quarterfinal thanks to a brilliant century by Michael
Ribblesdale League WHALLEY captain Mark Whelan is hoping his underdogs can rediscover their batting form to shock Settle and reach the final of the Castlemaine XXXX Ramsbottom Cup. Whalley have endured a wretched league campaign with only one win so far
The Glenn Keeley column GRAEME Souness couldn't have sent a clearer message to Andy Todd and Dwight Yorke. Leaving them at Brockhall while the rest of the squad goes on tour to Germany is all the evidence anyone needs to realise that the duo are no longer
COLNE are hoping the arrival of Andy Payton will persuade other big name players to join the club. Club chairman James Webster and main sponsor David Fishwick last night welcomed former Burnley FC legend Payton to the North West Counties First Division
BLACKBURN Rovers are ready to listen to offers for Andy Cole after deciding his relationship with Graeme Souness has become untenable. As I understand it, Cole's position at the club was discussed at a board meeting yesterday and a decision was reached
BUOYED-UP Burnley skipper Robbie Blake believes Steve Cotterill can lift his game to another level. Blake is already on a natural high after being appointed club captain for the forthcoming Coca Cola Championship season. And after being handed the armband
THE boss of the award-winning Moorhouse's Brewery in Burnley is to champion the cause of independent brewers in the North of England. Father-of-two David Grant, general manager of Moorhouse's, has been appointed northern chairman of SIBA, the independent
FOUR generations of a Rossendale family are to get their walking boots on to raise cash for a new hospital ventilator. The family have a special affinity with staff at Burnley General's Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit after Andrea Hartley, 18, gave birth
A ROSSENDALE off-licence has had its licence to sell alcohol revoked after selling booze to under-age drinkers. Rossendale Booze, in Manchester Road, Haslingden, was said to be "notorious" for supplying alcohol to youths under the age of 18. The owners
MORE than 1,500 yobs and petty crooks have been slapped with fines under a new Lancashire-wide crackdown. The pioneering fixed penalty scheme to tackle routine low-level offences started in the Pennine Division in January and has since been rolled out
A PRIMARY school destroyed by arsonists officially reopened yesterday after two years of lessons in temporary outhouses. And, with all the latest "mod cons" and tailor made tables and chairs for all ages, Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School's brightly
A FORMER headteacher who was jailed after being wrongly accused of indecently assaulting pupils is leading calls for CCTV to be installed in classrooms. Rory O'Brien made his plea to local education authorities and the Government as he revealed the effect
FIFTY houses across Greater Manchester, including six in Bolton and one in Bury, were raided today by police investigating people suspected of downloading indecent images of children from the internet. The search warrants were executed at 7am and 45 arrests
