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Stories for 25 May 2005
Blackburn News
Their bravery will live forever
A PLAQUE honouring the East Lancashire Regiment's seven holders of the Victoria Cross has been put up at Blackburn Cathedral -- all thanks to a former member. more...
Forget hot pot...we're a hotspot!
MOVE over Barbados --for an ideal place in the sun get yourself to Blackburn! more...
Excalibur hands over the reins
LANCASHIRE Constabulary's oldest, longest serving and "most loved" police horse has made his final patrol before retirement. more...
Bolton News
Gran in axeman rape ordeal
AN axeman raped a 77-year-old grandmother while holding her captive for more than 10 hours in her own home. more...
Bolton Wanderers
Final Spark
Xabi Alonso is determined to provide the spark which helps Liverpool win the Champions League tonight and end Anfield's 21-year wait for a fifth victory on the biggest stage in European club football. more...
Burnley News
Their bravery will live forever
A PLAQUE honouring the East Lancashire Regiment's seven holders of the Victoria Cross has been put up at Blackburn Cathedral -- all thanks to a former member. more...
Church to unveil Martin's mystery
AN international concert pianist mistaken for the mysterious `Piano Man' is helping one of Burnley's oldest buildings to beat a funding crisis. more...
Clarets Sport
Here we grow!
FOOTBALL League crowds rose by their highest levels for 45 years in the 2004/05 season - in line with Italy's heralded Serie A. more...
Trip may pay off
STEVE Cotterill may yet look to add German efficiency to his hard-working Burnley machine. more...
If only they would give a little respect
THE expected physical clash between captains Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane didn't materialise during Saturday's FA Cup final. But plenty was going on in the build-up to the game. more...
Colne News
57 jobs at risk in flues row
MORE than 50 jobs will be lost if a Colne garage is forced to remove flues bringing clean air into the building, a public inquiry was told. more...
Darwen News
Felicity's riding high for games
PARALYMPIC hopeful Felicity Coulthard has made it into the top 10 best disabled riders in the country. more...
£12,000 paid to settle libel claim
A MAN alleged to have e-mailed comments about neighbours who wanted to build an activity centre near his home has agreed a £12,000 payout. more...
Lancashire News
Ghouls
RELATIVES of a childminder jailed for manslaughter are being plagued by sightseers who want to see the house where a toddler died. more...
Did you do stalag with my dad?
I AM trying to find anyone who remembers my father, L/Cpl Ronald Stevenson, of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, and who can help in any way with my research into his war history. more...
Help on hand if you get into debt
I AM the founder of the Bankruptcy Association and we are now into our 23rd year offering independent advice on debt and bankruptcy issues to people in debt or bankruptcy. more...
Circus should be banned from town
SHAME on Chorley Council for allowing an animal circus to feature within its boundaries. more...
Prescriptions rise in stealth tax
THROUGHOUT the General Election campaign, it was evident that yet another of Tony Blair's stealth taxes had crept through unnoticed. more...
We must not forget them
AS a nation we are sometimes accused of being too sentimental, obsessed with our history and looking towards the past rather than the future. more...
Lancashire Sport
Trip may pay off
STEVE Cotterill may yet look to add German efficiency to his hard-working Burnley machine. more...
Brad set for deal
BLACKBURN Rovers are close to agreeing a new contract with Ewood number one Brad Friedel. more...
Top half is now in Whalley's range
THERE'S something of a revolutuion going on a 7Whalley's Station Road ground this season. more...
Lancaster News
Picture this...
LOCAL photographer Jon Sparks has put Lancaster in the picture with two new books just published. more...
Tree-mendous
TREES are at the centre of a new photo exhibition on show in Lancaster. more...
Butt out - Citizen war on litter
PEOPLE are fed up with rubbish-strewn streets - and want to see them swept clean. more...
Greens cannot claim all the credit
I DON'T want to belittle Jon Barry's contribution to the cause of recycling. No one can doubt his personal commitment and hard work on it since he was first elected. more...
Return to rail is no answer
WHEN people go on about putting road freight on to rail, I am reminded of the idiots who will flush a cardboard box down the toilet without the slightest idea of what actually happens to it. more...
Greens have never been right
THERE have been some interesting letters from various Greens recently. more...
No change for the better
MOST people tend to find they get lots of copper in their change when out shopping, 2ps and 1ps and those irritating little 5ps. more...
Are local people in the know
HAVE the people of Poulton been properly consulted about the demolition of one of their amenities - the MOT station, car workshop, shop and petrol station in Queen Street, with the loss of seven jobs? more...
A ridiculous idea
I AM astonished by the letter from Brian Yates on the subject of the traffic problems between Heysham and Lancaster. more...
More should bike it
I WRITE in response to Brian Yates of Lancaster, who suggested that people who live on the Morecambe side of the Lune and travel to Lancaster each day should stop complaining and move to Lancaster (Citizen, last week). more...
No reason to back Europe
I HAVE never heard such a puddled argument for supporting the EU Constitution as that put forward by MEP Chris Davies in the Citizen. more...
Majority head for city
I AM so pleased to hear that lorry driver H Jackson (Citizen, May 11) has the pleasure of looking at countryside as he `by-passes most towns'. more...
Appalled by bad planning
I WAS appalled to read in the Citizen that the proposed new B&Q store is likely to be turned down - and even more appalled on reading the reason why. more...
Pole chancing
SOUTH Lakeland entrepreneur John Morphet has expanded his European leisure empire by reaching agreement to acquire a holiday development in Poland in a deal worth £2.5m. more...
Take a break from work
STUDENTS from Lancaster and Morecambe College have been urged to take a break from revision... more...
Beware the bunny burglars
TWO children have been left heartbroken after bunny burglars went on a spree on a Morecambe street. more...
Stamp out the slappers
AN AMERICAN craze sweeping across England has landed in Carnforth - but a cop warns local police will do their best to stamp it out. more...
Angela makes an arresting change
A LOCAL woman has swapped her police warrant card for a bath in the back of a van... more...
Life's a beach...
MUMS, dads and kids are being invited to a beach party with a difference during the half term holiday. more...
For Don's a jolly good fellow
FORMER Lancaster Town Clerk Dr Don Waddell has been awarded an honorary Fellowship at St Martin's College. more...
Say pants to poverty
LANCASTER people were urged to think about the problem of world poverty as they did their shopping in the city centre. more...
Golden girl Kerry
HEYSHAM teenager Kerry Melville has struck triple gold at the Dwarf Olympics. more...
DIY done for
A BLUEPRINT for a new DIY store in Morecambe has been thrown out - because planners say there is little need for it. more...
Rawtenstall News
Noise victims get help
NOISY neighbours are being silenced by a crack team set up by Rossendale Council. more...
Rovers Sport
I'm backing Reds to win phoney war
ENGLAND expects tonight as the hopes of a nation rest on the shoulders of Rafa Benitez and his Liverpool players in the searing heat of Istanbul. more...
Brad set for deal
BLACKBURN Rovers are close to agreeing a new contract with Ewood number one Brad Friedel. more...
Specials Insideout
BLACKBURN
Blackburn Flower Club, Brownhill United Reformed Church Hall, Brownhill, 7.30pm. "A Brush with Art," by Liz Broad. more...
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