BLACKBURN Race For Life, Witton Park, 7.30pm. Italian Gourmet Evening, Stanley House, Mellor. "Absolutely Animal" Exhibition, Samlesbury Hall. Until June 30. Blackburn and District Camera Club's Annual Members Exhibition, Foyer, Radio Lancashire, Darwen
RE Letters, June 10: it is about time that all the Bibles/holy books were removed from every establishment on this earth as they have long produced nothing but discontent, violence and atheism. Is not the workship of God, itself, more important than dwelling
TOWN Hall staff are limbering up for no fewer than four of this year's big Race for Life events. The annual women-only races raise funds for Cancer Research UK, and this year's Team Bury is 80-strong. The council team is running at two events in Bolton
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes is closing in on his first signing of the summer after opening talks with Shefki Kuqi. Representatives of the Finnish international, who recently quit Ipswich Town, were at Ewood yesterday to discuss the possibility of the player
A BURNLEY bouncer has admitted the manslaughter of his girlfriend's stepdad in a "deliberate and cold-blooded" killing. Adrian Howker stabbed John Russell, known as Gypsy John to pals, to death as the disabled grandad refused to accept his relationship
PENDLE is set for a jobs boost after a window manufacturer announced plans to breathe new life into an empty factory doubling its presence in the borough. Nelson-based Sovereign Group is to expand its Vale Street site by moving in to the former premises
NEW street lighting is to be installed in Pendle to put criminal activity in the shade. More than £63,000 has been allocated from Lancashire County Council to fund the lights in areas identified by residents as where fear of crime is high. The lights
BATTLE lines are being drawn in Oswaldtwistle over controversial plans to move the town's historic Gobbin Lamp. It has been suggested the landmark should be moved from its position outside the library to a more prominent site across Union Road, in the
WALKING through the Longfield Precinct last week, a sight I witnessed just beggars belief. A young mother, her offspring in his/her pram, emerged from a bakery holding what looked to be a pastie, half bag-wrapped. Before eating it, she proceeded to break
I AM writing in response to the article about the condition of St Margaret's new church yard and the complaint by Ms Gallagher (Guide, June 10). As a member and former treasurer of the church, I would like to stress that every effort is made to keep the
I could not fail to notice the reply said to have been given by MP Ivan Lewis to your reader (Anxious Motorist, June 10) that traffic chaos is the price of regeneration. Regeneration generally follows degeneration, and I cannot see how degeneration in
TIME is running out to "buy" the world famous Besses o'th' Barn Band. The 28-piece ensemble, based in Whitefield, has put itself up for grabs on the internet auction www.ebay.com and bidders have until 6pm on Tuesday to stake their claim. All the musicians
AN ALERT auctioner rescued a rare vase from being sold in a charity shop for just £2. Steven Parkinson, a valuer for Silverwoods of Clitheroe, was contacted by an Accrington couple who found an interesting-looking ornament wrapped up in newspaper while
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes is closing in on his first signing of the summer after opening talks with Shefki Kuqi. Representatives of the Finnish international, who recently quit Ipswich Town, were at Ewood yesterday to discuss the possibility of the player
FIRECHIEFS called in a sniffer dog after suspecting that a flat fire in Rawtenstall had been caused deliberately. Two crews battled for an hour to control the suspicious blaze at a property in Queen Street at around 1.30am today. The fire at the flat,
From the Guide files of Friday 13th June, 1980: A POLICEMAN passing Heaton Park Working men's Club in Bury Old Road in the early hours of one morning spotted smoke coming from the building and almost certainly saved it from being completely destroyed
What was normal, everyday behaviour in public twenty years ago is now considered quite unacceptable. And anyone who does light up in the confined space of a bus, train or restaurant is likely to be quickly challenged or even asked to leave. The reasons
CRIME in Greater Manchester has fallen by 11 per cent over the last 12 months, new figures reveal. The number of offences reported across the county reduced by 42,000 between April, 2004 and March, 2005. Among the reductions were: A 28.1 fall in domestic
THE full extent of the damage caused to East Lancashire children by passive smoking is revealed by the Evening Telegraph today. The startling figures show that childhood death rates linked to passive smoking are twice the national average in East Lancashire
BURY skipper Dave Challinor finally put pen to paper at Gigg Lane on Monday and along with the capture of Allan Smart, it was a welcome return to the office for manager Graham Barrow. "Knowing we have Dave back on board for another season is a huge plus
SHAKERS need just five league goals in the forthcoming season to become the ONLY club to have scored 1,000 goals in each tier of league football At the end of the last campaign Bury had successfully completed 100 seasons of league football one of only
SHAKERS' boss Graham Barrow has made his second new signing of the close season by adding experienced striker Allan Smart to his squad. The 30-year-old, 6ft 2ins, 12st 7lb front man, who signed a two year deal, subject to a medical, moves to Gigg Lane
TRAFFIC congestion in Bury New Road, Prestwich "village" has been in your pages before. If no parking is proposed the commercial lobby - customers as much as shopkeepers - complain; when limited parking continues to be allowed, the traffic lobby complains
Guinean Mo Camara was today praying that Glasgow Celtic win the race for his signature. The former Burnley defender, one of eight players released by Burnley this summer, remains a target for the Scottish Premier League runners-up despite Gordon Strachan
OH dear, how has it happened that our Metrolink has deteriorated into such a shambles? I remember the promise and optimism surrounding its introduction some years ago. The efficiency, cleanliness, reliability - even romance - of the system was to herald
TIME is running out to "buy" the world famous Besses o'th' Barn Band. The 28-piece ensemble, based in Whitefield, has put itself up for grabs on the internet auction www.ebay.com and bidders have until 6pm on Tuesday to stake their claim. All the musicians
Guinean Mo Camara was today praying that Glasgow Celtic win the race for his signature. The former Burnley defender, one of eight players released by Burnley this summer, remains a target for the Scottish Premier League runners-up despite Gordon Strachan
SCHOOL staff were so determined to take part in a Race for Life, they organised their own version when the official race became booked up. Female teachers at Darwen Vale Community High School had hoped to enter tomorrow's Race for Life 2005 at Witton
HEALTH and social services bosses have pledged to improve the care given to disabled children, thanks to a campaign launched by a Blackburn father. And Blackburn MP and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has vowed to discuss improving national guidelines with
A BURY car firm, rocked by the collapse of MG Rover, has saved 28 jobs by launching a £500,000 Chrysler and Jeep dealership. Richard Cort on Tuesday opened the 1.5 acre showroom at the company's former MG Rover site in Manchester Road. The new facility
