THOUSANDS of Lancashire birdwatchers are expected to be in their gardens this weekend taking part in a survey to find the most common bird. Almost 400,000 people across the UK took part in last year's survey, recording six million birds, and surveying
VITAL funding for a hot meals on wheels' service, two popular tourist attractions and five libraries looks likely to be halted as part of budget cuts. The £69,000 paid each year for the upkeep of 15th century Tudor home Turton Tower is expected to be
More than 600 new cases of HIV are expected to be confirmed across the North West for the last year. Reports to the Health Protection Agency show the rise in the number of new diagnoses between 2004 and 2005 is mainly due to a continued increase among
EFFORTS to bridge the dental gap in Lancashire have received a boost. The government's higher education minister Bill Rammell has confirmed 100 permanent places for training dental students have been given the go ahead. After joint bid from the universities
FIRE chiefs and union bosses today said they were hopeful of avoiding a strike by firefighters after a last minute face-to-face meeting. The Fire Brigades' Union (FBU) had been preparing to ballot its members on industrial action which would have taken
It has been a long time coming but sooner or later those claims folk are going to get it. It has become ridiculous don't you think...there is more to life than going to put a claim in. Who does everyone think they are kidding? I know someone who hit a
FOOTBALL is a tough game, particularly if you are a fan or an official on a cold January night in Blackpool. The not-so-beautiful side of the beautiful game prompts some brutal honesty when the crowd is sparse enough for you to hear every insult and the
IN response to Mubeen Mulla's letter (LET, December 30) stating that A D Gordon is talking nonsense by saying the government will price out foreign holidays by putting up the price of passports. I agree with A D Gordon. M M Mulla has lost the plot in
ONE of the most commonly illustrated buildings of Blackburn found in prints, cards and books is the old Market Hall and clock. This was obviously very much part of Blackburn and now surely missed by citizens old enough to remember. When I came with my
TO spend, or not to spend? That is the question facing Steve Cotterill today. I have no doubt the Burnley manager has been busy scanning a detailed list of targets since accepting defeat in his bid to keep a hold of Ade Akinbiyi. But it's a double-edged
SCHOOLCHILDREN are demanding self-defence classes so they can protect themselves from violent bullies. And they want anger management classes to be made available to young thugs who make their lives hell. Now Blackburn with Darwen Council is drawing up
AN evil odd-job man who police say is one of East Lancashire's worst ever child abusers is behind bars facing a long jail term. Perverted and "sadistic" Stuart Wedge, 46, who has a record for horrific sex attacks and for torturing victims as young as
WELL, we're out of the Carling Cup but Rovers should feel proud of their efforts. I think they will feel they were a little bit unlucky on Wednesday night and the referee had a lot to do with the result. I thought Graham Poll had a poor game. The penalty
BOOKIES William Hill is offering a reward following the robbery of a staff member in Burnley, police said. The woman was walking to the Post Office in Coal Clough Lane with the day's takings from the betting shop in the same road when she was attacked
A BURNLEY woman was airlifted to hospital after breaking a leg in a fall while out walking in the Lake District. Heather Sharples, 30, was walking with her boyfriend Paul on Scafell Pike last Sunday when she stumbled and sustained the compound fracture
PADIHAM'S historic Gawthorpe Hall is set to lose more than £100,000 a year in funding under cost cutting plans. Lancashire County Council pays the National Trust £104,000 a year to lease the hall but wants to bring the agreement to an end. But that would
A WOMAN who turned to crime after her marriage broke down has been warned she could be facing jail. Former lollipop lady Wendy Sims, 34, ended up getting arrested again after sticking two fingers up at police, being abusive to officers and shouting and
Fylde 29 Bradford & Bingley 10: Fylde turned in their best performance for the past couple of seasons as they comprehensively beat Bingley who travelled to the Woodlands with eight successive league victories behind them. Sitting comfortably in second
Kendal 9 Preston Grasshoppers 29: Hoppers took time to come to terms with the heavy conditions but a crucial yellow card and a strong second half performance saw them home with a bonus point. Hoppers started hesitantly when hooker Richie Sands was penalised
Detectives hunting a sex attacker have renewed an appeal for witnesses. The woman, 56, was pushed over a wall and pounced upon by a hooded man as she headed to work in Ormerod Street, near the Globe Centre, at 7am on Tuesday. A passer-by disturbed the
SHOPPERS are being urged to spend an extra £10-a-week in Accrington shops to boost trade and encourage big stores into the town. Hyndburn councillor Brendan Shiel has vowed to put his money where his mouth is but believes the town will only become more
A LINESMAN is facing a Football Association investi-gation after being accused of abusing a club after officiating at one of its games. Rishton-based Neil Yates was hit by a cigarette lighter thrown from the stands at Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road during
A terrified Fylde schoolboy was left bleeding from a headwound after being attacked by a hawk at the weekend. Timothy Mills, nine, was riding his bike along Midgeland Road, Marton, when the bird of prey swooped on him sinking its talons into his forehead
Darwen and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson spent yesterday at the new Wembley Stadium site. She was with the all-party House of Commons Select Committee for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport where she was a minister. She said of the troubled project
Fylde 29 Bradford & Bingley 10: Fylde turned in their best performance for the past couple of seasons as they comprehensively beat Bingley who travelled to the Woodlands with eight successive league victories behind them. Sitting comfortably in second
Blackpool will be hoping to carry their excellent form from Tuesday night's win 4-2 over Doncaster into another relegation scrap at Hartlepool on Saturday. The Seasiders travel to the north east on Saturday to face a side just one point ahead of them
A giant Finnish international, three players with England youth credentials, not one but two potential 'new Richie Wellens' and Mr Bean -- who says the transfer window isn't exciting? Manager Simon Grayson's hours on the phone finally paid off this week
STEVE Cotterill was today installed as fifth favourite to land the vacant manager's job at Leicester City. The Foxes are busy drawing up a shortlist of candidates to replace Craig Levein, who was sacked earlier this week following six straight league
A TEENAGER spotted drinking beer in an alcohol-free area of Turf Moor ended up in police cells - but has now walked from court without punishment. Burnley Magistrates heard how Ryan Metcalfe, 19, who had never been in trouble before, was said to have
ADE Akinbiyi today revealed that leaving Turf Moor reduced manager Steve Cotterill to tears. Akinbiyi spoke of the huge debt he owes to Cotterill and Burnley Football Club after joining Sheffield United yesterday in a three-and-a-half year deal worth
BARRY Kilby today hit back at his critics by insisting Burnley are one of football's success stories. The Clarets chairman answered accusations of a lack of ambition by detailing his commitment in the wake of Ade Akinbiyi's club record £1.75m sale to
MARK Hughes believes Blackburn Rovers are about to enter a make-or-break period in their season as they prepare to head for the capital tomorrow. After crashing out of the Carling Cup in controversial circumstances at Old Trafford on Wednesday night,
WILL 2006 be the year of Outsider? The highly-regarded Blackburn band are hoping that the next few months will see them develop to the next level, having already attracted a great deal of attention from the music industry. The four-piece will be playing
A DARWEN cat sanctuary has praised Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers for donating vital supplies of food. After Christmas Maureen Savage, who runs Moggies Cat Rescue from her home in Stansfield Street, had three times more cats than normal to look
A DARWEN man who had been drinking all Christmas Day left the house shortly before midnight, locking the door behind him, and drove off in his girlfriend's car, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates heard that Justine Smith immediately phoned the police
A CANCER sufferer has given birth to the baby she never thought was possible thanks to a revolutionary new treatment. Helen Mayoh, 41, and husband David, 55, of Baron Street, Darwen, did not expect to add to their two children, Michael, three, and Kathryn
SCHOOLCHILDREN are demanding self-defence classes so they can protect themselves from violent bullies. And they want anger management classes to be made available to young thugs who make their lives hell. Now Blackburn with Darwen Council is drawing up
Stars of ITV's new Saturday night hit Dancing on Ice were in Blackpool this week training for the show. North-west based celebrity competitors ex-Coronation Street actor Sean Wilson and actress Gaynor Faye had been using Blackburn Ice Arena to train with
A Fylde Coast schoolboy is acting up on the small screen with a starring role in a hit soap. Sonny Flood's star is rising after the 16-year old from Cleveleys, was picked to play 'cocky. devious' teenager, Josh Ashworth, on Channel 4's Hollyoaks, last
Talks could shortly be held between parents and Blackpool's education boss in a bid to end a long-running row at a Blackpool school. Blackpool Lib Dem councillor Jon Bamborough says he will try to broker a meeting between the town's education department
Speeding motorists are being targeted in a new campaign to promote child road safety 'Blackpool is 30 or less' is the phrase being used by the campaign -- launched by the council's Travel and Road Safety team -- which urges drivers to slow down and watch
PLANS to transform the site of a coachbuilding works into 61 homes have been given the green light by a council. Blackburn with Darwen Council's planning committee has passed plans for the building, in Whalley New Road, which will see a number of types
A FRAIL 94-year-old woman was punched repeatedly in the face by her drunken daughter in a "despicable" attack, a court heard. Magistrates were told that the attack, in December, was the third time Patricia Duxbury had assaulted her mother in the past
SCHOOLCHILDREN are demanding self-defence classes so they can protect themselves from violent bullies. And they want anger management classes to be made available to young thugs who make their lives hell. Now Blackburn with Darwen Council is drawing up
I WANT to say a very big thank you to everyone who helped me find my dog Ellie. She went missing on January 17 in the Darwen Tower area. Thank you to everyone who helped me to look for her. I seemed to have a search party of about 20 people, consisting
I read with interest about Blackburn with Darwen Council's plans to erase traffic congestion in Darwen town centre (Action to beat snarl-ups, LET , January 14). I applaud the council's intentions. I only hope it has approached it with a different view
Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has played down the half-time tunnel incident which marred Wednesday night's Carling Cup defeat at Old Trafford. A clash between Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Savage sparked an episode in which the Rovers midfielder pursued Ferdinand
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has opened talks with Tugay about a new contract. The veteran midfielder's current deal is due to expire in the summer, but Hughes wants the 35-year-old to stay on for another season and he's hoping to thrash out a deal in the
BLACKBURN midfielder Brett Emerton is determined his side will shrug off the disappointment of being knocked out of one Cup competition - by going all the way in another. The Australian international figured as a late substitute in Wednesday's controversial
MARK Hughes believes Blackburn Rovers are about to enter a make-or-break period in their season as they prepare to head for the capital tomorrow. After crashing out of the Carling Cup in controversial circumstances at Old Trafford on Wednesday night,
MARK Hughes last night leapt to the defence of Robbie Savage, claiming the controversial Welshman is being unfairly targeted because of his past reputation. The former Birmingham star, who was at the centre of the tunnel fracas at Old Trafford on Wednesday
A SHOOTING victim turned burglar was found hiding in a building by a police dog when officers went to investigate a New Year's Eve raid. Burnley Crown Court heard how Stephen James Leach, 47, one of two found at Burnley House, Westgate, in the town, was
POLICE investigating the death of a man found close to a moorland reservoir above Burnley have found his car. Officers are appealing for help to trace the mystery last movements of David Caine, 23, from Sowerby Bridge, who was slumped next to a wall by
CONTROVERSIAL plans to transform part of Rakehead Recreation Ground into a car park for Burnley General Hospital are due to get the green light next week. Councillors are being asked to approve, in principle, the sale of part of the recreation ground
AN evil odd-job man who police say is one of East Lancashire's worst ever child abusers is behind bars facing a long jail term. Perverted and "sadistic" Stuart Wedge, 46, who has a record for horrific sex attacks and for torturing victims as young as
SCHOOLCHILDREN are among thousands of Pendle residents set to become green-fingered experts if plans for a floral heritage centre get the go-ahead. Environmental groups in the borough have joined forces to create the pioneering project at Hodge House
TWO community stalwarts received special awards this week for their work helping the Great Harwood area. One Area Council award went to Graham Wolstenholme, a local businessman and sponsor of the town's best-dressed shop window Christmas competition for
A TEENAGER who returned to Clitheroe in breach of an Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) has been ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work for the community, a court was told. And the prosecutor at Blackburn magistrates court highlighted the importance of naming
A St Annes man has had a star-studded countdown to his 101st birthday. For Vic Middleton met Carol Vorderman and Des Lynam when the Probus Club of St Annes went to Leeds to watch the popular Channel Four daytime show Countdown being filmed. When he met
A LINESMAN is facing a Football Association investi-gation after being accused of abusing a club after officiating at one of its games. Rishton-based Neil Yates was hit by a cigarette lighter thrown from the stands at Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road during
CLITHEROE manager Tommy Lawson has vowed that he and his players will fight on after the club almost went to the wall. The full extent of the financial crisis that led to the resignation of chairman John Robinson was revealed by the new committee, which
ADE Akinbiyi today revealed that leaving Turf Moor reduced manager Steve Cotterill to tears. Akinbiyi spoke of the huge debt he owes to Cotterill and Burnley Football Club after joining Sheffield United yesterday in a three-and-a-half year deal worth
A MAN who strongly opposed the council tax has been told he must pay up - even though he is now dead. And council officials have even written to Bernard Montague telling him that his family's bill had been re-calculated due to his death! Bernard suffered
ROSSENDALE'S over 50s are being given the chance to have their say on public services, such as health and well-being, housing, culture, safety, education, the economy and the environment. The Words of Wisdom project will see four events for people to
A COMMUNITY group is searching for the a new home so it can expand. And Rossendale Open Door wants other community groups to join it in its new home. The Christian project has been based at Kay Street Baptist Church, Rawtenstall, since April 2005. But
Pigeon lovers flocked to Blackpool this weekend for a show that looked as though it may never happen. Thousand of visitors showed off hundreds of birds at the British Homing World Show of the Year at the Winter Gardens. There had been doubts towards the
A Blackpool music school is celebrating after being awarded thousands of pounds of lottery funding. Blackpool Music Academy (BMA) can now look forward to a healthy future thanks to a £4,452 National Lottery 'awards for all' grant. This is the second major
The star of a feature film shot on-location in Fleetwood has apologised after causing a stink by branding the town as fishy. Shirley Henderson, 41, who won a BAFTA for her role in the thriller Frozen claims her comments, published in a national newspaper
Thousands of Fylde Coast civil service workers walked out today -- amid fears that their jobs could move overseas. A secret document published in the national press this week suggested that large parts of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could
The boss of one of Blackpool's biggest attractions says its multi-million pound refit will help keep the resort's family holiday trade afloat. John Child, managing director of Blackpool Sandcastle Waterworld, revealed his aim for the business when The
BRITISH welterweight champion Michael Jennings is hoping to further enhance his growing reputation by beating Young Muttley in Nottingham tomorrow night. Jennings, making the second defence of his title, will look to do the business in style in front
A Fylde denture specialist says he will be sent back to school instead of helping patients when new rules for his profession are introduced later this year. Martin Wormald says he will have to close the doors at the Cleveleys-based Privacy Denture Studios
A giant Finnish international, three players with England youth credentials, not one but two potential 'new Richie Wellens' and Mr Bean -- who says the transfer window isn't exciting? Manager Simon Grayson's hours on the phone finally paid off this week
