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  • We just can’t face this drive again

    WHY are the roads in Blackburn so chaotic? Tailbacks at junction 6, roadworks near Tesco, and traffic lights every few yards in the town centre - it's maddening. My wife and I used to come shopping here every two weeks or so, but things were so bad

  • New homes will cause road chaos

    RE housing being built in the Johnston Street area of Blackburn. Whilst this is a laudable project, would it not be sensible to improve the infrastructure of the area at the same time? Travelling down Johnston Street is something akin to being in a

  • MEP speaks truth on experiments

    I SUPPORT all comments made by Sajjad Karim MEP (LT, Sept 5) regarding animal experiments. The general public's knowledge and understanding of these issues is sadly lacking and I firmly believe the majority of experiments are simply to provide "jobs

  • Blame the judges – not the PM

    COUNCILLOR David Pearson (LT, Sept 19) once again rants on about the Prime Minister not doing his duty. This time it is about a killer being released from custody halfway through his sentence of 12 years. Coun Pearson says the offence happened two years

  • Bell: Build a fortress

    ACCRINGTON Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell has urged the Reds to remain hard to beat at home. Stanley entertain second placed Swindon Town on Saturday on the back of their last-minute win over third placed Wycombe Wanderers last weekend. And

  • Man, 20, found dead at home

    AN investigation is under way after the death of a 20-year-old man at his home in Burnley. The body of Michael Anthony Brogan was discovered by relatives at Tuesday lunchtime. He was taken to hospital by ambulance from the house in Amersham Grove, Kibble

  • Patrols to stop ‘wild 60’

    A GANG of 60 drunken youths have been running wild in a residential area between Burnley and Brierfield, police said. Officers believe that parents of the children have even been dropping them off around Kibble Bank, Higher Reedley Road and Hibson Road

  • Surindra is back in the running. . .

    A BRAVE mother-of-three has completed the Great North Run after a fight against skin cancer in her leg. Surindra Smith, 42, had entered for the race two years ago but had to pull out because of her diagnosis. But this year she reached the finish line

  • Blunder over waste order

    BLUNDERING council bosses mistakenly included a businessman's home in a legal notice which ordered him to clean up hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of waste on land nearly half a mile away. Paul Room, 39, of Lower Whitehalgh Barn, off Stockclough

  • Police boss hits back in merger row

    A TOP Lancashire police boss has hit back at Home Secretary John Reid's claim that forces may have exaggerated the costs of the doomed merger process. Malcolm Doherty, chairman of Lancashire Police Authority, said his force and Cumbria had not exaggerated

  • Bouncer lost control

    A BOUNCER at a bar left a customer unconscious and lying injured in the road after losing control and attacking him, a court was told. Magistrates heard how father of two Andrew Turner, 37, from Samlesbury, a door supervisor at Walkabout in Hammerton

  • ‘Holiday’ voters never went away

    A BURNLEY woman alleged to have had her proxy vote filled in by two councillors because she was "on holiday" had never been on holiday in her life, a court was told. Brenda Holmes was one of the people whose proxy voting forms are alleged to have been

  • Company has plans to create 300 more jobs

    ALMOST 300 jobs could be created after a developer asked for permission to expand a controversial business park that hasn't even been built yet. But it looks as though Peel Investments could face another battle to build six further units at Barrowford

  • ‘Two guests stabbed in wedding party violence

    TWO wedding guests were stabbed at the reception following a remark to a guest who had lost his arm in a road crash, a court heard. Violence flared when some of the 450 guests at the reception in the James Hargreaves Suite, Turf Moor, Burnley, started

  • ‘Minder’ is jailed for drugs haul

    A DRUG user who was paid £50-a-week to store ecstasy and amphetamines for a dealer has been jailed for three years. Burnley Crown Court heard how Adrian Palmer, 28, had almost 500 ecstasy tablets, and also stored almost a kilo of amphetamine in beefburger

  • Fear over missing patient

    Detectives are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 65-year-old patient who went missing from Burnley General Hospital. Brian Melling, of Walverden Crescent, Nelson, had spent three weeks at the hospital and went missing at around 8pm

  • Straw in plea to Muslim women: Take off your veils

    BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community. Mr Straw, a former Home and Foreign secretary, has revealed that he has taken to asking Muslim women to remove their

  • Worries over budget cuts to schools

    UNION chiefs fear every Lancashire authority school faces a budget cut for the next 25 years to help pay for a £250million makeover of schools in Burnley and Pendle. The Building Schools for the Future scheme will see the reorganisation of the existing

  • Couple to wed after meeting on Iraq front line

    A COUPLE have told how they dodged bullets and bloodshed to find love on the front line in Iraq. Now Natalie Godfrey, 24, and Danny Smith, 29, are getting ready to tie the knot in front of their fellow troops. The pair briefly crossed paths on a Naval

  • Bead of sweat was burglar’s downfall

    ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. Simon Moran, 38, used the M65 as a "corridor of crime" to commit 114 burglaries throughout East Lancashire, Preston

  • £300,000 facelift to improve houses

    A "FACELIFT" scheme for homes in Clayton-le-Moors is set to begin after an enthusiastic response from residents. Hyndburn Council is spending £300,000 on the project to improve properties in Barnes Street, Queen Street, Victor Street and Arthur Street

  • Heritage mill is left in the dark

    THE restoration of one of the country's most historic buildings has been left in the balance - after a FOUR-year power cut. Workers for Redrow Homes disconnected the power at Grane Mill, Laneside Road, Haslingden while converting a neighbouring building

  • Arson teenager facing prison

    A 17-YEAR-OLD from East Lancashire who admitted starting a fire with intent to endanger life has been warned to expect a long sentence. The teenager also admitted a separate arson offence which occurred earlier at the same address. The Haslingden def-endant

  • Siege heroes earn top honour

    A TEAM of police officers who risked their lives in a dangerous armed siege in Rawtenstall have been awarded the Lancashire force's highest honour for bravery. Lancashire Police Authority chairman Coun Malcolm Doherty, and Acting Chief Constable Steve

  • Struck-off nurse’s job plea rejected

    A NURSE who was struck off after she locked a mentally ill woman in a room and sprayed her with cleaning fluid has failed in her bid to return to the profession. Virginia Nutter, 38, restrained a 56-year-old dementia sufferer against her will when she

  • Diseased park woods ‘urgently need felling’

    THE state of trees in Hyndburn's 11 parks is so bad that unless expensive felling work is carried out "immediately" someone could die, it has been claimed. Thousands of trees across the borough are in urgent need of attention after surveys revealed that

  • The Tears of Diana

    By Hugh Davies. Diana sat in the bus shelter tears pouring down her face Her eyes red and puffy, she looked a disgrace An old lady came over and gave her a tissue Put her arm round Diana and tried to comfort the issue. "He's probably not worth

  • Stark contrast between haves and have nots

    RE David Bartlett's article (Sept 22), top level lobby for homes cash. The article contains an impressive amount of statistics and a positive view by David Taylor, chair, and Max Steinberg, chief executive of Elevate, who are in charge of overseeing

  • Mangan makes his mark again

    Accrington Stanley Reserves 3 Manchester City Reserves 1: Andy Mangan set the precedent as Stanley Reserves cruised to a home win over Manchester City Reserves. Mangan, who pounced late to secure a valuable first team win over Wycombe after coming off

  • McGreal: We must aim high

    JOHN McGreal insists Burnley must vie for consistency to maintain their flying start to the Championship. The Clarets are third in the table - behind leaders Cardiff and second-placed Birmingham - after winning half of their opening 10 league games

  • Euro run can be the Neill deal

    BLACKBURN ROVERS keeper Brad Friedel is hoping a good UEFA Cup run could persuade Lucas Neill that his future lies at Ewood Park. The 28-year-old Australian World Cup star is out of contract at the end of the season. A deadline day swoop by Liverpool

  • Poll result: Blackburn's Victor Meldrews

    We asked: "The outgoing chief executive of Blackburn with Darwen Council says the area is full of Victor Meldrews. Do you agree?" Here are the results. Yes 72.1%. No 27.9%. So the majority of our users agree with the comments. Take part in

  • £15 Rovers clash bonus for all fans

    BOLTON Wanderers fans will be the first to profit from a radical cut-price ticket initiative launched by Blackburn Rovers to arrest the dramatic decline in Premiership attendances. Like many clubs Rovers are so concerned by the slump in crowd figures