AN elections officer for Burnley Council told a court how she thought a councillor at the centre of an alleged election fraud was "joking" when he told her the number of proxy votes he expected to receive. Daneshouse with Stoneyholme Liberal Democrat
IT was the end of an era when railways ran out of steam on August 4, 1968. For engine drivers, such as Arnold Hodgson, it meant a whole new working life. In this photograph by Hugh Sykes, the two are shown on the very last steam engine to pull into
A Brierfield woman confronted a burglar in her bedroom after he sneaked into her house through an unlocked door. The incident happened in Broadhurst Way between 8.40pm and 8.50pm on Tuesday. The woman went upstairs when she heard a noise. She was confronted
PEOPLE throughout the world are now able to keep in touch with the redevelopment of Nelson centre. For the building of a new £5million development is being captured by webcam for global viewing on the world-wide web Pendle Council has installed the
A NEWLYWED celebrating his bride's visa was caught over the limit after police saw him coming out of a pub. Burnley magistrates heard how Lawrence Collett, 61, was followed by officers who smelled alcohol on his breath. He gave a positive roadside breath
A RAIDER and thief was given a chance to prove he can clean up his act after magistrates spared him jail. The Burnley bench was told "immature" Christopher Little, 20, was now a changed man after a spell behind bars and did not want a repeat. He had
AN alcoholic who was allegedly killed in a house fire was the victim of an unprovoked street attack weeks before his death, it has emerged. Damian Heyslop died in a fire at a house in Beaufort Street, Nelson, in the early hours of August 29. Firefighters
AN important piece of Burnley's future heritage is set to be saved. Council chiefs have accepted a businessman's offer to safeguard the frieze at the entrance to the Thompson Centre. Andrew Brown, who owns Crow Wood Leisure, will now arrange for the
POLICE in Nelson will be canvassing public opinion this week during a roadshow in the town centre. The StreetPACT event will take place on Saturday, from 9am to 4pm, outside Woolworths. As well as giving residents and shoppers a chance to meet their
WORRIED police are searching for a Bacup pensioner who went missing during a shopping trip. John Baldwin, 67, vanished while on a day trip and has not been seen since. Mr Baldwin, had been on a day trip to Leigh, near Bolton, when he went missing.
MORE than half of Burnley's "death trap" taxis aren't fit to be on the road, a crackdown has found. A joint taxi safety operation between Burnley Council, police, VOSA, DVLA and Lancashire County Council Engineering Services led to 56 per cent of cabs
DANIEL Barritt and Fumio Nutahara have scored a sensational third FIA Production Car World Rally Championship win of the season on the Cyprus Rally. Barritt, from Hapton, and his Japanese driver had been at the forefront of the competition over three
STAFF redundancies could be made at Carl Fogarty's racing outfit within the next two weeks. Foggy Petronas has been unable to secure new sponsorship for next season, forcing Fogarty's team to into drastic cut backs. The final round of the World Superbikes
NELSON driver Jonny Lang claims he has been robbed of the British GT Championship title. And the 26-year-old, who races a Porsche 993 for the Trackspeed team, has taken the matter to the Motorsport Council in London in a last-ditch bid to bring the GTC
Anna Anderson has been selected to run for England at the Open British and Irish Junior Hill Running Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Sunday, October 8. As we revealed three weeks ago, Rossendale Harrier Joe Kelly earned automatic selection
RED Bull Salzburg manager Giovanni Trapattoni is concerned about the fitness of his leading scorer Alexander Zickler ahead of tonight's UEFA Cup first round second leg tie with Blackburn Rovers. The former Bayern Munich striker, who has eight goals to
ANDRE Ooijer is desperate to prove he can cut it at Blackburn Rovers by leading the club into the group stages of the UEFA Cup at the expense of Red Bull Salzburg tonight. After the first leg ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw a fortnight ago, the Dutch World
DARWEN and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson said she was "chuffed" to be name-checked in Prime Minister Tony Blair's, final speech to the Labour Party conference. The premier commended Mrs Anderson for her loyalty despite her sacking as a Government minister
RESIDENTS living in remote villages are set to suffer after BT increased the charge for public payphones, according to the area's MP. Nigel Evans believes the rise in cost of a standard call from 30p to 40p could have a severe impact on villagers who
RESIDENTS in Blackburn and Darwen have been identified as among the most at risk people in the country of developing diabetes. The borough has been ranked the sixth most at risk place in the country by charity Diabetes UK behind Slough, Leicester, Birmingham
A COUPLE opened up their private lives to television viewers across the country to get advice from lifestyle experts. And Carol and Martin Chadwick were told by life coaches Nick and Eva Speakman for the UKTV Style show this week that they needed to
DOES the BBC think we are all thick as bricks?Having foisted an enormous TV licence fee increase on us it moans it really wanted an even larger one. The psychology being that it is really doing us a favour by settling for less and saving us money. It's
BLACKBURN and District Trades Council was pleased to hear Jack Straw MP has asked Post Office Ltd to "think again" about plans to franchise Blackburn town centre post office to NewsPlus (Blackburn) Ltd (LT, September 2). The place is generally packed
DARWEN pupils are raising money in memory of their former headteacher who died of cancer just one month after he was diagnosed. Geoff Tennant, 63, who taught at Avondale County Primary School, for 22 years, died last month after returning home ill from
THE cost of cleaning up the scrawls of a prolific graffiti vandal has topped £10,000, it has been revealed. Chiefs at Blackburn with Darwen Council, who have been tracking the vandal for more than three months, said hardly a day goes by without a new
FORMER Clarets boss Stan Ternent has denied an alleged "serious and unprovoked" assault at Burnley Cricket Club. Ternent, 60, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Greg Wilson causing him actual bodily harm on August 6 when he appeared before Burnley magistrates
A Blackburn boy described as an ambassador for the disabled with "star quality" has died - the day after being sent away with tablets for a suspected throat infection. The parents of Damien Sweet, 14, who was born with serious disabilities, have spoken
AN independent councillor has defected to the ruling Liberal Democrat party on Burnley Council. However former Independent Coun Sam Holgate has been urged to resign by the opposition groups. The Rosegrove representative, who won his seat in the 2003
AN open forum was hosted at Padiham Fire Station by Kitty Ussher MP about potential staff cuts. It was told a petition had already been launched with more than 1,000 names collected. Mrs Ussher appealed for individual letters of protest to be sent
BURNLEY Football Club has launched a new centre which uses sport to encourage youngsters to get involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. The club's leisure and community team is looking for people aged between 14 to 25 years to get involved in
A STAG night ended in a driving ban after a depressed student got behind the wheel to get away from family troubles. Kenneth Barker, 29, of King's Drive, Padiham, admitted driving with excess alcohol. He was fined £300 and banned for two years. Andrew
A month ago, Maureen Laney thought her running career was over when she was diagnosed with osteo-arthritis. But on Saturday she won the silver medal in the World Masters Hill Running Championships at Saillon-Ovronnaz in Switzerland. The Clayton-le-Moors
British Eurosport will have live and exclusive coverage of Blackburn Rovers' UEFA Cup tie against SV Salzburg tonight. Broadcasting live from Ewood Park, British Eurosport's match programme starts at 7.15pm, kick-off at 7.45pm. Analysis will come
WEST Bromwich Albion are hoping to interview Clarets boss Steve Cotterill for the vacant Baggies hotseat this week. Sources close to the West Midlands club suggest that Albion are lining up an interview with Cotterill before the weekend as they step
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Mark Hughes has urged his players to become ghostbusters against Red Bull Salzburg tonight. Rovers are haunted by a European record that reads one win from their previous 17 games in the UEFA Cup and Champions League, and that
LANCASHIRE Probation Service is looking for new members to scrutinise its work. The seven recruits, from local communities, will oversee the work of the service. The candidates should have experience in business, public or voluntary sectors. Tony
A RAPPING robot has been teaching pupils about green issues. Cycler, a robot belonging to environmental charity Waste Watch, was sent into Blackburn with Darwen Council's primary schools to rap, dance and sing the 3Rs message of reduce, re-use and
A CHARITY worker from Blackburn who has spent over a decade helping the children of Chernobyl has been named the Barnardo's Lancashire Woman of the Year.' Olwyn Keogh, founder of the Friends of Chernobyl's Children charity, first became involved with
WILL somebody tell me why people feed pigeons? They are vermin (my mum used to call them flying rats). Where I live, the pigeons sit on my roof until they see people putting food down. We then have problems with pigeon droppings and other waste in our
NOW the disabled car park fee for the new Royal Blackburn Hospital has been axed I would like to congratulate all those disabled drivers etc, who complained about charging disabled people to park and those hospital bosses who saw sense and dumped the
GOOD on Gareth Parker (Letters, September 13) for standing up for many a young man in the Blackburn area. Most people who will object to strippers will not even frequent the establishments which would host such entertainment. I find it unbelievable
WITNESSES are urged to come forward after £10,000-worth of copper wiring was stolen from a sub-station in Hoddlesden. The break-in, where police said thieves risked their lives, happened between 8pm and midnight on September 17 at Carus' Mill. Up to
TWO men thrashed a motorbike with golf clubs because of a dispute with the owner. Blackburn magistrates heard that Robert Andrew Emmett and his father-in-law Robert Beaumont claimed they had been severely provoked prior to the "Basil Fawlty" style incident
PRIMARY school children are being urged not to gamble with their health - and instead take part in a lunchtime lotto. Staff at Wensley Fold CE Primary School, Blackburn, have devised the innovative and popular scheme in which children who have eaten
Retired RAF officer John Douglas Southall died as a result of bronchopneumonia after being admitted to hospital following a fall. But an inquest heard the pneumonia was as a result of a pre-existing chronic obstructive airways disease and not connected
PARKING bosses have been blasted for not being able to tell the time after incorrectly booking residents. People living in Denville Road, Bank Top, Blackburn, were told in a letter that parking attendants would start enforcing a residents-only zone "
By David Tebb. Women are succeeding They're beating their male peers They're leaving them behind In all sorts of careers. Men now work in service For women millionaires Any army of domestics Working very hard downstairs. They've adapted
A RAPIST has admitted a brutal attack on a female dog walker in Blackburn's Billinge Woods 11 years ago. Graham Darbyshire, 52, subjected his victim to a terrifying 90-minute ordeal after attacking the 22-year-old as she walked her dog on October 8
