POLICE swooped on scores of suspected criminals' homes in a series of dawn raids on Tuesday morning. Within just three hours of Operation Castle Two being set in motion, Lancaster and Morecambe Police had arrested 20 people and had recovered more than
BUSINESSES of all shapes and sizes will get the chance to find out how the Budget will affect them in more detail at a seminar at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, tomorrow. Business clubs throughout East Lancashire have secured the services of
MILLIONS of television viewers are set to tune in to watch a brave Fylde youngster's dream come true. Twelve-year-old Lucy Jackson has beaten cancer to take a starring role in the first-ever Songs of Praise on Ice. The BBC spectacular will be recorded
GETTING up early on a Sunday morning to count geese is not everyone's idea of fun! But for Beryl Martin, a secretary at Whitbread's distribution centre in Shadsworth, it is all part of the job. For Blackburn woman Beryl and husband Geoff, have been counting
AVONDALE Road residents, fighting for damages after a planning error left them facing a 8.5 metre high metal clad wall at the rear of their homes, have written to the council outlining their proposals for an amicable conclusion to the saga. They gave
A NEW concept in retirement is being pioneered and for once an East Lancashire man, not an American, is leading the way. For Darwen-born Norman Hurst is the man at the helm of a revolutionary new way for pensioners to spend their twilight years. The businessman's
AN OSWALDTWISTLE horse sanctuary saved 10 Shetland pony foals from the abattoir in a dramatic rescue operation. Working with their Sheffield counterparts, Only Foals and Horses sanctuary on Redshell Lane, bought 10 ponies from an auction in Lerwick. Sanctuary
A CARAVAN owner is threatening to take a storage firm to court over an unreturned £20 key deposit. Peter Baldwin, of St Oswald's Close, Knuzden, claims Hill N Vale Caravan Site, where he kept his van earlier this year, is wrongfully witholding his money
MOST elderly people affected by AIDS are being ignored, a new report reveals today. Age Concern says that 11 per cent of people diagnosed with AIDS are over 50. But it claims that older people, directly or indirectly affected by HIV and AIDS, are being
CHRISTMAS has come early for Pauline Trezise and her two young children - thanks to a Citizen reader. Three weeks ago Accrington driving instructor Mohammed Ayub read our front page story, describing how Pauline - one of his pupils - was desperately searching
COLIN Hendry reflected ruefully at Elland Road last night on the moment when you could sense that Blackburn Rovers' Coca-Cola Cup campaign was about to go flat. Appropriately perhaps, there were 13 minutes left on the clock when every single Rovers player
JEAN DILLON is fed up with the false promises of high-price dating agencies. Now the divorcee has decided to do it herself - as she launches her own singles club. Mother-of-two Jean wants a group for divorced and widowed people in a place where they can
BLACKBURN went bonfire crazy on the weekend when over 20,000 people flocked to Witton Park. The highest turn out in years saw a night of spectacular fireworks organised by Blackburn Rotaract Club in aid of leukaemia research. The clear skies, dry night
BLACKBURN's branch of Unison have hit back at claims made by Lancashire County Unison Branch that jobs will be lost and services hit if Blackburn gets unitary status. Jim Noble, branch secretary said: "This branch believes that the creation of a unitary
HIGH-flying members of the Royal Air Force 635 Volunteer Gliding School in Samlesbury have been nominated for a top award for the second successive year. The VGS, based at British Aerospace, proved they were number one again when they swooped to pick
FORMER Preston North End favourite Tony Ellis stunned Blackpool FC yesterday morning when he handed in a shock transfer request. And the Division Two outfit received a double blow when fellow striker Andy Preece also asked to be put on the club's transfer
BLACKBURN Borough Council has hit back at county claims that libraries may suffer if they get unitary status. In the latest war of words, borough leader Councillor Malcolm Doherty blasted the remarks as "another scare tactic". County Councillor Roy Lewis
AN AMBULANCE crew returning to Bury after taking a patient to Salford's Hope Hospital had a lucky escape when their emergency vehicle crashed on the motorway and overturned - twice. Paramedic Andrew Gullick and ambulance technician Graham Sleight received
A TEAM of police swooped on a Preston estate averting a feared raid on a post office. Terrified shoppers dialed 999 after seeing two people carrying what looked like firearms outside Ingol Post Office. Officers raced to the scene and the two men sped
LANCASHIRE'S only ice hockey team have said cheers to Blackburn brewer Thwaites which is backing their bid for Premier Division status. The Penny Street brewery has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with the Blackburn Hawks worth thousands of pounds
WHILE North West Water is fulfilling its Codes of Practice on customer service it could go further, says water watchdog Ofwat's Customer Service Committee. Over the past year the CSC has regularly visited the company's offices to monitor issues such as
HOWZAT for good sports! Wrea Green cricket club near Preston has been given a slice of National Lottery handouts. The Sports Council has awarded the hard-up village club more than £5,000 to help build a new hut near the green. And the team are bowled
A DECISION to ban advertising signs from streets has provoked a mixed reaction. Blackburn planners have supported the county council's policy dealing with the problems of so called urban clutter. This means the traditional A-frame signs, along with pavement
ARTHUR the gnome and his lady friend Gwen have vanished from their fairytale home at the bottom of the garden of the Castle Hotel in Hoghton, near Preston. The garden gnomes mysteriously went walkies in July. And in a copy-cat Coronation Street scenario
Although Kummu is more than happy with the sides overall performance he's upset by the way his men have failed to pick up his new system. He said: "We are leaking too many goals and at the end of the season that could prove costly. I introduced a system
COUNCILLORS will be told how more than £73,000 went missing from Blackburn Town Hall's collection office at a special meeting tonight (Dec 30). The money - £38,006 in cash and £29,078 in cheques - went missing last January. A further shortfall of £6,100
RGEDDES (Letters, November 24) is mistaken in thinking that the rents are set to rise on the garden plots between Tockholes Road and Barley Bank Street in Darwen. If he/she is concerned about the management of the site all he/she has to do is not write
BLACK puddings have earned a local man a special prize. Brian Hall, 60, of Rollesby Close, Bury, made a video film of the making and selling of the famous puds and won the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers North West Region individual trophy. Mr.
AN Industrial Tribunal in Manchester has ruled that the 800 Leyland DAF workers sacked by receivers Arthur Andersen in 1993, were unfairly dismissed. Although the question of compensation cannot be addressed until a liquidator has been appointed, the
THE loving parents of a five-year-old Preston boy who suffers from cerebral palsy are hoping Citizen readers can help their son walk. Little Anthony Hunter is as bright as any other child his age but his disabling condition has left him unable to walk
SCORES of arrests were made during a police swoop designed to beat the burglar and clamp down on drug dealers. Across the county dawn raids took place to arrest known offenders during hard-hitting Operation Castle II. Officers left no stone unturned as
TAX payers may have to fork out more than £40,000 after Lancashire County Council failed in the High Court to halt Blackburn's bid to secure unitary status. County hall was handed the bill for last week's case in London as Blackburn moved a vital step
THANKS to last week's Page One story in the Bury Journal a stolen Jack Russell terrier has been re-united with her owners. Eight-year-old Bonnie was taken from outside the Golden Days garden centre in Radcliffe Moor Road while little Harry Greenhalgh,
MALICIOUS phone calls are costing the fire service millions of pounds every year. Out of the 66,000 calls made to the Greater Manchester County Fire Service last year a staggering 10,500 were bogus calls - costing the service a massive £6,247,000. Nearer
THOUSANDS of British Aerospace workers finally learned their grim fate today when the company broke the news that the Strand Road site in Preston was to close. BAe decided to bring forward the announcement, due on Monday, following weeks of speculation
But lucky thirteen for the Hawks! IT WAS lucky 13 for top of the table Blackburn Hawks last night when they cruised to their 13th straight victory, a 13-4 home romp over bottom side Billingham. The expected avalanche of goals didn't quite materialise,
THE latest nonsense concerning Blackburn's traffic planning is now precisely what we have come to expect of the Town Hall boffins. A pleasant new surface was put down on Higher Church Street at the junction with Mincing Lane not all that long ago. So
TODAY WE plead for politicians to keep their feet firmly on the ground as the cost of the Euro Fighter starts to spiral skywards. The Government's chief financial watchdog, the powerful House of Commons public accounts committee, is snapping at the heels
THE chairman of the new Colne 'home rule' committee has promised to give power to the people. Councillor Tony Greaves is asking local residents to set the agenda for meetings of the council's Colne and District area committee. Mr Greaves, the Liberal
NOISY neighbours clouded the summer sunshine for more than a hundred Hyndburn families. As the thermometer rose, so did complaints to the council about domestic noise nuisance. Almost 140 people rang to complain about noisy neighbours during July, August
DIE-HARD Tykes are launching another offensive to regain their place in the heart of the White Rose County. This week they were given the go-ahead from the Post Office to use Yorkshire as the postal address for West Craven. And, they say, they will challenge
A SPORTS car belonging to England rugby union star Rob Andrew was stolen from a Prescot pub car park while he was visiting friends in the area. The green MGB Roadster, registration number JMO 539, went missing from the car park of The Fusilier, Warrington
THE champagne is still popping at Astley & Tyldesley CC. While the seniors struggled in the Vimto Bolton Association, the 2nd X1 were majestically bridging a 30-year gap. They swept to a stunning glory success in the Vimto 2nd Division Championship
JOHN WOODS has stepped down as coach with Leigh Miners. The former Leigh and Great Britain Test star quit before their Lancashire Cup clash with West Sutton. With Miners in the doldrums, Woods felt it was time to step aside and enjoy his remaining days
TRADITIONAL "dirty" industries are being encouraged to clean up their act all over the country. And Barnoldswick company Ouzledale has been held up as a shining example of how improvements can be made to even the most traditional firms. Over the last
PILKINGTON head office in Prescot Road, St Helens, has been designated a Grade II listed building by National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley. Following extensive public consultation with English Heritage, the glass company's corporate head office
TWO men who carried out an armed robbery at a cash and carry warehouse escaped with £78,000 in cash. The robbery took place at Batleys, Fallows Way, Whiston near St Helens at about 5.50pm on Monday, just after security guards had arrived to collect the
DISGRACED trader Nick Leeson finds himself back in Singapore awaiting trial for an alleged series of mind-boggling, multi-million pound frauds which brought down Barings bank and triggered shock-waves through financial institutions world-wide. Now your
HARD-WORKING scouts will be pounding the streets delivering sacks of Christmas mail in Darwen and Lower Darwen once again this December. Christmas cards and letters can be posted at seven venues around the town with scouts from the St Joseph's Group,
ESTHER Holstead celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday with a special party for family and friends at Oak Lodge, Prestwich, in Bury. Born in County Durham, Esther has lived locally for the past 20 years. She has two daughters, five grand-children, 11
TWO bites at the cherry! That was the assessment of Saints' boss Eric Hughes as he pondered with Denis Whittle on his team's Regal Trophy triumph against Hull on Sunday. WHITTLE: Through to the last eight, but nearly let it slip. So said Saints' supporters
A TOUCH of the Tyrol could come to St Annes if a new tourist plan comes into fruition. The town could see an Alpine chair lift arrive on the Promenade to carry passengers from the pier to the indoor swimming pool. Carr Royd Leisure Ltd, the company which
Lancaster City 4 Great Harwood 1 LANCASTER extended their unbeaten home run to ten games in all competitions at home to Great Harwood Town at Giant Axe on Tuesday night, writes Andrew Satterthwaite. Now City can concentrate on Saturday's FA Cup visit
THE proof is out there - according to UFO spotters in Burnley. Enthusiasts in Burnley and Pendle got together for the first time on Tuesday night to exchange information, and they would like to hear from anyone else interested in investigating phenomena
Morecambe 5 Kettering Town 3 HE'S at it again. Not content with smashing four past Gainsborough in the FA Cup last week, the John Coleman goal machine put three past Kettering Town at Christie Park on Saturday. Five goals in 16 second half minutes brought
RAY Harford will be hoping he doesn't suffer a hangover from the Coca-Cola Cup, after Graeme Le Saux picked up a knock in last night's fourth round defeat by Leeds United at Elland Road. Le Saux was the victim of the worst challenge of the game - by Brian
THE Ministry of Defence has been warned over the spiralling cost of the Eurofighter which is vital to the future of Lancashire's aerospace industry. The powerful House of Commons public accounts committee - Parliament's chief financial watchdog - had
LANCASTER City's FA Trophy dream came to an end at the hands of Ashton United at Giant Axe on Tuesday night. Two breakaway goals from the visitors settled a drab third qualifying round replay in which City rarely got out of first gear. Injuries to Steve
WORKERS at Lancaster's blood centre face a miserable Christmas thanks to this week's announcement that more than 30 jobs are to be slashed. Industrial action could be on the cards at the Blood Transfusion Centre on Quernmore Road where staff are still
BLACKPOOL Pleasure Beach boss Geoffrey Thompson has become the first Englishman to preside over the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Mr Thompson, 58, attended the IAAPA annual convention in New Orleans where he received the
IT was 'all for one and one for all' at a Cleveleys building society as staff dressed up to raise money for Children In Need. Skipton Building Society's Three Musketeers, Diana Atkinson, Anne Mather and Anne Appleyard raised £93 from customers' donations
WATCHDOGS have issued a warning to Blackpool's Christmas shoppers - pirate videos are illegal, poor quality and a drain on the film industry. Lancashire's trading standards officers have joined forces with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
LOCAL businesses are backing Leigh as a major shopping area. More than 100 businesses say they are willing to fight for its future. And they're supporting it at a new Traders Forum next Thursday. The meeting in the Mick Martyn bar at Leigh Rugby Club
A BIRD'S eye view of Golborne Parish Church bell tower is one of the treats in store on Saturday for visitors to St Thomas's Church. Gift Day celebrations start at 9am, and it's open house for anyone who wants to see the business end of the bell-ringers
A NEW service for Fylde's disabled community has been launched by brave cancer boy Jo Gould. The Disability Information Service, based at the Whitegate Drive Day Centre in Blackpool, aims to provide a new and very valuable service in the town. Physically
SCROOGE bosses are to be given a fright in a new Christmas campaign by the TUC. It is targeting employers in the North West and urging workers to 'shop' bosses who bully, under-pay and over-work their staff. The TUC expects hundreds of workers, especially
A PILE of rubbish is thought to have been behind the raging fire which completely destroyed Glyn Webb cash and carry warehouse in Accrington. Accrington fire station officer Colin Cunliffe said: "We think the fire started outside the building in Blake
BUS passengers were left stranded when the driver of a 585 from Leigh to Wigan abandoned ship. After an argument with an elderly passenger continued when the delayed bus left King Street bus station, the irate driver stopped his vehicle in Twist Lane,
DETECTIVES are hailing a series of dawn raids across the Fylde a great success after more than 70 suspected burglars and drug-dealers landed in police cells. Police are aiming to allow home owners in the area to sleep more easily since putting scores
TOURISTS could soon be flocking to a £65,000 attraction near Darwen. Lancashire County Council is co-ordinating plans to provide a purpose-built information centre at Roddlesworth to serve the Darwen Moor and Roddlesworth Woods area of the West Pennine
LANCASHIRE'S pies and puddings are taking centre stage at a special exhibition in Accrington Library. Holland's Pies is celebrating 60 years at its well-known Baxenden site. And to celebrate the Mayor of Accrington, Councillor Jean Battle joined the company's
ONE thousand shoe boxes filled with Christmas goodies have been sent packing. They are on their way to children in Bosnia and Croatia - thanks to pupils of Leigh St Thomas' CE Primary School. The boxes, packed with toys and small hygiene items, were wrapped
WHEN a Leigh man saw the dish 'Bird of Paradise' offered on the Christmas menu at a Leigh town centre pub, he saw red - and blue, and green, and every other colour imaginable. But most of all he saw a mental picture of beautiful tropical birds being devoured
BURNLEY FC chairman Frank Teasdale today denied the club was behind a bid to buy extra shares in Turf Moor. His statement came as an anonymous buyer offered £55-a-share - topping the £50 bid by the club's arch-critic, Harry Brooks. The latest offer -
A RUNNING club will pay tribute to a talented teenager in the best way they know how - by racing! Darwen Dashers have organised a new annual event in memory of 17-year-old David Staff who collapsed and died during a 10 kilometre race last Christmas. The
LEIGH is to have its own town boss responsible for looking at ways to make the town more attractive for shoppers and shopkeepers. The new appointment is in line with council policy of joining forces with business leaders to promote the image of the area
THE call used to be 'The Yanks are Coming'. But for two local people it was recently a case of them becoming 'Yankee-Doodle-Dandies'' - for their weddings at least! For former Hesketh Fletcher pupil Michael Farnworth of Hunt Street, Atherton, a computer
GOLBORNE teenager Matthew Washington is enjoying a whole new life. And kidney transplant patient Matthew, 19, his donor mum Susan, 50, and their family and friends won't ever forget the skill and care which made that change possible. A 50-strong group
A TRAGEDY is just waiting to happen if members of the public and students from Leigh College's Marshall Street campus don't stop using a shortcut onto Atherleigh Way. For damaged fencing has left a gap near Etherstone Farm which has allowed cattle to
PLANS to sell-off Council-owned care homes have been slammed "deplorable" by angry union leaders. And thousands have backed the Unison local government workers' stance. Following a demonstration before a meeting of the Council's social services committee
TALENTED Tockholes artist Adrian Rigby is exhibiting his work in London's most famous department store. Adrian's popular wildlife paintings will hang in the art department of Harrods for the next month. He has spent the last two years working on the the
TARMAC Construction Ltd have been fined £7,000 for polluting two stretches of river during work on the M65 Bypass at Bamber Bridge. They appeared before South Ribble Magistrates last week accused of polluting the River Lostock on October 14 ,1994 and
BLACKBURN college staff are expected to vote next week on whether to accept or reject the management's latest contract offer. At the same time lecturers will decide whether or not to strike for three days this month while college inspections take place
MAUREEN Holdsworth shut up shop early in Coronation Street to go on a crazy Christmas shopping spree in Preston. While Reg had plenty to worry about back in Weatherfield, Maureen was causing quite a flash in the town's St George's Shopping Centre. She
PRESTON people could soon have the choice of being buried in a green grave if a council plan goes ahead. Cemetery and crematorium councillors are looking into the possibility of offering natural forms of burials at Preston cemetery. The unusual step would
THE CHURCH of England in Lancashire is on the up - despite recent national figures revealing the church was losing 200 people overall per day. Last year there was 433 more adults in church in the county on an average Sunday than in 1993 with a steady
COUNTY council highway chiefs have denied claims the new Broughton bypass in Preston will put Lancashire's countryside at risk. The £7m bypass project was highlighted in a document by the Council for the Protection of Rural England - New Roads, Old Ways
THE Beatles made Blackburn famous for its 4,000 holes in their hit A Day in the Life. But there's another connection between the town and the pop legends. A stretch limo once owned by drummer Ringo Starr is to be sold at Sotherby's by its owner, Derek
POLICE armed with battering rams and mallets swooped on a number of addresses in Preston and Leyland and seized thousands of pounds worth of stolen property and drugs. Detectives smashed down doors and ransacked rooms in the dawn raids which ended in
IAIN Dowie will face three former team-mates on Saturday when West Ham visit Ewood Park, hoping the referee blows his whistle early! The Northern Ireland hitman was within a minute of getting one over Southampton old boys Tim Flowers and Jeff Kenna until
TRANSPORT bosses have been told of highway measures to improve bus travel in Bury. The come as a result of studies carried out for the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, and have already been discussed with Bury Metro. As the local highway
CIVIL rights marchers stopped off in Preston on their way to lobby the Tory Party conference in Blackpool. They gathered at the spot where four cotton workers were shot dead in the mass protest over low wages in 1842. That terrible event, a permanent
DOCTORS are warning women to see their GP if they have any worries about breast cancer following the distribution of bogus leaflets offering a self cure breast cancer booklet. The controversial leaflet invites women to send £2.25 to a Preston address
HUNDREDS of families face the prospect of spending Christmas in unfurnished homes - some even without cookers. Now a charity is calling on caring Citizen readers to come up trumps again and help it in its race against time. Blackburn Churches Action group
M-=PRESTON pupils could be starved of a musical education as the Lancashire's Music Support Service faces more cut backs. The music support service is £500,000 in debt and two thirds of its staff will be made redundant next year. Many other teachers also
PUBLIC transport is likely to go down a gear if Bury and other local authorities are forced to make spending cuts Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority has already been told in a report that if budgets are cut they may have to take drastic
PRESTON'S progress under Gary Peters will be tested at Valley Parade on Saturday when they take on Bradford City in a real War of the Roses FA Cup clash. It's almost a year since Peters took over and the difference is pleasing, to say the least. Deepdale
MUSLIM children are tending not to respect the law of the land, say the Muslim Education Trust. This fact is one of several chosen by the MET to push for a Muslim Grant Aid School in Bury. The issue, in the form of a letter together with a petition, was
ANDY Saville rounded off another fine PNE performance on Saturday with his 15th strike of the season, a goal that costs North End £15,000! After scoring into the wrong net at Exeter, Saville was determined to make amends in front of the Deepdale faithful
PREPARE to travel back in time on Sunday December 10th when Ramsbottom, Bury, celebrates its own Viking Day. Throughout the day the town will be packed with attractions featuring a Viking theme and the highlights promise to be spectacular. Hot ginger
THE council at the bottom of Lancashire's tax collection league is refusing to adopt a get-tough policy. Recent figures showed Burnley was at the bottom of the table of Lancashire councils for debt recovery. But chief income officer Michael Frazer said
VICTORY celebrations were under way last Thursday with the news that plans for the multi-million-pound M62 Relief Road have been axed. But now Whitefield, Bury, residents from the blighted areas fear that picking up the pieces of their community won't
BREWERS Matthew Brown reported record profits of £8.2 million. And they revealed they had grounds for legal action over the go-ahead for Scottish and Newcastle's £125 million bid. But bosses of the Blackburn based brewery decided to stay out of the courts
RISHTON suffered an overall loss of £709 last season, despite winning their first Marsden BS Lancashire Cricket League title for 40 years in a summer of soaring temperatures. Cricket lost £4,157, compared to £3,589 the previous year, while the social
IFEEL I must comment on Diana's Panorama television interview. I thought she was pathetic: she always puts on that wide-eyed innocent expression and manipulates people with it. All she is interested in, first and foremost, is her position and the money
PEOPLE power has won a reprieve for Bacup Market which was threatened with a move to the former public baths site in Rochdale Road. In an overwhelming show of support for their cherished Temple Court market, Bacup residents showered more than 1000 letters
CENTENARY celebrations in Colne rang hollow for pensioner Ruth Starkie who says one of the town's greatest assets was missing from the festivities. Mrs Starkie believes Hartley Hospital should have been included in activities surrounding the commemoration
A BLUEPRINT to take Pendle into the next millennium with a healthy economy was delivered to the Government on Monday. It is the culmination of months of work by Pendle Partnership which is attempting to get £9.3 million cash aid to bring new life to the
EVERY RIGHT-THINKING person in East Lancashire must today be backing Central Lancashire Euro-MP Mike Hendrick as he joins in a resolution condemning the Kashmiri separatist guerillas holding Blackburn student Paul Wells. Paul's only crime was to be in
THE ex boss of Burnley and Pendle buses has joined the row over the planned sell off - and is saying don't do it. Former General Manager Roy Marshall says the sale will be detrimental to employees and to local tax payers. He voiced his fears in a letter
LEIGH MINERS hope to have a new club supremo by the end of the month. And the appointment of a successor to John Woods is crucial as the club meander in no-mans-land. Defeat at Hemel Hempstead - graveyard of many a Northern giant - was hard to take. They
ST HELENS Council leader Dave Watts travelled to London earlier this week as part of a high-powered local authority delegation bound on lobbying the Government to put a stop to the cash divide between councils in the North and South. Councillor Watts
GOLDENEYE Kurt Nogan smashed open the Gresty Road fortress and created a slice of soccer history. The clock was ticking towards the 106th minute of extra time when Kurt received the ball deep on the right flank. The new golden goal overtime rule, adopted
POLICE are hunting a gunman who took a pot shot at a 55-year-old man out for an afternoon stroll. The incident occurred at about 3.40pm on Wednesday, October 11 as the man, who suffers from heart trouble, was walking along wasteland near the BICC site
A LEIGH company has marked its Diamond Jubilee year with a crushing victory over a string of big city rivals. Chapel Street Vauxhall dealers Victoria Garage have signed Manchester United and England striker Andy Cole on a 12-month sponsorship deal. Victoria's
THE town's showpiece £2 million bus station opens for business on Sunday, November 26 - the culmination of a partnership between Merseytravel and St Helens Council. The nine-bay, Bickerstaffe Street station will also boast closed circuit TV and lighting
There was a terrible tragedy this week when a young man died after visiting a nightclub in Blackpool. It appears, although nobody can say for certain yet, that the youth died after taking a drugs cocktail of Ecstasy and amphetamines, if this is the case
CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to develop Green Belt land at the site of the former Parkside colliery in Newton-le-Willows are still waiting to hear whether there will be a public inquiry into the development. The Department of the Environment has told organisers
THANKS to the generosity of St Helens folk, local businessman Gordon Crosby has helped install a new pump to keep an entire African village with a plentiful supply of essential water. Owner of Grosvenor House Menswear in Duke Street, Gordon and his wife
LANCASHIRE County Cricket Club have announced a five-year plan to redevelop Old Trafford for the year 2000. The first stage of the five-year plan will begin at the end of next season and was revealed in Lancashire's annual reports and accounts for 1995
FIGHTING to keep a safe footpath more than 60 Hollins, Bury, families turned out last Thursday to voice their protests against a plan to build a road over the path, in the village. They met at the local social club where representatives of the planning
HEADMASTER Tony Hemingway has been named as the new chairman of the English Schools Cricket Association. He will be installed at the organisation's annual meeting at the Royal Clifton Hotel, Southport, this Saturday (October 21). It completes a remarkable
WHEN brother and sister Christopher and Emma Kay have a modelling assignment it's mum who gets stage fright. So when nine-year-old Christopher was auditioning for a film part in "Jude the Obscure" it was mum who read the book... "Have you ever read any
WEEKS of intense negotiation between Saints and Bradford Bulls ended yesterday (Wednesday) when the Knowsley Road club finally signed Great Britain centre star Paul Newlove for a £500,000 world record fee. Saints beat off the challenges of Leeds,Wigan
IN a recent article which dealt with budget surpluses in Lancashire schools, it was suggested that our school, the Hawthorns, Blackburn, had the second highest surplus of funds in the county. While this may once have been the case, I have to protest at
BURNLEY face a testing trip to Carlisle United in the area quarter finals of the Auto Windscreens Shield draw made today. "Once again we've been handed a really tough tie but we are more than capable of going up to Carlisle and getting a result," said
QUAKERS in Burnley and Pendle have added their voices to calls for an end to the National Lottery. In the week that lottery owners Camelot announced it makes £1 million profit a week, members of the Society of Friends demanded bans on television advertising
NIKLAS Gudmundsson could well be a contender for a place in Blackburn Rovers' 14-man squad to face West Ham United at Ewood on Saturday. But the Swedish international admits himself that he is still short of being fully match-fit. A place on the bench
A HISTORIC tennis club is hoping the public can serve up an ace and help raise funds to put the spring back in their rackets. Since it was acquired by trustees in 1992, Holme Tennis Club in Barrowford has not seen a single game played on its worn out
THE future is CLEAR as far as the greener collection of rubbish in Lancaster is concerned. A new scheme was launched this week in the Scotforth, Hala and Bowerham areas of the city with residents sorting some of their rubbish for recycling before it was
JIMMY Mullen today torpedoed suggestions that Burnley are chasing Blackpool's Andy Preece. The Bloomfield Road forward was slapped on the transfer list along with fellow striker Tony Ellis yesterday. And, according to sources on the Fylde, Burnley are
SCHOOL friends of a boy who suffered appalling facial injuries in a bonfire accident have written to Parliament to ask for a ban on fireworks. Seven-year-old Umar Bashir sustained horrific burns to his face as he played with fireworks near his home on
THREE schemes costing a total of £6 million could be set to transform the Royal Lancaster Infirmary it was announced last week. Over the next five years the hospital could be upgraded into one of the region's top health centres, if funding is made available
THE family of boxer Warren Stowe said they feared for his life when his fight in South Africa was unceremoniously stopped by armed raiders. The Burnley Bulldog had to dive for cover on Saturday when shooting broke out during his middleweight bout against
Stalybridge Celtic 5 Morecambe 2 (aet)MORECAMBE almost threw their place in the Spalding Cup away at struggling Stalybridge Celtic on Tuesday night. The Shrimps, 4-1 up from the first leg, conceded five goals, just about survived extra-time and had to
THE highways and byways of Burnley could soon be among the safest in the country if the town gets the green light on a £5 million road safety initiative. Burnley beat a bottle-neck of entries including some from the snarled up streets of London and Newcastle
BOSSES are wielding the axe at wallcoverings giant Forbo-Lancaster where more than 60 jobs are to be slashed in the New Year. And managing director Mike Ferguson admitted some compulsory redundancies would have to be made despite job transfers and early
MORECAMBE recorded their first ever Conference away win on Saturday AND flew into the top half of the table for the first time. Morecambe visited high-flying Hednesford in great form but still with one of the worst away records in the league. They finally
