A POLICE swoop on burglars and other crooks in Blackburn has resulted in 89 people being arrested in ten days and £10,000 in stolen property being returned to its owners. Operation Castle II began with dawn swoops on suspect's homes throughout Lancashire
PROMOTION-HUNTING Burnley have lost their unwanted pre-season tag as Second Division title favourites. Burnley and Carlisle United began the 1995/96 campaign as red-hot 12-1 choices to take the championship crown. But, although the Clarets werepoised
UNDER-fire Burnley director Clive Holt today said he will not be quitting despite fierce criticism from fellow board members. A boardroom battle looms at Turf Moor following revelations that Mr Holt, who is the Clarets' second biggest shareholder, secretly
TWO East Lancashire MPs have called for an urgent inquiry into the Gordon Foxley scandal after fears that he may have been bribed by more companies. The all-party public accounts committee has revealed its concern that more foreign firms could have been
DISC jockey Anthony Hitchins is facing a quiet Christmas after thieves stole his entire record collection, equipment and his van. Anthony, a chef by day, and a DJ by night, had parked his C-registered Ford Escort van on the multi-storey car park at Blackburn
A SERIOUSLY ill patient married his sweetheart in a touching hospital ceremony. Edwin Bentham, 54, proposed to his girlfriend, Margaret Garvey, while she visited him earlier this week. Nursing staff at Queens Park Hospital, Blackburn, and hospital chaplain
LABORATORY tests have failed to link a local dairy with a salmonella outbreak which swept Burnley and Pendle. But environmental health chiefs say they are urging court action against the farmer, who has not been named, for alleged contravention of health
BEEF has been struck off the menu in primary schools throughout Lancashire as the scare over mad cow disease threatens to spiral out of control. Lancashire County Council leader Louise Ellman announced the ban as more and more schools were becoming confused
WORKERS at a carpet wholesalers were dealt a cruel Christmas blow when it was announced that the firm was closing. But most of the 48 people who work in warehousing and distribution at Carpets International, Roman Road, Blackburn, have been offered positions
A GROUP of students have made history by becoming the first people to graduate while studying at Accrington and Rossendale college. The new graduates, who took courses in media studies, brass band studies and health studies, received their awards at a
INTRIGUE surrounded Blackburn Rovers' visit to Coventry City this afternoon, focusing on up-for-grabs central defender Chris Coleman. Coventry, with a defensive crisis on their hands, are hoping to sign Coleman for a club record £2.8 million fee from
RAY Harford could be forced to put on hold any plans he might have had to do some major wheeling and dealing in the coming weeks, because of the injuries to Colin Hendry and Ian Pearce. The main problem is that no-one knows just how long Blackburn Rovers
