BIG-HEARTED factory staff promise that their £114 donation to the SuperScan Appeal is the first of many this year. British Aerospace and Royal Ordnance Factories across the country have adopted Marie Curie Cancer Care as their charity to support but workers
WELCOME to Brockhall University - soccer's seat of learning. The students are hand-picked, with football ability an occasional consideration! The latest undergraduate is Gary Croft, enrolled on a four year course having spent six years at a Grimsby secondary
A NOTORIOUS jailbird who made good is to share his experience with a once-troubled council estate. Jimmy Boyle, author of the best seller A Sense of Freedom, which was made into an internationally acclaimed film, was no stranger to being on the wrong
MAJOR work on the £1 billion modernisation of the West Coast rail main line is about to start. The upgrade, which will link Lancashire to Europe via the Channel Tunnel, should improve safety and reduce journey times with up to 40 minutes knocked off the
VETERAN former Blackburn MP Barbara Castle has accused Tony Blair of running Labour in a manner akin to a dictatorship. The ex-cabinet minister has condemned the opposition leader's plan to put his election manifesto to a rank and file referendum vote
A CAST of more than 100 people from all over the Ribble Valley will perform a cycle of mystery plays to mark a special anniversary in Whalley. It is 700 years since monks settled in the area, and throughout June the mystery plays will be staged within
A SCHOOL which was criticised in an inspector's report, says it now faces a more promising future. St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Blackburn, promises to embark on a "new era" following a second report which praised staff and
THE prospect of another summer of burning hills loomed again last night after a huge moorland fire. The blaze on Bleasdale Fell in the Trough of Bowland prompted calls to Lancashire Fire Brigade headquarters from 15 miles away. And it tied up dozens of
ASTHMA is killing dozens of people in East Lancashire because they cannot afford the soaring price of prescriptions, a campaign boss warned today. The shock claim comes days after the Government increased the prescription cost of one item by 25p to £5.50
DAVID Batty returns to Ewood on Monday night, hoping to be on a winning side again in a Blackburn Rovers-Newcastle clash - only this time in black and white. The former Rovers midfielder wants to help Newcastle to a similar performance to the one they
MARKET traders and fire officers are warning that tragedy could strike if teething problems with a new £110,000 alarm system in Darwen Town Hall and markets are not corrected. The new system was installed three months ago. The automated alarm has already
A TRAVEL agency will be making history as it sends 240 East Lancashire Muslims on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Flight Care Travel, of Blackburn, has secured the first-ever direct flight from the North West. The firm spent months negotiating with Saudi Arabian
A CARING community is rallying round to help the family of a toddler seriously injured in a road accident outside his home. The hearts of friends and neighbours have gone out to Michael and Susan Donlon who are keeping a vigil at the bedside of their
A GOOD Friday extravaganza brought in good trade for town centre shops in Burnley. There was plenty of clowning on the streets with Clownabout, a wacky children's entertainer, among the special attractions organised by Burnley Council and Initiative Burnley
DARREN Barton endured a tough time in the opening round of the World 125cc Championship in Malaysia. The Hoddlesden man's Ditter Plastic Aprilia suffered varying mechanical problems in qualifying and the rider had to settle for 24th on the grid. Barton
A POLICE woman jailed for drugs offences was today waiting to walk out of her cell and into the arms of her pop star fiance. Freedom for former officers Liza Wilkinson and Elizabeth Hartley comes after months of problems within the prison system which
HAVE-a-go dad Kevin Robertson tackled an armed robber - but his wife wasn't over impressed! Driving instructor Kevin sprang into action on the spur of the moment - then got a "ticking off" by wife Marie afterwards. Now Mrs Robertson has reason to be more
ADRIAN Heath will be walking a tightrope between now and the end of the season. The Burnley boss, whose team face as demanding a run-in over the final month of the season as any club in the country, continues to cast a concerned eye over his list of long-term
