CHRIS PALMER has been appointed sales and marketing director at Pets Choice Limited. He joins the Blackburn-based firm from United Biscuits where he headed the international division of Ross Young's. Pets Choice is currently expanding its product range
KIM METCALF has joined the personal injury team at Blackburn solicitors Farleys. Previously with Forbes & Partners, she will work as a personal injury claims expert in the team headed by partner Michael Corrigan. Kim is a member of the Personal Injury
FRANK Clark pinned the blame fairly and squarely on Nottingham Forest's defensive play - or rather the lack of it - for his team's 5-1 humiliation at the City Ground. "Some of our defending was totally abysmal," he said. "We started off very well, I was
A DETERMINED Carl Fogarty shook off a 100mph qualifying crash to claim two seventh places in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship at Misano in San Marino. But with the disqualification of second race winner Anthony Gobert, Fogarty was
HUNDREDS of people were left stranded when eight taxi firms in Accrington staged a lightning strike at the weekend - in protest at the "wrong" treatment by police of a cab driver "falsely accused" of an offence. Yet, if fair play is what they were after
ON June 14, I will reach the Biblical three-score-years-and-ten, and I am celebrating surviving that long by cycling 70 kilometres sponsored at 7p a kilometre, to raise funds for the charity Counsel and Care for the Elderly, of which I am the Chairman
STILL reeling from last week's by-election disaster, the Tories are now hit by the declaration that billionaire financier Sir James Goldsmith's Referendum Party, which is against the EU, will field 600 candidates at the general election with a campaign
RECENTLY, the Pentagon announced a programme to build 3,000 Anglo-American fighter bombers costing the little sum of £650 billion. The British Government has spent £12 billion on the Trident missile system so far, but according to Sir Ronald Mason, former
FRIENDS and business colleagues could end up fighting bitter legal wrangles against each other if they get involved in a controversial "money for nothing" scheme. Trading Standards bosses have warned that over-enthusiastic selling of the Titan scheme
A FOOD store with up to £20,000-worth of stock was badly damaged by a fire, which burned out an upstairs flat. The Mace Convenience store, in Colne Road, Earby, was closed yesterday as devastated owner Mohammed Javed began a massive clean-up operation
GOALKEEPER Richard Harrison made a string of superb saves as Accrington Stanley went down to defeat at next-to-bottom Matlock in the UniBond Premier Division. Harrison's first save came in the second minute when he denied Stewart Anderson. After 26 minutes
ARMED police sealed off a street and surrounded a house after reports of a gunshot in Burnley. Other officers were called in to control a crowd which gathered during the incident in Waterloo Road last night when a police car windscreen was smashed. Police
CRESTFALLEN Magpies fans in the Moss Rose ground on Saturday knew just how their Newcastle counterparts must have felt at Ewood on Easter Monday. Two hammer blows in the last six minutes had turned this FA Umbro Trophy semi-final firmly Macclesfield's
CLIENTS of solicitor SHARON WEEKS had better make sure they pay their bills - she's a student of karate! Sharon has recently been appointed by Ramsbottom & Co and will specialise in matrimonial and conveyancing from the firm's Darwen office. Sharon
A MOTHER of three who attacked a woman with a broken bottle, causing 'dreadful facial injuries,' has been sent to prison for three years. Theresa Dennison, who turned on her victim after a disagreement in a Blackburn chip shop, caused several lacerations
GREENPEACE activist Richard Watson has vowed that a court appearance will not stop his spectacular protest activities. Mr Watson, 31, was back home in Queensberry Road, Burnley today, after appearing in court for his part in a rooftop protest. He was
FRANK Clark's face was a picture - of misery and bewilderment. He looked as though Noel Edmonds had just popped up to shout "Gotcha!" "It was an astounding game," said the Forest boss. And, just to keep everyone happy, he added the obligatory: "I'm glad
EVERY member of a council's planning committee has been served with a writ by residents battling to stop a block of mock Tudor flats being built near their homes. The move is the latest shot in a continuing battle by the Blackburn Meins Road Area Residents
A MAN was seriously ill in hospital today after surviving a 70 feet fall down a ravine and four hours spent lying stranded in a freezing stream. Derek Porter, of Franklin Road, Blackburn, was out hunting rabbits when he fell down the steep gully on land
"WE'VE taken a giant step to safety," declared a delighted Adrian Heath after his first Turf Moor victory as boss. "It's been a long wait but that is a massive stride for us," said Heath after Burnley's 2-1 win over Peterborough. But his joy was tempered
I THINK the striking photograph by Paul Adams of the comet Hyakutake (LET, April 2) deserves an award as Photo of the Year. When I was a child at school, I got a book with a photo of Halley's Comet and I looked forward all my life to its reappearance
TORTURING animals in laboratories is no way for a civilised community to pursue a quest for health. It debases not only those who practise it but also the society which tolerates it. Each year, three million laboratory animals are socially isolated and
THE OLD saying about a week being a long time in politics perhaps needs amending - as Tony Blair discovers that the political climate can go from sunny to grim in just days. For just as he savours the Staffordshire South East by-election triumph and returns
A YOUNG mum had a terrifying experience when she got into her car with her 16-week-old daughter only to find someone had cut her brake pipes. Melanie Bebbington-Trengove was driving away from her grandparents' house when she realised her brakes were not
PETER Swan's bullet header was the perfect response from a Burnley side that has spent a week looking down the barrell of a gun. The big defender powered the Clarets to three welcome points as Adrian Heath tasted a home victory for the first time as manager
A YOUNG thug stole a £30 jacket from a man in Accrington town centre after threatening him with a knife. The thief approached his 22-year-old victim in the bus station yesterday afternoon and asked for £2. When the man refused, the robber then asked for
AROUND 60 residents of Crawshawbooth met by the River Limy to fish out tyres, bicycle frames and other debris as part of a community clean-up in National Spring Clean Week. The event was originally to coincide with the village's festival next month but
REGULARS at a Clayton-le-Moors pub have been raising cash for the family of young road accident victim Elliot Donlon. The two-year-old was rushed to a Leeds hospital with serious injuries after an accident outside his home in Dill Hall Lane, Church. Elliot's
SUPER scout David Roberts helped raise cash for Job Week...by cleaning out snake pits! David, 11, got to grips with the slippery creatures in a pet shop to collect cash for the annual fund raiser. And David, a member of the 1st Pendle group, managed to
AN original painting of the Lancashire countryside will come under the hammer at a charity evening to boost the SuperScan appeal. Cottages on Pennine Moors was painted by Jack Hammill, from Rochdale, a member of Pennine Artists, and has been donated to
A DECADE ago the world was rocked by the worst ever nuclear accident when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor went into meltdown, spewing out a vast cloud of radiation. People all over the world were gripped by panic as the radioactive clouds threatened to
A TEENAGE gang punched and kicked a man before stealing his wallet containing £700. In a separate attack, youngsters grabbed a handbag from a 52-year-old woman as she emerged from a telephone box in Nelson early this morning. In the first incident, a
A YOUNGSTER whose tragic family has been devastated by cancer is raising money to help a Bulgarian teenager who has a life-threatening strain of the disease. Nelimira Ovcharova, 17, from Haskovo, needs urgent treatment for lung cancer and faces certain
AROUND 15 new jobs will be created by the proposed £1.5 million extension at the historic Dunkenhalgh Hotel at Clayton le Moors. Macdonald Hotels Ltd, which owns the prestigious hotel, was recently granted planning permission for the new wing by Hyndburn
JASON Wilcox's first-ever Premiership "double" helped inspire Blackburn Rovers to rewrite their record books yet again on Saturday. And, once more, it was Nottingham Forest who were the fall guys in what could well have been a repeat of their sensational
CHORLEY manager Dave Sutton remained defiantly upbeat about his side's chances of reaching Wembley after seeing the Magpies concede two goals in the last six minutes of this FA Umbro Trophy semi final first leg at Macclesfield to finish 3-1 down. "We
BURNLEY are set to open the 8,185-seater North Stand on Tuesday April 23-prior to the game against Bristol Rovers. The new stand will be the subject of a safety inspection on Friday but club secretary Mark Blackbourne said the club were confident that
AN Easter fun day sparked off a week of fund raising with more than £5,000 banked into the SuperScan coffers. The cash - collected at the car boot sale and Easter games afternoon organised by the Cemetery Hotel, Darwen - will soon be added to the appeal
TWO friends have taken up the challenge of the SuperScan Superwalk and plan to complete one of the 20-mile routes. But not everyone taking part in the mammoth fund-raising event on Sunday, May 19, will be attempting the whole course - people can walk
