A POLICE clamp-down and council initiatives are winning a battle against nuisance kids. Residents of Queen Street, Darwen handed in a petition to police demanding tougher action to solve nightly vandalism and threatening behaviour by mobs of teenagers
IT won't be difficult to spot the two latest heroes to be paraded in front of the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford tomorrow. The long-haired look of Czech winger Karel Poborsky is as much his trademark as that fabulous goal he scored during Euro
WHEN Cheryl Flynn was just ten, she had already travelled to more places than more people see in a lifetime...so her new job is tailor-made for her. Cheryl, 27, has just been appointed tourism manager for the Lancashire Hill Country Tourism Consortium
ADRIAN Heath has heaped generous praise on Burnley's travelling army of fans. 1,886 Clarets fans saw the Second Division pipe-opener at Kenilworth Road while 384 travelled to Mansfield Town for the Coca-Cola Cup first leg victory at Field Mill. The Turf
CARL Fogarty goes into tomorrow's ninth round of the World Superbike Championship knowing he only has one option - "and that's to win races". Now fourth in the table, 40 points behind championship leader New Zealander Aaron Slight, the Blackburn ace must
A YOUNG man who suffered brain damage after being hit by a car has defied the odds and graduated from university. Karl Flinders was left fighting for his life following the accident four years ago and he was in a coma for five days while doctors at Blackburn
AN anonymous nurse battled to keep a heart attack victim alive on the pavement while paramedics arrived. The woman, who works as a casualty staff nurse at Chorley Hospital, went to help after 71-year-old Mr Alfred Jebb suffered a heart attack and collapsed
WHAT does Walt Meadows (LET, Aug 17) mean when he says that I failed to condemn what he terms as the true fat cats - sportsmen, pop idols and so-called entertainers? As I don't have any interest at all in any of these things he mentions, I fail to see
DPEARSON in his letter states there are two communities in Northern Ireland who cannot live together and detest each other. Will he explain the reason for this and categorically deny that the division is there because the powers-that-be in Northern Ireland
COLCHESTER United manager Steve Wignall has pledged his support for Adrian Heath after the Third Division outfit fell foul of Hull referee Paul Robinson. Wignall saw defender Tony McCarthy sent-off and six booked on the opening day of the season against
SEVENTY jobs will be created if a £6million plan to bring cinema back to Burnley is approved. Leisure giants Apollo Leisure (UK) Ltd aims to open a new nine-screen cinema and restaurant complex on the Do-It-All site off Manchester Road next Easter. Plans
A MONEY raising event for a children's charity is just whizz-ard Burnley's mayor and mayoress agree. Coun Peter Swainston and his sister-in-law Sheila were among the first to join in Woolworth's annual Cycle Round The World event at the bandstand in Burnley
RAY Harford claimed his first victory of the new season last night when Blackburn Rovers finally opened their doors to the fans and were rewarded for their initiative by a positive response. The first Sports Forum staged by the club - at manager Harford's
A MAJOR increase in seizures has confirmed Blackburn as the drugs capital of Lancashire. Captures of illegal substances rose by 40 per cent to 515 in the year ending in March this year as police cracked down on drug abusers. The figure was the highest
I WAS interested to hear of the Royal Family's proposals for reforming itself. The proposals are a welcome start but fall far short of what is really required. For example, while the abolition of the monarch's role as head of the Church of England is
JASON Gallian is an injury worry for tomorrow's Sunday League game against title chasing Yorkshire after being struck on the shoulder by a fire-up Darren Gough yesterday. Gough was angry after being given out caught behind of Peter Martin for a six ball
MARK Brown is ready to run the race of his life as he strives for gold in tomorrow's marathon in the paralympic games in Atlanta. The 34-year-old ex-serviceman from Burnley, an arm amputee, will take on a world-class international field in an event which
GLENN Hoddle decided not to call on a single Ewood player for next weekend's first World Cup qualifying game against Moldova. But that won't stop it being a busy week for the many international players now on Rovers' books. Scottish trio Colin Hendry,
A LEADING member of East Lancashire's crown green bowling community has died in hospital at the age of 71. Mr Kenneth Heaps, of Oakenhurst Road, Blackburn, was well known at clubs throughout the region for his love of the game and efforts to arrange various
THE name of Inter Milan striker Daniel Fonseca is being touted around Europe as the next star to leave Italy and that could interest Blackburn Rovers. I know from impeccable sources abroad that a £6 million bid could tempt Inter to part with the Uruguay
THE battle of Trafalgar is finally being won and for the mum of little Katie Sunderland it means closing the door on a nightmare. "Living in the flats meant I could never forget what happened to Katie," said Cathryn Entwistle as she recalled July 14,
