FINDING jobs for young people will be a key part of Labour's strategy to tackle crime, Shadow Home Secretary Jack Straw has claimed. The Blackburn MP has blamed unemployed youngsters with nothing to do for being a major cause of crime. And he called for
HUNDREDS of social security workers across East Lancashire are due to strike on Monday following a row over staff safety. Under pressure workers claim that assaults and threats from the public are on the increase and planned changes to the system will
BLACKBURN Hawks will be skating on "Finn" ice on Sunday with new import Ismo Rokala set for a debut. The ice hockey aces completed the signing of Finnish forward Rokala yesterday, sent in time for him to ice in the Northern Premier League clash against
IT is three o'clock on a balmy afternoon and to avoid long hours on the psychiatrist's chair I have sought the attention of a professional golfer. My swing, an action more suited to shovelling gravel on a building site, requires urgent reconstruction.
HISTORY will be repeated on Wednesday when VIPs and dignitaries pack a steam train to travel between Bury and Rawtenstall - a carbon copy of an historic journey 150 years ago to the day. The line is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. And a host
THREE people died in a mystery house fire in Chorley early today. Teams of police forensic officers and firefighters were searching through the debris for clues to how the blaze in the mid terraced house in St Gregory's Place, Chorley, started just after
MORE than 80 per cent of pupils completing their sixth form studies at St Theodore's RC High School, Burnley, are now studying at colleges and universities. Deputy head Pat McKiernan, praised the pupils at a presentation night when certificates, trophies
A GAY rights group is targeting Janet Anderson's Rossendale and Darwen parliamentary seat as part of a national campaign. Outrage, the pressure group led by former MP Peter Tatchell, is planning to put pressure on the MPs in 30 of the country's most marginal
CHRIS Sutton's courage in battling through the pain barrier to answer Ray Harford's SOS was praised today by the Blackburn Rovers boss. And Sutton's team-mates have also acknowledged the contribution made by the striker since he climbed off the treatment
ONE can only deplore the decision by Jeremy Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, to book a Commons' committee room for Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams to promote his autobiography. In this book, the odious Mr Adams justifies the IRA campaign of terror.
RAY Harford wants his players to battle their way out of potential trouble as soon as possible - but he wants them to do it the right way. The Blackburn Rovers boss today stressed the importance of discipline and what the club are trying to achieve. Four
IF you are one of the two million people in this country who consult their doctor each year with back pain, you will be interested to hear that the Arthritis & Rheumatism Council (ARC) has published a special booklet just for you. It is intended to
A FAMILY searching for a missing brother hope his birthday will help draw their quest to an end. The three orphaned sons of late Lancashire woman Sandra Lord only discovered they had another brother at a family reunion with their cousin last year. Their
THE intrepid trans-Atlantic voyage of Burnley sailor Neil Eatough will be captured in a seven-part BBC documentary.. He will crew one of 14 yachts taking part in the BT Global Challenge which set sail from Southampton tomorrow week. Neil, managing director
GRAHAM Lloyd underlined his status as the country's most exciting run-maker at Edgbaston. The Lancashire star hammered a half century in only 42 balls with 10 explosive boundaries. And he punished Ashley Giles so severely that the England A left arm spinner
A REFORMED heroin addict walked into his MP's surgery and confessed: "I've committed 2,000 burglaries - and never been caught." The Darwen man, who is in his late 20s, confessed to carrying out three or four burglaries a week for ten years to feed his
TURF Moor defender Chris Vinnicombe will resume training on Monday. The Burnley left-back has not featured in the Clarets line-up for nearly six months after breaking his ankle at Wycombe Wanderers last March. But he will step up his recovery a week today
WHEN the Royal Family sits down to discuss their future, it is to be hoped they will not forget the past and why we have a monarchy. The monarchy is there to defend and protect the people of these isles, nay, the Commonwealth, from devious, ambitious
A SQUAD of super slimmers will be cutting out the fatty foods and shedding the pounds to raise cash for the Burnley and Pendle Hospice. Eight staff at Gardner's Chemist shops, Burnley, will be cutting out things such as cream cakes and booze in an effort
A MOTHER grabbed her toddler daughter and fled after a smoke alarm alerted her to a blaze in the front room of their Accrington home. Children playing with matches may have started the fire at the terrace house in Gillies Street. But the fire brigade
REGARDING the remarks of Mr B. Matthews (LET, September 5) about the queues in Abbey National branches, I can confirm the same happening at the two branches in Blackburn. It was my intention to call on one of them one recent morning, but, on my arrival
A POPULAR pub with a playground regularly attracts gangs of abusive children according to a Blackburn councillor. Billinge Coun Sheila Williams claimed when people living near the Oak Tree pub ask children to behave they are often met with a torrent of
