ONE of the country's most famous public schools is to open its doors to girls of all ages. The first intake of preparatory school girls for Stonyhurst College will begin in an "exciting and challenging development" in September. Two years later the first
FA Cup 3rd round: Liverpool 1 Burnley 0 - Tony Dewhurst's big match verdict Blk BT s=9l=9.5o Adjacent to the imposing Shankly Gates and the moving Hillsborough memorial, stood 50 or so Burnley fans. It was a scene to savour and enjoy. Chilled to the bone
THE "outing" of the relationship between Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair may not have been as dramatic as the antics of Tory MP Jerry Hayes and his young gay friend. But the repercussions of the talks between the two leaders over constitutional reform are
THE line-up for the Ninth Burnley National Blues Festival has been unveiled. The Easter event will feature a wealth of international talent at five major concerts and four marathon all-day sessions backed by workshops, real ale and jewellery and craft
A STEADY stream of teenagers sought emergency contraception at the Brook Advisory Centre over the festive season. The centre opened its doors during the holiday break to provide a lifeline for teenagers caught out during the seasonal celebrations. Sheila
FA Cup 3rd round: Blackburn Rovers 1 Port Vale 0 - Peter White's big match verdict IT wasn't just the biting cold starting to send shivers of apprehension down the spine of every Blackburn Rovers supporter as the clock ticked away. The ghosts of cup ties
WHEN supervisors Fred Hedges and Grahame Brydges found there wasn't an NVQ covering a particular department at work they created a new one from scratch! The qualification was devised for the distribution team at Hepworth Building Products in Padiham and
Eric Leaver's Monday A SERMONISING newspaper article on giving up drink for 30 days that swam in and out of an unsteady visual focus on New Year's Day morning, perforce of a Scotch mist refusing to lift from the cerebrum, suggested, as an incentive for
POLISH international star Marek Citko is up for grabs - and Blackburn Rovers have expressed an interest. But reports of a £4 million deal being agreed for the Widzew Lodz forward are premature to say the least. The facts are that the 22-year-old Citko's
TIME has been called on Burnley's Royal British Legion social club. Dwindling numbers and debts of £23,000 have forced the ex-servicemen to retreat. Every member of the Burnley branch is automatically made a member of the club and, in its heyday, numbers
AROUND 40 lecturers staged a demonstration outside Accrington and Rossendale College today protesting over the sacking of lecturer and leading trade unionist activist Pat Walsh. Members of lecturers union NATFHE went in to work as normal after handing
A COLOUR brochure aimed at attracting tourists to the county has been criticised for barely mentioning Blackburn. The Lancashire County Council publication is designed to attract visitors to the county in the coming year and describes top attractions
A COMPANY slated in the past for creating a stink, is appealing against a council order banning it from treating animal carcases. Blackburn Products was at the centre of a residents' campaign following complaints about smells and infestations of flies
RONNIE Baxter advanced to the last 16 of the Embassy world darts championship in double-quick time with a 3-0 whitewash of Andy Jenkins at the Lakeside in Frimley Green. Two of the fastest throwers in the game, they completed the quickest match of the
GRAHAM Lloyd and Glen Chapple today underlined their bids to win places in England's Ashes Challenge next summer. The two Lancashire stars, already on the fringe of Test call-ups, have seen their chances improved by England's nightmare tour of Zimbabwe
TODAY it has been revealed that three managers of a former state-owned company netted a profit of £70 million by selling it on again after seven months. The company was the rolling stock business Porterbrook Leasing, which was sold off as part of the
Dumfries Vikings 2 Blackburn Hawks 9.........Blackburn Hawks 6 Fife Flyers 15 IMPORTS Ismo Rokala and Patrik Ferlander were asked to work overtime at the weekend as Blackburn Hawks earned a fine victory in Dumfries before slipping to a spirited, if somewhat
Ron Freethy's Winter Walks: Furness I GUESS most naturalists can remember their first memorable sighting. Mine took place almost 50 years ago near the village where I was born. This was Askam-in-Furness, right on the Duddon Estuary. The winter of 1947
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a huge wind farm on the moors at Turton are set to gather pace. Turton Heights has been pinpointed as an ideal location to put up a forest of propeller-driven electricity turbines. When plans were first mooted last year there
A MEDAL belonging to an East Lancashire war hero will go on display after being returned to the region. Second Lieutenant William Beattie Little was awarded the Military Cross for 'marked gallantry' with the 5th Battalion of the East Lancs Regiment. He
Teenage Norwegian star John Carew is hoping to play for Blackburn Rovers Reserves against Leeds United at Ewood tonight (kick-off 7pm). Rovers are keen to take a look at the 17-year-old Norwegian schoolboy international striker in a competitive game after
TIM Sherwood was in for treatment yesterday on a knee injury he collected in Saturday's FA Cup win over Port Vale. But hopes are high that the Rovers skipper will make a quick recovery. Caretaker-boss Tony Parkes said: "It looks as though it was just
PROUD Evertonian David Eyres today paid a special tribute to Burnley's loyal fans. A magnificent 7,500-strong travelling army turned the Anfield Road End into a sea of claret and blue as Burnley fought a brave battle against FA Cup favourites Liverpool
A TERRIFIED ten-year-old girl dialled 999 and sobbed "My mum has been stabbed" as a woman lay dying. And the man leading the hunt for the killer of Tracy Corless said he was anxious to trace her estranged husband Shaun for questioning about the incident
ANGRY Turf Moor chief Adrian Heath rounded on his critics today after national press snipers accused Burnley of spoiling tactics at Liverpool. Burnley came under fierce criticism from the national scribes for so-called negative tactics after a narrow
