A FINAL call has gone out to all line dancers, morris dancers, majorettes and other dance troupes across the North West to attend a major event next week. Only a few places are left for the dance display spectacular on Saturday, June 12, in the Windsor
MANCHESTER United fans will be bidding to buy an autographed football from the side that won the treble of Premiership, FA Cup and European Champions' Cup. Colne Gala Committee are auctioning the ball, with a reserve price of £300, on the gala field at
GAY and lesbian advice services in East Lancashire will be expanded - thanks to a £97,333 National Lottery grant announced today. Blackburn-based Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, which offers a range of services including a telephone helpline and befriending
SOCIAL Services bosses have launched an inquiry after a 16-month-old baby boy was found to be dead on arrival at hospital in April. The review into the case of baby Jack Shackleton will be conducted by the Lancashire Area Child Protection Committee. A
A SHOCK return to Ewood for Colin Hendry does not appear to be on the cards, despite speculation that the Scottish international could be on his way out of Ibrox. Blackburn Rovers were playing it cool today on reports that Hendry might be heading back
KEVIN Henderson has opened talks with Hartlepool United as he bids to bounce back from his free transfer from Turf Moor. The striker, released as part of Stan Ternent's end-of-season shake-up, is also wanted by Hartlepool's Third Division rivals Halifax
AN auction mart has been told to clean up its act by environmental campaigners after complaints of strange smells. Residents have been complaining of the smells coming from Clitheroe Auction Mart in Pimlico Road but a local health boss said concern over
TRADERS at a struggling market have failed to restrict competition between stalls in an attempt to maintain their takings. But the 'bra wars' rumpus that sparked the move at Clitheroe market has prompted calls for a detailed survey into the reasons for
THE bells of Blackburn Cathedral rang out to mark the enthronement of the Rt Rev Alan Chesters as the seventh Bishop of the Blackburn Diocese. A procession of hundreds of academics, readers and clergy from all over the country walked from King George's
COLNE professional Joe Scuderi has been fined £100 and two amateurs, skipper Gary Laycock and Nick Moulding, have been hit by suspensions following incidents in their EW Cartons Lancashire League game against Enfield last month. And a suspended fine of
THE VAUX Northern League has approached the Jennings Ribblesdale League regarding further talks over possible feeder league status for the Ribblesdale League. The Northern League is involved in on-going discussions with the Lancashire and English Cricket
AS head teachers complained today about the amount of initiatives hurled at education - and, indeed, they have been showed like confetti for decades - their baulking at the key one proposed by the government, of teachers' pay being linked to pupils' results
HAVING won the first race in the Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix on the Fells last week, Clayton's Mark Brown also won the second, the Colne Lions 10K on the road. Andrew Hartley and Anthony Waterworth finished close behind, and another Clayton man Paul
AFTER 11 weeks of NATO's air war - marked by painful blunders and frequent doubts about its effectiveness - there were signs today that Serb dictator Slobodan Milosevic might have at last been bombed into backing down. Today he began a second day of talks
HOTSHOTS finished the season in the style they have played for most of it in A Division. Both Steven Riddiough and Matthew Hamer won all their games against Ozzy Hardcores to take a maximum five points. They finished 12 points ahead of their nearest rivals
LANCASHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS Lancashire v Yorkshire FOURSOMES: Jackson & Bardsley (Lancs) lost to Clark and Kelley (Yorks) 1 up; Mayor & Prue (Lancs) lost to Wood and Berry (Yorks) 1 up; Boardman & Parry (Lancs) lost to Jones & Coulson
AS we mark National Volunteers Week, I would like to make an urgent appeal for help. We want anyone who can give just a few hours of their time to offer their talents and services to help raise money for The Cancer Research Campaign. We are always grateful
A HEARTY thank you was paid to volunteers for their dedicated service to the community of Burnley. Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley Coun Eddie Fisk and Mrs Pat Chadwick attended the thank you evening at the Town Hall to present certificates to nominated
CELEBRATIONS promise to be even bigger and better when the King Cotton Carnival returns to Burnley for its third year. A new futuristic theme for 1999 has led to exciting developments, with local groups looking ahead to what is in store in the next millennium
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has opposed proposals to charge visitors to the Houses of Parliament during MPs summer holidays, believing it will stifle the interest of young people in democracy. He said: "When I was a young boy, I was able, in the days before
AN ELDERLY woman died from a blood clot on her brain after she fell at the nursing home where she lived. Staff at Dove Court, Shuttleworth Street, Burnley, told an inquest in Burnley it is believed Mrs Sarah Knight, 77, could have fallen while she was
A WARRANT for the arrest of a county councillor has been issued after he failed to attend court to answer a gross indecency charge. John Howard Eccles, 60, of Casterton Avenue, Burnley, did not turn up at Blackburn magistrates' court yesterday. Eccles
THOUSANDS of small businesses in East Lancashire could have a major burden lifted off them. Moves to bring European countries in line over company law could mean many companies will not have to carry out annual audits in future. The UK rule that firms
A DRUNKEN man "ushered" from a fish bar squared up to a police officer and threatened to kill him. Burnley magistrates heard how Shahid Latif, 26, smashed his plate on the cell door. Latif, of Every Street, Nelson, must pay £210 in fines and costs after
SCHOOLGIRL Rebecca Gregory has raised more than £1,000 for cancer charities - and she hasn't finished yet. Rebecca, 14, of Hawthorne Close, Barrowford, lost an uncle and grandmother to cancer and saw an auntie beat the disease. She has organised a string
AN ELECTION leaflet claiming the Liberal Democrat party still has control of Pendle Council has sparked outrage from the area's MP Gordon Prentice. The Labour MP said the Euro election leaflets featuring Sir Cyril Smith and Party leader Paddy Ashdown
A WARRANT for the arrest of a county councillor has been issued after he failed to attend court to answer a gross indecency charge. John Howard Eccles, 60, of Casterton Avenue, Burnley, did not turn up at Blackburn magistrates' court yesterday. Eccles
APOLOGIES if this seems a little rushed. I have had to attend a parish council event this morning to celebrate the erection of a new street lamp outside my house. It doesn't work - but that is not the point. It is not often our parish has something to
AN ALCOHOLIC was found dead at his home after taking a cocktail of drugs and alcohol, an inquest heard. Joseph Stuthard McGee, 73, of Colne Road, Kelbrook, was found in an upstairs bedroom by his son Joseph William McGee, of Church Street, Trawden, on
CAMPAIGNERS in Guide who opposing plans for a large commercial development near their homes are planning to contact every resident in the area to ask for support. An action group has been set up to stand against the scheme from Arrowcroft North West,
THE husband of a woman missing for almost a week has praised the police effort to find her as officers began scaling down the search. Fred Ashbolt's wife, Beatrice, has not been seen since she left the family home in Waverley Road, Knuzden, Blackburn,
A MUM today relived the moment when a lightning bolt threw her across the front room of her home. Sandra Ward's mother was left listening to the sound of her terrified daughter's screams when the lightning hit as the two women talked on the telephone
STEPHANE Henchoz has agreed to join Liverpool in a £3.5 million deal, which will be completed as soon as he is able to take the usual medicals. Both Blackburn Rovers and the Anfield club confirmed today that the Swiss defender would be cashing in on an
"Flights of Fantasy - children's activity," Bowland Visitor Centre, 1pm. Star Night with "The Beetles," King Street WMC, Accrington, 8pm. "A Flavour of Lancashire, The Leisure Hall, Bacup, 7.30pm. Jazz Evening, Holden Arms, Grane Road, Haslingden, 9pm
A VICAR has spoken out in favour of controversial genetically modified foods - but has criticised the motives of some of the companies that produce them. The Rev David Ashforth, of St Leonard's CE Church, Balderstone, said: "There is nothing more frightening
Val Cowan Surfs the Net THE internet has regularly been used as a way of tracing ancestors and relatives around the world. There are hundreds of sites devoted to genealogy. But now one has been launched which could make all others obsolete. The Church
GENERAL screening on cholesterol could do more harm than good, health chiefs warned. A report to East Lancashire Health Authority said screening across the area may provoke anxiety and lead to over-investigation and potentially harmful treatment. Instead
BOTH Divisions saw two unbeaten teams tying with each other at the top. In the Second Division, SS Lucas just pipped Sough Athletic for top place on goals scored after both sides recorded two more victories this weekend. Behind them lay three teams with
CHORLEY chairman Jack Kirkland today faced up to the prospect of UniBond First Division football next season after the Magpies were officially relegated. League officials gave Hucknall Town's Watnall Road ground the thumbs up at a final inspection yesterday
MUTTIAH Muralitharan's Lancashire debut was wrecked by rain at Bristol. The first day of the bottom-four championship clash with Gloucester was washed out without a ball bowled, and there was a big threat against today's play after an overnight storm.
THE Governor of the Bank of England, Eddie George, said, after the value of the euro fell yet again, that for Britain to join the euro would be an act of faith. In my opinion, it would be utter folly to even consider giving up the pound to join the European
ROBERT Barton set a new Northern Championship record in winning the under 17's 3000m title at Wigan last weekend. The 16-year-old Blackburn Harrier smashed his own PB by an incredible 27 seconds to clock 8.42, 13 seconds inside the National Standard.
GARY Phillipson will be aiming to win the ELGA Scratch Medal for the fourth time in five years when the Scratch Shield and President's Trophy get underway at Whalley this weekend. The Darwen ace has practically made the competition his own during the
IN the 1970s, many of us voted in the referendum to join a "Common Market" of Europe, a free trade area. We were conned. What Edward Heath and his European cronies had in mind was a federal state and we are seeing that come into existence. On the map
THE term 'feeder school' is a technical one which those involved in education use with a precision which, no doubt, members of the general public consider pedantic. It has ceased to have relevance since the last government introduced the concept of parental
FIRE crews tackled a house fire and a factory blaze at the same time in Todmorden. Todmorden firefighters were already dealing with an attic bedroom fire that started at 9.30pm in Thorn Place when the factory blaze broke out 30 minutes later and just
A BURNLEY man suffered several broken ribs after he fell down stairs at his home, an inquest was told. Derek Fildes, 65, was found at the bottom of the staircase at his home in Fenwick Street on May 18 after police broke in through a boarded-up back window
KEVIN Henderson has opened talks with Hartlepool United as he bids to bounce back from his free transfer from Turf Moor. The striker, released as part of Stan Ternent's end-of-season shake-up, is also wanted by Hartlepool's Third Division rivals Halifax
STEPHANE Henchoz has agreed to join Liverpool in a £3.5 million deal, which will be completed as soon as he is able to take the usual medicals. Both Blackburn Rovers and the Anfield club confirmed today that the Swiss defender would be cashing in on an
A MAN took cyanide after being 'unable to carry on' after his wife's death, an inquest heard. Allan Charnley killed himself with the poison just two months after his wife Elaine died following after an illness. The court heard Mr Charnley, 49, was admitted
ARCHITECTS who regenerated Liverpool's Albert Dock have been picked by Rossendale Council to mastermind the multi-million pound redevelopment of Ilex Mill. And the architect in charge of the development, Ken Moth, has spoken of how he sees the development
AN 11-year-old girl has been withdrawn from a primary school by her parents in a row over bullying. The youngster has been removed from Pendle Primary School, Clitheroe, after allegedly suffering at the hands of fellow pupils. Her angry mum, who does
NICK Dougherty's dream of capturing the Amateur Championship title is over for another year. The Shaw Hill starlet crashed out of the matchplay stages at the first hurdle yesterday following a 2 and 1 defeat at the hands of England International Mark
IT is to be hoped that such vandals as can read have seen your report (LET, May 18) on the damage at Blackburn cemetery at Roe Lee and, in particular, have noted the concern of Inspector Bob Ford that "vandals could be seriously injured if crushed by
ROSSENDALE Tri club scooped the major prizes at the Darwen Masters Triathlon on Sunday as their athletes took first and second in both the men's and women's races. The event, based at Darwen Leisure Centre, started with a 500 metre swim. That failed to
TRAINEES have gone up in the world! Candidates who have completed the first NVQ 3 in Advancing Scaffolding were awarded their certificates at Training 2000 in Blackburn. The training organisation is the only Construction Industry Training Board approved
A MAN who was found dead at his home had traces of several drugs in his body, an inquest heard. Steven Jackson, a packer, of Burnley Road, Accrington, had taken a heroin-type drug, anti-depressant tablets and cannabis. Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
MICHAEL Freeney has joined a fast growing textile firm as new sales and production manager. Proprietor Michael Toole welcomed him to M and J Textiles, based at Whitebirk, Blackburn. Mr Freeney, 53, joins the firm from Britton International in Manchester
Food News, with Amanda Killelea REPORTED cases of food poisoning topped the 100,000 mark again last year in the UK - but this only represents the tip of a potentially massive iceberg. How many of us suffer in silence with stomach pains, sickness and diarrhoea
CAMPAIGNERS have warned that Whitbread's bid to own the biggest pub chain in the country would be bad news for the local brewing industry. The Campaign for Real Ale claim that the purchase of 3,500 pubs by Whitbread from Allied Domecq would be a major
A GROUP which aims to offer shelter for homeless young people in Pendle has scooped a £194,000 National Lottery Charities Board jackpot to launch the scheme. The award will enable the Pendle Action for the Community charity to lease, furnish and manage
FED-UP members of a popular bowling club claim young vandals have created a 'no go' area around their base by carrying out weekly wrecking sprees. Dozens of cars have been damaged outside Darwen Subscription Bowling Club in Anyon Street over the last
