YOUNG homeless people had an insight into health and fitness during a Health Awareness Day at Nightsafe in Blackburn. The day was part of a "healthy body, healthy mind campaign" to encourage people to use the services available. Smoking, healthy eating
FORMER pupils of Blackburn High School for Girls got together for a reunion to mark their 50th anniversary of starting school. About 40 pupils attended the reunion at the County Hotel in Blackburn, and some had travelled a considerable distance for the
FORMER Burnley soccer stars came out again to take part in a charity match for Rossendale girl Amy O'Connor. They took on Bacup Borough FC manager Brent Peters' All-Star Eleven and entertained a good crowd at Bacup -- despite going down 9-3 in the lively
RESIDENTS in the Ben Lane area of Barnoldswick are celebrating after a council decision to exclude greenfield land near their homes from future housing development. They raised a glass to Pendle Labour councillors who voted to take a site off Skipton
A fan's-eye view from Turf Moor, with Stephen Cummings SO much for the easy run-in. Listening to various pundits over the last couple of weeks, it was easy to come away with the impression that the Clarets merely needed to pitch up at their games between
PUPILS from Southlands High School in Chorley have proved they know their rights after finishing runners-up in the Lancashire Young Consumer of the Year Competition. They battled it out with five other Lancashire schools including Walshaw High, Burnley
WORK has finally begun on building Blackburn's new state-of-the-art railway station -- three months after the original planned start date. Contractors have moved in to lay the foundations for pillars that will hold up the glass dome roof of the new £6million
A fan's-eye view from Ewood Park, with Phil Lloyd AFTER the annual raid to rob points from the poor on the banks of the Trent to give to the (relatively) rich of Ewood, being objective is a little difficult. Poor old David Platt looked about as welcome
WHILE Brian Flynn has backed Preston's claims to lift the Second Division title, he agrees that the second automatic promotion spot is still up for grabs -- giving a glimmer of hope to former club Burnley. Flynn's Wrexham side have played Preston five
A LEADING Labour councillor today admitted he warned his "comrades" to toe the party line or be branded a "scab" over Blackburn with Darwen Council's new cabinet system. Coun Stephen Greenwood, chairman of the housing committee at the town hall, sent
Brats Fashion Show, St Gabriel's Friends Assocation, in the church hall, Blackburn, 7pm. Queen's Lancashire Regiment Association meet Somme Barracks, Moss Street, Blackburn, noon. Blackburn and District Probus Club meet St Silas's Parish Centre, Blackburn
HOUSEHOLDERS across the Ribble Valley should stop boiling their drinking water, North West Water announced today. But a £5 goodwill payment, to be sent to each household and business which had to boil water for drinking and food preparation, was slammed
WHEN I read in the press words such as 'dictatorship,' 'meetings behind closed doors' and 'the exclusion of the public and press,' I definitely smell a rat regarding the new style of proceedings of the council at Blackburn Town Hall. Will this new breed
CAN relatives of the late Mrs Amy Wilcox of Earl Street, Blackburn, tell me where she was born or her mother's maiden name? Mrs Wilcox was my mother's sister and visited us regularly until my mother's death in 1935. She had several children -- the eldest
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council is seeking permission from the Government to sell off all their housing stock to a local housing company and a 'shadow board' has already been enlisted. A bit premature I think, especially as the tenants have not yet voted
M65 INQUIRY inspector Major General Denys Wood toured the route of the proposed new motorway to assess the impact on local roads, homes and the countryside. First port of call was Peel Fold Farm, Knuzden, where the planned extension from the M65 to the
BURNLEY health trust lost out in its bid for a new 10-bed low security psychiatric unit in its area. Instead, East Lancashire Health Authority had decided the facility, which would serve the whole area, would go to Blackburn. Burnley trust chief executive
PADIHAM FC face a race against time if they are to fulfil their dreams of a return to the First North Western Trains League after a 10 year absence. The go-ahead West Lancs League outfit are one of three clubs who have applied to join the FNWTL before
PUT on the spot by this newspaper to say whether they back controversial plans for Blackburn with Darwen to be run by a one-party cabinet of just eight top councillors meeting in private, several members of the ruling Labour group suggest the change would
ONE of East Lancashire's top clergy is flitting across the Pennines to become one of the Church of England's "flying bishops". Bishop of Burnley the Rt Rev Martyn Jarrett (pictured) was named as the new Bishop of Beverley today but said he was devastated
LEE Carsley and Jason McAteer are both set to take a big step on the comeback road tonight -- by turning out for Blackburn Rovers' reserve side against Bradford City at Ewood. New Rovers boss Graeme Souness has yet to have the chance of selecting either
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has welcomed the chance to re-group before Burnley look to re-launch their promotion push at Cardiff City on Saturday. A run of seven games in three weeks ended with Saturday's disappointing 2-2 draw with Bury which left the
A YOUNG dance champion who had to give up her glittering career because of arthritis has been told she could be one of the youngest sufferers of a rare blood disease. Michelle Halstead (pictured) had won more than 50 trophies and was considered among
JOINED up learning is being put into practice in Blackburn with Darwen, helping parents and children to work together in boosting basic skills during Maths Year 2000. The family numeracy scheme at St James' CE Primary School, Lower Darwen, is part of
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has welcomed indications that the government is ready to legalise cannabis for medical use. Whitehall sources have indicated that Tony Blair and Home Secretary Jack Straw are prepared to allow marijuana to be used to relieve
A PENSIONER who has been paying higher water bills than his neighbours for 18 years has hit out at North West Water. Albert Morris, of Clement View, Nelson, discovered his bills were 15 per cent higher more than two years ago and asked the company to
FORMER school pals gathered to reflect on the past at a reunion buffet supper. More than 100 former pupils of Avondale Secondary School attended the event at Astley Bank in Darwen. Organiser Wendy Marsh said: "There were four teachers at the event and
A LARGE black Austrolp Cockerel scooped the champion title at the annual Duke of York Poultry Society Show in Waterside, near Darwen. The bird is owned by Driftwood Livestock of Darwen. There were more than 100 entries. The runner-up was a silver laced
ORGANISERS of a millennium school reunion say more than 350 pupils have already registered for the event. Celebrations for former students of Darwen Grammar School will take place at Darwen Vale High School on Saturday July 15 and later that evening a
ORGANISERS of a millennium school reunion say more than 350 pupils have already registered for the event. Celebrations for former students of Darwen Grammar School will take place at Darwen Vale High School on Saturday July 15 and later that evening a
THE sister of a man struck down by CJD today spoke of her family's decision to give evidence at a national BSE inquiry as the heartache caused by the illness was revealed. Eileen Burton, of Darwen, spoke after the hearing was told about father-of-two
A KEEN walker who was injured when he was knocked down by a horse on a narrow woodland path has warned other ramblers to learn from his ordeal. Martin Hodgson was left bloody and bruised after an incident on a path in Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen. Its rider
A 29-year-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged in connection with a stabbing incident in Edgworth on Friday. Neil Morton, of Broadhead Road, Edgworth, is charged with wounding Christopher Smith, 18, at Morton's home address. The case
STAGE-struck folk of all ages are needed to help bring a tale of Lancashire's supernatural side to life. Professional playwright Kevin Fegan has worked with Haslingden writers to produce a script about the boggarts, the mischievous pixies of Lancashire
TWO shop assistants were threatened and locked in a store room in a violent armed robbery at an East Lancashire store. The women were threatened with a knife by two masked men in the raid on the Dawn to Dusk shop in Carr Lane, Chorley, on Sunday night
A GREAT-grandfather escaped with his life when a gas explosion wrecked his home -- blasting out windows and firing debris 50 yards into the street. Harry Stewart, 76, suffered burns to his head and hands in the blast at his first-floor flat in Burnley
SWIMMERS were left high and dry when a key-holder to Blackburn's Daisyfield Pool did not arrive to open up the building yesterday. Staff were also locked out when they arrived at 8.30am but the receptionist and lifeguards stayed outside the pool to turn
THE "Wake Up Bacup" campaign to revitalise the area has been given an extra boost with the news that the town's bid for £5 million regeneration cash has cleared the first hurdle. Bacup and Stacksteads Community Partnership put together an action plan
ARMY life territorial style was revealed to visitors at a national open day. The Territorial Army (TA) centre in Canterbury Street, Blackburn, held the event as part of a country-wide recruitment drive. Visitors could meet TA soldiers, look at their work
KEITH Gillespie is content to stay at Blackburn even if they do not win promotion back to the Premiership this season. The Northern Ireland winger, who is due to face Malta in Valletta today, has a clause in his contract which would allow him to leave
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has welcomed the chance to re-group before Burnley look to re-launch their promotion push at Cardiff City on Saturday. A run of seven games in three weeks ended with Saturday's disappointing 2-2 draw with Bury which left the
LEE Carsley and Jason McAteer are both set to take a big step on the comeback road tonight -- by turning out for Blackburn Rovers' reserve side against Bradford City at Ewood. New Rovers boss Graeme Souness has yet to have the chance of selecting either
MORE than 1,000 houses could be built in the Ribble Valley in the next two years, placing unbearable pressure on hospitals and schools. In excess of 2,000 homes have already been built in the past nine years, according to Ribble Valley Borough Council's
THIS Russian-style cartel, formally known as Blackburn with Darwen Council must surely be the end of the Labour Party dominance of local government. How anyone can register their votes to these megalomaniacs is beyond belief. I would urge the electorate
MY mother-in-law, Ethel Williamson (ne Hoole), aged 94, was the fourth child of John Hoole and Edith Mary Atkinson. She didn't know her father, as she was adopted at a very young age. Her two brothers, Albert and Victor, whom she had also never known,
NORTH West Water's press officer John Carberry (Letters, March 14) mentions about consumers in different parts of the country experiencing differing reductions in their bills. I would like him to explain and do something about the following: We have lived
THE day began with brilliant sunshine. I decided to go for a walk and my cat followed me on to Fulledge recreation ground, which is adjacent to Mitella Street, Burnley. Imagine the scene: a car comes along, driven at a very high speed -- 50 yards ahead
MAY I be allowed to continue the debate around the Government's decision to establish a Holocaust Memorial Day and the unhappiness that this has caused some readers? Whether they like it or not, the phrase 'the Holocaust' is used in reference to the attempt
BURNLEY has been given the green light to bid for a £25million cash boost for one of the poorest areas of town. Burnley Wood and Accrington Road district could be in line for massive help with housing improvement, education, health, new jobs and crime
DETECTIVES investigating the rape of a 15-year-old night clubber in Burnley are appealing for two teenage girls, known only as Georgina and Angela, to come forward. Det Insp Steve Brunskill said the girls, aged 18 or 19, were in the Genesis night club
QUICK-thinking Christina Smith came to the rescue when a minibus taking children to nursery went out of control with the driver slumped at the wheel. Five children were on the 18-seater minibus as it was being driven in Hillingdon Road, Burnley, to Myrtle
Reporter Paul Smith finds Labour waveringup over 'Secret Cabinet' proposals ONLY half of Blackburn and Darwen's Labour councillors have given wholehearted backing to plans for a one-party council cabinet meeting in private. A Lancashire Evening Telegraph
RESIDENTS in Accrington who were without tap water for two days are angry that a private water company will not give them compensation. But North West Water -- which previously apologised for the cut-off -- now says residents should be grateful because
A SUPER-YACHT crewed by Accrington sailor Andy Hindley has set off on the high seas. The Team Philips catamaran is undergoing sea trials before trying for the Jules Verne record for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. The £4million boat
OUR Pick and Mix literacy and numeracy resource is proving a big hit with pupils and teachers. Children in year four at Wensley Fold Primary School, Blackburn, are thoroughly enjoying their newspaper related lessons and are even taking some of the tasks
BUSINESSES in East Lancashire are being warned to make sure they comply with new packaging laws. Firms which have a turnover of more than £2million and which handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging a year have only two weeks left to register under the
PENDLE Council is facing a £50,000 bill for work to stop rain leaking into workshops on an industrial estate. The council-owned workshops in Kirby Road, Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, which are less than 20 years old, started to deteriorate two
A BURNLEY tanker driver has been killed when his lorry overturned near Skipton today. Castle Cement driver David Walsh, 41, died when his vehicle overturned at about 3.30am on the A59 two miles outside of Skipton. North Yorkshire police closed the westbound
A CROWN court judge has called for a police investigation into the collapse of a sex abuse case involving the former head of a top public school. Father George Earle, a past head of Stonyhurst College and the Jesuit order in Britain, was accused of abusing
