A MAN who performed sex acts in front of children as they watched from a window, is behind bars. Burnley Crown Court heard how Peter Kennedy, 45, who also took youngsters to the shop to buy them treats while subject to a Sex Offenders' Order, had led
THREE MPs have called for a top level meeting over the growing crisis surrounding East Lancashire residential homes after another announced it was closing its doors today. Eight homes have shut in the last 12 months and at least three others are in receivership
MEMBERS of the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale branch of Diabetes UK handed over more than £5000 towards research into the illness at the group's 40th AGM. Dorothy Barker, charity treasurer, presented a cheque for £5,000 to members of the Diabetes specialist
A 41-year-old man who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl will face sentence at Burnley Crown Court on February 16. David Hartley, of Berkeley Crescent, Padiham, was found guilty of a total of three counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial. He was
CLARETS' soccer legend Jimmy McIlroy speaking about the glory days of Burnley FC is one of the highlights of a video film looking at the history of Burnley in the 20th century. The video: "A Sense of Time" has been produced by Burnley Camcorder Group
THUG: Philip Holmes A SOCCER thug who grabbed a police dog by the throat is behind bars -- and has been banned from football matches for six years. Clarets fan Philip Holmes' behaviour was slammed by a judge who said violence at football matches before
A MAN who performed sex acts in front of children as they watched from a window, is behind bars. Burnley Crown Court heard how Peter Kennedy, 45, who also took youngsters to the shop to buy them treats while subject to a Sex Offenders' Order, had led
SINGLES: ELBOW: The Any Day Now EP, (Uglyman)--Their second and final EP on the small Manchester indie label is dark, dour and very dry affair. Guy Garvey's vocals are so rough and gravelly he makes them sound like a group unable to find anything to go
HYNDBURN Borough Council's planning service will be the authority's first department to be reviewed under the government's new Best Value regime for local government. The council's development services and policy and resources committees have approved
Sunday, January 21 BLACKBURN: 12noon-1pm: Roe Lee Pharmacy, 450 Whalley New Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrugs Pharmacy, 3-7 Stonybutts; 11am-2pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 11am-1pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. DARWEN: 12noon-1pm
Wednesday, January 24 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur
Friday, january 26 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
Hospice's £4,500 booster A WET and windy Bonfire Night could not put off Clitheroe folk from enjoying themselves and raising £4,500 for the East Lancashire Hospice Appeal into the bargain. A cheque for the proceeds of the night was handed over to hospice
THE future is bright. The future is youth. That's the saying doing the rounds at Gigg Lane at the moment and with good reason. Four youngsters, including 16-year-old goalkeeper Seb Roe, played in the midweek fund-raising match with Accrington Stanley
SOCCER fan Mark Jarrett scored an away win while he was trying to learn Norwegian -- after discovering his favourite team has a supporters club in Norway! Now Mark, 42, is "over the moon" and practising his language skills with new friends in Scandinavia
THREE puppies died in a blaze which swept through a house in Rossendale. Police and fire officers were called to Rosehill, off Scout Road, Whitewell Bottom, Waterfoot, just before 1am today after reports someone was trapped in the house. The three-storey
WORK has begun on restoring the fire-damaged Haslingden Library in a bid to get a reduced service up and running within the next two weeks. The damage caused by a petrol bomb, being thrown through a window in the upstairs exhibition room of the building
TWELVE officers and six horses are to be axed from the Lancashire police mounted branch to provide more money for frontline policing. The announcement was made after a meeting of senior officers at Hutton HQ. The underwater search unit is also the subject
PARENTS and pupils at a school in Blackburn swapped their kitchens for classrooms for a day and ate their breakfasts at school. Some youngsters at the junior school at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School even wore pyjamas to eat their cereal and several
CHURCH Cricket Club fear new professional Jason Kemp could miss the opening nine games of the Transco Lancashire League season if he continues to shine for South Africa. The 6ft 5in all-rounder could be in line for his Test debut against Sri Lanka at
MATT Jansen today insisted he's starting to become more of a team player as he prepares for tomorrow's televised showdown with Birmingham on Sky. The England Under 21 international lit up the corresponding fixture on Boxing Day with a stunning solo goal
GRAEME Souness might have given the players a welcome break from training this week but rest and recuperation was the last thing on the manager's mind. While his players were recharging their batteries following a hectic Christmas programme, Souey was
BIRMINGHAM chief Trevor Francis isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet in his quest for automatic promotion. But the Blues boss had to swallow hard yesterday after finally accepting defeat in the race to land Derby's Dean Sturridge. Former England
THE fire brigade has warned people not to try to carry blazing chip pans out of their house after an 80-year-old woman suffered burns in a fire at her home. Mary Barrett was taken to Burnley General Hospital with burns to her face, neck and hands after
GYMNAST Craig Heap didn't take offence when he was sworn at by Jonathan Ross and David Gower on the popular sports show 'They Think It's All Over' last night. The Burnley lad, Great Britain's only male gymnast at the successful Sydney Olympics, was picked
COMPANY executive Ian Pendlebury was clocked doing 106mph on the M65 while driving his Jaguar XJR to his Brierfield home in the early hours of the morning. Blackburn magistrates heard that Pendlebury, chief executive of Flexible Reinforcements Ltd, of
GORDON Prentice has stepped up his campaign to toughen up the sentences for people who sell rotten food for human consumption. The East Lancashire Labour MP was horrified when the ringleader of a gang of five who sold potentially poisonous turkey and
TONIGHT (Sat, 20/1) Cross Guns, Churchills, Accrington. POLESTAR, 9pm free. Oxygen, Blackburn: 70s DISCO SOUNDS, 9pm to 1am, free. Cubes, Blackburn: DJ GILLY, ANDY B, house and garage, 9pm to 1am, free. Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart
A YOUNG mum who took part in an early hours street robbery of a "lonely," disabled man, has been sent to prison for three and a half years. Burnley Crown Court had heard how Catrina Biggs, 25, went through victim Edward Knowles' pockets and removed £50
A TOWN'S police force has been reorganised in an effort to provide an improved service and make better use of officers. Inspector Dale Allen, of Accrington Police, said the move should provide people with more officers at the times when they needed them
Thursday, January 25 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Peels, 4 Railway Road. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook Ltd, Audley Shopping Centre, Audley
Monday, January 22 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Peels Chemist, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Arthur Haworth, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy
Tuesday, January 23 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Peels, 4 & 6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
INVESTORS can look forward to another year of good growth, says Ultraframe chairman Rod Sellers. Speaking at the Clitheroe-based group's annual general meeting Mr Sellers said the conservatory firm had made a healthy start to the year. He said: "Turnover
INSPECTORS were stuck for words when it came to praising an East Lancashire school which received top marks in an Ofsted report. The word "outstanding" featured eight times and "excellent" five times in the report on St Augustine's RC High School, Billington
Burnley 2 Barnsley 1 Burnley get back on track with a home victory over Barnsley goals coming from Johnrose and Payton. Payton's tally for the season now stands at eight. The score ended: Burnley 2 Johnrose 23, Payton 61 Barnsley 1 Hayward 77 Find out
Starsailor James Walsh likes the comparisons but seeks respect, in an exclusive interview with DAVID HIGGERSON... THE lead singer of up-and-coming Indie group Starsailor has spoken for the first time about his passion for music, saying all he wants is
WORK has begun to repair the wall of a house which collapsed on New Year's Day. A team of council workmen have made the building, in Franklin Street, Darwen safe by shoring up the side against further collapse. The area is still fenced off. Large stones
EIGHT local owners and their dogs who have taken part in the Good Dog Citizen scheme run by Rossendale dog warden Dave East are to give a demonstration at the Crufts dog show in March. Mr East said: "They will be representing Lancashire at the show which
EWOOD Park is to hold a special event for carers in the Blackburn area. Sponsored by Blackburn with Darwen council's lifelong learning department, the event is aimed at promoting help for carers in the region. Organiser Catherine Jones said that every
A STOCKPORT supporter was arrested on Blackburn railway station after his team had played in Burnley. Blackburn magistrates heard that police were called after members of the public described people on the platform behaving like "animals". And when the
DETECTIVES in Blackburn are appealing for witnesses after two pub bouncers were beaten with 'knuckle dusters' in what has been described as a "vicious and totally unprovoked attack". The incident happened outside O'Neill's bar in King William Street at
IT was a far cry from the warm night air of Madrid as 12 Spanish nurses stepped off the plane at a chilly Manchester Airport and boarded a coach bound for Blackburn. But the reception was anything but frosty for the group who arrived in the UK yesterday
