Blackburn Afternoon Townswomen's Guild, St John's Centre, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn, 2pm. Blackburn Fellowship for the Hard of Hearing, Ardley Centre, Bent Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Friends in Bereavement, Day Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, 7pm
A DISTURBING logic exists in the case of safety officials' consent for a new East Lancashire housing development just yards from a chemical factory -- homes which councillors do not want to be built because they say there would be too much of a risk to
I AM in the final stages of writing a book about those called up for National Service in the Royal Engineers and find myself without any contributions from sappers stationed at Malta and Trieste and other rare postings. Is there anyone who can help? ERIC
HOW typical -- in a week that I read (LET, January 19) about £13million being spent on a new mainstream school, albeit in Blackburn, I received information from my son's school that special education, yet again, is under threat in the rest of Lancashire
ON the evening of January 30 my daughter and I went to Darwen Baths and paid £4.70 for two adult swims. As usual, the changing rooms smelled more like a public toilet, but when we got to the pool, it was overrun by a pack of Brownies supposedly practising
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today issued a firm hands off warning to anyone hoping to prize Damien Duff away from Ewood. A report in one of the weekend tabloids claimed Newcastle boss Bobby Robson is ready to come in with a new bid to land the the Republic
ROVERS skipper Garry Flitcroft today pleaded his innocence in the wake of his dramatic sending off against Bolton at the weekend. Flitcroft was sensationally red-carded after picking up two bookings in the opening nine minutes of Rovers' fifth round FA
BOLTON WANDERERS1(Ricketts 62) ROVERS1(Dunn 39) COLIN Hendry used to be known as 'Braveheart' during his days at Ewood after his passion and commitment won the respect of the Blackburn End. But even he had to take his hat off to Graeme Souness's class
POLICE investigating reports of an early morning disturbance at a house in Burnley later found a man in a back street suffering from a stab wound. Liam Darcy, 31, who was said to have lost a lot of blood from a wound to the top of a leg, was taken to
AN artist celebrated his 60th birthday in style by opening an exhibition of his art at Towneley Hall. John Corcoran, of Nelson, gave visitors viewers an insight into the working methods of an artist who has achieved commercial success in his career for
STUDENTS from Nelson and Colne College have organised an evening of pampering. Visitors to the 'Evening of Self indulgence' on Thursday at the Barrowford Road site will be met by catering students offering wine and canapes. They will then be treated to
ORGANISERS of the Extra Mile Appeal hope their latest money-making event will take them one step nearer their goal of building a church and community centre in Nelson. A Grand Auction will be held at Nelson Central Methodist Church, in Carr Road, on Friday
DANCER Lorna Edgar almost became a Blind Date first after refusing to return to Cilla's couch because of the insulting things that had been said about her. But the 22-year-old from Nelson won the hearts of the nation after television viewers saw her suffer
IN the days of the old Blackburn borough force, it was a toss-up which of its policemen had the happier lot -- the bobbies who had to pound the 18 beats in town on foot or those who had to cover the five larger and more hilly rural ones by bicycle. But
Darwen out DARWEN found NWCL Division One opponents Newcastle too strong as they crashed out of the Worthington Challenge Trophy in round three. Steve Wilkes's side managed to keep the North East team at bay before they scored two goals in three minutes
CREATIVE students at Park High School in Colne were asked to design a new range of pizza. Nelson-based fresh topped pizza specialist, Canadian Pizza, teamed up with East Lancashire Education Business Partnerships (EBP) to provide the 13-year-olds with
A GROUP of 20 girls from the Darwen Youth Club spent 24 hours Morris Dancing to raise funds for new costumes. The 11 to 15-year-olds took short breaks where they played table tennis, darts and pool to stop them from dropping off to sleep.
A MAN was left fighting for his life after being attacked close to a town centre store in the early hours of the morning. Police received a call at 1.45am and found the man, aged between 50 and 60, in a semi-conscious state with serious head injuries
TWO uninvited guests involved in mayhem at a party, where a man was attacked and a dog stabbed, have walked free from court. Judge Barbara Watson said she was taking an exceptional course when she gave Wayne Shepherd two years probation and co-defendant
CHINESE match-winner Zhang Enhua saved his best performance so far for the Clarets, according to Grimsby boss Lennie Lawrence. The 27-year-old international captain, who can only speak a little English, has been on loan at Blundell Park since December
DR Peter McGeehin has been appointed operations manager for Darwen-based Brookhouse Automotive Ltd. In his new position Peter will be responsible for all technical and manufacturing functions for the Brookhouse company, which provides composites engineering
BURY boss Andy Preece hit back at the boo boys who weren't happy when he came on as a second half substitute against Oxford.. Preece soon proved the small minority of doubters wrong by playing a major part in two goals and helping Bury to secure victory
A LION was seen prowling around a Darwen office on Saturday . . . but there was no reason for concern. For the creature was in the form of a Chinese Lion on the top of Ray Heeks' head. Ray was at the Darwen Tower Credit Union to perform a traditional
A NEW dawn is ready to break at a Darwen church as construction of its new building nears completion. Central United Reformed Church on Duckworth Street has been completely rebuilt over the past few years after a mammoth fund-raising effort. The Rev Geoff
PACKAGE holiday giant Airtours has announced redundancies at its Helmshore base -- and could not confirm whether or not there would be more job losses in future. The news is a second blow to staff who are still coming to terms with the travel company's
HOME Secretary Jack Straw used his experiences in Blackburn to back up his keynote address to the Labour Party's Spring Conference. His speech pledged to "bring victims in from the cold" by a range of measures to increase compensation to victims of violent
STUDENT Paul Anthony Knott was breathalysed as he drove to see a sick friend. Blackburn magistrates heard that Knott failed the roadside sample and the first sample at the police station and then failed to provide a second sample on the intoximetre. Knott
FALKLANDS war veteran Thomas McDermott has appealed for the return of priceless war medals stolen in a burglary at his Edgworth home. The former submariner, who was also decorated for service in the Gulf, said the medals represent a substantial part of
Peters hopes THE Division Two trophy is one piece of silverware Bacup manager Brent Peters believes his side can win. And they had a comfortable passage into round two with a superb first half show. The home side scored three goals in eight minutes as
Colne crash A LATE goal sent Colne crashing to their 20th defeat of the season in NWCL Division Two but could have won if they had out their chances away. Matt Aspinwall hit the post after 20 minutes and later in the half Lee Colridge broke clear only
PADIHAM 1 KIDSGROVE ATH 3 PADIHAM exited the Worthington Challenge Trophy competition on Saturday following their 3-1 home defeat by NWCFL First Division opponents Kidsgrove Athletic. Overall the visitors did just enough to deserve their quarter-final
RAMSBOTTOM UTD 2 FLIXTON 1 RAMSBOTTOM continued their charge up the NWCL Division One table with their fourth successive league win after a dream start. A blistering drive from Darren Bowman gave the Rams the lead after just 28 seconds, the former West
Chorley charge CHORLEY ran out comfortable winners of a highly entertaining game full of attractive football to stay in touch with the UniBond First Division promotion-chasers. In a goalless first half it was the Magpies who called most of the shots,
ACCRINGTON STANLEY 4 HYDE UTD 1 TWO goals from super sub Mark Brennan gave Stanley a well-earned three points against Hyde United to make it three consecutive home games without defeat. In a goalless first half visitors Hyde created the first scoring
A BODY recovered from a Radcliffe reservoir on Friday has been identified as that of missing Bury man Zbigniew Lazurek. The 50-year-old disappeared from his Peers Street home on January 18. It is believed Mr Lazurek had left behind a note and had taken
A UNIQUE soccer academy could be established in Bury to nurture the talents of football-mad ethnic community youngsters. And in the meantime, race relations bosses in the town will endeavour to get more Asians through the turnstiles of Bury FC. Club chairman
Blackburn Afternoon Townswomen's Guild, St John's Centre, Richmond Terrace, Blackburn, 2pm. Blackburn Fellowship for the Hard of Hearing, Ardley Centre, Bent Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Friends in Bereavement, Day Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, 7pm
ALONG with the majority of the population, I welcomed recent moves to eradicate hunting with hounds. Yet on the same issue of animal experimentation -- particularly that of medical research -- most choose to ignore the hypocrisy of a 'civilisation' which
AN investigation has been launched after a contractor was crushed to death as he worked at a textile dyeing and finishing company. Robert McPhearson, 45, was working on machinery at the Cloverbrook factory, in Gannow Lane, Burnley, when it fell on him
A firefighter has been honoured for his efforts to help victims of the Indian Earthquake. Around 30 people from the East Lancashire Hindu Society gathered at the Comfort Inn, in Keirby Walk, Burnley, for a service, when Burnley firefighter, Ged Richmond
THE end of the 175 years of weaving at Moscow Mills in Oswaldtwistle -- announced this month as production and jobs are transferred to the company's associate mill in Blackburn to enable expansion of its retail and leisure complex in the space once occupied
A BLAZE swept through a paper mill in Eccleshill near Darwen destroying more than 100 tonnes of waste paper. Fire crews from Blackburn and Darwen battled to bring the fire, at Chapman Envelopes in Waterside Mill.
A COUNCIL has called on private traffic specialists in a bid stop the building of a housing estate just yards from a chemical factory (pictured). Councillors were told fears for the safety of residents on the new estate, in Oswaldtwistle, were not good
COMMUNITY groups have the chance to learn how to save lives. The Ribble Valley branch of the Red Cross wants community groups such as Young Farmers' Clubs, Women's Institutes, or parish councils to get involved with the scheme. In the past the Red Cross
A VICAR has revealed the tragic story surrounding the only headstone in his cemetery without a grave. The 19th century memorial headstone lies in the burial ground of St Leonard's Church, Balderstone, and Rev David Ashforth (pictured) said he was fascinated
POLICE have ruled out a link between the death of a Scots Guardsman and that of his father, who died suddenly 20 years ago. Martin Rimmer, 22, of St Paul's Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe, died last weekend in Wellington Barracks, after a suspected drinking
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent is placing his trust in loan man Gareth Taylor to get the Clarets out of their current slump. The Manchester City striker is set to land at Turf Moor today for a spell after being an unused substitute for City's FA Cup defeat
GRIMSBY TOWN1(Enhua 55) BURNLEYO A CHINESE takeaway would have stuck in the Burnley players throats after they slipped to their third successive league defeat. The Clarets left Grimsby with a sour rather than sweet taste as the Mariners Chinese captain
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent is placing his trust in loan man Gareth Taylor to get the Clarets out of their current slump. The Manchester City striker is set to land at Turf Moor today for a spell after being an unused substitute for City's FA Cup defeat
ROVERS skipper Garry Flitcroft today pleaded his innocence in the wake of his dramatic sending off against Bolton at the weekend. Flitcroft was sensationally red-carded after picking up two bookings in the opening nine minutes of Rovers' fifth round FA
BUSINESSES will be given an insight into the effect of forthcoming environmental legislation during a seminar at the beginning of next month. The impact of the Climate Change Levy will be outlined during a workshop being held by the Groundwork Business
AN Earby-based company is going even further to bring a touch of colour into people's lives. Dispec Anodizing Ltd, based at Sough Bridge Mill, Colne Road, Sough, specialises in aluminium metal finishing, and has just introduced a new machine which is
A HIGH-TECH tie-up between two East Lancashire firms will mean clients can access vital information at any time, anywhere in the world, via the information super-highway. Cad-Capture, which holds information on computer databases for a range of major
A MAN was seen banging another man's head on the pavement in a fight on Sudell Road, Darwen, at 10.55pm on Saturday. Det Sgt Neil Hunter said: "Two lads were fighting and there was a lot of blood." A Vauxhall Astra was damaged when the wing mirror was
A LION was seen prowling around a Darwen office on Saturday . . . but there was no reason for concern. For the creature was in the form of a Chinese Lion on the top of Ray Heeks' head. Ray was at the Darwen Tower Credit Union to perform a traditional
HUNDREDS of pounds worth of damage was caused to cars during a vandalism blitz in the London Terrace area of Darwen. Today police appealed for local people to help them track down the young culprits -- just days after officers spoke at local schools to
VILLAGERS have received a cash windfall to help them set up a memorial to remember their ancestors. Grane residents, in Haslingden, are transforming a plot of moorland that overlooks Calf Hey and Ogden reservoirs, into a garden where local families can
COMMUNITY groups raised almost £4,000 to go towards the Muslim Global Relief fund for the Indian earthquake. The £3,786 will add to the £50,000 already raised by the charity which will go to help survivors in Gujarat. The fund-raisers handed over the
CADETS from the Canterbury Street barracks in Blackburn leant their muscle to the Blackburn and Darwen Victim Support Scheme. The cadets, under the supervision of Lt Richard Weighill, pictured on the left, and PC Geoff Chadwick, right, a youth involvement
COMMUNITY groups raised almost £4,000 to go towards the Muslim Global Relief fund for the Indian earthquake. The £3,786 will add to the £50,000 already raised by the charity which will go to help survivors in Gujarat. The fund-raisers handed over the
HOSPITAL bosses have launched an immediate inquiry into circumstances surrounding the death of a mental health patient whose body was found on a beach the day after she walked out of hospital. And they have revealed that only the day before her disappearance
CRIME victims and witnesses will soon be able to report offences over the internet, Lancashire's Chief Constable has revealed. People will also be able to leave information relating to crimes, or responses to police appeals, on the force's website. It
ROSSENDALE 5 ATHERTON COLLS 1 ROSSENDALE comfortably banked three points to carry on their impressive run of one defeat in 19 NWCL Division One games. They took charge as early as six minutes through new boy Paul Heavy and although they failed to increase
Bury 3 Oxford 1 DESPITE the much overused Gigg Lane pitch having taken on its now customary end of season resemblance to Ainsdale beech Bury could well have notched double figures against the relegation doomed Oxford. Jon Newby hit a couple, and should
LANCASHIRE Chairman Jack Simmons was due to arrive in Sri Lanka today to finalise the deal which he believes will bring the Championship Trophy to Old Trafford next September. His target is Muttiah Muralitharan and Simmons told Lancashire's annual meeting
CLITHEROE 3 RUSHALL OLYMPIC 1 CLITHEROE are once more well on the road to FA Vase glory as a late show sealed them a last eight spot. Dave Burgess's side will now travel to Chippenham Town to battle it out for a semi-final place -- and could have Sky
A PRESTWICH woman has been awarded £200,000 compensation from Christie Hospital after they gave her husband cancer treatment he did not need. An out-of-court settlement was accepted by Mr Brian Richardson's widow, Amanda, after the hospital trust admitted
