AN appeal has gone out to trace the owners of the second dog to be abandoned outside the Home. Manchester Dogs' Home staff were alerted when a white car came hurtling down Moss Brook Road, turned round, threw Patch out of the car and sped off up Moss
SOME readers, rightly so, questioned British and American motives in threatening Iraq. I often wonder about British motives in starting World War Two -- oil wasn't a consideration and there was no material gain in saving an innocent world from Fascism
AFTER the excitement has died down about the 'Blackburn v Darwen' sign on the M65, could our councillors put their weight behind a really important matter -- namely, the siting of the new Darwen health centre? I haven't heard anyone say that the proposed
PERHAPS Councillor Kevin Connor (Letters, January 31) could enlighten us on exactly what his workload consists of -- such as how many seminars he attends and what are they about, of how many schools is he a governor or and how often they meet. Scrutiny
A MAN suffered multiple fractures to his neck and back after his high-powered motorbike was involved in an accident with a car. The 40-year-old man -- who has not been named -- also suffered fractures to his left wrist and right leg. His condition at
A MOSQUE chairman and a voluntary worker have been jailed after trying to frame a mother and her two daughters for a firebomb attack they did not commit. A court was told how Mosque leader Jangeer Ahmed, 35, and Javid Khan, 33, arranged for Khan's home
Featherstone Rovers 28, Leigh Centurions 22 By Mike Hulme FURIOUS Leigh coach Paul Terzis labelled his team's performance as 'dumb' as they crashed out of the Powergen Challenge Cup at Featherstone. A grim-faced Terzis said minutes after the final whistle
BLACKBURN midfielder Garry Flitcroft believes Rovers can still mount a charge for Europe in the wake of Saturday's 1-0 win over Southampton at Ewood. David Thompson's strike proved enough to secure Rovers' first Premiership victory since January 1. And
ENGLAND new-boy James Beattie celebrated his first ever international call-up on Saturday night but it was a man discarded by Sven Goran Eriksson who stole the Southampton striker's thunder. Four months ago, David Thompson was the man being touted as
TOWN centre wardens are helping to keep shoppers safe in Burnley. In the last six months the wardens have dealt with 25 first aid incidents. Wardens Pete Asworth and Helen Campbell, along with Charter Walk Shopping Centre's Marie Parrington have been
A GROUP of six youngsters from Burnley have received an unexpected cash boost towards a community project aimed at creating cultural diversity. The teenagers, two from Hapton, one from Padiham and three from Burnley, planned a trip to Chester where they
DANESHOUSE Community Development Trust has welcomed a new team of staff dedicated to tackling problems in the area. Rina Begum, Tahera Rehman and Su Glen were introduced at the Trust's Eid party at the community centre. The trio will be working alongside
POLICE today called on residents to help them put the brakes on criminals following a spate of bike thefts in Burnley. Scooter owners are being urged to be on their guard against thieves who have been targeting the area. Police said there has been a significant
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike has stepped up his campaign to bring more NHS dentists to Burnley. The few remaining NHS dentists practices in the town are so full they can no longer take any more patients. And a bid to get a new surgery under the "Field Site Status
THREE young children are lucky to be alive after jumping from a bedroom window as an inferno raged in their house. The nine, ten and 14-year-olds leapt to safety as a blaze gutted their bedroom in Halifax Road, Brierfield, in the early hours of yesterday
Torquay 1 Bury 1 by Robert Holmes: AT least referee Trevor Parkes could not send-off keeper Glynn Garner for handball otherwise Bury would have been in big trouble. Thanks to 'Glynn the Glove' the Shakers shrugged off red cards for Terry Dunfield and
A BUILDER who fleeced a confused pensioner out of £700 is awaiting sentence. Bankrupt John Harvey, 64, overcharged 88-year-old Horace Moorcroft for jobs as well as taking money for work he never carried out, Burnley Crown Court heard. Mr Moorcroft, who
A POPULAR Preston community centre was partially destroyed by arsonists at the weekend. Firefighters were called to Tanterton Community Centre, Kidsgrove, Ingol, on Saturday, at 1.30am, after a suspicious blaze started in the roof of the building. The
AN evening of traditional Polish song and dance at St Joseph's RC Church, Accrington, raised money to help the needy. The Polish Missionary Sisters hoped to raise £400 for their work throughout the world.
TOURIST chiefs today added their support to Accrington's bid to pull in millions of visitors and said: "You have got to have a dream." The boost from councillors in the world-famous Fylde Coast holiday resort came after Hyndburn Council said it wanted
CHILDREN got into the swing of Eid at a pre-celebration held at Daneshouse Community Centre. Hundreds of youngsters and their parents gathered to celebrate Tuesday's celebrations with a lunch attended by Burnley mayor Gordon Birtwistle and his wife Kathleen
RESIDENTS in Burnley Wood have taken the first step to improving their environment by planting seven semi-mature trees on the new clearance site in Crowther Street. They were supported by the Mayor of Burnley, Councillor Gordon Birtwistle, during phase
AFTER the defensive disaster against Reading, Clarets boss Stan Ternent named his eighth central defensive partnership of the season. And in Drissa Diallo and Ian Cox he may have found the pair that will bring some much needed stability to the back-line
Cambridge Utd 1 Bury 2: ANDY Preece's Shakers roared back into an automatic promotion place with a late two goal blast that left Cambridge reeling. The Gigg Lane men showed just the kind of battling spirit that they are going to need over the next few
BLACKBURN midfielder Garry Flitcroft believes Rovers can still mount a charge for Europe in the wake of Saturday's 1-0 win over Southampton at Ewood. David Thompson's strike proved enough to secure Rovers' first Premiership victory since January 1. And
OH no, it's Valentine's Day on Friday. For couples everywhere it means love, romance and all that doe-eyed, slushy sentimental stuff. But for many more couples everywhere it means a lot of awkward "where did all the romance go?" moments as your squirm
MEMBERS of Edgworth Cricket Club have applied to North Turton Parish Council for money to refurbish the changing rooms. Councillors received the application last month but have deferred their decision to find out more information about the application
A RETIRED woman is searching for relatives of her six-times great grandfather who, it is believed, was the first Hunt to enter Darwen in the 1600s. Marjorie Featherstone, 66, who moved to Greece last year, said: "I know that, in the late 1600s, Nathaniel
A DARWEN schoolboy had the time of his life when he enjoyed a fantastic VIP day out at Ewood Park, home of Blackburn Rovers. Daniel Fradd, 11, of Brighton Terrace, won the chance to sit in the most expensive football seat in the world and watch Rovers
A POPULAR annual sports quiz is to return to Darwen after more than 35 years. Darwen Sports Council is to relaunch the Inter-pub and Club Sports Quiz at the end of this month to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The quiz was a major talking point in
A CHARITY auction at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, raised £3,000 for Cancer Research. The event was organised by Great Harwood Windows, of Eden Street, Blackburn, whose joint managing directors, Howard Jones and James Hindle, have both lost
MORE than 200 people tucked into an Indian banquet at a conference organised by the India League. The event, called Republic Day of India 2003, was held to promote understanding of an independent India. Dr Ramash Ramtray, vice-president of the India League
PLUCKY Paul Nuttall is strumming his way to success - after inventing the world's first drop-proof plectrum. Paul, 47, who runs Reidy's music shop, Penny Street, Blackburn, came up with the round string-plucker as a replacement for the traditional triangular-shaped
A MOSQUE chairman and a voluntary worker have been jailed after trying to frame a mother and her two daughters for a firebomb attack they did not commit. A court was told how Mosque leader Jangeer Ahmed, 35, and Javid Khan, 33, arranged for Khan's home
ROSSENDALE'S poor UniBond League Division One form continued as they crashed to defeat against a strong, hard-working Witton Albion side. Dale were always second best and appeared a yard slower than their opponents, as they produced their worst display
NEW Government legislation means that East Lancashire students will be paying less for Higher Education courses while other institutes triple their fees. The White Paper: The Future of Education stipulates that prestigious universities will be able to
TWO promising young rugby players -- one the brother of former Great Britain star Shaun Edwards -- have been killed in a car crash in Bury. Billy Joe Edwards, aged 19, and Craig Johnson, aged 18, both members of Wigan Warriors' under-21 side, died at
LEIGH RMI, fresh from their 2-0 defeat at Margate, are in action on Tuesday night at Rossendale in the quarter-final of the Marsden Lancashire Trophy. And manager Mark Patterson says he will put out as strong a squad as possible. "Phil Salt and Neil Fitzhenry
Margate 2 Leigh RMI 0 by Martyn Hindley THE Leigh renaissance is over as the curse of the coast struck again for RMI. The Hilton Park outfit have come away pointless from trips to Southport and Scarborough already this term and it was the same again.
A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. St Mary's Mothers' Union Wave of Prayer, St Mary's CHurch, Mellor, 10am. "Sewing Patterns," Cronkshaw Fold Farm, Helmshore, 10am-3.30pm. Steve Ashley and Support, Jim's
IF slumping ticket sales are a sign that people are becoming disenchanted with the National Lottery, it turns out there is good reason for it in East Lancashire -- as we get so little of the money back. New evidence today shows our region is among the
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MANCHESTER Dogs' Home is asking for help to trace the owner of a puppy abandoned outside the Home on February 5. A member of the Dogs' Home staff locking up for the night found the pup tied to the gate at the main entrance. A bowl of food had been left
TIM is a medium sized cross bred dog approximately five years old. Tim was admitted to the Home on the 10th December 2002 after being picked up by the Bury Dog Warden. Tim, to the uninitiated, may look just like many other tan coloured dogs but that would
THE newly formed Hyndburn and Ribble Valley group of Friends of the Earth is holding its first annual general meeting on Wednesday, February 19, at The Dog Inn, Whalley, at 7.30pm. We are an independent, non-political organisation working to safeguard
ARE you the special person or family to adopt Sally, a three year old Sable and Tan cross Alsatian bitch. Sally was admitted to Manchester Dogs' Home on the 10th December 2002 after being picked up by the Bury Dog Warden. Sally would need an energetic
YOUR editorial comment regarding Councillor Kate Hollern (LET, January 31) was spot on. She and her colleagues on Blackburn with Darwen Council's Executive would take us back to the Dark Ages. All debate and dissension would be stifled were it not for
SPARKY is a small/medium sized Tan and White young cross bred dog, approximately two years old. Sparky was admitted to the Home on the 16th December 2002 after being picked up by the Bury Dog Warden. He has a very friendly nature and, being a young dog
MANCHESTER Dogs' Home is looking for a loving home for one of its long-stay dogs, Tara, a tan and white cross Staffordshire Bullterrier bitch. Tara was admitted to the Home on the 23rd October 2002 after being picked up by the Bury Dog Warden. She is
THREE young children are lucky to be alive after jumping from a bedroom window as an inferno raged in their house. The nine, ten and 14-year-olds leapt to safety as a blaze gutted their bedroom in Halifax Road, Brierfield, in the early hours of yesterday
ROVERS have fielded several calls from clubs enquiring about the possibility of taking Matt Jansen on loan. As we revealed in Saturday's paper, Souness has admitted he would consider letting the 25-year-old striker go out on loan in a bid to get him some
ROVERS Academy coach Rob Kelly today insisted Jay McEveley has nothing to fear after the young defender received his first ever international call-up at the weekend. McEveley was named in David Platt's England Under 21 squad for tomorrow's friendly with
THE key stats and moments from the game against Southampton. ROVERS: FRIEDEL: Made a couple of vital saves early on to keep Rovers in the hunt but his kicking was clearly affected by a foot injury....7 NEILL: Warmed up for Wednesday night's friendly against
THE mother of a 14-month-old "home alone" baby rescued from a house fire was due to be interviewed today by officers from Lancashire Constabulary's family protection team. The child, who has now been released from Burnley General Hospital, had been left
COMMUNITY groups in Burnley are being offered the chance to be included in a government education website. The National Grid for Learning (NGfL) is a free government-funded portal that acts as a gateway to more than 900 websites. Many of these are aimed
A 24-YEAR-OLD man who had been drinking at a wake for a family member who had allegedly been murdered got into trouble twice on his way home. Blackburn magistrates heard that Terence Joseph Anthony Maughan, 28, of Cleaver Street, Burnley, was able to
FORMER Burnley footballer Brian Pilkington took a trip down Memory Lane to celebrate his birthday with a cake and good wishes from Turf Moor. The left-winger, who notched up 300 league, cup and European games, including winning the First Division championship
A FAIR Trade coffee morning held at Nelson's United Reformed Church, in Brunswick Street, helped generate cash for the church's funds. People from all over Pendle popped in to enjoy a cup of coffee and biscuits -- and helped raise the church funds total
A LEYLAND lad who was diagnosed with asthma when he was a toddler has become a sporting champ and the face of a national campaign to promote goats milk. Marcus Jackson, 15, of Croston Road, Farington Moss, has been chosen to front the campaign by the
A COMMUNITY worker has launched a clean-up operation in Pendle after she visited a local primary school and found pupils freely admitted to dropping litter every day on their way to school. Nasreen Khanam, Pendle's Neighbourhood Pride Co-ordinator, has
CHILDREN spiced up their life with a taste of the East in a school project on India. The ten-year-olds from Coates Lane Primary School, Barnoldswick, visited Usmaniyah Indian restaurant in the town to learn how to cook Indian food.
NINE people were arrested in possession of offensive weapons and drugs near an East Lancashire nightclub. Police targeted the Wood Street area of Great Harwood, close to Monroes Club, on Saturday night. The operation was the latest in a series of similar
A PENSIONER was found dead after a fire had smouldered in her house for days. Neighbours alerted the emergency services after spotting blackened windows at Woodside Road, Huncoat. And now the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning after
ORGANISERS of a popular riding centre for disabled and disadvantaged East Lancashire people today made an urgent appeal for help. Lords House Farm, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, has been holding therapy sessions in the 30-acre complex for more than 10 years
BUDDING actor Lee Seddon's latest role is heaven sent. The 26-year-old from Tyldesley has landed a plum role in the controversial ITV drama, Second Coming, appearing opposite Little Hulton star Christopher Eccleston. Lee, a former head boy at Fred Longworth
A PATRIOTIC portrait of the Queen has gained the Royal seal of approval -- despite showing Her Majesty complete with a blue rinse. The oil painting by 15-year-old Ribble Valley teenager Isobel Bidwell is completely created using red, white and blue to
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has insisted Arthur Gnohere still has a big future at Turf Moor despite being sent home to Paris for a break with his family. Gnohere had a nightmare against Reading, not the first he has suffered this season, and Ternent was
A LOOK at the key moments from the game against Coventry City. BURNLEY: NIK MICHOPOULOS: A superb display after his late call-up and he will have given the manager a real selection poser for next weekend...8 DEAN WEST: Worked as hard as ever and played
Torquay 1 Bury 1 by Robert Holmes: AT least referee Trevor Parkes could not send-off keeper Glynn Garner for handball otherwise Bury would have been in big trouble. Thanks to 'Glynn the Glove' the Shakers shrugged off red cards for Terry Dunfield and
TAXPAYERS were faced with the prospect of a jaw-dropping 12.2 per cent rise in council tax at the launch of Bury's budget roadshows last week But residents were swiftly advised the figure was expected to be nearer 6.2 per cent. Bury Council's director
BURY boss Andy Preece reckons his side are back on course for automatic promotion after Tuesday night's morale-boosting victory at rivals Cambridge United. The Shakers chief was delighted witht the way his charges bounced back from a one-goal half time
Cambridge United 1 Bury 2 THIS week is just getting better for Bury boss Andy Preece. He woke up on Sunday morning to read that he is rated one of the ten best young managers outside the Premiership by the Observer newspaper. Then two days later to add
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent has insisted Arthur Gnohere still has a big future at Turf Moor despite being sent home to Paris for a break with his family. Gnohere had a nightmare against Reading, not the first he has suffered this season, and Ternent was
RAMSBOTTOM writer Louise Jones has been shortlisted for the Short Story Awards 2002 which will be announced at the New Cavendish Club in London on February 20. Louise, 40, is the facilitator for Salford Women Writers. She has taught piano and keyboard
FALKLANDS veteran Simon Weston is to host an annual dinner for the business community of Rossendale. Mr Weston is guest speaker at a charity dinner in St Mary's Chambers, Rawtenstall. Mr Weston follows in a long-line of well-known speakers who have graced
TEMPORARY homes are needed for homeless youngsters in Rossendale as part of a new project aimed at reducing the number of people sleeping rough. Keith Willacy, a former Rossendale police sergeant, is hoping to find homeless youngsters somewhere to live
KIND-HEARTED pals who raised more than £30,000 from a Valentine's Ball are hoping to smash the total with this year's event. The group of 10 got together to raise money when friend Carmelina Robertson died from breast cancer four years ago. Sister Maria
SCOUTS from the Immanuel Group in Feniscowles are staging a 24-hour fast to help raise money for starving children. The sponsored 'famine' is in aid of international development agency World Vision which will be channelling all money raised over the weekend
THE new-look Blackburn Museum has finally opened after a £500,000 revamp paid for by Lottery cash. The museum now boasts three new galleries, including a Skill and Labour section. An interactive computer guide uses historical figures to look at how Blackburn
A MAN and a woman from Blackburn have been charged with offences relating to the sale of so-called stealth weapons over the Internet and through mail order. Mark Philip Hilliard, 39, and Linda Marie Hilton, 30, both of Sunnybower Road, Blackburn, trading
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council has announced a month-long review of services in a bid to find out what residents want. People in the borough will be asked to give their view of its Community Development service in the consultation, which is designed to
TWO East Lancashire schools were celebrating today after being granted specialist college status. St Bede's RC High, in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn and Alder Grange High, Rawtenstall, will receive thousands of pounds of extra funding as a result. St
EAST Lancashire is among Britain's biggest lottery losers when it comes to getting money for good causes, it was revealed today. While the area may have been home to the biggest ever jackpot winner back in November 1994, local organisations have struggled
AFTER Ramsbottom's emphatic 7-0 win last week, they were expecting a much tougher test against eighth-placed Congleton. After a nervy start, the home side opened the scoring on 12 minutes and Carl McCoy's left wing cross found Glyn Barker unmarked in
CLITHEROE'S FA Vase dream ended for another season at the hands of Screwfix Direct Western outfit Devizes Town in controversial circumstances. Although below their best, Clitheroe dominated possession for long periods but couldn't punish the visitors
TWO first-half goals helped Darwen overcome neighbours Colne at Holt House. The NWCL Division Two clash was a largely scrappy affair as both teams struggled to get their passing game going on a poor surface. But the visitors managed to break the deadlock
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman says his side have proved the critics wrong after bouncing back from the 5-1 drubbing at Gateshead last month to win six games on the bounce. The Reds continue to hold an 11-point lead at the top of the UniBond Premier
A PROMINENT father figure could be the key to a happy and stable life, research has revealed. And fathers who take time out to read to their children and take them on family outings play a vital role in academic success. The study of 17,000 children,
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