Complete Beginners Social Dance Class, St Peter's School Hall, Church Street, Burnley, 7.15pm-8.15pm. WeightWatchers, Rosegrove Unity Club, Burnley, 6.30pm. Slimming World, Ighten Mount Bowling Club, Burnley, 5.30pm and 7.15pm. Table Tennis Practice,
East Lancashire-born novelist Diana Appleyard draws on her own experiences as a journalist to conjure up the themes for her books. She spoke to JENNY SCOTT THREE female friends cut loose from the ties of home and family life to embark on a backpacking
IN my opinion anyone who wishes to stand as a councillor for Blackburn and Darwen or any other town for that matter should have to undertake a test to prove they have at least some knowledge of the geography of that town. I refer to the recent letter
A FIRM planning to mine millions of tonnes of coal from the Cutacre Tip site has submitted amended proposals. UK Coal, which won the right to mine at Over Hulton, in 2001, wants to extend the amount of time it has to start work on industrial units once
ALTHOUGH, doubtless, it was by chance that your letters page included an attack on me by Derek Boden on the same day (July 22), it was interesting as you led the front page with the news that Tony Blair had postponed the election of the North West Assembly
A PAEDOPHILE pensioner was today starting a 10-year jail sentence for sexually abusing two girls in Burnley. Herbert George Bridges, 69, from Clitheroe, was said to have shown no remorse for the offences, a court heard. Meanwhile, police praised the victims
A DARWEN couple today paid tribute to their brave teenage daughter who finally lost a four-year battle against the cancer which came back to attack her nine times. Carmen and Lee Cox, of Ellenshaw Close, said 17-year-old Cheri-Lee "lived her life to the
SPECIAL surgeries are to be held in Padiham to give residents advice and information on how to pay their council tax. The move comes after confusion surrounded the closure of the payment offices at Padiham Town Hall when nearly £5,000 in tax was unable
Ennismore Youth Club has invested in the gear, which includes footballs, cricket bats, sports vests and netball equipment, thanks to a grant from Burnley police secured through the Rank Charitable Trust. It is hoped the equipment will help to attract
LONG-haired barman Tony O'Sullivan is making the ultimate sacrifice by having his locks shorn off for charity. Tony, who has worked at the Swan and Railway in Radcliffe for three years, will be raising the money for the Blackburn Royal Infirmary Maxillo
A FRIGHTENED woman locked herself in the bedroom and phoned the police after her husband had slapped her and started to smash the house up, a court heard. Michael Barlow, aged 33, of Chapelfield, Radcliffe, appeared before Bury magistrates where he admitted
FUNERALS of good friends figure prominently on my diary of "must attend" engagements. Usually the sequel is merely sadness at losing yet another pal but a recent one brought anger and resentment, too. It also offered yet another example of how one law
ARSONISTS have burned a bandstand to the ground just days before it was set to be used as the main stage in a community festival. The bandstand in Oak Hill Park, Accrington, was to be the centrepiece of the Hyndburn Mela and Community Festival, due to
ANGRY residents are fighting plans designed to take youngsters off the streets. But the Baxenden residents who are objecting to plans for a children's sports facility were today told: "Give the youngsters a chance." Part of a recreation ground on Hollins
POLICE in Accrington are urging the public to be vigilant after the town witnessed two robberies in as many days. Officers believe the raids, the first at the BP Supermart petrol station, in Hyndburn Road, on Wednesday and the other on Thursday at Blackburn
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; 10.30am-4.30pm: Boots Chemist, 2 Cobden Court; noon-1pm: Moss Pharmacy, 193 Accrington Road. DARWEN: noon-1pm: Boots Chemist, 8
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; 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;
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: The
A PAEDOPHILE pensioner was today starting a 10-year jail sentence for sexually abusing two girls in Burnley. Herbert George Bridges, 69, from Clitheroe, was said to have shown no remorse for the offences, a court heard. Meanwhile, police praised the victims
ROBBIE Blake has declared himself fit to lead Burnley into battle against the Germans! The Clarets skipper returned to training yesterday afternoon after suffering a tweaked hamstring that ruled him out of Tuesday's opening game in Austria. And Blake
ROBBIE Blake has declared himself fit to lead Burnley into battle against the Germans! The Clarets skipper returned to training yesterday afternoon after suffering a tweaked hamstring that ruled him out of Tuesday's opening game in Austria. And Blake
A MAN allegedly involved in the murder of a cannabis drug dealer claimed he became embroiled in the incident as part of covert surveillance for a television programme looking into drugs supply. James Raven, aged 45, of Parnham Close, Radcliffe, told Chester
windfall to benefit housing HOMES in Ramsbottom are to benefit from a £21million windfall from the govenment. Six Town Housing, the new organisation set up to run council homes across the Bury borough, will get at least £21m for modernisation and other
HUNDREDS of youngsters across the borough have been taking advantage of one of the country's biggest summer activity calenders. Blackburn with Darwen Council has laid on hundreds of activities for children -- and most of them are free. Children need a
RARE memorabilia from every stage of Carl Fogarty's motorbike racing career is set to go under the hammer after being put up for sale by his father. Dozens of items - including his first World Superbike Championship Trophy - are set to make up a large
EXISTING tram lines across Greater Manchester could be scrapped if the Metrolink's Big Bang expansion is scuppered. Routes from Bury, Eccles and Altrincham into Manchester are under threat because the lines are ageing and in need of repair. Part of the
COULD somebody please tell me whatever happened to the person responsible for turning the roads in and out of Blackburn town centre into a shambles? You'd think this person would be brave enough to keep in the limelight so that people of the town could
WHEN the time comes I will be encouraging people in East Lancashire to vote for a constitutional treaty that will simplify the way in which Europe is run, strengthen the role of national parliaments, and make future reform of the common agricultural policy
CARLA Acton is angling to raise cash for her favourite charity. The seven-year-old from Leigh joined grandfather Ken Buxton on the banks of Partridge Lakes Fisheries for a sponsored fish to help add to the thousands of pounds she has already raised for
MASKED raiders armed with an axe and a knife threatened security guards as they delivered cash to a post office in Atherton. Three men wearing balaclavas approached the van as it delivered money to Car Bank Post Office in Car Bank Street at 11.20am on
BARRY Ferguson feels like a kid in a sweet shop after playing a full and active role in Blackburn Rovers pre-season build-up. And Rovers new skipper says he can't wait to show the Ewood Park supporters just how good he is. The Scottish international missed
TYLDESLEY Little Theatre has been on a winning streak. The play, Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram, was featured in TLT's hugely successful end-of-season show The 2004 Mixed Grill. Then members took the play, which is about a failed amateur
A PAEDOPHILE pensioner was today starting a 10-year jail sentence for sexually abusing two girls in Burnley. Herbert George Bridges, 69, from Clitheroe, was said to have shown no remorse for the offences, a court heard. Meanwhile, police praised the victims
A SCHEME costing £500,000 and aimed at cutting criminal attacks on Burnley's businesses by five per cent has been launched. The Business Improvement Programme will last three years and could include CCTV installation, fencing, security patrols and alarms
A VAN driver was today lucky to be alive after a missile crashed through his windscreen as he travelled along the M65. The driver was today praised by police who said he managed to advert a disaster after a "mindless" youth threw the object at his van
ONE OF Padiham's best-loved churches, which conservationists once feared would be bulldozed, is to be converted into two family homes. Developer Peter Broadley, 42, was given the go-ahead to transform the former St Anne's and St Elizabeth's Church, affectionately
YOUNGSTERS are being invited to a council meeting to discuss plans for a new youth centre for Nelson. Bradley ward councillor and former mayor Mohammed Iqbal has extended the invitation as part of a bid to update the current facility on Leeds Road. He
A SERIES of free workshops is being held to boost the skills of those involved in voluntary and community groups in Pendle. The council's community economic development officers have organised the events to give organisations a chance to share their experiences
A CONTAMINATED former factory is likely to remain a problem for several months because Pendle Council has no powers to buy it and cannot afford to clean it up. The old Hycrome (Europe) factory in Knotts Lane, Colne, has been empty for more than seven
MONDAY, AUGUST 2 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 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
COLLEAGUES have paid tribute to the teacher who died in a plane crash which claimed four lives. Mr Stephen Aspden (45) and his 12-year-old son Jack, of Haweswater Crescent, Unsworth, together with pilot Garry Megson (38) and his eight-year-old son, Peter
A company called NCR (www.ncr.com) already provides banks in the USA with software that recognises people when they use a cash machine. The next move for them is into the UK where they hope to provide a similar service as well as sports reports and stock
WHEN boredom strikes, Micah Hyde loses himself in fantasy football. The Burnley new boy has been whiling away the free hours in Austria indulging himself in his favourite footy-based computer game. But Hyde is now champing at the bit to transfer the skills
BARRY Ferguson feels like a kid in a sweet shop after playing a full and active role in Blackburn Rovers pre-season build-up. And Rovers new skipper says he can't wait to show the Ewood Park supporters just how good he is. The Scottish international missed
A DARWEN couple today paid tribute to their brave teenage daughter who finally lost a four-year battle against the cancer which came back to attack her nine times. Carmen and Lee Cox, of Ellenshaw Close, said 17-year-old Cheri-Lee "lived her life to the
DEVELOPERS' plans to build nearly 200 houses on land once earmarked for a travellers camp are under threat after a rival housing company called for a public inquiry. Proposals by McDermott Developments to build 194 homes on land between Douglas Road and
A ROAD in Shadsworth, Blackburn was cordoned off yesterday afternoon after a man, who was thought to have doused himself in turps, threatened to set himself alight. Emergency services were called to Ballantrae Road at around 2.30pm after the man in his
THE course of true love did not run smoothly when romantic Warren Heaps took his partner out for a surprise celebration at the scene of their first date in Blackburn. Warren, 38, from Green Lane, Blackburn, was looking to recreate the magic of the night
THE arrival of a new conference centre and luxury hotel on the outskirts of Blackburn will take a step forward on Monday when bosses begin recruiting staff. Dozens of jobs are set to be created when work on transforming the dilapidated grade-two listed
PEST controllers across East Lancashire are warning of a new pest problem sweeping the county - swarms of flying ants. One expert says cases of ant infestations have almost doubled in the past year, while another one has recorded a 40 per cent rise in
