IT seems quite right that executives at Twin Valley Homes should make their feelings known after discovering that more than 100 former council houses contained potentially lethal asbestos. The housing association, which took over Blackburn with Darwen
FENISCOWLES are currently advertising for new players but on this evidence, they are not short of a goal-scorer or two. For Andy Hunter bagged five and Mark Friend scored four on a wet, windy and wild Blacksnape Playing Fields. For Clitheroe, it was a
THE referee may have had problems with his sense of direction but Whalley's strikers had no such worries. Whether it was the direct approach or the more scenic route, Jamie Robertson and Chris Barton knew exactly where the goal was. The pair scored all
ROBBIE Savage has criticised referee Graham Poll following his latest run-in with the Hertfordshire official at the Reebok on Sunday. The controversial Blackburn midfielder was left exasperated by Poll's decision to book him for dissent during the first
ROVERS RES 2 SUNDERLAND RES 2 BLACKBURN Rovers striker Paul Dickov could be ruled out of Sunday's showdown with Newcastle United after he limped out this reserve clash with a back injury. The Scotland international, who has only just returned from a three-match
POLICE in Pendle have warned parents buying mini-motorbikes they are 'not toys' as fears grow a youngster could be killed. Residents on the Hollins estate in Nelson and Brierfield have been complaining about riders -- many schoolchildren --driving on
POLICE in Pendle have warned parents buying mini-motorbikes they are 'not toys' as fears grow a youngster could be killed. Residents on the Hollins estate in Nelson and Brierfield have been complaining about riders -- many schoolchildren --driving on
SUPPORTERS filing out of Turf Moor on Saturday evening could be forgiven for thinking they had somehow been transported back in time to the latter days of Stan Ternent's tenure as manager. It was an unfortunate characteristic of the previous incumbent's
THE chances are that had you not been a Rovers or a Bolton supporter you wouldn't have tuned in to Super Sunday on Sky. It's not that the result was inevitable (although 9-4 the draw was a cracking bet) but that there could be no doubting that the game
AN Accrington teacher has branded vandals who damaged his school's new £25,000 play area "idiots". Alan Henderson, deputy headteacher at Peel Park Primary School, in Alice Street, said the school had asked local police to keep an on eye on the revamped
ROBBIE Savage has criticised referee Graham Poll following his latest run-in with the Hertfordshire official at the Reebok on Sunday. The controversial Blackburn midfielder was left exasperated by Poll's decision to book him for dissent during the first
A CARE worker who won £58,000 compensation after council bosses sacked him unfairly is still waiting for his money. Blackburn with Darwen Council was ordered to pay the money by a tribunal in Manchester in July after it found Ronald Thompson should not
WITH two players now ranked in the world's top 64, supercoach Mick Caddy has got every right to be excited ahead of the new snooker season. Preston's Ian McCulloch, ranked 16, and Accrington's Chris Norbury, ranked 63, who are coached by Mick at Potters
IT'S been a mighty team effort throughout the summer season but this time it was all about individual glory. The track and field league season is virtually done and dusted so competitors got the chance to run, jump and throw for themselves -- and at the
I WAS delighted to hear that I won your Letter of the Week competition (LET, August 15) for my comments about Blackburn shopping centre. Quite a number of people have joked that I should be Blackburn's ambassador because as a newcomer I see all the good
HOW wonderful the Home Secretary has allowed the families of Islamic terrorists to continue claiming benefits. Even when the said terrorists have been banished from this country. Meanwhile, working families on low income are advised to claim "tax credit
AS a university student and an employee of BAE Systems I was pleased to read the news in Friday's paper regarding the proposed expansion of Samlesbury site and the creation of thousands of jobs. However I wonder whether there are any plans to alter the
I HAD to laugh when I read the comments of Christine Oldfield of DRAG (LET, September 7) that, "we were all under the impression that the councillors whom we voted for in the last election were there to represent us." I have checked out very detailed
AS an ex-resident of the Redearth Clearance Area, I am getting tired of reading the criticism directed towards Councillor Dave Smith and his colleagues regarding the proposed demolition of housing. A few months ago myself and my children lived in a cold
A DOCTOR was stabbed in the head by a patient with a knife at a Burnley health centre. Dr Nigel Tattersall's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening after he was attacked with a Stanley-style blade. Police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion
FOUR terrified passengers today relived the moment they thought their holiday jet was about to be hijacked by terrorists. The East Lancashire holidaymakers were on an Excel airways plane XLA2143 at Larnaca in Cyprus when two Muslim men were arrested at
A DOCTOR was stabbed in the head by a patient with a knife at a Burnley health centre. Dr Nigel Tattersall's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening after he was attacked with a Stanley-style blade. Police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion
IT wasn't just Turf Moor that was quaking when Wade Elliott hammered in two stunners in Burnley's 3-3 draw with Cardiff on Saturday. Deepdale will also have felt some nervous tremors as the winger's spectacular double strike brought back bad memories
YOUNGSTERS will be given the chance to test their computer skills against peers in a new "cyber" league pioneered by a Rossendale mum. Cybergames, set up by Rawtenstall entrepreneur Sara Pelling, has scooped a £7,000 grant from the community foundation
FOUR terrified passengers today relived the moment they thought their holiday jet was about to be hijacked by terrorists. The East Lancashire holidaymakers were on an Excel airways plane XLA2143 at Larnaca in Cyprus when two Muslim men were arrested at
