THE sight of young couples looking disappointed as they leave estate agents in parts of East Lancashire has become all too common. Although their families may have lived in the same rural communities for generations, spiralling house prices mean they
WANT real entertainment? Then look beyond the Premiership for all the thrills and spills you need. The critics lining up to take a swipe at top flight football are right, in my opinion. Nowadays - and far too quickly - the game at the very top has gone
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy has been expelled from school after carrying out a "violent assault" on a teacher. But today the mother of Thomas Briggs, who is also alleged to have attacked a fellow pupil, said education bosses had failed her son, who suffers from
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has hit back at suggestions that his favoured 4-5-1 formation is the reason why Rovers are struggling to score goals. Rovers go into tonight's Carling Cup clash with Huddersfield having failed to find the net in almost six and
I HAD a bad feeling about Sunday as soon as I laid eyes on the teamsheet. From the list of players it was obvious Mark Hughes was going to only go with one up front, and I can't tell you how disappointed and annoyed I felt when I was proved right. With
A DOCTOR 'touched up' a patient so often during consultations she felt like she was "fighting an octopus", a tribunal heard. The General Medical Council hearing was told Neil Hughes, 52, repeatedly fondled the woman as she visited him for weight loss
A HOUSING champion has been appointed to tackle the acute shortage of affordable homes in rural parts of East Lancashire. Rebecca Lawlor, an environmental engineer, has been given a specially created role to promote shared ownership housing schemes for
A BRIERFIELD church has hit the jackpot to the tune of £50,000 for its organ restoration project. St Luke's Church now needs just £7,000 to restore its treasured 19th century organ to its former glory after a successful bid to Your Heritage. So far, £73,000
A HOUSING champion has been appointed to tackle the acute shortage of affordable homes in rural parts of East Lancashire. Rebecca Lawlor, an environmental engineer, has been given a specially created role to promote shared ownership housing schemes for
TWO brothers have taken up a bizarre charity challenge - to drive across Europe in an old banger while dressed as Clint Eastwood. Sam Cocken, 26 and his brother Matthew, 24, will also be firing water pistols at fellow competitors from their £100 car as
THE EAST Lancashire actress who plays Coronation Street loudmouth Janice Battersby today spoke of her nine years on the show. Vicky Entwistle, 37, who plays the ex-wife of lazy Les in the ITV soap, was speaking after her character was axed. Vicky, who
A HOUSING champion has been appointed to tackle the acute shortage of affordable homes in rural parts of East Lancashire. Rebecca Lawlor, an environmental engineer, has been given a specially created role to promote shared ownership housing schemes for
STEVE Cotterill believes his Burnley players showed their true colours by cruising into the Carling Cup third round last night. The Clarets battered Barnsley 3-0 to book their place in Saturday's draw, which could land them a plum tie against a Premiership
MARK Hughes is ready to unleash Craig Bellamy on Huddersfield Town tonight in a bid to avoid the kind of embarrassing cup exit Rovers suffered at the hands of Bournemouth last season. The Blackburn boss has vowed to field a near full-strength side against
A HOSPITAL patient who damaged his knee was left in agony after staff gave him the wrong prescription. Darren Duxbury, 39, returned home from Blackburn Royal Infirmary to find another patient's name on the form which listed the drug he needed. This meant
I AM glad that the editor thinks it is a good idea to have the police in our secondary schools. Perhaps it is a good idea in our present environment, but it should not be necessary. If children were brought up as I was 70 years ago, they would have respect
AS a resident of the Infirmary area of Blackburn whose house is subject to a clearance order I feel totally cheated by the council. I look around other communities such as Bastwell, Brookhouse, Bank Top and Queen's Park and see the housing that has been
THEY are starting to plough the fields on Queen's Park and I have found that they are allegedly planning to build five permanent cricket pitches. Although I feel any incentive to keep children happy and off street corners is to be applauded I am a bit
A HOSPITAL patient who dama £ + @ ged his knee was left in agony after staff gave him the wrong prescription. Darren Duxbury, 39, returned home from Blackburn Royal Infirmary to find another patient's name on the form which listed the drug he needed.
MARK Hughes is ready to unleash Craig Bellamy on Huddersfield Town tonight in a bid to avoid the kind of embarrassing cup exit Rovers suffered at the hands of Bournemouth last season. The Blackburn boss has vowed to field a near full-strength side against
YOUNG people in Burnley who are unable to attend school because of medical reasons will not miss out on their education thanks to the opening of a new facility at Hillview School. Lancashire Education Medical Service (LEMS) provides part-time temporary
A MOTHER whose three daughters died in a house fire today called on people to ensure their electrical goods were working properly. Jayne Waddington warned of the potential dangers of electrical goods as it was revealed 68 house fires in the county had
STEVE Cotterill believes his Burnley players showed their true colours by cruising into the Carling Cup third round last night. The Clarets battered Barnsley 3-0 to book their place in Saturday's draw, which could land them a plum tie against a Premiership
BURNLEY fans have had to grin and bear a frustrating start to the season, results wise. But if the whiff of another cup adventure today fills the air to give some of those forced smiles a little more credulity, then a good night's work has brought an
AN activity, advice and career centre is proposed for Darwen in a bid to get bored youngsters off the streets. Coun Karimeh Foster has urged Blackburn with Darwen Council to consider setting up a one-stop shop with the help of local schools and community
ARTS graduate Dawn Hatch is unearthing the secrets of Government - after starting a job as a Houses of Parliament tour guide. The 24-year-old, from Dawlish Close, Livesey, Blackburn, has already met Cabinet Ministers Jack Straw and Geoff Hoon while walking
A "DANGEROUS" staircase that forced the closure of a Blackburn special school has been caged in to protect pupils. The measures were taken at Fernhurst High School, which was closed last November, to prevent children from climbing, or being pushed over
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy has been expelled from school after carrying out a "violent assault" on a teacher. But today the mother of Thomas Briggs, who is also alleged to have attacked a fellow pupil, said education bosses had failed her son, who suffers from
