EVERYONE has the right to feel safe in their own home. The much-publicised drive to keep dangerous people out of jobs which bring them into contact with children and vulnerable sections of society was aimed at reinforcing that feeling of safety. Today
John McGreal is again a doubt for the Clarets, but Graham Branch sits out tonight's game as the second of a two-match ban. On-loan Southampton winger Nathan Dyer should again start on the bench. Millwall look like being unchanged, despite defender Adie
Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes has escaped any further punishment from the Football Association following his 'sending off' at Chelsea on Saturday. Hughes was banished to the stand by referee Mike Riley after he kicked a medical bag out of frustration
WELL done Blackburn Transport! You leave the old No 9 bus route entirely without a bus for a few weeks and then, after pressure, you provide a meagre service and the predictable reaction is "well it's better than nothing." Congratulations on your strategy
BURNLEY Council's new information centre was still shut today after a power cut forced it to close. Contact Burnley, in Parker Lane, was closed yesterday, leaving hundreds of people in the lurch following the blackout. Michael Frazer, the council's head
HEARTLESS yobs have desecrated a war memorial remembering servicemen from the Padiham area who gave their lives for others. The Royal British Legion's poppy appeal organiser, Eric Midgley, today vowed not to give in to louts who vandalised the memorial
STAFF and students at a Nelson school marked the end of an era at their presentation evening last night. Edge End High School's acting head teachers Howard Hughes and Ian Adlington said the event was tinged with sadness but also hope for the future as
ONE of the more rewarding aspects of following your team through thick and thin - and sometimes downright transparent - is seeing how players develop. The most current striking example of this phenomenon is Brian Jensen. When Stan Ternent brought the
IF THE majority of the press are to be believed it's boring, boring Chelsea. I seem to remember another club 10 years ago having the same tag given to them when they dared to challenge the big clubs in the Premiership and came out on top. The fact that
THE father of a schoolgirl who died after being knocked down by a disqualified driver has won his campaign for a new law in her memory. Paul Houston was furious when the motorist who hit his 12-year-old daughter Amy was only given a four-month jail sentence
Brian Jensen and Danny Coyne alternated between the posts for Burnley before the Welsh number one was sidelined by injury. But Jensen, who now has the gloves all to himself, knows the pressure lies with him to dovetail with an ever-changing defence and
BURNLEY legend Steve Davis has rejoined the Clarets as a scout. The 37-year-old former defender, who scored 48 goals in 384 appearances during three spells at Turf Moor, was recently working for York City as a player-coach. However, after severing ties
THE art of defending can be tough to master. Ask Manchester United fans and they will point to £100,000 per week Rio Ferdinand as a classic example of an experienced player at the very top of his profession who still has room for improvement. But rookie
BURNLEY go Lion hunting tonight with manager Steve Cotterill insisting his side will always be big game underdogs. A victory over rock-bottom Millwall at Turf Moor tonight could see the Clarets roar into the top ten in the Championship for only the second
PAKISTAN skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq is confident the squad that has been selected for the first two Test matches against England is capable of beating the Ashes winners. After a practice match at the Gaddafi Stadium, Inzamam confirmed that all decisions relating
JAMES Anderson returned to the England fold with three top-order wickets as the tourists' Test back-up seamers made early inroads into the Patron's team batting on the second morning at the Pindi Stadium. Anderson, who has not played for his country since
ENGLAND made a dreadful start to their tour of Pakistan as they collapsed to 61 for six in the morning session after choosing to bat first in their opening match against a Patron's team at the Pindi Stadium. Only Marcus Trescothick (34no) provided any
Manchester indie trio Doves have announced their final live dates of 2005 - and they're coming to Preston on December 14. The gig at the Guild Hall will be their penultimate gig of 2005, a year which saw their latest album Some Cities go straight to number
Brash rock'n'roll trio The Subways were handpicked by Michael Eavis to play his Glastonbury Festival last year. Things have snowballed for them ever since, with support slots for Oasis and Razorlight. They're playing Preston on November 18. The Welwyn
Blackburn Rovers striker Craig Bellamy believes his team-mates can take plenty of positives from Saturday's performance at Stamford Bridge despite the scoreline. Things looked grim for Rovers as Jose Mourinho's table-topping Blues raced into a 2-0 lead
POLICE investigating two similar burglaries in which house alarms were tampered with have said they believe thieves have struck a third time. Inquiries were already under way into two burglaries in Knowlesly Road, Darwen, and Crown Gardens, Edgworth,
ROSSENDALE shoppers will be able to buy traditional produce, ranging from German sausages to Parisian handbags from continental traders wearing period costumes. Twenty traders are to set up stalls in Lee Street, Bacup on Saturday, November 12, as part
ORGANISERS of Helmshore's Farmers Market will be celebrating its first anniversary on Sunday - and a year of helping to boost trade and tourism. Thousands of extra visitors are brought to the borough every month thanks to the market, which started 12
A FORMER supermarket could be turned into an 86-home residential development under plans submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council. Enza Projects Ltd, a Chorley-based developer that owns the former Kwik Save site in Bolton Road, Blackburn, wants to build
A COUNCILLOR today warned the proposed uncovering of a town centre river could prompt an invasion of rats. Veteran Tory Jim Hirst claimed that rats were already becoming a common sight in Blackburn on weekend nights, drawn by small mountains of rubbish
BRITISH welterweight champion Michael Jennings could soon be turning his attentions to Europe. The Chorley boxer has admitted he would prefer at least one more defence of the famous Lonsdale belt he retained after a dramatic unanimous points win over
WE believe -- in Huncoat -- that we are delivered from evil. We have been attacked and attacked and attacked by Lancashire County Council, by the darkened forces of black propaganda that now goes into the incineration bins. The last pamphlet that was
RESIDENTS of an East Lancashire town can look forward to a better quality of life, a council has revealed. A new 20-year community strategy has been launched in Chorley, by the Chorley Partnership, a body set up in 1996 to bring together key decision
SEVENTY jobs are to go after BAE Systems decided to close its historic Chorley munitions factory. The defence and aerospace company made the announcement after a cost review and said the Chorley site was "no longer economically viable". But unions have
SEVENTY jobs are to go after BAE Systems decided to close its historic Chorley munitions factory. The defence and aerospace company made the announcement after a cost review and said the Chorley site was "no longer economically viable". But unions have
A POSTMASTER and his young lover went on a spending spree and enjoyed a romantic break in Paris while stealing £145,000 in pensions and benefits. Edward Thomas, 52, and 21-year-old Sarah Harter, were today both beginning jail sentences after admitting
A date has yet to be confirmed for Blackburn Rovers' Carling Cup clash with Charlton Athletic later this month. The two teams have been drawn against each other in a fourth round tie at The Valley but the Addicks, who also visit Ewood in the league this
Blackburn Rovers striker Craig Bellamy believes his team-mates can take plenty of positives from Saturday's performance at Stamford Bridge despite the scoreline. Things looked grim for Rovers as Jose Mourinho's table-topping Blues raced into a 2-0 lead
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has set up a crisis meeting with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust over plans to scrap a 15-bed intensive care unit at Burnley General. At a meeting next week, he will stress to trust chief executive Jo Cubbon that any plan
A POSTMASTER and his young lover went on a spending spree and enjoyed a romantic break in Paris while stealing £145,000 in pensions and benefits. Edward Thomas, 52, and 21-year-old Sarah Harter, were today both beginning jail sentences after admitting
HAT-TRICK hero Paul Johnson insists all is not lost despite Great Britain making the worst possible start to the Gillette Tri-Nations Series. New Zealand, wooden spoonists a year ago, are within touching distance of a place in the November 26 final after
A NEW upmarket bar is set to open in the centre of Accrington, creating 25 jobs. The Barracuda Group has taken over a site on Blackburn Road and plans to open a stylish Smith & Jones branded bar in mid-December. No name has yet been chosen for the
AN artist from Accrington is taking the first steps on the road to fame after triumphing in the early stages of a TV talent show. Dale Grimshaw, 34, went through the first round of ITV1's new show Brush With Fame last week and will be taking part in the
A PLASTIC box containing only a mobile phone and phone book will become home to a radio listener as she attempts to win £2,000. Heidi Rogers, 28, of Pickup Street, Clayton-le-Moors, has made the final of Century FM's Living By The Book competition after
COUNCILLORS have demanded answers from care bosses after they admitted Clitheroe's multi-million pound health centre may not open for five years. Ribble Valley Council has called for Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust (PCT) to spell out the
BORN and Bred, the TV drama set in the Ribble Valley, has been axed by the BBC. Bosses confirmed the drama, which was partly filmed in Downham, would not return for a fifth series. The programme, which has been sold to TV stations across the world, had
Crazy Japanese punk-pop band Mikabomb are following up their new Hellcats album with a UK tour that kicks off in Lancaster on November 5. Formed in London in 1999, the quintet - led by bombastic, Barbarella-style singer Mika Handa - quickly rose to fame
BURNLEY go Lion hunting tonight with manager Steve Cotterill insisting his side will always be big game underdogs. A victory over rock-bottom Millwall at Turf Moor tonight could see the Clarets roar into the top ten in the Championship for only the second
Your diary of the big gigs coming to Lancashire soon, including the likes of Status Quo, White Stripes, Paul Weller, Doves, Blondie, The Coral, Australian Pink Floyd, The Magic Numbers and Jerry Lee Lewis. NOVEMBER 2 Mem Shannon, King George's Hall, Blackburn
A HOLIDAY nightmare ended in luxury for two Darwen pals as they were flown home from hurricane-hit Mexico on a private jet. Andrew Cook, 29, and Wayne Rafferty, 21, were evacuated from their hotel in Cancun just one day into their two-week holiday when
CROWDS of cheering pupils greeted a royal visitor to Rossendale as the Earl of Wessex opened a new £1m sports hall at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. Prince Edward chatted to several pupils who welcomed him to the school, just three days after his
A MOTHER withdrew her 16-year-old daughter from a Blackburn college after just seven weeks because of fears over a mobile phone mast plan. Kevin McMahon, principal at St Mary's College in Shear Brow, told a public meeting the shock move showed the strength
THE father of a schoolgirl who died after being knocked down by a disqualified driver has won his campaign for a new law in her memory. Paul Houston was furious when the motorist who hit his 12-year-old daughter Amy was only given a four-month jail sentence
A KILLER motorist with a string of convictions for violence has been working as a council binman without officials knowing about his past. Blackburn with Darwen Council only discovered what was going on when the 28-year-old failed to turn up for work
JEMAL Johnson marked his arrival at Deepdale on a month's loan with a 10th minute booking for diving. The Blackburn Rovers striker partnered Patrick Agyemang up front against the Foxes and while North End enjoyed much of the possession, clear chances
