PEOPLE who live in big conurbations are used to bus services that follow ring roads so they can get around suburbs without having to go into city centres. But such services have not been popular across East Lancashire probably because many do not know
Excitement is bubbling in the Blackburn Hawks camp as the ice hockey team move into the final third of the season with prizes very much in sight. With just six English National Ice Hockey League game remaining, Hawks assistant manager Graham Lomax said
SENIOR members of Blackburn's Indian community met a high-level diplomat to encourage more investment into East Lancashire. Vicki Treadell, the new British Deputy High Commissioner for western India, visited Bangor Street Community Centre, Blackburn,
THE information booklet for the proposed Darwen Academy states: 'Sport is one of its five themes and that there will be a major emphasis on sport and the participation of all its students in sport related activities.' It goes on to say the development
A FORMER Stonyhurst College pupil has given up the comforts of home to work with AIDS orphans in Kenya. Lucy Harrison, 23, who left the Ribble Valley Jesuit school in 2001, has travelled to the country as part of the Xavier Volunteer Programme run by
AROUND 30 jobs are set to go at Leyland-based frozen pizza maker Schwan's after a decline in sales. The company has said it is entering a consultation period with employees about reducing its workforce, but is looking for volunteers to avoid compulsory
DARWEN residents are being given an opportunity to view artists' impressions of how the old Belgrave Mill site will look once it is transformed into housing. Plans showing the layout of the future development, which was given final approval last month
A WOMAN who kept a brothel in a converted Darwen warehouse has been ordered to carry out 70 hours' unpaid work for the community. A court had heard details of how the premises in Pitville Street had been advertised as "Shady Ladies". Michelle Dean found
EAST Lancashire has joined the race to become 'the play- ground of the north' with plans for a £70million national centre for extreme sports. Activities including mountain biking, skiing, climbing and watersports could all be included in the 'Adrenaline
BUS bosses plan to cash in on the popularity of an American TV drama to get youngsters to use an unpopular service. Blackburn Transport wants to rebrand the 5A and 5C bus services, which operate a circular route around Blackburn, as The OC -- the outer
JUST like Neil Duckworth (LET Letters, January 11) I, too, was taught evolution was a fact. I remember the "monkey to humans" diagrams. Then in Australia, I went to a lecture and was faced with questions like: "If a giraffe evolved from short-necked antelopes
EAST Lancashire has joined the race to become 'the play- ground of the north' with plans for a £70million national centre for extreme sports. Activities including mountain biking, skiing, climbing and watersports could all be included in the 'Adrenaline
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes has urged the FA to stick with Sven Goran Eriksson for the World Cup. Eriksson's position as the England manager has come under fresh scrutiny following the News of the World's 'fake sheikh' sting last weekend. But former Wales
MARK Hughes has admitted Blackburn Rovers need to attract 'major investment' if he is to fulfil his ambition of taking the club onto the next level. Hughes has worked a minor miracle on a tight budget since succeeding Graeme Souness in the Ewood hot-seat
HEALTH bosses have welcomed news that a new dental surgery could be built in Great Harwood. Developers working under the name ALH Developments, of Chorley, currently have a planning application lodged with Hyndburn Council for permission to build a new
POLICE in Great Harwood are to step up the fight against criminal damage. Inspector John O'Reilly, the town's top police officer, has admitted levels of criminal damage in the area are high. And he told a meeting of the Great Harwood Area Council, packed
A DRUNKEN teenager sent to his room responded by going on the rampage with a Samurai sword. Hyndburn Magistrates heard that in the same incident Michael Horrocks, 18, urinated down the stairs at the family home in Paxton Street, Accrington. Horrocks admitted
A dad today spoke of his horror as he saw his daughter's beloved pet cat being "torn to pieces" by a killer dog just metres away from a primary school. Billy Allison, 45, said he now feared the Staffordshire bull terrier would attack a pupil at St Peter's
AN East Lancashire council which controversially agreed not to sell off its housing stock cannot afford to now maintain the homes, one of its senior managers has admitted. Ribble Valley Council housing boss John Heap said the authority was in a "serious
BURNLEY are hoping a sunshine break will enable them them to turn up the heat on their play off rivals over the coming months. The Clarets fly out to a mystery southern European location for a week following today's red-hot Lancashire derby with Preston
CLARETS cult hero Ted McMinn has spoken of his agony after losing his right leg through a mystery bone-eating virus. McMinn, still fondly remembered for helping to resurrect Burnley's flagging fortunes just over a decade ago, has been swamped with well-wishes
FOGGY FP1 riders Craig Jones and Steve Martin have made big strides during their four-day test in Australia. The duo were at the Phillip Island track as they began their preparations ahead of the new World Superbike Series And despite track time being
A 'GREEN' charity in Hyndburn is offering people the chance to learn new skills on a programme of free training courses. Environmental group The Prospects Foundation still has places left at sessions between now and April. Funded by the Big Lottery, the
MARK Hughes has admitted Blackburn Rovers need to attract 'major investment' if he is to fulfil his ambition of taking the club onto the next level. Hughes has worked a minor miracle on a tight budget since succeeding Graeme Souness in the Ewood hot-seat
THE owners of a Chinese takeaway have been forced to install CCTV to catch youths filming pranks for a "Jackass"-style website in their shop. King-hei and Mandy Lam, from the Golden Ocean takeaway on Bolton Road, Darwen, said they had been "plagued" by
A woman who was 22 weeks pregnant was kicked about the back and side by her partner who had drunk a bottle of vodka, three bottles of cider and taken two bags of heroin. Blackburn magistrates heard Mark Fisher would not let his girlfriend call for medical
WORLD class Lancashire chef and restaurateur Paul Heathcote is set to share his secret of success with budding entrepreneurs at a business conference. Mr Heathcote, who currently owns 11 restaurants and his own catering company Heathcote's Outside and
A BULLY who terrorised his ex-partner and her family used their children to pass on threats about what would happen if she gave evidence against him. Blackburn magistrates heard that Colin Michael Hamer, 43, threw a brick through the windscreen of her
