A CHILDREN'S charity has been given a £20,000 boost thanks to a generous Rossendale housing company. The cash was raised at a glittering charity dinner organised by the Rawtenstall-based Hurstwood Group. All the money is being donated to Derian House
A DRUG-ADDICTED house raider who tried to break into a neighbour's home has been sent to prison for 18 months. Burnley Crown Court was told that father of six Darren Thorpe, 38, who had gone to the house armed with a screwdriver and other tools, knew
A DRINKER has been told people's patience with him could soon wear thin after breaching a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order. Glaswegian Derek Maxwell, 33, of Hillside Road, Haslingden, was being helped through his problems by police, clergy, a psychiatric
A FARMER was attacked by an "irate" greenhouse owner after he went to dismantle the building in a legal row, a court was told. Craig Stubbs, 37, hit Gavin Pemberton, leaving him with a reddened face after the two men met up on land in Fence, in March
THERE is an opportunity for businesses in Pendle to find out more about the world of new technology at a special evening event. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is staging a trends in marketing seminar at Northern Technologies, Netherfield
COUNCIL chiefs and community leaders today vowed not to let the election of Pendle's first British National Party councillor damage race relations. Following Brian Parker's election win, those behind the drive to unite Pendle's communities moved to allay
POLITICAL colleagues of deposed council leader Stuart Caddy today bid an emotional farewell to the man who has led the authority for almost a decade. Mr Caddy, 56, was defeated in the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward by the Liberal Democrats Bernard Hill
BURNLEY faced uncertainty over its political destiny today after the local elections left no party with overall control. However, the Liberal Democrats were the party celebrating after the six-seat gain left them with the strongest hand in the negotiations
AN 81-YEAR OLD blind and bedridden woman had to be rescued after a fire broke out at her Burnley home today. It is believed the woman had been smoking in bed when the fire started in a downstairs room being used as a bedroom in Gibsburn Grove at 7.10am
THE latest drug dealer to be sentenced after being caught in a massive police operation been jailed for four years. Shaun Hennessy, 52, who supplied heroin to an undercover police officer and was caught on video, was glad he had been brought to book
TWO members of Accrington Stanley's promotion winning squad will not be joining them in the Football League next season. Goalkeeper Danny Alcock and midfielder Steve Jagielka have both been released after manager John Coleman decided not to offer them
BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes is convinced he can hang on to Craig Bellamy this summer. Speculation regarding the future of Hughes' leading scorer has been rife over the last few weeks, with a posse of Premiership clubs including Chelsea and Liverpool reported
SIX children were denied the chance to say goodbye to their dying father because doctors didn't tell them he was entering his final hours, it was claimed today. The lack of information - for which a top doctor has apologised was today condemned as
OLD Trafford will stage a Twenty20 international in 2008 when England take on New Zealand. Lancashire have also been awarded a One Day International between England and India in 2007 as well as npower Tests against West Indies and New Zealand over the
Clarets quartet Michael Duff, Steve Jones, Kyle Lafferty and Chris McCann have all received international call-ups for upcoming matches. Defender Duff and striker Jones, who will sign a three-year deal with the Clarets later this summer, are both included
BLACKBURN Rovers will be hoping to sign off their tremendous season in style tomorrow when Manchester City provide the opposition at Ewood Park. It promises to be a fantastic occasion, both on and off the pitch, and fans are being encouraged to join
A FAILING Blackburn primary school has been placed in special measures for the second time. And government inspectors have warned that Intack Primary School could be closed in 12 months unless it improves. The primary was placed into special measures
AN Accrington charity is helping to beat stress by offering free holistic massages. Holistic therapy sessions will be available at Maundy Relief, in Abbey Street, and are aimed at stressed-out carers and other people who "need a treat". As well as
A BLACKBURN charity worker who visited civil war-hit Sierra Leone is appealing for local schools to help the country's children get an education. Christine Bailey, 45, of Andrew Close, Mill Hill, travelled to the West African country for ten days to
REAL ale lovers are set to flock to Clitheroe for a beer bonanza. The one-day First Clitheroe Beer Festival will be held in St Mary's Hall, Church Brow, and will feature 14 different ales from five northern breweries. The brainchild of the town's Trinity
A DARWEN nursery school has been praised by Ofsted for its polite and pleasant children. Three and four-year-olds at Turncroft nursery school, in Highcroft Road, impressed inspectors with their "outstanding" behaviour and "exceptional consideration for
RESIDENTS throughout East Lancashire are to receive questionnaires about lifestyle habits. Health bosses are urging a total of 16,600 adults to answer questions about topics such as smoking and exercise. A freepost envelope has been provided for the
MORE than 100 Lancashire football hooligans are banned from travelling to the World Cup more than nearly every other part of the country. There are 124 football banning orders in the county, 57 connected to Burnley FC, 37 to Blackburn Rovers, 26 to
JOE Beardsworth would do well to remember that history tells us what happened when this country got rid of the monarchy. A dictator took power and it wasn't long before people realised their mistake and after nine years the monarchy was restored. I'm
POLICE in Clayton-le-Moors have vowed to take up permanent residence in their new "drop-in" centre in the next few weeks two months later than originally planned. The new centre, the first of its kind in Hyndburn, was due to open at the beginning of
THE Blackburn boyfriend of a woman attacked for her mobile phone spoke today of how he heard her screams over his phone as she was mugged. Rebecca Glover, 20, had finished her shift as a waitress and was on her way to meet Andy Parker, 26, when the thug
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FIREFIGHTERS were called to the Hospice Shop in Colne Road, Burnley, when the front of the building caught light. It is believed a discarded cigarette could have set fire to the wood frontage but the blaze is not being treated as suspicious. The window
WAYNE Rooney's hopes of making the World Cup may rest on a Pendle company. Osiris Marine Services, Park Street, Barrowford, has supplied the oxygen chamber which the Manchester United forward will spend three hours a day in to boost his recovery from
A PENDLE-based firm which organises one of the biggest events in the borough's calendar has expanded. Pennine Events Ltd has taken over another events and management company, Healthstart. The two firms have previously worked together and decided to
THE Conservative Party tightened its grip on Rossendale Council after an overall gain of two seats. The biggest shock was Tory Fred Lynskey taking the Stacksteads seat from Labour. And there was cross-party concern that the far-right British National
A DISASTROUS election for Labour means the party could be set to lose control of Burnley for the first time ever. The Liberal Democrats gained five seats overall to take them level with Labour on 16 and now look likely to take power in a coalition with
SOME people might see being moved from Foreign Secretary to Leader of the Commons as a demotion. But Jack Straw doesn't agree. He views it as a golden opportunity to reconnect the British people with politics, see more of his family, spend extra time
COLNE captain David Swarbrick is expecting fireworks between the paid men when CHURCH visit The Horsfield tomorrow. Mahendra Nagamootoo made a huge impact on his return to Lancashire League cricket taking 8-24 against Rishton, whereas the West Enders
STEVE Cotterill is planning to jet off to the World Cup this summer as he looks to build on his squad for next season. The Burnley boss is targeting some of the smaller nations competing in Germany in the hope of unearthing a promising young talent.
MARK Hughes pulled off a major coup last summer when he persuaded Craig Bellamy to swap Newcastle United for Blackburn Rovers. Now, the fiercely ambitious Rovers chief is planning to make a similar raid in the transfer market this summer as he looks
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a 96-year-old woman from Clayton-le-Dale. The coroner heard that Eveline Collens, of St Peter's Close, was admitted to Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, after falling out of her wheelchair at Nazareth House
A BANKRUPT builder set up a firm just two days after his previous company went bust, a court was told. Michael Connolly, 43, of Simonstone Lane, Simonstone, was described as a fantastic builder but not a very good businessman, at Burnley Crown Court.
WE'D been meaning to try the New Inns ever since it recently came under new ownership. So, after a two and a half hour walk at Ingleton and an hour's drive back to East Lancashire we were ravenous and it seemed the perfect opportunity for a taste test
CONSIDERING his current Blackburn exhibition claims to feature "some of the most original works painted in the north of England over the last 50 years" you would be forgiven for assuming that artist Stephen Warnes has an ego the size of a house. Yet
DARWEN youngsters are hoping to forge links with the town's elderly people in a bid to create a lasting record of Belgrave Mill and its history. As the huge mill is demolished to make way for new housing this month, pupils at Holy Trinity Primary School
OUR wedding bells fade. Traditionally, next on the agenda come kids. Should we go for one of each, designed of course with blue eyes and blond mops, ensuring all wrinkled and faulty genes are ironed out? Though maybe at 63 I should go straight for
A DARWEN hotel has been ranked among the best in the country after winning a national tourism award. The Whitehall Hotel was named best independent hotel with a turnover of less than a million pounds, during an awards ceremony at the London Hilton.
REPUBLICANS aren't gentlemen. Joe Beardsworth's repeated reference to the Queen as Mrs Windsor has inspired me to invent the above as a propaganda slogan equally suited to both sides of the controversy. A source of pride for the republicans and
I DISAGREE wholeheartedly with Joe Beardsworth's tasteless views on abolishing the monarchy. Thank God we have a monarchy and that our country is not in the hands of a dictator. As for his remark regarding the Queen tripping on some steps we can all
I WAS saddened, though not entirely surprised, that on the Queen's 80th birthday, we had to suffer the sentiments of the token republican as the main letter, in the form of Joe Beardsworth's letter of April 21. The laughable assertion that "it's time
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