A CHURCH leader today urged East Lancashire to pray for troubled Royals Diana and Charles and stressed "only they can sort out the turmoil in their lives." The call came from Bishop of Blackburn, Rt Rev Alan Chesters, after thousands of local people cried
WORRIED villagers are continuing their battle to slow down speeding traffic. Although Mellor has had no serious accidents, villagers say they do not want to wait until someone has been killed before traffic-calming measures are introduced. And the villagers
ALAN SHEARER has never been as closely marked in his life. There we were, aboard Blackburn Rovers' charter flight from Blackpool to Moscow, sitting on the tarmac at Sheremetyevo Airport when the "defenders" moved in. Armed police surrounded the plane
LOVE her or hate her - the nation was glued to BBC's Panorama last night as Princess Diana bared her soul to millions of viewers with a shattering confession of adultery. But whether a television show can change things for the troubled princess is another
TORY MP Nigel Evans is demanding an apology from Labour leader Tony Blair over a request to divulge the cash he earns from the family newsagents in Swansea. The North West Labour Party has written to the Ribble Valley MP asking him to publish his earnings
ON behalf of the Blackburn branch of the Royal British Legion, may I thank all the town's citizens who took part in the two-minute silence on Remembrance Day, Saturday, November 11. It is gratifying that so many honoured the brave who fell in conflicts
THREE-time Open Championship qualifier Paul Carman helped propel England into a tied for third place in the Johnnie Walker European PGA team championship in Spain. The Burnley golfer shot rounds of 70, 71 and 69 at the Atalaya Park Golf Resort on the
CONCERNING your report (LET, November 13) about Mrs M Flannery being turned away from Pleasington Cemetery while an Asian funeral took place, a similar thing nearly happened to me on August Bank Holiday. I was stopped at the bottom of the drive and told
OF ALL the sensations which have rocked the Royal Family in recent years, none, surely was more of a bombshell than that hurled at it last night by the Princess of Wales giving her side of the story in the feud that is all that is left of her marriage
THIS week I visited Fiona Longbottom, who works at the Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve, near Rufford. I have made several visits to the area, run by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, but this was something special. Fiona is working in conjunction with St
JIMMY Mullen is ready to strike out in the loan market after a devastating double injury blow. Mullen could be preparing to bolster his squad after injuries to full-backs Chris Vinnicombe and Gary Parkinson. Vinnicombe was substituted early in the second
A FREIGHT firm "targeted" customers to break the news of a major expansion programme. AWF Warehousing and International Distribution staged a corporate sports day, which included archery and clay-pigeon shooting, at the Mytton Fold Farm hotel to unveil
STAFF at Blackburn car dealership Cowie are part of the most successful team in the country. Last year every employee was responsible for sales averaging £213,000 and net profits of £10,000. Cowie also sold an average of more than 2,500 new and used cars
INFIRMARY Road, Blackburn, is very narrow for heavy traffic and I am annoyed at the amount of congestion there caused by carelessly parked vehicles. The compound to the out-patients department at the Blackburn Infirmary is the root of the problem. Ambulances
PRINCESS Diana came across on TV as very honest, caring and straight-forward, an East Lancashire psychiatrist said today. Dr Michael Launer, a consultant at Burnley General Hospital said the Panorama interview confirmed that the Princess of Wales was
PARENTS have been granted a meeting to debate a primary school's new attempt to opt out of County Hall control. Governors at Avondale County Primary, Darwen, had previously turned down requests by a parent and Lancashire County Council officials for an
A YOUNG Blackburn woman had a chilly wet end to a walk with her dog. The pet pooch decided on an evening swim as they walked by the canal between Feniscowles and Cherry Tree but could not get out of the water again. The owner took off her anorak and sweatshirt
MANY East Lancashire schools are performing below the national average according to statistics released today. Nationally, the average pass rate for five or more GCSE's at grades C or above was just over 43 per cent. However, many East Lancashire schools
BURNLEY FC revealed a serious loss of more than a quarter of a million pounds during the last financial year. The deficit of £252,658 was a crippling loss of almost £5,000 a week during the last 12 months. A stormy meeting was in prospect after the revelation
IAN Grindrod was left to spearhead the East Lancashire challenge in the Network Q RAC Rally today. With driver Richie Holfeld in the Escort Cosworth, the pair stood in 66th position overall and 26th in class after 15 stages. Burnley pair Daniel Harper
WHY is it that our streets, roads and lanes continue to be ripped up and horribly scarred by the cable companies? Who gives permission for them to be made so ugly? Blackburn is the most famous town of the north, with the best football club, the best scenery
JUBILANT East Lancashire charities were today celebrating their lottery "wins" after scooping shares of the latest £35 million handout from the National Lotteries Charities Board. "We're delighted. We feel that big finger in the sky is pointing down at
A EURO MP is selling East Lancashire's aerospace industry to the Far East this week in a bid to capture a slice of a huge market. Mark Hendrick, the member for Lancashire Central, is travelling around Korea and Japan hoping to secure investment and jobs
TEENAGE soccer ace Chris Hurst has flown home to East Lancashire two months after surviving a near-fatal accident in America. And the Hurst family are now looking forward to spending Christmas together before Chris, 17, returns to the states to complete
HAVING been contacted by Mr Martin Liptrot, of the Labour Party's North West regional office, concerning the recommendations of the Nolan Committee, may I say in reply that I do indeed congratulate all MPs who voted for the recommendation of the Nolan
GREAT Harwood Town stretched their unbeaten home record to five matches with this hard-fought draw against high-flying Lancaster in the UniBond First Division. The early chances fell to the home side, with Paul Baker going close. On 25 minutes Paul Ainscough
JOBLESS globetrotter Arthur Hughes is being feted as a national hero in Thailand - just three weeks after quitting Britain, broke and depressed. The bankrupt Todmorden property repairer, who braved shark-infested waters to rescue passengers in a ferry
GRAEME Le Saux is desperate to put his personal frustrations behind him and help Blackburn restore their battered Champions League pride against Spartak Moscow tomorrow. The England full back was forced into an unwanted spectator's role by the ankle injury
RAY HARFORD will resist the temptation to play Russian roulette and blood some of his young players against Spartak in the UEFA Champions' League here in Moscow tomorrow night - out of respect for the European Cup. And the Blackburn Rovers boss would
