PROSECUTION lawyers have hit back at suggestions that they drop too many cases and allow too many people to face reduced charges. The explanation is contained in the first annual report of the Crown Prosecution Service's Burnley branch, which covers police
A FORMER pupil of Belfast Grammar School noted for her sparkling smile is the new Ribble Valley mayor. Graduate nurse Coun Jenny Grimes, of Langho, is as much noted for her lilting Irish accent as her passion for skiing, cycling, cooking, Scottish country
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THE summer season for entertainment has started early at the Blackburn Coliseum - sorry, College. Short of money only a few weeks ago and about to make staff redundant, it is now employing outside consultants to check on room occupancy. This information
CLOG dancers may soon be swapping the streets of Lancashire for a Disney date in Florida - if they can just learn to smile! The St Mary's troop at Oswaldtwistle - known as Ossie Cloggers - will soon shoot a video to send to Disney World officials to get
INJURED teenager Kevin Hargreaves has undergone a nine-hour operation to reconstruct his shattered leg. Kevin, 14, is in Withington Hospital, Manchester, where his mother is at his bedside. The Haslingden High School pupil suffered horrific injuries when
BLACKBURN Rovers were Wembley bound for a Premier League play-off after a nerve-shredding night at the Baseball Ground. Despite losing 2-1 to Derby, Rovers won through to the promotion final to play Leicester City on aggregate. Following the match, Derby
LANCASHIRE today signed 18-year-old Littleborough leg-spinner Chris Schofield on a two-year contract. Schofield has been opening the batting for Littleborough in the Central Lancashire League for the last three years, but it is his ability with the ball
Paul Agnew on financial changes for the better at the Arena ICE HOCKEY, the sport, is served well by words like excitement, passion, aggression and spectacle. Ice hockey, the business, is more used to crisis, maladministration and going bust. The one
PUBLIC outrage alone should tell officials at the East Lancashire Health Authority that their pulling the plug on funding for two community nurses helping women with breast cancer is a big mistake. For, unlike them, people don't regard these part-time
SIXTEEN-year-old student Rachael Nicholson has set her heart on a career as a veterinary nurse - but pettifogging bumbledom looks like dashing her hopes. She has gained a place at the only college in Lancashire that can provide her with the qualifications
A BAN on lodgings grants means that student Rachael Nicholson cannot go to college to study for a National Diploma Course in Animal Care. Rachael, 16, of Douglas Road, Bacup, has been offered a place at Myerscough College, Hutton, starting in September
AMAZING Emily Yates is 100 today... but she doesn't think it's worth making a fuss about. Emily, a non-smoking non-drinker, has lived on her own in a Blackburn Council flat for more than 20 years. She still cooks her own meals and is too proud to have
UTILITY player Paul Warhurst will be offered a new contract when his present contract with Blackburn Rovers runs out this summer. But the club will still be prepared to sell him if they can find a buyer. Warhurst and Shay Given are the only two senior
REGARDING your article about the threat from pesticides to birds and wildlife in East Lancashire, I wonder if the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is aware of the number of songbirds being killed every year by birds of prey. The British Trust
A BOLT of lightning sent a flag pole crashing when it struck a factory roof. The 20ft wooden flag pole on the roof of A L Wallcoverings Ltd, Lower Darwen, was sliced in half during yesterday afternoon's thunderstorm. Managing director Alan Lowe said:
TURF Moor midfield pair Gerry Harrison and Damian Matthew were both due to undergo hernia surgery today. But the Burnley men should be fit for the start of pre-season training when the first team squad reports back to Turf Moor on July 3. Harrison and
DARWEN Camera Club is pleased to announce that its programme for the coming 12 months (May 1997 to April 1998) has been published on the World Wide Web. We believe that we are the first camera club in the area to do this. The address is http://box.argonet.co.uk
England Schools 3 Rep of Ireland Schools 2 - Peter White reports THE luck of the Irish turned sour in stoppage time at Ewood last night. But victory for England was a fitting way for Blackburn and Darwen SFA to celebrate their centenary. It was also appropriate
TROUBLES were piling up for Labour leader Neil Kinnock as a string of opinion polls pointed to defeat at the General Election. Even one of his key policymakers, veteran MP Renee Short, went almost as far as admitting in a public gaffe that she expected
I AM shocked and appalled at ill-treatment of animals. As a researcher for 40 years, I have come across some appalling sights - animals drowned in a canal or shot with an air gun. It is now time for this evil to be put in its place and a good place to
A POLICE constable who risked his life to rescue a teenager from a blazing car has had his bravery rewarded. PC Abid Khan received the Roland Cree McGowan Cup at Bacup police station. The cup is presented annually at Bacup police station as a recognition
A CONTRACT in Russia worth £2.25 million has been won by Lancashire Enterprises. The contract, financed by the European Union, is to develop a network of business support agencies throughout Russia. Advisors from Lancashire Enterprises have started work
THAT fishing is one of the most popular pastimes may be true, but when actor Geoffrey Palmer tried to cast some light on the 'sport' in a new TV series (LET, May 12) this is not true. For whatever angling is, it is most certainly not a sport. To be a
A FEARLESS cyclist who is registered blind is set to defy staggering odds by riding 800 miles across Europe. And Wolfram Thome will be joined by his wife Valerie, 55, who suffers from severe spinal arthritis. The couple will leave their Nelson home for
HUNDREDS of walkers are expected to take part in a protest tonight against the proposed closure of a stretch of riverside footpath. Two and a half miles of the picturesque Ribble Way, near Sawley, are the subject of a 12-year battle between Lancashire
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy A FEW weeks ago I attended a conference on the environment and the subject of bluebells was discussed. The United Kingdom now has around 80 per cent of the world's bluebells. Because we are such a tiny island our bluebell
AS an ardent collector of 'Biggles' books and other titles by Capt W E Johns, also similar types of fictional adventure relating to aerial/marine warfare of the pre and immediate post World War One period, I would be pleased to hear from readers who may
A TEMPORARY ban on trial burning of "alternative" waste in cement kilns has been welcomed by clean air campaigners in the Ribble Valley. The Environment Agency has blocked the tests until a policy is agreed on trials for waste fuels, such as secondary
COOL Kay Taylor came up with a hair-"razing" fund-raiser to make charity cash for a special care baby unit. She went for the ultimate sacrifice - the loss of her beautiful locks - in a sponsored head shave. The idea came after a friend at her husband's
NICHE Computer Systems, of Nelson, has won the contract to extend a computer system for East Lancashire Careers Service. Niche has also been awarded the maintenance contract for the service's complete network which covers nine different sites. Ian Hill
