PEOPLE from all walks of life in Blackburn and Darwen met to discuss their visions of the 21st century at a ground-breaking conference at Ewood. Blackburn with Darwen Council hosted a conference for delegates from the private and voluntary sector as well
A COUPLE have launched a community footpath scheme in memory of their 13-year-old daughter, who died following a road accident. Ian and Joy McCarthy, of Cronkshawfold Farm, Helmshore, have launched the Alden Access Challenge in memory of their daughter
CAMPAIGNERS for the legalisation of cannabis in East Lancashire held their second annual Picnic in the Park to highlight their fight. The event in Blackburn's Corporation Park on Saturday was organised by David Wilson, editor of the town's pro-cannabis
THE Bishop of Blackburn has slammed television soap operas for failing to depict long-lasting marriages. As Coronation Street's Ashley and Maxine finally tied the knot, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters said marriage was for life - not just a short-term affair
BURNLEY manager Stan Ternent is delighted his team are no longer the soft touches of this time last year as they dug in to secure another valuable away point in their promotion quest. The Clarets kept a fifth clean sheet in their last seven games to draw
GLAMOROUS Page 3 girl Tracey Coleman roared into Rawtenstall to open a stunner of a bike show. The star of TV's Men and Motors programme linked with other TV personalities to take part in the record-breaking cavalcade of 1,500 two-wheelers from Haslingden
THE NEW meningitis C vaccine has begun to arrive at clinics and doctors' surgeries in East Lancashire, it was revealed today. The news comes after a furious father from Hoddlesden claimed his 18-year-old daughter could risk catching the killer brain bug
THOMAS: Another of those afternoons when he was always in the right place at the right time with nothing getting past him, especially at the death when Burnley were under pressure...9 LITTLE: The wing man floated around to try and coax Burnley forward
STAN Ternent will be staying on to oversee Burnley's promotion bid, despite being touted as a possible successor to Colin Todd at Bolton. Ternent's name has been mentioned alongside the likes of Roy Evans, Bruce Rioch, Lou Macari, Denis Smith, Sam Allardyce
KEVIN Gallacher helped Blackburn Rovers avoid a striker crisis against Walsall on Saturday - and confirmed that he would still like to sign a new contract at Ewood Park. The Scottish international, whose present contract expires at the end of this season
Division One: Blackburn Rovers 2 Walsall 0 - Peter White's verdict WHEN this campaign ultimately reaches its conclusion next May, a modest 2-0 win over Walsall in a ridiculously one-sided game will probably scarcely rate a mention. Yet anyone with Blackburn
Friends in Bereavement meet Day Hospital, Leeds Road, Nelson, 7pm. "Cookery On Air." Advice and Information Session with Blackburn Citizens Advice Bureau, Bangor Street Community Centre, Blackburn, 1.30pm-4pm. Free confidential information and advice.
PETER Ellison died because of a momentary loss of concentration by delivery driver Adam England, a court heard. Blackburn magistrates heard that Mr Ellison died instantly when his motorbike collided head-on with a car which pulled out from behind a van
IN my Collins Concise Dictionary Plus (first published in 1989) the information given about Blackburn is: "Blackburn - a city in N W England, in central Lancashire; textile industries. Population 88,236 (1981)." D RODGERS (Mrs), Sudell Road, Darwen. Converted
MORE than 30,000 fans paid homage as Donington Park named part of their track after Carl Fogarty. The newly-crowned four times World Superbike champion was guest of honour at the final round of the British series, signing autographs for fans, performing
ONCE again, our wonderful council have got it all wrong. After several telephone calls to the very well-mannered lady in the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Highways Department and similarly very well-mannered assurances that the Darwen Street and
FAIRY Roundabout should be the name of the new mini-roundabout at the junction of Duchess Street and Fore Street in Lower Darwen, because the fairies there are keeping the traffic flowing faster than people realise. Experienced drivers will remember long
YOUNGSTERS flocked to Burnley Festival to dance the weekend away. The event attracted almost 700 entries - the most since 1992 - with most from outside the area. While the number of local dance schools has declined in recent years, many new ones have
A PRISONER who leapt 12 feet to "freedom" from a court dock was re-arrested after jumping into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Burnley Crown Court heard how Scott Dumigan, 18, leapt into the water but found the canal was shallow enough to allow him to
STAN Ternent will be staying on to oversee Burnley's promotion bid, despite being touted as a possible successor to Colin Todd at Bolton. Ternent's name has been mentioned alongside the likes of Roy Evans, Bruce Rioch, Lou Macari, Denis Smith, Sam Allardyce
KEVIN Gallacher helped Blackburn Rovers avoid a striker crisis against Walsall on Saturday - and confirmed that he would still like to sign a new contract at Ewood Park. The Scottish international, whose present contract expires at the end of this season
FIRMS are hoping to win export orders after a visit to East Lancashire by two Singapore businessmen. The East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce organised the visit of Seah Beng Shea and Quah Eng Hing from Singapore as part of its Meet the Buyer initiative
AN event to help firms break into the Polish market is being staged next month. The conference, at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, will bring together firms from Poland and Britain to discuss ways of doing business with each other. The event is being organised
AN Accrington Stanley player was today recovering at his Darwen home after an on-field collision left him in intensive care. Defender Jonathan Smith, 21, right, suffered a ruptured blood vessel near his heart when Stanley keeper Jamie Speare collided
A UNIQUE award ceremony for East Lancashire managers is being staged tomorrow. More than 70 people are taking part in a graduation event after achieving NVQ level four and five qualifications. The event is being staged at Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho, by
TRADE unionists are taking to the streets to make sure East Lancashire workers know their rights under minimum wage rules. The Lancashire TUC will be distributing thousands of leaflets and offering advice in town centres on October 2 to remind employees
AN 81-year-old man is recovering in hospital today after his car set on fire at an East Lancashire beauty spot. Joseph Heaton, of St James Road, Blackburn, suffered burns to his leg and face and was transferred from Blackburn Royal Infirmary to the specialist
HEALTH bosses are "looking in earnest" at options which could lead to the closure of Rossendale Hospital. A think-tank of Burnley Health Trust managers is weighing up the present use of the over-large hospital site against building new community health
FOOTBALLS and cricket shirts signed by stars of the sports world and thousands of pounds worth of prizes donated by East Lancashire firms have helped swell a charity fund by more than £3,500 in one night. And now organiser Victoria Asten, of Free Lane
PER Frandsen is a man who prefers to do his talking on the pitch, so the Danish midfielder was a little reticent to blow his own trumpet after a superb debut in Rovers' win over Walsall at Ewood on Saturday. Frandsen looked a class act who hardly needed
CARSLEY: His goal tipped the balance in the man-of-the-match stakes. But he was also powerfully committed all over the pitch and always tried to use the ball well. Walsall were chasing shadows with him and Frandsen together...9 WILCOX: Produced some moments
AN eleventh hour bid is under way to sway the case for East Lancashire to have its own training and education body. Businesses, local councils, colleges and other groups have joined forces to fight for the area to have its own Learning and Skills Council
BRIAN Kidd paid tribute to Per Frandsen's superb debut for Blackburn Rovers after the Dane's midweek move from Bolton to Ewood. The midfielder quickly established himself as a favourite with the fans in a performance that was only lacking a goal. And
A BREAST-FEEDING survey today 'named and shamed' local stores for their poor treatment of mothers and babies. Debenhams, McDonald's and Asda were all given black marks in the investigation by staff at Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, which criticised
Division Two: Bristol City 0 Burnley 0 - Pete Oliver's verdict EXCITING it wasn't, effective it was. Another resolute performance ensured that 'losing' remains a word alien to Burnley's vocabulary. And the Clarets' promotion bandwagon, on this occasion
HARD-HITTING government plans to tackle the growing menace of drug-related crime were today welcomed in East Lancashire - where junkie crooks are committing thousands of offences every year. Home Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw is to launch the
A TEACHER at one of East Lancashire's most prestigious grammar schools has been suspended, it was revealed today. The disciplinary action is believed to have followed a classroom incident involving a boy pupil at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Head teacher
THOUGH it was demolished earlier this year, the old Accrington Grammar School re-emerges this week in a capacity few would expect of an academic institution - that of helping to defeat Hitler. For thanks to the recollections of 81-year-old reader Miss
WATER meters were to be installed in all new houses built in the North West during the following year. Water chiefs insisted the move was brought about by the following year's abolition of the rating system and introduction of the poll tax, and denied
SCHOOLS in East Lancashire were sitting on millions of pounds in reserves despite widespread pleas of poverty. Figures revealed to Lancashire County Council's education committee showed that a whopping £33 million was lying unspent in school budgets.
IT IS typical of the civil liberties lobby that it immediately denounces as draconian the government's plans for mandatory drug tests for all crime suspects and the refusal of bail for those found using heroin or cocaine. But most people, even if they
AHEAD of the government's looming shake-up of post-16 education and training, across the whole of Lancashire there is virtually universal support for the county to have two of the new Learning and Skills Councils that are to replace the existing Training
DARREN Barton clinched the British 125cc Supercup in a dramatic shoot-out at Donington Park. Needing a podium place to be certain of the title, the Hoddlesden racer finished second despite a controversial incident with Chris Burns. "It's fantastic to
AT long last, a real response to lawlessness and disorder. Senior police officers state that from now on it will be 'zero tolerance' to crime. About time too that the murderers, hit-and-run merchants, burglars, vandals, drug dealers and rapists etc. know
POLICE are hunting attackers who chased a young Asian man and slashed his arm. The 24-year-old victim needed 22 stitches in the wound after the 4am attack in Oswald Street, Stoneyholme, Burnley. The assault occurred on September 18, but was only reported
I WONDER if readers can spot any connection between the current media blitz by Castle Cement, of Clitheroe, and the pending prosecutions? As the representative of some of who are 'continually critical,' might I answer this barb and suggest what may lie
TWO boys aged ten and 11 have admitted to starting nearly 25 fires in the Stoneyholme area of Burnley. The boys, both from Stoneyholme, have been arrested and released on police bail and are old enough to face prosecution, although a decision on what
THE oldest and youngest residents of a Pendle parish will receive millennium mugs which organisers say will become collector's items. Reedley Hallows Parish Council spent around £500 on 200 special mugs which will be presented to local children at Christmas
HOSPITAL bosses in Burnley are calling for urgent talks with health authority chiefs after admitting their financial situation is "unsustainable". Burnley Health Trust plunged deeper into the red last month, despite launching an action plan to tackle
INVESTMENT group Wassall has pulled out of the running to buy the Allied Carpets chain which has a site in Blackburn. The group bid £72.5 million for Allied Carpets in August, but saw its offer trumped one month later by French carpets retailer Tapis
