AN after-school club has closed following a dispute between the tutor and organisers. But Pauline Vaughan, of the Kumon Blackburn maths club, said she would decide today whether to continue teaching maths independently from Kumon Educational UK. Mrs Vaughan
GREEN campaigners opposed to a multi-million pound by-pass scheme in Pendle have criticised highways officials for not revealing details of a traffic survey. Roadside interviews with drivers were carried out by Lancashire County Council staff early last
AFTER more than 30 years caring for other people, Angela Walmsley can now put her feet up and relax. Angela, director of nursing at Beardwood Hospital, has retired after 20 years service. But her nursing career started when she took up a post as a staff
PETER Swan is bidding to relaunch his career with York City after finally losing his battle to force his way back into the first-team picture at Turf Moor. Swan's second spell at Burnley came to an end when his monthly contract wasn't renewed and he last
RAIL chiefs have admitted their own 'millennium dome' nightmare as work on building Blackburn's new railway station has slipped three months behind schedule. Intricate design work for the glass dome which will cover the platforms at the futuristic new
Blackburn Rovers Reserves 4 Aston Villa Reserves 1 A YOUNG Rovers side turned in a sensational first-half performance to put Villa to the sword, with revitalised striker James Thomas grabbing two goals which should have become a well-deserved hat-trick
Burnley v Preston build-up JOHN MULLIN has had a foot in both camps in the past - but he remains claret and blue through-and-through. And a win over Preston on Saturday would further vindicate his decision to return to Turf Moor last summer. Mullin spent
A SPECIALIST lawyer has been appointed to help Kosovar refugees who fled to East Lancashire apply for asylum. More than 100 refugees who have made their homes in Blackburn now have just four weeks left to make their applications to stay in this country
Darwen Cancer Research Campaign's "Biggest Breakfast," foyer of Darwen Library Theatre, 10am-noon. Under 18s Disco, Alley Katz Dance Studio, Tony's New Empress Ballroom, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm-10pm. Ecumenical Service, St Mary's CE Church
A TEENAGER who was left fighting for his life after apparently sniffing lighter fluid has died nearly six months later. Ribblesdale High School pupil Clarke Clayton, 14, was found unconscious in the garden of a house in Weaver's Croft, Billington, last
A RIBBLE Valley couple are celebrating 50 years of marriage - a union that started with a dance. Edwin and Joyce Jackson, of Pendle Avenue, Chatburn, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a party at the Calf's Head in Worston and are expecting
A RESCUE package for Clitheroe's Civic Hall Cinema could be in danger unless £50,000 can be found in the next few months. The Trinity Partnership won the bid to buy the York Street cinema from Ribble Valley Borough Council in January, with the backing
MRS H Hamer (Letters, January 31) makes me laugh, finding all the faults of this Labour government, but never mentioning the tax on heating that the Conservatives put on before they left office. They were also going to privatise the NHS to follow the
I READ with interest that Blackburn Council is to introduce a 'best value' scheme to prove that tax payers of Blackburn are getting value for their council tax. The thing that intrigues me is that proof that best value is being given will be determined
THE closure of the housing and benefits office in Great Harwood and those in Hyndburn's other outer towns (LET, February 19) is going to cost me and others who pay their council tax monthly at least an extra £20 on top of the official rise, or we will
WORLD Superbike title rivals Colin Edwards and Carl Fogarty recorded identical lap times after two days of pre-season testing at Misano. Honda's Edwards powered the new VTR Honda to a best lap of 1m 33.7s yesterday afternoon only for his time to be equalled
POST boxes throughout East Lancashire were sealed as the strike by Post Office workers deepened. Almost 500 sorting office workers and delivery staff were on strike or had been suspended for refusing to change normal working arrangements, and thousands
A LONG-AWAITED multi-thousand pound facelift was on the way for Blackburn Boulevard with the help of European cash. Five years after the recession forced the dumping of plans for a massive commercial, retail and leisure complex on the Boulevard, Blackburn
NO-ONE watching the horrendous TV pictures of the Mozambique flood disaster can fail to be moved by the plight of thousands of men, women and children huddled on roofs and clinging to treetops awaiting rescue that, dreadfully, for hundreds may never come
TWO controversial sendings off halted Padiham's hopes of leap-frogging Janesville and returning to the top three of the league. Anthony Norney was dismissed for an innocuous looking challenge while Lee Wilton received his marching orders for a second
IT was apt that there were four Boyles in the Old Toll Bar side in this nasty cup clash as it was a match that continually threatened to boil over. And it certainly reached boiling point when Jason Boyle's inexplicable attack on Griffin Celtic's Mark
RESIDENTS in three areas of Burnley will be safer at night when a new backstreet lighting system is set up. Criminals will no longer have the cover of darkness when the "wave lighting" scheme comes to Burnley Wood, Stoneyholme and Daneshouse. Lights will
NOTTINGHAM Forest boss David Platt is weighing up a move for Blackburn Rovers young striker James Thomas to try to solve his struggling side's scoring problems. Welsh under-21 striker Thomas was watched personally by Platt in action for Rovers Reserves
A YOUNG mother with an "appalling record" has won her freedom - and was told by Burnley magistrates it was her last chance. Nicola Tammy Winchester, 27, who was a passenger in a stolen car, was put on probation for 12 months and must attend the STOP offending
AROUND 200 people crammed into the Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre as the new Oswaldtwistle area council held its first meeting. There was a lively two-and-a-half hours of questions, debate and presentations as councillors fielded questions from members of
AMERICAN Meredith Sweet arrives in Accrington on Monday determined to find out more about her family roots. Meredith, from Long Island, has been helped by East Lancashire historians and will meet a woman who remembers one of her relatives. After a search
SIGNS warning motorists of the dangers of the Grane Road have been erected, but Belthorn residents still fear accidents may continue. Scarlet signs telling motorists to slow down and beware of hazardous bends have been put up at the Haslingden and Blackburn
TWO new appointments have been made at corporate clothing firm Simon Jersey as part of a major marketing push. Viv Jebson has been made head of marketing. Viv has 15 years' marketing experience in the fashion and travel retail markets. And Lynn O'Donogue
PROFITS at Rentokil - owners of the Shorrock security operation in Blackburn - have risen by 10 per cent. And the firm is planning a major sell-off among some of its business, although its Initial Shorrock arm will remain part of the group. Pre-tax profits
POLICE need information to track the driver of a car used to run down a man. Mehl Singh, 26, of Preston, was run over and set on fire in Water Street, Chorley, at around 6pm on Tuesday. A white Renault Laguna, N350 GKH, was found in Paradise Street, Blackburn
YOUNGSTERS from St Mary's CE Church, Mellor, are putting the final touches to a play which they will perform at the Women's World Day of Prayer tomorrow evening . The 12 youth fellowship members, aged between 12 and 16, held their final rehearsal of the
AERO engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce today said it was confident the company could weather turbulent trading conditions in the aircraft industry. With expected cuts in orders and adverse exchange rates, profits are likely to be hit this year. But the
PEN and ink maps by local historian John B Taylor will be on display at Groundwork Rossendale countryside centre, Newhallhey, Rawtenstall, on Sunday afternoon. "In the footsteps of history" shows off the skills and knowledge of Mr Taylor whose superb
FUND-RAISING Rossendale councillor Jimmy Eaton is at it again. And this time he is raising money to help one of Bacup's most famous institutions put the town on the international map. The Britannia Coconutters have been invited to compete in a competition
A CHRISTMAS card signed by Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley is expected to fetch up to £600 when it comes up for auction at Christie's in London in May. The card was discovered as part of an autograph book belonging to a Red Cross nurse called Gladys
EAST Lancashire pub landlords have backed a bid by brewers and Customs and Excise to crack down on hosts buying bootlegged booze and tobacco from fly-by-night traders. Pub operators have teamed up with customs so that licensees suspected by breweries
A YOUNG man responsible for a number of burglaries in Blackburn has been given a chance to prove himself. Thomas Leigh was due to be sentenced when he appeared before Preston Crown Court for his crimes. Instead, Recorder Richard Brittain deferred the
NOTTINGHAM Forest boss David Platt is weighing up a move for Blackburn Rovers young striker James Thomas to try to solve his struggling side's scoring problems. Welsh under-21 striker Thomas was watched personally by Platt in action for Rovers Reserves
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans is backing a bill to ensure full planning permission is needed to install telecommunication masts. "At present only presumed planning permission is needed, whereby almost no local consultation takes place at all," explained
TEACHERS are invited to tour educational facilities at Beacon Fell Country Park. Lancashire Countryside Service is hosting an open day at its Bowland Visitor Centre on Saturday. Beacon Fell has three self-guided trails which link the national curriculum
AN ANGRY resident of a hamlet next to a proposed high-tech dairy farm has demanded that Ribble Valley Council reconsider its decision to approve the scheme. Protester Simon Lebon wants the plan for Withgill Farm to be referred to the government. Speaking
EAST Lancashire adventurer Roy Monk will be setting off across the frozen wastes of Alaska on Saturday. Retired businessman Roy, of Saville Green Farm, Worsthorne, is taking part in the Iditarod, billed as the Last Great Race on Earth. He will drive a
MY granddaughter, who is three years old, went on an outing to Chester Zoo with her parents, where they bought an inflatable giraffe. They attend the local Pentecostal Church, so my granddaughter is learning bits of Bible stories. On their return, her
LIBERAL MEP Chris Davies (Letters, February 17) claims that the euro is the only way to go. This is a lie for a start. Britain trades with the world and can still trade with Europe outside the Euro union. Only foolish people would want to be part of a
BY his words shall MR L Lawes (Letters, February 8) be judged. He revealed what came out of his heart and admitted his dark deep shameful secret, that he is an atheist. There is a verse in the Bible that says: "The fool hath said in his heart, There is
YOUR reports of the calling-in for public inquiry of Castle Cement's application to burn 'Cemfuel' at its plant in Padeswood, North Wales, have mainly comprised extracts from the company's press releases, incorporating allegations that "a small group
CHRIS Schofield's selection in the first list of players to be given central England contracts left Lancashire chairman Jack Simmons with mixed feelings. "I'm very pleased for the lad and I'm sure he has the temperament and confidence to give it his best
JASON Lobo and Mark Brown returned outstanding results in the English National Cross Country Championships as they stepped up their bids for inclusion in this summer's Great Britain Olympic teams. In the 12K senior men's race Jason was 36th improving
FORMER Preston Grasshoppers starlet Alex Sanderson is being touted as a future captain of England following his invitation to train with Clive Woodward's squad in preparation for this weekend's Six Nations battle with Wales. Sanderson will not be featuring
A CAPTAIN'S performance by Kelsey Duckworth helped Burnley to a winning start to the season in a thrilling match against Blackburn Centurions. Centre forward Duckworth scored four times, with strike partner Paul Whitehead netting a hat-trick, as Burnley
THE chairman of the British Ju-Jitsu Association has warned the public to take care when selecting a martial arts club. Martin Dixon says he would like to see stricter guidelines over clubs so that each one would have to be a member of their relevant
at Darwen Leisure Centre AKZO Nobel under 11s proved they were no flash in the pan as they successfully defended their crown in the Blackburn and Darwen five-a-side indoor championships. The all conquering under 11s team were the only side in the competition
THAT former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet departs from Britain a free man, and may never face a court on charges of murder and torture during his 17-year rule, is a bitter pill for all believers in justice to swallow. But angered campaigners
A VOUCHER scheme for respite care is to be piloted by Lancashire County Council. County Coun Doreen Pollitt, chairman of Lancashire's Social Services committee, launched the scheme today at Meadowbank Day Centre, Burnley. Carers will be able to get the
A SPECTACULAR late show from Oak Lea powered them into the final of the Memorial Knockout Trophy and left previously unbeaten opponents Plough looking positive turned over. With just six minutes remaining and leading 2-1, Plough appeared content to rest
BURNLEY'S Bertie Bee won the first derby battle when the Deepdale Duck chickened out of the great mascot showdown. Brave Bertie, pictured at Turf Moor today right, challenged the duck to a penalty shoot-out before Saturday's clash with Preston North End
FIREFIGHTERS had to force their way into a house in Woodgrove Road, Burnley, when a fire spread through the loft from next door. Two crews from Burnley were called to the fire and spent almost two hours making sure both houses were secure. Leading firefighter
A BURNLEY mum is to take part in this year's London marathon. Sue Green, post office supervisor at Burnley General Hospital, reckons that her job delivering mail up and down the wards every day is a very good way to get in shape. The marathon takes place
PETER Swan is bidding to relaunch his career with York City after finally losing his battle to force his way back into the first-team picture at Turf Moor. Swan's second spell at Burnley came to an end when his monthly contract wasn't renewed and he last
HOOLIGANS who try to cause mayhem at Saturday's top of the table clash between Burnley and Preston face being banned from Turf Moor and Deepdale for life. The Division Two Lancashire derby is already a sell-out and Turf Moor bosses are acting early to
Food News, with Amanda Killelea FOOD snobs everywhere are beginning to realise what we in this part of the country have known for years - Lancashire food is the best around. On a cold day, nothing warms your stomach and your heart like a good old Lancashire
AN ENGINEER today spoke of how he was nearly snapped in half in a horrific works accident that ripped off half his left thumb and two fingertips. Peter Ashworth, 51, of Richmond Street, Accrington, said he escaped death by turning to his side after getting
LAWYER Safdar Ashraf has joined Cunningham Turner in Blackburn to head up its criminal department. Safdar, 32, previously worked for Steele Ford Newton in Burnley. After attending Walton High School, Nelson, and Nelson & Colne College, Safdar studied
STAFF at a job centre are celebrating after being named as one of the top five in the country. Blackburn's Jobcentre has been awarded a national achievement awarded by the Government for its work in helping people into work. Staff at the centre were singled
BURNLEY MP Peter Pike today demanded un urgent meeting with company bosses in the town over reports that 450 jobs are under threat. No-one was available to comment on the report this morning at TRW, formerly Lucas Automotive, which has factories in Rossendale
A MAN who suffered from heart and lung disease died at Burnley General Hospital after he decided to go through with a high-risk operation. Edward Thomlinson, 64, of Hollins Road, Nelson died on September 10, 1999, of multi-organ failure and bronchial
A WOMAN was killed when a car collided with her as she tried to walk across the motorway after a row with her boyfriend. And police today revealed that Tracy Wilding's boyfriend drove home alone after seeing traffic slow down and assuming she had been
