INFANTS at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School in Lytham have been burying the past in an attempt to teach the children of the future. The group buried a time capsule full of information about themselves, including a photograph and samples of their
YEAR 7 staff and pupils at St Mary's Catholic High School, in Blackpool, abandoned their regular timetable recently in the name of friendship. Teacher Louise Morgan explained that the aim of "Friendship Day" was to enable pupils within their form groups
BRITISH Hill Climb champion Jim Henderson tops the bill when another quality field takes to the hills above Ramsbottom in Sunday's Lancashire Road Club Rake Hill Climb. Always a popular event in the local sporting calendar, Henderson will be looking for
RADCLIFFE AC's latest club championship run was to have been a pleasantly flat ten-mile race around Southport, but safety considerations unfortunately reduced the distance to five miles, over a tight little three-lap course at that. The fast conditions
BEN Mallen was in brilliant form against some of the best young swimmers in the North West. The 11-year-old member of the Ramsbottom Rascals club from Tottington, won the 50m breast-stroke in the prestigious City of Liverpool Junior Inter Swimming League
RADCLIFFE BOROUGH 3 CHORLEY 2 By STEVE BOTT MARK DEMPSEY can truly be crowned Radcliffe Borough's ton-up king after this thrilling victory. Dempsey made his 100th appearance in a Boro shirt when he came on as a 66th minute substitute for Eamon Kelly -
FORMER Chesterfield chairman Norton Lea's appearance at last Friday's Bury-Bristol Rovers match was his SECOND fact-finding mission to Gigg Lane in the space of a month. As speculation grows that the millionaire businessman may be set to make a bid for
SIMON Clark (Letters, October 4), being the director of Forest, defends smoking. I am in favour of a ban on smoking in public places and think it is an excellent idea. I am a person who does smoke and finds it extremely difficult to quit. The more encouragement
A REUNION for veterans of the Lancashire-based former King's Own Royal Regiment -- many of whom served as National Servicemen in Korea and Hong Kong in the early 1950s -- is to be held in Blackpool on March 31 next year. A venue has yet to be decided,
WHEN the British Redcoats left America in the 18th Century, they played a tune called "The World Turned Upside Down." In this century, it probably would not get in the charts. Nevertheless, it finds a sympathetic echo, I'm sure, with the public when they
HAVING read and heard for the last months and years the stories of our starving and bankrupt farmers, struggling in spite of multiple subsidies, I find it difficult to grasp how sad this all appears. I was born on a farm in 1921 -- a hill farm of 154
TOWN hall bosses spent more than £46,000 keeping services on the road during the recent fuel crisis. New figures show that transport expenses and money lost on staff and plant "down time" cost the council £46,789. The local authority had to suspend some
TORRENTIAL rain over the weekend failed to put off the runners in the fifth Manchester Marathon on Sunday (Oct 8). Although dry on the day, the route was a little damp under foot as crowds of spectators lined the streets of Prestwich to watch more than
sPAPERBOY Liam Burke is hoping local people can deliver some news about his missing bike. Twelve-year-old Liam has had to quit his paper round after having the mountain bike stolen from under his nose outside his papershop on Cross Lane, Radcliffe. Liam
A TIRELESS troop of tumbling toddlers timed their own mini-Olympics to coincide with National Children's Activity Week. Organisers hope that kids who took part in the mock games at Canon Lewis Hall in Holcombe Brook as part of the Tumbletots play programme
AUSTRALIAN ex-pat David Brooks is back in Bury and playing a hometown gig tomorrow (Saturday Oct 14) with his musical mates from Oz. David headed "Down Under" some 20 years ago to play football, just a year after being part of Bury's triumphant "Jeux
KEEPING an eye on potential health threats. That's Bury Lions. To mark the movement's World Service Day, club officials set up a stand in the Mill Gate centre, Bury, to alert the public to the dangers posed by diabetic eye disease and glaucoma. They chatted
TOBACCO firms have used "every legal trick in the book" to overturn a European ban on advertising. Euro MP Gary Titley says he is bitterly disappointed at the ruling by the European Court of Justice to declare the ban illegal. The EU laws, approved in
BOLTON Street traders have told town hall bosses in no uncertain terms what they think about work on town centre streets. They have erected a huge banner over the former Lloyds Bank protesting at the £500,000 scheme which they claim will cripple their
ANGRY parents organised a petition to ensure that their children can be educated at the same schools as their brothers and sisters. The petition is a protest against Bury education authority's refusal to give absolute preference for children to attend
RADCLIFFE'S popular annual bonfire night certainly went with a bang as 1,000 revellers watched the night sky being lit up. Around £2,000 of fireworks went up in smoke during a colourful and spectacular display at Saturday night's (Oct 7) event. Again,
A MIDDLE-AGED businessman who took photos and videos of naked schoolgirls for sexual kicks was today beginning a 15-month jail sentence. Burnley Crown Court heard how Robert Enright, 44, took the pictures at his Brierfield workshop (pictured) and at Pendle
BURY'S future Olympians are to get a cash windfall which could help secure a golden future. The borough is to share in £200,000 of Sport England Lottery funding following Britain's outstanding performance in Australia. The aim of the Active Sports project
FOUR-year-old Matthew Whittle started formal swimming lessons six months ago but he took to it like a duck to water! Water babe Matthew, of Knowles Street, Radcliffe, achieved his first swimming certificate for 25 metres a few weeks ago and has now doubled
WHITEFIELD-based Greater Manchester Ambulance Service (GMAS) has sought to put the record straight following a report criticising its response times. Health Which? magazine reported ambulances were not hitting Government targets which required the majority
HYPNOTHERAPIST Richard O'Neill is set to mesmerise television viewers with his cooking skills when he appears on a hit BBC programme next month. "Ready, Steady Cook" is to feature the culinary talents of the 38-year-old, of Tamworth Drive, Brandlesholme
Manchester City Res 1, Rovers Res 1 RESERVE team boss Terry Darracott was delighted with his young guns after an impressive performance against a strong City side. Craig Hignett stole the headlines after scoring a goal on his comeback following his three
CRAIG Hignett today declared himself fit and ready for action after playing his way into Graeme Souness's plans with a goalscoring comeback in the reserves last night. The former Barnsley man made his first appearance in over three months when he played
IF anyone is planning to go and see the latest light show in Morecambe can I offer a word of advice? Don't bother! Save your petrol money and buy a couple of candles instead -- you'll get a far more impressive display than this sorry attempt to drag the
A VALUABLE information service for disabled people in Preston is appealing to the public for help in finding old photographs of Church Street where their office lies. Preston Disability Information Services Centre (DISC) is looking for the pictures to
POLICE in Leyland say last week's drugs bust in the town was just the tip of the iceberg in their war against narcotics abuse. Operation Trigger uncovered more than half a million pound worth of class A drugs from the Moss Side and Wade Hall areas of
A THIEF stole numerous bottles of wine and threatened staff at the Majestic Wine Warehouse, in Blackpool Road, Preston, on Saturday, September 30. He went in at 2.25pm and began talking to the staff. He then went out of sight and hid a number of bottles
READERS and writers will get a chance to hear some of the finest literary performers working in the U.K. and beyond at Lancaster LitFest over the next couple of weeks. This year's festival is bursting with events for anyone who enjoys the written and
THE COUNTY'S air ambulance service has this week been granted funding to keep it fully operational, seven days a week through the winter. A delighted David Hill, chief executive of Lancashire Ambulance Service, this week announced that the money needed
TORRISHOLME residents are up in arms at plans to develop eighteen houses on the site of a former garage. Carnforth builders Norman Jackson have submitted plans for 18 houses with garages and associated parking at the former Rydal Filling Station on Michaelson
POLICE in Lancaster are to step up their battle against drunken thugs following a weekend of violence in the city centre. The arrival of thousands of new students in the city's busy pubs saw a massive increase in trouble and the police have vowed to crack
THERE will be no room at the inn for the homeless this Christmas - unless a good Samaritan comes forward with an offer of help. Lancaster's Christmas Shelter, which has provided a refuge for homeless people over the holiday period for 13 years, is without
THE managing director of Barnfield Construction, the company involved in the restoration of Morecambe's Winter Gardens, has spoken to The Citizen. Last week we revealed that there had been general confusion over the construction company's role in the
A MIDDLE-AGED businessman who took photos and videos of naked schoolgirls for sexual kicks was today beginning a 15-month jail sentence. Burnley Crown Court heard how Robert Enright, 44, took the pictures at his Brierfield workshop (pictured) and at Pendle
PRESTON Rangers dished out the thrashing of the season in the Preston Corporate 6-a-side League, as they demolished the new team Trader Riles 9-0. On the other hand, Sir Tom Finney scrapped it out with HMV Preston as they shared the spoils in a dour 0
NELSON have a difficult Worthington Challenge Trophy tie when they make the trip to title challengers Tetley Walker while.
COLNE, under the leadership of new boss John Lister, welcome Castleton Gabriels to Holt House in the Worthington Challenge Trophy. Colne have only won one of their opening eight games and will be looking for a boost in the cup
DARWEN: Manager Steve Wilkes is hoping his side can exact their revenge on Warrington Town in the Preliminary Round of the Worthington Challenge Trophy. Town are the only team to have beaten the Anchormen in the league this season. Andy Walsh is away
BACUP BOROUGH: The West View side are in Second Division action at fifth-placed Blackpool Mechanics with boss Brent Peters delighted just to be back playing. After picking up two wins and a draw in their last three games, Bacup have been inactive for
A MAJOR chemical alert was sparked when an unmarked container fell off a wagon and started leaking white liquid -- until police realised they were dealing with milk! An anonymous caller rang the police to say chemicals were leaking out of a plastic container
ST CATHERINE'S Hospice in Preston is taking part in what will be the world's largest simultaneous singing event. BT Voices for Hospices takes place on Saturday (October 14) at Preston Charter theatre. Voices in more than 40 countries around the world
TWO best friends from Preston have proved they are a cut above the rest after setting up the hairdressing salon they always dreamed of together. Sam Farmer, from Hoghton, and Anna Kuchta, from Hutton, who first met 17 years ago, have just opened Streakers
A NEW charity shop opens in Leyland on October 12 aimed at raising loads of cash for Derian House Children's Hospice, in Chorley. But, unlike other charity shops, The Derian House shop, in Hough Lane, Leyland, plans to sell unwanted designer clothes only
FIRE crews issued a no-smoking warning to drinkers at a Blackburn pub. The stub it out appeal was made after officers were called out to deal with petrol fumes coming from the cellar of the Thwaites Arms, in Whalley New Road.
CRIME-FIGHTING community safety wardens could soon be back on the streets of Accrington if a new plan to provide cash for the scheme gets the go-ahead. Members of Hyndburn Council plan to present the borough's crime and disorder strategy group with a
NEARLY all of Blackpool's care homes are to be saved after councillors and social services bosses approved an eleventh-hour co-operative takeover deal. The Co-operative Development Agency and UNISON representatives met with Councillors George Bancroft
A man has been remanded in custody on charges of indecently assaulting men. Richard Thomas Chew, 67, of Brownlow Street, Clitheroe, was remanded on bail until October 25 by Blackburn magistrates charged with 10 offences of indecent assault on three males
WELL IT has happened again!! Some Shambolic bunch of clueless individuals has been let loose with lots of public money and not an artistic idea between them. It is so sad that these people have been allowed to turn our beautiful promenade into something
SOCIAL services chiefs have been asked to investigate claims of a breakdown in pupil behaviour at Stonyhurst College. A file from an unnamed source was sent to the Department for Education and Employment containing a complaint that pupils at the top independent
I AM highly honoured. One little letter to The Citizen asking a few simple questions and I get a response from two members of the Great and the Good on our illustrious local council. It seems that the Civic Illuminations scandal is at last starting to
A HAT-TRICK of wins has meant an impressive start to the season for King Edward and Queen Mary 2nd XV. With sixty players competing for first and second team places captains Tristan Thompson and Tom Eastham have an unprecedented pool of talent to call
Ladies 1st XI 5 Lancaster 2nd XI 1. WITH all the mens teams losing their matches last Saturday it was up to the ladies to uphold the honour of the hockey club and this they did in fine style beating the powerful Lancaster club on the astroturf pitch at
LYTHAM JUNIORS U9s 1 BLACKPOOL RANGERS 3 A GOOD game. Blackpool Rangers scorers were Josh Brady, Jamie Silver from one penalty spot and Adam Beaumont. LYTHAM JUNIORS U9s 5 BLACKPOOL RANGERS 1 BLACKPOOL Rangers put plenty of effort but with no reward.
LATEST figures on sports lottery funding have shown Wyre is top of the Lancashire League for its receipts for 'Awards for All' grants. Wyre has topped the league in the number of awards at 16 to its next nearest neighbour with 11. It also topped the Grant
LOCAL Lancaster darts player Alan Warriner (38) is looking to avenge his runner-up position in the recent Stan James World Matchplay, when he steps up to the oche at the Cedars Grand Prix on Thursday the 26th October. Warriner, dubbed 'The Iceman' due
THE second phase of a £1 redevelopment at the Peel Mills site in Bury is to begin shortly. Manchester-based company Saville Gordon is poised to begin construction of a massive 38,000 sq ft warehouse at the ground in the town's Castlecroft. Building work
A BURY company is helping introduce local businesses to e-commerce and the wonders of the world-wide web. Sudden Soutions has been selected to provide clients with the hi-tech Pegasus Opera 32, a new accounting software. The package, one of the UK's leading
ENVIRONMENT-friendly businesses and community groups can bathe in the spotlight of success later this year. For nominations are being sought for the third annual Business Environment Association (BEA) awards. And the awards dinner, to be held at Prestwich
TRUMETER has announced a major diversification after buying the exclusive worldwide manufacturing and marketing rights to a patented new range of spirit levels. The Radcliffe-based firm has sub-contracted the manufacturing of the new product to Peter
A KNIFEMAN went on the rampage after a failed attempt to rob a Lancaster newsagent. The man attempted to hold up a newsagents on Scotforth Road, moved on to Garstang where he held an assistant at knifepoint and made off with £200 and was then tracked
THE Prison Service has confirmed that police have been called in to investigate allegations made by an inmate concerning a member of staff employed at Lancaster Farms. They have also confirmed that the Governor of Lancaster Farms has refused to allow
THE vaccination scheme fighting the meningitis 'C' virus, which has so far reduced cases of the disease by 75 per cent, is entering its final stage. The disease, which kills around 150 children in Britain each year, mainly targets children, and so the
STAFF employed by Morecambe Bay Health Trust are to benefit from a grant of £50,000 from the Department for Employment and Education, to promote 'lifelong learning'. A number of organizations joined forces to bring about the project, particularly headed
ELVIS is alive and well and living at...Blackpool Pleasure Beach! Or so Legends star Clayton Marks would have us believe as he officially opened the UK's biggest Burger King at the amusement park. "I've been here all the time," he told managing director
MULTI-MILLION plans to build an exclusive retirement village on the former Pontins site in Middleton will be discussed by councillors on Monday. And planning officers have proposed that the ambitious scheme be rejected. There are concerns that the development
THE city council is considering selling the building which houses Lancaster's Tourist Information Centre in a bid to boost its finances. The TIC, currently on Castle Hill, would be moved to the city museum in Market Square. It's just one of the many proposals
A REFUGEE from Kosova has been killed in an accident involving a bus on Blackpool Promenade that happened last Wednesday (October 10). The incident happened at 4.03pm as the bus was travelling south along the promenade. The man has yet to be properly
BLACKPOOL'S Victoria Hospital has just taken delivery of 633 new beds to replace existing beds, some of which were up to 15 years old. The top of the range Evolution 156 beds will be installed between now (October 11) and December and are fitted with
MORECAMBE Bay Advanced Motorists, a voluntary group dedicated to improving road safety, is beginning a campaign to improve the riding skills of motorcyclists in the area. They are calling for any motorcyclists interested in becoming better riders, so
BLACKPOOL firefighters are reaching new heights after taking delivery of a new aerial ladder platform (ALP) yesterday (October 11). The £370,000 vehicle, the latest addition to Bispham Fire Station's fleet, gives cover to the whole of the Fylde Coast.
IS it me or is everyone in England totally incapable of grasping the fairly simple, straightforward concept of driving on the motorway? I mean, honestly, how difficult is it, really? I know how to do it and I am a woman for God's sake. The sex traditionally
A DEAF teenager who was pulled out of school to escape being bullied remains at home in Radcliffe more than a month into the new term. Leanne Smith (13), a former pupil at Sharples School in Bolton, was all set to go to a residential college in Derby,
PEDAL power has helped keep the wheels turning for a millennium green project. Betty and Robert Horrox, of Turton Road, Tottington, completed a 30-mile bike ride for the Affetside Millennium Green Trust, which has built a village green on a former bus
A FATHER claims his wife and twin daughters are being forced to leave their home because of structural damage caused by a nearby development. Mr Terry Jones says that since the Irwell Valley Housing Association began building flats nearby, his property
IF anyone from this area of the 1600s were suddenly spirited back here, they would probably get the shock of their after-life to see how it had all changed. But not if they landed in Quarlton. This ancient township people think is part of Hawkshaw village
PEELING back the years to reveal a hidden 115-year-old secret. That's Peel Mills in Bury, where a time capsule dating back to 1885 has been uncovered. It was found by Greenmount man Simon Trippier during demolition of part of the building, which originally
PRESTWICH lad Paul Tierney is hoping to fare a little better than England when he sets off on the international trail again next week. Tierney, 18, a second year trainee professional with Manchester United, is currently out in Dublin with the Republic
Preston Grasshoppers 49 Bedford Athletic 19 HOPPERS thrashed National League Three North side Bedford Athletic in their Tetley's Bitter Cup second round game. Their second half display earned them a trip to Coventry in the next round where they will face
HOME Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw congratulated an East Lancashire security firm for its professionalism after it became the first in the area to achieve a trade standard. Guard Patrol, based at Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, provides security
DRESS down days have been given a "dressing down" by an East Lancashire company which supplies uniforms. Research on behalf of Altham-based firm Simon Jersey warns allowing workers to dress casually is not good for business. Simon Jersey, one of Europe's
ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a bid for Bury's highly-rated young keeper Paddy Kenny. The Gunners boss remained tight-lipped when he was asked yesterday whether he was interested in signing Kenny. Wenger said he wasn't prepared
I FEEL I must respond to the two philistines who, on the front page of the Citizen last week (October 5), attacked a group of artists for displaying their piece of work on Church Street. What is so wrong in expressing oneself in such a positive way? We
I SEE the 'Art or Bunk' debate is alive and well in Preston (Citizen, October 5). I agree with the artists that art should be out in public places as well as in galleries, after all we already have public art in the form of sculpture, monuments and architecture
I WOULD consider myself to be an educated and intelligent person, but forgive me if I fail to acknowlege the artistic value of a load of old furniture covered in white paint. Your article on the front page last week (October 5) fails to mention just exactly
MICHAEL Smith, a Blackpool born scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry has died aged 68 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1993 for his work on DNA molecule mutations, he was a well-loved, generous, yet shy man
INVEST in the traditions of Blackpool -- not in large money-seeking companies. That's the view of local businessman Kenneth Turner about the proposed Las Vegas style developments announced by Leisure Parcs earlier this year. Mr Turner, who owns two bed
TWO East Lancashire Royal Navy officers sailed through their training programme. Chris Knowles, 23, of Lowerfield, Langho, and Jonathan Penson, 22, of Whalley Road, Great Harwood, completed weeks of hard work at Britannia Royal Naval College as part of
A YOUNG man who took his brother's car, smashed into a motorist and then ran off, leaving the car still rolling, has won his freedom. Burnley Crown Court heard how Emran Sajawal, 20, injured driver Jean Yates and caused £1,000 damage to her vehicle after
THE principal of Westholme School, Blackburn, has declared the millennium year the most successful in school's 77-year-old history. At a prize-giving evening at King George's Hall in Blackburn last night, Lillian Croston said she was "humbled" by the
RAMSBOTTOM: Boss Ken Bridge has been hit by a double injury blow ahead of their NWC Division One home clash with Nantwich Town tomorrow. Centre back Dave Roach faces a three month lay-off after a specialist ordered him to take complete rest to help cure
CLITHEROE: Chief Dave Burgess has served a seven day notice on a UniBond midfielder in a bid to strengthen his team's Division One title challenge. Tomorrow, Abbey Hey are the visitors to Shawbridge and Burgess plans to send his side out with a new challenge
PADIHAM: Boss Graham Haworth looks set to welcome back Jamie Edmondson and Martin Fletcher for their Worthington Challenge Trophy clash at Daisy Hill. And reserve team full-back Adam Charnock may also be handed a shirt in place of Darren Fullard who is
GOAL-ACE Andy Gayle today launched a stinging attack on the owners of Rossendale United after deciding to walk out on the North West Counties League club. The quicksilver striker has quit Dark Lane for St Helens Town in protest at the sacking of former
BLACKBURN Hawks are facing the toughest of double headers at the Arena this weekend with games against Invicta Dynamos and Kingston, but the timing couldn't have been better. Confidence in the camp has been boosted by two wins, a battling 5-4 triumph
BRITISH champion Neil Hodgson has one final chance to put the wind up the elite of superbike racing when the World Championship returns to Brands Hatch. That line-up now includes newly-crowned world champion Colin Edwards after the Court of Arbitration
ACCRINGTON Stanley face a side two divisions below them in the non-league pyramid when they bid to close in on a place in the first round proper of the FA Cup tomorrow. But Northern League leaders Bedlington Terriers don't class themselves as the underdogs
I HAVE just listened to the farming programme on the BBC. The programme was discussing the BSE report and it was a terrible indictment of the last Tory government. Scientists were made to change the wording of their reports, cattle food processors were
THE machinations of Blackpool Council are breathtaking. They have just installed security lights on some of the flats on Molyneux Drive. Two workmen appeared and dug a big hole on one of the paths, installed the relevant pipework and filled it in. They
AS your readers will know, Sunday, September 17, saw the commemoration of the aerial combat that Mr Churchill, the then Prime Minister, called The Battle of Britain. Extracts from his now famous speech were broadcast -- he praised the RAF for their courage
WILLIAM Hague, the hapless Tory leader, must have gone back "on the booze" to believe that he can win the next General Election. The Tory Party's much-vaunted draft manifesto is nothing more than a blueprint to slash investment in our public services.
OH how I agree with the points made by recent correspondents about the litter problem in Bury. I really don't know what is the matter with people these days. They seem so apathetic. I visited Cheltenham and Newmarket earlier this year. Did I see lots
IN response to the letter from "Concerned Parent" (September 26) I should like to make the following points about the quality of accommodation at the Woodbury centre of Bury college. It is the college's intention to bring all of its accommodation up to
DID anyone else notice the absence of cyclists in the Bury area during the recent fuel crisis? If a fuel shortage can't persuade drivers out of their cars and onto our cycle lanes then I am afraid nothing will. I purchased a nice new bike, which is still
FOR the first time to my knowledge the possibility of the old church of All Saints being demolished has been publicly voiced (Bury Times, Oct 3). When redundancy became inevitable, PASE (Preserve All Saints, Elton) submitted proposals for the church building
I WRITE with reference to articles and letters concerning the transfer of children to high schools. At first glance, it would seem that Bury LEA's admissions policy is failing. I can give assurance that we have a fair system that ensures that more than
BT Voices for Hospices, Charter Theatre, Preston, 7.30pm. Coffee Morning, raffle and bric-a-brac, St James' Church, St James' Road, Blackburn, 10am-noon. Autumn Fair, Accrington Town Hall, 10am-2pm. Craft Fair, Higherford Methodist Church, Barrowford,
TWO separate initiatives in East Lancashire today demonstrate how crime can be spectacularly slashed -- when such efforts are backed up by investment. They are the revolutionary closed-circuit TV system that is stopping Blackburn's Corporation Park from
YEAR SEVEN pupils at St George's High School, Marton, held a special assembly to celebrate National Poetry Day last week and unveiled a verse written by Headteacher Elizabeth Warner. The theme of the assembly was "Fresh Voices" and pupils and staff read
Drive and Stroll, with Ron Freethy DESPITE what is written, there is no doubt that the quality of sea water around Blackpool is improving all the time. Between now and Christmas is the perfect time to drive, park and stroll along the Fylde Coast. Bird
The Bury pugilist, who controversially lost his belts on a cut against Northern Ireland's Tommy Waite last month, looks like being lined up for another shot at the titles at Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham late next month. Waite sensationally lost
By STEVE BOTT IAN WOOD and Eric Whalley have both been ruled out as speculation mounts over the identities of the parties interested in the purchase of Radcliffe Borough Football Club. The matter has now been put in the hands of estate agents Roger Hannah
SEDGLEY PARK...17pts KENDAL...9 SEDGLEY pulled out a plum when they drew big boys Bedford away in the next round after this fine victory. It was a performance to savour as Sedgley played out of their skins from the first minute to the 80th, from full-back
DESPITE the persistent rain the Bury club had a small working party on Parkers last Saturday. The debris from a burnt out vehicle was cleared from the car park, and an amount of flytipping, kindly removed by one our members in his van. The bulrushes surrounding
TETLEY BITTER VASE ROUND TWO Bury 12 - Sefton 28 IT is some 12 years since Bury played Sefton at 1st XV level in a competition when Bury, led by then captain Chris Caloe, also succumbed to a very competent Liverpudlian outfit. Bury had to make several
ON behalf of the members of Blackburn and District Blind Society, we would like to thank Joyce Ferguson and Rita Brindle for a most enjoyable holiday in Bognor Regis. Their care and patience was much appreciated and a good time was had by all. DOROTHY
HAVING just returned to Switzerland after our visit to England, we would like to say a big thank-you to everyone who was able to come and spend a happy afternoon with us at St Aidan's School, Blackburn on September 10. It was lovely to meet you again
REGARDING Councillor Don Rishton (Letters, October 3) asking Tory councillor D Pearson, in as many words, who was responsible for removing the link between pensions and earnings, hands up everyone who remembers that it was Mrs Thatcher who, through this
THE trouble with Eric Leaver (LET, October 11) is that he's too young. I was just finishing University -- in Birmingham -- as Jack Straw was starting in Leeds. Not once, during the three years I spent there, was I offered drugs. Nor did I know of anyone
I HAVE recently taken over as secretary of the HMS Argonaut Association, and am seeking to increase the number of members. HMS Argonaut was a Dido class cruiser during the Second World War. During her short life well over 1,000 people served in her. During
I HOPE the "joint confession" of the eight Tory top guns will make it much easier for other politicians to come our and "just say no" to the costly and ineffective war on cannabis. It also confirms what pro-cannabis campaigners have been saying for years
WORK has started to create a better remembrance site for the war dead in Unsworth. Improvements to the cenotaph are under way after long campaigning by locals. The concrete posts will be replaced by metal ones, and the ground resurfaced. New litter bins
A BLOOD sampling machine, one of only three in the UK, has been stolen from a car in Prestwich. The "Tecan" blood tester, worth £23,000, is used for examining samples for transfusion. Police say the equipment was taken from a black Ford Mondeo parked
IF you have something to say but you are not sure how to say it, a course in Prestwich could provide the answer. Bury Council's Lifelong Learning is holding a "confident speaking course" at Prestwich High School, Heys Road, over 15 weeks. The course aims
POOR parents and their children could rise out of poverty under "revolutionary" plans to expand childcare provision. MP David Chaytor has cheered Government proposals to create one million extra childcare places by 2004. A large chunk of the £134 million
LABOURER Terry Mangan doted on his wife and two young children, an inquest heard this week. Mr Mangan (38) suffered horrific injuries when he fell into the path of a lorry on the M60 motorway at Whitefield on September 26. His wife of nearly two years
BIBLE lovers are being asked to hand-write verses from St Luke's Gospel and inscribe a place in local history. Budding biblical calligraphers are asked to go along to Radcliffe Library on Saturday (Oct 14), where they will be asked to contribute £1 for
TIGHTER controls on airguns and other firearms have been welcomed by MP David Chaytor. He says that new Government proposals will do much to safeguard public safety and tackle crime. Mr Chaytor had called for action in August following a spate of airgun
FORMER Bury Grammar School pupil Juliet Shepherd was killed instantly when she lost control of her car, an inquest in Bury confirmed this week. The 29-year-old recruitment consultant broke her neck and suffered severe chest injuries as a result of the
A CASH reward is being offered by a disabled Bury businessman to track down callous thieves who trashed his specially-adapted van. Wheelchair user Steve Brooks (44) was forced to spend nearly £2,000 replacing side windows and repairing the van's tail-lift
Pictured is winsome witch Ruth Hatton (8) who thought a fancy dress poetry recital at Ramsbottom Library was just magical. LIBRARY staff cast a spell on local children as part of the celebrations for National Poetry Day. Also at the library, seven members
IT will soon be possible to tour around new developments at Fairfield General Hospital. The Bury Healthcare NHS Trust board meeting on Tuesday (Oct 10) heard that building work is ahead of schedule with 70 per cent of the mechanical and electrical work
EVERYTHING'S coming up roses for the pupils at Elms Bank High School for the youngsters have scooped a cash prize to create a new garden area. The school, in Ripon Avenue, Whitefield were awarded a runners-up prize of £100 in the national scheme, BT Grounds
GRUMPY children will be taught how to play with rubbish in Bury! The Greater Manchester Play Resource Unit, otherwise known as GRUMPY, was launched in the borough recently. More than 60 adults with childcare connections and about a dozen children went
PUPILS at Elms Bank High School are to finally get their own sports hall. Three years of talks have paid off as councillors this week found the cash for the £200,000 project. The Whitefield special school, which caters for youngsters with a range of learning
HUNDREDS of school children are producing the borough's very own 21st century Domesday Book. Pupils in both primary and high schools will spend months on a hi-tech environmental Millennium Survey which will be a major reference point for generations to
A MIDDLE-AGED businessman who took photos and videos of naked schoolgirls for sexual kicks was today beginning a 15-month jail sentence. Burnley Crown Court heard how Robert Enright, 44, took the pictures at his Brierfield workshop and at Pendle Wa and
THE borough's controversial schools admissions policy is to get a special debate following Tory demands. Conservatives refused to sanction next year's pupil admission numbers at a meeting this week, and insisted on the matter going to full council next
ALTHOUGH it had been 20 years since their school days, when former Bury Grammar School girls were reunited it was as if they had never been apart. More than 30 former students attended the reunion at the weekend for girls who went to the school between
ONE hundred and fifty workers were evacuated from a Bury factory after a massive chemical spill yesterday (Thurs Oct 12). Around 700 litres of formaldehyde swamped the shop floor of Milliken Industrials Ltd's Wellington Street factory after a storage
SUGGESTIONS have been made to turn Radcliffe's new piazza into an alcohol-free zone. In a bid to attract more people and investment into Radcliffe, a £25,000-£30,000 town centre piazza is planned with benches, a lawned area on a raised plinth and new
A PROJECT to develop part of a school's grounds into a wildlife-friendly garden has been helping the pupils to learn about taking care of the environment. The St Mary's CE Primary School youngsters in Newchurch-in-Pendle have used a selection of plants
GRAEME Souness has turned down the chance to sign former England international Carlton Palmer. Coventry boss Gordon Strachan recently tried to off-load Palmer to Rovers as part of a swop deal for Lee Carsley. But Souness was quick to nip the deal in the
TORRENTIAL rain failed to dampen the spirits of those attending a family fun day at Walton-le-Dale Youth and Community Centre, in Brindle Road, near Leyland, this weekend. As well as art and craft activities, visitors enjoyed a host of fun games, raffles
A NATIONAL charity which is offering a free holiday to Preston pensioners is amazed that so few people in the area have taken them up on the offer. The National Benevolent Fund for the Aged (NBFA), a registered charity since 1957, offers 2,000 holidays
THE father of a Leyland boy, who died 30 years ago, is calling on motorists to think before they park on narrow streets in the town. James Ross, of Haig Avenue, Leyland, is fuming with parents who park their cars "inconsiderately" while taking their children
A PRESTON cancer victim who was diagnosed with the disease earlier this year is calling on people to dig deep and donate cash to cancer-caring charities. Maureen Tattersall, 53, of Millerfield, Savick Estate, says more money is needed in the battle against
A PNE fan from across the Atlantic is ready to make her first trip overseas to see the boys play at Deepdale. Patti, 49, who lives near Chicago, Illinois, is preparing to fly half way around the world this weekend to watch the PNE v Tranmere match on
LANCASHIRE Constabulary has welcomed the new Human Rights Act - dubbed by critics as a "criminal charter." Local police officers have been encouraged to fully take on board the new legislation which enshrines individual human rights into UK law for the
A SELF-employed handy man who was refused payment for work he did for a friend took his revenge by releasing maggots in his chip shop. Paul Quinn, 49, of Sussex Street, Burnley, pleaded guilty to criminal damage after throwing maggots around award-winning
VICTIMS of Alzheimer's disease face a postcode lottery to get treatment in East Lancashire, according to pressure groups. Local patients are less likely to get drugs which may improve their lives than elsewhere in the North West -- and patients at Blackburn
THE HEAD keeper of the Butterfly House at Lancaster's Williamson Park is to go on a bugman's holiday. Insect specialist Rosemary Smyth is taking an exotic holiday in Penang for an international conference on butterflies. Rosemary, a fellow of the Royal
LIFE is what happens while we're busy making plans and very often our dreams are no more than "brief deceptive rainbows." The Glass Menagerie is set in thirties America and the stifled, anaemic existence of the Wingfield family is about to crack. Tom
RAILWAY enthusiasts gathered in Carnforth to celebrate news that their dream of a restored station was finally going to be realised. Work on a £1.5 million revamp started at the station last week, to the delight of a dedicated group of local people who
THE Woodplumpton Veterans Bowling League Merit Day was won by Bill Hardacre of Grimsargh who beat A Barron of St Michael's 21-16 in the final. The competition, held at Barton Bowling Club, was entered by 24 teams and raised £500 for the Air Ambulance
PENWORTHAM Boys U11s and U15s are looking for new players. Contact Haigh (U11) on 01772 469457 or Bill (U15) on 01204 699200 for details. In addition, youngsters are invited to join Cadley Boys' U11 side. Players must be aged ten before August 1 next
GREAT HARWOOD: Town are in Division One action tonight when they make the trip to St Helens. Neil Kennedy, Steve Lynch and Andy Taylor are all available after long term injuries but manager Denis Underwood will only pick two out of the three. Neil Otley
THE following duty chemists will be available for dispensing services on Sunday, October15, between noon and 1pm (unless stated otherwise): Boots the Chemists, 42 Eccleston Street, Prescot; Taylor's Chemist, 191 West End Road, Haydock (10am to 8pm); Lloyds
Bury face a tough trip to Millwall tomorrow and though manager Andy Preece will be happy to come home with a point, he has no intention of settling for a draw from the outset. Preece has no new injury worries. Paul Reid is likely to start at the expense
A LEYLAND student has been made his first step towards becoming a professional coach after being made a community sports leader by the British Sports Trust. John Tootell, 17, from Jane Lane, Midge Hall (pictured), was among 17 students presented with
HUNDREDS of job losses were on the cards as North West Water's takeover of Norweb looked certain to go ahead. Union leaders lobbied shareholders as they feared jobs would go in rationalisation when the water and electricity giants merged in areas such
A TOY library or a youth shelter were some of the ideas put forward for spending a cash windfall allocated to the Clayton-le-Moors and Altham area council. The area council will gave £17,500 over the next year to spend on small projects aimed at benefiting
I AM compiling my family history and would be very pleased to learn the whereabouts of the possible descendants of Tom Burton who once lived at 182 Bare Lane, Torrisholme. His parents were Harry and Eliza Burton (nee Clark b. 1867) both formerly of Bradford
KINGSWAY estate is gradually becoming the 'Estate from Hell' due to a small group of teenagers running amok. These teenagers intimidate locals and threaten them if tackled. I am afraid to use the shops or to walk to the bus stop. They damage property
I ASSUME you are angry and let down (Citizen Letters: October 5) because some of your friends in the Labour group kept you in the dark about all the Crinkley Bottom conniving (although, if you had read local papers you might have worried that it was not
THE HISTORIC events in the Balkans last week overshadowed not only a very successful Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth but also Tony Blair's speech in Warsaw on the future of the European Union. In it he called for Europe to become a " superpower
I WOULD like to comment on the letter from David Stocker as spokesman for the Countryside Alliance (a misnomer if ever there was one). He lists several issues which the alliance is concerned about. Strange, is it not, that although all the problems have
DAVID Stocker's letter replying to mine I readily appreciate for its unexcitable tone, and I am quite willing to concede that I should not have given the impression that I thought everyone involved in the Countryside Alliance is an extreme right winger
HAVING watched the recent performance of the leading group on Lancaster City Council I have begun to wonder if Lancaster should apply to be twinned with 'Elm Street' as the council does seem to be having more than its share of nightmares. In addition
THE Citizen letters page can be a great read. Unfortunately, the inevitable down side of it being a 'free forum for debate' is that letters from people who choose to write scurrilous innuendo are accorded the same status as those from people who are in
FOXHALL U11s 0 YMCA 5 YMCA controlled the first half and reached the break 3-0 ahead with two strikes from Rick Seear and a goal by Aaron Kitchin. They continued to have the edge and Kitchin notched his second goal of the game with Luke Andrews also on
THORNTON CLEVELEYS SHARKS U9s 0 SOUTH SHORE A 8 ANOTHER hard and fast game with Shore playing very well. We had to watch eight goals go in, but the forwards, Alex, David and Liam could not get through the defence, although they tried very hard. Man of
ENTRIES are now rolling in for an exciting new 10k road race being organised by Lancaster & Morecambe Athletic Club. To be held at 11am on 29 October, the Lancaster Three Bridges 10k will celebrate the completion of the City's Millennium Riverside
FOR the second time this season Carnforth fell at the hands of a strong Hoppers outfit. The result was always in the balance until Preston broke out for two late tries to clinch victory on a wet afternoon. Hoppers took the lead early on with a penalty
A MORECAMBE vicar has spoken of his shock and disbelief at watching his popular West End church turn into a blazing inferno. Rev Andrew Horsfell was joined by parishioners on Monday evening as flames ripped through Trinity Methodist Church. Firefighters
PILSWORTH Environment Company has given a grant of £45,695 to help fund an all-weather sports pitch which will give youngsters a real kick. The pitch has been provided at Darnhill Community Centre in Heywood. Pilsworth Environment Company, set up by Viridor
Blackpool 2, Southend 2 Att. 3,915 Scorers for Pool: Murphy (15), Ormerod (44) Only Blackpool can go two up, miss several sitters and end up with only a point against a side who only had two chances in the match. Pool should have won the game comfortably
HERE'S the chance for Bury businessmen to show they're certainly on the ball! Footballers from local companies are being invited to join a new Bolton and Bury Chamber Business League at Premier Fives' five-a-side soccer complex at Leverhulme Park, Bolton
STOCKPORT County are hoping to sign Scotland under-21 midfielder Grant Brebner on loan from Hibernian in time for him to make his debut at Turf Moor tomorrow. The Hatters have struggled in midfield this season and recently sold Tony Dinning to Wolves
BIG MONEY MAN: Burnley target Ian Moore cost Stockport £800,000 when he signed from Nottingham Forest in July, 1998. The striker's value has since risen with the Clarets willing to pay £1.2 million. LAST SIX RESULTS: Portsmouth (H) drew 1-1 (Cooper);
STOCKPORT skipper Mike Flynn will be pulling out all the stops to prevent Burnley getting their noses in front at Turf Moor tomorrow. The Clarets have fallen behind in each of their last four home games before battling back to draw. And Flynn doesn't
POTENTIAL future Clarets team-mates Andy Payton and Ian Moore are set for a Turf Moor shoot-out tomorrow. The two seven-goal strikers are poised to go head-to-head when Burnley take on Stockport County in the first of two home games in the space of four
FOR those concerned with the policing of their area, there will be a public meeting held at Slyne-with-Hest primary school held by the 'Police and Community Forum'. Among topics for discussion are policing in Lancaster, drinking in public and under-age
A BOLTON-LE-SANDS pensioner has appeared in court charged with murdering his wife. Gilbert Reghelini, 68, of Sunnybank Road, spoke only to confirm his name and address at Lancaster Magistrates on Monday. Mr Reghelini is accused of murdering Shirley Reghelini
GALLOWAY'S Society for the Blind is organizing a charity event with a difference, with the support of British Gas HRL, Brown & Root and Rigblast. In keeping with the charity, participants in the event will play the first half of their game wearing
THE Costcutter store on Heysham road has beaten off hundreds of competitors to become a regional finalist in a 'top shop' competition. The 'Robert Wiseman Dairies Neighbourhood Shop of the year competition' was founded five years ago to allow customers
BRITISH Gas is hoping this year to exceed last year's figure of £3 million raised for Help the Aged, their nominated charity. From the Heysham branch, Mike Cole, 44 and Jessica Wess, 22 will be taking part in the Great North Run, a 13-mile run through
Morecambe 3 Kingstonians 2 JET-set Morecambe boss Jim Harvey saw his side end their recent run of poor form with a hard earned three points against Kingstonians. A second goal in as many games for midfield dynamo Stewart Drummond sealed all three points
A BLACKPOOL priest is putting his weight behind a fund-raising campaign for Trinity, the Hospice in the Fylde. Father Denis Blackedge, of Church House, Talbot Road, has pledged to raise funds for the hospice, situated on Low Moor Road, Bispham, with a
FROM Thursday the 5th October to Saturday the 4th November the Dukes Gallery will house a new exhibition, for the first time reflecting their current production. The new exhibition 'Menagerie', the work of painter and printmaker Iain Sloan, is based on
WILLIAMSON Park has continued to improve its facilities with the introduction of a brand new orienteering map. The new map has the choice of eight courses suitable for beginners and intermediates and also a course suitable for wheelchair users. Orienteering
THE winners of Lancaster LitFest's annual Poetry Competition have been announced. This year's judge U A Fanthorpe selected a total of thirty pieces by 25 poets from across the British Isles which will now be published in an anthology to be launched at
IT is now a month since the fuel crisis swept the country, and figures from this time published by Lancashire County Council have brought about a startling revelation. Although it was still possible for a lot of people to use their cars on what petrol
A FARMYARD scene will be recreated during a fun day at Asda on Saturday, October 14. The local farmers will create a display including farm animals and tractors, and there will be give-aways such as t-shirts, fridge magnets, flags and badges. Customers
I READ with interest of the new illuminations we were to have on the Promenade and was pleased that the council were at last doing something to put some sparkle in the resort. Saturday night, bad as the weather was, I thought I would drive down and see
A YOUNG man who tried to stage a robbery at a Morecambe shop was thwarted by a part-time assistant. Andrew McCarroll told the woman on duty "Get that till open." But he fled the premises after being told there was a camera on site and he would be filmed
A YOUNG driver had no chance to avoid a collision with another car after it rolled into his path from a side street. James Ashton had passed his driving test only two months prior to the accident in Bury on May 19. The driver of the Rover Mr Ronald Ramwell
A PRESTWICH man has spoken of his shock after the bus he was travelling on was "skewered" by a 20ft steel pole. Stuart Myers (35), of Hilton Crescent, was a passenger on the Piccadilly-bound Stagecoach No 10 when it crashed into scaffolding pipes on Chapel
PLANS are to be submitted to turn a run down parish building into a multi-functional community facility for Tottington. Designs for the re-development of St Anne's Parish Hall seek to create a strong public presence in Chapel Street and to provide a user
SUMMERSEAT'S popular Waterside Inn could be shut and a controversial £1.4 million housing development created on the site. But local residents have vowed to fight the proposals to stop the listed building, in a prime conservation and Green Belt area,
STABILITY is bringing results to one of Bury's high achieving schools. After a period of change, during which one member of staff remains from an Ofsted inspection four years ago, Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary is rapidly climbing back to the academic
CRAIG Hignett today declared himself fit and ready for action after playing his way into Graeme Souness's plans with a goalscoring comeback in the reserves last night. The former Barnsley man made his first appearance in over three months when he played
POTENTIAL future Clarets team-mates Andy Payton and Ian Moore are set for a Turf Moor shoot-out tomorrow. The two seven-goal strikers are poised to go head-to-head when Burnley take on Stockport County in the first of two home games in the space of four
Chester 1st XI 6 Lytham 1st XI 0. LYTHAM were on the back foot from the very start after a very strong Chester hockey side gained early advantage through a well worked short corner. Unfortunately for Lytham, this was the start of more to come from a well
ELECTRONICS company ARD Electronics has announced the retirement of its chairman Keith Duckett. His position at the head of the Altham-based firm will be taken by his sons Nicholas and Richard. Nicholas becomes chairman and his brother vice-chairman.
THE Millennium's first Friday the 13th -- coupled with a full moon -- would have had most of us reaching for our four-leafed clovers, horseshoes and rabbits' feet today. But Stephen Prince and Becky Lampton, licensees at the Crown and Thistle pub, in
VOLUNTEERS from the Rossendale Search and Rescue Team today joined the hunt for missing schoolgirl Hannah Black. The 20-strong team has been on stand-by since Lancashire Police began to comb parts of the River Ribble yesterday and was called in to help
A SPECIAL school has been given an excellent report following its latest Ofsted inspection. Tor View School, Haslingden, is described in the report as "a very good school with many excellent features." The inspector noted the quality of teaching and learning
THE Lancashire Socialist Alliance will attract nobody, least of all disenchanted Labour voters (Citizen, October 5). We have had enough of withered left wing policies or right wing, capitalist policies. For years we have needed a middle-of-the-road government
WHEN the Euro currency was launched, Eddie George, Governor of the Bank of England, described it as "a leap in the dark". Our unemployment is the lowest for 20 years, and nowhere near as high as in mainland European countries where they've joined the
IN view the recent (lack of) speculation, I'd like to take this opportunity to formally rule myself out of the running for the England manager's job. Since Kevin Keegan quit on Saturday night, literally everyone I met has failed to ask me if I would be
A BLACKPOOL residents' association is looking for help to build a new community centre -- and they've got The Citizen on their side. St Heliers Residents' Association is aiming to raise £50,000 by organising an evening auction at the Tangerine nightclub
THE future of Blackpool Illuminations may still be in the dark, but there is light at the end of the tunnel say council officials. Following revelations this week (October 6-12) that part of the Lights could be re-homed in Stanley Park (pictured), along
FROM Mother Kelly's Doorstep to a standing ovation from the Variety Club is quite an achievement, even if you are the one and only Danny La Rue. But add to that fond messages from Dame Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones and special dinner guest Princess Diana's
A KNIFEMAN held a three-inch blade at the throat of a female shopkeeper in a failed robbery bid in Blackpool. At around 3.20pm on September 30 the man went into Santoshi's newsagents on Eaves Street and threatened the woman with the blade, demanding she
THE traditional seaside holiday has gone for good and the resort needs to adapt to the future, according to a leading Blackpool leisure figure. But this does not mean that loutish behaviour should become acceptable, says Joe Curran (pictured), co-ordinator
A COUNCILLOR has called for "residents to come before sewage" after it was revealed that the emergency pumps which pump flood water on to the beach at Anchorsholme are not used because of the risk of pollution to the beach and sea water. Norbreck's Coun
A STRUGGLING single mother-of-three went shoplifting when she could not afford for her daughter to go on a school trip. Burnley Magistrates heard how Diane Caswell, 25, was also feeling the strain because her elder child was demanding designer clothes
FIRE chiefs and trading standards officers today issued further warnings against hoarding petrol or storing it in dangerous containers. They say fuel hoarders could not only be breaking the law, but also be putting residents and firefighters at risk.
PAUL Thornley believed he had been handed rough justice at the hands of nightclub bouncers and the police. Blackburn magistrates heard he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly outside Utopia nightclub in Blackburn. But injuries he sustained during
A LORRY driver who saw a load of marble fall off his vehicle and crush a man to death told a jury the accident was not his fault. Anthony Smith, 39, of Chorley, claimed he told four men involved in the unloading to strap it down again before he started
A REVOLUTIONARY park watch CCTV scheme has slashed crime after spy in the sky cameras were installed in a bid to tackle vandals, drug dealers and sex pests. Now the project, the first of its kind in Lancashire, is set to be extended to improve safety
THE owners of Chorley Football Club are hoping to emulate the achievements of Conference new-boys Leigh RMI after agreeing a deal to buy Rugby League club Lancashire Lynx off Preston North End. The Lynx will now be based at the Magpies' Victory Park ground
AFTER reading the article in The Citizen on cats I would just like to say, although kittens are adorable and amusing, please don't forget the "golden oldies". Older cats soon settle into a new home and make wonderful companions. They are quieter and more
IN the last two years, 25 people in England and Wales have lost their lives as a result of flooding and thousands more have suffered traumatic and devastating damage to their homes. The risk of flooding is faced by some five million people, including
MY husband and I own one of the properties that were flooded for the second time in the past 16 weeks. We were very fortunate that it did not affect the inside of our home as it did others. But our garden, which is our pride and joy, plus outbuilding,
I WAS disgusted to listen to the plans outlined by Gordon Brown and supported by Tony Blair regarding the state pensioners who for many years have been deprived of the full amount of pension each week by the former Conservative Government and now the
YOUR article in The Citizen (Sept 28) commented on pensioners on low incomes afraid to take advantage of a free holiday in case there were hidden costs involved. As the article confirms there are no hidden extra costs and it is hoped that the generous
EVEN I have been amazed by the rank hypocrisy and arrogance of the EU officials and Europhile politicians in this country following the result of the Danish referendum on the Euro. The Danish people quite magnificently resisted months of relentless pressure
THE streets of Preston could be clear of beggars this Christmas if shoppers heed government advice not to give them cash. And a string of local homeless agencies have backed the campaign to urge people not to give spare change to people sleeping rough
NEARLY all of Blackpool's care homes are to be saved after councillors and social services bosses approved an eleventh-hour co-operative takeover deal. The Co-operative Development Agency and UNISON representatives met with Councillors George Bancroft
WHY should some pay-and-display bays on The Wylde be lost because contractors cabins will be sited there during work in the Bolton Street area and The Rock (Bury Times, October 6)? After all, there has been a cabin parked outside the Drill Hall for several
THE Conservative Party's draft manifesto and the conference announcements of Ann Widdecombe's fines for carrying any drugs indicates their severe lurch to the right. Does this include angina and asthma medication? Despite attempting to be all things to
I WRITE with reference to the letter from Mrs J. Wilson (October 6) about allocation of high school places. As a casual observer, I find it hardly surprising that her daughter was refused a place at Woodhey High School if the argument put forward to the
THE pedestrianisation of Market Street is yet another ill-conceived, half-cock council pan foisted upon us. When is this council ever going to ask residents and shoppers in Bury centre what they want, and when are we going to get a council that refrains
HOPPERS thrashed National League Three North side Bedford Athletic in their Tetley's Bitter Cup second round game. Their second half display earned them a trip to Coventry in the next round where they will face a tougher task. In the opening quarter Hoppers
TEENAGER Roxanne Nicholson bunked-off school and spent the afternoon drinking vodka with her mum and step-dad. Hours later the 14-year-old was killed dashing across a busy motorway in Bury. She was clutching a half-empty bottle of wine, an inquest heard
POOL manager Steve McMahon has embarked on an international rescue mission to bolster the Tangerines playing squad. He is interested in four players from as far afield as Scandinavia and Africa to strengthen the team. First on the list is Ivory Coast
