A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Half term family learning event, Clitheroe Castle Museum, 12.45-3.45pm. Must book in advance. Family art and video workshop, Turton Tower, 1-4pm. Antiques Fair, Stonyhurst
WHEN able bodied people struggle to find work as unemployment rises, getting jobs is sure to be even more difficult for those who are disabled. Their physical or mental handicaps are an extra hurdle to overcome in the quest for employment. In a perfect
RECENTLY, I was a patient in Blackburn Infirmary for five weeks and I would like to thank all the doctors, sisters and nurses who looked after me for their very caring attitude and help during a very traumatic time. J SEDGWICK (Mrs), Lyndhurst Avenue,
AS reported in the Telegraph last week, the residents of Lonsdale Street and surrounding areas are convinced that the local authority turns a blind eye to the dereliction and despair that makes living in this sector of the town an embarrassment. Nothing
ROY Davies (Letters, October 18) asks why the money being spent on Blackburn town centre is not spent on street lighting in Sudell. The answer is simple: the council is not allowed to. The money for improving Blackburn town centre was won by the council
CAMPAIGNERS filled the public gallery at a meeting of Ribble Valley Borough council to protest at the felling of 41 trees in Clitheroe Castle grounds -- only to discover the work had already begun. Jo Harding, speaking on behalf of the protesters, asked
A MAN was jailed for eight years for a series of sex attacks on a young girl dating back to 1987. Patrick Marron remained expressionless in the dock as the judge passed sentence on seven sex charges. Members of the victim's family sitting in public gallery
ROVERS are staging another of the popular Open weekends at Ewood Park on Saturday and Sunday. Graeme Souness, his coaching staff and players will be on hand to meet the fans during the coaching session, which takes place on the pitch between 10.30 &
AN inquest into the death of asylum seeker Nasser Ahmed will be held in Burnley on November 1. Mr Ahmed, 36, was found hanged at his home in Railway Street, Nelson, in August after he received a letter from the Home Office saying his application for asylum
MORECAMBE'S successful punk festival looks set to return next year after giving the local economy a £1 million boost -- for an outlay of just £3,000. Lancaster City Council is next week set to give the go-ahead to next year's event, despite continuing
LANCASTER University's accommodation crisis is over, and bosses have pledged to learn lessons for the future. A number of first year students were forced to send the first two weeks of their university life in the Holiday Inn hotel, Caton Road, miles
FIREFIGHTERS are to be given a police escort after being attacked by gangs of up to 50 thugs hurling fireworks and stones. Airbombs are being hurled at head height towards fire crews in Brierfield, with one exploding only three feet from a firefighter
POLICE are warning people living in North Lancashire to beware of thieves distracting them in order to sneak in to their home. Two recent incidents have seen a man and a woman who use the technique to steal from homes at Carnforth and Caton within the
A FREIGHT rail link, American-style school buses and 'home zones' are just some of the measures included in a new £41 million package of measures designed to ease to the district's traffic chaos. The proposals have been drawn up by Lancaster Green Party
A MAN who raided a leisure centre was found eating ice-cream by police. Abid Ali, 20, who had to have stitches in his leg after smashing his way into Pendle Wavelengths, was bailed until November 19 to live and sleep at Regents Place, Nelson. He admitted
CHILDREN and adults gathered to enjoy a fun craft fair, packed with everything from toys to decorated eggs. The fair was held at Foulridge Village Hall on Sunday from 10am till 4pm to help raise money for the village hall fund. Maureen Green, chairman
PENDLE Council's Executive has approved a Contamination Land Strategy which it is hoped will improve the quality of life of local residents. It aims to protect health, controlled waters, and designated eco-systems, to prevent damage to property and any
MOURNERS yesterday crowded into Holy Saviour Church, in Colne, to say their final goodbyes to tragic seven-year-old Gary Lee Ormerod, killed in a road accident last week. He was on his way home from a friend's house with one of his brothers and had been
THINGS can get confusing when you have 500 friends - but Sal Southard finds it easy to hop from one to another. The 48-year-old is so mad about frogs that she has even named her house after the little croakers. Sal, of Frogs - yes, that's the name of
BOOTHSTOWN is a highly desirable place to live, according to a new report. The area was described as "very stable, attractive and a highly desirable residential area" and identified as the most prosperous service delivery area in a Salford Council report
CLLR Emly Heath has excelled herself and even excelled the MBI's usual degree of lunatic logic with her recent comments concerning the Chamber of Commerce's views about the Western Bypass. Calculating from the number of replies received to the survey,
MOST of your readers letters appear to comment upon things that have happened. Could I write about a future event and ask that your readers form an opinion and then write it in or contact their councillors both local and county. The future event that
LANCASTER darts ace Alan Warriner will hope to redeem his World Matchplay performance after a disappointing second round defeat to Martin Adams, with a solid show at the Paddy Power world grand prix darts championship in Ireland this week. Warriner, 39
MORECAMBE'S chances of starting their much needed revival at Stevenage on Saturday always looked slim. Stevenage are one of the league's biggest spenders, boasting former Morecambe record signing Steve Walters in their squad (though injury ruled him out
Turf troops need to battle for points TUESDAY night's clean sheet was a big bonus for the Clarets and midfielder Paul Weller explained the secret behind the return to winning ways. "The manager just sent us out there and told us all to win our individual
GLEN LITTLE'S cameo performance against Crystal Palace may have delighted Clarets fans - but it did not make John Ward happy. Ward is currently the assistant manger to Dave Jones at Wolves but it was when he filled that role under Adrian Heath at Turf
LANCASTER City and Morecambe are just 90 minutes from the magic of the FA Cup first round, but both both face potential banana skins in Saturday's final qualifying round. Lancaster host Vauxhall Motors, and will hope to repeat their 2-0 victory over the
Goldline Trophy Review by Martyn Hindley THE Goldline Trophy quarter-finals got off to the worst possible start when the fixture between Hindsford ad Atherton Town was postponed. Overnight rain waterlogged the Atherton Collieries' pitch and the referee
Oulton Raiders 28 Leigh Miners Rangers 14 A MUCH-DEPLETED Leigh Miners side spun to a third successive away defeat against table-toppers Oulton on a West Yorkshire mudbath on Saturday. Already stricken by injuries, coach Warren Ayres lost a further clutch
Atherton top after Hornby trick ATHERTON Town went top of the Premier Division on goal difference but with two games in hand after a stunning 3-0 away win at previous leaders Stockport Georgians. Striker Phil Hornby was just too hot for the home defence
BURNLEY has become the latest club to be linked with a move for Everton's troubled striker Danny Cadamarteri. Neither club has commented on the speculation but sources close to Everton have suggested that the player is unlikely to leave before the end
JEFF KENNA was in the shop window when he played for Rovers reserves at Everton on Tuesday night and the club is ready to help a loyal servant should any clubs follow up their interest in him. Rovers chief executive John Williams said this morning: "Jeff
POLICE have renewed their appeal for householders in the Ivinson Road area of Darwen to be extra-vigilant following the fourth burglary this month. The latest break-in happened on Tuesday between 11am and 4pm when burglars kicked through a back door and
A PLEA has gone out to Darwen residents to look after their river following a clean-up this week. Groundwork Blackburn and volunteers met at Shorey Bank to rid the River Darwen of junk. Traffic cones and telephones were just some of the items found. Senior
FORMER champion swimmer Lawrence "Lol" Hester has died. Mr Hester, 88, lived at Springfield Court, South Street, Bacup and died in Rochdale Infirmary shortly after being taken ill. A Bacup resident all his life, he was Lancashire Schoolboys swimming champion
UNITED Utilities has blamed Rossendale Council for tenants of a sheltered housing scheme having their water bills doubled. Half of the bedsits at council-owned Underbank House, off Burnley Road, Bacup, have been converted into flats with integral bathrooms
HAVE we really got just three weeks to save Lancaster from gridlock? That's what local MP, Hilton Dawson claims. And he would know, after all it is his party colleagues who hold the fate of our city in their hands. Depending on who you speak to, Hilton
SCOTT Mullen kept a knife concealed in a Blackburn town centre car park so he could arm himself for self-protection whenever he came into town. But Blackburn magistrates heard undercover police officers working in the Boulevard area saw Mullen recover
A MAN who slept at a police station went on to attack an officer escorting him from the building, a court was told. Gianluca Cavallo headbutted the constable, causing a cut and a black eye. The 26-year-old formerly of Islington Street, Blackburn, had
A HOLIDAY company which told thousands of people they had won a free trip which they never received has been wound up in the High Court in London. People from East Lancashire were among the 65,000 who responded to the claims amounting to almost £3.5million
POLICE have hailed the success of a major crackdown on drugs in East Lancashire after three dealers were caged for a total of 10 years. The dealers were the first to be sentenced following the two-day blitz on addresses in Blackburn, Hyndburn and Blackpool
HARD working Neil Tattersall won the Lancashire 5M Road Running Championship on Sunday. The day after running in the Mid Lancs Cross Country League Neil completed the Green Drive Five in Lytham in 25:23. Although second on the day to Paul Freary, the
A NIGHT of frustration ended with two Colne players being sent off as John Lister's men saw their five-game unbeaten run come a rather unsavoury end in NWCL Division Two. Central defender Richard Walton was dismissed after the final whistle for comments
PAUL Mullin fired home his 14th goal of the campaign - but a miss that would have given Stanley a 3-0 cushion was something that was preying on his mind. The striker had taken the ball around Burscough keeper Matt Taylor and the goal was gaping but somehow
AN enterprising venture by the organisers of the Mid Lancs Cross Country League ensured that the winter season got off to a cracking start on Saturday. For the first time one of the league's fixtures was integrated into the nationally contested Reebok
A 53-YEAR-OLD man suffered severe facial injuries after being attacked by two youths in Blackpool. The man was walking home as he was attacked by the two near Devonshire Square at around midnight last night (Wednesday). Police said the man suffered severe
A GOOD Samaritan was hit in the face with a lump hammer after he confronted thieves outside his home. The 43-year-old man suffered minor facial injuries when he was attacked by the three men. He was kicked and punched about the body before one of his
DIVISION One outfit Fir Tree Rangers survived a potential 'banana skin' away Leigh League Davenport Cup Round One tie at Division Two leaders Courts. Goals from Neil Rushworth, Paul Jones, Phil Halsall and Les Smith saw Rangers register a 4-0 away win
Leigh RMI 3 Woking 1 LEIGH RMI fought back from a goal behind for the second time in a week to record a much-needed home victory over Surrey side Woking. Leigh were frighteningly off-form in the early stages of the game after winning just two of eight
ACCORDING to reports, a woman TV newsreader currently paid £250,000 a year is to join Channel 5 on a salary of £500,000. How, in the name of common sense, can such obscene payments be justified? We now live in an age of totally false values. Energy and
A NEW rail station at Golborne is a priority along with getting Leigh back on track, Transport Minister Mr John Spellar was told this week in the House of Commons. Leigh MP Andy Burnham has called on Government ministers to help speed-up plans for a new
St Helens Town 4 Atherton Colls 0 "IT was all about chances," said Colls Emile Anderson after seeing his team beaten 4-0 by hot NWCL Division One title favourites St Helens. "We created as many as they did but didn't take them. They put away everything
JEFF KENNA was in the shop window when he played for Rovers reserves at Everton on Tuesday night and the club is ready to help a loyal servant should any clubs follow up their interest in him. Rovers chief executive John Williams said this morning: "Jeff
MORECAMBE police quizzed 74 children who were away from classes during school time during a two day operation this week. The third Operation Bunk ran last Monday and Tuesday and resulted in 23 children being returned to school or taken to a designated
LANCASTER'S Priory church is likely to host a mobile phone mast despite local opposition. The mast, which is to be 'disguised' as a flag pole, will be installed on the roof of the church, a grade one listed building, if consent is given by the Government
A LEADING scout official has gone on trial accused of subjecting three young boys to 'systematic sex abuse' over a period of around four years. Two of them are said to have been raped, one of the boys just about every week. But when interviewed following
PLANS for the redevelopment of the Nelson West Renewal Area and the building of 250 new homes have been provisionally agreed by the council. The 'Masterplan', as it was referred to in a report to the council's Executive, was drawn up following a wide
DEDICATED volunteers, who give up their free time to help others, attended a wildlife conference to mark International Year of Volunteers. More than 100 people turned up to event at Penwortham Environment Education Centre, in Horwick Cross Lane, Penwortham
A MOBILE phone mast is to be put up in an Atherton street against the wishes of hundreds of locals. When Thomas Street residents were told a telecommunications company wanted to install mobile phone equipment on top of the town's telephone exchange they
RACECOURSE plans could have wider implications for people living in the Boothstown and Astley areas. Exciting plans have been forwarded for a new Manchester horse race course, equestrian centre and outdoor activities complex on 2,000 acres of farmland
THERE have been some changes to the news and sports sections on the thisislancashire.co.uk web site. Look out for the green straps at the top of each story which will allow you to easily print a story, e-mail it to a friend and even send the site a line
YOU can't have missed the fact that Microsoft has launched its new operating system, Windows XP, this week. But as ever the hype seems to be drowning out the facts, so the big question for many thousands of computer owners is -- should I upgrade? There's
SCORING 20 goals in a season used to be considered a major achievement for a Lancaster City player. However, their latest striking hero has managed that well before the end of October. Andy Whittaker has been one of the most prolific strikers outside
THE cross-country season started impressively for Leigh Harriers. In the first South East Lancs league meeting Leigh won the senior ladies' race and both girls' and boys' events for 11-15 year-olds. Anne Powell impressed as she made her way into the lead
BUSINESSES large and small are being offered free help to reduce the risk of workplace accidents. Bury has joined forces with its Greater Manchester counterparts to give advice to 50,000 firms as part of European Week for Safety and Health. The most common
SHAKERS new boy Jamie Stuart has labelled his sending off against table toppers Brentford a "disgrace", writes Steve Canavan, of the Bolton Evening News. Stuart was shown the red-card by controversial referee Paul Rejer during Tuesday's 5-1 defeat for
TRAVEL operators Airtours have announced 350 job losses across the country following a slump in air passengers in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in America. Ninety administrative jobs will go at the company's new headquarters at Holiday
TWO brothers have been cleared of robbing a cabbie but are awaiting sentence after being convicted of a lesser offence. Martin Shaw, 22, formerly of Chatburn Close, Rawtenstall and Paul Shaw, 17, of Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, were found guilty of theft
THE stars are turning out in force in a special tribute to the memory of Blackpool-born keyboard wizard Colin Hadley this Saturday (Oct 20) which will also boost local charities. The special show, a midnight matinee, will be staged at the North Pier and
HEALTH officials have asked Lancashire social services bosses to explain why they are failing to visit children on the Children Protection Register every six weeks. The move comes after the Department of Health's Social Services Inspectorate published
A CRUMBLING building has been placed under 24-hour guard after children diced with death by breaking in to collect bonfire wood. The move came following the part collapse of the former Park Hotel, at the entrance of the former Sun Paper Mill, Feniscowles
TEN local teams travelled to Llanberis at the weekend to take part in the FRA Mountain Running Relay Championships. Clayton-Le-Moors Harriers alone sent six with the 'A' team finishing sixth - a position matched by the ladies. The veteran men in 16th
RMI's reward for their golden goal defeat of Scarborough is a visit to Third Division promotion challengers Hull City in the second round of the LDV Vans Trophy. The Railwaymen will relish the treck across the M62 next Tuesday night after the Humberside
A COUPLE'S childless world was turned upside down when they decided to adopt a baby boy who had been taken into care on the day he was born. Dean, 34, and Julie, 32, live in the Hollin Bank area of Blackburn and were unable to have children of their own
MR Duxbury alleges that there are one million illegal immigrants already in this country, but can he explain exactly what problem they present? After all, as illegal immigrants they can't be claiming state social security benefits because this would reveal
A £20m state-of-the-art sports complex, stadium and education centre could be built on a prime site close to Leigh town centre. Part of the plan would see Leigh's two professional sports clubs - Leigh Centurions and Leigh RMI - sharing a 12,000-capacity
A CRUMBLING building has been placed under 24-hour guard after children diced with death by breaking in to collect bonfire wood. The move came following the part collapse of the former Park Hotel, at the entrance of the former Sun Paper Mill, Feniscowles
NEIL Turley's record-breaking year, which started on a monsoon night against pre-season tourists South Sydney, will end in the baking heat of South Africa. The Leigh Centurions full-back is today celebrating his call-up to the full England Under 21s squad
OH, dear! Anyone presuming to put the world to rights, concerning use of the English language, should beware of pitfalls. One newspaper, bemoaning the use by the national press of the word 'unsurprisingly', protested that this word did not exist. But
A MARTIAL arts instructor is offering a free self-defence class this weekend after a number of sex attacks on women in Preston. In the last two months, five young women have been sexually assaulted, with the latest attack occurring just this week, in
A BURNLEY pensioner described by his family as a "complete family man" has died suddenly at work with a suspected heart attack. Gordon Gallacher, 67, worked as a nightwatchman at TRW engineering on the Heasandford Industrial Estate. He died during the
WORK has started on a half-a-million pound scheme to give a new lease of life to the Burnley pub at the centre of the summer race riots. The Duke of York, Duke Bar, was gutted in a fire bomb attack at the height of the disturbances on June 23. It had
FOLLOWING the anthrax cases in America, Lancaster City Council has implemented precautionary procedures to protect its staff. And the local authority is encouraging others to follow police advice. Although the national assessment is that the terrorist
A LARGE rally of anti-war demonstrators in Market Square heard an impassioned plea from local Quaker Adrian Rose to stop the fighting in Afghanistan. Mr Rose, caretaker at Lancaster's Friends Meeting House, addressed a crowd of more than 150 people on
COUNCILLORS have approved plans for a controversial discount supermarket on one of Morecambe's most prominent seafront sites despite a series of objections. Planners originally turned down a scheme for an Aldi store on the site of the Empire Buildings
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has lashed out at scientists who mixed up sheep and cattle brains in an experiment designed to see if sheep in the early 1990s were carrying BSE. In the House of Commons Mr Prentice asked how professional scientists could have
A WOMAN locked in a race against time gave birth in the back of an ambulance on the way to Blackburn Queen's Park Hospital. Sajeda Chand, 27, was rushed to hospital but her 6lb 5oz bouncing baby girl could not wait.
A SQUAD of eight from Blackburn Life Saving Club fought through to national competition finals in Coventry. Team members, who trained at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, all won medals at the North West championships under the tutorage of coach Dave
A VICAR is hanging up his dog collar after 20 years in the job -- and looking forward to fishing for salmon instead of souls. The Rev Frank Parr, 66, who now lives in Tunstall, near Lancaster, but worked for 11 years in Accrington and Oswaldtwistle, has
A MAN whose body was found at the back of a quiet Atherton cul-de-sac, died from the effects of fire. A post mortem examination was carried out after police discovered the charred remains on a track off Prosser Avenue, Howe Bridge, Atherton. The man,
HOWARD ROPER-Smythe's courage in braving the tangle of David Icke's web (Citizen Letters p. 16, 18 Oct 2001) inspired me to have a go too. Words (almost) fail me. God-snakes and space-lizards taking over planet earth in ancient times? Yes, giant lizards
SO the King lives on after all... even though by day he dons sombre clerical garments and helps the parish priest at Lowe House minister to his flock's spiritual needs. But faster than you can say Blue Suede Shoes, Father Conor Stainton-Polland pulls
AN MP today broke ranks with the widespread support for moves to de-criminalise cannabis and branded them a mistake. The Tory vice-chairman and Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans bucked a trend welcoming Home Secretary David Blunkett plan's to reduce cannabis
ANOTHER step into the wonderful world of the internet has uncovered the official Wombles web site (http://www.wombles.tv/) Home of the classic children's show, the site details how it all began, and how it has come back to a TV near you. You will also
I'D AGAIN like to thank a Green Party member for replying to my recent letter. This time Pascal Desmond was good enough to write to the Citizen (letters: October 11). Unfortunately Mr Desmond decided to challenge me and my motives for writing about Green
THE excitement is already building amongst young and old alike for the release of the Harry Potter film. However, you can get a sneaky peek of film clips and images, as well as keep up to date on the latest news at the official site (http:// harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk
I WRITE in response to Mr C Hesmondhalgh's laughable letter of last week, in which he tells the people of Lancaster to blame the Landlords of student properties for the actions of the students living there. He begins his letter by writing that he has,
WHERE exactly, in the Sutton area, was the Workhouse Bridge district, with its old-time population of around 200? The query is raised by Peter Johnson of Garswood who came across a mention of this place in a newspaper clipping harking back to the late
TWO men escaped after a violent struggle at Lancaster Magistrates Court. The men, who had been told they would be remanded in custody, leapt over the dock at the court and made off after a fight with staff from Group 4 security on Tuesday. Members of
BURNLEY has become the latest club to be linked with a move for Everton's troubled striker Danny Cadamarteri. Neither club has commented on the speculation but sources close to Everton have suggested that the player is unlikely to leave before the end
DAY-OLD chickens, cooped inside a cupboard next to the open coal fire. Pirate games played out on the old sunken "slutch boat", collapsing into dereliction on the nearby canal. And the childhood excitement of watching cattle being driven, hot-hoofed,
POLICE inspector Tracie O'Gara was praised this week for her work at Darwen. Inspector O'Gara is to take up a new post in Blackburn and her successor is to be Insp Graham Ashcroft. At the Blackburn with Darwen police authority community meeting, Coun
FRENCH police today said they had not ruled out suicide as the cause of death of a person suspected to be missing Darwen woman Evelyn Lund. Public prosecutor Daniele Drouy-Ayral also revealed that the clothes the body was found in did not match the description
THE need to spend billions of pounds to restore Afghanistan and to rid it of its heroin and war lord domination has been expressed by Pendle MP Gordon Prentice. He told Labour Party workers in Pendle that the government was determined to avert a humanitarian
INITIAL investigations into the death of a two-year-old girl on holiday have been completed tourism bosses said today. But Airtours, which is carrying out the internal inquiry, said it could be weeks until the results are published. The Rossendale-based
ACCRINGTON Road Runners are mourning the loss of club stalwart Alton Hodgson who died suddenly on Sunday. Seventy five-year-old Al, who had been a club member for twelve years, had a love affair with the marathon, and was seldom seen racing over any other
DARWEN manager Steve Wilkes hailed his side's 'best performance in four years' as they came from behind with 10 men to take all three points in this NWCL Division Two encounter. Top striker Paul Baker scored his 10th of the season after just 14 seconds
BLACKBURN Hawks extended their unbeaten run to five games with back-to-back victories over Altrincham Aces and Sheffield Scimitars. What had appeared to be the trickiest of prospects - arch-rivals Aces at the Arena followed by a Roses clash in Sheffield
NICK Dougherty is aiming high in this week's Madrid Open - he wants to win it! The 19-year-old rookie pro wants to win a European Tour card for next season without going to Qualifying School. And to do that the Shaw Hill player needs to finish first or
