A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside. Lunch Club, Ightenhill Methodist Church, Burnley, 12.15pm. Live Entertainment, Thatch and Thistle, Surrey Road, Nelson. Over-55s Luncheon Club, Rosehill Baptist Church
THE starling has retained its crown as Lancashire's top garden bird. Lancashire Evening Telegraph readers responded in great numbers to the annual Big Garden Birdwatch organised by the RSPB at the beginning of the year. Those who took part in the survey
AFTER more than seven years of steering the vision and strategy of Blackburn College, chairman of governors Derek Hall, is retiring - to dedicate even more time to his passion for cricket. He looks back on the changes to further and higher education with
ONE of Burnley's best known solicitors has been charged in connection with alleged money laundering money for multi-million pound drug gang The Firm. Police said Basil Dearing was charged with money laundering offences and conspiracy to pervert the course
AS I was leaving Ewood Park on Saturday someone said to me: 'Rovers don't show any invention'. My response was: 'Before you show invention you have to show guts'. When things go badly it takes guts to get out there and show what you've got. It takes guts
BLACKBURN Rovers chiefs are remaining fully focused on securing Premiership football for next season. The board met yesterday to begin discussions on season ticket prices for 2004-05, with chief executive John Williams confident it will be spent in the
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former mayor who devoted her life to helping others. Former magistrate Mary Durkin, 86, died on Saturday at Pendleside Hospice, Reedley, after a short battle with cancer. The flag at Burnley Town Hall was yesterday flying
IRRESPONSIBLE dog owners who allow their dogs to foul the village footpaths were discussed at the recent Parish Council meeting. Everyone present felt there was no excuse for dog owners to continue to ignore the silent majority who wished they would use
ONE of Burnley's best known solicitors has been charged in connection with alleged money laundering money for multi-million pound drug gang The Firm. Police said Basil Dearing was charged with money laundering offences and conspiracy to pervert the course
A NUMBER of free guided walks every Sunday and Monday are to help people in Pendle get fit. Organised by Healthy Communities in Pendle, the walks are taken by trained leaders. Mondays will see two walks setting off from Nelson - a starter walk lasting
A PENDLE company is hoping to create 100 jobs by building a new £2 million business park. The scheme at Reedyford, Nelson, has been recommended for approval by planning officers at Pendle Council before a meeting next Monday. North Valley Forge is hoping
COLNE residents can stretch their legs and their brains with a heritage walk around Waterside on Sunday. The walk will be led by local historian and writer Geoff Crambie, the author of several books about the area. It has been organised by the Tum Hill
PROTESTERS urged the Government to reconsider building a bypass from Colne to Earby. The Government had already agreed to build the M65 link to the M6 but were reluctant to construct bypass roads in Lancashire. And members of Blackburn Townswomen's Guild
BLACKBURN craftsmen were in danger of being stranded in Blackpool after bus drivers refused to bring them back after 11pm. More than 1,000 members of the Blackburn Weavers Winders and Warpers Association were told the bad news by the Blackburn branch
RIBBLE Valley Tory MP Nigel Evans has called for Health Secretary John Reid to make a statement over the suspension of a brain surgeon for seeking an extra portion of croutons. Terence Hope, a 57 -year-old consultant in Nottingham, was suspended for allegedly
PROPOSED changes to local government in East Lancashire will be high on the agenda at Ribble Valley Borough Council's annual public meeting. Items for discussion will include the local government review, Ribble Valley's affordable housing crisis, the
RYAN Townsend struck his second goal in three games to secure a vital three points for Burnley Reserves. The Clarets second string followed up Saturday's first team victory with a Roses win of their own thanks to Townsend's 18th minute strike. And a deserved
ROBBIE Blake has been handed a licence to thrill to steer Burnley to safety. The Clarets top scorer has already equalled his 20-goal target for the season with eight league games still remaining. And Blake has been told to revert to a more orthodox striking
THERE seems to be a dearth of individually talented players in the modern game. Those naturally gifted with pace and balance, who can skip past defenders and are capable of getting spectators off their backsides in anticipation that something special
A SOLID all-round team performance by Padiham last night earned them a fully deserved point from a 2-2 draw at Leek and only a harsh penalty decision 13 minutes from time cost them a victory. Micky Morton shot Leek into a 12th minute lead with a shot
CHORLEY'S wretched run continued last night when they slipped to a third away defeat in eight days. Two scrambled goals in the last nine minutes from very ordinary Bridlington team were enough to see off Chorley, who have now played over 320 minutes football
COLNE took another major step in their promotion push with a 2-0 victory at table-topping Maine Road. The Reds got off to the best possible start after three minutes when a long kick from keeper Ross Baxter found Danny Heys, who scored for the second
A SMASH and grab raid condemned the Blues to their second successive defeat and threw the NWCL title race wide open. Clitheroe controlled the game from start to finish yet Nantwich scored the only goal with their only shot of the evening. Glyn Barker
BLACKBURN Rovers chiefs are remaining fully focused on securing Premiership football for next season. The board met yesterday to begin discussions on season ticket prices for 2004-05, with chief executive John Williams confident it will be spent in the
THIS year's annual fun day organised by the Friends of Sunnyhurst Wood will take place on Sunday, August 8. Members of the committee have already started organising the Sunnyhurst Family Gala, which will take place in the woods between 1.30pm and 5.30pm
A 26 YEAR-old man attacked the landlord when he was asked to leave a Darwen pub. Blackburn magistrates heard that that shortly afterwards Luc Wrenal was found in a dental surgery, which he claimed belonged to his father. Wrenal, of School Street, Darwen
A "VILE" sex attacker allegedly groomed a schoolgirl to satisfy his lust in a two-year campaign of abuse, a jury was told. A court heard how "clever and confident," Graham Walsh, 34, tried to win the child's trust, controlled her and played mind games
SAMPLE designs for Bacup culvert will be on show during at an event set to be held on Easter Saturday. People are being invited to meet artist Katayoun Dowlatshahi to look at the designs and advise her on any amendments. Katayoun has been working since
ORGANISERS of a charity car raffle are on the lookout for salespeople who can help drive ticket sales. Rossendale, Pendleside and East Lancashire hospices have been donated a brand-new Mini Cooper car by Musbury Fabrics, Helmshore, to give away as the
A 33 YEAR-old Blackburn man got £177 from a pawnshop using two cheques which had been stolen by someone else during a house burglary. Lee David Hoole, of Whalley New Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to magistrates to handling the stolen cheques and obtaining
A MAN did not turn up to do community punishment because he forgot to put his clock forward, a court heard. Christopher Hartley, of Cherry Tree Lodge, Islington, Blackburn, missed the bus taking him and others to carry out work because it left at 9am
PROPOSALS to introduce two park and ride schemes to ease Blackburn's town centre parking problems are to be reconsidered by council bosses. Park and rides, such as those in Preston, have been discussed before but were considered too expensive. But the
HEALTH bosses today gave a pat on the back to thousands of East Lancashire hospitals' staff after a 'challenging first year' for their new trust. The congratulations came ahead of a meeting of the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Board, due to be held
A CRUMBLING manor house is being transformed into a multi-million pound luxury hotel and conference centre on the outskirts of Blackburn. Today, bosses involved revealed they already had conference and wedding bookings for their new venue, despite the
A REPORT today revealed how easy it was for a youth advice line worker to lure a 13-year-old girl who called the service for help into a relationship and indecently assault her. But County Hall bosses, who run the What Now? service, have not commit to
BLACKBURN under-15s made it into the final of the Lancashire Cup with a thumping 7-1 win against Pendle in their semi-final clash at Brockhall. The local youngsters were quick off the mark with Kieron Hopkinson heading home a Kevin O'Toole cross but Pendle
AFTER more than seven years of steering the vision and strategy of Blackburn College, chairman of governors Derek Hall, is retiring - to dedicate even more time to his passion for cricket. He looks back on the changes to further and higher education with
THE devastated family of 15-year-old TV actor Dean Worswick who was found dead on Monday, have spoken of their heartache. Promising actor Dean, a member of the Bury-based Carol Godby Drama School, sent text messages to his friends shortly before he was
This morning, 29th March, a man was walking his dog on derelict land near Queens Road, Ashton under Lyne, when his dog discovered a cardboard box which had been abandoned on the site. Upon investigation, the box contained six puppies approx. six to seven
Kylie's got one. Her sister has one. It's today's latest fashion accessory - a French boyfriend. What is it about Frenchmen that makes them so popular with British women? JENNY SCOTT investigates. . . THEY may have run rings around our players on the
A LEIGH man who burgled a neighbour while on bail has been sentenced to 10 months' detention. Lee Taylor, aged 20, of Hurst Street, Leigh, broke into a neighbour's home in the middle of the night, Liverpool Crown Court was told. At the time, Taylor was
A 37-YEAR-OLD man needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a thief who stole his cash. The man was walking along Bell Lane, Bury, in the early hours of Sunday when a man approached him and began talking to him. The victim was then punched in
LEAVING Valley Parade on Saturday it wasn't hard to spot the Burnley fans. Grins as wide as Cheshire cats spoke volumes about the importance of Burnley's last-gasp victory. However, the voice of reason soon wiped the smile off my face. "You're more excited
A REPORT today revealed how easy it was for a youth advice line worker to lure a 13-year-old girl who called the service for help into a relationship and indecently assault her. But County Hall bosses, who run the What Now? service, have not commit to
Leigh 1 Gravesend 2 by David Magilton: TWO defensive errors in three minutes cost Leigh any hopes of victory and with it any real chance of Conference survival. RMI are staring relegation in the face and are seven points adrift of Farnborough, the team
SATURDAY'S performance against Portsmouth was so poor that even the staunchest Blackburn Rovers fan would have struggled to pluck anything positive from the mangled wreckage. A ninth home defeat of the season in the Premiership is a damning enough statistic
BURNLEY'S youngest brass band are celebrating after winning three prizes in two weeks. The Burnley Brass Explosion Band formed last year but, after entering their first competition two weeks ago they have gone from strength to strength. They won their
EIGHT people were arrested on suspicion of various offences in a Drugs Action Day by Burnley police. Eight addresses, including houses in Parkinson Street, Westmorland Street, Pheasantford Street, Ryland Street, Rawson Street, Tunstall Street and Peel
LANCASHIRE Police are backing a residential course for youngsters aimed at boosting their confidence and encouraging them to play their part in building better communities. The crime and disorder-themed residential course at Borwick Hall in Carnforth
A BURNLEY police officer who battled to save the tragic Waddington sisters has won a local hero award for her acts of bravery. PC Jacqui Caton was nominated for the award for a series of good deeds, all carried out following her return to work after a
OLE! A Burnley pub team has a European soccer clash this weekend - against a Spanish tapas bar! Kettledrum FC - managed by Daniel Ternent son of Clarets boss Stan - entertain Els Inglesos, from Borgonya, a village about 30 miles from Barcelona, at their
FIRE engines were called to a disused wood yard in Nelson yesterday to tackle a blaze, believed to have been started deliberately. The fire at Lambert's Wood Yard, off Manchester Road, was spotted at 12.30pm by someone on the motorway who called the fire
A PENDLE company is hoping to create 100 jobs by building a new £2 million business park. The scheme at Reedyford, Nelson, has been recommended for approval by planning officers at Pendle Council before a meeting next Monday. North Valley Forge is hoping
THE wreckage of a light aircraft which crashed killing its pilot was today due to be removed by investigators. The single-engine Cessna 310 crashed in a field off Lancashire Moor Road near Laneshawbridge yesterday morning, minutes after the pilot announced
MORE than 500 East Lancashire civil servants planned to go on strike despite being promised a pay rise by the Government. Staff at the Blackburn and Accrington branches of the Department of Health and Social Security, Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise
A CREMATORIUM is staging an open day. It will be the second open day at Howe Bridge Crematorium, in Lovers Lane, Atherton. The last, held in 2001, attracted 200 people. Manager Duncan McCallum said: "It's an opportunity for people to come along and see
RESIDENTS on a Clitheroe street are being urged by police to be more vigilant after a spate of vandal attacks on cars. Police officers say they have been inundated with reports of cars being scratched, wing-mirrors pulled off and radio aerials bent. Several
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans is urging the Government for a full and thorough review into the post office closure programme. The Tory MP has signed an all-party Commons Motion which "recognises the importance of post offices as an integral part of local
RIBBLE Valley's mayor has paid tribute to the borough's budding sports stars - and said they should be very proud of their parents too! Coun Alan Yearing presented 21 young athletes with grants to help them over the 12 months in their pursuit of sporting
PAUL Baker followed his manager's instructions to the letter last night - even in the way he celebrated his late equalising goal. After watching Papy-Omari Saiba turn somersaults when he put Oldham Town 2-1 up in the second half, Darwen boss Steve Wilkes
ROBBIE Blake has been handed a licence to thrill to steer Burnley to safety. The Clarets top scorer has already equalled his 20-goal target for the season with eight league games still remaining. And Blake has been told to revert to a more orthodox striking
SEMINAL punk band The Buzzcocks are heading for Darwen to take part in the town's fifth annual music festival, 'Darwen 2004'. Organiser Gary Ward announced the festival headliners this week for the event on the bank holiday weekend of May 30 and 31. But
POLICE investigating the suspicious disappearance of Darwen woman Evelyn Lund have met French gendarmes to weigh up evidence. Inspectors from Lancashire Police visited Castres, near Toulouse, to reassess information on the case. Now they are planning
ANGRY residents have called on mindless vandals to stop their random and senseless attacks on phone boxes and bus shelters in Darwen. One councillor has even suggested the destruction could hamper Darwen's regeneration. A number of phone boxes were vandalised
ACCRINGTON and Rossendale College has organised a number of part-time courses for groups as part of a training and learning for communities programme. Organisations will be able to send groups to learn about a vast range of courses now on offer at the
A ROSSENDALE school has today revealed details of a £1.4m community sports centre. Work to transform sports facilities for community use at Alder Grange Technology School, Rawtenstall, is set to go out to tender next week, with work expected to start
A CANCER charity is appealing for East Lancashire walkers to help boost their coffers by taking part in sponsored walks in Scotland. The Anthony Nolan Trust is organising three guided walks to raise money for people needing bone marrow. The Ben Nevis
WINNERS of a Young Chef competition cooked up a treat for the judges. Natasha Blows and Lauren Wilding from St Wilfrid's Technology College, Blackburn, took top spot in the East Lancashire Education Business Partnership (ELEBP) competition. They cooked
A CONSTRUCTION worker was shot in the chest by an acquaintance after being led down an alleyway in Blackburn town centre, a jury heard. John Hoban, of Fosse Close, Blackamoor, told Manchester Crown Court yesterday that he was at a loss to explain why
A DOCTOR used a stethoscope to molest a 14-year-old girl after he hired her to babysit for his twin sons, a medical tribunal has heard. Dr Barkat Chowdhury, who was employed as a doctor at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, is alleged to have pushed the medical
THE SANDS of time may be set to run out on Stanley's whirlwind season. But Reds boss John Coleman was more concerned with time-wasting tactics as the Shrimps turned the tide their way in the Marsden Trophy Final. Substitute Danny Carlton took full advantage
BLACKBURN Hawks proved too hot for Flintshire Freeze as they took a superb three out of four points from the league champions in back-to-back play-off matches. First up at the Arena, the Hawks were always in control and the 4-3 scoreline flattered the
PRESTWICH Heys host Radcliffe Amateurs in the Hospital Cup on Monday (6.15pm).
A MAN acting as peacemaker died after being repeatedly kicked and punched by a gang of men outside a karaoke bar. Shane Eckersley was attacked as he left the restaurant at the Saigon Oriental in Pendleton, Salford, nearly 18 months ago. The
