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  • Ban for blowing kisses

    AN 80-YEAR-OLD man has been banned from approaching a teenage girl after repeatedly blowing kisses and waving at her on the bus. Today Stefan Forkasewicz vowed: "I will never ever tell a woman that she is beautiful ever again." But a national women's

  • Todd rap

    BLACKBURN Rovers are ready to launch a strenuous defence of Andy Todd after the Football Association finally bowed to media pressure and charged the 30-year-old with violent conduct last night. After spending 48 hours deliberating Todd's clash with Arsenal's

  • Hughes says Todd will bounce back

    MARK Hughes today insisted Andy Todd has the mental strength to bounce back from his mauling by the national Press. Hughes admits the 30-year-old has been stunned by the level of critcism aimed at him since he caught Robin Van Persie in the face with

  • Fall girl was due to be bridesmaid

    THE devastated family of a 12-year-old from Nelson who died after falling from a tree today revealed she was about to be a bridesmaid at her brother's wedding. Rachel Stewart was with friends on land behind Fisher-More High School, Gibfield Road, Colne

  • Shop boss sold booze to boy, 14

    TRADING standards chiefs have vowed to step up the fight against shopkeepers selling booze to children after a Pendle shopkeeper sold alcohol to a 14-year-old boy. Mohammed Mazar pleaded guilty to selling alcohol to an under aged person after trading

  • Power Ade

    ADE Akinbiyi helped Burnley roar back to winning ways against QPR at Turf Moor last night. Clarets boss Steve Cotterill paid tribute to the striker after his deadly double took his impressive tally to four goals in just six starts for his new club. "Strikers

  • Car used in £40,000 raid found

    A GETAWAY car used in a £40,000 Securicor raid has been found by police. Officers conducting searches of back streets in areas around Blackburn town centre found the green Rover 620 in an alley off Dunsop Street, Bastwell. The car was towed away yesterday

  • Hospital specialist had hepatitis C virus

    ELEVEN women from across East Lancashire have been warned they could have hepatitis C after being treated by a gynaecologist suffering from the virus. They are among 2,000 "at risk" women from 25 hospitals across England and two health boards in Scotland

  • Josh fight steps up

    THE family of tragic toddler Joshua Massey-Hodgkinson have gone national with their campaign for justice -- and appear to have attracted their first celebrity backer in the process. Joshua's parents, Emma Massey and Simon Hodgkinson, along with his grandmother

  • Jamaila in kidney plight

    A WOMAN whose mother died while waiting for a kidney donor today spoke of the nightmare of trying to find a match of her own. And health bosses said Jamaila Hussain's plight highlighted the struggle to find organ donors from Asian and ethnic groups. Religious

  • Curtain closes on play-off hopes

    AND now, the end is near, and so they face the final curtain. Sadly, the encore that Accrington Stanley had been building up to all season -- the play-offs -- is now no longer within their grasp, rendering Saturday's trip to Hereford as merely a chance

  • BLACKBURN

    "The Jive Aces," King George's Hall, Northgate. Blackburn Artists' Society Spring Exhibition, Lewis Textile Museum, Museum Street, 11am-4pm. Cyber Drop-In, 9.30am-11.30am; Parents and Tots, 1.30pm-3.30pm; Out of School Experience, 3.30pm-6.30pm, Ivy Street

  • Thinking of other's rights

    IT'S very easy, especially during a general election run-up, to believe that what happens locally, regionally or even nationally is all-important. And matters like the state of our health services, public transport and the economy are vital to all our

  • Vinyl frontier for our charity shop

    I WORK as a volunteer for Cancer Research. I am checking the entire donation of old vinyl LPs and singles. We have found several which we think may be valuable. We are looking for somebody who would give us an honest opinion and valuation of these items

  • I won't take my children to cafe

    AS a non-smoker and a mother of four I welcome the smoking ban in Blackburn shopping centre and market. I think it's wonderful that the new owners have the forethought to think of the well-being of all who use the shopping centre, especially young children

  • Council have got wrong priorities

    IN response to your question should smoking bans be enforced? (LET, April 15). Blackburn, and indeed every other large shopping precinct in Lancashire, should get their priorities right. They should start by clearing the streets, pubs and shopping centres

  • Ban all smoking in public places

    FURTHER to the article and invitation to write to you that appeared in last Friday's edition of the LET regarding smoking or not smoking in public places, it is my considered view that the local authority should seek to amend by-laws to incorporate legislation

  • Thousands are starving because of Iraq war

    ON December 2, 2004 in Jack Straw's weekly LET Diary he proudly stated: "What's important in a democracy is that if people have an injustice they know that it has really been examined -- that's the real satisfaction -- sorry Tony -- that I get from my

  • Centurions land Robbie Mears

    LEIGH Centurions have signed former Leeds Rhinos and West Tigers playmaker Robbie Mears for the remainder of the engage Super League X campaign. Mears who has played for Canterbury Bulldogs, Auckland Warriors, Leeds Rhinos and West Tigers will bring vast

  • Hospital specialist had hepatitis C virus

    ELEVEN women from across East Lancashire have been warned they could have hepatitis C after being treated by a gynaecologist suffering from the virus. They are among 2,000 "at risk" women from 25 hospitals across England and two health boards in Scotland

  • Brothers jailed for armed feud attacks

    TWO Burnley brothers have been jailed for their violent part in a bitter family fued. Mohammed Sijjeel Quadri and Mohammed Raheel Quadri both took up weapons in a dispute which escalated to the point where an armed gang had stormed a house, vehicles were

  • So very good to see you

    A PENDLE grandmother today spoke of her joy at being given back the gift of sight. Trawden pensioner Bernie Edmondson has become a mobile specialist cataract unit's latest success story after hers was the 1,500th operation. Now she is revelling in doing

  • Power Ade

    ADE Akinbiyi helped Burnley roar back to winning ways against QPR at Turf Moor last night. Clarets boss Steve Cotterill paid tribute to the striker after his deadly double took his impressive tally to four goals in just six starts for his new club. "Strikers

  • Akinbiyi is a godsend

    IS new Burnley striker Ade Akinbiyi set to become a favourite at Turf Moor? Is the new Pope Catholic? Last night's heavenly brace took Akinbiyi's tally to four goals in six starts since signing from Stoke City. And God-like status is there for the taking

  • Todd rap

    BLACKBURN Rovers are ready to launch a strenuous defence of Andy Todd after the Football Association finally bowed to media pressure and charged the 30-year-old with violent conduct last night. After spending 48 hours deliberating Todd's clash with Arsenal's

  • Tibet freedom fight victory

    ROSSENDALE campaigners have helped secure the release of a prisoner of conscience from a notorious Tibetan prison. The Rossendale and Hyndburn branch of Amnesty International has been working tirelessly for the release of Jampel Changchub from Drapchi

  • Ban for blowing kisses

    AN 80-YEAR-OLD man has been banned from approaching a teenage girl after repeatedly blowing kisses and waving at her on the bus. Today Stefan Forkasewicz vowed: "I will never ever tell a woman that she is beautiful ever again." But a national women's

  • Robbie Mears signs for Centurions

    LEIGH Centurions have signed former Leeds Rhinos and West Tigers playmaker Robbie Mears for the remainder of the engage Super League X campaign. Mears who has played for Canterbury Bulldogs, Auckland Warriors, Leeds Rhinos and West Tigers will bring vast