IAN Austin's century misery goes on. The Lancashire all-rounder is on the best batting run of his career, with half centuries in his last three innings. But after being left stranded on 89 and 95 in the first innings of the Championship matches against
HOSPITAL staff were told a family member of tragic tot Levi Rose had seen him being assaulted weeks before his death, an inquest heard. Susan Catlow, of Nuttall Street, Accrington, told the hearing yesterday that in early May, Levi was admitted to hospital
BRITAIN'S first woman chief constable and a British Aerospace boss are among the Lancashire people to be recognised by the Queen in her birthday honours list today. Pauline Clare, who was chosen to head the Lancashire Constabulary almost a year ago, has
A ROW over the boundaries of Ribble Valley's parliamentary constituency has broken out between local MP Nigel Evans and Labour's prospective candidate Marcus Johnstone. Mr Johnstone has slammed the Tory MP for refusing to help a resident of Arrowsmith
ACTION man Billy Stelling is a man with a Worsley Cup mission. The East Lancs match winner stands by to lead his side into tomorrow's semi-final against Ramsbotton at Alexandra Meadows. And the South African ace predicts one player stands between East
APPROXIMATELY four babies will be born with a learning disability in the time it takes to run the New York Marathon on November 3. Runners up and down the country are being encouraged to run for Mencap, and I am busy spreading the word. The money raised
BURNLEY has picked up the big Green Apple award for being the greenest council in the UK. Council leader Coun Kath Reade, and David Brown, director of development and engineering services, are travelling to London on Monday to collect the prestigious
BIG-TIME funny man Phil Cool has revealed why he has become an unpaid star attraction at East Lancashire's very own comedy club, writes SIMON DONOHUE. The acclaimed TV and theatre performer has already kept his promise to appear at Blackburn's Rubber
ACCRINGTON Stanley are lining up a prestige pre-season friendly against FA Cup finalists Liverpool. Stanley say they have had a "very positive" response from Anfield after they proposed the friendly fixture at the Crown Ground. The Liverpool game would
SHOULD we refuse to travel to Burma because of its human rights record? I often stood on the hill positions in the jungles of Burma, during the Second World War and watched the sunrises and sunsets. In war and peace, Burma is beautiful. Many have paid
ANGRY MP Jack Straw today demanded to know why crooked civil servant Gordon Foxley has been released after just two years in prison with his ill-gotten fortune still intact. It has emerged that he has not repaid any of the £1.5 million he accepted in
MORE THAN half the people investigated by a council's fraud-busters were found to be on the fiddle - to the tune of more than £1 million a year. Of the 1,923 cases Blackburn Council looked at in 1995/96, 1,000 claims were found to be fraudulent. Cheats
ENGLAND take on Scotland at Wembley today (Saturday) with the whole nation sending out a message to striker Alan Shearer: Give them hell! Shearer, steeling himself for a clash of the Ewood Park titans with club-mate Colin Hendry, accepted: "You must be
IWONDER if any of your readers can be of assistance with a PhD I am gathering material for. The subject matter is folklore, specifically the many legends of skulls kept in various halls, farms, and houses in Lancashire. I have information about ten altogether
THE man who was accidentally given Methadone instead of cough mixture at a Bacup chemists' has been found safe and well. Police say the 74-year-old Waterfoot man, who does not wish to be identified, contacted them after reading of the mix-up in the Lancashire
CHORLEY Rugby League Club will be looking to climb off the bottom of the league this Sunday when Carlisle visit Victory Park, kick off 6pm. Chorley are now showing a steady improvement and last Sunday they gave joint league leaders Hunslet a mighty scare
BURNLEY'S Portuguese international target has arrived at Turf Moor - but his identity still remains a closely guarded secret The so far unamed international arrived in Burnley today and was immediately shown around Turf Moor and the Gawthorpe training
IFEEL I should take you to task on your editorial '10 out of 10 for Mr Blair' on June 7. One aspect you have conveniently ignored has been the destructive and ruinous manipulations of teaching unions and many of their more active members. Their disruptive
POLICE today slammed two brothers who caused a major security alert when they walked into a bank to open an account - carrying a gun. Curtis Troy Ashton and Andre Guy Ashton were swooped on by officers after a sharp-eyed member of the public saw the gun
FOUR cats and two newborn kittens dumped at a Pendle kennels are running out of lives unless new homes can be found. The four young adult felines have spent the last six weeks at Avalon Kennels, between Nelson and Trawden. Kennels owner Sandra Preece
