AN AFRICAN holiday turned to terror when a couple wrestled with knife robbers then dodged bullets in a police station riot. Philip and Mary Congdon were strolling down a main street in Zimbabwe's capital Harare when they were attacked by two robbers.
PUZZLED Keith Perry could not believe his eyes when he drove past what he thought was a metal sheep pen on a bridge in Blackburn. However, his confusion turned to anger when he learned it was just another traffic calming measure. Lancashire County Council
OLD radar boots is back - and he's gunning for Bristol Rovers at Turf Moor tomorrow. Steve Thompson returns from the wilderness to take his place in the Clarets midfield department for the first time since September. And with skipper Nigel Gleghorn ruled
I VERY much disagree with your editorial opinion (LET, February 10) condemning the criticisms of Lord Runcie concerning 'rave in the nave.' It was an opinion more appropriate to the John Blunt column, stimulating controversy. Once again tradition is challenged
A COURAGEOUS seven-year-old is winning her battle against cancer after her family were told a tumour near her heart has disappeared. But now plucky Ragen Lonsdale must undergo revolutionary new treatment in her fight to be given the all-clear. Ragen,
POLICE cracked down on a 'rave' night because they feared it would attract drug-using youngsters from all over the country. Managers at King George's Hall in Blackburn pulled the plug on the night following warnings from the police. Police were particularly
PLANS for pioneering AIDS lessons at an East Lancashire secondary school were announced. Moorland High School, Darwen, was believed to be the first school in Lancashire to go ahead with the lessons. Pupils were to be given advice on the killer disease
Burnley v Bristol Rovers - Tony Dewhurst on the man Clarets will miss NIGEL Gleghorn took the first step on the road to recovery today and delivered a defiant message to the Turf Moor fans. The Burnley skipper misses tomorrow's crucial home clash with
A HAPPY ending, then, to the little business of the bus stops that were not included in the revamp of Blackburn's Boulevard. For, like many car drivers, passengers on certain routes discovered that the planners had decided that, for them, the Boulevard
THE RELEASE today of three of the men convicted of murdering newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is justice at last. But it is another disgrace for British justice. For it has taken 18 years for the courts to accept the truth. Why so long? In that time the
A TOP Labour politician today vowed the Eurofighter project, on which thousands of Lancashire jobs depend , was safe in his party's hands. Shadow defence secretary Dr David Clark gave "an absolute assurance" that the Eurofighter will go ahead under a
PER Pedersen completed his record £2.5 million move from Odense to Blackburn Rovers and declared: "I have never been happier!" The 27-year-old striker will go straight into the Rovers squad for tomorrow's Premiership game against Liverpool at Anfield
BUSINESSES are being urged to reduce the amount of waste they produce, to help their bank balance as well as the environment. The new Eliminate initiative run by the Environmental Management Services Team at Groundwork Blackburn, is a pilot scheme to
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has dismissed a claim that he is the "poofter's pal" for promising to lift the nine-year-old ban against the promotion of homosexuality." He has described reaction as "hysterical". He reaffirmed Labour's long-standing commitment
FIRMS are being offered the chance to find out how developing marketing skills can boost sales and profits. Professor Malcolm McDonald of the Cranfield School of Management will be guest speaker at the event, aimed at members of Alpha which replaced ELTEC's
NOT content with being £39 million in debt, after having been in power for 10-plus years, and complaining about being capped, Hyndburn's Labour Council are now going to waste more money on planting or erecting two aluminium trees in Eastgate. In view
Ron Freethy's England: Kirkby Stephen IN THE last few weeks I have been strolling around castles and for the last in the series I've discovered a rare memory of King Arthur - not at Camelot but in Cumbria. This wonderful old ruin is close to Kirkby Stephen
A NEW NHS scheme to provide convalescent care for old people recovering from hospital operations is desperately needed, says Gordon Prentice. The Pendle MP promised Labour would deliver the required recuperation service for the elderly. The Labour backbencher
BUBBLING Blackburn Hawks are oozing confidence ahead of tomorrow night's eagerly-awaited ice hockey play-off date with Murrayfield Royals. And no one is looking forward to the Arena showdown (face-off 6pm) more than Patrik Ferlander. The speedy Swede
IT WAS bad enough for the parents of Pendle teenager Craig Megson to learn their son had been knocked down and injured in an accident with a car outside his school. But they had another shock when they got to the hospital. A bill for damages to the car
BURGLARY victims who have had their security systems disarmed during a break-in have been urged to ask for their electricity meter boxes to be moved inside their homes. Crooks operating in East Lancashire have begun breaking into meter boxes situated
I WAS amused to read that the Labour Party is distributing 50,000 copies of a document called 'Growing and Prospering' to small businesses. Mr Blair is, of course, trying to demonstrate that New Labour is no longer hostile to small businesses. Yet the
HAVING lost three league games on the trot in NWCL Division One, Denis Underwood realises that for Clitheroe the next handful of games represent a kind of reckoning. Do the Blues have the necessary attributes to avoid having to sing them come the end
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs THE SIGHT of Ulster Unionists negotiating across the floor of the House of Commons with Government and Opposition Whips in the run-up to Monday night's key censure vote smacked of the dog-days of Jim Callaghan's administration
I AM disgusted to learn that Hyndburn Council are to go ahead with converting the former maternity ward at Victoria Hospital into offices. I am not surprised, as the work started before we were asked if we had any objections and has continued over the
TONY Parkes believes he could have snapped up a "bargain" in £2.5 million Per Pedersen - and the Danish international striker is aiming to prove him right. International clearance was received by Rovers today, to make Pedersen eligible immediately, and
A BED shop's owners claim sales have dramatically dropped off since the new traffic management system was installed in Blackburn town centre. They believe customers are being driven away by the new system and have said the future does not look bright
THE Arndale Centre in Accrington has changed hands in a £17 million deal. The new owners are leading property investment company PillarCaisse. PillarCaisse has acquired the head lease from P&O Shopping Centres to add to the freehold it bought from
Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White on the Anfield threat to Rovers' league revival IT'S almost three months since the name of Steve McManaman figured on a Premiership scoresheet for Liverpool. And, even then, it was a fluke - beating Tottenham's
