A BRUTAL gunman deliberately shot Dillon Hull, his devastated step-father believes. Police today said John Bates,had told them the killer waited until the boy was with him before opening fire. Officers revealed that Mr Bates spotted the gunman in the
A FORMER vicar who stunned his congregation by joining the Roman Catholic faith is set to become a Roman Catholic priest. And it was revealed today that when Father Roy Williams left St Catherine's Church, Burnley, he took with him nearly a third of the
A KNOWLEDGE of North West monuments and events which have been immortalised on film could win a lucky cinema fan a Panasonic Palmcorder. To celebrate twenty years of saving the region's film heritage, the North West Film Archive is screening a Film Fun
WORRIED householders were to set up an action committee to fight any council plans to put a gipsy site near their homes. Residents in the "desirable" Towneley area of Burnley feared Labour leaders will choose land near their homes for the proposed £500,000
NEVER mind the young guns, it's the golden oldies who have spearheaded Whalley's rousing revival in the Vaux Ribblesdale League this season. And it could yet lead the Station Road club to one of the coveted Lancashire Cup places. Whalley have spent the
AT ABOUT lunchtime on July 30 two or three boys in Burnley town centre were annoying a man who appeared to be a tramp and who was shouting rather loudly. Everyone stared at the man rather than go to his aid - as I did, and told him, as a good citizen,
WORKERS at the redundancy-hit Lambert Howarth shoe factory were today offered support from Burnley council as the axe fell on up to 200 jobs. The town hall's economic development unit stepped in to offer advice, guidance and retraining as Burnley suffered
A SUPPORTER clutched the microphone at the Boundary Clarets 'Meet the Manager' function and addressed Chris Waddle and Glenn Roeder, writes TONY DEWHURST. "I've had to pinch myself every morning when I wake up to make sure it is really happening," he
I HAVE been reading about a shoe shop in Clayton-le-Moors to which parents go from as far as Sheffield, Clitheroe, Burnley and Preston to pay £50 for a pair of shoes for children aged from 12 months to 12 years. According to the assistant, these shoes
CASH-STRAPPED health chiefs need to find more money to help improve the privacy and dignity of mentally-ill patients. Health authorities across the UK have set themselves targets to secure acceptable standards of hospital accommodation. East Lancashire
OUR journey has taken us through West Lancashire and, now, early in the afternoon, we are in the outskirts of Blackburn - through which, along with the other towns of East Lancashire, we will have to pass on our way to Yorkshire. We must halt here - to
POSSESSION is said to be nine tenths of the law - and, under Roy Hodgson, it might be become the permanent rule of law at Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers are preparing to face Derby County in the Premiership opener tomorrow, with clear signs from the pre-season
I WONDER if any of your readers can remember the words to a monologue which begins: "Excuse me Mr La-De-Da if I sit next to you, Oh, I won't contaminate you with my clothes, But I'm feeling kind of lonely, and thought I'd like a chat...." The gist of
AN INJURED man was found on a railway track after lying there throughout the night. British Transport Police said Raymond Shackleton suffered a glancing blow on the Colne to Preston line at the entrance to Brierfield Tunnel last night. He was spotted
GRAEME Le Saux made a sensational return to Chelsea today in a shock multi-million pound move. A Press conference was announced at Stamford Bridge, with the London club ready to reveal they had signed the unsettled Blackburn Rovers and England defender
I WAS surprised by your statement that "a ban on fox-hunting is certainly in tune with public opinion." (LET Opinion, July 30). This is simply not true. The public at large have never expressed an opinion on fox-hunting. In fact, I would venture to say
REGARDING Mrs Kathleen Bulcock's remarks (Letters, July 31), the people of the North West will be able to celebrate the royal Golden Wedding and their own, as there is a service in Blackburn Cathedral on September 23. I know this because my mother and
A SHOPPER who was attacked by an army of pesky pigeons which dive-bombed him and pinched his pie called for action. The man said a cull was needed to curb the growing number of pigeons in Blackburn town centre. Blackburn Council said the rise in pigeon
GED Furey equalled his own course record five-under-par 66 - which he set in the opening round - to take a three-shot lead into the third and final round of the De Vere Hotels PGA North Region Championship at Heron's Reach, Blackpool. The Pleasington
DARREN Shadford has fired Lancashire back into the championship race. The 22-year-old paceman from Oldham produced a stunning burst of three wickets in 10 balls to take them to the brink of a fourth win in five matches against Warwickshire. And that would
MATT Hope insists that Lowerhouse can put the Corrie Jordaan saga behind them to concentrate on their challenge for the Lancashire League. The Liverpool Road side lie third in the table, only nine points behind league leaders Haslingden, and play host
BRITAIN is not only shocked by the horror of the cold-blooded killing of five-year-old Dillon Hull who was savagely executed by a gunman who pumped two shots into his head in a suburban street in Bolton. It is also reeling from what this evil murder speaks
A MOVE to tighten licence conditions for taxi drivers in an attempt to increase public safety has been condemned as 'unnecessary' and 'unreasonable'. Four private hire companies, the Hackney Carriage Association and dozens of drivers have objected to
WHY don't Blackburn Council go the whole hog and demolish Blackburn completely, replacing it with a ring road? They could always place a plaque in the middle stating: "The historic market town of Blackburn, mentioned in the Domesday Book and known worldwide
CLERGYMEN have lost their fight to get a council ban on performances by psychic mediums. Councillors at Hyndburn leisure services committee meeting last night rejected a plea to stop performances by James Byrne and other psychics in council halls. The
A COMPUTER firm is poised to breathe new life into the former Accrington Grammar School. Planning councillors approved the change of use of the empty Blackburn Road building for the manufacture and assembly of computer equipment. Councillor Ken Curtis
DEAN Sturridge sorted out his differences with Derby County on Wednesday to turn his attentions towards taking Blackburn Rovers' defenders to task at Ewood tomorrow. And the Derby County striker, who had spent the summer with a £7 million price tag on
