REFEREE Peter Jones blundered disastrously at Ewood last night and, once again, cost Blackburn Rovers dearly. The match official, who rightly sent off Graeme Le Saux on his return to Ewood, also dismissed the innocent Sebastien Perez to continue his unfortunate
A BRIDALWEAR manufacturing firm once hailed as one of East Lancashire's most successful businesses is set to be sold - for £1. The proposed sale of the Cupid business to a director will end the firm's turbulent ten-year relationship with the stock market
Premier League: Blackburn Rovers 3 Chelsea 4 - Peter White's big match verdict SKY TV's Andy Gray likes to dabble with virtual reality. Roy Hodgson, I'm afraid, has to deal with reality itself. And, for all the good things which came out of last night's
Age Concern's "Ageing Well Event For Older People, in King George's Hall, Blackburn, 10am-4pm. Mikron Theatre Company presents "Imogen's War," Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, 7.30pm. Lunches in the Cathedral Crypt, Blackburn, 12noon-2pm. In aid of
HOSPITALS in the North West needed millions spending on them to make them fit for patients, a powerful group of MPs revealed. Going into hospital could seriously damage health because of run-down, old and creaking surroundings, according to a damning
THE ISSUE of whether landowners should be forced by law to give others the right to roam over the countryside, or whether voluntary access is enough, flares up again as ramblers press for action. But, certainly, it is a debate that ought to have been
WHEN all is said and done - though will it ever be? - the sum of the Bill Clinton affair is that the man is a disgrace. A liar, a cheat and a sex maniac. And he is thoroughly exposed as such - worldwide. Never before has any statesman had such a humiliation
WE would like to thank the charitable organisations which made generous donations to allow us to take the children of lone and disabled parents on holiday. The holiday was a huge success and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We give grateful
IT'S getting near that nuisance time again - when fireworks are on sale. Now that bangers and mini-rockets have been outlawed, I wonder how long it will be before we see a ban on packs of single-shot and twin-shot airbombs, whistling airbomb rockets,
HOSPITAL and community care services in Burnley have run £443,000 into the red in the first five months of the financial year. Although income was nearly £64,000 ahead in the period to August 31, spending was £507,000 above target. But the Trust's working
YOUNGSTERS Charelle and Thomas Cooper have sent a petition to Burnley Council demanding a play area which has been in the pipeline for years. Charelle, 12, and Thomas, 11, of Rutland Place, Padiham, have written to the council and sent their letter with
PRAYERS were being said today for a Burnley father-of-four who suffered serious burns in an horrific accident at his garage. Garage owner Tariq Mahmood was in the 5ft-deep inspection pit at Finsley Autos, in Exmouth Street, yesterday siphoning diesel
HONOURS won by a Burnley war hero - including the Military Medal - have been sold at a London auction for £1,725. And when the hammer came down on secret agent Sgt Leonard M Gilbert's awards, it marked the final chapter in a tale of heroism which remained
THE board of top Swiss side FC Basel rejected the group backing Peter Shackleton's bid for Burnley because of their secrecy. Basel vice-president Mario Cueni, a director of UBS bank, said the group's approaches were shrouded in mystery. He said: "Our
ROY Hodgson refuses to waste his or Blackburn Rovers' time in appealing against last night's harsh dismissal of Sebastien Perez by controversial referee Peter Jones. The Ewood boss spent much of last night's stormy game against Chelsea off the bench and
The Young Gymnast by Joan Jackman, published by Dorling Kindersley, £5.99. THIS book is very sporty. It teaches you about the practical side of gymnastics as well as some of the facts. We learned, for instance, that gymnastics has been going on for 3,000
THE funeral of a former Darwen mother and her two young children found battered to death in their home was taking place today. Celeste Bates, 31, Daniel, eight, and 18-month-old Milo were murdered in their beds at the terraced house in Blackburn Road,
VEHICLE owners have been warned to be on their guard following a wave of thefts in Rossendale totalling thousands of pounds. In the most serious incident over the weekend, a van valued at £55,000 was stolen from the car park of Snow King Frozen Foods
POLICE are appealing for witnesses who may have seen two conmen working in Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall. They talked their way into the home of an 84-year-old woman and stole £600 cash. DC Anwar Mahmood, of Rossendale CID, said: "This theft was particularly
ENTHUSIASTS held an event at Osbaldeston Riding Centre, Osbaldeston to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Land Rover. Members of Red Rose Land Rover Club came from all over the country with 34 vehicles between 40 and 50 years old, many of which are
DEVELOPERS bidding to create a £30m retail complex on the edge of Rawtenstall have urged planners to put shoppers first, claiming 90 per cent of local people back the scheme. Planning committee members are being recommended to turn down the application
FIFTY benefit books were among a large haul of property recovered by police in raids on seven houses on a Colne council estate. Three women and four men were arrested when 20 officers from the Pennine police division, armed with search warrants, carried
A COUNCIL boss is "looking into" a town hall e-mail mix up after councillors received a mystery message sent by one member of staff to another. A member of staff from the rights, advice and entitlements department e-mailed a colleague saying "Oops - he
CALL me a masochist if you like. I've spent a fair proportion of the last week playing and replaying the video of the UEFA match against Lyon. (Helpful hint to stayaway followers of Rovers - you too can do this next time we're live on terrestrial TV.
THE board of top Swiss side FC Basel rejected the group backing Peter Shackleton's bid for Burnley because of their secrecy. Basel vice-president Mario Cueni, a director of UBS bank, said the group's approaches were shrouded in mystery. He said: "Our
A COUNCILLOR was seen working on a rooftop while he was claiming incapacity benefit, a court was told. Paul Edmondson was working for another councillor, Paul Browne, who has an aerial erection business in Darwen. Edmondson, 49, of Hollin Street, Blackburn
ROY Hodgson refuses to waste his or Blackburn Rovers' time in appealing against last night's harsh dismissal of Sebastien Perez by controversial referee Peter Jones. The Ewood boss spent much of last night's stormy game against Chelsea off the bench and
FOR those amongst you contemplating following the Clarets away from home this season, allow me to offer you a few words of advice. A typical day may run as follows, writes Stephen Cummings. You will somehow defy the existing laws of physics by getting
A MASS exodus from East Lancashire on New Year's Eve 1999 has been predicted as hordes of people scramble to see in the millennium in style. Travel agents have reported a healthy interest in advance bookings to secure holidays as far afield as Orlando
A NEW round of job cuts hit a troubled engineering firm with the possibility of the whole workforce going on 'short time'. Union officials claimed around 40 shopfloor workers and staff were being made redundant from the GEC plant at Clayton-le-Moors.
THERE has been an awful lot of bad publicity in the racing press lately about the inconsistent going reports from clerks of the courses, writes HARRY BARLOW. Henry Cecil blew his top at Doncaster last week with John Sanderson who described the going as
SHELLEY Simmons of the National Anti-Vivisection Society (Letters, August 28) misses the point that if animal extremists want all animal research abolished at the expense of seriously ill patients, then they ought to be prepared to suffer the consequences
PETER SHACKLETON today denied sweeping rumours that his backers were set to pull out of the deal to buy Burnley Football Club within 24 hours. Turf Moor was today rife with suggestions that the £12 million package was set to collapse. But Shackleton revealed
IT was with utter disbelief that I read your article "Magistrates 'got it wrong' claim" (LET, September 19) in which Councillor Maurice Cowell said Hyndburn magistrates should not have cleared pensioner Mrs Moira Cruise of causing an obstruction when
TENANTS and home owners are boycotting a council meeting tonight which they claim will not allow them to discuss what they want. Members of Padiham and Hapton Area Management Committee said they suggested items which they would like to hear discussed
A WORRYING number of tenants in Hyndburn are handing back their council house rent books and switching to private landlords. The increase in the turnover of tenancies is a cause for concern, says a report to the housing services committee tonight. As
TRIPE and Holland's pies are fuelling 83-year-old water baby Ada Gibson. The fighting fit octogenarian has just completed a 22-mile charity swim - and traditional Lancashire food is helping spur her across the pool. Ada, 83, who lives in Clayton-le-Moors
LOCAL volunteers are being praised for their hard work which is safeguarding an Oswaldtwistle nature reserve. Thanks to the continued enthusiasm of local residents Foxhill Bank has developed into an important wildlife habitat as well as a highly-valued
The Young Swimmer by Jeff Rouse, a young enthusiasts' guide to swimming, published by Dorling Kindersley, £3.99 THE book gives you lots of information about swimming. All the skills - for example front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, and butterfly -
OUR brand new literacy and numeracy resources, designed by teachers for use by teachers and pupils, are about to roll off the press. And we are so convinced of their value that we are inviting teachers to look through and discuss the Maths Motivation
AN EAST Lancashire MP was out of step with Environment Minister Michael Meacher at a freedom to roam rally. Pendle MP Gordon Prentice met the minister at a Ramblers Association rally in Todmorden when he called for early legislation to give the public
PETER Shackleton today denied sweeping rumours that his backers were set to pull out of the deal to buy Burnley Football Club within 24 hours. Turf Moor was today rife with suggestions that the £12 million package was set to collapse. But Shackleton revealed
