GREAT knocks from Scott Henderson 62 and Robert Bennett 66 steered Astley & Tyldesley to safety. They were chasing Spring View's magnificent 214-2, which always looked a winning total. But gritty A&T hung in for 189-6 at close of play and a fine
From the Bury Times of August 7, 1973 TRIP: All 100 workers of a family firm were promised a sunshine holiday abroad in November. Stockton Bros of Ramsbottom was to close for four days during the holiday, which was meant as a "thank you" to their workers
MOTORISTS travelling on North West motorways are spending more time stuck in traffic than almost anywhere else in the country. According to figures revealed by information service Trafficmaster, the region is the third worst in Britain for jams. Only
ATHERTON Councillor Joe Clarke, who chairs the Greater Manchester Transport Authority, has welcomed the green light for the10k (six miles) extension of the Metrolink system to East Manchester and Ashton-u-Lyne. He said: "The authority is committed to
I BET Glenn Hoddle used to fight dirty in the school playground. Nipping, hair-pulling, scratching - every trick in the book. For Hoddle is resorting to those cowardly tactics in his new book, detailing his World Cup disaster. 'They started it' is the
TRADERS in East Lancashire are breaking the law by not sticking the energy labels on the electrical appliances they sell. The labels must be displayed on goods such as fridges, freezers, washing machines and tumble driers to tell the buyer how much electricity
A NEW era for local public transport has begun - but there's a long way to go. Only by winning the hearts and minds of residents can Greater Manchester's new integrated transport policy succeed. Transport minister Dr John Reid came to Manchester on Monday
A WHITE Rolls Royce - and some pink carnations . . . factory worker Deirdre Hodgkiss rode home in style after retiring from Volex Powercords in Leigh. Young-at-heart Deirdre was stunned when workmates ordered the luxury limo to glide her home after 60th
DOZENS of firefighters fought to control a blaze which ripped through a Ramsbottom mill on Tuesday night. Arsonists are being blamed for the fire which started at the former Drury Adams building - a part of Peel Mill on Irwell Street. Some 50 firefighters
THE devastating blaze which ripped through Coney Green High School eleven days ago started in the same classroom targeted in an earlier arson attack. And detectives have reopened their inquiries into the incident on May 18 which caused damage to the room
STAN Ternent is hopeful that he will be able to re-sign goalkeeper Paul Crichton, who was recalled to West Bromwich Albion after just one game for the Clarets. The Burnley boss signed Crichton on loan just in time for him to make his bow in Saturday's
A WAVE of redundancy announcements hit East Lancashire today as manufacturers were battered by the strong pound. The job losses are the latest in a string of announcements from local firms increasingly feeling the effects of the pound which makes their
YOUR letter headed: "Ear, listen to this" (Citizen letters, July 23) is an exaggeration of public feeling and is purely a personal prejudice. The open air concerts are an effort to attract visitors to Morecambe and the noise from Summerbreeze could only
VETERAN trader Margaret Henshaw says the long-awaited revamp of Bury's famous market could see the end of her business. Ms Henshaw, proprietor of Margaret's flower stall, has worked on the market for 42 years, since she was a girl of seven. Her family
THE fizz could be taken out of future Illuminations plans for Blackpool Tower. Blackpool Council wants to stop the attraction being used as a giant advertising billboard during the Illuminations. Having allowed £500,000 fizzy drink adverts - first for
PRESTON 105 FLEETWOOD 107-8 PRESTON put up a tremendous performance against in-form team Fleetwood at West Cliff and were only beaten by two wickets. Fleetwood captain Tony Hesketh won the toss and put Preston in to bat. Preston started disastrously,
MY old pal Paddy has come up with an interesting little query. "A lot of folk from St Helens seem to survive to a great age," he says, "which has had me wondering who are the oldest married couple in the district (by combined ages); and who have been
CAN I use your letters page to thank the Citizen and pensioners' campaigner Richard Graves for highlighting myself and my wife's plight (your front page story last week.) Our house was devastated by workers hired by the council. Ourselves and Mr Graves
DESPERATE elderly people were needlessly eating into their life savings because of social services Scrooges. They were forced to pay their residential care fees - even though they had a legal right to have them met by the council. Now the borough has
THE Theatre Royal should raise funds by reducing the cost of admission so people like me on a low wage can afford to go in. If more people could afford to go in, more money would be found to fix the roof. Or it could be turned into a Drive-in cinema (
AN all-electric delivery vehicle is undergoing Council tests. In a bid to cut vehicle emissions, a battery-powered internal post delivery van is being evaluated by the Borough Engineer's department. The van has a three cubic metres load space and can
IN response to Mrs Audrey Jones of the Chamber of Trade (Citizen letters, July 23) regarding compulsory competitive tendering... can I say that this was legacy left from the previous government. We were allowed to tender up to a maximum of 5 years but
I WOULD like to clarify my position on the Storey Institute garden. I agree with Elizabeth Burns in so far as I am in favour of creating public access to green spaces in the city centre. Personally the art in the Storey garden doesn't do much for me (
A RADCLIFFE couple are already planning their third trip to Belarus just days after returning from their latest mission to the stricken country. Rick and Kazia Krzyworaczka's international errand of mercy last month brought much-needed aid to an orphanage
I AM writing on the back of possibly the most appalling month in the club's past decade. What I witnessed at Swansea was no commitment, no skill, no power, no individual talent and a distinct lack of any tackling or handling skills. What on earth is going
LEIGH'S chip shop poets are to meet the public this month to chew the fat. As part of the Metro's poems in chippies project being carried out throughout August by poets Peter Street and Steven Waling, together with local history officer Tony Ashcroft,
CITIZEN readers may be interested to know the latest scientific opinion on the potential health risks of burning cattle culled in the BSE crisis. This evidence has been sent to Lancaster City Council to try and persuade them to change their minds after
YOUR headline "Tour de Farce" (July 14) highlighted the residents' opposition to cycle lanes along Manchester Road, Bury. The same feelings are apparently present in the Bolton Road area of the town. What is the need for these cycle lanes when, according
ON behalf of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the heart charity, I would like to thank the staff and customers of Kwik Save throughout the UK for their generous support. Kwik Save stores chose BHF as their charity of the year for 1998 and, so far,
HOW would Citizen readers like to cycle across some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world, to experience intimately the wonders of Egypt on an eight-day 500km bike ride of a lifetime, from Luxor to Aswan. We need a £250 registration fee and a
I WAS horrified when I read the letter from Bolton Road Sports Club (July 24). The blame is not with councillors Walker and Walton. They are supporting residents who do not want 81 houses built on the sports club field, nor do they want the extra traffic
LEIGH MP Lawrence Cunliffe is "reet nowt!" He has joined a group of North West MPs - including Worsley's Terry Lewis - condemning moves to get rid of the Lancashire voices of Wallace and Gromit in a special production for foreign students. Chorley MP
I WAS incensed to read your article relating to Longton Mansion House. How dare you say that it is derelict? It is absolutely beautiful inside and this year my husband and I have been for Sunday lunch on numerous occasions. Is Councillor Jim Breakell
I CAN understand the reactions of those residents of Manchester Road, Bury, who object to the introduction of cycle lanes. What they perceive as "their territory" is being invaded and a "right" - that they feel has been acquired through usage - is being
MY thanks to Mrs Margaret Greer and her very salient point regarding "sin" (Citizen, July 30). The same thing applies to crime. It doesn't stop being a crime because enough people commit it. Yet this is what we are expected to accept by gay rights activists
IT was with dismay that I read the letter from Bishop Glyn Day headed: "Gay vote panders to a minority" (July 31). During my upbringing I believed - and still do - that we are made in the image of God, and He has given us free will. How we are born, so
THE words every parent dreads when they return from holiday: "Hello, French polishers? It's just possible you might be able to save my life." It is also the phrase which inspired retiring BNFL worker Tony Rowlands to take advantage of his spare time and
A VOLUNTEER at the county council-run Meadowfield House nursing home in Preston has told of staff and residents' misgivings over closure fears surrounding other homes. Joe Di'Cioccio says that pensioners could die because of the heartache and stress they
GRAFFITI artists are painting the town blue - covering fences and playground equipment with abusive language. Sherwood councillor Marie Milne expressed disgust at pen-wielding youngsters who have begun using fences, walls and playgrounds as their own
DRUG expert Ian Phillips has warned that Preston's pushers are targeting youngsters in their bid to find a new market for heroin. Mr Phillips, of Lancashire Drug Action Team, also claims dealers are slashing prices in a bid to keep trade. His comments
DEEPDALE Road regulars are hoping their team's new ground-breaking fanzine will raise...a coffin. Raising the Coffin is Preston's new fanzine - and the only one in the country to be published by a football club in conjunction with supporters. Fans hope
A PRESTON angler who drowned during a fishing expedition last year is to be remembered in a fund-raising memorial match. Tony Grieves, 39, of Meadowfield, died in Anglesey. At the time he was chair of Chorley and District Sea Angling Club, which is organising
A FAMILY of swans is on the move again after several of its clan died following an attack by a fox. The much travelled flock - which moved to their new home at Neddy's Springs in Farington, after one of their cygnets was killed - has been reduced further
A PIECE of aviation history, and the last moments of tragic pilot Burtie Orth, have been unearthed in Preston after more than half a century. Second Lieutenant Orth was killed on June 27, 1944, when his Mustang fighter plane crash landed on farmland in
BOSSES at a Leyland garage have been left with a massive bill after an international motor firm made them change their name. The former Leyland Ford Specialists, on the Centurion Way Industrial Estate, have had to fork out more than £3,000 to change their
OH la la! A rendez-vouz under the Arc de Triomphe is on the cards for the Citizen's Alan House. But romance will be the last thing on Alan's mind as the famous Parisian monument marks the end of an exhausting four-day bike ride. Assistant production manager
POLICE have scored a first in tackling Leyland's juvenile crime by encouraging youngsters to swap trouble for teamwork. Within weeks of launching a regular soccer night at the notorious Broadfield estate, the police have already noticed a drop in the
A PROMISING actor who has scooped a place at a prestigious drama school, now faces a second struggle - to find the tuition fees. Chris Higgins was thrilled to hear that he had won a place at the acclaimed Mountview School, in London, after studying for
WITH ministers on holiday, opposition "doom and gloom merchants" have perhaps had more leeway than usual to spread alarm over the the economy. But the encouraging figures on jobs and inflation, with which the government clobbered them last night, do not
BLACKBURN Northern have refused to comment over the shock departure of their professional Ryan Maron. The South African played his final game for Northern last Saturday, when he scored just 11 runs from 80 deliveries before being run out. His representative
LORA Fairclough was under pressure to produce the goods as the £575,000 Weetabix British Open got underway at Royal Lytham today. The Chorley-based star needs to do something special if she is to win a place in the Solheim Cup team to play America at
IWAS very interested in your 'Looking Back' article (Lancashire Evening Telegraph August 10), about how iron hoops were fitted on old wooden cartwheels. This is because my father, Herbert Wade, who was born in Darwen in 1885 and died in 1965, served an
By LISA DALEY from St Mary's High School, Blackpool, who has won silver in the 300m and 60m as well as a gold in the 4x60m relay at the Disabled Young Athletics Championships: Recently I set off to the Czech Republic to represent Great Britain in the
BLACKPOOL FC's players have been told to wear boots supplied by the official boot sponsor if they want them supplied by the club. The players reacted angrily to the club's decision to not supply them with their much-needed footwear after it lost official
Sally Forrest, pictured, a Year 7 pupil of St Mary's High School, Blackpool, writes: I STARTED flower arranging when my mum told me about a junior flower club. It is a club which meets every first Monday of the month. Every month there is a theme and
JUST 16 weeks after placing an advert in the Citizen to find runners in Lytham, Bryan Grundy has declared the Lytham St Annes Road Runners an out and out success. The club now has 40 members and has achieved recognition with affiliation to the North of
ST HELENS Town play their last home warm-up game before the season kicks off tonight (Thursday). Ashton United are the visitors to Hoghton Road for a game that kicks off at 7.30. And on Saturday Town make the short journey to Warrington to play another
A FIRST-TIME offender who peddled cannabis to friends has kept his freedom. Jason Dean Ramsey, 22, had a large block of the drug in the kitchen and also had a 'dealer's list,' weighing scales and cling film, Burnley magistrates heard. Ramsey, a driver
EIGHT people were arrested and drugs and property valued at £240,000 was seized in a series of dawn raids by police in the Burnley and Nelson area. One of the addresses raided was Harle Syke Post Office, in Burnley Road, Briercliffe, which has now been
IT'S sad to see yet another childhood memory and landmark biting the dust . . . the former LUT depot at Howe Bridge. The once bustling base had a ghostly feel when I passed this week, fenced off and falling under the demolition men's hammers. I didn't
MEDICAL tests are to be carried out on a Viagra-style tablet, after the Citizen revealed it was being sold at as adult shop. Following our special report two weeks ago, Trading Standards have launched an investigation into the 'Viagrex' pills - which
ST HELENS came within a whisker of claiming their third victory in a row when Ormskirk survived the last 20 overs on Saturday. Earlier Ormskirk's decision to insert St Helens looked justified as the home side were all out for 157. Openers Roughley (56
I FEEL it important to set the record straight following last week's letter concerning bus fare discounts and the Council's 11-21 LINC scheme. The 11-21 LINC scheme launched in August 1996 is a major investment improving levels of information on what
AN historic stained glass window featuring Arkwright's 'Spinning Jenny' has been donated to Lancashire Museum by a Morecambe blind group. The leaded window, thought to be well over 100 years old, chronicles the beginning of the industrial revolution and
RAINHILL made high-flying Wavertree work hard for their two-wicket victory in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition on Saturday. The home side won the toss and asked Rainhill to bat on a dampish wicket. Batting was difficult and slow in the face
OLD soldiers marched on a Burnley council meeting in a battle to save their home. But they retreated angry and upset when councillors failed to give outright backing to the campaign against the closure of Whiteacres residential home. Whiteacres, on Lansdowne
Lancaster City 0 Manchester City 3 "LANCASTER? It's a beautiful city," said Manchester City's boss Joe Royle when asked what he thought of Lancaster City Football Club. And the Dolly Blues' chances of promotion? "I don't know." But Mr Royle had to concede
THE Blackbrook club hosts two games this Saturday. At 1pm Blackbrook under 10s meet Woolston Rovers in the John Bennett Memorial Trophy. And at 2pm Thatto Heath meet holders Eccles in the final of the Alex Murphy Trophy. Referee is Mark Chappell and touch
A PIECE of aviation history, and the last moments of tragic pilot Burtie Orth, has been unearthed after more than half a century. Second Lieutenant Orth was killed on June 27 1944 when his Mustang fighter plane crashed on farmland in Ingol. It was the
COACH companies have been told it's safe to come to Morecambe despite a spate of vandalism attacks on coaches. Last week the Citizen reported that some coach companies had threatened to stop coming to the resort because of the attacks. But the city council's
IT'S been a weekend to remember for two Haydock cricketers. First team star Billy Hurst has been selected to play for the National Lottery fun-raising XI, to meet Notts County Cricket Club. It means he will be playing alongside the likes of former England
Morecambe 165-9 Lancaster 166-8 THERE was a pulsating finish to the derby match at Woodhill Lane where Morecambe's last pair of Neil Jordan and Gareth Pedder ended up just two runs short of victory as Morecambe finished with a losing draw. Put in to bat
IAN Lyons, pictured, the only man to stop a train with a bucket of potatoes, is finally cashing his chips in after 45 years on the railway. A native of Halifax, Ian's track record began in 1953, when he took on his first role as signaller at Sowerby Bridge
THE city council's row with a computer software firm over the 'Millennium bug' has been settled. Lancaster City Council teamed up with more than 50 local authorities around the country to defy Academy Software's request for extra funds to make tax and
ST ANNES 219-2 DARWEN 115-3 RAIN brought an early ending to the proceedings at Vernon Road as the visitors required 105 runs to win with seven wickets remaining. Darwen won the toss and put St Annes in to bat. Adrian Darlington and Eldine Baptiste featured
SUTTON suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Aigburth that leaves them perilously close to the relegation zone. After an hour's delay, Sutton were inserted on a very wet wicket. But they made steady progress to 42-1 with Dave Hodgson and Phil Kelly
IT may have been a record points haul against Huddersfield but Shaun McRae told the lads not to get carried away. WHITTLE: Twelve brilliant tries from all points of the compass. An effective answer to the "not a move in 'em" lobby perhaps? McRAE: To a
MOST parents rue the day their offspring become fashion victims - but the latest trend for brightly coloured football boots is saving a Fylde coach's sanity. Eleven-year-old twins Daniel and Chris Dickinson are so identical that the only way to tell them
NEW YORK has one, London will be getting one soon and the people of the Lancaster district are to be asked if they want one too. We're talking about a directly elected mayor as the district's 'political supremo' at the council. A Government White Paper
ST HELENS Recs produced a fine all-round display to clinch a much-needed victory at Northern on Saturday. Recs' skipper Morrison won the toss and invited the home side to bat on a firm, but green wicket. It looked an excellent decision as Martindale took
SIR, - JUST exactly what is wrong with tradesmen on the Fylde Coast? We moved to the area a little more than two years ago from Liverpool - a move we still feel was a wise decision. But our plans to make the house look and feel our own have highlighted
DEAN West is recovering at home after his successful pelvic operation at the weekend. The popular full-back who missed most of last season through injury, had keyhole surgery on a torn cartilage in his hip and will spend the next week on crutches. "I'm
FYLDE MP Michael Jack has resigned as shadow agriculture minister to devote more time to family and business. The Conservative MP, who was chief secretary to the treasury in John Major's government, said the time had come to re-balance his time between
WITH the new season looming up, the St Helens Combination divisional format has been finalised. There will be four divisions of 12 teams in the Saturday competition and two divisions in the Sunday competition. New Saturday clubs include: Bewsey FC, Trees
BURY boss Neil Warnock apologised to the fans after his side's 'nightmare coach trip'. Saturday's journey to Rotherham was hit by an amazing sequence of events resulting in the Shakers kicking off 53 minutes late for a friendly clash. A catalogue of mishaps
CROWD favourite Lee Ashcroft's on-off move to Grimsby seems back on after he travelled to Blundell Park for talks. The attacker has been targeted by former West Brom boss Alan Buckley at Grimsby who have made PNE a new £500,000 offer. Ashcroft, who has
A WILD August is in store for young daredevils. On August 30 and 31 (12-4pm) an adventure has been organised in Astley Street Park. Youngsters will be able to experience a ride on an aerial slide, go orienteering and look for clues in the foliage, shoot
FOOTBALL, they reckon, is all about players and supporters. And yet the more truthful fans know it just ain't so any more. Football is also about money. The fans know it, and so do the team behind the team at Morecambe FC. And it's grabbing more money
LARS Bohinen returns to Ewood with Derby on Saturday, insisting there is no bitterness on his part over a frustrating two and a half years spent with Blackburn Rovers. The Norwegian, in fact, has nothing but praise for the way he was treated by Rovers
WHEELCHAIR tennis player, Mark Eccleston, has just returned from a tournament in Switzerland . . . and already he is preparing to jet off to America for yet another tournament. Mark, who lost in the finals in Switzerland, is certainly used to the life
FINANCE chiefs who severed links with a government scheme to boost foreign trade have agreed to sign up for the scheme again. Members of Hyndburn's economic development board have decided to spend £750 on the INWARD programme which promotes the North
LEIGH is alive with things to see and do over the coming months. As part of the town's regeneration a host of events are planned to make Leigh the place to be. Aspiring artists can enter an adults' and children's drawing and painting competition with
A CENTRE in Lancashire aimed at helping firms save energy costs is turning into a top attraction. The EMTEC centre at Chorley, owned by electricity firm Norweb, has reported an increasing number of visitors. The centre aims to help find solutions to problems
HOSPITALITY sales manager Trish Brockbank believes in the service with a smile approach at Deepdale. Being in charge of the hospitality of sponsors on match days, a lot of responsibility is placed on Trish as the 'face behind Preston North End'. She works
A PUB landlady has won a court battle which had threatened her livelihood, despite police claims that she had a drink problem and was not fit to run the premises. Hyndburn licensing magistrates granted Marilyn Allder a permanent transfer of the licence
CHRISTMAS has started early in Leigh. Business leaders have begun handing out advanced presents to make sure the town centre is a star attraction in the festive season. State-of-the-art illuminations - at a cost of around £40,000 - will be a focal point
THE WEATHER for the tournament was almost perfect, a mixture of warm sunshine, occasional rain to cool the players and some wonderful football was enjoyed by the watching millions around the world. England, Scotland and Northern Ireland qualified for
OFF licence shops in East Lancashire could be under threat after a merger of two of Britain's biggest chains. The Victoria Wine and Thresher chains, owned by Allied Domecq and Whitbread, are joining forces to create a major force in the industry with
LEIGH traders have teamed up with police in a high-tech crimebusters' union. Membership of the town's Shop Watch - a radio linked network of town centre retailers, security guards and police - is growing fast. And that's bad news for criminals who now
LANCASTER'S MP Hilton Dawson has called for urgent 11th hour talks to prevent local police stations closing to the public through the night. Concerned community groups have backed the MPs rallying cry to stop Lancaster and Morecambe police station enquiry
LEYLAND DAF 135 NETHERFIELD 92 LEYLAND Daf have gone back to the top of the table with a 43 run victory over current league champions Netherfield. Put in to bat, Daf lost their first wicket at 34 when Stuart Catterall was caught by Simon Little off Netherfield's
A SMALL vegetarian dog called Rosie is a lifeline for deaf woman Valerie Fairhurst. The alert dog can tell Valerie, 44, when the telephone or door bell rings - and even when her cooking is ready. And it is all because of the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf
THREE teenagers made a dramatic forest rescue. They were taking part in a 999 challenge in a Lake District when they found a little lost Scout. The trio - Emma Vaughan, the eldest at 18, plus 16-year-olds Emma Ranson and Sam Bailey - were orienteering
A TEENAGE girl was was grabbed from behind, dragged into a side street, and sexually molested in Morecambe this week. The 19-year-old was walking down West View Road at about 2.30am on Sunday when her attacker grabbed her and covered her mouth and chest
A MULTI-million pound office development will be built on Bury's main showground. Bury Council planning officers have given the go-ahead for office blocks to be built on the land at Castlecroft where the Bury and District Agricultural Show has been held
THE ASTLEY Youth Band gave the performances of their lives at a French festival. And they repaired some of the damage caused by football hooligans at the World Cup. The 42-strong band, with 34 supporters, were the hits of the International Festival of
COUNCIL bosses in Pendle are determined to "stop the rot" and make Nelson a busy thriving town centre once more. A strategy is being formulated by Leeds-based consultants Donaldsons and next week work begins on surveying dozens of shopkeepers to find
FOUR men have been detained in the Alfred Sandford murder inquiry and are being held at various police stations on Merseyside. Police are still appealing for information into the robbery at Grove House Farm, which led to the death of 72-year-old Alfred
A DERELICT Methodist church will be demolished to make way for the expansion of the Mill Gate Shopping Centre in the middle of Bury. Developers have also asked for part of the town centre post office to be knocked down as part of their programme to build
BURY Hospice are after a new general manager as the current chief officer, Mr Walter Brooks, is leaving after two years in the job. Mr Brooks served as chief executive of the hospice but will be replaced by a general manager. Adverts for the £32,000-a-year
THE fizz could be taken out of future Illuminations plans for Blackpool Tower. Blackpool Council wants to stop the attraction being used as a giant advertising billboard during the Illuminations. Having allowed £500,000 fizzy drink adverts - first for
A WOMAN had her handbag stolen by two girls while she was visiting St Helens Crematorium. The woman and a friend were sitting on a bench in the Rainford Road crematorium at about 3.15pm on Saturday, July 25 when they were distracted by a bee. The woman
INVESTMENT continues to be pumped into Bury town centre with the news that £1.25 million is being spent on the town's latest retail park. The project, to construct new retail warehouse units, is taking place at the Angouleme Way Retail Park. This area
FANS of Manchester City are going to Amsterdam for a Kinky weekend. But members of Prestwich and Whitefield's MCFC Supporters' Association are not travelling 350 miles to sample the red light delights of the Dutch capital. They are going to watch their
A CRACKDOWN on commuters and shoppers began this week with the introduction of the first residents-only parking scheme in Bury. And depending on its success, highway chiefs could soon introduce it across the borough. Inconsiderate drivers who have parked-up
A SCENE of devastation confronted a Bury family who returned early from holiday following a suspected arson attack at their Walmersley home. Firemen rushed to the council property on Palatine Drive at about 9.30am on Wednesday and found flames blazing
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident in which a robber grabbed a frail 78-year-old woman and pinned her up against a wall before running off with her purse. The victim, Florence Hutton, was walking along Corporation Street at about 3.20pm
AN ambitious bid to create a new £750,000 home for Bury's military museum is already well under way. The Fusilier museum is expected to leave its roots at Wellington Barracks for a state-of-the-art Heritage Learning Centre at the Castle Armoury in the
ST HELENS Council officials are appealing for public co-operation to combat the growing problem of noise from burglar alarms." Councillor Richard Ward, chairman of Housing and Environmental Services, says: "Some of these alarms can sound for days and
A MAN who carried out a savage axe attack on a 34-year-old Newton man has been jailed for 14 years. Steven Cunliffe (31) formerly of Elm Avenue, Golborne, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court, where judge David Madison declared: "It is quite simply
A TWO-week summer school aims to help local children prepare for their September move to high school. St Helens Council is once again supporting the annual New Horizons Summer Literacy School at which pupils who have not yet reached the national average
TRANSPORT police have launched a campaign targeting youngsters who trespass on and near railway lines. Ged Hindley, who is based at the British Transport Police's Wigan office which covers St Helens, explained that Operation Atlas had been timed to coincide
BLACKPOOL rid themselves of an irritation that had been bothering them for seven years at Windsor Park, Chorley on Saturday. They defeated top-of-the-table Chorley in their Vaux Northern League Division One clash by five wickets, thus ending a winless
ATHERTON SC came out tops in a Central Lancashire Senior League double-header against Ashton-u-Lyne and Rochdale. The ladies - including Amy Jones, Holly Davies, Hannah Foster, Rachael Unsworth and Sarah Hindley - won all their team races in splashing
EX-LEIGH RU prop David Gough has become a legend Down Under! Watched by proud parents Colin and Anne, he was a guest player for the Australian Rugby Legends in their big match against the New Zealand Rugby Legends. "It was a wonderful occasion," said
MIke Badham's look at events in history on August 7... 480BC: A handful of Spartans smartened themselves up ready for death and gained immortal fame by holding up a Persian army at the Pass of Thermopylae. 1821: Queen Caroline died. Her husband George
A TEENAGER who was engulfed in the flames of a petrol fire was taken back to a Manchester hospital - in a stretched limousine. Gavin Gallagher, 15, of Sumner Street, Blackburn, was caught in the fire which started while he played with friends in a store
CARE assistant Sharon Hampson went straight to work after her wedding! She married James Mark O'Connor at St Richard's RC Church in Atherton. And, following their nuptials, the couple, from Rowland Street South, Atherton, went to Sharon's workplace -
LEIGH MR crashed out of the Champions Challenge in a 16-try thriller! They went down 52-42 against Eccles after extra-time - and after throwing away a 32-10 lead! MR were cruising midway through the second half with tries from Winston Sarsfield, Andy
JONATHAN FEARICK scored with both bat and ball as Atherton smacked their way to Cross Cup glory. They claimed the trophy for the sixth time as poor Darcy Lever were dismissed for a lowly 49 - equalising the competition's lowest score in modern times.
I WAS invited out for a meal with the St Helens rugby team this week. I have to admit, I was flattered until I actually arrived at the restaurant. Here was me looking forward to a pleasant, relaxed afternoon with the Saints, only to be told I'd actually
SOLDIERS from East Lancashire are among those helping to maintain a fragile peace in Bosnia - and helping the local people rebuild their shattered communities and lives. The country has been devastated by a war that saw thousands of refugees flee their
A PRESTON golfer has swung himself into a trip to Spain after winning the regional final of the Mazda Pairs National Golf Championship. Chris Atherton, of Fulwood, has secured a trip to one of the finest golf courses in Europe after teaming up with a
AN Astley company received a reward from the Department of Trade and Industry at a special presentation ceremony at John Moores University in Liverpool. John Hutton, of Electron Microscope Services, received a DTI Smart award on behalf of the company
THE number of motorists arrested during a summer drink driving campaign launched by Greater Manchester Police has brought little cheer to senior officers. Despite the fact the figure was marginally down on 1997, GMP say the drop was only "minimal." However
KENDAL 71-9 LEYLAND 117 AFTER a delayed start because of rain Leyland were put in to bat. Mark Rocca was first out with the score on 14 when he was c aught by Sean Stuart off Kendal's professional Ross Veenstra for six. Only 7 runs later Lee Heyes was
PAUL Weller's future is back in the balance after West Ham decided not to make a bid for the Burnley midfielder. Weller spent last week training with the Hammers and played in two friendlies. But the Premiership outfit has informed Burnley boss Stan Ternent
THE Metro's Millennium Parish Map - conceived and made by local people - is coming on a treat. More and more local memories are being designed into the mammoth wall hanging, which is based on the lines of the Bayeux Tapestry. Anyone can join in with ideas
THE number of workers or members of the public suffering serious injuries at pubs, theatres, shops and hotels in Lancashire almost doubled in just one year. But the Health and Safety Comission says this is largely due to better reporting by employers
REGULAR Citizen readers must be bored by the mischief being invented by the MBI councillors. The MBI group lack any real vision and have only one real interest - the Blobby issue. Cllr Wilson (Letters July 30) has forgotten that the administration was
POLICE are continuing their inquiries into separate brutal machete attacks which left two men suffering slash wounds. A spokesman said they were keeping an "open mind" on whether the attacks on Sumner Street and Tyldesley Road, Atherton - only half a
LARS Bohinen returns to Ewood with Derby on Saturday, insisting there is no bitterness on his part over a frustrating two and a half years spent with Blackburn Rovers. The Norwegian, in fact, has nothing but praise for the way he was treated by Rovers
HERE we are again - as the song goes - the Theatre Royal begging for help. These 'comedians' who have stopped the drinks - and with it the profits - are now begging for money for the roof. The cheek of it! Stan Roberts, Wharmby Road, Haydock. Converted
WEIGHT watchers raised £350 to help crack cancer. Each week since the March slimmers from the Worsley class of Weight Watchers bought tickets for a fruit basket raffle donated by Atherton fruit and veg merchants J & G Taylor & Son. The proceeds
Summer Playschemes, 1.30-4pm: Sudellside Community Centre and Community Centre, Knott Street, Darwen; Bennington Street Community Base, and Shadsworth Community Centre, Blackburn. Kids Club, 4-14 years, Zion Pentecostal Church, Wensley Road, Blackburn
IT was a tremendous let-down for Edith Carter's schoolboy brother when he rushed, all agog, to get a glimpse of the King. For, as he reported on return to his Sutton home: "The King had no crown on, just a bowler hat !" Memories of that 1920s visit of
THE last ball has been bowled in the eight-year saga of Bolton Road Sports Club - by a Government inspector. The way is now open for plans to move the club to land off Dow Lane, and for Bolton Road Methodist Church to build a new church and housing on
JUST a line in reply to Mr G. Farrell (Dear Star, July 23). What a sad life he must lead if he thinks they should close the theatre and replace it with a cinema complex. As regards to his comments about 'Victorian-style pantos', these fill the theatre
TED Johnson, who died last year at the age of 55, often spoke of the debt he owed to Lowe House Boxing Club for putting him on the straight and narrow. For, up to that point, Ted had been a self-confessed 'wild kid' - a Teddy Boy and motorbike fanatic
THE future of Prestwich's Longfield Centre has been thrown into confusion with the announcement that it is officially up for sale. Many months of talks to persuade the owners to refurbish the precinct have come to nothing. Bourne End has decided to sell
I WAS upset and disgusted by an incident which happened on July 17, in Thatto Heath Park. My grandchildren love to play on the extra-large slide there and although it was slightly later than we usually call - about 8.15pm - there were still children playing
JOSEPH SHOVELTON, one of St Joseph's most famous sons, has landed a prime part at London's Royal Festival Hall. He will play the lead role of Nanky Poo in Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado". And, playing opposite him, will be Charlotte Page - his bride-to-be
HIS name will probably only be familiar to those folk on the wrong side of middle age, but St Helens-born Herbert Mundin was once a giant among Hollywood character actors. During the 'thirties he appeared in no fewer than 40 films, rubbing shoulders with
I REFER to the article in last week's edition of the Citizen Newspaper about the problems with improvement works to properties at Tarnsyke Road. The contract for this work was let by competitive tendering to a window company and the standard of workmanship
LONDON, Paris, Milan and now . . . Bury. The latest name on the international fashion atlas is our own borough. September sees the first events in what organisers want to become an annual fashion week, which raises cash for the Radcliffe-based Bury Hospice
WHAT has happened to Saints in the space of 18 months? The team is a joke and most fans are sick and tired of so-called players just pulling on the jersey and going through the motions. Some of us travelled all the way down to South Wales, and for what
BIRDWATCHERS had a beano before falconer Steve Lea's Harris hawk returned to its rightful roost. The young bird of prey went missing on its maiden flight - and soon became the centre of attraction at Pennington Country Park. After two weeks on the run
AN East Lancashire MP will go Down Under on a fact-finding trip on constitutional affairs. The Ribble Valley's Nigel Evans will visit Australia on a three-week tour next month. He will undertake the tour as part of a seven-strong delegation of Conservative
I AM following with interest the latest white elephant about to be foisted on the long-suffering residents of the West End of Morecambe. The residents in the affected area should bear in mind that no sensible or reasonable objections of any kind for any
PLANS to build a fortress-type fence around a psychiatric unit in the middle of a plush housing estate have got the go-ahead, despite fierce objections from residents. More than 60 on the Rhyddings and the Dales housing estates near the Kemple View Unit
AT last! Councillor Geoff Wilson has blown the whistle on his own leader. He is prepared to answer the question she has ducked for months. The simple truth, which she is too scared to acknowledge but he admits, is that not a single MBI councillor asked
A SCOTTISH soldier who served in Cyprus in the Fifties is trying to trace former colleagues. Retired painter and decorator James Abrahams, who was with the Royal Signals, has managed to contact comrades across the country. Now he hopes to find two Leigh
I WRITE with regard to recent letters about Ramsbottom not wanting to be a part of Bury. If this is the case why don't these people write to Bury Council and stop them funding the restoration of the Memorial Gardens or the cleaning up of Market Place
TRANSPORT chiefs are planning a bright Christmas for bus passengers. Improved bus services are being lined up for the Christmas and New Year period. Discussions are currently underway with service operators regarding levels of services over the festive
MAY I congratulate Bury College on their stand against this Labour government's nonsense in promoting public transport and bicycles. I wish them luck in their planning application for a road and car parking facilities on the college playing field. I know
GREENS gave the thumbs-up to a Yorkshire busway. But they reckon the Leeds Busway bears no comparison to proposals for the Leigh area. Local transport planners travelled to Leeds to investigate the city's guided busway and Green Party members followed
MAKERFIELD MP Ian MacCartney has alerted job hunters not to pay agencies to find work for them. And the DTI Minister of State has sent out a clear message to the industry he will not hesitate to take action against agencies who illegally exploit people
'Av allers live i'Bury, A place o' gradely folk, Most are canny wi' their brass, Un wastage is no joke. Mi wife she found a friendly job, At a place they call Claremont, Enough cash te keep 'em open, Is o' they ever want. Gran settled down at Croich Hey
A GIANT party lasting eighteen months will mark an unforgettable milestone in Leigh's history. Exciting plans are in the pipeline to celebrate Leigh borough's centenary and the end of the century. As well as a memorable timetable of fun, the project is
I AGREE wholeheartedly with the reader who was resentful of police and their inaction. I feel the same. They are a total waste of taxpayers' money. Governments are always wickedly ready to lay the blame on others, such as women on benefit - who work 24
IN the Bury Times (July 17) you reported that Councillor Roy Walker had suggested that the cycle lanes on Bolton Road should be removed because they are underused. These lanes are only a few months old and any increase in use will inevitably be gradual
OVERLOOKING ground rent renewals could cost you a packet - and net landlords a fortune. Tyldesley neighbours Allan Morris and Janet Harrop never had any worries over ground rent payments. Allan has lived in Troutbeck Drive for 20 years and Janet for 18
LANCASHIRE'S long-serving police officers were rewarded for their dedication and good conduct at a special presentation ceremony on Tuesday. More than 30 officers from across the county attended the honour-giving at Lancashire Constabulary's headquarters
LATEST government figures reveal that 45 per cent of adults suffer from lower back pain with half of them experiencing pain for more than two months. Actually, these statistics probably underestimate the appalling prevalence of lower back pain in the
DEEPDALE football legend Sir Tom Finney has officially been acknowledged as one of English football's 100 greatest in the last century. Seen as the best ever player in a lot of Preston people's eyes, he was not surprisingly chosen by a team of experts
BISHOP Day's letter "Gay vote panders to a minority" (July 31) raises several issues. Few parents would disagree that all our young people deserve to be protected from the many sexual pressures which surround them in their formative years. We share the
AN elected mayor for Lancaster and Morecambe could soon be a reality following the Government's new plans for local democracy. With the political system struggling to capture the public imagination and respect for politicians at an all time low, the jazzy
A NATIONAL charity boss called for urgent action to halt a wave of sickness and death sweeping the Rossendale Valley. Mr Alick Miskin, national organiser of the Meningitis Trust, highlighted the area as one of the worst in the country for the deadly disease
A HAPPY holiday in Morocco turned into a nightmare for an East Lancashire man who was mistakenly jailed after being mistaken for an international criminal. Michael Hilton, 31, of Blackburn, was locked up for four days in a tiny cell while police officers
A LANDLORD who spent £45,000 revamping his pub, says roadworks on his doorstep are ruining trade. Graham Rowson, of the Royal Oak Pub in Plungington, has slammed North West Water for failing to fence off dangerous holes in the pavement outside his door
IT IS hard to fathom why East Lancashire's second bid for Health Action Zone status - the new multi-agency approach to improving the community's health - has been turned down by the government at the first hurdle. For the HAZ approach is to target health
ICONDEMN the captivity and breeding of mink for their fur. But I do not condone the action of freeing imprisoned mink by animal rights activists. This caused havoc and death among wild birds at a nearby sanctuary, awaiting release to their habitat. While
A FOUR year old girl died and her pregnant mum was injured in a fire at their home in Peckers Hill Road, Sutton at midday on Sunday. The fire, thought to have started upstairs, was reported at 12.07pm when the child's mother, Susan Diane Bowes (25), ran
MAY I thank the many hundreds of people in Blackburn who stepped out to cheer on the runners along the route of this year's Corporate Challenge last Sunday? In all, there were about 400 competitors ranging from hardy runners, to whom the five-kilometre
WAYWARD ducks have led to a wildlife award for youngsters from Holy Family School in Blackpool. Pupils began to get interested in their environment when they saw three ducks wandering around the area. This led them to adopt a conservation theme for their
IN reply to Ada Gibson's views regarding surrogacy (Letters, July 31), I agree that it is very sad for the unborn baby who is now unwanted by its biological and 'host parents.' The law definitely needs tightening up to prevent tragedies like this. However
AN EAST Lancashire pop band are on top of the world after clinching £1,000 and free studio time in a competition for up-and-coming bands. Energetic three-piece popsters Bluewaccadoslurpie!, who are relatively new to East Lancashire's music scene, won
IN RESPONSE to comments (Lancashire Evening Telegraph, July 30) about the outcome of the planning appeal at Whitehough, Barley, I think readers should be aware of the background. Pendle Council received strong complaints, including a petition, from members
A CRISIS-HIT area of Burnley could be rejuvenated by becoming a commuter base following the completion of the M65 extension, according to a community leader. The claim from Coun Carole Barber came after councillors met residents of the Central area to
IT was very much a case of "after the Lord Mayor's show" for Blackpool at Darwen in the second round of the Vaux Bitter Cup on Sunday. Following their deserved victory at Chorley on Saturday they suffered a catastrophic 104 run defeat. Darwen totalled
A LEISURE company giant has stepped in to ensure more than 50 children from Grange Park can go on holiday this summer - many of them for the first time. Whitbread donated £500 to the Grange Park Play Scheme to send the children to Butlins in Pwhelli for
THOUSANDS of fish in Lancaster Canal at Carnforth have been poisoned. Between 3,000 and 4,000 fish has been found dead in two stretches of the canal and experts are desperately trying to keep the remaining fish alive. It is thought the heavy rain has
HAYDOCK suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of Winwick in the TNT West Lancashire League's Beardsley Cup Final on Sunday. Winwick had first use of the wicket and made 134-4. Pick of the Haydock bowlers were Paul Reid (1-14) and the evergreen Gerry Bentham
THE area's first ever wheelchair basketball team are up and rolling with a side of locals prepared to give their all for the cause. But still they need £10,000 to purchase second hand sports wheelchairs and put a deposit on a team mini-bus. If they can
A ST Annes landmark is set for a face-lift towards the end of the season. The St Annes Land and Building Company has been granted planning permission by Fylde Borough Council to change the sides of the pier as part of an on-going development. Modifications
THE nation tuned in to Morecambe this week. And a huge 5,000 crowd at the Radio One Roadshow gave them something to listen to as they roared on stars like dance music acts Sash and Honey, Aussie pop sensation Peter Andre and Mark Chadwick from The Levellers
MORE and more young people in Burnley are becoming disaffected by the apparent lack of jobs in the town, it has been claimed. With an overall unemployment rate of just 3.1 per cent and the total official number of jobless at 1,341, Burnley appears to
THE start of the season beckons for the newly promoted Division 2 Champions - the Vale of Lune Ladies Rugby Team. And with it brings the new challenge of playing division one rugby. In preparation for the challenge, training has started in earnest on
BLACKPOOL'S art gallery has entered into the spirit of the Golden Mile until the end of the October. Queen Street strollers have been doing double-takes at the sight of the Grundy Gallery and adjacent central library parcelled up in a mile-long golden
Thatto Heath 23 Haydock 16 THATTO Heath staged a late comeback to earn their place in the Alex Murphy Cup Final. Haydock had taken a deserved 16-6 lead before Heath roared back in the last 18 minutes. Scrum-half Paul Ireland opened the Yickers' account
IT'S being billed as the Clash of the Titans . . . and one thing's for sure -St Helens Town Hall won't have seen anything like it before. For one of the most physically punishing sports in the world is staging a world title bout at the old building on
Saints 68 Huddersfield Giants 18 TRY-STARVED against leaders Wigan, Saints ran riot with a dozen in cutting the lumbering Giants' down to pygmy proportions. But Saints shouldn't place too much importance on this runaway result, for the pathetic, pedestrian
BLACKPOOL'S beleaguered holiday traders are hoping for a sunny upturn in business after one of the poorest summers for many years. Blackpool Hotel and Guest House Association secretary Josie Hammond said: "It's been a very slow start to the season - it
A TEENAGE girl from Morecambe had to flee from arsonist(s) trying to burn her to death twice in one night this week. Kimberley Davies, 14, received emergency treatment for smoke inhalation after escaping the first fire attack in at her friend's home in
THE World Pool Championship will be staged in Morecambe next year thanks to your priceless weekly newspaper, The Citizen. Organisers of the European and UK Pool Federation Competition were set to pull out of the resort after losing one of their major
RAINFORD Cricket Club came agonisingly close to victory at Hesketh Bank as they battled to keep alive their Southport League title hopes. The home side won the toss and invited Rainford to bat on an uneven track. But Rainford's top order demonstrated
I WONDER if any readers can help me. I need information about Blackpool in the war years. For instance, I am looking for anyone with memories about the tram depot being used by the Royal Air Force personnel learning Morse code. I would like to hear from
Barrow Border Raiders 12 Lancashire Lynx 21 FANS were treated to Raiders of the Lost Ark 2 as the Raiders from Barrow made too many mistakes and were out-thought, outclassed and completely out-run by Phil 'Indiana' Jones. The stand-off, dubbed Indiana
DESPITE the atrocious weather conditions, thousands of people gathered on Central Beach for the annual visit of the Radio One Roadshow and its entourage of top music acts. Chart-toppers All Saints, Billie and Babybird all performed during the live broadcast
MEET Ann Mason and you will find her to be a level-headed Lancaster professional. Business-like, but open enough to cry freely whenever the subject of her her horse, Hays, creeps into the conversation. For Hays died in his prime seven weeks ago of a rare
THE shadow over Hamilton Road on Saturday had no connection with the weather or Stand's defeat at the hands of Royton in the Central Lancashire League. Of greater concern was the well-being of opening batsman and former skipper Phil Ramsbottom who complained
HE'S been rained on, besieged by the media, even missed Wimbledon and the World Cup, but for king of the coasters Richard Rodrigues it's all been worth it. The American finally ended his Big Dipper marathon at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in a blaze of publicity
A YOUNG man from Lancaster stood on a railway track and called to his friend: "come with me," before being hit by an oncoming train an inquest heard this week. A jury at the Coroner's Court recorded a verdict of suicide in the case of 23-year-old Daniel
IT'S a good few years since a transfer from Manchester City to Bury saw a player move up a division but that's the case for Neil Warnock's latest acquisition, John Foster. The talented 24-year-old right back may have only signed for three months but he's
STAN Ternent is hopeful that he will be able to re-sign goalkeeper Paul Crichton, who was recalled to West Bromwich Albion after just one game for the Clarets. The Burnley boss signed Crichton on loan just in time for him to make his bow in Saturday's
FOR the first and last 20 minutes of this match North End played some good football and could easily have won this Bill Shankly tournament match with better finishing. But City knocked in three goals and it was alwaysgoing to be difficult for PNE. Macken
RAMSBOTTOM professional Ian Harvey was in devastating form with the ball as his side comfortably won the Lancashire League's battle of the draw specialists. He finished with figures of 7 for 20 as Colne capitulated to 83 all out. The unfortunate hosts
A CAR company commissioned a college survey by Leigh-based students. Corkills Volkswagen dealership asked Leigh College students to carry out market research to find out more about car buyers' habits. And full-time GNVQ Business School students, based
SINGING superstar Chris de Burgh is to flick the switch to turn on this year's Illuminations. The guy who made millions of women swoon with his ballad Lady In Red will perform the prestigious ceremony in Talbot Square on September 4. Chris, who arrives
PRESTON started in impressive style with David Eyres crashing in a shot which looked a certain goal until Barnsley keeper Watson got a hand to the ball to turn it round the post. Play swung from end to end and first Nicky Eaden shot inches wide of the
Swinton Lions 16 - Hunslet Hawks 27 SWINTON got it right for 20 minutes on Sunday but unfortunately got it badly wrong for the rest of the game. They started and ended with a flourish but in between was a catalogue of errors that resulted in an embarrassing
NERVES of steel and a head for heights are needed for Blackpool Tower's latest attraction. The Walk of Faith invites intrepid members of the public to tip-toe over an area of the Tower 380ft above sea level - and all that stands between them and the ground
Rotherham 2, Bury 2 GOALS from Tony Ellis and Rob Matthews earned the Shakers a share of the spoils in a low-key final pre-season match. As mentioned elsewhere Bury's preparations for the game were hardly ideal and the 53 minute delay only served to make
Food News, with Christine Rutter SHOPPING rage is an all too common experience in supermarkets these days. And the intricacies of manoeuvring a "drunken" trolley down aisle after aisle can take an extra toll on your temper. But tipsy trolleys could be
A BRAVE Blackpool bar manager confronted a thief trying to get away with thousands of pounds in pub takings on Saturday night (August 1). Martin Kelly, 23, heard the upstairs office door being kicked in at O'Neills Irish Bar in Talbot Road about 11.10pm
ALMOST £1 million has been secured in the last year to back efforts to help the aerospace industry in East Lancashire. Members of the Nelson-based Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace heard that hundreds of jobs had been safeguarded or created through a
A NEW unit, the first of a series of changes in mental health services provided by the Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, comes into operation at Leigh Infirmary on Monday. All inpatient care will be centralised at Leigh with a Mental Health Intensive Care Unit
CHICKEN farmers won't be scrambling to buy sound systems for their henhouses, despite eggs-pert opinion that music helps birds to lay more eggs. The National Farmers' Union has been making a song and dance over a new survey which shows that hens who listen
SPEED humps just give added kicks to racing motorists, say residents of a Poulton danger road. Householders in Dodgeons Close, used as a rat-run between two busy roads, are angry that traffic calming measures are being considered when they want the closure
COMPUTER giant Time has doubled its fast growing store chain in a major deal. The Simonstone firm, part of the Granville Technology Group, has formed a partnership with the Office World chain, part of the Swiss-based Magazine zum Globus group. The deal
JUNGLE warfare has erupted in a quiet corner of Leigh. Elderly Pennington people should have been enjoying what is left of summer in pleasant garden surroundings. But their Brookdale oasis has blossomed into a forest of weeds. And local Councillor Mark
BLACKPOOL'S premier park could be planted with 200 new trees to celebrate the millennium. The Friends of Stanley Park - a newly-formed group of park users - is urging residents to donate a tree in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a new birth or marriage
HEYSHAM has been granted £400,000 by the European Union for a study investigating the possibility of building a freight railway terminal at the port. Delighted Morecambe MP Geraldine Smith was told the good news that Heysham was to receive the cash after
RADCLIFFE Carnival takings this year were an all-time low. A decision on how to distribute the £500 will be made when the organising committee meets soon. Chairman Mr Ray Vevers said: "Obviously I'm very disappointed. Usually we make at least £800 and
THE public toilets in Earlestown's Market Square have been closed for refurbishment and will not be open until further notice. St Helens Council has, however, provided temporary toilets at the rear of the building. Further information is available from
FRED and Emily Elliston, the disabled couple in their 70s whose home was devastated by contractors hired by the council, were overjoyed this week. No sooner had the first deliveries of The Citizen been made than high profile councillors and officers had
A MAN lost control and picked up a three-year-old girl by gripping her around the face, a court was told. Burnley magistrates heard the child's concerned mother took the tot to hospital when she feared a facial rash was meningitis. Michael Marshall, 36
A WOMAN was attacked and robbed by two men as she walked home in the early on Saturday, August 1. The victim was walking along Larch Avenue, Newton-le-Willows just after midnight when she was approached by the men who asked her for a light. They then
A LONG standing councillor's political future hangs in the balance after she was declared bankrupt, the Citizen can reveal. Labour member Veronica Afrin, one of three councillors representing Saint Matthew's ward, was declared bankrupt on July 28. Her
KEY Gateway routes are to be given a face-lift - marking a sign of the times for out-dated Bury. For the first time since the Metropolitan authority was established in 1974, the boundary signs at entry points to the borough are to be up-graded and up-dated
BRITISH Airways telephone sales agent Graham Tonge from Bury is certainly a high-flyer. He was one of six agents to enjoy a champagne celebration at the Manchester office of British Airways. The celebration came after Graham and his colleagues all passed
FOURTH-PLACED Saints face a searching examination of their Super League play-off credentials when they make the daunting trip to Warrington in a round 16 clash on Sunday, kick-off 6.35pm. With 11 points from 15 games the Wolves have not given up hope
STORY and activity sessions at Newton Library have proved so popular that places for the next five need to be booked in advance! Sixty children with mums, dads, grans and grand-dads, joined in the first session at the library in Crow Lane. Sessions are
THE new director of a Radcliffe-based charity has paid tribute to his pioneering predecessor. Mr Ian Siddall has taken over at the helm of Romania Aid, founded by the Rev David Roberts. Mr Roberts, who was the superintendent minister of the Radcliffe
PACK star Tim Street was on Sunday sent off for the third time this season. Now Leigh are asking the worrying question: Have referees got it in for Tim Street? He was red carded this time for two technical offences - obstruction and dissent. Leigh officials
GERRY Bermingham was among the supoprters of a successful challenge to the Government to reverse a Customs and Excise ruling that would have cost the St John Ambulance organisation £75,000 a year. The St Helens South MP signed an Early Day Motion laid
A GREAT-grandfather with a heart of gold has been named "King of the Collectors" by cancer care organisers. Mr Bill Greenwood, 67, has received a big "thank you" from the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity for his three-year-long commitment as a street collector
RUBY, a one-year-old terrier from Tottington, has been chosen as the North West's PDSA (People's Dispensary For Sick Animals) Frontline Pet Survivor of the Year. Ruby, who lives with the MacKenzie family at Turton Nook Farm off Turton Road was hit by
PILKINGTON workers attending a meeting organised by the GMB, MSF and AEEU Trade Unions voted unanimously to seek 'some form of industrial action'. The action is in response to the restructuring proposals from Pilkington and unions say they will be balloting
TWO factory workers are hoping to swap their forklift trucks for another means of transport to take part in a charity bike ride across Israel. A 220 mile route from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea is the "challenge of a lifetime" which faces workmates Alan
